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Kirin Cup Soccer

International football tournament

Summary

International football tournament

Field	Value
name	Kirin Cup Soccer
image	Kirin logo.svg
organiser	JFA
founded
number of teams	4 (since 2016)
region	JPN Japan (AFC)
current champions	(1st title)
most successful team	(11 titles)
website
current	2025 Kirin Challenge Cup

the association football tournament

The Kirin Cup Soccer is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which national teams and clubs participated in), and was last held in its full form in 2022. From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition was Argentina. Japan are the tournament's most successful team with eleven titles, followed by Peru with three titles. As of 2022, the current cup holders are Tunisia.

Since the start of the international competitions in 1992, the tournament has hosted a variety of teams from South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the South American members of CONMEBOL who have been invited (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru), Peru have been the most successful (three titles). Out of the European invitees, there have been seven different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with two titles, with Hungary, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovakia and Scotland winning one title each. Aside from Japan, the only other Asian country to have won the tournament are the United Arab Emirates (2005), who shared the title with Peru.

Tournaments

All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)

1978 Japan Cup

Won by Borussia Mönchengladbach and Palmeiras. In the semi final Palmeiras beat English club Coventry City 1-0.

1979 Japan Cup

Won by Tottenham Hotspur.

1980 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Won by Middlesbrough F.C.

1981 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Won by Club Brugge KV.

1982 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
FRG Werder Bremen	4	3	1	0	15	3	7	Champions
	4	3	0	1	13	4	6
NED Feyenoord	4	2	1	1	10	7	5
	4	0	1	3	3	14	1
JPN NKK Nippon Kokan	4	0	1	3	1	14	1

Ozaki
de Leeuw Ozaki Otten
Möhlmann N. Meier
Otten
Okudera
own goal Vermeulen N. Meier Bouwens
Kaneda
Ozaki
Hashiratani

1983 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
ENG Newcastle United	4	2	2	0	6	1	6	Champions
BRA Botafogo	4	1	2	1	4	3	4
JPN Yamaha	4	1	2	1	3	3	4
	4	1	1	2	3	4	3
	4	1	1	2	2	7	3

Waddle
Clarke Mochizuki Té

1984 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
	2	1	1	3	3	2	Qualification to the semi-finals
FRA Toulouse	2	1	1	3	3	2
	2	1	1	1	1	2

Liu Haiguang
Lin Qiang Stopyra

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
BRA Internacional	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Qualification to the semi-finals
	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
JPN Japan Universiade XI	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Milton Cruz
Kita

Jair
Silvinho

Rubén Paz

1985 Kirin Cup Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
BRA Santos	5	4	1	0	19	4	+15	9	Qualification to the final
	5	3	2	0	16	6	+10	8
ENG West Ham United	5	1	3	1	13	7	+6	5
JPN Yomiuri	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	5
	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
MAS Malaysian Tigers	5	0	0	5	3	31	−28	0

da Silva Zé Sérgio Mizunuma Swindlehurst Lima
Mario Sérgio Gersinho Humberto Ravindan Swindlehurst
Martin Pike Whitton Pereira Alzugaray Barrios Carlos Aguilera Cabrera Gersinho Mirandinha Mizunuma Hashiratani Davi Gersinho Mirandinha Carrasco

1986 Kirin Cup Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
BRA Palmeiras	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6	Qualification to the final
FRG Werder Bremen	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	3
	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
B	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Jorginho Putinatti Neubarth Mendonça Barbosa Sabbah Mirandinha Möhlmann Ordenewitz Mirandinha

1987 Kirin Cup Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
ITA Torino	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Qualification to the final
BRA Fluminense	3	1	2	0	8	1	+7	4
	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

Lentini Mariani Matsuyama Tato Eduardo Washington Romerito

Tato

1988 Kirin Cup Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
FRG Bayer Leverkusen	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Qualification to the final
BRA Flamengo	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Paulo César
Delacir Falkenmayer Gao Sheng Ma Lin

1991 Kirin Cup Soccer

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Champions
BRA Vasco	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3
ENG Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	3
	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Miura

Edwards
Miura
Sakakura

1992 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	2	0	+2	4	Champions
2	1	1	1	1	0	2
2	0	2	0	2	−2	0

1993 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Champions
2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Lapper

1994 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Champions
2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Papin
Kurosaki
Ginola

1995 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Champions
2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

Crawford Miura

1996 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Champions
2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Miura Soma Pelaez

1997 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Champions
2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Miura Morishima Vlaovic

1998 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Champions
2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

1999 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	D	GS	GA	Pts	Result
2	2	1	1	2	Joint Champions
2	2	1	1	2
2	2	0	0	2

2000 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Joint Champions
2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Fabuš

2001 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Champions
2	1	1	2	2	0	3
2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Ferreira

2002 Kirin Cup Soccer

Alex Pavón

2003 Kirin Cup Soccer

Zanetti Romeo Rodríguez

2004 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	2	0	4	1	+3	6	Champions
2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Suzuki Yanagisawa Jestrovic

2005 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Joint Champions
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

2006 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Champions
2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Yanev McFadden Burke

2007 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Champions
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Takahara

2008 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts	Result
2	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	Champions
2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

2009 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Result
6	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	Champions
1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4

(Report 2) Abe Honda K. Nakamura Okazaki Yano

2011 Kirin Cup Soccer

Pld	D	Pts	Result
2	2	2	Joint Champions
2	2	2
2	2	2

2013 Kirin Cup Soccer

Hasebe

2016 Kirin Cup Soccer

Kirin Cup returned in 2016, under a new name and format: Kirin Cup Soccer 2016. |10 June – Kobe||2 (4)||2 (3) |10 June – Kobe||7||2 |14 June – Osaka||2||1 |14 June – Osaka||4||0

Semi-finals

Fischer Krunić Hodžić Stevanović Medunjanin Vestergaard Christensen Schöne Eriksen Kagawa Yoshida Usami Asano Chochev

Third place match

Eriksen

Final

2022 Kirin Cup Soccer

Main article: 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer

2022 Kirin Cup Soccer was held between 10 and 14 June 2022, in a four-nation tournament format. Tunisia have won their first title, defeating Japan 3–0 in the final. ;Teams

|10 June – Kobe||0||2 |10 June – Kobe||4||1 |14 June – Osaka||0||3 |14 June – Osaka||0 (1)||0 (3)

Semi-finals

Report (JFA)

Abdi
Jebali Report (JFA)
Yamane
Mitoma
Kubo
Maeda
J. Ayew

Third place match

Fernández
Alarcón
Brereton Diaz
Medel
J. Ayew
Kudus
Issahaku Report (JFA)

Final

Report (JFA)

Ben Romdhane
Sassi
Jebali

Winners (Kirin Cup Soccer)

Clubs

1978: West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach and Brazil SE Palmeiras (Shared)
1979: England Tottenham Hotspur
1980: England Middlesbrough
1981: Belgium Club Brugge
1982: West Germany Werder Bremen
1983: England Newcastle United
1984: Brazil Internacional
1985: Brazil Santos
1986: West Germany Werder Bremen
1987: Brazil Fluminense
1988: Brazil CR Flamengo
1989: Not Held
1990: Not Held

National teams

1992:
1993:
1994:
1995:
1996:
1997:
1998:
1999: and (Shared)
2000: and (Shared)
2001:
2002: Not Finished
2003: Not Finished
2004:
2005: and (Shared)
2006:
2007:
2008:
2009:
2010: Not Held
2011: , and (Shared)
2012: Not Held
2013:
2014: Not Held
2015: Not Held
2016:
2017: Not Held
2018: Not Held
2019: Not Held
2020: Not Held
2021: Not Held
2022:

Notes

References

(25 January 2016). "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark to participate in Kirin Cup Soccer 2016". Japan Football Association.
(28 April 2022). "大会参加国、マッチスケジュール、テレビ放送が決定　キリンカップサッカー2022". Japan Football Association.

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