Japan National Football Team (U-20 Women)

Japan (U-20 women)
Nihon-koku / Nippon-koku

Nickname (s)	Young Nadeshiko (ヤ ン グ な で し こ)
Association	Japan Football Association
confederacy	AFC
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Asako Takakura
captain	Nozomi Fujita
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	JPN
First jersey Second jersey
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 2002 )
Best results	Third 2012
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 2002 )
Best results	Winner 2002 , 2009 , 2011
(As of September 10, 2012)

The Japanese national soccer team of U-20 women represents Japan in international women's soccer . The national team reports to the Japan Football Association and has been coached by former national player Asako Takakura since 2014 . The team's nickname is Young Nadeshiko ( ヤ ン グ な で し こ ).

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

• 2002 : quarter-finals
• 2004 : Not qualified
• 2006 : Not qualified
• 2008 : quarter-finals
• 2010 : Eliminated in the preliminary round
• 2012 : third

Asian Championship

• 2002 : Asian champion
• 2004 : quarter-finals
• 2006 : fourth
• 2007 : Vice Asian Champion
• 2009 : Asian champion
• 2011 : Asian champion

people

Trainer

• 2002 -0000: Shinobu Ikeda
• 2003-2007: Morinao Imaizumi
• 2007-2010: Norio Sasaki
• 2011-2014: Hiroshi Yoshida
• 2014– 0000: Asako Takakura

Web links

• Official Site of the Japanese Association (Japanese)
• Official website of Young Nadeshiko (Japanese)