Marius Johan "Hans" Ooft (born 1947) is a Dutch former football player and manager who became the first foreigner to head the Japanese football team.[2] Under Ooft, Japan won the Asian Championship for the first time in 1992 but was fired a year later for failing to qualify them for the 1994 World Cup in a crucial match against Iraq.[3]

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record Refs
G W D L Win %
Japan April 1, 1992 November 11, 1993 27 16 7 4 059.26 [4]
Júbilo Iwata 1994 1996 144 77 3 64 053.47 [5][a]
Kyoto Purple Sanga 1998 1998 16 3 2 11 018.75 [5][a]
Urawa Red Diamonds 2002 2003 80 37 14 29 046.25 [5][a]
Júbilo Iwata 2008 2008 11 3 2 6 027.27 [5][a]
Total 278 136 28 114 048.92
  1. ^ a b c d Club statistics include J.League and J.League Cup figures.

Honors

Manager

Japan

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References

  1. ^ Marius Johan OOFT at the Japan Football Hall of Fame
  2. ^ Mubarak, Hassanin (2003-09-25). "Japan National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  3. ^ Yoon, Hyung-Jin (2005-07-03). "Asian Nations Cup 1992 Final Tournament - Full Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  4. ^ "Ooft Japan: Japan's National Team 1992–93". JSoccer.com. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  5. ^ a b c d 選手・監督・審判 ハンス オフト [Players, coaches, referees: Hans Ooft]. J.League Data Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ "Marius Johan OOFT". Japan Football Association. Retrieved February 19, 2024.


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