Japan national under-23 football team

Japan

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue)
Association	Japan Football Association
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Makoto Teguramori
FIFA code	JPN
First colours Second colours
First international
Japan 1–4 Spain (Budapest, Hungary; March 11, 1967)
Summer Olympics
Appearances	9 (First in 1936)
Best result	Bronze Medal (1968)
Asian Games
Appearances	3 (First in 2002)
Best result	Gold Medal (2010)

The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Competition Rosters

Olympic Games Rosters

• 1936 Olympic Games
• 1956 Olympic Games
• 1964 Olympic Games
• 1968 Olympic Games
• 1996 Olympic Games
• 2000 Olympic Games
• 2004 Olympic Games
• 2008 Olympic Games

Asian Games Rosters

• 2002 Asian Games
• 2006 Asian Games
• 2010 Asian Games

Competition Records

Olympic Games Record

See Japan national football team#Olympic Games for the results before 1992 (no age limit).

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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	6
2016	To Be Determined
2020	Host
Total	Fourth Place	5/6	19	8	2	9	23	26

Olympic Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1936	Round1	Japan 3 – 2 Sweden	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 0 – 8 Italy	Loss
1956	Round 1	Japan 0 – 2 Australia	Loss
1964	Round 1	Japan 3 – 2 Argentina	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 3 Ghana	Loss
	Quarterfinals	Japan 0 – 4 Czechoslovakia	Loss
1968	Round 1	Japan 3 – 1 Nigeria	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 1 Brazil	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 0 Spain	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3 – 1 France	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 0 – 5 Hungary	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	Japan 2 – 0 Mexico	Win
1996	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Brazil	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 2 Nigeria	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 3 – 2 Hungary	Win
2000	Round 1	Japan 2 – 1 South Africa	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 1 Slovakia	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 1 Brazil	Loss
	Quarterfinals	Japan 2 – 2 United States	Draw
2004	Round 1	Japan 3 – 4 Paraguay	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 3 Italy	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Ghana	Win
2008	Round 1	Japan 0 – 1 United States	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 Nigeria	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 1 Netherlands	Loss
2012	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Spain	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Morocco	Win
	Round 1	Japan 0 – 0 Honduras	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3 – 0 Egypt	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 1 – 3 Mexico	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	Japan 0 – 2 South Korea	Loss

AFC U-22 Championship

AFC U-22 Championship Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Quarterfinals	7	4	1	2	1	8	5
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/1	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	8	5

AFC U-22 Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2013	Preliminary Stage	Japan 6 – 0 Macau	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 3 – 1 Singapore	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 1 – 0 Timor-Leste	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 5 – 1 Indonesia	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 5 – 0 Australia	Win
	Group Stage	Japan 3 – 3 Iran	Draw
	Group Stage	Japan 0 – 0 Kuwait	Draw
	Group Stage	Japan 4 – 0 Australia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 0 – 1 Iraq	Loss

Asian Games Record

Asian Games Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Runners-Up	2	6	5	0	1	13	4
2006	Round 1	11	3	2	0	1	5	4
2010	Champions	1	7	7	0	0	17	1
2014	Quarter Finals	6	5	3	0	2	10	5
Total	4/4	Champions	21	17	0	4	45	14

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	Japan 2 – 0 Palestine	Win
	Round 1	Japan 5 – 2 Bahrain	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Uzbekistan	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1 – 0 China PR	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 3 – 0 Thailand	Win
	Final	Japan 1 – 2 Iran	Loss
2006	Round 1	Japan 3 – 2 Pakistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Syria	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 2 North Korea	Loss
2010	Round 1	Japan 3 – 0 China PR	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 0 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	Japan 3 – 0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 2	Japan 5 – 0 India	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1 – 0 Thailand	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2 – 1 Iran	Win
	Final	Japan 1 – 0 United Arab Emirates	Win
2014	Round 1	Japan 4 – 1 Kuwait	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 3 Iraq	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 4 – 0 Nepal	Win
	Round 2	Japan 4 – 0 Palestine	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 0 – 1 South Korea	Loss

Recent results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score*	Venue	Competition
12 Jan 2014	Iran	D	3 - 3	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	2013 AFC U-22 Championship Group Stage
14 Jan 2014	Kuwait	D	0 - 0	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	2013 AFC U-22 Championship Group Stage
16 Jan 2014	Australia	W	4 - 0	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat	2013 AFC U-22 Championship Group Stage
20 Jan 2014	Iraq	L	0 - 1	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb	2013 AFC U-22 Championship Quarter-Finals
14 Sep 2014	Kuwait	W	4 - 1	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon	2014 Asian Games Group Stage
17 Sep 2014	Iraq	L	1 - 3	Goyang Sports Complex, Goyang	2014 Asian Games Group Stage
21 Sep 2014	Nepal	W	4 - 0	Goyang Sports Complex, Goyang	2014 Asian Games Group Stage
25 Sep 2014	Palestine	W	4 - 0	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon	2014 Asian Games Knockout Stage
28 Sep 2014	South Korea	L	0 - 1	Goyang Sports Complex, Goyang	2014 Asian Games Quarterfinal
14 Dec 2014	Thailand	W	2 - 0	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	International Friendly
18 Dec 2014	Bangladesh	W	3 - 0	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	International Friendly
14 Feb 2015	Singapore	W	8 - 1	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore	International Friendly
11 Mar 2015	Myanmar	W	9 - 0	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan	International Friendly
27 March 2015	Macau	W	7 - 0	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
29 March 2015	Vietnam	W	2 - 0	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
31 March 2015	Malaysia	W	1 - 0	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

* Japan score always listed first

Current squad

Squad selected for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Head Coach: Makoto Teguramori

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Masatoshi Kushibiki (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 Shimizu S-Pulse 1GK Daichi Sugimoto (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 1GK Kosuke Nakamura (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 Avispa Fukuoka 2DF Ken Matsubara (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 Albirex Niigata 2DF Wataru Endo (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 Shonan Bellmare 2DF Takuya Iwanami (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 Vissel Kobe 2DF Naomichi Ueda (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 Kashima Antlers 2DF Ryosuke Yamanaka (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 Kashiwa Reysol 2DF Masashi Kamekawa (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 Avispa Fukuoka 2DF Tatsuki Nara (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 F.C. Tokyo 3MF Ryota Oshima (1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 Kawasaki Frontale 3MF Riki Harakawa (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 3MF Shoya Nakajima (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 F.C. Tokyo 3MF Shinya Yajima (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 Fagiano Okayama FC 3MF Yōsuke Ideguchi (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 Gamba Osaka 4FW Musashi Suzuki (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 Albirex Niigata 4FW Yuya Kubo (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 BSC Young Boys 4FW Takumi Minamino (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4FW Ado Onaiwu (1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 4FW Takuma Asano (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period
Yoshitada Yamaguchi		1990-1992
Akira Nishino		1993-1996
Philippe Troussier		1998-2000
Masakuni Yamamoto		2002-2004
Yasuharu Sorimachi		2006-2008
Takashi Sekizuka		2010-2012
Makoto Teguramori		2014-

Honors

Continental

• Football at the Asian Games

Gold Medal (1): 2010

Silver Medal (1): 2002

See also

• Japan national football team
• Japan national under-20 football team
• Japan national under-17 football team
• Japan Football Association
• Football in Japan
• Sport in Japan
• Japan

External links

• Japan Football Association (Japanese)
• Japan Football Association (English)