1978 Japan v FC Amur Blagoveschensk

Japan v Amur Blagoveschensk (Russia) - 1978

FC Amur Blagoveschensk was a team based in the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far East of Russia close to the border with China.  FC Amur Blagoveschensk was founded in 1960 but was unfortunately dissolved in 2010. In March 1978 FC Amur Blagoveschensk travelled to Japan to play three games against the Japan National Team, drawing the first game 0-0 on 19 March and winning the next two, 1-0 and 2-1 on 21 and 26 March respectively. FC Amur Blagoveschensk also played one game against the Fujita Kogyo Club winning 2-1 on 28 March.

The official programme, which covers all four games has 22 x B5 pages (ten of which are adverts) and is all in Japanese. The programme begins with an introduction from the Japanese Football Association and details of the four games to be played by FC Amur Blagoveschensk on their tour. There are then four pages giving details of the players in the Japan National Team and Fujita Kogyo Club Squad along with small photos of their players. There are 3 pages with photos and details of Blagoveschensk and the football club. A further two pages list the FC Amur Blagoveschensk squad together with small photos of the players and officials. Finally there are two pages giving the scores of games since 1965 involving the Japan national team against teams from Russia.

Programme