Japan national under-17 football team

Japan Under-17
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ブルー ; (Samurai Blue)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Yoshiro Moriyama
FIFA code	JPN
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg First colours	Team colours File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1993)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1993, 2011)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1994, 2006, 2018)

The Japan national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Honours

Continental

AFC U-17/U-16 Championship

Champions (3): 1994, 2006, 2018

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial

Tournament de Montaigu

Champions (1): 2004

Runners-Up (1): 2005

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Finals record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1985	Did not qualify
1987
File:Flag of Scotland.svg 1989
1991	Did not enter
1993	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	4
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg 1995	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
File:Flag of Egypt.svg 1997	Did not qualify
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1999	Did not qualify
23x15px 2001	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	9
File:Flag of Finland.svg 2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
File:Flag of South Korea.svg 2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
23x15px 2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	5	9
23x15px 2011	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	13	5
23x15px 2013	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	7	4
2015	Did not qualify
File:Flag of India.svg 2017	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	8	4
2019	Round of 16	4	0	2	6	4	10
2021	To be determined
Total	9/19	29	11	5	13	44	43

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

Finals history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1993	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–1 22x20px Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–0 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Draw
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–1 22x20px Mexico	Win
	Quarterfinals	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 1–2 22x20px Nigeria	Loss
1995	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–1 22x20px Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–1 United States	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–0 Ecuador	Draw
2001	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 United States	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–4 22x20px Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–5 File:Flag of France.svg France	Loss
2007	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 22x20px Haiti	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–3 22x20px Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 File:Flag of France.svg France	Loss
2009	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–3 Brazil	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–4 File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–2 22x20px Mexico	Loss
2011	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 22x20px Jamaica	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–1 File:Flag of France.svg France	Draw
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 Argentina	Win
	Round of 16	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–0 New Zealand	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–3 Brazil	Loss
2013	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 Russia	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 Venezuela	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–1 22x20px Tunisia	Win
	Round of 16	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Loss
2017	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–1 22x20px Honduras	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 File:Flag of France.svg France	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–1 22x20px New Caledonia	Draw
	Round of 16	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–0 England	Draw

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Finals record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
23x15px 1985	Group stage	1	0	0	1	0	3
23x15px 1986	Did not qualify
1988	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	8
23x15px 1990	Did not enter
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1992	Did not qualify
23x15px 1994	Champions	6	4	0	2	13	9
1996	Fourth place	6	3	2	1	13	7
23x15px 1998	Group stage	4	2	1	1	8	6
23x15px 2000	Third place	6	5	0	1	20	6
23x15px 2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2004	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3
2006	Champions	6	4	2	0	17	6
2008	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	16	3
2010	Semifinals	5	3	1	1	11	3
2012	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	14	6
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	7	6
File:Flag of India.svg 2016	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	24	4
2018	Champions	6	5	1	0	13	4
Total	15/18	70	43	10	17	167	79

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

Finals history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1985	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–3 Saudi Arabia	Loss
1988	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–0 22x20px Iraq	Draw
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–2 22x20px Korea DPR	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 1–4 22x20px Qatar	Loss
1994	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–5 22x20px United Arab Emirates	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–1 22x20px Iraq	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–0 Korea Republic	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–0 22x20px Qatar	Win
	Semifinals	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 4–3 22x20px Oman	Win
	Final	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 1–0 22x20px Qatar	Win
1996	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–2 Oman	Draw
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–2 Korea Republic	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 5–2 Kuwait	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–0 Uzbekistan	Win
	Semifinals	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–1 Thailand	Loss
	Third place	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 0–0 22x20px Bahrain	Draw
1998	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 1–2 Korea Republic	Loss
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–1 22x20px Bahrain	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 3–1 Oman	Win
	Group stage	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan 2–2 22x20px Bangladesh	Draw
2000	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 22x20px Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 22x20px Myanmar	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–0 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7–1 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–3 Oman	Loss
	Third place	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4–2 22x20px Vietnam	Win
2002	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 Uzbekistan	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–3 22x20px Qatar	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 Syria	Win
2004	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–0 22x20px Korea DPR	Draw
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 Thailand	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR	Win
2006	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–0 File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–1 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	Draw
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–2 Korea Republic	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–1 Iran	Draw
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Syria	Win
	Final	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4–2 22x20px Korea DPR	Win
2008	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4–0 Malaysia	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–1 22x20px United Arab Emirates	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–0 Yemen	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 Korea Republic	Loss
2010	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–0 22x20px Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 Timor-Leste	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–0 Australia	Draw
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 22x20px Iraq	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 22x20px Korea DPR	Loss
2012	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–3 Korea Republic	Loss
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–0 22x20px Korea DPR	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–1 Syria	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5–1 22x20px Iraq	Win
	Final	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–1 Uzbekistan	Draw
2014	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–0 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–4 Australia	Loss
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–2 Korea Republic	Loss
2016	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7–0 22x20px Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 8–0 22x20px Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6–0 Australia	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 22x20px United Arab Emirates	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–4 22x20px Iraq	Loss
2018	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5–2 Thailand	Win
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0–0 22x20px Tajikistan	Draw
	Group stage	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Malaysia	Win
	Quarterfinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–1 Oman	Win
	Semifinals	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–1 Australia	Win
	Final	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–0 22x20px Tajikistan	Win

Other websites

Japan Football Association website (in English); (in Japanese)

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