Japan national under-20 football team

Japan Under-20
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	Masanaga Kageyama
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. The team were the champions in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship.

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
1977	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1979	Round 1	3	0	2	1	1	2
1981	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1983	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1985	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	12	9
1999	Runners-Up	7	4	1	2	11	9
2001	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	4
2003	Quarterfinals	5	3	0	2	6	10
2005	Round of 16	4	0	2	2	3	5
2007	Round of 16	4	2	2	0	6	3
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	4	6
2019	To be determined	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	10/21	39	14	10	15	53	54

*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 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 0 Algeria	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 1 Mexico	Draw
1995	Round 1	Japan 2 – 2 Chile	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 0 Burundi	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1 – 2 Brazil	Loss
1997	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 6 – 2 Costa Rica	Win
	Round 1	Japan 3 – 3 Paraguay	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan 1 – 0 Australia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1 – 2 Ghana	Loss
1999	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Cameroon	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 3 – 1 United States	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 0 England	Win
	Round of 16	Japan 1 – 1 Portugal	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2 – 0 Mexico	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2 – 1 Uruguay	Win
	Final	Japan 0 – 4 Spain	Loss
2001	Round 1	Japan 0 – 2 Australia	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Angola	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 3 – 0 Czech Republic	Win
2003	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 England	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 4 Colombia	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Egypt	Win
	Round of 16	Japan 2 – 1 South Korea	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1 – 5 Brazil	Loss
2005	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Netherlands	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 1 Benin	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 1 Australia	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan 0 – 1 Morocco	Loss
2007	Round 1	Japan 3 – 1 Scotland	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Costa Rica	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 0 Nigeria	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan 2 – 2 Czech Republic	Draw
2017	Round 1	Japan 2 – 1 South Africa	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 2 Uruguay	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 2 Italy	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan 0 – 1 Venezuela	Loss
2019	To be Determined

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship

Year	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	4	2	0	2	12	11
1960	4	2	1	1	10	11
1961	4	0	1	3	4	8
1962	4	1	0	3	4	9
1963	5	1	1	3	8	13
1964	3	0	1	2	1	4
1965	4	2	0	2	8	4
1966	4	0	0	4	2	13
1967	3	0	0	3	2	6
1968	3	0	1	2	0	6
1969	3	1	0	2	5	11
1970	6	2	1	3	5	13
1971	6	4	1	1	13	2
1972	5	2	2	1	12	5
1973	5	1	2	2	5	6
1974	4	2	0	2	9	4
1975	4	2	0	2	10	5
1976	4	1	2	1	2	4
1977	5	1	2	2	8	6
1978	4	1	2	1	8	6
1980	4	2	0	2	4	5
1982	–	–	–	–	–	–
1985	–	–	–	–	–	–
1986	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	3	0	0	3	3	7
1990	3	1	1	1	5	4
1992	5	3	0	2	8	4
1994	6	4	0	2	9	4
1996	6	3	1	2	12	6
1998	6	3	1	2	18	10
2000	6	3	1	2	15	8
2002	6	4	1	1	11	4
2004	6	3	0	3	10	3
2006	6	3	2	1	12	6
2008	4	2	1	1	10	6
2010	4	3	0	1	11	4
2012	4	1	1	2	2	4
2014	4	2	1	1	7	5
2016	6	4	2	0	13	0
Total	163	66	29	68	278	227

Recent results and fixtures

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 de Liege	0–3	Japan	Liege, 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) 2017 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) 2017 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) 2017 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) 2017 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	U-19 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	Japan	v	North Korea	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00				Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Thailand	v	Japan	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00				Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Japan	v	Iraq	Cibinong, Indonesia
16:00				Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

Current squad

Head coach: Masanaga Kageyama
Asst.Coach: Tadahiro Akiba
GK Coach: Norio Takahashi

Following is the 23 member squad announced on 2 October 2018 for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.^[1]

Number	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Tomoya Wakahara	(1999-12-28)28 December 1999 (aged 18)	Kyoto Sanga
12	1GK	Kosei Tani	(2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 17)	Gamba Osaka
23	1GK	Keisuke Osako	(1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 19)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2	2DF	Shunki Higashi	(2000-07-28)28 July 2000 (aged 18)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3	2DF	Yuki Kobayashi	(2000-07-18)18 July 2000 (aged 18)	Vissel Kobe
4	2DF	Daiki Hashioka	(1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
5	2DF	Yukinari Sugawara	(2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 18)	Nagoya Grampus
15	2DF	Ayumu Seko	(2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 18)	Cerezo Osaka
17	2DF	Hirokazu Ishihara	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 19)	Shonan Bellmare
21	2DF	Takuya Ogiwara	(1999-11-23)23 November 1999 (aged 18)	Urawa Red Diamonds
22	2DF	Kenedeiebusu Mikuni	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 18)	Aomori Yamada High School

6	3MF	Mitsuki Saito	(1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 19)	Shonan Bellmare
7	3MF	Hiroki Ito	(1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 19)	Júbilo Iwata
8	3MF	Kanya Fujimoto	(1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (aged 19)	Tokyo Verdy
10	3MF	Hiroki Abe	(1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 19)	Kashima Antlers
14	3MF	Yuta Goke	(1999-06-10)10 June 1999 (aged 19)	Vissel Kobe
16	3MF	Yuta Taki	(1999-08-29)29 August 1999 (aged 19)	Shimizu S-Pulse
19	3MF	Kota Yamada	(1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 19)	Yokohama F. Marinos

9	4FW	Takefusa Kubo	(2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 17)	FC Tokyo
11	4FW	Kyosuke Tagawa	(1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 19)	Sagan Tosu
13	4FW	Taichi Hara	(1999-05-05)5 May 1999 (aged 19)	FC Tokyo
18	4FW	Koki Saito	(2001-08-10)10 August 2001 (aged 17)	Yokohama FC
20	4FW	Taisei Miyashiro	(2000-05-26)26 May 2000 (aged 18)	Kawasaki Frontale

Past Squads

FIFA U20 WC

AFC U19 Championship

Honours

International

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

AFC U-19 Championship

Winners (1): 2016,

Runners-Up (6): 1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006

References

↑ "U-19 Japan National Team squad, schedule - AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 (10/18-11/4)". JFA. 2 October 2018.

External links

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

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[1] "U-19 Japan National Team squad, schedule - AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 (10/18-11/4)". JFA. 2 October 2018.

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