Club: | Kashima Antlers |
Season: | 2023 |
Chairman: | Fumiaki Koizumi |
Manager: | Daiki Iwamasa |
Stadium: | Kashima Soccer Stadium |
League: | J1 League |
League Result: | 5th |
Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Third round |
Cup2: | J.League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
League Topscorer: | Yuma Suzuki (14 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Yuma Suzuki (14 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 56,020 v Nagoya Grampus 14 May 2023 (J1 League) |
Lowest Attendance: | 3,837 v Honda FC 7 June 2023 (Emperor's Cup) |
Average Attendance: | 22,031[1] |
Largest Win: | 4–0 v Gamba Osaka (Home) 29 April 2023 (J1 League) |
Largest Loss: | 1–5 v Vissel Kobe (Away) 15 April 2023 (J1 League) |
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Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 season was Kashima Antlers' 31st consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2023 J1 League in fifth place, one place lower than the previous season.[2] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they were knocked out in the third round and the J.League Cup where they reached the quarter-finals.
Squad no. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age at start of season) | |||||||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | Kwoun Sun-tae | GK | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
29 | Tomoki Hayakawa | GK | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
31 | Yuya Oki | GK | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
38 | Park Eui-jeong | GK | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | Koki Anzai | RB / LB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
3 | Gen Shoji | CB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
5 | Ikuma Sekigawa | CB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
16 | Hidehiro Sugai | LB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
22 | Rikuto Hirose | RB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
28 | Shuhei Mizoguchi | LB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
39 | Keisuke Tsukui | DF | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
55 | Naomichi Ueda | CB | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||
8 | Shoma Doi (c) | SS / LW / RW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
10 | Ryotaro Araki | AM / FW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
14 | Yuta Higuchi | RM / CM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
15 | Tomoya Fujii | LM / RM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
17 | Arthur Caíke | LW / FW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
20 | Gaku Shibasaki | CM / DM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
21 | Diego Pituca | CM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
24 | Yusuke Ogawa | DM / CM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
25 | Kaishu Sano | DM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
26 | Naoki Sutoh | LM / RM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
27 | Yuta Matsumura | RM / LM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
30 | Shintaro Nago | CM / AM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
33 | Hayato Nakama | LM / AM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
34 | Yu Funabashi | DM | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||
13 | Kei Chinen | FW / RW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
19 | Blessing Eleke | FW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
36 | Shu Morooka | FW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
37 | Yuki Kakita | FW | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||
40 | Yuma Suzuki | FW | February 19, 2023 |
Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 September 2022 | Shohei High School | Full | [3] | ||
17 November 2022 | Tokyo International University | Full | [4] | ||
25 November 2022 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Full | [5] | ||
26 November 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | Full | [6] | ||
30 November 2022 | Nîmes | Full | [7] | ||
7 December 2022 | Hanyang Technical High School | Full | [8] | ||
8 December 2022 | Gamba Osaka | Full | [9] | ||
21 December 2022 | Machida Zelvia | Full | [10] | ||
25 July 2023 | Ventforet Kofu | Full | [11] | ||
1 September 2023 | Free agent | [12] | |||
Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Source | |
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30 November 2022 | Shonan Bellmare | Full | [13] | |||
7 December 2022 | Fagiano Okayama | Loan | [14] | |||
8 December 2022 | Nagoya Grampus | Full | [15] | |||
12 December 2022 | Santa Clara | Full | [16] | |||
13 December 2022 | Iwaki FC | Loan | [17] | |||
21 December 2022 | Released | [18] | ||||
22 December 2022 | Tokyo Verdy | Loan | [19] | |||
28 December 2022 | EC Bahia | Full | [20] | |||
26 January 2023 | Avispa Fukuoka | Full | [21] | |||
29 March 2023 | Union SG | Full | [22] | |||
3 July 2023 | Shonan Bellmare | Loan | [23] | |||
4 July 2023 | Tokyo Verdy | Loan | [24] | |||
15 July 2023 | Servette FC | Full | [25] | |||
15 August 2023 | Ventforet Kofu | Loan | [26] |
See main article: 2023 J1 League.
The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.[27]
See main article: 2023 Emperor's Cup. As a J1 club, Kashima entered the competition at the second round.
See main article: 2023 J.League Cup.
Nagoya Grampus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Squad players with no appearances throughout the season are not listed.
No. | Pos. | Name | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
29 | GK | Tomoki Hayakawa | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
31 | GK | Yuya Oki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Defenders | ||||||||||
2 | DF | Koki Anzai | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
3 | DF | Gen Shoji | 4+17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
5 | DF | Ikuma Sekigawa | 30 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
16 | DF | Hidehiro Sugai | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
22 | DF | Rikuto Hirose | 20+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
28 | DF | Shuhei Mizoguchi | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
55 | DF | Naomichi Ueda | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
8 | MF | Shoma Doi | 7+17 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
10 | MF | Ryotaro Araki | 3+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
14 | MF | Yuta Higuchi | 31+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
16 | MF | Tomoya Fujii | 9+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
17 | MF | Arthur Caíke | 0+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 18 | 5 |
20 | MF | Gaku Shibasaki | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
21 | MF | Diego Pituca | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
25 | MF | Kaishu Sano | 23+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
27 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | 5+15 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
30 | MF | Shintaro Nago | 9+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
33 | MF | Hayato Nakama | 20+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 35 | 3 |
34 | MF | Yu Funabashi | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Forwards | ||||||||||
13 | FW | Kei Chinen | 11+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
19 | FW | Blessing Eleke | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | FW | Shu Morooka | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
37 | FW | Yuki Kakita | 19+10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
40 | FW | Yuma Suzuki | 33 | 14 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 41 | 14 |
Players loaned or transferred out during the season | ||||||||||
20 | DF | Kim Min-tae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
32 | DF | Keigo Tsunemoto | 9+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
35 | MF | Ryotaro Nakamura | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
18 | FW | Itsuki Someno | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
width=10 | width=10 | width=10 | width=180 | Player | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Total | ||||||
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1 | FW | 40 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
2 | FW | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
MF | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
FW | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
5 | MF | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
6 | MF | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
MF | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
MF | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
9 | DF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
FW | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
FW | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
DF | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
13 | MF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
MF | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
DF | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTAL | 43 | 4 | 8 | 55 |
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
width=10 | width=10 | width=200 | Player | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Total | |||||
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1 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
TOTALS | 15 | 1 | 3 | 19 |