title: 1961 in Japanese football
text: # 1961 in Japanese football
  
  This article provides an overview of Japanese football in the year 1961. In 1961, the Japan national football team went 2-5 in international play.
  
  ## National team
  
  ### Players statistics
  
  | Player | -1960 | 05.28 | 06.11 | 08.02 | 08.06 | 08.10 | 08.15 | 11.28 | 1961 | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ryuzo Hiraki | 25(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 27(1) |
  | Yasuo Takamori | 23(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 25(0) |
  | Michihiro Ozawa | 17(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 23(0) |
  | Yoshio Furukawa | 16(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 17(0) |
  | Masao Uchino | 13(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 15(3) |
  | Saburo Kawabuchi | 12(5) | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | 6(1) | 18(6) |
  | Mitsuo Kamata | 12(0) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 7(1) | 19(1) |
  | Hiroshi Ninomiya | 11(9) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 12(9) |
  | Masashi Watanabe | 11(5) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 17(6) |
  | Koji Sasaki | 11(1) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 14(1) |
  | Shigeo Yaegashi | 11(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | 7(2) | 18(2) |
  | Masakatsu Miyamoto | 10(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 16(0) |
  | Ken Naganuma | 3(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 4(1) |
  | Takehiko Kawanishi | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 7(0) |
  | Hiroshi Saeki | 2(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
  | Tsukasa Hosaka | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 7(0) |
  | Teruki Miyamoto | 0(0) | - | O | O(1) | O(2) | O | - | O | 5(3) | 5(3) |
  | Hiroshi Katayama | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
  | Ryuichi Sugiyama | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
  | Takayuki Kuwata | 0(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
  | Kenji Tochio | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
  | Shozo Tsugitani | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
  | Tatsuya Shiji | 0(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 1(1) |
  | Ryozo Suzuki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  