6. Japanese Player in Spain

There were some Japanese players in Liga Espanola. I introduce Japanese soccer player in Spain.

 
    First, I intoroduce Shunsuke Nakamura who is one of the most famous Japanese soccer player. He is very good at free kicking. In 2009, he transfered from Celtic which is team of Scotland to RCD Espanyol. He belonged to it from 2009 to 2010. He didn’t get the goal in Spain, so I think he must be mortifying. Now, he belongs to Yokohama F・Marinos which is Japanese famous team. And he is the captain of the team.

Second, I introduce Yoshito Ookubo which is famous Japanese player. He was activity at Athens Olympics, so, in 2004, he transferred from Cerezo Osaka which is Japanese team to RCD Mallorca. He belonged to it from 2004 to 2006. In Spain, he played 39 games and got 5 goals. In 2005 He got the prize of “best young soocer player in Spain” but he wasn’t very activity. Now, he belongs to Kawasaki Frontale which is Japanese famous team and he got many goals, so he is top scorer in Japanese soccer league.

Third, I introduce Shoji Jo. He got many goals in Japanese soccer league, so, from 1999 to 2000, he belonged Vallado. He played 15 games and got 2 goals. Now he retire soccer player and became football commentator, so he often illstrates the game of representation from Japan.

      

　　　　Fourth, I introduce Akihiro Ienaga. In 2010, he transferred from Gamba Osaka which is Japanese famous team to RCD Mallorca. From 2010 to 2012 and now, he belonged to it. From 2010 to 2012, he played 19 games and got 2 goals. Until now, he hasn’t done remarkable activity, so I think he want to do wonderful activity.
      

.
　　　
　　　　Finally, I introduce very young Japanese soccer player in Spain. First, Takehusa Kubo is 12 years old. He has been belonged to the subsidiary organization of FC Barcelona since two years old. FC Barcelona is very strong team in the word, so he will become great Japanese soccer player. Second, Takuhiro Nakai is 9 years old. He belongs to the subsidiary organization of Real Madrid. He is the first Japanese soccer player join the teams. This thing is very amazing for Japanese soccer fan. I want for him to play an active part.
　Takuhiro’s play
   　                         　　　　
　 Takehusa's play　　　　



    Spain League is very strong so, there had been not Japanese player who was active.  But there are Japanese player every Japanese soccer fan are expecting. I want to expect them.

<Sources>

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E4%BF%8A%E8%BC%94

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E5%98%89%E4%BA%BA

5.Famous Players

There were many famous players in Liga Espanola, because there were teams which had many money and teams could bring many famous players.  I introduce four famous players who belonged to Liga Espanola’s team.

First, I introduce Raul Gonzalez Blanco who is Spanish. He belonged to Real Madrid from 1994 to 2010. While he belonged to Real Madrid, he made various records. He participated in the game 17years and 4 months. At this time, he was the youngest player in Liga Espanola. He got many goals in playing days. He got 71 goals in UEFA Champions league. This record has been not broken until now. He played 741 games and got 323 goals in Real Madrid. This record has not been broken, too. He contributed to win Liga Espnola and UEFA Champions League. While he belonged Real Madrid, he got the title of Liga Espanola 6 time and UEFA Champions League 3 times. He must be one of the greatest players of Real Madrid.

   　Second, I introduce Zinedine Yazid Zidane who is French. He was transferred from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001 and belonged to it from 2001 to 2006. At this time, Real Madrid is very strong, so called “galactics”. While he belonged to it, he got the title of UEFA Champions League 1 time and Liga Espanola 1 time, World Cup 1 time. He took a variety of award, especially Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. Ballon d’Or decided the European footballer of the year by soccer journalist. FIFA World Player of the year chose the best soccer player by coaches and captains of international teams. Most famous thing about him was to do head-butting in final of World Cup in 2006. I thought many people surprised. If he hadn’t done it, France defeated Italy. Since he retired, he do 
charity activities and coach of Real Madrid.

    Third, I introduce David Beckham who is from England. He was transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2003 and belonged to it from 2003 to 2007. He got the title of LigaEspanola in 2006. He is one of the players good at free kick. His free kick is very wonderful. He is famous as model. He do a kind of things in various areas.

    Finally, I introduce Rivaldo who is Brazilian. He belonged FC Barcelona from 1997 to 2002. He got the title of Liga Espanola 2 times and World Cup 1 time. He won the prize of Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year, so he is called “Lefty Monster”. Many people was surprised at his skill.

<sources> ｈttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8D%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%80%

E3%83%B3

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89

4.The team which won the victory

There are four conventions, Liga Espanola, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de Espana, UEFA Champions League in Spain league. I introduce the team and players of which won the victory.

    First, I introduce the team which won the victory. Nine teams got the title of Liga Espanola. Real Madrid got it thirty two times and FC Barcelona twenty two, Atletico Madrid nine times. Until now, Liga Espanola is conducted 82 times. Real Madrid and Barcelona won the title many times. Real Madrid continuously got it from 1985 to 1990. FC Barcelona continuously got it from 1990 to 1994. Points system is used in Liga Espanola. FC Barcelona got 100 points in 2013 ,and Real Madrid got 100 points in 2012 . 100 points is largest number in history of Liga Espanola. Two teams lost two games in thirty eight games. I introduce top scorer player. Lionel Messi got 50 goals in 2012. There were not players that exceed this record in history of Liga Espanola. He became top scorer three times.    

Copa de Rey is most famous and oldest convention in Spain. It is conducted 110 times.  Fifteen teams got the title of Copa del Rey. FC Barcelona got it twenty six times and Athletic Bilbao twenty three times, Real Madrid eighteen times.  

   Supercopa de Espana is conducted 30 times. The team of Liga Espanola’s victory fight with the team of Copa del Rey’s victory, so many people watch it.Ten teams got the title of Supercopa de Espana. FC Barcelona got it eleven times, Real Madrid nine times, Deportivo de La Coruna three times.

UEFA Champions League has been conducted since 1956. It was conducted 58 times. Two teams in Spain league got the title of UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid got it nine times. This number is first of European soccer teams. FC Barcelona got it four times. This number is fifth of European soccer teams. To win this convention is very difficult in the world. This reason is winning team changes every year recently. The team of Spain League won it 13 times, Italian League 12times. Thus, the team of Spain League have been very strong since 1956. The team won it gets 1050 ten thousand euro. This amount of money enables the team to do reinforcement. I introduce top scorer player. Raul got 74 goals which was most numbers in history of UEFA Champions League. Raul belonged to Real Madrid from 1992 to 2010.

Real Madrid and FC Barcelona got the many title of conventions. It is suprised that they have been strong since 1920s.

super play of Messi in 2012

Goal collection of Raul
<sources>
 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9
 http://www.sanspo.com/soccer/world/uefa-cl/history.html

3.Convention

    
    There are other conventions in Liga Eapanola, for example Copa del Rey, Supercopa de Espana, UEFA Champions League.

    First I explain Copa del Rey. Copa del Rey is oldest convention of soccer in Spain. First of all, I explain history of Copa del Rey. In 1902, Copa de la Coronacion began. Carlos Padros who made Real Madrid proposed it. Four teams took part in it. Athletic Bilbao won the first convention. It became Copa del Rey in 1903. In 1928, Liga Espanola began, so from 1903 to 1927 Copa del Rey was main soccer convention in Spain. Next, I explain rule of it. Entry qualifications is teams of first parts,20 teams in Spain League, and second parts,22 teams, five teams of third parts. It holds from August to May when Liga Espanola is conducted. System of tournament divides into three methods. Lower round is knockout system which is one-shot deal. Best 32 round to semifinal is home and away system. Final is conducted at neutrality stadium. Winning team gets the entry right of Supercopa de Espana and UEFA Champions League.

    Second, I explain Supercopa de Espana. It is convention which is that the victory of Liga Espnola fight with the victory of Copa del Rey. If there are team wins Supercopa and Liga Espnola, the team fights with second place of Copa del Rey. It is conducted before opening game of Liga Espanola, so we know team condition this year.

      Third, I explain UEFA Champions League. It decides strongest team in Europe. First of all, I explain history of it. Gabriel Hanot who was journalist of a sports newspaper in France suggested it in 1955. Until 1992, entry teams were limited to the victory teams of domestic league. In 1997, second place teams of domestic league were able to enter it. Recently, various teams in Europe participate it. 4 teams of Liga Espanola get the entry qualifications. Next, I explain system of it. In game of qualifying, 32 teams divide into 8 groups and contends with points. The team gets three points when the team win and one point when draw, doesn’t point when lose. And, 2 teams in each groups can progress to a final tournament. In a final tournament and qualifying, home and away system is used. Final is conducted at famous stadium in Europe. The team which won the victory gets the

entry qualification of Club World Cup which decides strongest team in the world from 2005. Final is watched by 100 million people, so UEFA Champions League is famous sports event. Every year, the team which won the victory is different. Thus, many people is hard to expect its team, which is very interesting for many people. 
   <sources>
     http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82     %AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0
      http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4

2.History of Liga Espanola

The origin of soccer is general rules of football were decided at England in 1863. At this time, England made many colonies and trade at various places in the world, so went to oversea. In 1872, Soccer travel to Huelva in Spain by the England . Huelva is southwest of Spain and port town. Many the England operate copper main there. Capitalists and laborers of copper main made club team in 1870s. This team is Recreative Huelva. This team was made in 1889 and is oldest club team in Spain. At that time, soccer was popular at other area in Spain. In 1899, Catalonia Joan Gamper who was the business of Swiss made FC Barcelona at Barcelona. Barcelona city is northeast of Spain. It was famous as the city of fiber, so many foreigner lived there by the industrial revolution. Soccer was famous in 1890s at north of Spain, Basque region. The English mined copper mind and coal there. The English began to do soccer. Bilbao Football Club was made by workers of British in 1898. In 1901, Bilbao Football Club became Athletic Bilbao. When some teams were made, the football tournament to cerebrate the coronation of King Alfonso 13^th (called Copa del Rey) began in 1903. Liga Espanola began in 1928. The number of teams of Liga Espanola was 10 teams in 1928, 14 teams in 1940, 18 teams in 1971, 20 teams in 1987.

I explain history of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in detail. In 1899, FC Barcelona was established and dark red and blue was decided as its team color. The chairman of the first was Walter Wild. FC Barcelona win Copa del Rey in 1910. It built Camp de Les Corts stadium in 1922. In 1929, it won Liga Espnola. From 1936 to 1939, civil war was conducted in Spain. Catalonia opposed dictatorship of Francisco Franco who was military, so J・Sunyoru who was chairman of FC Barcelona at that time was assassinated. But Catalonia don’t lose and FC Barcelona was maintained as symbol of Catalonia’s democracy. In 1957, It sold Camp de Les Corts and built new stadium, Camp Nou. Now, FC Barcelona is strong team in the world.

   






    Second, I explain Real Madrid. In 1895, graduation students of Oxford and Cambridge university established Football Sky at Madrid. New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Espanola de Madrid were made in1900. Juan Padros were chairman of Real Madrid established Madrid Foot-Ball Club in 1902. In 1905, Real Madrid won Copa del Rey. In 1912, it built O’Donnell stadium. In 1920, name of club became Real Madrid. In 1924, it built Estadio Chamartin stadium. Now, Real Madrid is famous team in the world.

<Sources>http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
http://www.kashiroman.com/lec/futbol_lec.html

1.Explanation of Liga Espanola

     Liga Espanola is soccer league of Spain. UEFA ranking decide rank of each soccer league in Europe. UEFA ranking of Liga Espnola is first, so Liga Espanola is best soccer league in Europe. It takes place from September to May.
     It is consisted of Primera Division and Segunda Division and Tercera Division. Primera Division is first league and Segunda Division is second league, Tercera Division is third league. Primera Division contains 20 teams and Segunda Division 22 teams, Tercera Division 20 teams.
    The games are performed by home and away. Ranking is determined by the points. The team gets three points when the team wins. The team gets one point when the team draws. The team doesn’t get point when the team loses. Three teams lower of Primera Division are demoted to Segund Division and three teams higher of Segund Division are promoted to Primera Division.  Four teams higher of Primera Division can take part in UEFA Champions League. Fifth and sixth team get the qualification of UEFA Europe League. Average audience is 29430 and this figure is the third in the world, so many people note the league.
    There are some features of Liga Espanola. Main teams of its league are Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in its league. Two teams very strong and have many funds. The disparities of between two teams and other teams spread, so there are many problems. The character of Liga Espanola’s is soccer technique, ball possession, side attack and interesting content. The character of Liga Espanola is the strength of local consciousness, because Spanish have consciousness that local player is brought up in the area. For example, Athletic Bilbao is consisted of only Basque, which is very rare in the world. There are organization is called cantera. Cantera is youth academies of top team. The purpose of cantera is team grow young talented players. The teams conducting cntera are Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao etc. Cantera in Spain is very famous in the world, because there are two reasons. First, cntera of Spain is very strong. Second, there are many top players from cantera. Recently, Japanese young player of FC Barcelona’s cantera attracts attention in Japan. I want him to succeed and to go into FC Barcelona’s top team.

Liga Espanola contract with BBVA, so Primera division is called Liga BBVA. BBVA is big bank in Spain. Liga Espanola is one of most famous league. Thus, I recommend you to watch it

<Sources>http://www.blau-grana.com/fcb/cantera.htm
                 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9