Japan national beach soccer team

 Japan

Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Marcelo Mendes
FIFA code	JPN
BSWW ranking	13
First colours Second colours

The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football in Japan.

Current squad

Current as of September 2013.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shingo Terukina 2 MF Keisuki Matsuda 3 MF Hirofumi Oda 4 FW Shinji Makino 5 FW Teruki Tabata 6 MF Naoya Matsuo

No. Position Player 7 FW Takeshi Kawaharazuka 8 MF Masahito Toma 9 FW Shusei Yamauchi 10 MF Ozu Moreira 11 MF Masayuki Komaki 12 GK Tomoya Ginoza

Head coach: Ruy Ramos

Notable players

(2007)

• Hirofumi Oda
• Takashi Arakaki
• Gishu Nagayama
• cob ona

Notable former managers

• Ruy Ramos

Tournament records

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

• 1995 – Did not enter
• 1996 – Did not enter
• 1997 – Round 1
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 1999 – Quarterfinals
• 2000 – Fourth place
• 2001 – Did not enter
• 2002 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Round 1
• 2004 – Did not enter
• 2005 – Fourth place
• 2006 – Quarterfinals
• 2007 – Round 1
• 2008 – Round 1
• 2009 – Quarterfinals
• 2011 – Round 1
• 2013 – Quarterfinals
• 2015 – Quarterfinals
• 2017 – TBD

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

• 2006 – Runners-up
• 2007 – Runners-up
• 2008 – Runners-up
• 2009 – Champions
• 2011 – Champions
• 2013 – Runners-up

References

1. Squad

External links

• BSWW Profile