Japan national under-23 football team

Japan U23
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Go Oiwa
Most caps	Kensuke Nagai; Keigo Higashi; Reo Hatate; (31 each)
Top scorer	Shoya Nakajima (19)
FIFA code	JPN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Malaysia 1–1 Japan ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)
Biggest win
	Japan 13–0 Philippines ; (Hong Kong; 12 June 1999)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 6–1 Japan ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994)
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1996)
Best result	Fourth place (2012, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Gold medalists (2010)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2016)

The Japan national under-23 football team(Japanese: U-23サッカー日本代表) 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. The head coach is Koichi Togashi. 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 prior. The exception to this is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed for one year, so in 2021, the team will be called the Japan national under-24 football team.

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

"サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue)" basically refers to the Japan national football team, but the under-23 football team are sometimes referred to as "Young" Samurai Blue. However, in reality, Samurai Blue is not often used.

Rivalries[]

South Korea[]

Japan maintains a strong football rivalry with South Korea.

Media coverage[]

Summer Olympics[]

Television channel	Period	Ref.
NHK General TV, NHK Educational TV, NHK BS1, NHK BS4K, NHK BS8K,TV Asahi, BS Asahi 4K, Fuji TV	2021	^[2]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[]

Television channel	Period	Ref.
TBA	2022

Friendly and Qualifiers[]

Dubai Cup U-23

Television channel	Period	Ref.
CS TV Asahi Channel 2	2022	^[3]^[4]

Television channel	Period	Ref.
Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, Nittele G+, BS Asahi, TVer	2021

Results and fixtures[]

Legend

Win Draw Lose Voided or Postponed Fixture

2021[]

26 March Saison Card Cup	Japan	0–1	Argentina	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:00 UTC+9		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Adolfo Gaich 21'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

29 March Saison Card Cup	Japan	3–0	Argentina	Kitakyushu, Japan
19:45 UTC+9	Hayashi 45' Itakura 68', 73'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Attendance: 7,302 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna (India)

3 June Unofficial friendly	Japan A	3–0	Japan	Hokkaido, Japan
19:30 UTC+9	Hashimoto 2' Kamada 41' Asano 52'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohamed Darwish (UAE)

5 June Friendly	Japan	6–0	Ghana	Fukuoka, Japan
19:25 UTC+9	Doan 16' Kubo 32' Assinki 45' (o.g.) Soma 48' Ueda 56' Mitoma 89'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

12 June Friendly	Japan	4–0	Jamaica	Toyota, Aichi, Japan
13:35 UTC+9	Kubo 32' Endo 42' Ueda 57' Doan 64'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

12 July Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)	Japan	3–1	Honduras	Osaka, Japan
19:30 UTC+9	Yoshida 13' Doan 40', 85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Tomiyasu 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

17 July Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)	Japan	1–1	Spain	Hyogo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Doan 42'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	C. Soler 78'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,909 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Japan	1–0	South Africa	Tokyo, Japan
20:00 UTC+9	Kubo 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Japan	2–1	Mexico	Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9	Kubo 6' Doan 11' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Alvarado 85'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	France	0–4	Japan	Yokohama, Japan
20:30 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Kubo 27' Sakai 34' Miyoshi 70' Maeda 90+1'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 0 Referee: Iván Barton (El Savador)

31 July 2020 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	New Zealand	Ibaraki, Japan
18:00 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
	Penalties
	Ueda Itakura Nakayama Yoshida		Wood Cacace Lewis McCowatt

3 August 2020 Summer Olympics Semi-finals	Japan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Asensio 115'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

6 August 2020 Summer Olympics Bronze medal match	Mexico	3–1	Japan	Saitama, Japan
18:00 UTC+9	Córdova 13' (pen.) Vásquez 22' Vega 58'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Mitoma 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

26 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K	Japan	4–0	Cambodia	Hirono, Japan
13:00 UTC+9	Matsuki 10' Koda 44' Hosoya 52' Nakamura 73'	Report		Stadium: J-Village Stadium

28 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K	Hong Kong	0–4	Japan	Hirono, Japan
13:00 UTC+9		Report	Fujio 14', 49' Goke 63' Hosoya 85'	Stadium: J-Village Stadium

Games of the XXXII Olympiad – JFA.jp
2021 Schedules – JFA.jp (as of 16 December 2020)

2022[]

U-21[]

23 March U-23 Dubai Cup	Japan	v	Croatia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4				Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium

26 March U-23 Dubai Cup	Qatar	v	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4				Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium

29 March U-23 Dubai Cup Placement match

Japan

v

United Arab Emirates

3 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

United Arab Emirates

v

Japan

Uzbekistan

6 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Japan

v

Saudi Arabia

Uzbekistan

9 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Japan

v

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

U-23 Dubai Cup || 20 March 2022 - 29 March 2022 || Dubai／UAE – JFA.jp
Fixtures – JFA.jp (in English)
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)
Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record[]

As of 23 March 2022, after the match against Croatia.

The following table shows Japan under-23 team's all-time international record.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Australia	10	4	0	6	17	15	+2	AFC
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	AFC
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	AFC
China PR	7	3	0	4	8	5	+3	AFC
Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	0	15	1	+14	AFC
Hong Kong	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	AFC
Indonesia	3	2	0	0	10	3	+7	AFC
India	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	AFC
Iran	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	AFC
Iraq	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	AFC
Jordan	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	AFC
Kuwait	5	3	2	0	15	2	+13	AFC
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	AFC
Macau	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	AFC
Malaysia	17	13	4	0	47	7	+40	AFC
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
Nepal	5	5	0	0	21	0	+21	AFC
Oman	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC
North Korea	2	2	0	0	4	3	+1	AFC
Qatar	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	AFC
Saudi Arabia	5	4	0	1	9	6	+3	AFC
South Korea	17	5	3	9	21	20	+1	AFC
Palestine	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	AFC
Philippines	3	3	0	0	32	0	+32	AFC
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	AFC
Singapore	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC
Syria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	AFC
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AFC
Thailand	10	9	0	1	26	3	+23	AFC
Timor-Leste	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	AFC
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	4	–4	AFC
United Arab Emirates	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	AFC
Vietnam	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	AFC
Ghana	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	CAF
Morocco	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	CAF
Egypt	6	2	1	3	2	8	–6	CAF
Angola	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	5	9	–4	CAF
South Africa	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	CAF
Mali	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Mexico	4	1	1	2	6	9	–3	CONCACAF
United States	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	CONCACAF
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	CONCACAF
Costa Rica	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	CONCACAF
Jamaica	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	CONCACAF
Honduras	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
Brazil	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	CONMEBOL
Chile	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	CONMEBOL
Colombia	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2	CONMEBOL
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CONMEBOL
Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	CONMEBOL
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	3	4	–1	CONMEBOL
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	CONMEBOL
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	6	–5	UEFA
England	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Italy	2	0	0	2	2	6	–4	UEFA
France	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Greece	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	UEFA
Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	UEFA
Hungary	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	UEFA
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	UEFA
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	UEFA
Norway	1	0	0	1	2	3	–1	UEFA
Russia	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	UEFA
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	UEFA
Sweden	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	UEFA
New Zealand	4	2	2	0	9	1	+8	OFC
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 17 March 2022^[5]

Role	Name
Head coach (U21)	Go Oiwa (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant coach	Kenji Haneda (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK coach	Yukiya Hamano (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Physical coach	Yoshiharu Yano (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Technical staff	Shigeyuki Ochi (JFA Technical House)
Technical staff	Daisuke Sugawara (JFA Technical House)

Manager history[]

As of 27 December 2021, after the match against Hong Kong.

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Winning %	Notes
Yoshitada Yamaguchi	1990–1992	0	0	00.0%
Akira Nishino	1993–1996	0	0	00.0%
Philippe Troussier	1998–2000	0	0	00.0%
Masakuni Yamamoto	2002–2004	0	0	00.0%
Yasuharu Sorimachi	2006–2008	0	0	00.0%
Takashi Sekizuka	2010–2012	0	0	00.0%
Makoto Teguramori	2014–2016	0	0	00.0%
Hajime Moriyasu	2017–2020	0	0	00.0%
Akinobu Yokouchi	2020	0	0	00.0%
Hajime Moriyasu	2020–2021	0	0	00.0%
Koichi Togashi	2021	2	2	100.0%
Go Oiwa	2021–	0	0	00.0%	^[6]

source:^[7]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 25 players were called up for the 2022 U-23 Dubai Cup.^[8]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 6 August 2021 after match against Mexico.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Leo Brian Kokubo	(2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 (age 21)	SL Benfica
12	1GK	Zion Suzuki	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
23	1GK	Masato Sasaki	(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 19)	Kashiwa Reysol

2	2DF	Ryuya Nishio	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 20)	Cerezo Osaka
3	2DF	Seiya Baba	(2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy
4	2DF	Riku Handa	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 20)	Montedio Yamagata
14	2DF	Hijiri Kato	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 20)	V-Varen Nagasaki
16	2DF	Seiji Kimura	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 20)	Montedio Yamagata
17	2DF	Shumpei Naruse	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 21)	Nagoya Grampus
18	2DF	Takashi Uchino	(2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 21)	Fortuna Dusseldorf
25	2DF	Kaito Suzuki	(2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 19)	Tochigi SC
27	2DF	Anrie Chase	(2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 17)	Shoshi High School

5	3MF	Satoshi Tanaka	(2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 19)	Shonan Bellmare
6	3MF	Joel Chima Fujita	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 20)	Yokohama F. Marinos
7	3MF	Rihito Yamamoto	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy
10	3MF	Koki Saito	(2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 20)	Lommel SK
13	3MF	Kuryu Matsuki	(2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 (age 18)	FC Tokyo
15	3MF	Sota Kawasaki	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 20)	Kyoto Sanga FC
20	3MF	Hidemasa Koda	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 18)	Nagoya Grampus
24	3MF	Yuta Matsumura	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 20)	Kashima Antlers

8	4FW	Ryotaro Araki	(2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 20)	Kashima Antlers
9	4FW	Yuito Suzuki	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 20)	Shimizu S-Pulse
11	4FW	Mao Hosoya	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 20)	Kashiwa Reysol
19	4FW	Yutaro Oda	(2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 20)	Vissel Kobe
22	4FW	Shota Fujio	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 20)	Tokushima Vortis

(Players are listed within position group by order of seniority, kit number, caps, goals, and then alphabetically)

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to a under-23 squad in the past 12 months.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Taiki Yamada	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 20)	Kashima Antlers
	1GK	Yuma Obata	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 20)	Vegalta Sendai
	1GK		(2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 20)	Rissho University
	1GK		(2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 19)	Waseda University

21	2DF	Ayumu Ohata	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 20)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	2DF	Reon Yamahara	(1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 22)	Shimizu S-Pulse
	2DF	Taiga Hata	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 20)	Shonan Bellmare
	2DF	Ryotaro Tsunoda	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 22)	Yokohama F. Marinos
	2DF	Maaya Sako	(2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 19)	Fujieda MYFC
	2DF	Takumi Narasaka	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 19)	Machida Zelvia
	2DF	Shinya Nakano	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 18)	Sagan Tosu

26	3MF	Shun Ayukawa	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 20)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	3MF	Taiyo Hiraoka	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 19)	Shonan Bellmare
	3MF	Shunsuke Mito	(2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 19)	Albirex Niigata
	3MF	Hikaru Naruoka	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 19)	Shimizu S-Pulse
	3MF		(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 22)	Kawasaki Frontale
	3MF	Daiki Matsuoka	(2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 20)	Shimizu S-Pulse
	3MF	Yuta Goke	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 22)	Vissel Kobe
	3MF	Jiro Nakamura	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 18)	Gamba Osaka
	3MF	Haruki Yoshida	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 18)	Nagoya Grampus

	4FW		(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 20)	Meiji University
	4FW	Kanta Chiba	(2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 18)	Shimizu S-Pulse
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, seniority, caps, goals, and then alphabetically)

Previous squads[]

Bold indicates winning squads
Olympic Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

2013 AFC U-22 Championship Squad
2016 AFC U-23 Championship Squad
2018 AFC U-23 Championship Squad
2020 AFC U-23 Championship Squad

Asian Games

Records[]

As of 6 August 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Caps and goals is calculated by all national team level include U21, U22, and U23.

Most capped players[]

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Pos	Career
1	Keigo Higashi	31	5	MF	2010–2012
	Kensuke Nagai	31	13	FW	2009–2012
	Reo Hatate	31	8	MF	2017–2021
4	Shoya Nakajima	30	19	FW	2014–2016
5	Hotaru Yamaguchi	29	1	MF	2010–2012
6	Kazuya Yamamura	26	1	DF	2010–2012
6	Hiroki Sakai	26	3	DF	2011–2021
8	Daisuke Matsui	25	2	MF	2002–2004
9	Ayase Ueda	24	12	FW	2017–2021
9	Ko Itakura	24	6	DF	2018–2021

Top goalscorers[]

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Shoya Nakajima	19	30	0.63	2014–2016
2	Kensuke Nagai	13	31	0.42	2009–2012
3	Ayase Ueda	12	24	0.5	2017–2021
4	Daizen Maeda	9	18	0.5	2018��2021
5	Reo Hatate	8	31	0.26	2017–2021
6	Musashi Suzuki	7	10	0.7	2014–2016
6	Takefusa Kubo	7	18	0.39	2018–present
8	Yūki Ōtsu	6	16	0.38	2011–2012
	Takuma Asano	6	14	0.43	2014–2016
	Ko Itakura	6	24	0.25	2018–2021
	Ritsu Dōan	6	11	0.55	2019–2021

Competitive record[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games[]

A match vs Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Glasgow in the United Kingdom

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1908–1988	See Japan national team
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	9th	3	2	0	1	4	4
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2004	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	6	7
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	4
2012	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	6	5
2016	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	7	7
2020	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	8	5
2024	To be Determined
2028	To be Determined
Total	Fourth Place	7/7	28	12	4	12	38	38

Match history[]

Summer Olympics history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Group stage	Brazil	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Nigeria	0–2	Loss
	Group stage	Hungary	3–2	Win

2000	Group stage	South Africa	2–1	Win
	Group stage	Slovakia	2–1	Win
	Group stage	Brazil	0–1	Loss
	Quarter-finals	United States	2–2 4–5	Draw Loss

2004	Group stage	Paraguay	3–4	Loss
	Group stage	Italy	2–3	Loss
	Group stage	Ghana	1–0	Win

2008	Group stage	United States	0–1	Loss
	Group stage	Nigeria	1–2	Loss
	Group stage	Netherlands	0–1	Loss

2012	Group stage	Spain	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Morocco	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Honduras	0–0	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Egypt	3–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Mexico	1–3	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	South Korea	0–2	Loss

2016	Group stage	Nigeria	4–5	Loss
	Group stage	Colombia	2–2	Draw
	Group stage	Sweden	1–0	Win

2020	Group stage	South Africa	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Mexico	2–1	Win
	Group stage	France	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	New Zealand	0–0 4–2	Draw Win
	Semi-finals	Spain	0–1	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	Mexico	1–3	Loss

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record									Qualifier record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Quarter-finals	7	4	1	2	1	8	5	5	5	0	0	20	2
2016	Champions	1	6	6	0	0	15	4	3	3	0	0	10	0
2018	Quarter-finals	5	4	3	0	1	5	5	3	3	0	0	11	2
2020	Group Stage	15	3	0	1	2	3	5	3	3	0	0	21	0
2022	Qualified								2	2	0	0	8	0
Total	5/5	Champions	17	10	3	4	31	19	16	16	0	0	70	4

Match history[]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Group Stage	Iran	3–3	Draw
	Group Stage	Kuwait	0–0	Draw
	Group Stage	Australia	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Iraq	0–1	Loss

2016	Group Stage	North Korea	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	Thailand	4–0	Win
	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Win
	Quarter-finals	Iran	3–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Iraq	2–1	Win
	Final	South Korea	3–2	Win

2018	Group Stage	Palestine	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	Thailand	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	North Korea	3–1	Win
	Quarter-finals	Uzbekistan	0–4	Loss

2020	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Loss
	Group Stage	Syria	1–2	Loss
	Group Stage	Qatar	1–1	Draw

2022	Group stage	UAE	–
	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	–
	Group stage	Tajikistan	–

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Silver	2	6	5	0	1	13	4
2006	Round 1	11	3	2	0	1	5	4
2010	Gold	1	7	7	0	0	17	1
2014	Quarter-finals	6	5	3	0	2	10	5
2018	Silver	2	7	5	0	2	10	4
2022	To be Determined
2026	To be Determined
Total	5/5	Gold	28	22	0	6	55	18

Match history[]

Asian Games history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	Palestine	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Bahrain	5–2	Win
	Round 1	Uzbekistan	1–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	China PR	1–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Thailand	3–0	Win
	Final	Iran	1–2	Loss

2006	Round 1	Pakistan	3–2	Win
	Round 1	Syria	1–0	Win
	Round 1	North Korea	1–2	Loss

2010	Round 1	China PR	3–0	Win
	Round 1	Malaysia	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Win
	Round 2	India	5–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Thailand	1–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Iran	2–1	Win
	Final	UAE	1–0	Win

2014	Round 1	Kuwait	4–1	Win
	Round 1	Iraq	1–3	Loss
	Round 1	Nepal	4–0	Win
	Round 2	Palestine	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	0–1	Loss

2018	Round 1	Nepal	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Pakistan	4–0	Win
	Round 1	Vietnam	0–1	Loss
	Round 2	Malaysia	1–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Win
	Semi-finals	UAE	1–0	Win
	Final	South Korea	1–2	Loss

References[]

^ 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.
^ "TV放送". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "TV放送 | International Cup U-23 | 2022/3/20(日)～2022/3/29(火) | ドバイ／UAE" [TV broadcasting]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ "U-21日本代表戦テレビ放送決定のお知らせ　ドバイカップU-23（3.23～29＠アラブ首長国連邦／ドバイ）" [U-21 Japan National Team TV Broadcast Decision Notice (23-29 March@United Arab Emirates / Dubai)]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "U-21 Japan National Team squad - Dubai Cup U-23 (3/23-29＠Dubai, UAE)". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ "Mr. OIWA Go appointed as Head Coach of U-21 Japan National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ https://www.jfa.jp/national_team/tokyo_olympic_2020/img/all_02s.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "U-21 Japan National Team squad - Dubai Cup U-23 (3/23-29＠Dubai, UAE)". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

External links[]

(in English) Japan national under-21 football team (2022) – official website at JFA.jp
(in English) Japan national under-24 football team (2021) – official website at JFA.jp
(in English) Japan national under-23 football team (2020) – official website at JFA.jp
(in Japanese) Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp

[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] "TV放送". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[3] "TV放送 | International Cup U-23 | 2022/3/20(日)～2022/3/29(火) | ドバイ／UAE" [TV broadcasting]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[4] "U-21日本代表戦テレビ放送決定のお知らせ　ドバイカップU-23（3.23～29＠アラブ首長国連邦／ドバイ）" [U-21 Japan National Team TV Broadcast Decision Notice (23-29 March@United Arab Emirates / Dubai)]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[5] "U-21 Japan National Team squad - Dubai Cup U-23 (3/23-29＠Dubai, UAE)". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[6] "Mr. OIWA Go appointed as Head Coach of U-21 Japan National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[7] ttps://www.jfa.jp/national_team/tokyo_olympic_2020/img/all_02s.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[8] "U-21 Japan National Team squad - Dubai Cup U-23 (3/23-29＠Dubai, UAE)". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

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Mixed	Badminton Boxing Tennis
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v t National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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Japan national under-23 football team

Contents

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

Rivalries[]

South Korea[]

Media coverage[]

Summer Olympics[]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[]

Friendly and Qualifiers[]

Results and fixtures[]

2021[]

2022[]

U-21[]

Head-to-head record[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Manager history[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Recent call-ups[]

Previous squads[]

Records[]

Most capped players[]

Top goalscorers[]

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Match history[]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup[]

Match history[]

Asian Games[]

Match history[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]