Japan women's national under-17 football team

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.

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
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2014)
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2005)
Best resultChampions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019)

Results and fixtures edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024 edit

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   v   China Gianyar
16:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
16 May 2024 (2024-05-16) AFC U-17 Asian Cup SF v Gianyar
--:-- UTC+8 Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

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

Players edit

Current U-17 squad edit

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 16)   Tokyo Verdy
2 2DF Yuna Aoki (2008-07-07) 7 July 2008 (age 15)   Tokyo Verdy
3 2DF Yuka Makiguchi (2007-07-16) 16 July 2007 (age 16)   Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
4 2DF Mitsuki Ota (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 17)   Daisho Gakuen High School
5 3MF Manaka Sakaki (2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 (age 16)   JFA Academy Fukushima
6 2DF Haruko Suzuki (2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 17)   Tokyo Verdy
7 3MF Hana Kikuchi (2007-09-06) 6 September 2007 (age 16)   MyNavi Sendai
8 4FW Hinako Kinoshita (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17)   Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
9 4FW Momo Saruang Ueki Sato (2007-07-27) 27 July 2007 (age 16)   Daisho Gakuen High School
10 3MF Asako Furuta (2007-04-23) 23 April 2007 (age 17)   Cerezo Osaka Yanmar
11 4FW Ririka Nezu (2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 16)   JEF United Chiba
12 4FW Anon Tsuda (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 16)   MyNavi Sendai
13 2DF Chihiro Sugawara (2007-02-25) 25 February 2007 (age 17)   MyNavi Sendai
14 3MF Miharu Shinjo (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 17)   Tokyo Verdy
15 3MF Momoka Honda (2007-06-12) 12 June 2007 (age 16)   Jumonji High School
16 3MF Noa Fukushima (2008-12-12) 12 December 2008 (age 15)   JFA Academy Fukushima
17 2DF Tamami Aso (2007-10-26) 26 October 2007 (age 16)   Tokyo Verdy
18 1GK Korin Sakata (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 17)   Kaishu Gakuen JSC
19 4FW Amiru Tsuji (2007-09-08) 8 September 2007 (age 16)   Urawa Red Diamonds
20 4FW Mei Hanashiro (2009-06-23) 23 June 2009 (age 14)   JFA Academy Fukushima
21 1GK Mao Fukuda (2007-06-24) 24 June 2007 (age 16)   JFA Academy Fukushima
22 3MF Hina Hirakawa (2008-10-06) 6 October 2008 (age 15)   Urawa Red Diamonds
23 4FW Meiko Matsuura (2007-06-23) 23 June 2007 (age 16)   Tokoha University Tachibana High School

Previous U-17 squads edit

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup edit

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD
  2008 Quarterfinals 4 3 1 0 19 7 +12
  2010 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 20 9 +11
  2012 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 17 1 +16
  2014 Champions 6 6 0 0 23 1 +22
  2016 Runners-up 6 5 1 0 19 2 +17
  2018 Quarterfinals 4 1 3 0 8 2 +6
  2022 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 11 2 +9
  2024 Qualified
  2025 To be determined
Total 7/9 34 25 6 3 117 24 +93
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup edit

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD
  2005 Champions 5 4 1 0 69 1 +68
  2007 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 5 6 –1
  2009 Third-place 5 3 0 2 26 7 +19
  2011 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 0 +18
  2013 Champions 4 3 1 0 35 1 +34
  2015 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 19 2 +17
  2017 Third-place 5 4 0 1 12 2 +10
  2019 Champions 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10
  2024 Qualified 4 4 0 0 15 1 +14
Total 3 Titles 33 24 3 6 184 19 +165
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also edit

Women's
Men's

References edit

  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.

External links edit