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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Attendance: 200
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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

Future schedules

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name
Head Coach

Players

Current squad

The final squad was named for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship on 3 October 2019.[8]

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-19 World Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Individual records

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
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