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Kirin Cup Soccer
International football tournament
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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Qualification to the semi-finals | |
| FRA Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Champions | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
1993 Kirin Cup Soccer
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Joint Champions | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2000 Kirin Cup Soccer
| Team | 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Champions | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Ferreira
2002 Kirin Cup Soccer
Alex Pavón
2003 Kirin Cup Soccer
Zanetti Romeo Rodríguez
2004 Kirin Cup Soccer
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Champions | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Suzuki Yanagisawa Jestrovic
2005 Kirin Cup Soccer
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Joint Champions | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
- 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
- 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
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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