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
Firstcolours Secondcolours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in1993)
Best result	Quarterfinals (1993,2011)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	15 (first in1985)
Best result	Champions (1994,2006,2018)

TheJapan national under-17 football teamis a nationalassociation footballyouth team ofJapanand is controlled by theJapan 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

Finalsrecord
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991	Did not enter
1993	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	4
1995	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	9
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	5	9
2011	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	13	5
2013	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	7	4
2015	Did not qualify
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 onpenalty kicks.Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

Finals history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1993	Group stage	Japan0–1Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	Japan0–0Italy	Draw
	Group stage	Japan2–1Mexico	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan1–2Nigeria	Loss
1995	Group stage	Japan0–1Ghana	Loss
	Group stage	Japan2–1United States	Win
	Group stage	Japan0–0Ecuador	Draw
2001	Group stage	Japan1–0United States	Win
	Group stage	Japan0–4Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	Japan1–5France	Loss
2007	Group stage	Japan3–1Haiti	Win
	Group stage	Japan0–3Nigeria	Loss
	Group stage	Japan1–2France	Loss
2009	Group stage	Japan2–3Brazil	Loss
	Group stage	Japan3–4Switzerland	Loss
	Group stage	Japan0–2Mexico	Loss
2011	Group stage	Japan1–0Jamaica	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–1France	Draw
	Group stage	Japan3–1Argentina	Win
	Round of 16	Japan6–0New Zealand	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan2–3Brazil	Loss
2013	Group stage	Japan1–0Russia	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–1Venezuela	Win
	Group stage	Japan2–1Tunisia	Win
	Round of 16	Japan1–2Sweden	Loss
2017	Group stage	Japan6–1Honduras	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–2France	Loss
	Group stage	Japan1–1New Caledonia	Draw
	Round of 16	Japan0–0England	Draw

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Finalsrecord
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Group stage	1	0	0	1	0	3
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	8
1990	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Champions	6	4	0	2	13	9
1996	Fourth place	6	3	2	1	13	7
1998	Group stage	4	2	1	1	8	6
2000	Third place	6	5	0	1	20	6
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
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 onpenalty kicks.Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.

Finals history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1985	Group stage	Japan0–3Saudi Arabia	Loss
1988	Group stage	Japan0–2China	Loss
	Group stage	Japan0–0Iraq	Draw
	Group stage	Japan3–2North Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–4Qatar	Loss
1994	Group stage	Japan2–5United Arab Emirates	Loss
	Group stage	Japan0–1Iraq	Loss
	Group stage	Japan3–0South Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–0Qatar	Win
	Semifinals	Japan4–3Oman	Win
	Final	Japan1–0Qatar	Win
1996	Group stage	Japan2–2Oman	Draw
	Group stage	Japan3–2South Korea	Win
	Group stage	Japan5–2Kuwait	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–0Uzbekistan	Win
	Semifinals	Japan0–1Thailand	Loss
	Third place	Japan0–0Bahrain	Draw
1998	Group stage	Japan1–2South Korea	Loss
	Group stage	Japan2–1Bahrain	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–1Oman	Win
	Group stage	Japan2–2Bangladesh	Draw
2000	Group stage	Japan2–0Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan2–0Myanmar	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–0Nepal	Win
	Group stage	Japan7–1China	Win
	Semifinals	Japan2–3Oman	Loss
	Third place	Japan4–2Vietnam	Win
2002	Group stage	Japan1–2Uzbekistan	Loss
	Group stage	Japan1–3Qatar	Loss
	Group stage	Japan1–0Syria	Win
2004	Group stage	Japan0–0North Korea	Draw
	Group stage	Japan1–2Thailand	Loss
	Group stage	Japan3–1China	Win
2006	Group stage	Japan6–0Nepal	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–1Singapore	Draw
	Group stage	Japan3–2South Korea	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan1–1Iran	Draw
	Semifinals	Japan2–0Syria	Win
	Final	Japan4–2North Korea	Win
2008	Group stage	Japan4–0Malaysia	Win
	Group stage	Japan6–1United Arab Emirates	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–0Yemen	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan2–0Saudi Arabia	Win
	Semifinals	Japan1–2South Korea	Loss
2010	Group stage	Japan6–0Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–0Timor-Leste	Win
	Group stage	Japan0–0Australia	Draw
	Quarterfinals	Japan3–1Iraq	Win
	Semifinals	Japan1–2North Korea	Loss
2012	Group stage	Japan2–0Saudi Arabia	Win
	Group stage	Japan1–3South Korea	Loss
	Group stage	Japan3–0North Korea	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan2–1Syria	Win
	Semifinals	Japan5–1Iraq	Win
	Final	Japan1–1Uzbekistan	Draw
2014	Group stage	Japan2–0Hong Kong	Win
	Group stage	Japan3–0China	Win
	Group stage	Japan2–4Australia	Loss
	Quarterfinals	Japan0–2South Korea	Loss
2016	Group stage	Japan7–0Vietnam	Win
	Group stage	Japan8–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Group stage	Japan6–0Australia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan1–0United Arab Emirates	Win
	Semifinals	Japan2–4Iraq	Loss
2018	Group stage	Japan5–2Thailand	Win
	Group stage	Japan0–0Tajikistan	Draw
	Group stage	Japan2–0Malaysia	Win
	Quarterfinals	Japan2–1Oman	Win
	Semifinals	Japan3–1Australia	Win
	Final	Japan1–0Tajikistan	Win

Other websites

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