Japan women's national under-20 football team

Japan
Nickname(s)	Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Futoshi Ikeda
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions, 2018
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 2002)
Best result	Winners, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017

The Japan women's national under-20 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

The nickname of Japan women's national under-20 football team is the Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ).^[1]

Results and fixtures[]

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2018[]

6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C)	United States	0–1	Japan	, Concarneau
19:30		Report	Hayashi 76'	Attendance: 2,332^[2] Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C)	Spain	1–0	Japan	, Concarneau
16:30	Menayo 16'	Report		Attendance: 2,332^[3] Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C)	Japan	6–0	Paraguay	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
13:30	Takarada 5', 18', 61' Ueki 44', 45+3', 60'	Report		Attendance: 1,525^[4] Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Quarter-finals)	Germany	1–3	Japan	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
19:30	Minge 82'	Report	Endo 59' Ueki 70' Takarada 73'	Attendance: 3,211^[5] Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Semi-finals)	England	0–2	Japan	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
16:00		Report	Ueki 22' Endo 27'	Attendance: 2,807^[6] Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Final)	Spain	1–3	Japan	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
19:30	Andújar 71'	Report	Miyazawa 38' Takarada 57' Nagano 65'	Attendance: 5,409^[7] Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2019[]

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B)	Japan	5–0	Myanmar	IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
16:00	Yamamoto 36', 49' 39' 66' 67'	Report		Attendance: 120 Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B)	South Korea	0–2	Japan	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
19:00		Report	Kanno 16' Yamamoto 84'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B)	Japan	2–1	China PR	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
16:00	10' 70'	Report	72'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Semi-finals)	Japan	7–0	Australia	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
20:00	Kanno 21' (pen.) 23', 48' Yamamoto 50' 52' 80', 86'	Report		Attendance: 120 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Final)	North Korea	1–2	Japan	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
20:00	82' (pen.)	Report	Yamamoto 47' Takahashi 72'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

2020[]

7 March 2020 Friendly	Japan	Cancelled	Germany	Saitama Prefecture, Japan
13:30 UTC+9		Cancellation (JFA)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 secondary football field

2022[]

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

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Costa Rica

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

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Costa Rica

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

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Costa Rica

Fixtures – JFA.jp
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)
Results and Fixtures – FIFA.com

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 7 October 2021^[8]

Role	Name
Head coach	Futoshi Ikeda
Assistant coach	Tomomi Miyamoto
Support coach	Yuiko Konno
Goalkeeping coach	Toshihiro Nishiiri
Physical coach	Keisuke Otsuka

Players[]

Current squad[]

The final squad was named for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship on 3 October 2019.^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Momoko Tanaka	(2000-03-17)17 March 2000 (aged 19)	Yamato Sylphid
2	3MF		(2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (aged 19)	Nittaidai Fields
3	2DF		(2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 18)	Nippon TV
4	2DF	Hana Takahashi	(2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
5	2DF		(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 19)	Waseda University
6	3MF		(2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 17)	JEF United Chiba
7	3MF	Chise Takizawa	(2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 18)	Nagano Parceiro
8	3MF		(2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 17)	Okayama Sakuyo High School
9	4FW		(2001-04-15)15 April 2001 (aged 18)	JEF United Chiba
10	3MF	Oto Kanno	(2000-10-30)30 October 2000 (aged 18)	Nippon TV
11	3MF		(2001-01-28)28 January 2001 (aged 18)	NGU Loveledge Nagoya
12	3MF		(2001-11-11)11 November 2001 (aged 17)	Nippon TV
13	2DF	Shino Matsuda	(2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 18)	Nippon TV
14	4FW	Nanako Takeda	(2000-02-17)17 February 2000 (aged 19)	Vegalta Sendai
15	2DF		(2001-08-15)15 August 2001 (aged 18)	JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
16	3MF		(2000-09-02)2 September 2000 (aged 19)	Nittaidai Fields
17	4FW		(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 19)	Waseda University
18	1GK		(2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 19)	Nittaidai Fields
19	4FW	Yuzuki Yamamoto	(2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 17)	Nippon TV
20	2DF	Ibuki Nagae	(2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 17)	[ja]
21	1GK		(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 17)	JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
22	2DF		(2002-05-27)27 May 2002 (aged 17)	Cerezo Osaka
23	3MF	Fukina Mizuno	(2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 18)	INAC Kobe Leonessa

Previous squads[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	4	8
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	8	4
2010	Round 1	3	1	1	1	7	6
2012	Third place	6	4	1	1	15	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Third place	6	4	0	2	16	4
2018	Champions	6	5	0	1	15	3
2021	Qualified
Total	6/9	29	18	3	8	65	33

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	Japan 1–1 Nigeria	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 0–4 Canada	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 2–1 Denmark	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–2 Germany	Loss
2008	Round 1	Japan 2–0 Canada	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–1 Germany	Win
	Round 1	Japan 3–1 DR Congo	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–2 North Korea	Loss
2010	Round 1	Japan 3–3 Mexico	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 1–2 Nigeria	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 3–1 England	Win
2012	Round 1	Japan 4–1 Mexico	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–2 New Zealand	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 4–0 Switzerland	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3–1 South Korea	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 0–3 Germany	Loss
	Third Place	Japan 2–1 Nigeria	Win
2016	Round 1	Japan 6–0 Nigeria	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0–1 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 5–0 Canada	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3–1 Brazil	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 1–2 France	Loss *
	Third Place	Japan 1–0 United States	Win
2018	Round 1	Japan 1–0 United States	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0–1 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 6–0 Paraguay	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3–1 Germany	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2–0 England	Win
	Final	Japan 3–1 Spain	Win

*France win on after extra time.

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Champions	5	4	1	0	34	2
2004	Quarterfinals	3	2	0	1	28	1
2006	Fourth place	5	3	1	1	14	5
2007	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	10	4
2009	Champions	5	3	2	0	10	3
2011	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	3
2013	Fourth place	5	2	2	1	11	4
2015	Champions	5	4	1	0	12	2
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0	21	1
2019	Champions	5	5	0	0	18	2
Total	10/10	48	34	9	5	171	27

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References[]

^ "U-20日本女子代表チームの愛称が「ヤングなでしこ」に決定". JFA. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
^ "Match report – Group C – USA v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Group C – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Group C – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-final – England v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Final – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "U-19 Japan Women's National Team short-listed Squad - Training Camp (5/16-20＠J-Village)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "U-19 Japan Women's National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 (10/27-11/9)". JFA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

External links[]

Official website, JFA.jp (in English)
Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp (in Japanese)

[1] "U-20日本女子代表チームの愛称が「ヤングなでしこ」に決定". JFA. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-08.

[2] "Match report – Group C – USA v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[3] "Match report – Group C – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[4] "Match report – Group C – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[5] "Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[6] "Match report – Semi-final – England v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[7] "Match report – Final – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[8] "U-19 Japan Women's National Team short-listed Squad - Training Camp (5/16-20＠J-Village)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[9] "U-19 Japan Women's National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 (10/27-11/9)". JFA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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Japan women's national under-20 football team

Contents

Results and fixtures[]

2018[]

2019[]

2020[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Previous squads[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]