On Thursday 1 October, coach MORIYASU Hajime of the SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) announced the team squad for their Netherlands tour, scheduled to take place from Monday 5 October. With the team being assembled for the first time in nearly a year, the coach shared his aspiration to “Unity the players’ purpose and bring harmony between the veterans and the youngsters.”

25 players were named into the squad. In consideration of the voluntary isolation period set for COVID-19 prevention, players from Japan were not selected into this squad, as the entire team was formed, for the first time in Japan National Team history, by players belonging to European clubs.


International Friendly Match
Fri. 9 October 2020 14:00 (21:00 Japan time) vs Cameroon National Team
Tue. 13 October 2020 16:45 (23:45 Japan time) vs Cote d'Ivoire National Team
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Staff
Coach: MORIYASU Hajime (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: YOKOUCHI Akinobu (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: SAITO Toshihide (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: KURIHARA Katsushi (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Physical Coach: MATSUMOTO Ryoichi (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: SHIMODA Takashi (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)

Squad
GK
KAWASHIMA Eiji (RC Strasbourg/France)
GONDA Shuichi (Portimonense S.C./Portugal)
SCHMIDT Daniel (Sint-Truidense V.V./Belgium)

DF
NAGATOMO Yuto (Olympique de Marseille/France)
YOSHIDA Maya (U.C. Sampdoria/Italy)
SAKAI Hiroki (Olympique de Marseille/France)
MUROYA Sei (Hannover 96/Germany)
UEDA Naomichi (Cercle Brugge K.S.V./Belgium)
ANZAI Koki (Portimonense S.C./Portugal)
ITAKURA Kou (FC Groningen/Netherlands)
TOMIYASU Takehiro (Bologna FC 1909/Italy)
SUGAWARA Yukinari (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands)*

MF
HARAGUCHI Genki (Hannover 96/Germany)
SHIBASAKI Gaku (CD Leganes/Spain)
ENDO Wataru (VfB Stuttgart/Germany)
ITO Junya (KRC Genk/Belgium)
MINAMINO Takumi (Liverpool FC/England)
KAMADA Daichi (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany)
NAKAYAMA Yuta (PEC Zwolle/Netherlands)
MIYOSHI Koji (Royal Antwerp FC/Belgium)
DOAN Ritsu (DSC Arminia Bielefeld/Germany)
KUBO Takefusa (Villarreal CF/Spain)

FW
OKAZAKI Shinji (SD Huesca/Spain)
OSAKO Yuya (Werder Bremen/Germany)
SUZUKI Musashi (Beerschot AC/Belgium)

*First time selection into the SAMURAI BLUE

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