FIFA U-20 World Cup Rosters

• 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

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
Hosts / Year	Result
1977	Didn't Qualify
1979 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the...	Round 1	3	0	2	1	1	2
1981	Didn't Qualify
1983	Didn't Qualify
1985	Didn't Qualify
1987	Didn't Qualify
1989	Didn't Qualify
1991	Didn't Qualify
1993	Didn't Qualify
1995 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 10th FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Qatar from April 13 to April 28, 1995. The tournament took place in three venues in one city: Doha.-Qualification:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:--------------------...	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.-Venues:-Qualification:The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship...	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	12	9
1999 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...	Runners-Up	7	4	1	2	11	9
2001 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata...	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	4
2003 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between November 27 and December 19, 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested...	Quarterfinals	5	3	0	2	6	10
2005 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in The Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.- Venues :- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship...	Round of 16	4	0	2	2	3	5
2007 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup , hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth...	Round of 16	4	2	2	0	6	3
2009	Didn't Qualify
2011	Didn't Qualify
Total	8/17	35	13	9	13	49	48

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

AFC U-19 Championship Record

• 1959: Third Place
• 1971: Third Place
• 1973: Runners-Up
• 1977: Fourth Place
• 1980: Third Place
• 1992: Third Place
• 1994: Runners-Up
• 1996: Fourth Place
• 1998: Runners-Up
• 2000: Runners-Up

• 2002: Runners-Up
• 2004: Third Place
• 2006: Runners-Up
• 2008: Quarterfinal
• 2010: Quarterfinal
• 2012
  2012 AFC U-19 Championship
  The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship will be the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.-Host Selection:...
  
  : Qualified

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Score*	Venue	Competition
17 Apr 2011	C.S. Cartaginés C.S. Cartaginés Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva S.A. is a Costa Rican football club, that currently plays in the Costa Rican Primera División. The club plays in Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, in Barrio Asis de Cartago, Costa Rica.-History:...	W	3 – 1	Dallas, United States	2011 Dallas Cup 2011 Dallas Cup The 2011 Dallas Cup will be the 32nd since its establishment, 16 teams entering in the tournament. The competition is sponsored by Dr Pepper.-Participating teams:From AFC: From CONCACAF:...
18 Apr 2011	FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....	L	1 – 2	Dallas, United States	2011 Dallas Cup 2011 Dallas Cup The 2011 Dallas Cup will be the 32nd since its establishment, 16 teams entering in the tournament. The competition is sponsored by Dr Pepper.-Participating teams:From AFC: From CONCACAF:...
20 Apr 2011	FC Dallas FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...	L	1 – 2	Dallas, United States	2011 Dallas Cup 2011 Dallas Cup The 2011 Dallas Cup will be the 32nd since its establishment, 16 teams entering in the tournament. The competition is sponsored by Dr Pepper.-Participating teams:From AFC: From CONCACAF:...
23 Apr 2011	Club Bolívar Club Bolívar Club Bolívar, a football team from Bolivia, was founded in La Paz on April 12, 1925, with the name Atletico Bolívar Literario Musical later changed to "Club Atlético Bolívar"...	L	2 – 4	Dallas, United States	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
18 Aug 2011		W	4 – 1	Fujieda Football Stadium, Fujieda Fujieda, Shizuoka is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan. The modern city was founded on March 31, 1954. As of February 2009, the town has an estimated population of 142,023 and a density of 732 persons per km². The total area is 194.03 km².-Geography:... , Shizuoka Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...	2011 SBS Cup
20 Aug 2011		W	1 – 0	Kusanagi Athletic Stadium, Shizuoka Shizuoka, Shizuoka is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in terms of both population and area. It became one of Japan's 19 "designated cities" in 2005.-Geography:... , Shizuoka Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...	2011 SBS Cup
25 Aug 2011		L	1 – 3	Al Sadd Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The football team Al-Sadd plays there. The stadium, originally built in 1974, was rebuilt in 2004 for the Gulf Cup and currently has a... , Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
27 Aug 2011		W	4 – 1	Al Sadd Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The football team Al-Sadd plays there. The stadium, originally built in 1974, was rebuilt in 2004 for the Gulf Cup and currently has a... , Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
15 Sep 2011		D	1 – 1	Estadio El Campín Estadio El Campín The Nemesio Camacho Stadium, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It is the home ground of the Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios association football teams.... , Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	Copa Simón Bolívar 2011
31 Oct 2011		W	26 – 0	Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Chonburi FC. The stadium holds 8,200 people, and is currently being upgraded to increase the capacity to 10,000 people.... , Chonburi Chonburi Chunburi may refer to*Chonburi *Chonburi Province*Amphoe Mueang Chonburi *Chonburi FC...	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Format :The teams have been divided into two zones – West and East . The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each. West Zone will have three groups of six and one of five teams while East will have one group of six teams each and two of five...
5 Nov 2011		W	5 – 0	Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Chonburi FC. The stadium holds 8,200 people, and is currently being upgraded to increase the capacity to 10,000 people.... , Chonburi Chonburi Chunburi may refer to*Chonburi *Chonburi Province*Amphoe Mueang Chonburi *Chonburi FC...	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Format :The teams have been divided into two zones – West and East . The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each. West Zone will have three groups of six and one of five teams while East will have one group of six teams each and two of five...
7 Nov 2011		D	0 – 0	Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Chonburi FC. The stadium holds 8,200 people, and is currently being upgraded to increase the capacity to 10,000 people.... , Chonburi Chonburi Chunburi may refer to*Chonburi *Chonburi Province*Amphoe Mueang Chonburi *Chonburi FC...	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Format :The teams have been divided into two zones – West and East . The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each. West Zone will have three groups of six and one of five teams while East will have one group of six teams each and two of five...
10 Nov 2011		L	0 – 1	Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium Chonburi Municipality Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chonburi province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Chonburi FC. The stadium holds 8,200 people, and is currently being upgraded to increase the capacity to 10,000 people.... , Chonburi Chonburi Chunburi may refer to*Chonburi *Chonburi Province*Amphoe Mueang Chonburi *Chonburi FC...	2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification - Format :The teams have been divided into two zones – West and East . The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each. West Zone will have three groups of six and one of five teams while East will have one group of six teams each and two of five...

Current Squads

 

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	Masatoshi Kushibiki	29 January 1993 (age 19)			Shimizu S-Pulse Shimizu S-Pulse is a professional Japanese association football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 . Formed as recently as 1991, S-Pulse are one of the youngest professional teams in Japan, but are among only five to have competed in...
31	Shota Ikemura	17 June 1993 (age 18)			JFA Academy Fukushima
12	Daichi Sugimoto	15 July 1993 (age 18)			Kyoto Sanga F.C.
Defenders
3	Wataru Endo	9 February 1993 (age 18)			Shonan Bellmare Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
4	Kazuki Kushibiki	12 February 1993 (age 18)			Consadole Sapporo Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
2	Ken Matsubara	16 February 1993 (age 18)			Ōita Trinita Oita Trinita is a J. League Division 2 team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.The team's home town is Ōita...
19	Yuji Takahashi	11 April 1993 (age 18)			Kyoto Sanga F.C.
5	Ryosuke Yamanaka	20 April 1993 (age 18)			Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reysol is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
20	Kazuki Sato	18 May 1993 (age 18)			Nagoya Grampus Nagoya Grampus are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
18	Naoki Kawaguchi	24 May 1994 (age 17)			Albirex Niigata Albirex Niigata is a Japanese J. League Division 1 association football team. Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J. League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2003, while still playing in the second tier of Japanese football , Albirex attracted the best average crowd in...
13	Takuya Iwanami	18 June 1994 (age 17)			Vissel Kobe Vissel Kobe is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The home stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku.-History:The club was...
Midfielders
10	Ryota Oshima	23 January 1993 (age 19)			Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki Frontale is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...
40	Ryushi Sugimoto	1 June 1993 (age 18)			Tokyo Verdy
7	Andrew Kumagai	6 June 1993 (age 18)			Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
8	Shota Sakaki	3 August 1993 (age 18)			Consadole Sapporo Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
14	Kento Hashimoto	16 August 1993 (age 18)			F.C. Tokyo
16	Riki Harakawa	18 August 1993 (age 18)			Kyoto Sanga F.C.
21	Gakuto Notsuda	6 June 1994 (age 17)			Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
15	Kazuki Fukai	11 March 1995 (age 16)			Consadole Sapporo Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
Forwards
32	Kosuke Onose	22 April 1993 (age 18)			Yokohama F.C.
17	Shuto Minami	5 May 1993 (age 18)			Tokyo Verdy
11	Kanta Kondo	11 August 1993 (age 18)			Ehime F.C. Ehime F.C. Ehime F.C. is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in J. League Division 2. Ehime F.C. is one of only four J. League clubs whose names simply consist of a place name and "F.C."...
9	Yuya Kubo Yuya Kubo is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C..-Club:-External links:* at Kyoto Sanga F.C. official site * at Yahoo! Japan sports...	28 May 1993 (age 18)			Kyoto Sanga F.C.

International

• FIFA U-20 World Cup
  FIFA U-20 World Cup
  The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
  
  

Runners-Up (1): 1999

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between April 3 and April 24, 1999. The 1999 championship was the 12th contested.- Qualification :The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Squads:...

Continental

• AFC U-19 Championship

Runners-Up (6): 1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006

See also

• Japan national football team
  Japan national football team
  The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
  
  
• Japan national under-23 football team
  Japan national under-23 football team
  The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.-Olympic Games Rosters:*1996 Olympic Games*2000 Olympic Games*2004 Olympic Games*2008 Olympic Games...
  
  
• Japan national under-17 football team
  Japan national under-17 football team
  The Japan national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.-FIFA U-17 World Cup Rosters:*1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship*1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship...
  
  
• Japan Football Association
  Japan Football Association
  The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....
  
  
• Football in Japan
  Football in Japan
  Association football is one of the most popular sports in Japan. Its nationwide organization, Japan Football Association, administers the professional football league, J...
  
  
• Sport in Japan
  Sport in Japan
  Sports in Japan are a significant part of Japanese culture. Both traditional sports such as sumo and martial arts, and Western imports like baseball and association football, are popular with both participants and spectators....
  
  

External links

• Japan Football Association
• Japan Football Association