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
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)

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[edit]

See also: 2024 in Japanese football
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  v  Japan Gianyar
19:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
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

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Category:Japanese women's footballers

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) Japan Tokyo Verdy
2 2DF Yuna Aoki (2008-07-07) 7 July 2008 (age 15) Japan Tokyo Verdy
3 2DF Yuka Makiguchi (2007-07-16) 16 July 2007 (age 16) 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 16) 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 16) 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 16) 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 16) Japan JEF United Chiba
12 4FW Anon Tsuda (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 16) 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 16) 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 16) 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 16) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
20 4FW Mei Hanashiro (2009-06-23) 23 June 2009 (age 14) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
21 1GK Mao Fukuda (2007-06-24) 24 June 2007 (age 16) Japan JFA Academy Fukushima
22 3MF Hina Hirakawa (2008-10-06) 6 October 2008 (age 15) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
23 4FW Meiko Matsuura (2007-06-23) 23 June 2007 (age 16) Japan 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
New Zealand 2008 Quarterfinals 4 3 1 0 19 7 +12
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 20 9 +11
Azerbaijan 2012 Quarterfinals 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 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 11 2 +9
Dominican Republic 2024 to be determined
Morocco 2025
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
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 0 1 12 2 +10
Thailand 2019 Champions 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10
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]

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