Japan national futsal team

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)

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 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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

Mozambique  v  Japan
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
Japan  v  Thailand
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
Japan  v  Saudi Arabia
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
Iran  v  Japan
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
Japan  v  Morocco
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
Japan  v  France
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
Japan  v  Croatia
17 April Friendly/Morocco Tour Japan  1–0  Croatia Rabat, Morocco
21:00 UTC±0
Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Brazil  v  Japan
13 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Brazil  2–0  Japan São Paulo, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
Saudi Arabia  v  Japan
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
Japan  v  Iran
16 September Futsal Nations Cup SF Japan  0–2  Iran São Paulo, Brazil
13:00 UTC−3 Report
  • Goal 33', 34'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
Japan  v  Paraguay
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
Australia  v  Japan
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
Japan  v  Chinese Taipei
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
Uzbekistan  v  Japan
22 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan  0–2  Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
Uzbekistan  v  Japan
24 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan  3–4  Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
Japan  v  Argentina
14 December International friendly[6] Japan  1–1  Argentina Ota, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Report Stadium: Ota City General Gymnasium
Japan  v  Argentina
17 December International friendly[6] Japan  1–1  Argentina Obihiro, Japan
Report Stadium: Obihiro City General Gymnasium
  • Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp

2024

Portugal  v  Japan
3 February Friendly Portugal  v  Japan Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Portugal  v  Japan
5 February Friendly Portugal  v  Japan Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
  • Fixtures & Results (2024), JFA.jp

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

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 37) Japan Shinagawa City
3 1GK Takuya Uehara (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 27) Japan Vasagey Oita
4 FP Kentaro Ishida (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) Japan Bardral Urayasu
5 FP Kyo Takahashi (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 26) 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 21) Japan Pescadola Machida
8 FP Yuta Tsutsumi (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25) Japan YSCC Yokohama
9 FP Takehiro Motoishi (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 (age 24) Japan Bardral Urayasu
10 FP Sora Kanazawa (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22) 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 22) Japan Shriker Osaka
13 FP Hyuga Saito (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25) Japan Shriker Osaka
14 FP Shunta Uchimura (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 32) Japan Shonan Bellmare
15 FP Mitsuru Nakamura (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 26) Japan Tachikawa Athletic
16 FP Takumi Nagasaka (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 29) Japan Bardral Urayasu

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad

FIFA Futsal World Cup
AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 11
Hong Kong 1992 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 5 11
Brazil 2008 Group stage 4 2 0 2 13 24
Thailand 2012 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 13 17
Colombia 2016 Did not qualify
Lithuania 2021 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 13 14
Uzbekistan 2024 To be determined
Total 5/10 18 4 2 12 47 77

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Malaysia 1999 Fourth Place 5 1 3 1 18 18
Thailand 2000 Fourth Place 6 3 0 3 36 26
Iran 2001 Fourth Place 7 2 1 4 25 29
Indonesia 2002 Runners-up 7 6 0 1 20 10
Iran 2003 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 37 9
Macau 2004 Runners-up 7 6 0 1 49 10
Vietnam 2005 Runners-up 8 7 0 1 48 9
Uzbekistan 2006 Champions 5 5 0 0 35 8
Japan 2007 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 41 12
Thailand 2008 Third Place 6 5 0 1 25 9
Uzbekistan 2010 Third Place 6 5 0 1 26 10
United Arab Emirates 2012 Champions 6 6 0 0 25 5
Vietnam 2014 Champions 6 4 1 1 28 7
Uzbekistan 2016 Seventh Place 5 3 1 1 21 12
Taiwan 2018 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 18 10
Kuwait 2022 Champions 6 5 0 1 17 7
Thailand 2024 qualifed
Total 16/16 98 73 6 19 469 191
AFC Futsal Asian Cup history
Year Round Score Result
1999 Round 1 Japan  5–5  Malaysia Draw
Round 1 Japan  4–1  Kazakhstan Win
Round 1 Japan  5–5  Uzbekistan Draw
Semi-finals Japan  2–5  Iran Loss
Third place Japan  2–2 (3–4)p  Kazakhstan Loss
2000 Round 1 Japan  4–2  Uzbekistan Win
Round 1 Japan  2–6  Iran Loss
Round 1 Japan  12–1  Macau Win
Round 1 Japan  6–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Semi-finals Japan  6–9  Kazakhstan Loss
Third place Japan  6–8  Thailand Loss
2001 Round 1 Japan  6–5  Chinese Taipei Win
Round 1 Japan  8–1  Singapore Win
Round 1 Japan  2–3  Palestine Loss
Round 1 Japan  4–8  Iran Loss
Quarter-finals Japan  2–2 (7–6)p  Kazakhstan Win
Semi-finals Japan  2–8  Iran Loss
Third place Japan  1–2  South Korea Loss
2002 Round 1 Japan  5–1  Indonesia Win
Round 1 Japan  2–1  Kyrgyzstan Win
Round 1 Japan  7–2  China Win
Round 1 Japan  2–0  Kuwait Win
Quarter-finals Japan  1–0  Uzbekistan Win
Semi-finals Japan  3–0  Thailand Win
Final Japan  0–6  Iran Loss
2003 Round 1 Japan  4–0  Palestine Win
Round 1 Japan  14–1  Macau Win
Round 1 Japan  5–0  Kuwait Win
Quarter-finals Japan  7–0  Chinese Taipei Win
Semi-finals Japan  3–2 (a.e.t)  Thailand Win
Final Japan  4–6  Iran Loss
2004 Round 1 Japan  4–0  Lebanon Win
Round 1 Japan  4–1  Kyrgyzstan Win
Round 1 Japan  12–0  Philippines Win
Round 1 Japan  17–0  Macau Win
Quarter-finals Japan  5–2  China Win
Semi-finals Japan  4–2  Uzbekistan Win
Final Japan  3–5  Iran Loss
2005 Round 1 Japan  18–0  Guam Win
Round 1 Japan  7–0  Malaysia Win
Round 1 Japan  7–0  Indonesia Win
Round 2 Japan  3–1  Iran Win
Round 2 Japan  5–1  China Win
Round 2 Japan  4–2  Thailand Win
Semi-finals Japan  4–3  Kyrgyzstan Win
Final Japan  0–2  Iran Loss
2006 Round 1 Japan  12–0  Hong Kong Win
Round 1 Japan  2–0  Iraq Win
Round 1 Japan  11–6  Tajikistan Win
Semi-finals Japan  5–1  Iran Win
Final Japan  5–1  Uzbekistan Win
2007 Round 1 Japan  16–0  Philippines Win
Round 1 Japan  8–0  Hong Kong Win
Round 1 Japan  6–2  Tajikistan Win
Quarter-finals Japan  9–6  Thailand Win
Semi-finals Japan  1–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Final Japan  1–4  Iran Loss
2008 Round 1 Japan  8–2  Chinese Taipei Win
Round 1 Japan  4–1  Turkmenistan Win
Round 1 Japan  4–2  Australia Win
Quarter-finals Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Semi-finals Japan  0–1  Iran Loss
Third Place Japan  5–3  China Win
2010 Round 1 Japan  5–1  China Win
Round 1 Japan  10–1  Iraq Win
Round 1 Japan  1–0  Turkmenistan Win
Quarter-finals Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Semi-finals Japan  0–7  Iran Loss
Third Place Japan  6–1  China Win
2012 Round 1 Japan  3–2  Lebanon Win
Round 1 Japan  6–1  Tajikistan Win
Round 1 Japan  6–1  Chinese Taipei Win
Quarter-finals Japan  1–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Semi-finals Japan  3–0  Australia Win
Final Japan  6–1  Thailand Win
2014 Round 1 Japan  12–0  South Korea Win
Round 1 Japan  1–2  Uzbekistan Loss
Round 1 Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan Win
Quarter-finals Japan  3–2  Thailand Win
Semi-finals Japan  6–1  Kuwait Win
Final Japan  2–2(3–0)p  Iran Win
2016 Round 1 Japan  1–0  Qatar Win
Round 1 Japan  11–1  Malaysia Win
Round 1 Japan  3–1  Australia Win
Quarter-finals Japan  4–4(1–2)p  Vietnam Loss
Fifth Place Japan  2–6  Kyrgyzstan Loss
2018 Round 1 Japan  4–2  Tajikistan Win
Round 1 Japan  5–2  South Korea Win
Round 1 Japan  4–2  Uzbekistan Win
Quarter-finals Japan  2–0  Bahrain Win
Semi-finals Japan  3–0  Iraq Win
Final Japan  0–4  Iran Loss
2022 Round 1 Japan  1–2  Saudi Arabia Loss
Round 1 Japan  6–0  South Korea Win
Round 1 Japan  2–0  Vietnam Win
Quarter-finals Japan  3–2  Indonesia Win
Semi-finals Japan  2–1  Uzbekistan Win
Final Japan  3–2  Iran Win

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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

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

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

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

World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 12 January 2024[update], 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

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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. ^ 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. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

  • (in English) Japan national futsal team – official website at JFA.jp
  • Japan national teams 2021 schedule at JFA.jp
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