Japan national under-20 football team

The Japan national under-20 football team (Japanese: U-20サッカー日本代表) is a national association football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The year before the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-19 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-18 football team.

Results and fixtures

 * Legend

U-19

 * Fixtures & Results (U-19 2024), JFA.jp

U-18

 * Fixtures & Results (U-18 2023), JFA.jp

Current U-20 coaching staff
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Current U-19 coaching staff
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Current U-18 coaching staff
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Current U-19 squad
The following players were called-up for a domestic training camp, held in Chiba from 22 to 25 July 2024.

Recent U-19 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

TP 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-18 squad
The following players were called up for the Ibaraki Next Generation Cup 2023 matches, held between 21 and 24 December 2023. On 16 December, Kairu Ozaki and Yotaro Nakajima, both injured, were replaced by Rinto Hanashiro and Nobuhiro Konno. On 20 December, Shuto Nagano was replaced by Soshiro Tanida.

Recent U-18 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)

Previous U-20 squads

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup
 * 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
 * 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
 * 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
 * 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Records

 * Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
 * Caps and goals is calculated by all national team level include U18, U19, and U20.
 * Caps and goals is calculated by all national team level include U18, U19, and U20.

Intercontinental

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup
 * Runners-Up (1): 1999

Continental

 * AFC U-19 Championship:
 * Winners (1): 2016
 * Runners-Up (6): 1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006

FIFA U-20 World Cup

 * *Denotes draws which includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.