Japan national under-17 football team

The Japan national under-17 football team（Japanese: U-17サッカー日本代表）is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.

Results and fixtures

 * Legend

U-16

 * Fixtures & Results (U-16 2024), JFA.jp

U-15

 * Fixtures & Results (U-15 2024), JFA.jp

U-17

 * Fixtures & Results (U-17 2023), JFA.jp
 * Limoges Tournament, JFA.jp

U-15

 * Fixtures & Results (U-15 2023), JFA.jp
 * EAFF U15 Men's Championship 2023, EAFF.com

Current U-17 coaching staff
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Current U-16 coaching staff
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Current U-15 coaching staff
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Current U-17 squad
The following U-17 players were named for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in November 2023. On 28 October 2023, Haruki Komori was replaced by Alexandre Pisano, due to an injury.

Recent U-17 call-ups
The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

INJ Withdrew due to injury

PRE Preliminary squad / standby

TRP Training partner

WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, seniority, and then alphabetically by its surname)

Current U-16 squad
The following players were called up for the 2024 U-16 International Dream Cup, held from 19 to 23 June 2024 at the J-Village, located in Fukushima. On 23 June, prior to the last match, it was announced that Yuwa Fukuoka had left the squad due to poor conditioning.

Recent U-16 call-ups
The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

INJ Withdrew due to injury

PRE Preliminary squad / standby

TRP Training partner

WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, seniority, and then alphabetically by its surname)

Current U-15 squad
The following U-15 players were named for an Uzbekistan Tour, held from 21 to 30 July 2024. On 17 July, an injured Arata Okamoto was replaced by Souru Harada.

Recent U-15 call-ups
There were six other call-ups for the age group on 2023 and two other call-ups on 2024.

Previous squads

 * FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 * 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 * 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 * 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
 * 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup


 * AFC U-17 Asian Cup
 * 2010 AFC U-16 Championship
 * 2012 AFC U-16 Championship
 * 2014 AFC U-16 Championship
 * 2016 AFC U-16 Championship
 * 2018 AFC U-16 Championship

Continental

 * AFC U-17/U-16 Championship
 * Champions (4): 1994, 2006, 2018, 2023


 * AFF U-16 Youth Championship
 * Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial

 * Tournament de Montaigu
 * Champions (1): 2004


 * International Dream Cup
 * Champions (5): 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023

FIFA U-17 World Cup

 * *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

 * *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.