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Japan announces squad for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015

25 June 2015

Japan announces squad for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015

Japan Football Association announced today the members of Japan National Beach Soccer Team for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 to be held from 9 June to 19 July 2015.

Marcelo MENDES, Head Coach said: “All of the 12 players are ready and will give 100% to represent Japan in Portugal. This moment is the moment we were waiting for, and we worked very hard for it. I know that expectations are high and we’ll do our best to get good results.
There are many strong teams including our group teams Senegal, Argentina, & Portugal. They don’t have Messi on the field, but still strong teams and we will be ready for that.
We have experienced players and also players playing for the first world cup, but what I can guarantee here that they are ready, experienced and will do our best in this World Cup”.

This is the 8th appearance at FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for Japan National Beach Soccer Team, and the best result was the 4th place in 2005. Japan is scheduled to face Portugal, Argentina and Senegal in the group stage.

The selected members are as follows:

GK
1 TERUKINA Shingo (SOL MAR PRAIA)
12 GINOZA Tomoya (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)

FP
4 MAKINO Shinji (LEON FUKUOKA)
7 TABATA Teruki (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)
3 ODA Hirofumi (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)
11 GOTO Takasuke (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)
9 YAMAUCHI Shusei (G.C. Nerine)
10 MOREIRA Ozu (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)
5 HARAGUCHI Shotaro (TOKYO LEQUIOS BS)
6 MATSUO Naoya (Pracia YAMAGUCHI)
2 AKAGUMA Takuya (DORSOLE KITAKYUSHU)
8 OBA Takaaki (DORSOLE KITAKYUSHU)

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