Japan national under-17 football team

The **Japan national under-17 football team** is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

### 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

### FIFA U-17 World Cup

|colspan=9|Finals record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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 on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil._

|colspan=4|Finals history||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|1993|Group stage|**0–1**|Loss|
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**2–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|1995|Group stage|**0–1**|Loss|
|Group stage|**2–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|rowspan=3|2001|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**0–4**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**1–5**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2007|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|
|Group stage|**0–3**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2009|Group stage|**2–3**|Loss|
|Group stage|**3–4**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**0–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2011|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**6–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–3**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2013|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**2–1**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2017|Group stage|**6–1**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**0–0**|Draw|||

### AFC U-17 Asian Cup

|colspan=9|Finals record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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 on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil._

|colspan=4|Finals history||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=1|1985|Group stage|**0–3**|Loss|
|rowspan=4|1988|Group stage|**0–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**3–2**|Win|||
|Group stage|**1–4**|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|1994|Group stage|**2–5**|Loss|
|Group stage|**0–1**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**4–3**|Win|||
|Final|**1–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|1996|Group stage|**2–2**|Draw|
|Group stage|**3–2**|Win|||
|Group stage|**5–2**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**0–1**|Loss|||
|Third place|**0–0**|Draw|||
|rowspan=4|1998|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**2–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**2–2**|Draw|||
|rowspan=6|2000|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**7–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**2–3**|Loss|||
|Third place|**4–2**|Win|||
|rowspan=3|2002|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**1–3**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=3|2004|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|
|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|2006|Group stage|**6–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**3–2**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Semifinals|**2–0**|Win|||
|Final|**4–2**|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2008|Group stage|**4–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**6–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2010|Group stage|**6–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Quarterfinals|**3–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|2012|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–3**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**5–1**|Win|||
|Final|**1–1**|Draw|||
|rowspan=4|2014|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**2–4**|Loss|||
|Quarterfinals|**0–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2016|Group stage|**7–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**8–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**6–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**2–4**|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|2018|Group stage|**5–2**|Win|
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**3–1**|Win|||
|Final|**1–0**|Win|||

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association website ; [http://www.jfa.or.jp/ ]

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Japan Under-17
- **badge size**: 160px
- **fifa trigramme**: JPN
- **nickname**: _サムライ・ブルー_
 (Samurai Blue)
- **association**: Japan Football Association
- **sub-confederation**: East Asian Football Federation, EAFF (East Asia)
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **coach**: Yoshiro Moriyama
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-17 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 9
- **regional cup first**: 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1993
- **regional cup best**: Quarterfinals (1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1993, 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2011)
- **2ndregional name**: AFC U-16 Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 15
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1985 AFC U-16 Championship, 1985
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (1994 AFC U-17 Championship, 1994, 2006 AFC U-17 Championship, 2006, 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, 2018)