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Japan national futsal team

Summary

The Japan national futsal team (Japanese: フットサル日本代表, Hepburn: Futtosaru Nippon Daihyō), nicknamed Samurai Five (サムライ・ファイブ, Samura Faibu), represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Japan
Nickname(s)サムライ・ファイブ
(Samurai Five)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachKenichiro Kogure[1]
FIFA codeJPN
FIFA ranking11 (16 December 2022)[2]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Belgium 3–0 Japan 
(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 January 1989)
Biggest win
 Japan 18–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 24 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 16–0 Japan 
(Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, 29 March 2002)
World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1989)
Best resultRound of 16 (2012, 2021)
Asian Cup
Appearances16 (First in 1999)
Best resultGold Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2009)
Best resultGold Champions (2017, 2019, 2022)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2014)
Best result6th place (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best result8th place (2013)

Japan is one of the two strongest futsal teams in Asia besides Iran, won the AFC Futsal Asian Cup in 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2022.[3] It has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.[4]

Results and fixtures edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023 edit

2 March NFDF Futsal Championship GS[5] Mozambique   0–5   Japan Pattaya, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report (JFA)
  • Mori   18', 38', 39'
  • Own goal   21'
  • Arthur   35'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
3 March NFDF Futsal Championship GS[5] Japan   4–1   Thailand Pattaya, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7
  • Kanazawa   7'
  • Shimizu   13'
  • Mizutani   25'
  • Nakamura   31'
 Report (JFA)
  • Goal   34'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
5 March NFDF Futsal Championship SF[5] Japan   1–0   Saudi Arabia Pattaya, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7
Report (JFA) Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
7 March NFDF Futsal Championship F[5] Iran   4–1   Japan Pattaya, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7
  • Goal   31', 33', 36', 39'
 Report (JFA)
  • Tsutsumi   6'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
14 April Friendly/Morocco Tour Japan   2–3   Morocco Rabat, Morocco
22:00 UTC±0
  • Antonio   18', 26'
 Report
  • Goal   9', 12', 32'
 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
15 April Friendly/Morocco Tour Japan   0–3   France Rabat, Morocco
18:00 UTC±0 Report
  • Goal   4', 26', 39'
 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
17 April Friendly/Morocco Tour Japan   1–0   Croatia Rabat, Morocco
21:00 UTC±0
Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
13 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Brazil   2–0   Japan São Paulo, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
15 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Saudi Arabia   1–2   Japan São Paulo, Brazil
15:00 UTC−3
  • Goal   33'
 Report
  • Arthur   21'
  • Tsutsumi   33'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
16 September Futsal Nations Cup SF Japan   0–2   Iran São Paulo, Brazil
13:00 UTC−3 Report
  • Goal   33', 34'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
17 September Futsal Nations Cup 3rd place match Japan   3–7   Paraguay São Paulo, Brazil
07:00 UTC−3
Report
  • Goal   3', 6', 8', 17', 22', 32', 38'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
7 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup qual. Australia   0–4   Japan Taipei, Chinese Taipei
19:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
11 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup qual. Japan   3–0   Chinese Taipei Taipei, Chinese Taipei
19:00 UTC+8
  • Antonio   7'
  • Uchida   17', 33'
 Report Stadium: University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
22 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan   0–2   Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
24 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan   3–4   Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
14 December International friendly[6] Japan   1–1   Argentina Ota, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Report Stadium: Ota City General Gymnasium
17 December International friendly[6] Japan   1–1   Argentina Obihiro, Japan
Report Stadium: Obihiro City General Gymnasium
  • Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp

2024 edit

3 February Friendly Portugal   4–1   Japan Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
5 February Friendly Portugal   2–1   Japan Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
18 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Japan   2–3   Kyrgyzstan Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
20 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup South Korea   0–5   Japan Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
22 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Japan   1–1   Tajikistan Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
  • Fixtures & Results (2024), JFA.jp

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 9 October 2022[7]
Role Name
Head coach   Kenichiro Kogure
Assistant coach   Kensuke Takahashi
  Takehiro Suga
Goalkeeping coach   Keitaro Uchiyama
Physical coach   Motonori Baba

Manager history edit

As of 24 September 2023.
Name Period Ref
  Bruno García Formoso 2016–2021
  Kenichiro Kogure 2021– [8]

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were called up for friendlies, played against   Uzbekistan, on 22 and 24 November 2023, respectively. [9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Fabio Fiuza (1987-01-26) 26 January 1987 (age 37)   Shonan Bellmare
2 1GK Guilherme Kuromoto (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 37)   Shinagawa City
3 1GK Takuya Uehara (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 27)   Vasagey Oita
4 FP Kentaro Ishida (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)   Bardral Urayasu
5 FP Kyo Takahashi (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 26)   YSCC Yokohama
6 FP Tomoki Yoshikawa (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)   Nagoya Oceans
7 FP Shoto Yamanaka (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 21)   Pescadola Machida
8 FP Yuta Tsutsumi (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25)   YSCC Yokohama
9 FP Takehiro Motoishi (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 (age 24)   Bardral Urayasu
10 FP Sora Kanazawa (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22)   Nagoya Oceans
11 FP Kazuya Shimizu (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)   Nagoya Oceans
12 FP Ruan Nakamatsu (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)   Shriker Osaka
13 FP Hyuga Saito (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25)   Shriker Osaka
14 FP Shunta Uchimura (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 32)   Shonan Bellmare
15 FP Mitsuru Nakamura (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 26)   Tachikawa Athletic
16 FP Takumi Nagasaka (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29)   Bardral Urayasu

Previous squads edit

*Bold indicates winning squad

Competitive record edit

Summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Futsal Asian Cup 4 6 2 12
Asian Indoor Games 0 1 1 2
East Asian Championship 3 1 0 4
Total 7 8 3 18
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Futsal World Cup edit

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round M W D L GF GA GD
  1989 Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8
  1992 Did not qualify
  1996
  2000
  2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 5 11 -6
  2008 Group stage 4 2 0 2 13 24 -11
  2012 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 13 17 -4
  2016 Did not qualify
  2021 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 13 14 -1
  2024 Did not qualify
Total 5/10 18 4 2 12 47 77 -30

AFC Futsal Asian Cup edit

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games edit

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
  2005 did not enter
  2007 Quarter-final 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4
  2009 Quarter-final 3 1 0 2 10 11 -1
  2013 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 19 15 +4
  2017 Third Place 5 3 2 0 19 11 +8
Total 4/5 17 10 3 4 54 39 +15

EAFF Futsal Championship edit

EAFF Futsal Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
  2009 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 32 9
  2013 did not enter
Total 1/2 5 4 0 1 32 9

Grand Prix de Futsal edit

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
  2005 did not enter
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009
  2010
  2011
  2013 Eighth Place 4 0 0 4 8 19
  2014 did not enter
  2015
  2018
Total 1/11 4 0 0 4 8 19

Futsal Confederations Cup edit

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
  2009 did not enter
  2013
  2014 Sixth Place 3 1 0 2 6 9
Total 1/3 3 1 0 2 6 9

Summary Results edit

As of 30 April 2024
Year M W D L GF GA GD Ref
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [11]
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [12]
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [13]
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [14]
2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [15]
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [16]
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [17]
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [18]
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [19]
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [20]
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [21]
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [22]
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [23]
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [24]
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [25]
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 [26]

World ranking edit

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 12 January 2024, the top 10 AFC teams according to one Elo-based ranking system are:[27]

FIFA AFC Nation Points
7 1   Iran 1593
11 2   Japan 1409
25 3   Thailand 1230
26 4   Uzbekistan 1229
37 5   Australia 1122
38 6   Vietnam 1118
42 7   Indonesia 1083
43 8   Iraq 1080
44 9   Kuwait 1080
51 10   Tajikistan 976
As of 12 January 2024

See also edit

Japan
Men's
Women's

References edit

  1. ^ "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  2. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  3. ^ "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  4. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  5. ^ a b c d "NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "List of International matches". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ "フットサル日本代表 メンバー AFCフットサルアジアカップクウェート2022（9.27-10.8）". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  8. ^ "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Japan Futsal National Team squad & schedule - International Friendly Match vs Uzbekistan Futsal National Team (11/22&24＠Tashkent, Uzbekistan)". Japan Football Association (JFA). 7 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o http://old.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp
  11. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2010.html
  12. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2011.html
  13. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2012.html
  14. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2013.html
  15. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2014.html
  16. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2015.html
  17. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2016.html
  18. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2017.html
  19. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2018.html
  20. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2019.html
  21. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2020.html
  22. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2021.html
  23. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2022.html
  24. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2023.html
  25. ^ https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2024.html
  26. ^ http://www.futsalplanet.com/default.aspx
  27. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links edit

  • (in English) Japan national futsal team – official website at JFA.jp
  • Japan national teams 2021 schedule at JFA.jp
Preceded by Asian Champions
2006 (First title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Champions
2012 (Second title)
2014 (Third title) 		Succeeded by

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