Japan 15–0 Philippines
{{Infobox football match
| title = Japan 15–0 Philippines
| image =
| event = Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Group 1
| team1 = Japan
| team1association = {{flagicon|JPN|1947|size=30px}}
| team1score = 15
| team2 = Philippines
| team2association = {{flagicon|PHI|1936|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 27 September 1967
| stadium = National Olympic Stadium
| referee = Atef Sinan (Lebanon)
| attendance = 7,939{{Citation |author=Takeo Goto |title=日本サッカー史 資料編―日本代表の90年 |year=2007|isbn=4575299332}}
| weather =
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On 27 September 1967, the national association football teams of Japan and the Philippines faced each other in a qualification match for the 1968 Summer Olympics. The teams were in Group 1, where South Korea, Lebanon, South Vietnam and Taiwan (Republic of China) were also included. The top team in the group qualified for the Olympics. This match resulted in Japan's largest victory and the Philippines' worst defeat in an international football match. The Philippines' previous record for its worst defeat was 1–15 against Malaya (present-day Malaysia) at the 1962 Asian Games.{{cite web|last1=Velasco|first1=Santiago|title=XII Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)|url=http://linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1968_MEXICO_PR.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206200005/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1968_MEXICO_PR.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 6, 2013|website=Lingua Sports|accessdate=17 July 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Romualdez|first1=Johnny|title=13-1 football loss: Can it happen again?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=20030117&id=UmwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3661,1521466|accessdate=17 July 2014|work=Manila Standard|date=17 January 2003|quote=The writer was a member of two national teams that loss the biggest margins in international football in the 60s– a 15–1 loss to Malaya in the 1962 Asian Games which record was broken by a 15–0 loss to Japan in the Olympic Eliminations in Japan in 1967.}} Japan also suffered its worst defeat to the Philippines with the score 2–15 on 10 May 1917, but that is not recognized as an official international match by the Japan Football Association.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap-intres.html |title=List of full international matches |author=Yoon Hyung-jin |website=RSSSF |accessdate=18 July 2014}}
Details
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1967|09|27|df=y}}
|time = 19:40 (UTC+9)
|event =
|round = 1968 Summer Olympics qualification – Group 1
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1947}}
|team2 = {{fb|PHI|1936}}
|score = 15–0
|goals1 = Sugiyama {{goal|4||75}}
Ogi {{goal|5}}
Kamamoto {{goal|15||16||26||43||64||89}}
Miyamoto {{goal|20||30||40||46}}
Watanabe {{goal|63}}
Kuwahara {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
|attendance = 7,939
|referee = Atef Sinan (Lebanon)
|report = [http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/19670927 Report]
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore =
|penalties2 =
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|colspan="4"|Line-up{{cite web|title=Japan vs Philippines|url=http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/19670927/|accessdate=3 June 2016}} | ||||
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GK | 1 | Kenzo Yokoyama | {{suboff|?}} | |
DF | 2 | Hiroshi Katayama | ||
DF | 7 | Kiyoshi Tomizawa | ||
DF | Hisao Kami | |||
DF | 4 | Yoshitada Yamaguchi | ||
MF | 8 | Takaji Mori | ||
MF | 12 | Teruki Miyamoto | ||
MF | 9 | Aritatsu Ogi | {{suboff|46}} | |
FW | 13 | Masashi Watanabe | ||
FW | 15 | Kunishige Kamamoto | ||
FW | 17 | Ryuichi Sugiyama | ||
colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
GK | Koji Funamoto | {{subon|?}} | ||
FW | 14 | Yasuyuki Kuwahara | {{subon|46}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Ken Naganuma |
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|colspan="4"|Line-up{{cite web|last1=Yoon|first1=Hyung-Jin|title=1967|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap-intres1960.html|website=RSSSF|accessdate=29 November 2015}} | ||||
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GK | Eduardo Fuertes | |||
Ruberto Shaoton | ||||
Eduardo Ragudameo | ||||
Eufemio Agustin | {{suboff|?}} | |||
Gary Bafro | ||||
Ben McElroy | ||||
James Co | ||||
Federico Veloso | ||||
Eduardo Pacheco | ||||
Jordan Guansuon | ||||
Carlo Chan | ||||
colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
Mariano Chu | {{subon|?}} | |||
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|PHI|1936}} Emilio Pacheco{{cite book|last1=Villegas|first1=Bernardo|title=Philippine Football: Its Past, Its Future|date=2016|publisher=University of Asia and the Pacific|isbn=978-621-8002-29-6|pages=160–161|contributor-last=Dee|contributor-first=Ignacio|contribution=A National Football League: A Cure-All? (chapter authors)}} |
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Final standings
Japan won all its other matches with other teams in the group except with South Korea which ended with a draw. The Philippines failed to win any matches in the whole duration of the qualifying tournament. The Philippines also conceded two other defeats with the opposing sides scoring two-digit goal difference. The matches were against South Vietnam; 10–0, and Lebanon; 11–1. South Vietnam's match with the Philippines was its largest victory in an international football match. Lebanon's result was also its largest victory in an international football match. Japan managed to qualify for the Football event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
{{:Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers – Group 1}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Japan national football team matches}}
{{Philippines national football team}}
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Category:Record association football wins
Category:1967 in Asian football
Category:Japan national football team matches
Category:Philippines national football team matches