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Japan women's national under-17 football team

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Japan Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Little Nadeshiko (リトルなでしこ)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachSadayoshi Shirai
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2005)
Best resultChampions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2014)

The Japan women's national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.[1] It has reached the World Cup Finals on three times and won the 2014 edition.

Results and fixtures

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

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7 May 2024 (2024-05-07) AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Japan  4–0  Thailand Gianyar
16:00 UTC+8
  • Shinjo 51'
  • Sakaki 65'
  • Tsuda 69', 87'
Report Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
10 May 2024 (2024-05-10) AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Australia  1–4  Japan Gianyar
19:00 UTC+8 Dos Santos 90+6' Report
  • Sato 3', 10'
  • Shinjo 65'
  • Hirakawa 80'
Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
13 May 2024 (2024-05-13) AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Japan  4–0  China Gianyar
16:00 UTC+8
  • Fukushima 9'
  • Kikuchi 74', 86'
  • Nezu 90+5'
Report Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
16 May 2024 (2024-05-16) AFC U-17 Asian Cup SF Japan  3–0  South Korea Gianyar
15:00 UTC+8
  • Nezu 40'
  • Shinjo 68', 88'
Report Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
19 May 2024 (2024-05-19) AFC U-17 Asian Cup Final North Korea  1–0  Japan Gianyar
19:00 UTC+8 Jon Il-chong 46' Report Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
17 October 2024 (2024-10-17) FIFA U-17 World Cup GS Japan  v  Poland Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
16:00 Report
20 October 2024 (2024-10-20) FIFA U-17 World Cup GS Japan  v  Brazil Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
16:00 Report
23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) FIFA U-17 World Cup GS Zambia  v  Japan Estadio Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
16:00 Report

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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As of 12 April 2024[2]
Role Name
Head coach Japan Sadayoshi Shirai
Assistant coach Japan Yuiko Konno
Goalkeeping coach Japan Masaki Ijima
Physical coach Japan Hiroshi Yamada
Technical staff Japan Takumi Sakata

Players

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Current U-17 squad

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The following players were called-up for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, held in May 2024.[3][4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Airi Nagai (2007-06-09) 9 June 2007 (age 17) Japan Tokyo Verdy
2 2DF Yuna Aoki (2008-07-07) 7 July 2008 (age 16) Japan Tokyo Verdy
3 2DF Yuka Makiguchi (2007-07-16) 16 July 2007 (age 17) Japan Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
4 2DF Mitsuki Ota (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 17) Japan Daisho Gakuen High School
5 3MF Manaka Sakaki (2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 (age 17) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
6 2DF Haruko Suzuki (2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 17) Japan Tokyo Verdy
7 3MF Hana Kikuchi (2007-09-06) 6 September 2007 (age 17) Japan MyNavi Sendai
8 4FW Hinako Kinoshita (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17) Japan Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
9 4FW Momo Saruang Ueki Sato (2007-07-27) 27 July 2007 (age 17) Japan Daisho Gakuen High School
10 3MF Asako Furuta (2007-04-23) 23 April 2007 (age 17) Japan Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
11 4FW Ririka Nezu (2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 17) Japan JEF United Chiba
12 4FW Anon Tsuda (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 17) Japan MyNavi Sendai
13 2DF Chihiro Sugawara (2007-02-25) 25 February 2007 (age 17) Japan MyNavi Sendai
14 3MF Miharu Shinjo (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 17) Japan Tokyo Verdy
15 3MF Momoka Honda (2007-06-12) 12 June 2007 (age 17) Japan Jumonji High School
16 3MF Noa Fukushima (2008-12-12) 12 December 2008 (age 15) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
17 2DF Tamami Aso (2007-10-26) 26 October 2007 (age 17) Japan Tokyo Verdy
18 1GK Korin Sakata (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 17) Japan Kaishu Gakuen JSC
19 4FW Amiru Tsuji (2007-09-08) 8 September 2007 (age 17) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
20 4FW Mei Hanashiro (2009-06-23) 23 June 2009 (age 15) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
21 1GK Mao Fukuda (2007-06-24) 24 June 2007 (age 17) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
22 3MF Hina Hirakawa (2008-10-06) 6 October 2008 (age 16) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
23 4FW Meiko Matsuura (2007-06-23) 23 June 2007 (age 17) Japan Tokoha University Tachibana High School

Previous U-17 squads

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Competitive record

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD
New Zealand 2008 Quarter-finals 4 3 1 0 19 7 +12
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 20 9 +11
Azerbaijan 2012 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 17 1 +16
Costa Rica 2014 Champions 6 6 0 0 23 1 +22
Jordan 2016 Runners-up 6 5 1 0 19 2 +17
Uruguay 2018 Quarter-finals 4 1 3 0 8 2 +6
India 2022 4 3 0 1 11 2 +9
Dominican Republic 2024 4 2 2 0 8 4 +4
Morocco 2025 Qualified
Total 9/9 38 27 8 3 125 28 +97

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD
South Korea 2005 Champions 5 4 1 0 69 1 +68
Malaysia 2007 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 5 6 –1
Thailand 2009 Third place 5 3 0 2 26 7 +19
China 2011 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 0 +18
China 2013 Champions 4 3 1 0 35 1 +34
China 2015 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 19 2 +17
Thailand 2017 Third place 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10
Thailand 2019 Champions 5 4 1 0 21 1 +20
Indonesia 2024 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 15 2 +13
Total 4 titles 43 32 5 6 220 22 +198

Head-to-head record

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The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.

See also

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Women's
Men's

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-17女子ワールドカップコスタリカ2014 U-17日本女子代表メンバー". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ "U-17 Japan Women's National Team squad & schedule - AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024 (4/27~@Chiba, 4/29~@Thailand, 5/3~@Indonesia)". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ "U-17 Japan Women's National Team squad & schedule - AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024 (4/27~@Chiba, 4/29~@Thailand, 5/3~@Indonesia)". JFA. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup Indonesia 2024 Squad Lists" (PDF). AFC. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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