The Japan national futsal team (Japanese: フットサル日本代表, Hepburn: Futtosaru Nippon Daihyō), nicknamed Samurai Five (サムライ・ファイブ, Samura Faibu), represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Japan is one of the two teams besides Iran to have won the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, winning in 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2022. It has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

• Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp

2024

• Fixtures & Results (2024), JFA.jp

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 9 October 2022

Manager history

As of 24 September 2023

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendlies, played against  Uzbekistan, on 22 and 24 November 2023, respectively.

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad

Competitive record

Summary

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

EAFF Futsal Championship

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Confederations Cup

Summary Results

As of 30 April 2024

World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 12 January 2024, the top 10 AFC teams according to one Elo-based ranking system are:

As of 12 January 2024

See also

Japan

Men's

• International footballers
• National football team (Results (2020–present))
• National under-23 football team
• National under-20 football team
• National under-17 football team
• National futsal team
• National under-20 futsal team
• National beach soccer team

Women's

• International footballers
• National football team (Results)
• National under-20 football team
• National under-17 football team
• National futsal team

References

External links

• (in English) Japan national futsal team – official website at JFA.jp
• Japan national teams 2021 schedule at JFA.jp

Articles connexes

1. Brazil national futsal team
2. Thailand national futsal team
3. Uzbekistan national futsal team
4. Japan women's national futsal team
5. Indonesia national futsal team
6. Iran national futsal team
7. Japan national football team
8. Japan national under-23 football team
9. Croatia national futsal team
10. Morocco national futsal team
11. Sweden national futsal team
12. Japan women's national football team
13. Australia national futsal team
14. Kazakhstan national futsal team
15. Venezuela national futsal team
16. FIFA Futsal World Cup
17. Malaysia national futsal team
18. Canada national futsal team
19. Vietnam national futsal team
20. Japan Football Association