# Japan women's national under-17 football team

The Japan women's national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It has reached the World Cup Finals on three times and won the 2014 edition.

## Results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2024

* Fixtures & Results (2024), JFA.jp

## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

    As of 12 April 2024
| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Sadayoshi Shirai |
| Assistant coach | Yuiko Konno |
| Goalkeeping coach | Masaki Ijima |
| Physical coach | Hiroshi Yamada |
| Technical staff | Takumi Sakata |

## Players
### Current U-17 squad

The following players were called-up for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, held in May 2024.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Airi Nagai | (2007-06-09) 9 June 2007 (age 17) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 2 | 2DF | Yuna Aoki | (2008-07-07) 7 July 2008 (age 16) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 3 | 2DF | Yuka Makiguchi | (2007-07-16) 16 July 2007 (age 17) | Cerezo Osaka Yanmar |
| 4 | 2DF | Mitsuki Ota | (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 18) | Daisho Gakuen High School |
| 5 | 3MF | Manaka Sakaki | (2007-10-10) 10 October 2007 (age 17) | JFA Academy Fukushima |
| 6 | 2DF | Haruko Suzuki | (2007-01-11) 11 January 2007 (age 18) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 7 | 3MF | Hana Kikuchi | (2007-09-06) 6 September 2007 (age 17) | MyNavi Sendai |
| 8 | 4FW | Hinako Kinoshita | (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 18) | Cerezo Osaka Yanmar |
| 9 | 4FW | Momo Saruang Ueki Sato | (2007-07-27) 27 July 2007 (age 17) | Daisho Gakuen High School |
| 10 | 3MF | Asako Furuta | (2007-04-23) 23 April 2007 (age 17) | Cerezo Osaka Yanmar |
| 11 | 4FW | Ririka Nezu | (2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 17) | JEF United Chiba |
| 12 | 4FW | Anon Tsuda | (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 17) | MyNavi Sendai |
| 13 | 2DF | Chihiro Sugawara | (2007-02-25) 25 February 2007 (age 18) | MyNavi Sendai |
| 14 | 3MF | Miharu Shinjo | (2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 18) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 15 | 3MF | Momoka Honda | (2007-06-12) 12 June 2007 (age 17) | Jumonji High School |
| 16 | 3MF | Noa Fukushima | (2008-12-12) 12 December 2008 (age 16) | JFA Academy Fukushima |
| 17 | 2DF | Tamami Aso | (2007-10-26) 26 October 2007 (age 17) | Tokyo Verdy |
| 18 | 1GK | Korin Sakata | (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 17) | Kaishu Gakuen JSC |
| 19 | 4FW | Amiru Tsuji | (2007-09-08) 8 September 2007 (age 17) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 20 | 4FW | Mei Hanashiro | (2009-06-23) 23 June 2009 (age 15) | JFA Academy Fukushima |
| 21 | 1GK | Mao Fukuda | (2007-06-24) 24 June 2007 (age 17) | JFA Academy Fukushima |
| 22 | 3MF | Hina Hirakawa | (2008-10-06) 6 October 2008 (age 16) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 23 | 4FW | Meiko Matsuura | (2007-06-23) 23 June 2007 (age 17) | Tokoha University Tachibana High School |

### Previous U-17 squads

* 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

## Competitive record
### FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record :
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 2008 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 |
| 2010 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 |
| 2012 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +16 |
| 2014 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 |
| 2016 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 |
| 2018 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| 2025 | Qualified | | | | | | | |
| Total | 9/9 | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 125 | 28 | +97 |

### AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup record :
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 2005 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 1 | +68 |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 |
| 2009 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | +19 |
| 2011 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 |
| 2013 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | +34 |
| 2015 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | +17 |
| 2017 | Third place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
| 2019 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 |
| 2024 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 |
| 2026 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | 4 titles | 43 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 220 | 22 | +198 |