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

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

2018

6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C)	United States	0–1	Japan	Stade Guy Piriou, 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	Stade Guy Piriou, 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' Ōsawa 39' Hirosawa 66' Itō 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	Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
16:00	Kato 10' Morita 70'	Report	Sun Pingwei 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.) Ōsawa 23', 48' Yamamoto 50' Itō 52' Hirosawa 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	Kim Yun-ok 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		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 secondary football field

Future schedules

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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Source: Coaching Staff of the Japan women's national under-20 football team, JFA.jp (in English)

Position	Name
Head Coach

Manager history

Players

Source: Players' Information 2020 of the Japan women's national under-20 football team, JFA.jp (in English)

Current squad

The final squad was named for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship on 3 October 2019.^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Momoko Tanaka	(2000-03-17)17 March 2000 (aged 19)	Yamato Sylphid
2	3MF	Mai Watanabe	(2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (aged 19)	Nittaidai Fields
3	2DF	Wakaba Gotō	(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	Nodoka Funaki	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 19)	Waseda University
6	3MF	Momo Nakao	(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	Misaki Morita	(2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 17)	Okayama Sakuyo High School
9	4FW	Haruka Ōsawa	(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	Momo Kato	(2001-01-28)28 January 2001 (aged 18)	NGU Loveledge Nagoya
12	3MF	Sara Itō	(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	Chihiro Tomioka	(2001-08-15)15 August 2001 (aged 18)	JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
16	3MF	Haruka Miura	(2000-09-02)2 September 2000 (aged 19)	Nittaidai Fields
17	4FW	Maho Hirosawa	(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 19)	Waseda University
18	1GK	Maya Inō	(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)	Fujieda Junshin High School [ja]
21	1GK	Shu Ohba	(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 17)	JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
22	2DF	Haruna Tabata	(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-19 World Championship

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Individual records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

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