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Japan U23
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachHajime Moriyasu
CaptainYuta Nakayama
Most capsKensuke Nagai
Keigo Higashi
Reo Hatate
(31 each)
Top scorerShoya Nakajima (19)
FIFA codeJPN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Malaysia 1–1 Japan 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1]
Biggest win
 Japan 13–0 Philippinen 
(Hongkong; 12 June 1999)
Biggest defeat
 Dänemark 6–1 Japan 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994)
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances7 (first in 1996)
Best resultFourth place (2012, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 2002)
Best result Gold medalists (2010)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best result Champions (2016)

The Japan national under-23 football team 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 Hajime Moriyasu. 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

Südkorea

Main article: Japan–South Korea football rivalry

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.

Friendly and Qualifiers

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

Results and fixtures

See also: 2021 in Japanese football, 2021 in association football, and 2021 in sports
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Voided or Postponed   Fixture

2019

22 March AFC U-23 Championship qualification Japan  8–0  Macau Yangon, Myanmar
15:00
Report (AFC) Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 303
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
24 March AFC U-23 Championship qualification Osttimor  0–6  Japan Yangon, Myanmar
15:00 Report (AFC)
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 753
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
26 March AFC U-23 Championship qualification Japan  7–0  Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
15:00
Report (AFC) Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 9,875
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
1 June Toulon Tournament (Group stage) England  1–2  Japan Aubagne, France
15:05
Report (FFE)
Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
Referee: Felipe González Alveal (Chile)
4 June Toulon Tournament (Group stage) Japan  6–1  Chile Salon-de-Provence, France
16:05
Report (FFE)
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
7 June Toulon Tournament (Group stage) Portugal  1–0  Japan Fos-sur-Mer, France
17:05
Report (FFE) Stadium: Stade Parsemain
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
12 June Toulon Tournament (Semi-finals) Japan  2–2
(5–4 p)		  Mexiko Aubagne, France
15:00
Report (FFE)
Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Penalties
15 June Toulon Tournament (Final) Brasilien  1–1
(5–4 p)		  Japan Salon-de-Provence, France
16:00
Report (FFE)
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Penalties
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2020

9 January AFC U-23 Championship (Group stage) Japan  1–2  Saudi-Arabien Rangsit, Thailand
20:15
Report (AFC)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
12 January AFC U-23 Championship (Group stage) Syria  2–1  Japan Rangsit, Thailand
20:15
Report (AFC)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
15 January AFC U-23 Championship (Group stage) Katar  1–1  Japan Bangkok, Thailand
20:15
Report (AFC)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

2021

26 March Saison Card Cup Japan  0–1  Argentinien Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 8,416
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
29 March Saison Card Cup Japan  3–0  Argentinien Kitakyushu, Japan
19:45 UTC+9
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Attendance: 7,302
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna (India)
3 June Unofficial friendly Japan A Japan 3–0  Japan Hokkaido, Japan
19:30 UTC+9
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
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
12 June Friendly Japan  4–0  Jamaika Toyota, Aichi, Japan
13:35 UTC+9
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
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 4,063
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
17 July Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24) Japan  1–1  Spanien Hyogo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,909
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A Japan  1–0  Südafrika Tokyo, Japan
20:00 UTC+9
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  Mexiko Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A Frankreich  0–4  Japan Yokohama, Japan
20:30 UTC+9 Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
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)		  Neuseeland Ibaraki, Japan
18:00 UTC+9 Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Kashima Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
Penalties
3 August 2020 Summer Olympics Semi-finals Japan  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Spanien Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9 Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
6 August 2020 Summer Olympics Bronze medal match Mexiko  3–1  Japan Saitama, Japan
18:00 UTC+9
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
29 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K Japan  v  Kambodscha Saitama, Japan
TBD Report (AFC)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
31 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K Hongkong  v  Japan Saitama, Japan
TBD Report (AFC)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

Head-to-head record

As of 6 August 2021

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

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Confederation
 Australien 10 4 0 6 17 15 +2 AFC
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 AFC
 Kambodscha 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 AFC
 China 7 3 0 4 8 5 +3 AFC
 Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 15 1 +14 AFC
 Hongkong 5 4 0 1 11 4 +7 AFC
 Indonesien 3 2 0 0 10 3 +7 AFC
 Indien 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
 Jordanien 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 AFC
 Kuwait 5 3 2 0 15 2 +13 AFC
 Libanon 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
 Katar 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 AFC
 Saudi-Arabien 5 4 0 1 9 6 +3 AFC
 Südkorea 17 5 3 9 21 20 +1 AFC
 Palestine 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8 AFC
 Philippinen 3 3 0 0 32 0 +32 AFC
 Pakistan 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 AFC
 Singapur 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 AFC
 Syria 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 AFC
 Thailand 10 9 0 1 26 3 +23 AFC
 Osttimor 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 AFC
 Usbekistan 1 0 0 1 0 4 –4 AFC
 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 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
 Marokko 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 CAF
 Ägypten 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
 Südafrika 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 CAF
 Mali 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 CAF
 Mexiko 4 1 1 2 6 9 –3 CONCACAF
 Vereinigte Staaten 3 0 2 1 4 5 –1 CONCACAF
 Kanada 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 CONCACAF
 Costa Rica 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 CONCACAF
 Jamaika 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 CONCACAF
 Honduras 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 CONCACAF
 Brasilien 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 CONMEBOL
 Chile 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 CONMEBOL
 Kolumbien 2 0 1 1 2 4 –2 CONMEBOL
 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 CONMEBOL
 Argentinien 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
 Dänemark 2 0 1 1 1 6 –5 UEFA
 England 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 UEFA
 Italien 2 0 0 2 2 6 –4 UEFA
 Frankreich 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 UEFA
 Griechenland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 UEFA
 Kasachstan 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 UEFA
 Deutschland 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 UEFA
 Ungarn 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
 Niederlande 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 UEFA
 Norwegen 1 0 0 1 2 3 –1 UEFA
 Russland 5 2 2 1 7 5 +2 UEFA
 Spanien 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 UEFA
 Schweden 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 UEFA
  Schweiz 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 UEFA
 Slowakei 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 UEFA
 Tunesien 3 1 0 2 4 6 –2 UEFA
 Neuseeland 4 2 2 0 9 1 +8 OFC
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Confederation

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 20 July 2021[3]
Role Name
Head coach Japan Hajime Moriyasu
Assistant coach Japan Akinobu Yokouchi
Assistant coach Japan Katsushi Kurihara
Goalkeeping coach Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Physical coach Japan Ryoichi Matsumoto
Physical coach Japan Yoshiharu Yano

Manager history

As of 29 March 2021 after the match against  Argentinien.
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Japan Yoshitada Yamaguchi 1990–1992 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Akira Nishino 1993–1996 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Frankreich Philippe Troussier 1998–2000 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Masakuni Yamamoto 2002–2004 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Yasuharu Sorimachi 2006–2008 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Takashi Sekizuka 2010–2012 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Makoto Teguramori 2014–2016 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Hajime Moriyasu 2017–2020 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Akinobu Yokouchi 2020 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Hajime Moriyasu 2020– 0 0 0 0 00.0%

source: [4]

Players

Further information: Category:Olympic footballers of Japan
See also: Category:Japan international footballers

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the friendly matches against Honduras and Spain on 12 and 17 July 2021.[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Keisuke Osako (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 21) 7 0 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
12 1GK Kosei Tani (2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 20) 10 0 Japan Shonan Bellmare
22 1GK Zion Suzuki (2002-08-21)21 August 2002 (aged 18) 1 0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
2 2DF Hiroki SakaiOA (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 31) 26 3 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
3 2DF Yuta Nakayama (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 24) 18 4 Niederlande PEC Zwolle
4 2DF Ko Itakura (1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 24) 24 6 Deutschland Schalke 04
5 2DF Maya YoshidaOA (captain) (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 32) 22 2 Italien Sampdoria
13 2DF Reo Hatate (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 23) 31 8 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
14 2DF Takehiro Tomiyasu (1998-11-05)5 November 1998 (aged 22) 10 0 England Arsenal
15 2DF Daiki Hashioka (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22) 4 0 Belgien Sint-Truiden
20 2DF Koki Machida (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 23) 2 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
21 2DF Ayumu Seko (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 20) 1 0 Japan Cerezo Osaka
6 3MF Wataru EndoOA (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 28) 17 2 Deutschland VfB Stuttgart
7 3MF Takefusa Kubo (2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 20) 18 7 Spanien RCD Mallorca
8 3MF Koji Miyoshi (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 (aged 24) 20 5 Belgien Royal Antwerp
10 3MF Ritsu Doan (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (aged 22) 11 6 Niederlande PSV Eindhoven
11 3MF Kaoru Mitoma (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 24) 12 5 Belgien Union SG
16 3MF Yuki Soma (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24) 17 3 Japan Nagoya Grampus
17 3MF Ao Tanaka (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 22) 18 2 Deutschland Fortuna Düsseldorf
9 4FW Daizen Maeda (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23) 18 9 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
18 4FW Ayase Ueda (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 22) 24 12 Japan Kashima Antlers
19 4FW Daichi Hayashi (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 24) 8 1 Belgien Sint-Truiden

OA Over-aged player.
PRE Standby player.

(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 Yuya Oki (1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 21) Japan Kashima Antlers
2DF Teruki Hara (1998-07-30)30 July 1998 (aged 22) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
2DF Tsuyoshi Watanabe (1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 24) Japan FC Tokyo
2DF Shinya Nakano (2003-08-17)17 August 2003 (aged 17) Japan Sagan Tosu
2DF Taiyo Koga (1998-10-28)28 October 1998 (aged 22) Japan Kashiwa Reysol
2DF Yukinari Sugawara (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 20) Niederlande AZ
3MF Shunta Tanaka (1997-05-26)26 May 1997 (aged 24) Japan Consadole Sapporo
3MF Kota Watanabe (1998-10-18)18 October 1998 (aged 22) Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
3MF Keita Endo (1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 24) Deutschland Union Berlin
4FW Ryotaro Meshino (1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 22) Portugal Estoril
4FW Kyosuke Tagawa (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 22) Japan FC Tokyo

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
Asian Games

Records

Further information: Category:Olympic footballers of Japan
See also: Category:Japan international footballers
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.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Main article: Japan at the Olympics
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics
A match vs Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Glasgow in the United Kingdom

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AFC U-23 Asian Cup

See also: AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Asian Games

Main article: Japan at the Asian Games
See also: Football at the Asian Games

See also

National teams
Men's
Women's

References

  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. ^ "Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tournament Dates: 23 July 2021 - 8 August 2021 Football Competitions: 21 July 2021 - 7 August 2021 Selected Players/Staffs". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ https://www.jfa.jp/national_team/tokyo_olympic_2020/img/all_02s.pdf
  5. ^ "U-24 Japan National Team Squad - Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020)【7/21-8/7】, KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2021【7/12＠Osaka, 7/17＠Hyogo】". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ Hajime Moriyasu (head coach), Yasuharu Sorimachi (technical director) (22 June 2021). 【LIVE】U-24日本代表　第32回オリンピック競技大会（東京／2020）／キリンチャレンジカップ2021(7.12@大阪、7.17＠兵庫) メンバー発表会見 (in Japanese). JFA House, Football Ave., Bunkyo-ku - 113-8311 Tokyo, Japan: Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 22 June 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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