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

2022

11 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup GS	Japan	1–0	Netherlands	Alajuela, Costa Rica
14:00 CST (UTC–6)	Yamamoto 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 877 Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

14 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup GS	Japan	2–0	Ghana	Alajuela, Costa Rica
11:00 CST (UTC–6)	Hamano 63' (pen.), 72' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (Soccerway)		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 765 Referee: Maraniela Araya (Costa Rica)

17 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup GS	United States	1–3	Japan	Alajuela, Costa Rica
17:00 CST (UTC–6)	Jackson 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (Soccerway)	Matsukubo 55' Koyama 67' Tabata 84'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 1,392 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

21 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup QF	Japan	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	France	Alajuela, Costa Rica
20:00 CST (UTC–6)	Yamamoto 33' Hamano 48' Fujino 120+2' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (Soccerway)	Folquet 15' Mbakem-Niaro 85' Hoeltzel 110'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 2,979 Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
	Penalties
	Oyama Koyama Fujino Shimada Tabata		Fazer Sombath Mbakem-Niaro Le Guilly

25 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup SF	Brazil	1–2	Japan	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 CST (UTC–6)	Cris 55'	Report (FIFA) Report (Soccerway)	Yamamoto 30' Hamano 84'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

28 August 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup F	Spain	3–1	Japan	San José, Costa Rica
20:00	Gabarro 12' Paralluelo 22', 27' (pen.)	Report (FIFA)	Amano 47'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Attendance: 29,891 Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Fixtures & Results (WU-20), 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 squad

The following squad were called up on 12 July 2022 for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Costa Rica in August 2022.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Shiori Fukuda	(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 21)	Urawa Red Diamonds
18	1GK	Shu Ohba	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 21)	East Tennessee State Buccaneers
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 21)	MyNavi Sendai
3	2DF	Ibuki Nagae	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 21)	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)	JFA Academy Fukushima
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 21)	Cerezo Osaka Sakai
16	2DF	Shinomi Koyama	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 21)	Cerezo Osaka Sakai

6	3MF	Aemu Oyama	(2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 (age 19)	Tokyo Verdy Menina
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)	JFA Academy Fukushima
15	3MF	Suzu Amano	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 19)	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 21)	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 19)	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
11	4FW	Maika Hamano	(2004-05-09) 9 May 2004 (age 19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
13	4FW	Mei Shimada	(2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 21)	Urawa Red Diamonds
17	4FW	Maya Hijikata	(2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 19)	Tokyo Verdy

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
Total	7/10	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
Total	10/10	48	34	9	5	171	27

* 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.
^ Akari Takeshige, injured, was replaced by Hayashi on 27 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.

External links

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

[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] "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.

[3] Akari Takeshige, injured, was replaced by Hayashi on 27 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.

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