Although not officially recognised by FIFA, this is the selection deemed to be the first Japan national football team by the Japan Football Association. Japan was represented by the Tokyo Higher Normal School, now the University of Tsukuba, which continues to uphold a strong and proud football reputation. Only Waseda University has won more All Japan College Football championship titles to date.
Third Far Eastern Games
| 09/05/1917 | Japan Selection | 0 (0) | Republic of China | 5 (4) |
| Japan XI: Tomita; Haga, Takei; Yoshiki, Takeuchi (C), Kumanosuke Ueyama; Watanabe, Sasaki, Okubo, Fujii, Nukata Substitutes: Osugi, Toyosaki, Ishikawa, Yamamoto, Kageyama Venue: Shibaura Ground, Tokyo, Japan |
| 10/05/1917 | Japan Selection | 2 (1) | Philippines | 15 (5) |
| Japan XI: Tomita; Haga, Takei; Yoshiki, Takeuchi (C), Kumanosuke Ueyama; Watanabe, Sasaki, Okubo, Fujii, Nukata Substitutes: Osugi, Toyosaki, Ishikawa, Yamamoto, Kageyama Venue: Shibaura Ground, Tokyo, Japan Note: This is Japan’s largest ever defeat against a national team |
Japan was represented by the Tokyo Higher Normal School. China was represented by South China AA.
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