All Japan Senior Football Championship
The All Japan Senior Football Championship (Zen Nihon Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai, 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会) is a football (soccer) cup competition in Japan. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either J. League or the Japan Football League), it can be an equivalent of the FA Trophy or FA Vase in England.
Overview
The "Shakaijin" or "Zensha" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the Japan Soccer League. The winner and runner-up played off in a promotion and relegation series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972 and after most of the clubs who did not join the J. League joined the former Japan Football League.
Since 1999, however, the current Japan Football League, currently the lowest national league in Japan, uses a system called the "Regional Playoffs" to promote new JFL entrants, so the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition.
List of winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Nippon Kokan | 3-1 | Urawa Club |
| 1966 | Urawa Club | 1-0 | Nippon Kokan |
| 1967 | Nagoya Bank | 4-1 | Toyota Motors |
| 1968 | Toyota Motors | 1-0 | Urawa Club |
| 1969 | Kofu Club (shared) | 1-1 | Urawa Club (shared) |
| 1970 | Toyota Motors | 1-0 | Kofu Club |
| 1971 | Towa Real Estate | 1-0 | Tanabe Pharmaceutical |
| 1972 | Eidai Industries | 5-0 | Teijin S.C. Matsuyama |
| 1973 | Sumitomo | 2-1 | Hitachi Ibaraki |
| 1974 | Honda Giken | 3-0 | Yanmar Club |
| 1975 | Yanmar Club | 3-1 | Furukawa Electric Chiba |
| 1976 | Nissan Motors | 1-0 | Yamato Nippon Densen |
| 1977 | Toshiba Horikawa-cho | 2-0 | NTT Kansai |
| 1978 | Saitama Teachers | 2-0 | Hyogo Teachers |
| 1979 | Toho Titanium | 2-0 | Mazda Auto Hiroshima |
| 1980 | Yamato Nippon Densen | 2-0 | Osaka Gas |
| 1981 | NTT Kanto | 2-1 | Hitachi Ibaraki |
| 1982 | Osaka Gas | 3-1 | Shizuoka Gas |
| 1983 | Matsushita | 5-0 | NTT Kansai |
| 1984 | Kyoto Police Dept. | 2-1 | Shimizu Club |
| 1985 | NTT Kansai (shared) | 1-1 | Yamanashi Club (shared) |
| 1986 | Furukawa Electric Chiba | 4-3 | Tokyo Gas |
| 1987 | Akita City Hall | 1-0 | Furukawa Electric Chiba |
| 1988 | Kyoto Shiko Club | 2-0 | Mazda Auto Hiroshima |
| 1989 | Chuo Bohan | 2-0 | Furukawa Electric Chiba |
| 1990 | Chuo Bohan | 3-1 | Hitachi Ibaraki |
| 1991 | PJM Futures | 2-0 | Seino Unyu |
| 1992 | PJM Futures | 2-0 | Nippon Denso |
| 1993 | Yokogawa Denki | 3-2 | YKK |
| 1994 | Hitachi Ibaraki | 1-0 | Hokuriku Electric Power Co. |
| 1995 | Prima Ham F.C. Tsuchiura | 1-0 | Albireo Niigata |
| 1996 | F.C. Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 1-1 PK 4-3 |
Prima Ham F.C. Tsuchiura |
| 1997 | Yokogawa Denki | 1-0 AET |
Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. |
| 1998 | NTT Kyushu | 3-0 | Norbritz Hokkaido |
| 1999 | Honda Giken | 4-0 | Sony Sendai F.C. |
| 2000 | Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. | 3-2 | Sagawa Printing S.C. |
| 2001 | Sagawa Express Osaka S.C.（関西） | 2-1 AET |
Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. |
| 2002 | Okinawa Kariyushi F.C. (shared) | 0-0 AET |
Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared) |
| 2003 | Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. | 3-0 | Shizuoka F.C. |
| 2004 | Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. | 0-0 | Okinawa Kariyushi F.C. |
| 2005 | Rosso Kumamoto (shared) | 2-2 AET |
New Nippon Steel Oita |
| 2006 | V. Varen Nagasaki | 1-0 | Shizuoka F.C. |
| 2007 | F.C. Mi-O Biwako Kusatsu | 3-1 | Yazaki Valente |