Japan national under-23 football team
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| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | Olympic Japan | ||
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| Association | Japan Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Go Oiwa | ||
| Most caps | Mao Hosoya (35) | ||
| Top scorer | Shoya Nakajima (19) | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
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| First international | |||
| File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1–1 Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 13–0 Philippines File:Flag of the Philippines.svg (Hong Kong; 12 June 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6–1 Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994) | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2012, 2020) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | File:Gold medal asia.svg Gold medalists (2010) | ||
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | File:Gold medal asia.svg Champions (2016, 2024) | ||
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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. 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 was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed one year, so in 2021, the team was called the Japan national under-24 football team. At the 2024 Olympics, they advanced to the Knockout stage without three overage players and several key players.
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. In the Olympic Games, the name Olympíc Japan "オリンピックジャパン (Orinpikku Japan)" is used to referred to U-23 national team.
Rivalries
South Korea
Japan maintains a strong football rivalry with South Korea, even in youth set-ups.
Results and fixtures
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2025
U-21
| 25 March Friendly | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | v | TBD | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Stadium: Peace Stadium Connected by Softbank |
2024
U-23
| 22 March Friendly | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | Kameoka, Japan |
| 19:20 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 11,515 Referee: William Finney (England) |
| 25 March Friendly | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Kitakyushu, Japan |
| 19:15 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Attendance: 11,756 Referee: Lewis Smith (England) |
| 16 April AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 16:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 390 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia) |
| 19 April AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS | United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 18:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan) |
| 22 April AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 16:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,683 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia) |
| 25 April AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF | Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 17:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 9.573 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria) |
| 29 April AFC U-23 Asian Cup SF | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,405 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia) |
| 3 May AFC U-23 Asian Cup Final | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 18:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 12,276 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran) |
| 11 June Friendly | United States File:Flag of the United States.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Kansas City, United States |
| 19:00 UTC−5 | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Jon Freemon (USA) |
| 17 July Friendly | France File:Flag of France.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Toulon, France |
| 21:05 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,896 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway) |
| 24 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 5–0 | File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | Bordeaux, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 14,000 Referee: François Letexier (France) |
| 27 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | Bordeaux, France |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil) |
| 30 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS | Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Nantes, France |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) |
| 2 August 2024 Summer Olympic QF | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) |
Head-to-head record
- As of 2 August 2024, after the match against File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain.
The following table shows Japan under-23 team's all-time international record.
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Coaching staff
- As of 3 July 2024.
The following staff managed the players selected for the 2024 Olympic Games.[2]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | Japan Go Oiwa |
| Assistant coach | Japan Kenji Haneda |
| Goalkeeper coach | Japan Yukiya Hamano |
| Physical coach | Japan Yoshiharu Yano |
| Technical staff | Japan Shigeyuki Ochi Japan Hideaki Watanabe Japan Mahiro Hikida |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the Olympic Games, which is held from July to August 2024. Due to injury, Riku Handa had to withdraw from the squad.[3]
Recent call-ups
The following players were called up to an U-23, U-22 or U-21 squad in the past 12 months.
(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
- 1996 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2000 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2004 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2008 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2012 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2016 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2020 Summer Olympics Squad
- 2024 Summer Olympics Squad
- 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
- 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Squad
- 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Squad
- Asian Games
- 2002 Asian Games Squad
- 2006 Asian Games Squad
- 2010 Asian Games Squad
- 2014 Asian Games Squad
- 2018 Asian Games Squad
- 2022 Asian Games Squad
Overaged players in the Olympic Games
| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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| not selected | |||
| Seigo Narazaki (GK) | Ryuzo Morioka (DF) | Atsuhiro Miura (MF) | |
| Hitoshi Sogahata (GK) | Shinji Ono (MF) | not selected | |
| not selected | |||
| Maya Yoshida (DF) | Yūhei Tokunaga (DF) | not selected | |
| Hiroki Fujiharu (DF) | Tsukasa Shiotani (DF) | Shinzo Koroki (FW) | |
| Maya Yoshida (DF) | Hiroki Sakai (DF) | Wataru Endo (MF) | |
| not selected | |||
Manager history
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Japan Yoshitada Yamaguchi | 1990–1992 |
| Japan Akira Nishino | 1993–1996 |
| France Philippe Troussier | 1998–2000 |
| Japan Masakuni Yamamoto | 2002–2004 |
| Japan Yasuharu Sorimachi | 2006–2008 |
| Japan Takashi Sekizuka | 2010–2012 |
| Japan Makoto Teguramori | 2014–2016 |
| Japan Hajime Moriyasu | 2017–2020 |
| Japan Akinobu Yokouchi | 2020 |
| Japan Hajime Moriyasu | 2020–2021 |
| Japan Koichi Togashi | 2021 |
| Japan Go Oiwa | 2021–present[4] |
Records
- As of 2 August 2024
- Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
- Caps and goals are calculated taking into account all national team levels, including U21, U22, and U23.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games
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| Summer Olympics record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1908–1988 | See Japan national team | See Japan national team | |||||||||||||
| Spain 1992 | Did not qualify | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 11 | ||||||||
| United States 1996 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | |
| Australia 2000 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | |
| Greece 2004 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | |
| China 2008 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| United Kingdom 2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | |
| Brazil 2016 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | via AFC U-23 Asian Cup | ||||||
| Japan 2020 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
| France 2024 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| United States 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Australia 2032 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Fourth place | 8/9 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 40 | 60 | 46 | 5 | 9 | 173 | 32 | |
Match history
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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| Oman 2013 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| Qatar 2016 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| China 2018 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Thailand 2020 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan 2022 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Qatar 2024 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Saudi Arabia 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 6/7 | Champions | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4 | |
Match history
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
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| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| South Korea 2002 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Qatar 2006 | Round 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| China 2010 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| South Korea 2014 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Indonesia 2018 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| China 2022 | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| Japan 2026 | ||||||||
| Qatar 2030 | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 2034 | ||||||||
| Total | 6/6 | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | 34 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 22 |
Match history
See also
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- Sport in Japan
- Japan Football Association (JFA)
- Kirin Cup (Invitational tournament)
- Kirin Challenge Cup (International friendly match)
- Kirin Company
- National teams
- Men's
- National football team
- 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
- National football team
- National under-20 football team
- National under-17 football team
- National futsal team
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.
- ↑ "U-23日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール（4.6-5.4 カタール／ドーハ）AFC U23アジアカップ カタール2024". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ↑ "U-23日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール（7.11-8.11 フランス） 第33回オリンピック競技大会（2024／パリ）" (in 日本語). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ↑ "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.
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
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