All 34 Teams: 22 Nations, 6 Clubs, 5 High Schools and Real Japan 7

The 22 national teams

Every team below links to its players on the roster page and to Bandai Namco’s own page for the team. “Players listed” counts the named characters on that official page — not the eleven who walk out onto the pitch, which always includes unnamed squad players. “Story mode” is where Bandai Namco has placed the team on Tsubasa’s route; the teams without an entry have not been placed by an official source.

Eleven nations return from Rise of New Champions; the other eleven are the sequel’s expansion. That expansion is where the box’s “previously unseen teams from the manga and original teams” lives: Thailand, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and China are Tsubasa’s Asian qualifying opponents, and the other seven are Cameroon, Mexico, Sweden, Indonesia, Spain, South Korea and Canada.

Club teams

Five of the six clubs are Brazilian; Stuttgart Youth is the German exception, fielding South Korea’s Lee Yong-un and Cameroon’s Raymond Chandler. The senior São Paulo side lists a single player, Tsubasa himself.

High-school teams

The five Japanese schools replace the middle schools of the previous game. Nankatsu High is the deepest at twelve named players; Toho Academy has Hyuga, Wakashimazu, Sorimachi and Sawada.

Real Japan 7

Bandai Namco describes it as “a special team called Real Japan which appeared in the original Captain Tsubasa manga”. It fields Ryoma Hino and Hanji Urabe alongside five players who appear nowhere else in the game, all marked as new on the official site.

Which teams you can pick at the start

Not all 34. Bandai Namco’s own wording for the German, French and Argentine Junior Youth kits in the Ultimate set is “unlocked through story progression”, and the same is true of the national teams they belong to: the world’s sides open up as Tsubasa’s story reaches them. The unlock guide covers what is available from the first menu and what the story hands you.

Team FAQ

Is Thailand in Captain Tsubasa 2?

Yes. Thailand is one of Tsubasa’s Asian qualifying opponents, captained by the former Muay Thai fighter Singprasert Bunnaak and built around the three Konsawatt brothers up front.

Can I build my own team from players across nations?

Not in the game: you can create one custom player and put them into an existing team, but there is no cross-team squad builder, online or offline. Our team builder does it outside the game, and the verdict page explains why the missing mode is the launch-week argument.

How many teams did Rise of New Champions have?

Eleven national teams on its official site: Japan plus Germany, USA, Senegal, the Netherlands, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Uruguay and Brazil. All eleven return here, and the sequel doubles the count.

Which team is the Real Japan 7?

A special team from the original manga. Every one of its seven entries carries Bandai Namco’s “New” badge on the official site, and five of its members appear for no other team.