Japan national futsal team

Japan

Nickname(s)	サムライ・ファイブ (Samurai Five)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bruno Garcia Formoso
FIFA code	JPN
FIFA ranking	14 (24 August 2016)[1]
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
Appearances	4 (First in 1989)
Best result	Round of 16, (2012)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions, (2006, 2012, 2014)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up, (2009)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2014)
Best result	6th place, (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	8th place, (2013)

The Japan national futsal team represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the champions in the 2006, 2012 and 2014 Asian Futsal Championships.^[2] Japan has also played in four FIFA Futsal World Cups.^[3]

Competitive records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	11
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	11
2008	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	13	24
2012	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	13	17
2016	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/8	14	3	2	9	34	63

AFC Futsal Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1999	Fourth Place	5	1	3	1	18	18
2000	Fourth Place	6	3	0	3	36	26
2001	Fourth Place	7	2	1	4	25	29
2002	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	20	10
2003	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	37	9
2004	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	49	10
2005	Runners-up	8	7	0	1	48	9
2006	Champions	5	5	0	0	35	8
2007	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	41	12
2008	Third Place	6	5	0	1	25	9
2010	Third Place	6	5	0	1	26	10
2012	Champions	6	6	0	0	25	5
2014	Champions	6	4	1	1	28	7
2016	Seventh Place	5	3	1	1	21	12
Total	14/14	86	63	6	17	434	174

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Quarter Final	4	2	1	1	6	2
2009	Quarter Final	3	1	0	2	10	11
2013	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	15
Total	3/4	12	7	1	4	35	28

EAFF Futsal Championship

East Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	32	9
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
2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Eighth Place	4	0	0	4	8	19
2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/11	4	0	0	4	8	19

Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Sixth Place	3	1	0	2	6	9
Total	1/3	3	1	0	2	6	9

*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.

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players were called up for the 2016 Thailand Five's (friendly tournament) in Thailand between 20-23 August 2016.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Iwanaga Taiki			Vasagey Oita
2	1GK	Saka Keisuke			Espolada Hokkaido
5	FP	Minamoto Akira	(1987-01-28) 28 January 1987		Fuchu Athletic FC
10	FP	Nibuya Kazuhiro	(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987		Vasagey Oita
3	FP	Yoneda Yoshitaka			Tama University Futsal Club
11	FP	Shimizu Kazuya	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997		Fugador Sumida
8	FP	Ito Keita			Pescadola Machida
4	FP	Obata Kiichi			Espolada Hokkaido
7	FP	Udagawa Yuto			C.S. Gisinti Pistoia
9	FP	Wakiyama Ren			Nagoya Oceans
6	FP	Uematsu Koto			Shonan Bellmare futsal
12	FP	Yamagiri Shogo			Agleymina Hamamatsu
13	FP	Matsubara Tomohiro			Nagoya Oceans
14	FP	Yamada Jiei			Deução Kobe

See also

• Japan national football team

References

External links

• Japan Football Association (Japanese)
• Japan Football Association

Preceded by 2005  Iran	Asian Champions 2006 (First title)	Succeeded by 2007  Iran
Preceded by 2010  Iran	Asian Champions 2012 (Second title) 2014 (Third Title)	Succeeded by 2016  Iran

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