Gamba Osaka's veteran midfielder Yasuhito Endo will join Jubilo Iwata in the J-League second division on loan through January 2021, the two clubs said Monday. The 40-year-old former Japan international, whose 152 caps and 641 top-tier appearances are both records, has seen less playing time ...
Gamba Osaka veteran Yasuhito Endo to join J2's Jubilo on loan
Gamba Osaka veteran midfielder Yasuhito Endo is set to join Jubilo Iwata in the J. League second division on loan until the end of the season, an official of the top-flight Japanese club said Friday. The 40-year-old former Japan international, whose 152 caps and 641 ...
Two first-half goals propel Frontale past Jubilo
Two teams winless in their last six games stepped onto the Todoroki Stadium pitch needing a win for very different reasons. Only one walked away happy on Saturday night. Yasuto Wakizaka and Kazuya Yamamura outfoxed Jubilo Iwata goalkeeper Krzysztof Kaminski in the first half as Kawasaki ...
Last-minute penalty earns 10-man Jubilo a 1-1 draw with Gamba Osaka
Masato Nakayama scored in the final seconds from the penalty spot, earning 10-man Jubilo a 1-1 draw at Gamba Osaka in the J. League first division on Sunday. Kosuke Onose scored just before halftime for Gamba at Panasonic Stadium, but the hosts could not convert ...
Jubilo Iwata on Monday named head coach Hideto Suzuki as the new manager of the struggling J. League first-division club, replacing Hiroshi Nanami, who announced his resignation the previous day. Suzuki, a 44-year-old former Japan international, will take the reins at the Yahama Stadium resident, ...
Jubilo top Verdy in J1 playoff
The J. League's 26th season drew to a close on Saturday with a showdown between two storied clubs that would seem familiar — yet in other ways somewhat alien — to those who watched from the terraces and in front of TV sets in ...
Legendary Samurai Blue goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi plays final game
Former Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi brought down the curtain on his professional career Sunday in the final game of the season for third-division SC Sagamihara. Kawaguchi, whose 116 Japan caps are the most for a goalie, played the full 90 minutes in Sagamihara's 1-0 win ...
Jubilo face relegation playoff after loss to Frontale on own goal in 94th minute
Jubilo Iwata will face a playoff to remain in the first division after a 94th-minute own goal by captain Kentaro Oi gave Kawasaki Frontale a 2-1 victory and sent the visitors plummeting to the bottom three in the J. League final round on Saturday. At ...
Kengo Kawamata scores lone goal as Jubilo top Bellmare to end seven-game winless streak
Kengo Kawamata struck ahead of halftime as Jubilo Iwata broke a seven-game winless streak to beat Shonan Bellmare 1-0 on Tuesday. The clash at Yamaha Stadium, originally slated for Sept. 29, was the second league match between the pair this season to be rescheduled because ...
Jubilo escapes Nagasaki with a point to climb out of drop zone
Jubilo Iwata escaped the relegation zone with a scoreless draw at last-place V-Varen Nagasaki in the J. League first division's lone game on Sunday. V-Varen remained bottom of the table with 29 points, five points from safety with four games left. Although both teams attacked ...
Kashima Antlers advanced to the quarterfinals of the Emperor's Cup with a 2-0 win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday night thanks to extra-time goals from Leo Silva and Kento Misao. They will be joined in the last eight by Jubilo Iwata, who defeated visiting Consadole ...
Despite dominating possession and completing twice as many passes as their opponents, Cerezo Osaka needed a late equalizer from Spanish defender Osmar to salvage a 1-1 draw against Jubilo Iwata on Friday night. Jubilo came into the match five spots below fifth-place Cerezo following an ...
