Japan national beach soccer team

Japan

Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ruy Ramos
Captain	Ozu Moreira
FIFA code	JPN
BSWW ranking	14
First colours Second colours
Biggest defeat
Japan 2–15 Brazil (Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996)

The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football in Japan.

Coaching staff

Head coach: Ruy Ramos

Players

Current squad

Current as of July 2015.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK		Shingo Terukina
2	FW		Takuya Akaguma
3	MF		Hirofumi Oda
4	DF		Shinji Makino
5	MF		Shotaro Haraguchi
6	MF		Naoya Matsuo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	DF		Teruki Tabata
8	MF		Takaaki Oba
9	FW		Shusei Yamauchi
10	DF		Ozu Moreira (captain)
11	FW		Takasuke Goto
12	GK		Tomoya Ginoza

Player records

Notable players

(2007)

• Hirofumi Oda
• Takashi Arakaki
• Gishu Nagayama
• cob ona

Managerial history

• Ruy Ramos

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Beach Soccer World Championships
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	5	21	-16	0
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	0	2	15	21	-6	3
2000	Fourth place	5	2	0	1	2	16	22	-6	7
2001	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	4	14	-10	0
2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/10	14	3	0	1	10	40	78	-38	10

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Fourth place	5	2	0	0	3	10	24	-14	6
2006	Quarterfinals	4	1	0	0	3	17	25	-8	3
2007	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	6	13	-7	0
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	5	18	-13	0
2009	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	1	1	16	11	+5	7
2011	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	6	10	-4	0
2013	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	0	2	11	12	-1	4
2015	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	0	2	12	13	-1	6
2017	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/8	27	7	1	1	18	93	126	-33	24

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2006	Runners-up	4	3	0	0	1	29	10	+19	9
2007	Runners-up	4	2	0	0	2	18	19	-1	6
2008	Runners-up	4	2	0	1	1	19	8	+11	7
2009	Champions	4	3	0	0	1	16	10	+6	9
2011	Champions	5	4	0	0	1	23	13	+10	12
2013	Runners-up	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12
2015	Runners-up	6	5	0	0	1	24	12	+12	15
2017	Third place	5	3	0	0	2	41	18	+23	9
Total	8/8	37	26	0	1	10	194	105	+89	79

Asian Beach Games

Asian Beach Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2008	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010	Quarterfinal	4	2	0	0	2	14	7	+7	6
2012	Quarterfinal	4	2	0	0	2	11	9	+2	6
2014	Runners-up	5	3	0	0	2	22	11	+11	9
2016	Champions	5	4	1	0	0	34	12	+22	15
Total	4/5	18	11	1	0	6	81	39	+42	35

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2016	Third place	3	2	0	0	1	21	13	+8	6
Total	1/1	3	2	0	0	1	21	13	+8	6

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2011	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	7th place	3	0	0	0	3	14	19	-5	0
2013	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014	7th place	5	2	0	0	3	19	22	-3	6
2015	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/6	8	2	0	0	6	33	41	-8	6

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

• 1995 – Did not enter
• 1996 – Did not enter
• 1997 – Round 1
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 1999 – Quarterfinals
• 2000 – Fourth place
• 2001 – Did not enter
• 2002 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Round 1
• 2004 – Did not enter
• 2005 – Fourth place
• 2006 – Quarterfinals
• 2007 – Round 1
• 2008 – Round 1
• 2009 – Quarterfinals
• 2011 – Round 1
• 2013 – Quarterfinals
• 2015 – Quarterfinals
• 2017 – Round 1
• 2019 – Qualified

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

• 2006 – Runners-up
• 2007 – Runners-up
• 2008 – Runners-up
• 2009 – Champions
• 2011 – Champions
• 2013 – Runners-up
• 2015 – Runners-up
• 2017 – Third-place
• 2019 – Champions

External links

• Official website, jfa.jp (in English)