Staff

Coach: KAGEYAMA Masanaga (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: TOGASHI Koichi (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: Takahashi Norio (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Conditioning Coach: CHUMAN Kentaro (JFA National Coaching Staff/Jubilo Iwata)

Squad

GK
1 KOKUBO Leobrian (SL Benfica/Portugal)
23 OBATA Yuma (Vegalta Sendai Youth)
12 YAMADA Taiki (Kashima Antlers Youth)

DF
3 YAMASAKI Taichi (Juntendo University)
4 NAKAMURA Takumi (FC Tokyo)
2 NISHIO Ryuya (Cerezo Osaka U-18)
17 MIHARA Shuma (Ehime FC U-18)
19 IDE Keita (Kashiwa Reysol U-18)
20 HAYASHIDA Kaito (Cerezo Osaka U-18)
14 KATO Hijiri (JFA Academy Fukushima U18)
15 BANGNAGANDE Kashif (FC Tokyo U-18)

MF
6 IWAMOTO Sho (University of Tsukuba)
16 KAWAMOTO Riyo (Shimizu S-Pulse Youth)
7 SHIBATA Sosuke (Shonan Bellmare)
10 MATSUOKA Daiki (Sagan Tosu)
5 MATSUMOTO Nagi (Cerezo Osaka U-18)
8 AYUKAWA Shun (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth)
22 TAKEDA Hidetoshi (Aomori Yamada High School)
21 ISHIURA Taiga (Tokyo Verdy Youth)

FW
18 OMORI Shingo (Juntendo University)
13 HARUYAMA Misaki (Teikyo Nagaoka High School)
11 SAKURAGAWA Soromon (Jef United Ichihara Chiba U-18)
9 SOMENO Itsuki (Shoshi High School)

Players Change (11/1)

IDE Keita
DF #19　Club: Kashiwa Reysol U-18 　Sidelined due to injury

KIMURA Seiji
DF #19　Club: FC Tokyo U-18

Players Change (11/3)

MATSUOKA Daiki
MF　Club: Sagan Tosu　Sidelined due to Team situation

KAWASAKI Sota
MF　Club: Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18

Comment of Coach KAGEYAMA Masanaga

This will be the first official competition for the U-18 Japan National Team, who will be working towards the U-20 World Cup in 2021. We hope to showcase a solid performance to make our way through the Asian qualifiers. In the team I managed in the past, we had players who were playing at the J.League in their rookie year, and that could be said for this team as well. We are seeing more and more young players playing at the top league, and I think it is a good trend that will continue on. I have told the players that younger players who are currently preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup will soon join and add more competition to this team. I am sure that our players will be nervous in the three matches, especially in the third match, where we face a very strong Vietnam side. Goal difference will certainly be a key factor, so we must manage our matches against Guam and Mongolia before we head into the third match. It is not an easy task to win through this qualifier, so we will prepare ourselves thoroughly before the competition.

Schedule

*Local time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.

AFC U-19 Championship 2020

A total of 16 teams; top teams of each group (11 teams), top four teams among the runners-up, and the host nation, will compete from 14-31 October 2020.

AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Qualification

Tournament Duration: Wed. 6 - Sun. 10 November 2019
Tournament Venue: Thong Nhat Stadium, Vietnam