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Olympic Japan (日本オリンピック代表) is the team that represents Japan in the Madrid Olympics tournament.

Description[]

Olympic Japan is known as the official selection team of Japan for the Madrid Olympics tournament. It consists of 18 squad members, 4 backup members and 1 assistant back member[1]. As they don't have any overage players, the team is essentially U-23 Japan. The captain is Tsubasa Ozora.

Uniforms[]

Home Keeper
Japan 2014 home (FIFA)
Japan 2014 gk (FIFA)

Both uniforms are a modified version of the the 2014 FIFA World Cup uniforms worn by Japan, without the three stripes and with the flag of Japan replacing the JFA emblem as per IOC rules.

  • Home: Blue shirt with blue round collar, flag of Japan on the left side of the chest, white numbers and red sleeve cuffs, blue shorts and blue socks.
  • Away: White shirt with white round collar, flag of Japan on the left side of the chest, blue numbers and red sleeve cuffs, white shorts and white socks.
  • Keeper: Silver long sleeved shirt with silver round collar, blue curves running from the collar to the shoulders, Flag of Japan on the left side of the chest and blue numbers, silver shorts and socks.

During the pre-Olympic friendlies, the uniforms featured the three stripes on the sleeves, shorts and socks.

Results[]

Practice matches[]

Golden-23[]

Olympic Japan  2-2  Greece Hiroshima Big Arch

Rising Sun[]

Olympic Japan (1st group)  7-0  Olympic New Zealand Mexico Training Ground 30 minutes
Olympic Japan (2nd group)  5-1  Olympic New Zealand Mexico Training Ground 30 minutes
Olympic Japan (3rd group)  4-1  Olympic New Zealand Mexico Training Ground 30 minutes
Olympic Mexico  0-8  Olympic Japan Estadio Azteca, Mexico
Olympic Japan members

The chosen 23

Madrid Olympics tournament[]

Group stage Olympic Japan  4-1  Olympic Netherlands Camp Nou, Barcelona
Group stage Olympic Japan  3-2  Olympic Argentina Camp Nou, Barcelona
Group stage Olympic Japan  3-0  Olympic Nigeria Mestalla, Valencia
Quarterfinals Olympic Japan  7-5  Olympic Germany Riazor, La Coruna
Semifinals Olympic Japan  7-7 (a.e.t.)
(--- p) 		 Olympic Spain Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid

Squad[]

Prior to Kids' Dream[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
GK Tatsuo Mikami
Kozo Kira

Rising Sun[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 GK Genzo Wakabayashi (22-1-1) (0-12-7)7 December (aged 21) Hamburger SV
17 GK[2] Ken Wakashimazu (22-1-1) (0-12-29)29 December (aged 21) Nagoya Grampus Eight
2[3] DF Gakuto Igawa ? (aged 21) Unattached
4 DF Ryo Ishizaki (22-1-1) (0-4-1)1 April (aged 21) Jubilo Iwata
5 DF Hiroshi Jito (22-1-1) (0-4-29)29 April (aged 21) Avispa Fukuoka
7 DF Makoto Soda (22-1-1) (0-7-10)10 July (aged 21) Gamba Osaka
14 DF Jun Misugi (22-1-1) (0-6-23)23 June (aged 21) FC Tokyo
22 DF Yuji Soga ? (aged 22) CR Vasco da Gama
8 MF Mamoru Izawa (22-1-1) (0-12-20)20 December (aged 21) Yokohama F. Marinos
10 MF Tsubasa Ozora Captain (22-1-1) (0-7-28)28 July (aged 21) FC Barcelona
11 MF Taro Misaki (22-1-1) (0-5-5)5 May (aged 21) Jubilo Iwata
12 MF Hikaru Matsuyama (22-1-1) (0-6-21)21 June (aged 21) Consadole Sapporo
15 MF Takeshi Sawada (22-1-1) (2-1-2)2 January (aged 19) Urawa Red Diamonds
16 MF Mitsuru Sano (22-1-1) (1-8-2)2 August (aged 20) Avispa Fukuoka
20 MF Shingo Aoi (22-1-1) (1-3-12)12 March (aged 20) FC Albese
9 FW Kojiro Hyuga (22-1-1) (0-8-17)17 August (aged 21) Juventus FC[4]
13 FW Kazuki Sorimachi (22-1-1) (0-7-26)26 July (aged 21) Vissel Kobe
18 FW Shun Nitta (22-1-1) (1-3-22)22 March (aged 20) Kashiwa Reysol

Stand-by players[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
21 GK Yuzo Morisaki (22-1-1) (0-3-12)12 March (aged 21) Shimizu S-Pulse
23 DF Hanji Urabe (22-1-1) (0-1-1)1 January (aged 22) Jubilo Iwata
6 FW Hajime Taki (22-1-1) (0-8-8)8 August (aged 21) Tokyo Verdy 1969
19 FW Teppei Kisugi (22-1-1) (0-5-15)15 May (aged 21) Cerezo Osaka

Assistant stand-by player[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
24 MF Kazumasa Oda (22-1-1) (0-10-4)4 October (aged 21) Consadole Sapporo

Personnel[]

See also[]

Gallery[]

Main article: Olympic Japan/Gallery

External links[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Chosen among 33 players both from J-League and overseas teams by Kira Kozo.
  2. ↑ Also registered as a forward.
  3. ↑ Used #15 in the friendly match against Greece.
  4. ↑ On loan to AC Reggiana at the time.
  5. ↑ These players were called to help in trainings after the match against Olympic Germany. They cannot play in matches, however.
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