The Friendship Cup Brazil-Japan, over its six editions, always had different champions. CFZ, the tournament’s promoter, only reached the title at the sixth edition.

No Japanese team has ever advanced to the competition’s semifinal stage.

Besides CFZ, only Flamengo, Vasco, Kashima Antlers and Ichikawa (in 2000, part of a selection team with Nova Iguaçu) participated of every edition so far.

Only two coaches commanded CFZ at the Friendship Cup. Dudu Coimbra was ahead the team at the first three editions and Kika took over for the remaining three ones, including the victorious campaign of 2003.

Dudu’s numbers: 3 victories and 6 defeats.

Kika’s numbers: 9 victories, 2 ties and 1 defeat.

The first CFZ’s goal at the Friendship Cup was scored by Edinho from a penalty kick, at the match against Ichikawa’s first half 22nd minute, at the tournament’s second edition.

The team’s longest invincibility run took place between the fourth and the fifth editions of the Friendship Cup: 6 matches. At the IV Friendship Cup, CFZ was eliminated by Vasco at extra time. Thus, the match officially finished tied at normal time and is listed as part of this invincibility run.

The longest victories run is the current one, and holds 5 matches, equivalent to the ones played in 2003, at the sixth edition of the Friendship Cup. This run can be improved in 2004.

So far, the longest defeats run took place exactly at the Friendship Cup first edition’s three first matches, when CFZ had three consecutive defeats. These three matches were also the longest run of the team’s not won matches at the tournament’s history.