Japan national futsal team

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Japan
Nickname(s)サムライ・ファイブ
(Samurai Five)
AssociationJFA
ConfederationAFC
Head coachKenichiro Kogure[1]
FIFA codeJPN
FIFA ranking15 (6 May 2024)[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)
FIFA 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)

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

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

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
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)
Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
14 April Friendly/Morocco Tour Japan  2–3  Morocco Rabat, Morocco
22:00 UTC±0
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
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
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

2024

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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Manager history

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

Players

See also: Category:Japanese men's futsal players and Category:Japanese futsal players

Current squad

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) Japan Shonan Bellmare
2 1GK Guilherme Kuromoto (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) Japan Shinagawa City
3 1GK Takuya Uehara (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 28) Japan Vasagey Oita
4 FP Kentaro Ishida (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 27) Japan Bardral Urayasu
5 FP Kyo Takahashi (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 27) Japan YSCC Yokohama
6 FP Tomoki Yoshikawa (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35) Japan Nagoya Oceans
7 FP Shoto Yamanaka (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 22) Japan Pescadola Machida
8 FP Yuta Tsutsumi (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26) Japan YSCC Yokohama
9 FP Takehiro Motoishi (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 (age 25) Japan Bardral Urayasu
10 FP Sora Kanazawa (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 23) Japan Nagoya Oceans
11 FP Kazuya Shimizu (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) Japan Nagoya Oceans
12 FP Ruan Nakamatsu (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 23) Japan Shriker Osaka
13 FP Hyuga Saito (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 26) Japan Shriker Osaka
14 FP Shunta Uchimura (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 33) Japan Shonan Bellmare
15 FP Mitsuru Nakamura (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27) Japan Tachikawa Athletic
16 FP Takumi Nagasaka (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30) Japan Bardral Urayasu

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad

Competitive record

Summary

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

See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round M W D L GF GA GD
Netherlands 1989 Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8
Hong Kong 1992 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 5 11 -6
Brazil 2008 Group stage 4 2 0 2 13 24 -11
Thailand 2012 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 13 17 -4
Colombia 2016 Did not qualify
Lithuania 2021 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 13 14 -1
Uzbekistan 2024 Did not qualify
Total 5/10 18 4 2 12 47 77 -30

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

See also: AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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

EAFF Futsal Championship

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

Grand Prix de Futsal

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

Futsal Confederations Cup

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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

World ranking

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:[10]

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

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  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. ^ FIFA Men's Futsal 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. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
Preceded by Asian Champions
2006 (First title) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Champions
2012 (Second title)
2014 (Third title) 		Succeeded by