Japan Football Association (JFA), on 12 June, renewed a partnership MoU with IR Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) at IRIFF office in Tehran, Iran. Both football governing bodies will continue to cooperate with each other for further development of football.

JFA President TASHIMA Kohzo made an official visit to IRIFF President, Mr. Mehdi Taj prior to the Asian Qualifying match of Iraq vs. Japan and exchanged opinions and ideas about the development of football. TASHIMA expressed “I am very honoured to renew our partnership. Iran has been a good friend and also a good rival of Japan. By sharing our knowledge and experience, I would like to bring our game to a greater height.”

The MoU between JFA and IRIFF aims at following main areas of cooperation:

a. League Operations
　 Including match operation, media operation, marketing, commercial rights management, club management.
b. Coaching education, including coaching for goalkeepers and physical coaching
c. Referees’ development and exchanges
d. Vitalising the women’s football (League, Clubs, National Teams)
e. Friendly matches, camping for National Teams of each age category
f. Youth development program
g. Grassroots structure review
h. Development of Futsal
i. Exchanges of experience and expertise in training in sports science and sports medicine
j. Exchanges of experience and expertise in assisting the second career of retired Professional Players.
k. Exchange of information on marketing issues
l. Exchange of knowledge on establishing and operating the Football Academy
m. Exchange programs for technical personnel, administrative and management staff
n. Exchange of experience and expertise in the construction and management of sports installations, materials, sports equipment and scientific equipment
o. Exchange of experience and expertise in match fixing prevention
p. Exchange of experience and expertise in IT solutions and educational programmes.
Until today JFA has signed MoU with the following football associations:

Asia
[East] Hong Kong, Mongolia
[ASEAN] Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand
[South] India
[Central] Iran
[West] Jordan, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Europe
Denmark, England, France, Germany and Spain