| Nickname | Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | JFA | ||
| Confederation | AFC | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF | ||
| Head coach | Michihisa Kano | ||
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| FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in2002) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2018) | ||
| AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 11 (first in2002) | ||
| Best result | Winners (2002,2009,2011,2015,2017,2019) | ||
TheJapan women's national under-20 football team is a nationalassociation football youth team ofJapan and is controlled by theJapan Football Association.
The nickname ofJapan women's national under-20 football team is the Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ).[1]
Win Draw Lose Fixture
| 4 March 2024 (2024-03-04)AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B | Japan | 10–0 | JAR Stadium,Tashkent | |
| 16:00 | 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 | JAR Stadium,Tashkent | |
| 16:00 | Report | Attendance: 85 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea) |
| 10 March 2024 (2024-03-10)AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B | Japan | 0–1 | JAR Stadium,Tashkent | |
| 13:00 | Report | Chae Un-yong | Attendance: 70 Referee: Choki Om (Bhutan) |
| 13 March 2024 (2024-03-13)AFC U-20 Asian Cup SF | Australia | 1–5 | JAR Stadium,Tashkent | |
| 16:00 | Trimis | Report | Yoneda Shiragaki Hijikata Sasai Chinnama | Attendance: 88 Referee: Dong Fangyu (China) |
| 16 March 2024 (2024-03-16)AFC U-20 Asian Cup F | Japan | 1–2 | JAR Stadium,Tashkent | |
| 18:00 | Tsujisawa | Jon Ryong-yong | Referee: Dong Fangyu (China) |
| 29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)Sud Ladies Cup Group A | Colombia | 1–2 | Parc des Sports,Avignon | |
| N. Hernández |
| 1 June 2024 (2024-06-01)Sud Ladies Cup Group A | Japan | 0–3 | Parc des Sports,Avignon | |
| 4 June 2024 (2024-06-04)Sud Ladies Cup 3rd place | Japan | 4–2 | Parc des Sports,Avignon | |
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| 2 September 2024 (2024-09-02)FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E | Japan | 7–0 | Estadio El Techo,Bogotá | |
| 20:00 | Report | Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile) |
| 5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E | Japan | 4–1 | Estadio El Techo,Bogotá | |
| 17:00 |
| Report | Nyamekye | Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico) |
| 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E | Austria | 0–2 | Estadio El Techo,Bogotá | |
| 18:00 | Report | Hijikata | Referee: Shahenda El-Maghrabi (Egypt) |
| 12 September 2024 (2024-09-12)FIFA U-20 World Cup R16 | Japan | 2–1 | Estadio El Techo,Bogotá | |
| 20:00 |
| Report | Shobowale | Referee:Natalie Simon (United States) |
| 15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)FIFA U-20 World Cup QF | Japan | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Estadio Atanasio Girardot,Medellín | |
| 18:00 | Yoneda | Report | Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay) |
| 18 September 2024 (2024-09-18)FIFA U-20 World Cup SF | Japan | 2–0 | Estadio Pascual Guerrero,Cali | |
| 20:00 | Matsukubo | Report | Attendance: 8,733 Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico) |
| 22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)FIFA U-20 World Cup F | North Korea | 1–0 | Estadio El Campín,Bogotá | |
| 16:00COT | Choe Il-son | Report | Attendance: 32,908 Referee:Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy) |
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Technical staff | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Physical coach |
The following players were called up for the2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held inColombia in August 2024.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Akane Okuma | (2004-09-15)15 September 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 2 | 2DF | Nana Kashimura | (2004-04-15)15 April 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 3 | 2DF | Raika Okamura | (2005-07-30)30 July 2005 (aged 19) | |||
| 4 | 2DF | Hiromi Yoneda | (2004-10-02)2 October 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 5 | 3MF | Manaka Hayashi(captain) | (2004-08-16)16 August 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 6 | 2DF | Rio Sasaki | (2004-09-17)17 September 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 7 | 3MF | Fuka Tsunoda | (2004-10-24)24 October 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 8 | 3MF | Aemu Oyama | (2004-09-19)19 September 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 9 | 4FW | Chinari Sasai | (2004-10-12)12 October 2004 (aged 19) | |||
| 10 | 4FW | Manaka Matsukubo | (2004-07-28)28 July 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 11 | 3MF | Rihona Ujihara | (2004-07-08)8 July 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 12 | 3MF | Mao Kubota | (2005-05-30)30 May 2005 (aged 19) | |||
| 13 | 4FW | Maya Hijikata | (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 14 | 2DF | Shinomi Koyama | (2005-01-31)31 January 2005 (aged 19) | |||
| 15 | 3MF | Miku Hayama | (2005-05-14)14 May 2005 (aged 19) | |||
| 16 | 3MF | Suzu Amano | (2004-02-18)18 February 2004 (aged 20) | |||
| 17 | 2DF | Uno Shiragaki | (2005-10-11)11 October 2005 (aged 18) | |||
| 18 | 1GK | Uruha Iwasaki | (2006-03-13)13 March 2006 (aged 18) | |||
| 19 | 3MF | Miyu Matsunaga | (2006-06-08)8 June 2006 (aged 18) | |||
| 20 | 3MF | Mao Itamura | (2006-08-06)6 August 2006 (aged 18) | |||
| 21 | 1GK | Jessica Yuri Wulf | (2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (aged 19) |
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| AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup | Qualification | |||||||||||||
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| Hosts / Year | Result | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | no qualification | |||||||
| Quarterfinals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | no qualification | |||||||
| Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | automatically qualified | |||||||
| Champions | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||||||||
| Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
| Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||||||||
| Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||
| Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||
| Qualified | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 11/11 | 53 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 189 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 |
The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in theFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup andAFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 050.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 050.00 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 060.00 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 040.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 95 | 44 | +51 | 066.67 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 077.78 | |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 040.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 100.00 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 100.00 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 100.00 | |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 045.45 | |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 077.78 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 53 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 189 | 31 | +158 | 069.81 |