Japan national under-17 football team

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Japan Under-17
Nickname(s)サムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachYoshiro Moriyama
Most capsHikaru Naruoka (44)
Top scorerKoki Saito (16)
FIFA codeJPN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1993)
Best resultQuarterfinals (1993, 2011)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (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.

Results and fixtures[]

See also: 2022 in Japanese football, 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture

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:
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 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'
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 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 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'
87'		 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:
17 July 2017 (2017-07-17) Friendly Uzbekistan  1–1  Japan Weinan, China
16:00 39' Report Yokokawa 90' 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'
28' (o.g.)
Sumi 60'
Sako 66'
75'
80', 87'
Kondo 83', 86'
S. Nakano 90'		 Report Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: (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'
24'
38', 49', 62'
Naruoka 39'
Kondo 41'
Nishikawa 48'
74'
K. Nakano 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: (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'
73'		 Report Stadium: Wibawa Mukti Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Oman)
31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Friendly Morocco  2–4  Japan Limeil-Brévannes, France
14:00 26'
32'		 Report 50'
53'
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'
40' (pen.)
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Friendly France  1–1  Japan Bonneuil-sur-Marne, France
16:00 53' Report 74'
6 February 2018 (2018-02-06) Friendly Belgium  3–0  Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 29'
69'
85'		 Report 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:
10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) Friendly Czech Republic  0–1  Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 Report Osawa 60' 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 International Dream Cup Japan  2–3  Paraguay Sendai, Japan
18:00 Maaya Sako 35'
Yusuke Aoki 56'		 Report 12', 22', 52' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
15 June 2018 (2018-06-15) U16 International Dream Cup Japan  0–2  Senegal Sendai, Japan
18:00 Report 7', 69' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) U16 International 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

2019[]

27 October 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Group Stage) Japan  3–0  Netherlands Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica
20:00
  • Wakatsuki 36', 69'
  • Nishikawa 77' (pen.)
 Report Attendance: 5,125[1]
Referee: (Paraguay)
30 October 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Group Stage) United States  0–0  Japan Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica
20:00 Report Attendance: 3,878[2]
Referee: (Ecuador)
2 November 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Group Stage) Senegal  0–1  Japan Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica
20:00 Report
  • Nishikawa 83'
 Attendance: 5,984[3]
Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)
6 November 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Round of 16) Japan  0–2  Mexico Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
16:30 Report
Attendance: 545[4]
Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

2021[]

2–6 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  Cancelled Japan
Cancellation
2–6 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  Cancelled Japan
Cancellation
2–6 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  Cancelled Japan
Cancellation

2022[]

13–19 September International Youth Soccer in Niigata Japan  v Niigata, Japan
--:-- UTC+9
13–19 September International Youth Soccer in Niigata Japan  v Niigata, Japan
--:-- UTC+9
13–19 September International Youth Soccer in Niigata Japan  v Niigata, Japan
--:-- UTC+9

U-16[]

10–20 April Montaigu Tournament Japan  v France
--:-- UTC+1
10–20 April Montaigu Tournament Japan  v France
--:-- UTC+1
10–20 April Montaigu Tournament Japan  v France
--:-- UTC+1
8–12 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  v Sendai, japan
--:-- UTC+9 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
8–12 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  v Sendai, japan
--:-- UTC+9 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
8–12 June U-16 International Dream Cup Japan  v Sendai, japan
--:-- UTC+9 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
26 September – 10 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v
26 September – 10 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v
26 September – 10 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification Japan  v

U-15[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 18 May 2021[5]
Role Name
Head coach Japan Yoshiro Moriyama
Assistant coach Japan Koichi Togashi
Assistant coach Japan Shinichi Miyagawa
Goalkeeping coach Japan Norio Takahashi
Goalkeeping coach Japan Daijiro Takakuwa
Conditioning coach Japan Tomohiro Ogai

Manager history[]

See also: Category:Football managers in Japan

Players[]

Current u-17 squad[]

The following players were named for the xxx tournament on 5 August 2021.

As of 21 February 2020.[6]
# Name Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers
1 (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 18) Japan Vissel Kobe
12 (2003-06-07) 7 June 2003 (age 18) Japan Ehime FC
Defenders
2 Kota Kudo Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
3 (2003-09-06) 6 September 2003 (age 18) Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
4 Yusei Yashiki (2003-10-18) 18 October 2003 (age 18) Japan Oita Trinita
14 Anrie Chase Japan Shoshi High School
15 Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
16 Japan Shizuoka Gakuen High School
18 (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 18) Japan Zweigen Kanazawa
Midfielders
5 Japan Higashi Fukuoka High School
6 Japan Nagoya Grampus
7 Kuryu Matsuki (2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 (age 18) Japan Aomori Yamada High School
8 Kojiro Yasuda (2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 18) Japan FC Tokyo
13 Kensuke Fujiwara Japan Júbilo Iwata
17 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
Forwards
9 Shio Fukuda (2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 18) Japan Kamimura Gakuen Junior High School
10 (2003-06-29) 29 June 2003 (age 18) Japan Kyoto Sanga
11 Hidetaka Maie (2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 18) Japan Kashiwa Reysol

Current u-16 squad[]

The following players were named for the xxx tournament on 5 August 2021.

As of 22 July 2020.[7]
# Name Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers
(2004-05-03) 3 May 2004 (age 17) Japan Nagoya Grampus
(2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 17) Japan Kamatamare Sanuki
(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 17) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
Amin Benmamoun Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Japan FC Tokyo
Defenders
Japan Yokohama FC
Japan Kashima Antlers
Japan Vissel Kobe
Renta Higashi (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 17) Japan FC Tokyo
(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 17) Japan Yokohama FC
Yuta Ueda (2004-07-06) 6 July 2004 (age 17) Japan Kyoto Sanga
(2004-09-05) 5 September 2004 (age 17) Japan Sagan Tosu
Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
Japan Higashiyama High School
Japan FC Tokyo
(2005-01-05) 5 January 2005 (age 17) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan Ventforet Kofu
Midfielders
Yuki Kajiura (2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 18) Japan FC Tokyo
Yoshiki Narahara (2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 17) Japan Sagan Tosu
Shunya Sakai (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 17) Japan Sagan Tosu
Taichi Fukui Japan Sagan Tosu
Sota Kitano (2004-08-13) 13 August 2004 (age 17) Japan Cerezo Osaka
Japan Vegalta Sendai
(2004-10-13) 13 October 2004 (age 17) Japan Kamimura Gakuen High School
Japan Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Japan Gamba Osaka
Japan Omiya Ardija
Japan Gamba Osaka
Rikuto Hashimoto Japan Tokyo Verdy
(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 16) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan Júbilo Iwata
Forwards
(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 17) Japan Gamba Osaka
(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 17) Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Yamato Naito (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 17) Japan Ventforet Kofu
Japan Júbilo Iwata
Japan Omiya Ardija
Japan Cerezo Osaka

Current u-15 squad[]

The following players were named for the xxx tournament on 5 August 2021.

As of 22 March 2021.
# Name Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Previous squads[]

Records[]

As of 5 August 2021

Honours[]

Continental[]

  • AFC U-17/U-16 Championship
Champions (3): 1994, 2006, 2018
Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial[]

  • Tournament de Montaigu
Champions (1): 2004
Runners-Up (1): 2005

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

AFC U-17 Asian Cup[]

See also[]

Japan
Men's
Women's

References[]

  1. ^ "Match report – Group D – Japan v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Match report – Group D – USA v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Match report – Group D – Senegal v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Japan v Mexico" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. ^ "U-17 Japan National Team short-listed Squad - Training Camp (4/12-15＠JFA YUME Field)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 9 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "U-17 Japan National Team Squad, Schedule - JENESYS2019 Youth Football Exchange Tournament (2/26-29＠Kagoshima)". jfa.jp. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. ^ "U-16 Japan National Team Short-listed Squad, Schedule - Training Camp (7/22-26 ＠JFA YUME Field)". jfa.jp. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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