Staff

Coach: Miguel RODRIGO (JFA National Coahing Staff)
Physical Coach: MURAOKA Makoto (Free Physical Coach)
Assistant Coach/Interpreter: KOMORI Takahiro (JFA National Coahing Staff)

Squad

GK
12   FUJIWARA Jun (BARDRAL URAYASU)
2   TANAKA Toshinori (FUCHU ATHLETIC F.C.)
1   SEKIGUCHI Yushi (ESPOLADA HOKKAIDO)

FP
9   MORIOKA Kaoru (NAGOYA OCEANS)
4   SAKAI Rafael Yoshio (NAGOYA OCEANS)
6   OSODO Nobuya (SHRIKER OSAKA)
11   HOSHI Shota (BARDRAL URAYASU)
14   NISHITANI Ryosuke (FUGADOR SUMIDA)
13   WATANABE Tomoaki (DALIAN YUANCHAO/China)
8   TAKITA Manabu (PESCADOLA MACHIDA)
10   NIBUYA Kazuhiro (VASAGEY OITA)
5   YOSHIKAWA Tomoki (MAGNA GURPEA/Spain)
3   MUROTA Yuki (ESPOLADA HOKKAIDO)
7   HENMI Katsutoshi Rafael (SL Benfica/Portugal)

Coach Comment

Miguel RODRIGO, Coach
Including the two Colombia matches, all the players worked at a high level on two-week intense training, so taking two guys off of the list was an extremely difficult decision. I told the two players in person about my decision. It doesn't mean there was a difference in quality of play compared to the rest of 14 players.

I let NAKAMURA Yusuke know that there is a player who can give us better reliability and assurance when it comes to performing the same function as Nakamura does. Also, I said to SHIMIZU Kazuya that I want to give experienced veterans a role of pivo this time and I'm sure with no doubt he will be a pivo who can lead the national team of the next generation because of his already proved quality, ambition and composure. To meet our goal, I believe I made the most balanced, appropriate squad list.

Schedule

*Local Time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.
*Top five team will earn FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016™ (2016/9/10-10/1) berth

Japan's AFC Futsal Championship Historical Data

*From 2008 on held every other year