2021 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2021 season
Chairman	Fumiaki Koizumi
Manager	Antônio Carlos Zago; (until 13 April); Naoki Soma (interim); (until 5 December)
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Quarter finals
J.League Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ayase Ueda (14 goals); All: Ayase Ueda (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	16,518 (v. Urawa Reds, J1 League, 7 November 2021)
Lowest home attendance	3,586 (v. Gamba Osaka, J1 League, 18 September 2021)
Biggest win	8–1 (v. YSCC Yokohama, Emperor's Cup, 16 June 2021)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (v. Avispa Fukuoka, J1 League, 11 September 2021)
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ChairmanFumiaki Koizumi

ManagerAntônio Carlos Zago
(until 13 April)^[1]
Naoki Soma (interim)
(until 5 December)^[2]

StadiumKashima Soccer Stadium

J1 League4th

The 2021 season was Kashima Antlers' 29th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2021 J1 League in fourth place, one place above their position from the previous season.^[7] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup and reached the quarter-finals of both competitions.

After a poor start to the season losing four of their first six league games, manager Antônio Carlos Zago was dismissed in April 2021 and was replaced by Naoki Soma as interim manager who would take control until the end of the season.

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Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Kwoun Sun-tae	GK	(1984-09-11)11 September 1984 (aged 36)
29	Tomoki Hayakawa	GK	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 21)
31	Yuya Oki	GK	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 21)
38	Taiki Yamada	GK	(2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 19)
Defenders
2	Koki Anzai	RB / LB	(1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 25)
14	Katsuya Nagato	LB	(1995-01-15)15 January 1995 (aged 26)
22	Rikuto Hirose	RB	(1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 25)
23	Naoki Hayashi	CB	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 22)
28	Koki Machida	CB	(1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 23)
32	Keigo Tsunemoto	RB / CB	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 22)
33	Ikuma Sekigawa	CB	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 20)
39	Tomoya Inukai	CB	(1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 27)
Midfielders
4	Léo Silva	DM	(1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 35)
6	Ryota Nagaki	DM	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 32)
7	Juan Alano	RM / AM / SS	(1996-09-02)2 September 1996 (aged 24)
11	Ryuji Izumi	LM / RW	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 27)
17	Arthur Caíke	LW / FW	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 28)
20	Kento Misao (c)	DM	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 24)
21	Diego Pituca	CM	(1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 28)
24	Yusuke Ogawa	DM / CM	(2002-04-14)14 April 2002 (aged 18)
25	Yasushi Endo	RM / RW	(1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 32)
26	Naoki Suto	LM / RM	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 18)
27	Yuta Matsumura	RM / LM	(2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 19)
34	Yu Funabashi	DM	(2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 18)
Forwards
8	Shoma Doi	SS / LW / RW	(1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 28)
9	Everaldo	FW	(1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 29)
13	Ryotaro Araki	FW / LW / RW	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 19)
18	Ayase Ueda	FW	(1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 22)
19	Itsuki Someno	FW	(2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 19)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
12 January 2021	MF	Arthur Caíke	Al-Shabab	Full	^[8]
15 January 2021	MF	Diego Pituca	Santos FC	Full	^[9]
1 February 2021	MF	Yusuke Ogawa	Shohei High School	Full	^[10]
1 February 2021	MF	Naoki Suto	Shohei High School	Full	^[11]
17 February 2021	DF	Keigo Tsunemoto	Meiji University	Full	^[12]
17 February 2021	GK	Tomoki Hayakawa	Meiji University	Full	^[13]
17 February 2021	DF	Naoki Hayashi	Osaka University of H&SS	Full	^[14]
19 July 2021	DF	Koki Anzai	Portimonense	Full	^[15]
24 July 2021	DF	Bueno	Atlético Mineiro	Return from loan	^[16]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
23 December 2020	DF	Shuto Yamamoto	Shonan Bellmare	Full	^[17]
24 December 2020	GK	Hitoshi Sogahata		Retired	^[18]
28 December 2020	DF	Itsuki Oda	JEF United Chiba	Loan	^[19]
29 December 2020	DF	Yukitoshi Ito	JEF United Chiba	Full	^[20]
5 January 2021	FW	Leandro	FC Tokyo	Full	^[21]
13 January 2021	FW	Kazuma Yamaguchi	Matsumoto Yamaga	Full	^[22]
15 January 2021	FW	Sho Ito	Yokohama FC	Full	^[23]
18 January 2021	DF	Tatsuki Nara	Avispa Fukuoka	Loan	^[24]
1 February 2021	MF	Shintaro Nago	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	^[25]
10 August 2021	DF	Daiki Sugioka	Shonan Bellmare	Loan	^[26]
10 August 2021	MF	Kei Koizumi	Sagan Tosu	Full	^[27]
11 August 2021	MF	Ryōhei Shirasaki	Sagan Tosu	Loan	^[28]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	38	24	7	7	82	35	+47	79	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
3	Vissel Kobe	38	21	10	7	62	36	+26	73	Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Kashima Antlers	38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69
5	Nagoya Grampus	38	19	9	10	44	30	+14	66
6	Urawa Red Diamonds	38	18	9	11	45	38	+7	63^[a]	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage^[b]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69	10	4	5	32	20	+12	11	2	6	30	16	+14

2021 Kashima Antlers season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Competitions

J1 League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Group stage

Play-off stage

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

References

Related Articles

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69	10	4	5	32	20	+12	11	2	6	30	16	+14

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	17	13	11	14	15	16	14	15	12	13	10	9	7	6	7	6	8	8	9	7	8	6	5	3	6	5	3	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	4	4

27 February 2021 1	Kashima Antlers	1–3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
15:03 JST	Araki 75'	Report	Thiago Santana 78' Goto 83' Ueda 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,312 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

10 March 2021 2	Kashima Antlers	3–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kashima
19:03 JST	Araki 3', 60' Hirose 53' Machida 89'	Report	Ohno 73' Okamoto 86'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,546 Referee: Ryuji Sato
Note: Gameweek 3

13 March 2021 3	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
16:03 JST	Silva 25' Araki 75' Sugioka 90+4'	Report	Asano 30'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Note: Gameweek 4

17 March 2021 4	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
18:03 JST	Shigehiro 60' Kanamori 85' Mae 88'	Report	Sekigawa 37' Hirose 56' Machida 61' Nagato 71' Matsumura 90+6'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 4,510 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: Gameweek 5

21 March 2021 5	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
16:03 JST	Koizumi 56' Araki 63' Inukai 66' 82' Machida 90+2' Everaldo 90+5'	Report	Inagaki 59' Yonemoto 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,809 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Note: Gameweek 6

3 April 2021 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
15:04 JST	Yamanaka 19' Akimoto 37' Makino 66' (pen.)	Report	Ueda 39' Sekigawa 45+2' Tsunemoto 63' Funabashi 90+4'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 9,975 Referee: Yusuke Araki
Note: Gameweek 7

7 April 2021 7	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Kashima
19:01 JST	Everaldo 33' Ueda 63' Shirasaki 88' Misao 90+4'	Report	Ominami 13' Nakama 49' 65'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,550 Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Note: Gameweek 8

11 April 2021 8	Consadole Sapporo	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
13:08 JST	Tanaka 26'	Report	Nagato 9' Ueda 20' Misao 79'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 10,342 Referee: Hayato Shimizu
Note: Gameweek 9. Zago's last game in charge

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69	10	4	5	32	20	+12	11	2	6	30	16	+14

17 April 2021 9	Tokushima Vortis	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Tokushima
14:03 JST	Iwao 45+3'	Report	Machida 31' Silva 87'	Stadium: Pocari Sweat Stadium Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
Note: Gameweek 10

24 April 2021 10	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Kashima
17:03 JST	Ueda 64'	Report	Furuhashi 28'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,223 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Note: Gameweek 11

1 May 2021 11	Yokohama FC	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Yokohama
19:03 JST	Maejima 71'	Report	Shirasaki 12' Doi 45+2' Machida 80'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 4,896 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
Note: Gameweek 12

9 May 2021 12	Kashima Antlers	3–0	FC Tokyo	Kashima
17:01 JST	Machida 22' Matsumura 45' Ueda 87'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,346 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Note: Gameweek 13

12 May 2021 13	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
19:03 JST	Nakatani 90+3'	Report	Inukai 32' Sugioka 86'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,844 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Note: Gameweek 21

15 May 2021 14	Kashima Antlers	5–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima
15:03 JST	Doi 40', 46', 53' (pen.) Tsunemoto 43' 86' Araki 55' Ueda 77'	Report	Onaiwu 25', 74' Ohgihara 29' Élber 41' Amano 90'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,630 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

22 May 2021 15	Sagan Tosu	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
14:03 JST	Eduardo 41' Yamashita 50' Higuchi 79' Hwang 87'	Report	Matsumura 14'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 7,079 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

26 May 2021 16	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST	Inukai 31' Araki 72'	Report	Maruhashi 50'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,977 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

30 May 2021 17	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:01 JST	Damião 19' Jesiel 41' Kobayashi 90+4'	Report	Ueda 61' Nagato 90+2'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,958 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69	10	4	5	32	20	+12	11	2	6	30	16	+14

20 June 2021 18	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kashima
17:03 JST	Pituca 65' Inukai 84' Alano 90+7'	Report	Nishimura 63' Stojišić 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,312 Referee: Koei Koya

23 June 2021 19	Oita Trinita	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Ōita
19:03 JST		Report	Machida 33'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 4,208 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

27 June 2021 20	Kashima Antlers	4–0	Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
18:33 JST	Inukai 10' Pituca 48' Tsunemoto 63' Everaldo 68'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

11 July 2021 21	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa
19:03 JST	Richardson 16' Raúl 45+1' 57' Cristiano 53'	Report	Misao 56' Inukai 65' 89' Everaldo 83'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 3,854 Referee: Yusuke Araki
Note: Gameweek 22

24 July 2021 22	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Suita
19:03 JST	Yajima 37'	Report	Arthur 72'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 4,961 Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Note: Gameweek 2

9 August 2021 23	Shonan Bellmare	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Hiratsuka
19:03 JST	Ohashi 13'	Report	Inukai 29', 90+2' Silva 67' Nagato 89'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 4,473 Referee: Takuto Okabe

15 August 2021 24	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Tokushima Vortis	Kashima
18:33 JST	Araki 5', 80' Machida 90'	Report	Dušan 3' Suzuki 59'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,139 Referee: Ryuji Sato

21 August 2021 25	Vissel Kobe	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
18:03 JST	Yamaguchi 79'	Report	Pituca 43' Inukai 80'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 6,426 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

25 August 2021 26	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–4	Kashima Antlers	Shizuoka
19:03 JST	Ibusuki 68' Fujimoto 72'	Report	Ueda 18' Arthur 44' Izumi 81' Endo 88'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 4,356 Referee: Jumpei Iida