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Japan women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Japan national football team.

Japan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)なでしこジャパン (Nadeshiko Japan)
AssociationJFA
ConfederationAFC
Sub-confederationEAFF
Head coachNils Nielsen
CaptainSaki Kumagai
Most capsHomare Sawa (205)
Top scorerHomare Sawa (83)
FIFA codeJPN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 8 Decrease 1 (13 December 2024)[1]
Highest3 (December 2011 – September 2014)
Lowest14 (July 2003 – March 2004)
First international
 Chinese Taipei 1–0 Japan 
(British Hong Kong; 7 June 1981)
Biggest win
 Japan 21–0 Guam 
(Guangzhou, China; 5 December 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 9–0 Japan 
(Tokyo, Japan; 9 September 1981)[2]
 United States 9–0 Japan 
(Charlotte, United States; 29 April 1999)[2]
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1991)
Best resultChampions (2011)
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1996)
Best resultRunners-up (2012)
Asian Cup
Appearances18 (first in 1977)
Best resultChampions (2014, 2018)
Medal record
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Canada Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vietnam Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jordan Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Hong Kong Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Malaysia Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Chinese Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Hong Kong Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Malaysia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 China Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Vietnam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 India Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 1990 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
Websitejfa.jp/eng/nadeshikojapan/

The Japan women's national football team (Japanese: サッカー日本女子代表, Hepburn: Sakkā Nippon Joshi Daihyō), commonly known as Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン),[3] represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). One of the two countries to win every FIFA competition and the most successful women's national team in the Asian Football Confederation, its highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 3rd, achieved in December 2011.[4]

Nadeshiko Japan defeated the United States in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, thus claiming their first FIFA Women's World Cup title, becoming the first Asian team to do so and only the fourth women's world champions.[5] It won silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, making it the only Asian team to have three combined medals from international championships.[6] It also won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cups, the 2010 and 2018 Asian Games, and the 2008, 2010, and 2019 EAFF Football Championships.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Japan Football Association" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2012.
  3. ^ "なでしこジャパン". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Japan: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Japan claim maiden title". fifa.com. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Complete Tournament Results". ABC News. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

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