The Japan national under-17 football team（Japanese: U-17サッカー日本代表）is a national

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youth team of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and is controlled by the

Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. History The organisat ...

. The team were champions in the

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and

2006 AFC U-17 Championship The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship was the 12th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 3 and 19 September 2006 in Singapore. Japan won their second title with a 4–2 win a ...

s, as well as the

2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship The 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is an international football tournament that was held from 2 to 8 June 2012, hosted by Laos for the second time. This year's edition will feature four nations. Laos and Thailand representing the AFF and guest ...

. The year before the

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...

, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2022

Fixtures & Results (U-17)
JFA.jp

U-16

JFA.jp

U-15

JFA.jp

Coaching staff

Current U-17 coaching staff

Current U-16 coaching staff

Current U-15 coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current U-17 squad

The following U-17 players were named for a tour on

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, held from 12 to 23 November 2022.

Recent U-17 call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Current U-16 squad

The following players were called up to the Copa Joaju, held in Paraguay from 13 to 17 December 2022.

Recent U-16 call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Current U-15 squad

The following U-15 players were named for the Federations Cup, taking place between 18 and 29 November 2022.

Recent U-15 call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

;FIFA U-17 World Cup *

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan between 21 August and 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allo ...

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995, the sixth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra, Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 and 20 August 1995. Players bo ...

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 and 30 September ...

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Be ...

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues ...

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, cla ...

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams. Organised by FIFA, the tournament took place in India between 6 and 28 October 2017, after the ...

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was ...

;AFC U-17 Asian Cup *

2010 AFC U-16 Championship The 2010 AFC U-16 Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by Mexico. Oman, Iran, Jordan and Australia expressed an inte ...

2012 AFC U-16 Championship The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011.

2014 AFC U-16 Championship The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 2 ...

2016 AFC U-16 Championship The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship was the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tourn ...

2018 AFC U-16 Championship The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took pla ...

Records

Most capped player

Top goalscorer

Honours

Continental

* AFC U-17/U-16 Championship :''Champions (3):''

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AFF U-16 Youth Championship The AFF U-16 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia. The tournament used to be pl ...

:''Champions (1):''

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Unofficial

* Tournament de Montaigu :''Champions (1):'' 2004 :''Runners-Up (1):'' 2005 * International Dream Cup :''Champions (4):'' 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 :''Runners-Up (1):'' 2016

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

:''*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on

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. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.''

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

:''*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on

. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.''

References

External links

Japan national under-17 football team
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JFA.jp

Japan national team 2021 schedule
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JFA.jp
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Results and fixtures

2022

U-16

U-15

Coaching staff

Current U-17 coaching staff

Current U-16 coaching staff

Current U-15 coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current U-17 squad

Recent U-17 call-ups

Current U-16 squad

Recent U-16 call-ups

Current U-15 squad

Recent U-15 call-ups

Previous squads

Records

Most capped player

Top goalscorer

Honours

Continental

Unofficial

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

See also

References

External links