Japan national beach soccer team

Japan

Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Marcelo Mendes
FIFA code	JPN
First colours Second colours

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.

Current squad

Current as of September 2013.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK		Shingo Terukina
2	MF		Keisuki Matsuda
3	MF		Hirofumi Oda
4	FW		Shinji Makino
5	FW		Teruki Tabata
6	MF		Naoya Matsuo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW		Takeshi Kawaharazuka
8	MF		Masahito Toma
9	FW		Shusei Yamauchi
10	MF		Ozu Moreira
11	MF		Masayuki Komaki
12	GK		Tomoya Ginoza

Head coach: Ruy Ramos

Notable players

(2007)

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

Notable former managers

• Ruy Ramos

Tournament records

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 – TBD

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

• 2006 – Runners-up
• 2007 – Runners-up
• 2008 – Runners-up
• 2009 – Champions
• 2011 – Champions
• 2013 – Runners-up

External links

• BSWW Profile