Japan national under-20 football team

**Japan**
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ブルー; (Samurai Blue)
Association	Japan Football Association
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (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	- (First in 1959)
Best result	Runners-Up; (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)

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
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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/20	35	13	9	13	49	48

*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

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

2002: Runners-Up
2004: Third Place
2006: Runners-Up
2008: Quarterfinal
2010: Quarterfinal
2012: Quarterfinal
2014: Quarterfinal
2016: Qualified

Recent results and fixtures

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) Bahrain U-19 Cup	Japan	0–2	Mali	Isa Town, Bahrain
16:00		Report	44' 52'	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Bahrain U-19 Cup	Bahrain	2–3	Japan	Isa Town, Bahrain
18:30	31' 57'	Report	Kamiya 9' Noda 34' Ogawa 87'	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) Bahrain U-19 Cup	Japan	2–3	Mexico	Isa Town, Bahrain
16:00	Sakai 34' Doan 48'	Report	45+1' 53' 76'	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18) Suwon JS Cup	Japan	1–3	France	Suwon, Korea Republic
17:15	Kakita 39'		7' 14' 25'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium

20 May 2016 (2016-05-20) Suwon JS Cup	Japan	2–2	Brazil	Suwon, Korea Republic
16:30				Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium

22 May 2016 (2016-05-22) Suwon JS Cup	South Korea	v	Japan	Suwon, Korea Republic
14:50				Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) 2016 AFC U-19 Championship	Japan	v	Yemen	Bahrain

17 October 2016 (2016-10-17) 2016 AFC U-19 Championship	Japan	v	Iran	Bahrain

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) 2016 AFC U-19 Championship	Japan	v	Qatar	Bahrain

Current Squad

Squad selected for the 2016 Suwon JS Cup in May 2016.^[1]

Head Coach: Atsushi Uchiyama

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ryosuke Kojima	(1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 27)	Waseda University
12	1GK	Riku Hirosue	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26)	Aomori Yamada High School

2	2DF	Tomoki Iwata	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)	Oita Trinita
5	2DF	Hiroki Noda	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26)	Gamba Osaka
4	2DF	Koki Machida	(1997-08-25) 25 August 1997 (age 26)	Kashima Antlers
16	2DF	Masaya Kojima	(1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 26)	Vegalta Sendai
6	2DF	Takuma Ominami	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 26)	Júbilo Iwata
19	2DF	Kakeru Funaki	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 26)	Cerezo Osaka

10	3MF	Daisuke Sakai	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 27)	Oita Trinita
3	3MF	Yuta Nakayama	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)	Kashiwa Reysol
7	3MF	Yuta Kamiya	(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)	Shonan Bellmare
17	3MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	(1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 27)	Gamba Osaka
14	3MF	Akito Takagi	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 26)	Gamba Osaka
18	3MF	Keita Endo	(1997-11-22) 22 November 1997 (age 26)	Yokohama F. Marinos
20	3MF	Ryo Sato	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26)	Meiji University
8	3MF	Ryotaro Ito	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998 (age 26)	Urawa Red Diamonds

13	4FW	Masashi Wada	(1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 27)	Yokohama F. Marinos
11	3MF	Yuki Kakita	(1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 26)	Kashima Antlers
9	4FW	Koki Ogawa	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 26)	Júbilo Iwata
15	4FW	Ritsu Doan	(1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 26)	Gamba Osaka

Honours

International

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

AFC U-19 Championship

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

References

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External links

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

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