Japan women's national under-20 football team

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.

 Japan
Nickname(s)Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachFutoshi Ikeda
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2002)
Best resultChampions, 2018
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Appearances9 (first in 2002)
Best resultWinners, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017

The nickname of Japan women's national under-20 football team is the Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ).[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2018
6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C) United States  0–1  Japan Stade Guy Piriou, Concarneau
19:30 Report
Attendance: 2,332[2]
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C) Spain  1–0  Japan Stade Guy Piriou, Concarneau
16:30
Report Attendance: 2,332[3]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Group C) Japan  6–0  Paraguay Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
13:30
Report Attendance: 1,525[4]
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Quarter-finals) Germany  1–3  Japan Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
19:30
Report
Attendance: 3,211[5]
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Semi-finals) England  0–2  Japan Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
16:00 Report
Attendance: 2,807[6]
Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Final) Spain  1–3  Japan Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
19:30
Report
Attendance: 5,409[7]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2019
28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B) Japan  5–0  Myanmar IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
16:00
  • Yamamoto  36', 49'
  • Ōsawa  39'
  • Hirosawa  66'
  • Itō  67'
 Report Attendance: 120
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B) South Korea  0–2  Japan Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
19:00 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Group B) Japan  2–1  China PR Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
16:00
  • Kato  10'
  • Morita  70'
 Report
  • Sun Pingwei  72'
 Attendance: 200
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Semi-finals) Japan  7–0  Australia Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
20:00
  • Kanno  21' (pen.)
  • Ōsawa  23', 48'
  • Yamamoto  50'
  • Itō  52'
  • Hirosawa  80', 86'
 Report Attendance: 120
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship (Final) North Korea  1–2  Japan Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
20:00
  • Kim Yun-ok  82' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

2020
7 March 2020 Friendly Japan  Cancelled  Germany Saitama Prefecture, Japan
13:30 UTC+9 Cancellation (JFA) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 secondary football field

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 7 October 2021[8]
Role Name
Head coach Futoshi Ikeda
Assistant coach Tomomi Miyamoto
Support coach Yuiko Konno
Goalkeeping coach Toshihiro Nishiiri
Physical coach Keisuke Otsuka

Players

Current squad

The final squad was named for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship on 3 October 2019.[9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Momoko Tanaka (2000-03-17)17 March 2000 (aged 19) Yamato Sylphid
2 3MF Mai Watanabe (2000-09-05)5 September 2000 (aged 19) Nittaidai Fields
3 2DF Wakaba Gotō (2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 18) Nippon TV
4 2DF Hana Takahashi (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 (aged 19) Urawa Red Diamonds
5 2DF Nodoka Funaki (2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 19) Waseda University
6 3MF Momo Nakao (2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 17) JEF United Chiba
7 3MF Chise Takizawa (2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 18) Nagano Parceiro
8 3MF Misaki Morita (2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 17) Okayama Sakuyo High School
9 4FW Haruka Ōsawa (2001-04-15)15 April 2001 (aged 18) JEF United Chiba
10 3MF Oto Kanno (2000-10-30)30 October 2000 (aged 18) Nippon TV
11 3MF Momo Kato (2001-01-28)28 January 2001 (aged 18) NGU Loveledge Nagoya
12 3MF Sara Itō (2001-11-11)11 November 2001 (aged 17) Nippon TV
13 2DF Shino Matsuda (2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 18) Nippon TV
14 4FW Nanako Takeda (2000-02-17)17 February 2000 (aged 19) Vegalta Sendai
15 2DF Chihiro Tomioka (2001-08-15)15 August 2001 (aged 18) JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
16 3MF Haruka Miura (2000-09-02)2 September 2000 (aged 19) Nittaidai Fields
17 4FW Maho Hirosawa (2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 19) Waseda University
18 1GK Maya Inō (2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 19) Nittaidai Fields
19 4FW Yuzuki Yamamoto (2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 17) Nippon TV
20 2DF Ibuki Nagae (2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 17) Fujieda Junshin High School
21 1GK Shu Ohba (2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 17) JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
22 2DF Haruna Tabata (2002-05-27)27 May 2002 (aged 17) Cerezo Osaka
23 3MF Fukina Mizuno (2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 18) INAC Kobe Leonessa

Previous squads
FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
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