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	Michihisa Kano
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions (2018)
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	11 (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]

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2024

4 March 2024 (2024-03-04) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B	Japan	10–0	Vietnam	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
16:00	Matsukubo 11', 31', 44' Hijikata 57', 64' Tsujisawa 67' Sasaki 70' Sasai 73' Yoneda 83' Shirasawa 84'	Report		Attendance: 60 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B	China	0–2	Japan	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
16:00		Report	Hijikata 26' Amano 88'	Attendance: 85 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

10 March 2024 (2024-03-10) AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B	Japan	0–1	North Korea	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
13:00		Report	Chae Un-yong 22'	Attendance: 70 Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) AFC U-20 Asian Cup SF	Australia	1–5	Japan	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
16:00	Trimis 13'	Report	Yoneda 3' Shiragaki 63' Hijikata 83' Sasai 88' Chinnama 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 88 Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

16 March 2024 (2024-03-16) AFC U-20 Asian Cup F	Japan	1–2	North Korea	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
18:00	Tsujisawa 20'		Jon Ryong-yong 44', 86'	Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

2 September 2024 (2024-09-02) FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Japan	7–0	New Zealand	Estadio El Techo, Bogotá
20:00	Hijikata 16', 38' Sasai 41', 90+1' Oyama 45' Koyama 60' Hayama 75'	Report		Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

5 September 2024 (2024-09-05) FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Japan	4–1	Ghana	Estadio El Techo, Bogotá
17:00	Sasai 45' Matsukubo 45+6' Hayama 50' Matsunaga 90'	Report	Nyamekye 83' (pen.)	Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E	Austria	0–2	Japan	Estadio El Techo, Bogotá
18:00		Report	Hijikata 38', 79'	Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt)

12 September 2024 (2024-09-12) FIFA U-20 World Cup R16	Japan	2–1	Nigeria	Estadio El Techo, Bogotá
20:00	Matsunaga 33' Hijikata 65'	Report	Shobowale 90+1'	Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) FIFA U-20 World Cup QF	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
18:00	Yoneda 102'	Report		Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) FIFA U-20 World Cup SF	Japan	2–0	Netherlands	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
20:00	Matsukubo 55', 83'	Report		Attendance: 8,733 Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)

22 September 2024 (2024-09-22) FIFA U-20 World Cup F	North Korea	1–0	Japan	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
16:00 COT	Choe Il-son 15'	Report		Attendance: 32,908 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)

Fixtures & Results (2024), JFA.jp

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 3 August 2022^[2]

Role	Name
Head coach	Michihisa Kano (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 for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Colombia in August 2024.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Akane Okuma	(2004-09-15)15 September 2004 (aged 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
2	2DF	Nana Kashimura	(2004-04-15)15 April 2004 (aged 20)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
3	2DF	Raika Okamura	(2005-07-30)30 July 2005 (aged 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
4	2DF	Hiromi Yoneda	(2004-10-02)2 October 2004 (aged 19)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
5	3MF	Manaka Hayashi (captain)	(2004-08-16)16 August 2004 (aged 20)	Santa Clara Broncos
6	2DF	Rio Sasaki	(2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 19)	Mynavi Sendai
7	3MF	Fuka Tsunoda	(2004-10-24)24 October 2004 (aged 19)	Urawa Red Diamonds
8	3MF	Aemu Oyama	(2004-09-19)19 September 2004 (aged 19)	Waseda University
9	4FW	Chinari Sasai	(2004-10-12)12 October 2004 (aged 19)	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
10	4FW	Manaka Matsukubo	(2004-07-28)28 July 2004 (aged 20)	North Carolina Courage
11	3MF	Rihona Ujihara	(2004-07-08)8 July 2004 (aged 20)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
12	3MF	Mao Kubota	(2005-05-30)30 May 2005 (aged 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
13	4FW	Maya Hijikata	(2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 20)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
14	2DF	Shinomi Koyama	(2005-01-31)31 January 2005 (aged 19)	Djurgården
15	3MF	Miku Hayama	(2005-05-14)14 May 2005 (aged 19)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
16	3MF	Suzu Amano	(2004-02-18)18 February 2004 (aged 20)	Hammarby
17	2DF	Uno Shiragaki	(2005-10-11)11 October 2005 (aged 18)	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
18	1GK	Uruha Iwasaki	(2006-03-13)13 March 2006 (aged 18)	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
19	3MF	Miyu Matsunaga	(2006-06-08)8 June 2006 (aged 18)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
20	3MF	Mao Itamura	(2006-08-06)6 August 2006 (aged 18)	JFA Academy Fukushima
21	1GK	Jessica Yuri Wulf	(2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (aged 19)	NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza

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	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	18	3
2026	To be determined
Total	8/12	42	28	4	10	95	44

*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
2024	Round 1	Japan 7–0 New Zealand	Win
	Round 1	Japan 4–1 Ghana	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–0 Austria	Win
	Round of 16	Japan 2–1 Nigeria	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan 1–0 Spain	Win
	Semifinals	Japan 2–0 Netherlands	Win
	Final	Japan 0–1 North Korea	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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austria	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Brazil	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Canada	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	066.67
Denmark	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
England	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
France	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Germany	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	050.00
Ghana	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Mexico	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	050.00
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	9	2	+7	050.00
Nigeria	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	060.00
North Korea	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
South Korea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Spain	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	040.00
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
United States	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Total	42	28	4	10	95	44	+51	066.67