Japan national under-17 football team

Japan Under-17
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	Yoshiro Moriyama
FIFA code	JPN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1993)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1993, 2011)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1994, 2006, 2018)

The Japan national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.

Competition squad

FIFA U-17 World Cup squad

Competition records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991	Did not enter
1993	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	4
1995	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	9
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	5	9
2011	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	13	5
2013	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	7	4
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	8	4
2019	Qualified
Total	9/18	29	11	5	13	44	43

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

FIFA U-17 World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result
1993	Group stage	Japan 0–1 Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 0–0 Italy	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 2–1 Mexico	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–2 Nigeria	Loss
1995	Group stage	Japan 0–1 Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 2–1 United States	Win
	Group stage	Japan 0–0 Ecuador	Draw
2001	Group stage	Japan 1–0 United States	Win
	Group stage	Japan 0–4 Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 1–5 France	Loss
2007	Group stage	Japan 3–1 Haiti	Win
	Group stage	Japan 0–3 Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 1–2 France	Loss
2009	Group stage	Japan 2–3 Brazil	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 3–4 Switzerland	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 0–2 Mexico	Loss
2011	Group stage	Japan 1–0 Jamaica	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–1 France	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 3–1 Argentina	Win
	Round of 16	Japan 6–0 New Zealand	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2–3 Brazil	Loss
2013	Group stage	Japan 1–0 Russia	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–1 Venezuela	Win
	Group stage	Japan 2–1 Tunisia	Win
	Round of 16	Japan 1–2 Sweden	Loss
2017	Group stage	Japan 6–1 Honduras	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–2 France	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 1–1 New Caledonia	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan 0–0 England	Draw

AFC U-16 Championship record

AFC U-16 Championship
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Group stage	1	0	0	1	0	3
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	8
1990	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Champions	6	4	0	2	13	9
1996	Fourth place	6	3	2	1	13	7
1998	Group stage	4	2	1	1	8	6
2000	Third place	6	5	0	1	20	6
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
2004	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3
2006	Champions	6	4	2	0	17	6
2008	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	16	3
2010	Semifinals	5	3	1	1	11	3
2012	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	14	6
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	7	6
2016	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	24	4
2018	Champions	6	5	1	0	13	4
Total	15/18	70	43	10	17	156	78

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

AFC U-16 Championship matches
Year	Round	Score	Result
1985	Group stage	Japan 0–3 Saudi Arabia	Loss
1988	Group stage	Japan 0–2 China PR	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 0–0 Iraq	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 3–2 North Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–4 Qatar	Loss
1994	Group stage	Japan 2–5 United Arab Emirates	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 0–1 Iraq	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 South Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 Qatar	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 4–3 Oman	Win
	Final	Japan 1–0 Qatar	Win
1996	Group stage	Japan 2–2 Oman	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 3–2 South Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan 5–2 Kuwait	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 Uzbekistan	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 0–1 Thailand	Loss
	Third place	Japan 0–0 Bahrain	Draw
1998	Group stage	Japan 1–2 South Korea	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 2–1 Bahrain	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–1 Oman	Win
	Group stage	Japan 2–2 Bangladesh	Draw
2000	Group stage	Japan 2–0 Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan 2–0 Myanmar	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 Nepal	Win
	Group stage	Japan 7–1 China PR	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2–3 Oman	Loss
	Third place	Japan 4–2 Vietnam	Win
2002	Group stage	Japan 1–2 Uzbekistan	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 1–3 Qatar	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 1–0 Syria	Win
2004	Group stage	Japan 0–0 North Korea	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 1–2 Thailand	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 3–1 China PR	Win
2006	Group stage	Japan 6–0 Nepal	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–1 Singapore	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 3–2 South Korea	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–1 Iran	Draw
	Semifinals	Japan 2–0 Syria	Win
	Final	Japan 4–2 North Korea	Win
2008	Group stage	Japan 4–0 Malaysia	Win
	Group stage	Japan 6–1 United Arab Emirates	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 Yemen	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 1–2 South Korea	Loss
2010	Group stage	Japan 6–0 Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–0 Timor-Leste	Win
	Group stage	Japan 0–0 Australia	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3–1 Iraq	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 1–2 North Korea	Loss
2012	Group stage	Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Group stage	Japan 1–3 South Korea	Loss
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 North Korea	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2–1 Syria	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 5–1 Iraq	Win
	Final	Japan 1–1 Uzbekistan	Draw
2014	Group stage	Japan 2–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Group stage	Japan 3–0 China PR	Win
	Group stage	Japan 2–4 Australia	Loss
	Quarterfinals	Japan 0–2 South Korea	Loss
2016	Group stage	Japan 7–0 Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan 8–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Group stage	Japan 6–0 Australia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–0 United Arab Emirates	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2–4 Iraq	Loss
2018	Group stage	Japan 5–2 Thailand	Win
	Group stage	Japan 0–0 Tajikistan	Draw
	Group stage	Japan 2–0 Malaysia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2–1 Oman	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 3–1 Australia	Win
	Final	Japan 1–0 Tajikistan	Win

Recent results and fixtures

Team for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) Friendly	Scotland	0–0	Japan	Málaga, Spain
15:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) Friendly	Scotland	0–0	Japan	Málaga, Spain
15:30		Report		Stadium: Arroyo Enmedio

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) Friendly	Russia	1–2	Japan	Málaga, Spain
15:30	69'	Report	Kida 49' Miyashiro 67'	Stadium: San Pedro de Alcántara

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) Friendly	Belgium	2–2	Japan	Málaga, Spain
15:30	2' 16'	Report	Kikuchi 5' Yamada 18'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

2 March 2017 (2017-03-02) Friendly	Belgium	1–4	Japan	Málaga, Spain
10:30	23'	Report	Tsubaki 6', 38' 55' Nakamura 80'	Stadium: San Pedro de Alcántara

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) Friendly	United States	2–0	Japan	Tampa, Florida, United States
17:00	25' 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Premier Sports Campus

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) Friendly	United States	4–1	Japan	Tampa, Florida, United States
19:00	8' 12' 35' 50'	Report	Miyashiro 63'	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) Friendly	United States	2–1	Japan	Tampa, Florida, United States
9:00	61' 70'	Report	Miyashiro 87'	Stadium: IMG Academy

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) Friendly	United States	2–3	Japan	Tampa, Florida, United States
11:00	53' 70'	Report	Suzuki 33' Tanahashi 70', 86'	Stadium: IMG Academy

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) Friendly	Guinea	5–3	Japan	Conakry, Guinea
17:00	15' (pen.) 18' 23' (pen.) 78' 90'	Report	Masutani 41' (pen.) Miyashiro 72', 90+6'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre

9 May 2017 (2017-05-09) Friendly	Guinea	1–1	Japan	Conakry, Guinea
17:00	82'	Report	Yamada 33'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) International Youth Tournament of Vaclav Jezek 2017	Japan	1–0	Russia	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) International Youth Tournament of Vaclav Jezek 2017	Hungary	2–5	Japan	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) International Youth Tournament of Vaclav Jezek 2017	Japan	4–0	United States	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) International Youth Tournament of Vaclav Jezek 2017	Czech Republic	2–4	Japan	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Honduras	1–6	Japan	Guwahati, India
20:00	Palacios 36'	Report	Nakamura 22', 30', 43' Kubo 45' Miyashiro 51' Suzuki 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 13,285 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

11 October 2017 (2017-10-11) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	France	2–1	Japan	Guwahati, India
17:00	Gouiri 13', 71'	Report	Miyashiro 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 9,575 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Japan	1–1	New Caledonia	Kolkota, India
17:00	Nakamura 7'	Report	Jeno 83'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 44,665 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	England	0–0	Japan	Kolkota, India
20:00		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 53,302 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Team for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

13 July 2017 (2017-07-13) Friendly	China PR	0–4	Japan	Weinan, China
19:35		Report	Yokokawa 8' Sumi 29' Nakano 41' Ikehata 87'	Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) Friendly	Czech Republic	0–3	Japan	Weinan, China
19:35		Report	Suzuki 31' Nakano 51' Kondo 65'	Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium

17 July 2017 (2017-07-17) Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–1	Japan	Weinan, China
16:00	39'	Report	Yokokawa 90'	Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	Japan	20–0	Guam	Bekasi, Indonesia
16:00	K. Nakano 5', 19', 38', 54' (pen.), 64' (pen.), 73' Yoshida 10', 32', 51', 62' Yokokawa 14' Niu 28' (o.g.) Sumi 60' Sako 66' Aoshima 75' Aoki 80', 87' Kondo 83', 86' S. Nakano 90'	Report		Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Mahmood Salim Said Al-Majarafi (Oman)

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	Singapore	0–11	Japan	Bekasi, Indonesia
19:00		Report	Araki 7', 78' Koshio 24' Aoki 38', 49', 62' Naruoka 39' Kondo 41' Nishikawa 48' Aoshima 74' K. Nakano 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification	Japan	4–0	Malaysia	Bekasi, Indonesia
16:00	Yoshida 23' Ueda 27' K. Nakano 49' Aoki 73'	Report		Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Mahmood Salim Said Al-Majarafi (Oman)

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Friendly	Morocco	2–4	Japan	Limeil-Brévannes, France
14:00	26' 32'	Report	Aoki 50' Iwasaki 53' Tanaka 55' Toyama 76'

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Japan	Villiers-sur-Marne, France
14:00		Report	Toyama 27' Aoki 40' (pen.)

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Friendly	France	1–1	Japan	Bonneuil-sur-Marne, France
16:00	53'	Report	Aoki 74'

6 February 2018 (2018-02-06) Friendly	Belgium	3–0	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30	29' 69' 85'	Report		Stadium: Dubai Police Club Stadium

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08) Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1–2	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:00	84'	Report	Nishikawa 57' Mito 76'	Stadium: Dubai Police Club Stadium

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) Friendly	Czech Republic	0–1	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30		Report	Osawa 60'	Stadium: Dubai Police Club Stadium

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) Friendly	Iran	0–1	Japan	Jiangyin, China
16:00		Report	Yamane 72'	Stadium: Jiangyin Stadium

18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Japan	Jiangyin, China
19:35	82'	Report	Toyama 14', 17'	Stadium: Jiangyin Stadium

20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) Friendly	China PR	0–0	Japan	Jiangyin, China
19:35		Report		Stadium: Jiangyin Stadium

13 June 2018 (2018-06-13) U16 Int'l Dream Cup	Japan	2–3	Paraguay	Sendai, Japan
18:00	Sako Maaya 35' Aoki Yusuke 56'	Report	12', 22', 52'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) U16 Int'l Dream Cup	Japan	0–2	Senegal	Sendai, Japan
18:00		Report	7', 69'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) U16 Int'l Dream Cup	Japan	1–3	Spain	Sendai, Japan
14:30	Naruoka Hikaru 84'	Report	12', 20', 87'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

1 August 2018 WAFF U16 Ch'ship	Japan	1–0	Yemen	Amman, Jordan
	Keita Nakano 63'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium

3 August 2018 WAFF U16 Ch'ship	Japan	2–1	India	Amman, Jordan
20:00 UTC+3	Kuraba Kondo 43' Shoji Toyama 84'	Report	Vikram Singh 26'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium

5 August 2018 WAFF U16 Ch'ship	Jordan	2–3	Japan	Amman, Jordan
	? 31' ? 31'	Report	Kuraba Kondo 31' Riku Handa 54' Yusuke Aoki 64'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium

9 August 2018 WAFF U16 Ch'ship	Iraq	1–3	Japan	Amman, Jordan
	65'	Report	Shoji Toyama 49' Keita Nakano 88', 90'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Japan	5–2	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45				Stadium: UM Arena Stadium

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Tajikistan	0–0	Japan	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45				Stadium: UM Arena Stadium

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Malaysia	0–2	Japan	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11:00				Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Japan	2–1	Oman	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16:30				Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Japan	3–1	Australia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16:30				Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 2018 AFC U-16 Championship	Japan	1–0	Tajikistan	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45				Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

Current squads

Squad selected for WAFF U16 Boys Championship^[1]

Head Coach: Yoshiro Moriyama

Assistant Coach: Saito Toshihide (JFA National Coaching Staff)

GK Coach: Takakuwa Daijiro (JFA National Coaching Staff)

Conditioning Coach: Ogai Tomohiro (JFA National Coahing Staff/Ryutsu Keizai University)

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club

Goalkeepers
12	Kokoro Aoki	(2000-06-09) 9 June 2000	JFA Academy Fukushima U-18
23	Issei Ouchi	(2000-09-08) 8 September 2000	Yokohama FC Youth
1	Kosei Tani	(2000-11-22) 22 November 2000	Gamba Osaka Youth
Defenders
21	Ryutaro Sakuta	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	Vissel Kobe U-18
19	Kenta Kikuchi	(2000-05-28) 28 May 2000	JFA Academy Fukushima U-18
16	Takumu Kemmotsu	(2000-06-02) 2 June 2000	Shimizu S-Pulse Youth
5	Ayumu Seko	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000	Cerezo Osaka U-18
7	Yukinari Sugawara	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000	Nagoya Grampus U-18
3	Yuki Kobayashi	(2000-07-18) 18 July 2000	Vissel Kobe U-18
2	Rikuto Katsura	(2000-09-16) 16 September 2000	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth
Midfielders
4	Rei Hirakawa	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000	FC Tokyo U-18
8	Tochi Suzuki	(2000-05-30) 30 May 2000	Cerezo Osaka U-18
10	Shimpei Fukuoka	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000	Kyoto Sanga U-18
6	Hinata Kida	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000	Cerezo Osaka U-18
15	Soichiro Kozuki	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000	Kyoto Sanga U-18
17	Gijo Sehata	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001	JFA Academy Fukushima U-18
22	Shunsuke Tanimoto	(2001-03-07) 7 March 2001	Cerezo Osaka U-18
20	Nagi Matsumoto	(2001-09-04) 4 September 2001	Cerezo Osaka U-15
Forwards
18	Hiroto Yamada	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000	Cerezo Osaka U-18
11	Taisei Miyashiro	(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000	Kawasaki Frontale U-18
14	Akito Tanahashi	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000	Yokohama F. Marinos Junior Youth
13	Keito Nakamura	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000	Mitsubishi Yowa S.C. Sugamo Youth
9	Takefusa Kubo	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001	FC Tokyo U-18

Honors

Continental

AFC U-17/U-16 Championship

Champions (3): 1994, 2006, 2018

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial

Tournament de Montaigu

Champions (1): 2004

Runners-Up (1): 2005

References

↑ http://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u16_2018/news/00018164/

External links

Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
Japan Football Association (in English)

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