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, 2019)

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]

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Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

U-19

16 May 2023 Sud Ladies Cup	Cameroon	0–3	Japan	Avignon, France
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report Report (JFA)	Tanikawa 39' Hiwatari 54' Kurimoto 64'	Stadium: Parc des Sports, Avignon Referee: Charlène Laur (France)

19 May 2023 Sud Ladies Cup	Japan	4–0	Panama	Avignon, France
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sasai 20' Sakakibara 24' Ujihara 37' Nebu 90'	Report Report (JFA)		Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Élisa Daupeux (France)

21 May 2023 Sud Ladies Cup	France	0–7	Japan	Avignon, France
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report Report (JFA)	Tanikawa 6', 86' Sasai 22' Kurimoto 56' Ujihara 60', 82' Ogawa 88'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Yatzuri Muñoz (Panama)

Fixtures & Results (WU-19 2023), jfa.jp

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 3 August 2022^[2]

Role	Name
Head coach	Futoshi Ikeda (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant coach	Tomomi Miyamoto (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Technical staff	Kensuke Teraguchi (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Goalkeeping coach	Toshihiro Nishiiri (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Physical coach	Keisuke Otsuka (JFA National Coaching Staff)

Players

Current U-20 squad

The following players were called up on 12 July 2022 for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Costa Rica in August 2022. Akari Takeshige, injured, was replaced by Hayashi on 27 July 2022.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Shiori Fukuda	(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 22)	Urawa Red Diamonds
18	1GK	Shu Ohba	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 21)	Ole Miss Rebels
21	1GK	Nina Noda	(2003-09-05) 5 September 2003 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza

2	2DF	Akane Nishino	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)	MyNavi Sendai
3	2DF	Ibuki Nagae	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)	Nagano Parceiro
4	2DF	Rion Ishikawa	(2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 20)	Urawa Red Diamonds
5	2DF	Manaka Hayashi	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
7	2DF	Mihoshi Sugisawa	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21)	Omiya Ardija Ventus
12	2DF	Haruna Tabata	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 22)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
16	2DF	Shinomi Koyama	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar

6	3MF	Aemu Oyama	(2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 19)	Waseda University
8	3MF	Kokona Iwasaki	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 21)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
14	3MF	Manaka Matsukubo	(2004-07-28) 28 July 2004 (age 19)	MyNavi Sendai
15	3MF	Suzu Amano	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
19	3MF	Riko Yoshida	(2002-06-18) 18 June 2002 (age 21)	AS Elfen Saitama
20	3MF	Urara Watanabe	(2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 22)	Nittaidai SMG Yokohama

9	4FW	Yuzuki Yamamoto	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 21)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
10	4FW	Aoba Fujino	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
11	4FW	Maika Hamano	(2004-05-09) 9 May 2004 (age 20)	Hammarby
13	4FW	Mei Shimada	(2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 22)	Urawa Red Diamonds
17	4FW	Maya Hijikata	(2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy

Current U-19 squad

The following players were called up for a Training Camp, held from 4 to 7 September 2023.^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Akane Okuma	(2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 19)	JEF United Chiba
1GK	Jessica Yuri Wulf	(2005-05-20) 20 May 2005 (age 19)	Tokyo Verdy Menina
1GK	Uruha Iwasaki	(2006-03-13) 13 March 2006 (age 18)	Nojima Stella Sagamihara

2DF	Sakuraku Ohashi	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20)	Toyo University
2DF	Nana Kashimura	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 20)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
2DF	Hiromi Yoneda	(2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 19)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
2DF	Rina Nakatani	(2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 (age 19)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
2DF	Seina Ikegami	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 19)	Tokyo Verdy Menina
2DF	Kokoro Yoshioka	(2005-07-17) 17 July 2005 (age 18)	JFA Academy Fukushima
2DF	Raika Okamura	(2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 18)	Urawa Red Diamonds
2DF	Uno Shiragaki	(2005-10-11) 11 October 2005 (age 18)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar

3MF	Manaka Hayashi	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
3MF	Chinari Sasai	(2004-10-12) 12 October 2004 (age 19)	Nojima Stella Sagamihara
3MF	Fuka Tsunoda	(2004-10-24) 24 October 2004 (age 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
3MF	Miku Hayama	(2005-11-28) 28 November 2005 (age 18)	Jumonji HS
3MF	Haruna Oshima	(2005-03-29) 29 March 2005 (age 19)	Omiya Ardija Ventus
3MF	Miyu Matsunaga	(2006-06-08) 8 June 2006 (age 18)	Tokyo Verdy Menina

4FW	Rihona Ujihara	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 19)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
4FW	Ai Kuwahara	(2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
4FW	Asaki Wada	(2004-08-19) 19 August 2004 (age 19)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
4FW	Miwako Kakoi	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
4FW	Mao Itamura	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 17)	JFA Academy Fukushima
4FW	Satoko Fujisaki	(2006-11-28) 28 November 2006 (age 17)	Urawa Red Diamonds
4FW	Yuka Kurimoto	(2006-11-09) 9 November 2006 (age 17)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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
2022	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	12	8
2024	Qualified
2026	To be determined
Total	7/12	35	22	4	9	77	41

*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
2022	Round 1	Japan 1–0 Netherlands	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–0 Ghana	Win
	Round 1	Japan 3–1 United States	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 3–3 France	Draw*
	Semifinals	Japan 2–1 Brazil	Win
	Final	Japan 1–3 Spain	Loss

* (2016) France win after extra time.

* (2022) Japan won after winning on penalty shoot-out.

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
2024	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	18	4
Total	11/11	53	37	9	7	189	31

* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Sud Ladies Cup

Sud Ladies Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
2019	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	18	3	+15

References

^ "U-20日本女子代表チームの愛称が「ヤングなでしこ」に決定". JFA. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
^ "U-20 Japan Women's National Team squad - FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ (8/7-28＠Costa Rica)". JFA. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "U-20 Japan Women's National Team squad - FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ (8/7-28＠Costa Rica)". JFA. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "U-19日本女子代表候補トレーニングキャンプ　メンバー＆スケジュール【9.4-7＠Jヴィレッジ】". JFA. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

External links

Official website, JFA.jp (in English)
Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp (in Japanese)

Football in Japan

By prefecture (Tokyo, Osaka), city

National association

Japan Football Association

National teams
(2024)

Men	Japan results players managers B U-23 results players managers U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer FIFAe
Women	Japan results players managers B U-23 results players managers U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer

Leagues
(2024)

Men	J.League J1 League J2 League J3 League Japan Football League Regional Leagues Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Premier League U-18 Prince Leagues
Women	WE League Nadeshiko League Division 1 Division 2

Cups
(2024)

Men	Emperor's Cup YBC Levain Cup Fujifilm Super Cup Shakaijin Cup Club Teams Cup Intercollegiate Cup All Japan High School Cup Inter-High Club Youth Cup
Women	Empress's Cup WE League Cup Intercollegiate

International cups

Men	Kirin Cup Soccer (Senior) Kirin Challenge Cup (Senior / U-23) SBS Cup (U-18) Ibaraki Next Generation Cup (U-18) International Youth Soccer in Niigata (U-17) U-16 International Dream Cup
Women	MS&AD Cup (Senior) JENESYS U-17 Women’s Football Memorial Cup

Culture

Historical matches	Japan v Iraq (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification)
Anime and Manga	Aoashi Blue Lock Captain Tsubasa Days Giant Killing Inazuma Eleven
Rivalries	National teams Japan–South Korea Australia–Japan China–Japan North Korea–Japan

v t e National sports teams of Japan
Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball U-18 Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer eFootball Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey U-21 Floorball Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-18 U-20 U-23 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Tennis Wheelchair handball
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games

v t e National women's under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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Results and fixtures

2023

U-19

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Players

Current U-20 squad

Current U-19 squad

Previous squads

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Sud Ladies Cup

See also

References

External links