All Japan Senior Football Championship

The All Japan Senior Football Championship (Japanese: 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai) is a football (soccer) cup competition in Japan. It is run by the Japan Football Association. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either J.League or the Japan Football League), it can be considered an equivalent of the FA Trophy or FA Vase in England.

All Japan Senior Football Championship
Founded1965 (1965)
RegionJapan
Number of teams32
Current championsFC Tiamo Hirakata
(2019)
Most successful club(s)Urawa Club
Nagoya Grampus
Honda FC
Avispa Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu
Roasso Kumamoto
Tokyo Musashino City FC
(2 titles each)

Overview

The "Shakaijin" or "Zensha" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the Japan Soccer League. The winner and runner-up played off in a promotion and relegation series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972. Since 1977, however, there is a system called the "Regional Football League Competition" to promote new league entrants (to the JSL 2nd Division, the former Japan Football League, and the current Japan Football League), thus the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition. The 1999 edition was the only one to feature teams from the current JFL; otherwise, all participant clubs have been from the regional leagues.

The format is a week-long elimination tournament in a host locale (originally a single city, now a major metropolitan area) chosen by the JFA beforehand, and the best clubs of the regional leagues (currently 32 entrants) qualify. The final takes place in a major stadium in the largest host city or prefectural capital. The winner automatically qualifies to the Regional Promotion Series (runners-up and third places may also qualify depending on berth availability).

Many former Shakaijin winners are now J.League members, so the cup, despite no longer guaranteeing promotion, is considered a crucial stepping stone by ambitious clubs.

List of winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upTournament site(s)
1965Nippon Kokan3–1Urawa ClubBeppu, Ōita
1966Urawa Club1–0Nippon KokanOmiya
1967Nagoya Bank4–1Toyota MotorsYokohama, Kanagawa
1968Toyota Motors1–0Urawa ClubShimabara, Nagasaki
1969Kofu Club (shared)1–1
AET		Urawa Club (shared)Tōno, Iwate
1970Toyota Motors1–0Kofu ClubFujieda, Shizuoka
1971Towa Real Estate1–0Tanabe PharmaceuticalSaga
1972Eidai Industries5–0Teijin SC MatsuyamaIchihara, Chiba
1973Sumitomo2–1Hitachi IbarakiHitachi, Ibaraki
1974Honda Giken3–0Yanmar ClubKagoshima
1975Yanmar Club3–1Furukawa Electric ChibaShizuoka
1976Nissan Motors1–0Dainichi Nippon Densen
1977Toshiba Horikawa-cho2–0NTT Kansai
1978Saitama Teachers2–0Hyōgo TeachersNobeoka, Miyazaki
1979Toho Titanium2–0Mazda Auto Hiroshima
1980Yamato Nippon Densen2–0Osaka Gas
1981NTT Kanto2–1Hitachi Ibaraki
1982Osaka Gas3–1Shizuoka Gas
1983Matsushita5–0NTT Kansai
1984Kyoto Police Dept.2–1Shimizu Club
1985NTT Kansai (shared)1–1Yamanashi Club (shared)
1986Furukawa Electric Chiba4–3Tokyo Gas
1987Akita City Hall1–0Furukawa Electric Chiba
1988Kyoto Shiko Club2–0Mazda Auto Hiroshima
1989Chuo Bohan2–0Furukawa Electric ChibaKasuga, Fukuoka
1990Chuo Bohan3–1Hitachi IbarakiKanazawa
1991PJM Futures2–0Seino UnyuTsuruoka, Yamagata
1992PJM Futures2–0Nippon DensoTakamatsu, Kagawa
1993Yokogawa Denki3–2YKK
1994Hitachi Ibaraki1–0Hokuriku Electric Power Co.
1995Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura1–0Albireo Niigata
1996F.C. Kyoto BAMB 19931–1
PK 4–3		Prima Ham FC TsuchiuraTakatsuki, Osaka
1997Yokogawa Denki1–0
AET		Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Yokohama, Kanagawa
1998NTT Kyushu3–0Norbritz Hokkaido
1999Honda Giken4–0Sony Sendai FCToyama
Takaoka, Toyama
2000Sagawa Express Tokyo SC3–2Sagawa Printing SCSendai, Miyagi (final)
Naruse, Miyagi
Rifu, Miyagi
Shichigahama, Miyagi
Matsushima, Miyagi
2001Sagawa Express Osaka S.C.2–1
AET		Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.Nankoku, Kōchi (final)
Ochi, Kōchi
Haruno, Kōchi
Hidaka, Kōchi
Noichi, Kōchi
2002Okinawa Kariyushi FC (shared)0–0
AET		Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared)Shimizu, Shizuoka
Fujieda, Shizuoka
2003Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.3–0Shizuoka F.C.Saitama
Kawagoe, Saitama
2004Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.0–0Okinawa Kariyushi FCOkayama (final)
Kurashiki, Okayama
Oku, Okayama
2005Rosso Kumamoto (shared)2–2
AET		New Nippon Steel Ōita (shared)Kobe, Hyōgo (final)
Goshiki, Hyōgo
Awaji, Hyōgo
Kakogawa, Hyōgo
Miki, Hyōgo
2006V-Varen Nagasaki1–0Shizuoka F.C.Akita (final)
Yurihonjō, Akita
Nikaho, Akita
2007F.C. Mi-O Biwako Kusatsu3–1Yazaki ValenteŌita
Beppu, Ōita
2008A.C. Nagano Parceiro2–1NEC TokinNiigata
2009Matsumoto Yamaga2–1Zweigen KanazawaIchihara, Chiba
2010Kamatamare Sanuki2–0Nagano ParceiroYamaguchi
2011Tokyo 23 FC1–0SC SagamiharaŌgaki, Gifu
2012F.C. Korea1–0
AET		Fukushima UnitedChōfu, Tokyo
2013Renofa Yamaguchi1–1
PK 5–4		Grulla MoriokaShimabara, Nagasaki
2014FC Osaka2–0Club DragonsKamitonda, Wakayama
2015Arterivo Wakayama1–1
PK 5–3		Hannan UniversityMorioka, Iwate(final)
Hanamaki, Iwate
Takizawa, Iwate
Tōno, Iwate
2016Mitsubishi Mizushima FC2–2
PK 5–3		Suzuka Unlimited FCSaijō, Ehime(final)
2017Suzuka Unlimited FC 2–1 Matsue City FC Sakai, Fukui
2018Matsue City FC3–2FC KariyaKashima, Ibaraki (final)
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
2019FC Tiamo Hirakata1–0Ococias Kyoto ACKirishima, Kagoshima (final)
Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima
Shibushi, Kagoshima

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