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. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and were champions in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Since 1992, it was decided that teams targeting athletes under the age of 23 will participate in the Olympics (additional provisions for overage limits have been added since 1996).
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| Nickname(s) | サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) | ||
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| Association | Japan Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Hajime Moriyasu | ||
| Captain | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | ||
| Most caps | Kensuke Nagai Keigo Higashi (31 each) | ||
| Top scorer | Shoya Nakajima (19) | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
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| First international | |||
 Malaysia 1–1 [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan 13–0  Philippines(Hong Kong; 12 June 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Denmark 6–1 [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994) | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2012) | ||
| AFC U-23 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Winner (2016) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result |  Gold Medal (2010) | ||
Competitive record
Olympic Games
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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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Asian Games
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Japan National Under-23 Football Team Media
A match vs Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Glasgow in the United Kingdom
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References
- ↑ Hyung-Jin Yoon (6 May 2006). "Japan - International Results U-23 (Olympic) Team [Malaysia (1) – Japan (1)]". RDFC. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
