Japan national under-20 football team

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

Japan Under-20

Nickname(s)	サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Masanaga Kageyama
FIFA code	JPN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up (1999)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	40 (first in 1959)
Best result	Champions (2016)

Results and fixtures

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

Team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

22 March 2017 Friendly	F91 Dudelange	0–3	Japan	Dudelange, Luxembourg
19:00			Takagi  76' Kubo  81' Iwasaki  84'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum

24 March 2017 Friendly	Germany	2–1	Japan	Saarbrücken, Germany
12:00	6'  76'		Endo  91'	Stadium: Stadion Kieselhumes

26 March 2017 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	0–4	Japan	Duisburg, Germany
11:00			Ogawa  35', 70', 88' Endo  58'

27 March 2017 Friendly	Standard Liège	0–3	Japan	Liège, Belgium
16:00			Iwasaki  48' Kubo  57' Ogawa  85'

15 May 2017 Friendly	Japan	3–2	Honduras	Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan
18:30	Ogawa  15' Sakai  47' (pen.) Itakura  63'	Report	18'  32'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium

21 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	South Africa	1–2	Japan	Suwon, South Korea
17:00	Tomiyasu  7' (o.g.)	Report	Ogawa  48' Doan  72'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,091 Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

24 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Uruguay	2–0	Japan	Suwon, South Korea
20:00	Schiappacasse  38' Olivera  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 7,978 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

27 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Japan	2–2	Italy	Cheonan, South Korea
20:00	Doan  22', 50'	Report	Orsolini  3' Panico  7'	Stadium: Cheonan Stadium Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Ghead Grisha (Egypt)

30 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Venezuela	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Daejeon, South Korea
17:00	Herrera  108'	Report		Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Team for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

4 November 2017 2018 AFC U-19 Qual.	Mongolia	0–7	Japan	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
16:00		Report	Hara  13' Tsendjav  37' (o.g.) Goke  41' Ando  46' Unur-Erdene  51' (o.g.) Taniguchi  67' Tanaka  86'	Stadium: MFF Football Centre Attendance: 500 Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

6 November 2017 2018 AFC U-19 Qual.	Singapore	0–7	Japan	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
12:00		Report	Ito  3', 23' Nakamura  26' Goke  32' (pen.) Tanaka  42' Tagawa  78' (pen.) Kawamura  82'	Stadium: MFF Football Centre Attendance: 20 Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

8 November 2017 2018 AFC U-19 Qual.	Japan	2–1	Thailand	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
12:00	Tagawa  62', 66'	Report	Chokanan  65'	Stadium: MFF Football Centre Attendance: 30 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

30 January 2018 Friendly	Canary Islands	1–2	Japan	Maspalomas, Spain
16:00	48'	Report	Iijima  44' Yokoyama  55'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas

31 January 2018 Friendly	Czech Republic	0–1	Japan	Maspalomas, Spain
16:00		Report	Hanya  46'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas

2 February 2018 Friendly	Spain	2–0	Japan	Maspalomas, Spain
18:30	59'  87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas

25 March 2018 Friendly	Indonesia	1–4	Japan	Jakarta, Indonesia
18:30	90+5'	Report	Miyashiro  16', 49' Yamada  48' Ando  80'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

13 June 2018 Friendly	Czech Republic	0–1	Japan	Lisbon, Portugal
15:00		Report	Yamada  22'

15 June 2018 Friendly	Portugal	0–1	Japan	Lisbon, Portugal
16:00		Report	Sakuragawa  87'

17 June 2018 Friendly	Norway	2–1	Japan	Lisbon, Portugal
11:00	7'  40'	Report	Hirakawa  51'

16 August 2018 Friendly	Japan	1–0	Australia	Fujieda, Japan
18:30	Miyashiro  26'	Report		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

19 August 2018 Friendly	Japan	1–2	Paraguay	Shizuoka, Japan
17:30	Miyashiro  55'	Report	53'  70'	Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium

3 September 2018 Friendly	Japan	2–0	Vietnam	Narashino, Japan
17:00	Sugawara  48' Mikuni  81'	Report		Stadium: Frontier Soccer Field

7 September 2018 Friendly	Mexico	1–1	Japan	Mexico City, Mexico
10:30	14'	Report	Tagawa  31'	Stadium: National Training Centre

9 September 2018 Friendly	Brazil	1–1	Japan	Mexico City, Mexico
10:30	Matheus Cunha 52' (pen.)	Report	Tagawa  60'	Stadium: National Training Centre

19 October 2018 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Japan	5–2	North Korea	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00	K. Saito  8' Ito  19' Kubo  65' Miyashiro  89' Abe  90+3'		Kye Tam  36' Kang Kuk-chol  41' (pen.)	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

22 October 2018 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Thailand	1–3	Japan	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00	Suphanat  54'		Miyashiro  27', 44' K. Saito  42'	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

25 October 2018 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Group B)	Japan	5–0	Iraq	Cibinong, Indonesia
16:00	Taki  10' Tagawa  27' Hara  34', 77' K. Saito  85'			Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

28 October 2018 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Quarter-finals)	Japan	2–0	Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30	Higashi  40' Miyashiro  70'			Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

1 November 2018 2018 AFC U-19 Championship (Semi-finals)	Japan	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:30		Report	Al-Ammar  29' Al-Ghannam  45+1'	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium Attendance: 311 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

2019

23 May 2019 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group B)	Japan	1–1	Ecuador	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
20:30	Yamada  68'	Report	Tagawa  45' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,018[1] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

26 May 2019 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group B)	Mexico	0–3	Japan	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
15:30		Report	Miyashiro  21', 77' Tagawa  52'	Attendance: 4,930[2] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

29 May 2019 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Group B)	Italy	0–0	Japan	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
18:00		Report		Attendance: 6,702[3] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

4 June 2019 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Round of 16)	Japan	0–1	South Korea	Lublin Stadium, Lublin
17:30		Report	Oh Se-hun  84'	Attendance: 10,021[4] Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Future schedules

• Source: Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp (in Japanese)

Coaching staff

• Source: Coaching Staff of the Japan u-20 – official website at JFA.jp (in English)

Current coaching staff

As of December 2020

Position	Name
Head Coach	Masanaga Kageyama
Assistant Coach	Tadahiro Akiba
Goalkeeping Coach	Norio Takahashi
Conditioning Coach	Tomohiro Ogai

Players

• Source: Players' Information 2020 of the Japan u-20 – official website at JFA.jp (in English)

Current squad

• Following is the 21 member squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup announced on 7 May.[5]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 8 December 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Tomoya Wakahara	28 December 1999	Kyoto Sanga
2	DF	Shunki Higashi	28 July 2000	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3	DF	Yuki Kobayashi	18 July 2000	Vissel Kobe
4	DF	Ayumu Seko	7 June 2000	Cerezo Osaka
5	DF	Yukinari Sugawara	28 June 2000	Nagoya Grampus
6	MF	Yuta Goke	10 June 1999	Vissel Kobe
7	MF	Hiroki Ito	12 May 1999	Nagoya Grampus
8	MF	Kanya Fujimoto	1 July 1999	Tokyo Verdy
9	FW	Koki Saito	10 August 2001	Yokohama FC
10	MF	Mitsuki Saito	10 January 1999	Shonan Bellmare
11	FW	Kyosuke Tagawa	11 February 1999	FC Tokyo
12	GK	Shu Mogi	15 January 1999	Cerezo Osaka
13	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	26 May 2000	Kawasaki Frontale
14	FW	Jun Nishikawa	21 February 2002	Cerezo Osaka
15	DF	Toichi Suzuki	30 May 2000	Shonan Bellmare
16	MF	Kota Yamada	10 July 1999	Yokohama F. Marinos
17	DF	Kennedy Mikuni	23 June 2000	Avispa Fukuoka
18	FW	Taichi Hara	5 May 1999	FC Tokyo
19	DF	Hinata Kida	4 July 2000	Avispa Fukuoka
20	FW	Keito Nakamura	28 July 2000	FC Twente
21	GK	Zion Suzuki	21 August 2002	Urawa Red Diamonds

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

• 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
• 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Honours

Intercontinental

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

AFC U-19 Championship

• Winners (1): 2016

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

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Finals record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1977 Did not qualify 1979 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 1981 Did not qualify 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 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 Group stage 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 2013 2015 2017 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 4 6 2019 Round of 16 4 1 2 1 4 2 2021 To be determined Total 10/22 43 15 12 16 57 56 *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.

Finals history Year Round Score Result 1979 Group stage  Japan 0–1  Spain Loss Group stage  Japan 0–0  Algeria Draw Group stage  Japan 1–1  Mexico Draw 1995 Group stage  Japan 2–2  Chile Draw Group stage  Japan 1–2  Spain Loss Group stage  Japan 2–0  Burundi Win Quarterfinals  Japan 1–2  Brazil Loss 1997 Group stage  Japan 1–2  Spain Loss Group stage  Japan 6–2  Costa Rica Win Group stage  Japan 3–3  Paraguay Draw Round of 16  Japan 1–0  Australia Win Quarterfinals  Japan 1–2  Ghana Loss 1999 Group stage  Japan 1–2  Cameroon Loss Group stage  Japan 3–1  United States Win Group stage  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 Group stage  Japan 0–2  Australia Loss Group stage  Japan 1–2  Angola Loss Group stage  Japan 3–0  Czech Republic Win 2003 Group stage  Japan 1–0  England Win Group stage  Japan 1–4  Colombia Loss Group stage  Japan 1–0  Egypt Win Round of 16  Japan 2–1  South Korea Win Quarterfinals  Japan 1–5  Brazil Loss 2005 Group stage  Japan 1–2  Netherlands Loss Group stage  Japan 1–1  Benin Draw Group stage  Japan 1–1  Australia Draw Round of 16  Japan 0–1  Morocco Loss 2007 Group stage  Japan 3–1  Scotland Win Group stage  Japan 1–0  Costa Rica Win Group stage  Japan 0–0  Nigeria Draw Round of 16  Japan 2–2  Czech Republic Draw 2017 Group stage  Japan 2–1  South Africa Win Group stage  Japan 0–2  Uruguay Loss Group stage  Japan 2–2  Italy Draw Round of 16  Japan 0–1  Venezuela Loss 2019 Group stage  Japan 1–1  Ecuador Draw Group stage  Japan 3–0  Mexico Win Group stage  Japan 0–0  Italy Draw Round of 16  Japan 0–1  South Korea Loss

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Finals record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Third place	4	2	0	2	12	11
1960	Third place	4	2	1	1	10	11
1961	Group stage	4	0	1	3	4	8
1962	Group stage	4	1	0	3	4	9
1963	Group stage	5	1	1	3	8	13
1964	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
1965	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	4
1966	Group stage	4	0	0	4	2	13
1967	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
1968	First round	3	0	1	2	0	6
1969	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	5	11
1970	Fourth place	6	2	1	3	5	13
1971	Fourth place	6	4	1	1	13	2
1972	Quarterfinals	5	2	2	1	12	5
1973	Runners-up	5	1	2	2	5	6
1974	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	9	4
1975	Group stage	4	2	0	2	10	5
1976	Tie-breaker play-off	4	1	2	1	2	4
1977	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	8	6
1978	Group stage	4	1	2	1	8	6
1980	Final tournament	4	2	0	2	4	5
1982		–	–	–	–	–	–
1985		–	–	–	–	–	–
1986		–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	7
1990	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	4
1992	Third place	5	3	0	2	8	4
1994	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	9	4
1996	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	12	6
1998	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	18	10
2000	Runners-up	6	3	1	2	15	8
2002	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	11	4
2004	Third place	6	3	0	3	10	3
2006	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	12	6
2008	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	10	6
2010	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	11	4
2012	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	2	4
2014	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	7	5
2016	Champions	6	4	2	0	13	0
2018	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	15	5
Total	/40	163	66	29	68	278	227

See also

Japan

Men's

• International footballers
• National football team (Results (2020–present))
• National under-23 football team
• National under-20 football team
• National under-17 football team
• National futsal team
• National under-20 futsal team
• National beach soccer team

Women's

• International footballers
• National football team (Results)
• National under-20 football team
• National under-17 football team
• National futsal team

References

1. "Match report – Group B – Japan v Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
2. "Match report – Group B – Mexico v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
3. "Match report – Group B – Italy v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
4. "Match report – Round of 16 – Japan v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
5. "FIFA U-20ワールドカップポーランド2019（5/23～6/15） U-20日本代表　メンバー・スケジュール". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

External links

• Japan national under-20 football team – official website at JFA.jp (in English)
• Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp (in Japanese)