Japan national under-23 football team

Japan
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ブルー ; (Samurai Blue)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	None
Captain	Riki Harakawa
FIFA code	JPN
First colours	Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Fourth place (2012)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2013)
Best result	Winner (2016)
Asian Games
Appearances	4 (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 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	5
2016	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	7	7
2020	Host
Total	Fourth Place	7/8	22	9	3	10	30	33

Olympic Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1936	Round1	Japan 3 – 2 Sweden	Win
1936	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
2016	Round 1	Japan 4 – 5 Nigeria	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 2 – 2 Colombia	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 1 – 0 Sweden	Win

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-22/U-23 Championship Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Quarterfinals	7	4	1	2	1	8	5
2016	Champions	1	6	6	0	0	15	4
Total	2/2	Champions	10	7	2	1	23	9

AFC U-22/U-23 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 East Timor	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
2016	Preliminary Stage	Japan 7 – 0 Macau	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 2 – 0 Vietnam	Win
	Preliminary Stage	Japan 1 – 0 Malaysia	Win
	Group Stage	Japan 1 – 0 North Korea	Win
	Group Stage	Japan 4 – 0 Thailand	Win
	Group Stage	Japan 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3 – 0 Iran	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2 – 1 Iraq	Win
	Final	Japan 3 – 2 South Korea	Win

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	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	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 and fixtures

6 January 2016 (2016-01-06) Friendly	Japan	2–1	Syria	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Minamino 36', 70'	Report (JFA)	60'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

7 January 2016 (2016-01-07) Friendly	Japan	2–0	Vietnam	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Toyokawa 11' Onaiwu 18'	Report (JFA)		Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship GS	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Ueda 5'	Report (AFC)		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 1,531 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship GS	Thailand	0–4	Japan	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3		Report (AFC)	Suzuki 27' Yajima 49' Kubo 75', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 1,674 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship GS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Japan	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Madu 57' (pen.)	Report (AFC)	Oshima 32' Ideguchi 53'	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 807 Referee: Abdulla Hassan (United Arab Emirates)

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship QF	Japan	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Toyokawa 95' Nakajima 108', 110'	Report (AFC)		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 1,703 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship SF	Japan	2–1	Iraq	Doha, Qatar
16:30 UTC+3	Kubo 26' Harakawa 90+3'	Report (AFC)	Saad N. 43'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 1,489 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan (Malaysia)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Final	South Korea	2–3	Japan	Doha, Qatar
17:45 UTC+3	Kwon Chang-hoon 20' Jin Sung-wook 47'	Report (AFC)	Asano 66', 81' Yajima 68'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 5,394 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Friendly	Japan	2–1	Mexico	Rio Maior, Portugal
15:36 UTC	Nakajima 2' Minamino 33'	Report	Bueno 70'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

11 May 2016 (2016-05-11) Friendly	Japan	3–0	Ghana	Tosu, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Yajima 11' (15) Togashi 30'	Report		Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 11,038 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21) 2016 Toulon Tournament	Japan	1-2	Paraguay	Aubagne, France
16:15 CEST	Asano 61'	Report	Báez 18' Díaz 70'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo (Mexico)

23 May 2016 (2016-05-23) 2016 Toulon Tournament	Japan	0-1	Portugal	Aubagne, France
17:15 CEST		Report	Horta 22'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

25 May 2016 (2016-05-25) 2016 Toulon Tournament	Japan	2-1	Guinea	Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
17:15 CEST	Togashi 3' Minamino 39'	Report	Soumah 10'	Stadium: Stade Antoine Baptiste Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

27 May 2016 (2016-05-27) 2016 Toulon Tournament	Japan	0-1	England	Toulon, France
17:15 CEST		Report	Baker 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

29 June 2016 (2016-06-29) Friendly	Japan	4-1	South Africa	Matsumoto, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Nakajima 37' (45+1) Yajima 45' Asano 48'	Report	Mutopa 30'	Stadium: Matsumotodaira Football Stadium Attendance: 15,571 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Brazil	2-0	Japan	Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
16:30 UTC-3				Stadium: Estádio Serra Dourada

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) 2016 Summer Olympics GS	Nigeria	5-4	Japan	Manaus, Brazil
21:00 UTC−4				Stadium: Arena da Amazônia

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 2016 Summer Olympics GS	Japan	2-2	Colombia	Manaus, Brazil
21:00 UTC−4				Stadium: Arena da Amazônia

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 2016 Summer Olympics GS	Japan	1-0	Sweden	Salvador, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3				Stadium: Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

Team

Current squad

The following players are called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]
Head Coach: Makoto Teguramori

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki	(1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 (age 31)	Kashima Antlers
12	1GK	Kosuke Nakamura	(1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 29)	Kashiwa Reysol

2	2DF	Sei Muroya	(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30)	F.C. Tokyo
4	2DF	Hiroki Fujiharu*	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35)	Gamba Osaka
5	2DF	Naomichi Ueda	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29)	Kashima Antlers
6	2DF	Tsukasa Shiotani*	(1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
15	2DF	Masashi Kamekawa	(1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)	Avispa Fukuoka
17	2DF	Takuya Iwanami	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30)	Vissel Kobe

3	3MF	Wataru Endo	(1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31)	Urawa Red Diamonds
7	3MF	Riki Harakawa	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31)	Kawasaki Frontale
8	3MF	Ryota Oshima	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 31)	Kawasaki Frontale
9	3MF	Shinya Yajima	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30)	Fagiano Okayama FC
10	3MF	Shoya Nakajima	(1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 30)	F.C. Tokyo
14	3MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 28)	Gamba Osaka
18	3MF	Takumi Minamino	(1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29)	FC Red Bull Salzburg

11	4FW	Yuya Kubo	(1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 30)	BSC Young Boys
13	4FW	Shinzo Koroki*	(1986-07-31) 31 July 1986 (age 38)	Urawa Red Diamonds
16	4FW	Takuma Asano	(1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29)	VfB Stuttgart

* Over-aged player.

Alternate Players

The following players will travel with the team for the 2016 Summer Olympics as alternate players.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
22	1GK	Daichi Sugimoto	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 31)	Tokushima Vortis
20	2DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28)	Kashiwa Reysol
21	3MF	Gakuto Notsuda	(1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 30)	Albirex Niigata
19	4FW	Musashi Suzuki	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30)	Albirex Niigata

Training Partners

The following players will travel with the team from 21 to 31 July 2016 as training partners.^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Daichi Sugimoto	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 31)	Tokushima Vortis
2DF	Masaya Kojima	(1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 26)	Vegalta Sendai
3MF	Kota Watanabe	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25)	Tokyo Verdy Youth
3MF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 25)	Avispa Fukuoka
4FW	Koki Ogawa	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)	Júbilo Iwata

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Japan squad in last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ayumi Niekawa	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30)	Sagan Tosu	v. Ghana, 11 May 2015

DF	Ken Matsubara	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)	Albirex Niigata	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
DF	Genta Miura	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29)	Shimizu S-Pulse	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
DF	Hiromu Mitsumaru	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31)	Sagan Tosu	2016 Toulon Tournament
DF	Sai van Wermeskerken	(1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 (age 30)	FC Dordrecht	2016 Toulon Tournament
DF	Yukitoshi Ito	(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31)	Kashima Antlers	v. Ghana, 11 May 2015
DF	Tatsuki Nara	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 31)	Kawasaki Frontale	v. Ghana, 11 May 2015
DF	Hiroki Akino	(1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 (age 29)	Kashiwa Reysol	v. Mexico, 25 Mar 2016
DF	Ryosuke Yamanaka	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)	Kashiwa Reysol	2016 AFC U-23 Championship
DF	Kento Misao	(1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 28)	Kashima Antlers	2016 AFC U-23 Championship
DF	Takaharu Nishino	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)	Gamba Osaka	v. Yemen, 10 Dec 2015

MF	Kento Hashimoto	(1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 (age 31)	F.C. Tokyo	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
MF	Junya Ito	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)	Kashiwa Reysol	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
MF	Yuta Toyokawa	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30)	Fagiano Okayama FC	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
MF	Takuya Kida	(1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 30)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2016 Toulon Tournament
MF	Naoki Maeda	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2016 Toulon Tournament
MF	Kei Koizumi	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Albirex Niigata	v. Mexico, 25 Mar 2016
MF	Takahiro Sekine	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	Urawa Red Diamonds	v. Mexico, 25 Mar 2016
MF	Naoki Maeda	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29)	Yokohama F. Marinos	v. Uzbekistan, 13 Dec 2015

FW	Ado Onaiwu	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 28)	JEF United Chiba	v. South Africa, 29 Jun 2016
FW	Cayman Togashi	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993 (age 31)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2016 Toulon Tournament
FW	Daichi Kamada	(1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 (age 28)	Sagan Tosu	2016 Toulon Tournament
FW	Takeshi Kanamori	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30)	Avispa Fukuoka	v. Ghana, 11 May 2015
FW	Takuma Arano	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)	Consadole Sapporo	v. Uzbekistan, 13 Dec 2015

Olympic Games Rosters

Asian Games Rosters

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-

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u23_2016/rio_olympic_2016/member.html#pankz

[2] ttp://www.jfa.jp/eng/news/00010337/

[3] ttp://www.jfa.jp/eng/news/00010337/

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