Japan national under-23 football team

The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and were champions in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Since 1992, it was decided that teams targeting athletes under the age of 23 will participate in the Olympics (additional provisions for overage limits have been added since 1996). Therefore, the name changes to Japan national under-22 football team the year before the Olympics and Japan national under-21 football team two years ago.

Japan U23
Nickname(s)サムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachHajime Moriyasu
CaptainKoji Miyoshi
FIFA codeJPN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Malaysia 1–1 Japan
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1]
Biggest win
Japan 13–0 Philippines 
(Hong Kong; 12 June 1999)
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 6–1 Japan
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994)
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (first in 1996)
Best resultFourth place (2012)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultWinner (2016)
Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold Medal (2010)

Coaches
Name Nat. Period
Yoshitada Yamaguchi 1990–1992
Akira Nishino 1993–1996
Philippe Troussier 1998–2000
Masakuni Yamamoto 2002–2004
Yasuharu Sorimachi 2006–2008
Takashi Sekizuka 2010–2012
Makoto Teguramori 2014–2016
Hajime Moriyasu 2017–present

Players

Current squad
  • The final squad was announced on 29 December 2019.[2]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Ryosuke Kojima (1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 22) Oita Trinita
2 2DF Yugo Tatsuta (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 21) Shimizu S-Pulse
3 2DF Tsuyoshi Watanabe (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 22) FC Tokyo
4 3MF Daiki Suga (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 21) Consadole Sapporo
5 2DF Daiki Sugioka (1998-09-08)8 September 1998 (aged 21) Shonan Bellmare
6 3MF Mitsuki Saito (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 20) Shonan Bellmare
7 3MF Shunta Tanaka (1997-05-26)26 May 1997 (aged 22) Osaka University
8 3MF Ao Tanaka (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 21) Kawasaki Frontale
9 4FW Koki Ogawa (1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 22) Mito HollyHock
10 3MF Ryotaro Meshino (1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 21) Heart of Midlothian
11 3MF Keita Endo (1997-11-22)22 November 1997 (aged 22) Yokohama F. Marinos
12 1GK Keisuke Osako (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 20) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
13 4FW Ayase Ueda (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 21) Kashima Antlers
14 3MF Tsukasa Morishima (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
15 2DF Makoto Okazaki (1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21) FC Tokyo
16 3MF Yuki Soma (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 22) Kashima Antlers
17 2DF Koki Machida (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 22) Kashima Antlers
18 4FW Kyosuke Tagawa (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 20) FC Tokyo
19 4FW Reo Hatate (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 22) Juntendo University
20 2DF Taiyo Koga (1998-10-28)28 October 1998 (aged 21) Kashiwa Reysol
21 3MF Taishi Matsumoto (1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 21) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
22 2DF Daiki Hashioka (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 20) Urawa Red Diamonds
23 1GK Kosei Tani (2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 19) Gamba Osaka

Previous squads

Olympics Games

AFC U-23 Championship

Asian Games

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019
22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) 2020 AFC U23 QJapan 8–0 MacauYangon, Myanmar
15:00 Machida  51'
Ueda  54', 60', 70'
Endo  67'
Maeda  69', 72'
Itakura  90+5'		 Report Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 303
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) 2020 AFC U23 QTimor-Leste 0–6 JapanYangon, Myanmar
15:00 Report Tagawa  24'
Kubo  54', 75'
Tatsuta  60'
Itakura  71'
Ueda  77'		 Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 753
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) 2020 AFC U23 QJapan 7–0 MyanmarYangon, Myanmar
15:00
Report Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 9,875
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
1 June 2019 (2019-06-01) Toulon TournamentEngland 1–2 JapanAubagne, France
15:05 Chalobah  38' Report Ominami  47'
Naganuma  68'		 Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
Referee: Felipe González Alveal (Chile)
4 June 2019 (2019-06-04) Toulon TournamentJapan 6–1 ChileSalon-de-Provence, France
16:05 Mitoma  7'
Hatate  12', 18', 63'
Iwasaki  39', 45+1'		 Report Araos  35' Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
7 June 2019 (2019-06-07) Toulon TournamentPortugal 1–0 JapanFos-sur-Mer, France
17:05 Umaro Embaló  85' Report Stadium: Stade Parsemain
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
12 June 2019 (2019-06-12) Toulon TournamentJapan 2–2
(5–4 p)		 MexicoAubagne, France
15:00 Soma  72'
Ogawa  89'		 Report Godínez  50'
E. Aguirre  86'		 Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Penalties
Ogawa
Soma
Iwasaki
Naganuma
Hatate 		E. Aguirre
Cardona
López
Mozo
Córdova
15 June 2019 (2019-06-15) Toulon TournamentBrazil 1–1
(5–4 p)		 JapanSalon-de-Provence, France
16:00 Antony  19' Report Ogawa  39' Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Penalties




 Soma
Mitoma
Kamiya
Naganuma
Hatate

2020
15 January 2020 2020 AFC U-23 ChampionshipJapan 1-1 Qatar

Competitive record

Olympic Games record

AFC U-23 Championship record

Asian Games record

See also

References
  1. Hyung-Jin Yoon (6 May 2006). "Japan - International Results U-23 (Olympic) Team [Malaysia (1) – Japan (1)]". RDFC. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. "U-23 Japan National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020". JFA. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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