J.League All-Star Soccer

JOMO All-Star Soccer

Founded	1993
Region	J. League (AFC)
Number of teams	2
2012 J. League All-Star Soccer

The J. League All-Star Soccer, called JOMO All-Star Soccer for sponsorship reasons, is an annual exhibition match organised by the Japan Football Association and J. League. It has been played each year since the inception of J. League in 1993. The players are chosen by the fan voting and the recommendation from J. League. The manager and coaches are also selected by the fan voting.

The old Japan Soccer League had an all-star game that was the forerunner to this competition. From 1966 to 1972 it was a two-leg final and from 1979 to 1992 a one-game affair, all pitting a West team against an East team. The last two games, in 1991 and 1992, were of the few football matches that took place at the baseball-specific Tokyo Dome.

The competition is officially titled with its sponsor's name. It was called Kodak All-Star Soccer between 1993-1998 as Kodak Japan (the Japanese subsidiary of Eastman Kodak) sponsored it. It was known as Tarami All-Star Soccer from 1999 to 2001 after food company Tarami. It has been titled as JOMO All-Star Soccer since 2002 because Japan Energy Corporation whose filling stations are branded as JOMO sponsor the competition.

Team selection

• All the J. League Division 1 clubs are divided into two teams, J-West and J-East, based on the geographical location of the club's hometown. Because both team should have the same number of clubs, some clubs based in central Japan have been allotted to both teams in the past due to the promotion or relegation of other clubs. The 1995 and 1996 competitions were exceptions, where the clubs were divided based on the result of the previous season. Those finished at an even number of the standing were allotted to J-Altair, and those finished at an odd number to J-Vega (Note: In the Tanabata folk tale, anthropomorphic Vega and Altair are said to see each other once a year across the Milky Way for a romantic reason).
• Each team consists of 16 players as well as 1 manager and 2 coaches. 11 players (1 GK, 3 DFs, 3MFs and 3FWs as well as the most voted 4th-ranked field player) are selected by the fan voting. More than 4 players cannot be selected from any one club. 5 other players are additionally selected by the recommendation from J. League that makes sure that each club has at least one representative in the competition. The fan voting also chooses 1 manager and 2 coaches. The most voted club manager acts as the manager and the 2nd and 3rd most voted club managers serve as coaches.

Results

Date	Venue	Score	MVP	Note
July 17, 1993	Kobe Universiade Memorial	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 1	Kazuyoshi Miura (V. Kawasaki)
July 23, 1994	Hiroshima Big Arch	J-EAST 1 J-WEST 2	Akihiro Nagashima (Shimizu)
July 22, 1995	National Olympic Stadium	J-Vega 4 J-Altair 0	Shoji Jo (Ichihara)
July 6, 1996	Nagai Stadium	J-Vega 2 (PK 4) J-Altair 2 (PK 3)	Dragan Stojković (Nagoya)
July 27, 1997	Kobe Universiade Memorial	J-EAST 1 J-WEST 4	Patrick Mboma (G. Osaka)
August 16, 1998	International Stadium Yokohama	J-EAST 1 J-WEST 3	Dragan Stojković (Nagoya)
July 31, 1999	Nagai Stadium	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 3	Hiroaki Morishima (C. Osaka)
August 26, 2000	Miyagi Stadium	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 5	Dragan Stojković (Nagoya)
August 4, 2001	Toyota Stadium	J-EAST 4 J-WEST 3	Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima)
August 24, 2002	Saitama Stadium	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 1	Emerson (Urawa)
August 9, 2003	Sapporo Dome	J-EAST 3 J-WEST 1	Patrick Mboma (Tokyo V.)
July 3, 2004	Niigata Stadium	J-EAST 3 J-WEST 3	Naohiro Ishikawa (F.C. Tokyo)
October 9, 2005	Ōita Stadium	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 3	Magno Alves (Oita)
July 15, 2006	Kashima Soccer Stadium	J-EAST 4 J-WEST 1	Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama FM)
August 4, 2007	Ecopa Stadium	J-EAST 2 J-WEST 3	Yoshito Okubo (C. Osaka)
August 2, 2008	Tokyo National Stadium	J. League 1 K-League 3	Choi Sung-Kuk (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)	*J-League All Stars v. K-League All Stars
August 8, 2009	Incheon Munhak Stadium	K-League 1 J. League 4	Lee Jung-Soo (Kyoto Sanga F.C.)	K-League All Stars v. *J-League All Stars
No game was played from 2010 to 2012.
August 13, 2013	Tokyo National Stadium	J. League v.s Asian All Stars

JOMO Cup J. League Dream Match

J. League All-Star Soccer should not be confused with another exhibition match JOMO Cup J. League Dream Match. The latter was held once a year between 1995 and 2001 and was competed between Japanese J. League players (in the case of the 1997 and 2000 competitions, the Japan National Team) and non-Japanese J. League players.

Results

Date	Score	Venue	Note
October 10, 1995	Japanese 3 Rest of the World　1	National Olympic Stadium	-
October 10, 1996	Japanese 1 Rest of the World　2	National Olympic Stadium	-
August 28, 1997	Japan National Team 0 Rest of the World　0	Urawa Komaba Stadium	The competition was held as a 'sending-off' match for the Japan National Team who would participate in the final qualifying stage of 1998 FIFA World Cup.
October 10, 1998	Japanese 3 Rest of the World　1	National Olympic Stadium	Guest player for the Rest of the World team: José Luis Chilavert
October 11, 1999	Japanese 1 Rest of the World　3	National Olympic Stadium	Guest players for the Rest of the World team: Leonardo Araújo and Roberto Baggio
October 4, 2000	Japan National Team 2 Rest of the World　0	National Olympic Stadium	The competition was held as a 'sending-off' match for the Japan National Team who would participate in the AFC Asian Cup. Guest player for the Rest of the World team: Roberto Baggio
September 2, 2001	Japanese 2 Rest of the World　4	National Olympic Stadium	Guest player for the Rest of the World team: Patrick Mboma

See also

• K-League All-Star Game

External links

• (Japanese) Official Web site
• (Japanese) 2004 JOMO All-Star Match official website
• (Japanese) 2005 JOMO All-Star Match official website
• (Japanese) 2006 JOMO All-Star Match official website
• (Japanese) 2007 JOMO All-Star Match official website