Japan national under-20 football team

Japan
Nickname(s) サムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
Association Japan Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Atsushi Uchiyama
FIFA code JPN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 8 (first in 1979)
Best result Runners-Up (1999)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances 40 (first in 1959)
Best result Champions
(2016)

The Japan national under-20 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Competition Rosters

FIFA U-20 World Cup Rosters

Competition Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Did not qualify------
Japan 1979Round 1302112
Australia 1981Did not qualify------
Mexico 1983Did not qualify------
Soviet Union 1985Did not qualify------
Chile 1987Did not qualify------
Saudi Arabia 1989Did not qualify------
Portugal 1991Did not qualify------
Australia 1993Did not qualify------
Qatar 1995Quarterfinals411266
Malaysia 1997Quarterfinals5212129
Nigeria 1999Runners-Up7412119
Argentina 2001Round 1310244
United Arab Emirates 2003Quarterfinals5302610
Netherlands 2005Round of 16402235
Canada 2007Round of 16422063
Egypt 2009Did not qualify------
Colombia 2011Did not qualify------
Turkey 2013Did not qualify------
New Zealand 2015Did not qualify------
South Korea 2017Qualified------
Total9/2035139134948
*Denotes draws which includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.
FIFA U-20 World Cup History
Year Round Score Result
1979 Round 1 Japan 0 – 1  SpainLoss
Round 1 Japan 0 – 0  AlgeriaDraw
Round 1 Japan 1 – 1  MexicoDraw
1995 Round 1 Japan 2 – 2  ChileDraw
Round 1 Japan 1 – 2  SpainLoss
Round 1 Japan 2 – 0  BurundiWin
Quarterfinals Japan 1 – 2  BrazilLoss
1997 Round 1 Japan 1 – 2  SpainLoss
Round 1 Japan 6 – 2  Costa RicaWin
Round 1 Japan 3 – 3  ParaguayDraw
Round of 16 Japan 1 – 0  AustraliaWin
Quarterfinals Japan 1 – 2  GhanaLoss
1999 Round 1 Japan 1 – 2  CameroonLoss
Round 1 Japan 3 – 1  United StatesWin
Round 1 Japan 2 – 0  EnglandWin
Round of 16 Japan 1 – 1  PortugalDraw
Quarterfinals Japan 2 – 0  MexicoWin
Semifinals Japan 2 – 1  UruguayWin
Final Japan 0 – 4  SpainLoss
2001 Round 1 Japan 0 – 2  AustraliaLoss
Round 1 Japan 1 – 2  AngolaLoss
Round 1 Japan 3 – 0  Czech RepublicWin
2003 Round 1 Japan 1 – 0  EnglandWin
Round 1 Japan 1 – 4  ColombiaLoss
Round 1 Japan 1 – 0  EgyptWin
Round of 16 Japan 2 – 1  South KoreaWin
Quarterfinals Japan 1 – 5  BrazilLoss
2005 Round 1 Japan 1 – 2  NetherlandsLoss
Round 1 Japan 1 – 1  BeninDraw
Round 1 Japan 1 – 1  AustraliaDraw
Round of 16 Japan 0 – 1  MoroccoLoss
2007 Round 1 Japan 3 – 1  ScotlandWin
Round 1 Japan 1 – 0  Costa RicaWin
Round 1 Japan 0 – 0  NigeriaDraw
Round of 16 Japan 2 – 2  Czech RepublicDraw

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship

  • 1959: Third Place
  • 1971: Third Place
  • 1973: Runners-Up
  • 1977: Fourth Place
  • 1980: Third Place
  • 1992: Third Place
  • 1994: Runners-Up
  • 1996: Fourth Place
  • 1998: Runners-Up
  • 2000: Runners-Up

Recent results and fixtures

Current Squad

The following 24 players were called up for the squad for the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship.[1]

Head Coach: Japan Atsushi Uchiyama

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ryosuke Kojima (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 Japan Waseda University
12 1GK Riku Hirosue (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 Japan Aomori Yamada High School
23 1GK Tomoya Wakahara (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 Japan Kyoto Sanga U-18
2 2DF So Fujitani (1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 Japan Vissel Kobe
3 2DF Yuta Nakayama (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
4 2DF Koki Machida (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 Japan Kashima Antlers
5 2DF Takehiro Tomiyasu (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 Japan Avispa Fukuoka
6 2DF Ryo Hatsuse (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 Japan Gamba Osaka
16 2DF Tomoki Iwata (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 Japan Oita Trinita
19 2DF Kakeru Funaki (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 Japan Cerezo Osaka U-18
22 2DF Kou Itakura (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
7 3MF Yuta Kamiya (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 Japan Shonan Bellmare
8 3MF Koji Miyoshi (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
10 3MF Daisuke Sakai (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 Japan Oita Trinita
11 3MF Yoichi Naganuma (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
15 3MF Ritsu Doan (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 Japan Gamba Osaka
17 3MF Mizuki Ichimaru (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 Japan Gamba Osaka
18 3MF Keita Endo (1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
21 3MF Teruki Hara (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 Japan Municipal Funabashi High School
9 4FW Koki Ogawa (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 Japan Júbilo Iwata
13 4FW Takeru Kishimoto (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 Japan Cerezo Osaka
14 4FW Shunta Nakamura (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 Japan Kashiwa Reysol U-18
20 4FW Yuto Iwasaki (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 Japan Kyoto Tachibana High School

Honours

International

Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

AFC U-19 Championship
Runners-Up (6): 1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U-19 Japan National Team squad, schedule - AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016". JFA. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
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