Japan national under-20 football team

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

Japan Under-20
Nickname(s)サムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachMasanaga Kageyama
Most capsKoki Ogawa (35)
Top scorerKoki Ogawa (23)
FIFA codeJPN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1979)
Best resultRunners-up (1999)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances37 (first in 1959)
Best resultChampions (2016)

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) Friendly F91 Dudelange 0–3  Japan Dudelange, Luxembourg
19:00 Takagi 76'
Kubo 81'
Iwasaki 84'
Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum
24 March 2017 (2017-03-24) Friendly Germany  2–1  Japan Saarbrücken, Germany
12:00 6'
76'
Endo 91' Stadium: Stadion Kieselhumes
26 March 2017 (2017-03-26) Friendly MSV Duisburg 0–4  Japan Duisburg, Germany
11:00 Ogawa 35', 70', 88'
Endo 58'
27 March 2017 (2017-03-27) Friendly Standard Liège 0–3  Japan Liège, Belgium
16:00 Iwasaki 48'
Kubo 57'
Ogawa 85'
15 May 2017 (2017-05-15) Friendly Japan  3–2  Honduras Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan
18:30 Ogawa 15'
Sakai 47' (pen.)
Itakura 63'
Report 18'
32'
Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium
21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) FIFA U-20 World Cup South Africa  1–2  Japan Suwon, South Korea
17:00 Tomiyasu 7' (o.g.) Report Ogawa 48'
Doan 72'
Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 8,091
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)
24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) FIFA U-20 World Cup Uruguay  2–0  Japan Suwon, South Korea
20:00 Schiappacasse 38'
Olivera 90+1'
Report Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 7,978
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) FIFA U-20 World Cup Japan  2–2  Italy Cheonan, South Korea
20:00 Doan 22', 50' Report Orsolini 3'
Panico 7'
Stadium: Cheonan Stadium
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Ghead Grisha (Egypt)
30 May 2017 (2017-05-30) FIFA U-20 World Cup Venezuela  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Japan Daejeon, South Korea
17:00 Herrera 108' Report Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Team for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 2018 AFC U-19 Qual. Mongolia  0–7  Japan Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
16:00 Report Hara 13'
Tsendjav 37' (o.g.)
Goke 41'
Ando 46'
Unur-Erdene 51' (o.g.)
Taniguchi 67'
Tanaka 86'
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
6 November 2017 (2017-11-06) 2018 AFC U-19 Qual. Singapore  0–7  Japan Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
12:00 Report Ito 3', 23'
Nakamura 26'
Goke 32' (pen.)
Tanaka 42'
Tagawa 78' (pen.)
Kawamura 82'
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 20
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
8 November 2017 (2017-11-08) 2018 AFC U-19 Qual. Japan  2–1  Thailand Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
12:00 Tagawa 62', 66' Report Chokanan 65' Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 30
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) Friendly Canary Islands 1–2  Japan Maspalomas, Spain
16:00 48' Report Iijima 44'
Yokoyama 55'
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas
31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) Friendly Czech Republic  0–1  Japan Maspalomas, Spain
16:00 Report Hanya 46' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas
2 February 2018 (2018-02-02) Friendly Spain  2–0  Japan Maspalomas, Spain
18:30 59'
87'
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas
25 March 2018 (2018-03-25) Friendly Indonesia  1–4  Japan Jakarta, Indonesia
18:30 90+5' Report Miyashiro 16', 49'
Yamada 48'
Ando 80'
Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
13 June 2018 (2018-06-13) Friendly Czech Republic  0–1  Japan Lisbon, Portugal
15:00 Report Yamada 22'
15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) Friendly Portugal  0–1  Japan Lisbon, Portugal
16:00 Report Sakuragawa 87'
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Friendly Norway  2–1  Japan Lisbon, Portugal
11:00 7'
40'
Report Hirakawa 51'
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) Friendly Japan  1–0  Australia Fujieda, Japan
18:30 Miyashiro 26' Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) Friendly Japan  1–2  Paraguay Shizuoka, Japan
17:30 Miyashiro 55' Report 53'
70'
Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium
3 September 2018 (2018-09-03) Friendly Japan  2–0  Vietnam Narashino, Japan
17:00 Sugawara 48'
Mikuni 81'
Report Stadium: Frontier Soccer Field
7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Friendly Mexico  1–1  Japan Mexico City, Mexico
10:30 14' Report Tagawa 31' Stadium: National Training Centre
9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) Friendly Brazil  1–1  Japan Mexico City, Mexico
10:30 Matheus Cunha 52' (pen.) Report Tagawa 60' Stadium: National Training Centre
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group Stage) Japan  5–2  North Korea Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00 K. Saito 8'
Ito 19'
Kubo 65'
Miyashiro 89'
Abe 90+3'
Kye Tam 36'
Kang Kuk-chol 41' (pen.)
Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group Stage) Thailand  1–3  Japan Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00 Suphanat 54' Miyashiro 27', 44'
K. Saito 42'
Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group Stage) Japan  5–0  Iraq Cibinong, Indonesia
16:00 Taki 10'
Tagawa 27'
Hara 34', 77'
K. Saito 85'
Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Quarter-finals) Japan  2–0  Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 Higashi 40'
Miyashiro 70'
Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Semi-finals) Japan  0–2  Saudi Arabia Cibinong, Indonesia
19:30 Report
Stadium: Pakansari Stadium
Attendance: 311
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

2019

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group Stage) Japan  1–1  Ecuador Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland
20:30
Report
Attendance: 3,018[1]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group Stage) Mexico  0–3  Japan Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia, Poland
15:30 Report
Attendance: 4,930[2]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group Stage) Italy  0–0  Japan Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland
18:00 Report Attendance: 6,702[3]
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
4 June 2019 (2019-06-04) FIFA U-20 World Cup (Round of 16) Japan  0–1  South Korea Lublin Stadium, Lublin, Poland
17:30 Report Attendance: 10,021[4]
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

2021

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship was cancelled after the draw for the group stage was conducted.[5]

March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Group Stage Japan  Cancelled  Iraq Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Group Stage Bahrain  Cancelled  Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Group Stage South Korea  Cancelled  Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
18 December IBARAKI Next Generation Match 2021 1st Round Kashima Antlers Youth 2–6  Japan Hitachinaka, Japan
11:00
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Hitachinaka Athletics Stadium
19 December IBARAKI Next Generation Match 2021 Final Japan  1–2 U-20 Kanto University Selection Hitachinaka, Japan
14:00
  • Kanta Chiba 41'
Report (JFA) unknown 61', 87' Stadium: Hitachinaka Athletics Stadium

U-19

3 June 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament Japan  v  Comoros Fos-sur-Mer, France
Stadium: Stade Parsemain
5–19 September 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v TBD
5–19 September 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v TBD
5–19 September 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v TBD

U-18

22–28 August 2022 SBS Cup Japan  v TBD Shizuoka, Japan
22–28 August 2022 SBS Cup Japan  v TBD Shizuoka, Japan
22–28 August 2022 SBS Cup Japan  v TBD Shizuoka, Japan

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 18 May 2021[6]
Role Name
Head coach Masanaga Kageyama
Assistant coach Koichi Togashi
Goalkeeping coach Daijiro Takakuwa
Physical coach Atsushi Kanno

Players

Current squad

The following players were included in the 24-member squad for the under-19 training camp, announced on 21 April 2022.[7]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Ryoya Kimura (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 Nihon University
1GK Soshi Hadano (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 Doshisha University
1GK Yu Kanoshima (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 Ryutsu Keizai University
2DF Hayate Matsuda (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 Mito HollyHock
2DF Hayato Tanaka (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 Kashiwa Reysol
2DF Shinya Nakano (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 Sagan Tosu
2DF Shota Nishino (2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2DF Shuhei Mizoguchi (2004-02-13) 13 February 2004 Kashima Antlers
2DF Shunsuke Nishikubo (2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 JEF United Chiba
2DF Shuta Kikuchi (2003-08-16) 16 August 2003 Shimizu S-Pulse
2DF Taisei Ishii (2003-12-29) 29 December 2003 Shonan Bellmare
3MF Haruki Yoshida (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 Nagoya Grampus
3MF Kensuke Fujiwara (2003-12-21) 21 December 2003 Júbilo Iwata
3MF Kodai Sano (2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 Fagiano Okayama
3MF Taisei Abe (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 V-Varen Nagasaki
3MF Taishin Yamazaki (2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 University of Tsukuba
3MF Tsubasa Kasayanagi (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 V-Varen Nagasaki
3MF Taichi Fukui (2004-07-15) 15 July 2004 Sagan Tosu
3MF Yosuke Furukawa (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 Júbilo Iwata
3MF Yusei Yashiki (2003-10-18) 18 October 2003 Oita Trinita
3MF Yuta Arai (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 FC Tokyo
4FW Akito Suzuki (2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 Shonan Bellmare
4FW Ayumu Yokoyama (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 Matsumoto Yamaga
4FW Kanta Chiba (2003-06-16) 16 June 2003 Shimizu S-Pulse

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Records

As of 5 August 2021

Honours

Intercontinental

Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

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

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
1959Third place42021211
1960Third place42111011
1961Group stage401348
1962Group stage410349
1963Group stage5113813
1964Group stage301214
1965Group stage420284
1966Group stage4004213
1967Group stage300326
1968First round301206
1969Quarterfinals3102511
1970Fourth place6213513
1971Fourth place6411132
1972Quarterfinals5221125
1973Runners-up512256
1974Quarterfinals420294
1975Group stage4202105
1976Tie-breaker play-off412124
1977Fourth place512286
1978Group stage412186
1980Final tournament420245
1982
1985
1986
1988Group stage300337
1990Group stage311154
1992Third place530284
1994Runners-up640294
1996Fourth place6312126
1998Runners-up63121810
2000Runners-up6312158
2002Runners-up6411114
2004Third place6303103
2006Runners-up6321126
2008Quarterfinals4211106
2010Quarterfinals4301114
2012Quarterfinals411224
2014Quarterfinals421175
2016Champions6420130
2018Semifinals5401155
Total/40163662968293232

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. "Match report – Group B – Japan v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. "Match report – Group B – Mexico v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. "Match report – Group B – Italy v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Match report – Round of 16 – Japan v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  5. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. "U-20 Japan National Team short-listed Squad – Training Camp (3/22-24@Chiba)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. "U-19 Japan National Team short-listed squad - Training Camp (4/24-27@JFA YUME Field)". jfa.jp/eng/ (in Japanese). JFA. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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