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Japan Home Shirt 1998
$62.00
Unit price perIn 1998, Japan, managed by Takeshi Okada, made history by qualifying for their first-ever FIFA World Cup, held in France. The squad, nicknamed the Samurai Blue, combined domestic J.League stars with Europe-based players. Key figures included Hidetoshi Nakata, Masashi Nakayama, Shoji Jo, Masami Ihara, and goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi. Japan were drawn into Group H with Argentina, Croatia, and Jamaica. Though competitive, they lost all three matches: 1–0 to Argentina, 1–0 to Croatia, and 2–1 to Jamaica (with Nakayama scoring Japan’s first-ever World Cup goal). Despite elimination, the campaign marked a turning point, launching Japan as a regular World Cup participant.
Japan Home Shirt 1998
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In 1998, Japan, managed by Takeshi Okada, made history by qualifying for their first-ever FIFA World Cup, held in France. The squad, nicknamed the Samurai Blue, combined domestic J.League stars with Europe-based players. Key figures included Hidetoshi Nakata, Masashi Nakayama, Shoji Jo, Masami Ihara, and goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi. Japan were drawn into Group H with Argentina, Croatia, and Jamaica. Though competitive, they lost all three matches: 1–0 to Argentina, 1–0 to Croatia, and 2–1 to Jamaica (with Nakayama scoring Japan’s first-ever World Cup goal). Despite elimination, the campaign marked a turning point, launching Japan as a regular World Cup participant.
