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

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]

Results and fixtures

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	Hayashi 76'	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	Menayo 16'	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	Takarada 5', 18', 61' Ueki 44', 45+3', 60'	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	Minge 82'	Report	Endo 59' Ueki 70' Takarada 73'	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	Ueki 22' Endo 27'	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	Andújar 71'	Report	Miyazawa 38' Takarada 57' Nagano 65'	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	Kanno 16' Yamamoto 84'	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	Yamamoto 47' Takahashi 72'	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

2022

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Costa Rica

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Costa Rica

10–28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Costa Rica

Fixtures – JFA.jp
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)
Results and Fixtures – FIFA.com

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

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
2021	Qualified
Total	6/9	29	18	3	8	65	33

*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

*France win on after extra time.

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
Total	10/10	48	34	9	5	171	27

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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.
"Match report – Group C – USA v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
"Match report – Group C – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
"Match report – Group C – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
"Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
"Match report – Semi-final – England v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
"Match report – Final – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
"U-19 Japan Women's National Team short-listed Squad - Training Camp (5/16-20＠J-Village)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
"U-19 Japan Women's National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 (10/27-11/9)". JFA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

External links

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

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[1] "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.

[2] "Match report – Group C – USA v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[3] "Match report – Group C – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[4] "Match report – Group C – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[5] "Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[6] "Match report – Semi-final – England v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[7] "Match report – Final – Spain v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[8] "U-19 Japan Women's National Team short-listed Squad - Training Camp (5/16-20＠J-Village)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[9] "U-19 Japan Women's National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 (10/27-11/9)". JFA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

Japan women's national under-20 football team

Results and fixtures

2018

2019

2020

2022

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Previous squads

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

See also

References

External links