Japan national futsal team

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 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)
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] However, in the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup , the team experienced the worst moment of its career, not passing the group stage.

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
  • 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
  • Henmi 28'
 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
  • Henmi 8'
 Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
13 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Brazil  2–0  Japan São Paulo, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3
  • Matheus 23'
  • Rafa 35'
 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
  • Uchida 1'
  • Shimizu 3', 32'
 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
  • Yoshikawa 9'
  • Arthur 13' (pen.), 33', 35'
 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

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

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

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad

Competitive record

Summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Futsal Asian Cup46212
Asian Indoor Games0112
East Asian Championship3104
Total78318
*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 1989Group stage3003311-8
Hong Kong 1992Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004Group stage3012511-6
Brazil 2008Group stage42021324-11
Thailand 2012Round of 1641121317-4
Colombia 2016Did not qualify
Lithuania 2021Round of 1641031314-1
Uzbekistan 2024Did not qualify
Total5/101842124777-30

AFC Futsal Asian Cup
See also: AFC Futsal Championship

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 2005did not enter
Macau 2007Quarter-final421162+4
Vietnam 2009Quarter-final31021011-1
South Korea 2013Runners-up54011915+4
Turkmenistan 2017Third Place53201911+8
Total4/51710345439+15

EAFF Futsal Championship
EAFF Futsal Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
China 2009Runners-up5401329
Vietnam 2013did not enter
Total1/25401329

Grand Prix de Futsal
See also: Grand Prix de Futsal
Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Brazil 2005did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008
Brazil 2009
Brazil 2010
Brazil 2011
Brazil 2013Eighth Place4004819
Brazil 2014did not enter
Brazil 2015
Brazil 2018
Total1/114004819

Futsal Confederations Cup
Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Libya 2009did not enter
Brazil 2013
Kuwait 2014Sixth Place310269
Total1/3310269

Summary Results
As of 30 April 2024
YearMWDLGFGAGDRef
19950000000[10]
19960000000[10]
19970000000[10]
19980000000[10]
19990000000[10]
20000000000[10]
20010000000[10]
20020000000[10]
20030000000[10]
20040000000[10]
20050000000[10]
20060000000[10]
20070000000[10]
20080000000[10]
20090000000[10]
20100000000[11]
20110000000[12]
20120000000[13]
20130000000[14]
20140000000[15]
20150000000[16]
20160000000[17]
20170000000[18]
20180000000[19]
20190000000[20]
20200000000[21]
20210000000[22]
20220000000[23]
20230000000[24]
20240000000[25]
Total000000+0[26]

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:[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
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. "NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. "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. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.