2020 Kawasaki Frontale season

Kawasaki Frontale
2020 season
Chairman	Yoshihiro Warashina
Manager	Toru Oniki
Stadium	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 League	1st (3rd title)
Emperor's Cup	Winners
J. League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Yu Kobayashi (14); All: Yu Kobayashi (18)
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanYoshihiro Warashina

ManagerToru Oniki

StadiumKawasaki Todoroki Stadium

J1 League1st (3rd title)

The 2020 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 16th consecutive season in the J1 League, which they won for their third league title in four seasons. They also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup, the latter of which they were defending champions.

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
8 Oct 2020	GK	Lee Kyung-tae	Fagiano Okayama	Loan	^[2]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Miki Yamane	Shonan Bellmare	Full	^[2]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Diogo Mateus	Ferroviária	Loan	^[3]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	Tsukuba University	Full	^[4]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Kaito Kamiya	Tokai Gakuen University	Full	^[5]
1 Feb 2020	GK	Kenta Tanno	Cerezo Osaka	Full	^[6]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Zain Issaka	Toin University	Full	^[7]
11 Jun 2020	MF	Kento Tachibanada	Toin University	Dual registration	^[8]
1 Feb 2020	GK	Eisuke Fujishima	Renofa Yamaguchi	Full	^[9]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Reo Hatate	Juntendo University	Full	^[10]
1 Feb 2020	GK	Hiroki Mawatari	Ehime FC	Full	^[11]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jesiel	Atlético Mineiro	Full	^[12]
1 Feb 2020	FW	Ten Miyagi	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[13]
1 Feb 2020	FW	Daiya Tono	Honda FC	Full	^[14]
1 Feb 2020	GK	William Popp	Oita Trinita	Return from loan	^{[citation needed]}
1 Feb 2020	FW	Shuhei Akasaki	Nagoya Grampus	Return from loan	^{[citation needed]}
1 Feb 2020	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Gamba Osaka	Return from loan	^{[citation needed]}
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jefferson Tabinas	FC Gifu	Return from loan	^{[citation needed]}
1 Feb 2020	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	Renofa Yamaguchi	Return from loan	^[15]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
28 Sep 2020	GK	Eisuke Fujishima	Montedio Yamagata	Full	^[16]
6 Apr 2020	MF	Koji Miyoshi	Royal Antwerp	Full	^[17]
1 Feb 2020	FW	Shuhei Akasaki	Vegalta Sendai	Full	^[18]
1 Feb 2020	GK	Shota Arai	JEF United Chiba	Full	^[19]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Tatsuki Nara	Kashima Antlers	Full	^[20]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Hiroyuki Abe	Nagoya Grampus	Full	^[21]
1 Feb 2020	FW	Kei Chinen	Oita Trinita	Loan	^[22]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Kazuaki Mawatari	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	^[23]
21 Mar 2020	GK	Hiroki Mawatari	Fagiano Okayama	Full	^[24]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jefferson Tabinas	Gamba Osaka	Loan	^[25]
1 Feb 2020	GK	William Popp	Fagiano Okayama	Loan	^[26]
1 Feb 2020	DF	Maguinho	Yokohama FC	Loan	^[27]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Daiya Tono	Avispa Fukuoka	Loan	^[14]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Loan	^[28]
1 Feb 2020	FW	Ten Miyagi	Kataller Toyama	Loan	^[29]
1 Feb 2020	MF	Caio César	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan extension	^[30]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Gamba Osaka	34	20	5	9	46	42	+4	65
3	Nagoya Grampus	34	19	6	9	45	28	+17	63
4	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	6	10	46	37	+9	60	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round^[a]
5	Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	55	44	+11	59

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	15	1	1	48	15	+33	11	4	2	40	16	+24

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Position	11	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

2020 Kawasaki Frontale season

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	15	1	1	48	15	+33	11	4	2	40	16	+24

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 1	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
15:03 JST		Report	Tiago Alves 80' Riki Harakawa 83'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 15,535 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:03 JST	Taniguchi 2' Hasegawa 30' Ienaga 43' Yamane 81'	Report	Uchida 17' Own goal 32' Machida 76' Nagaki 87'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jumpei Iida

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3	FC Tokyo	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Chōfu, Tokyo
19:33 JST		Report	Oshima 17' Damião 23' Hasegawa 28', 45' Tanaka 56'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 4	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Wakizaka 31' Ienaga 40', 42' Kurumaya 44' Damião 52' Morita 89'	Report	Goya 56' Someya 61' Segawa 90+4'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Masuya Ueda

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5	Yokohama FC	1–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
18:00 JST	Tashiro 59'	Report	Wakizaka 28' Kobayashi 75', 83' Ienaga 78' Tanibuchi 90+6'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 2,733 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6	Vegalta Sendai	2–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai
19:30 JST	Nagasawa 30' Michibuchi 38'	Report	Kobayashi 58', 68' Yamane 59'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Yamane 61' Mitoma 78' Tanaka 88'	Report	Elyounoussi 57'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 8	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
19:00 JST		Report	Oshima 48'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) 9	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Mitoma 5' Damião 24'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,735 Referee: Yusuke Araki

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 10	Consadole Sapporo	1–6	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
14:00 JST	Bothroyd 79'	Report	Kurumaya 35' Mitoma 50', 63' Damião 55' Kobayashi 87', 90+5'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) 24	Vissel Kobe	2–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Nishi 30' Douglas 42'	Report	Oshima 23' Hatate 75'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 17	Urawa Reds	0–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama, Saitama
19:00 JST		Report	Yamane 37' Kobayashi 50' Damião 90+2'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Ryuji Sato

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 26	Kawasaki Frontale	0–2	Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
14:00 JST		Report	Lopes 62' Arano 65'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,165 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	15	1	1	48	15	+33	11	4	2	40	16	+24

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) 11	Kawasaki Frontale	5–2	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Wakizaka 21' Ienaga 42' Kobayashi 53' Mitoma 75' Damião 77'	Report	Mendes 7' Seko 58'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Takuto Okabe

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 12	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
18:00 JST	Kanazaki 44'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,968 Referee: Ryuji Sato

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 13	Kawasaki Frontale	5–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Hatate 21' 74' Damião 51' Nakamura 85' Mitoma 87'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,798 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 14	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
18:00 JST	Marcos Júnior 2'	Report	Mitoma 33' 50' Ienaga 48'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 4,971 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

9 September 2020 (2020-09-09) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:30 JST	Kobayashi 8' Damião 83' Miyashiro 85'	Report	Furuhashi 23' Fujimoto 59'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,778 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) 16	Kawasaki Frontale	5–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:30 JST	Tanaka 14' 51' Damião 47' Yamamura 50' Kobayashi 88'	Report	Asano 90'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,770 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 18	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Yokohama FC	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Tanaka 22' Hatate 46' 67'	Report	Kobayashi 48' Sato 74'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Yusuke Araki

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 19	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
19:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi 18'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 4,189 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 20	Cerezo Osaka	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Osaka
15:00 JST	Okuno 62'	Report	Seko 37' (o.g.) Damião 83' Mitoma 84'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 11,842 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	15	1	1	48	15	+33	11	4	2	40	16	+24

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 21	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:00 JST	Kobayashi 41'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 8,263 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 22	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
19:00 JST		Report	Damião 56' Mitoma 90+5'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Ryuji Sato

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 23	Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Mitoma 44' Jesiel 57' 65'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 10,161 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 25	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	FC Tokyo	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:00 JST	Ienaga 24' (pen.) Nakamura 74'	Report	Diego Oliveira 57'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 27	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima, Ibaraki
17:00 JST	Everaldo 75'	Report	Wakizaka 18'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 13,463 Referee: Ryuji Sato

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 30	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Mitoma 53' Jesiel 90' Kobayashi 90+5'	Report	Hatanaka 59'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,099 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 28	Oita Trinita	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Oita, Oita
18:00 JST	Nomura 36'	Report		Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 29	Kawasaki Frontale	5–0	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:30 JST	Damião 22' Ienaga 45' 49' 73' Saito 90'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,360 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 31	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Shizuoka, Shizuoka
14:00 JST	Carlinhos Júnior 11' Renato Augusto 40'	Report	Tanaka 21' Yamane 89'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima