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 was renamed the Japan national under-19 football team, and the year before that, the national team was renamed the Japan national under-18 football team.
Contents
Results and fixtures
Legend
Win
Draw
Lose
Fixture
2026
Fixtures & Results (U-19 2026), JFA.jp
Fixtures & Results (U-18 2026), JFA.jp
2025
Fixtures & Results (U-18 2025), JFA.jp
Coaching staff
Current staff
As of 24 September 2026.
Players
Current U-19 squad - September and October
The following players were called up on 24 September 2026 for a friendly tour in Azerbaijan, facing Moldova and Azerbaijan.
Current U-19 squad - August and September
The following players were called up on 20 August 2026 for the 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification. Haruto Nakano and Makoto Himeno were replaced by Takezo Fujikawa and Noriharu Kan, sidelined due to injury.
Current U-18 squad
The following players were called up on 9 March 2026 for the J-Village Cup. Ryu Nakamura and Sunao Kidera were replaced by Minato Hara and Asuto Fujita due to fitness issues.
Previous 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
As of 14 June 2023
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.
Honours
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
Competitive record
Head-to-head record
The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and AFC U-20 Asian Cup.