The Japan national under-17 football team（Japanese: U-17サッカー日本代表）is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.

Results and fixtures

2024

U-17

U-16

U-15

Players

Current squad

The following U-16 players were called up for a Spain Tour, held from 8 to 12 December 2024.

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to an U-17 or U-16 in the past 12 months. INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby TRP Training partner WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. (Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, seniority, and then alphabetically by its surname)

Previous squads

Records

Most capped player

Top goalscorer

Honours

Continental

Unofficial

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Result

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.