2022 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2022 season
Chairman	Fumiaki Koizumi
Manager	René Weiler; (until 7 August); Daiki Iwamasa; (from 8 August)
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Semi finals
J.League Cup	Play-off stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ayase Ueda (10 goals); All: Ayase Ueda (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,144 (v. Urawa Reds, J1 League, 21 May 2022)
Lowest home attendance	2,670 (v. Niigata University HWSC, Emperor's Cup, 1 June 2022)
Average home league attendance	16,160
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanFumiaki Koizumi

ManagerRené Weiler
(until 7 August)^[1]
Daiki Iwamasa
(from 8 August)^[2]

StadiumKashima Soccer Stadium

J1 League4th

The 2022 season was Kashima Antlers' 30th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2022 J1 League in fourth place, exactly the same position as the previous season.^[6] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they reached the semi-finals and the J.League Cup where they were knocked out at the play-off stage.

Kashima started the league season strongly winning six of their first seven games and were in first position for a number of weeks before the end of May. Forward Ayase Ueda was in fine form and won the first J.League Monthly MVP award of the season.^[7] From May onwards, the performances started to detioriate and wins became hard to come by. Following the departure of top-scorer Ueda to Cercle Brugge at the start of July, scoring goals also became difficult and by August following two consecutive defeats, Kashima decided to part ways with manager René Weiler after only a few months in the post. Daiki Iwamasa took over as manager and in spite of only winning two of his ten league games in charge, led Kashima to a fourth-place finish.

Kashima had a good run in the Emperor's Cup, but would have hoped to have been finalists following defeat at the semi-final stage by J2 League club and eventual winners Ventforet Kofu. Yuma Suzuki was their top scorer in the competition with two goals.

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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 37)
29	Tomoki Hayakawa	GK	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 22)
31	Yuya Oki	GK	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 22)
38	Taiki Yamada	GK	(2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 20)
Defenders
2	Koki Anzai	RB / LB	(1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 26)
5	Ikuma Sekigawa	CB	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 21)
15	Bueno	CB	(1995-08-24)24 August 1995 (aged 26)
16	Itsuki Oda	RB	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 23)
20	Kim Min-tae	CB	(1993-11-26)26 November 1993 (aged 28)
22	Rikuto Hirose	RB	(1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 26)
23	Naoki Hayashi	CB	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 23)
28	Shuhei Mizoguchi	LB	(2004-02-13)13 February 2004 (aged 18)
32	Keigo Tsunemoto	RB / CB	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 23)
Midfielders
6	Kento Misao	DM / CB	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 25)
10	Ryotaro Araki	AM / FW	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 20)
11	Ryuji Izumi	LM / RW	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 28)
14	Yuta Higuchi	RM / CM	(1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 25)
17	Arthur Caíke	LW / FW	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 29)
21	Diego Pituca	CM	(1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 29)
24	Yusuke Ogawa	DM / CM	(2002-04-14)14 April 2002 (aged 19)
27	Yuta Matsumura	RM / LM	(2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 20)
30	Shintaro Nago	CM / AM	(1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 25)
33	Hayato Nakama	LM / AM	(1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 29)
34	Yu Funabashi	DM	(2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 19)
35	Ryotaro Nakamura	DM	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 24)
Forwards
8	Shoma Doi (c)	SS / LW / RW	(1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 29)
9	Everaldo	FW	(1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 30)
19	Blessing Eleke	FW	(1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 25)
40	Yuma Suzuki	FW	(1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 25)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
17 December 2021	DF	Itsuki Oda	JEF United Chiba	Return from loan	^[8]
18 December 2021	MF	Hayato Nakama	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	^[9]
24 December 2021	DF	Kim Min-tae	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Full	^[10]
25 December 2021	MF	Yuta Higuchi	Sagan Tosu	Full	^[11]
28 December 2021	MF	Ryotaro Nakamura	Ventforet Kofu	Full	^[12]
28 December 2021	MF	Shintaro Nago	Shonan Bellmare	Return from loan	^[13]
3 January 2022	FW	Yuma Suzuki	Sint-Truiden	Full	^[14]
1 August 2022	FW	Blessing Eleke	Beerschot	Full	^[15]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
14 December 2021	MF	Kotaro Arima	Iwaki FC	Full	^[16]
17 December 2021	DF	Tatsuki Nara	Avispa Fukuoka	Full	^[17]
17 December 2021	DF	Katsuya Nagato	Yokohama F. Marinos	Full	^[18]
18 December 2021	MF	Léo Silva	Nagoya Grampus	Full	^[19]
22 December 2021	MF	Ryota Nagaki	Shonan Bellmare	Full	^[20]
25 December 2021	MF	Yasushi Endo	Vegalta Sendai	Full	^[21]
25 December 2021	DF	Tomoya Inukai	Urawa Red Diamonds	Full	^[22]
27 December 2021	MF	Ryōhei Shirasaki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Full	^[23]
27 December 2021	DF	Shogo Sasaki	JEF United Chiba	Full	^[24]
1 January 2022	DF	Koki Machida	Union SG	Loan	^[25]
1 February 2022	FW	Yuki Kakita	Sagan Tosu	Loan	^[26]
1 February 2022	MF	Naoki Suto	Zweigen Kanazawa	Loan	^[27]
1 July 2022	FW	Ayase Ueda	Cercle Brugge	Full	^[28]
17 July 2022	FW	Itsuki Someno	Tokyo Verdy	Loan	^[29]
31 July 2022	MF	Juan Alano	Gamba Osaka	Full	^[30]

13 February 2022	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Mito Hollyhock	Kashima
14:03 JST		Report	Kinoshita 53'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,374 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	18 February 2022 (2022-2-18)	5 November 2022 (2022-11-5)	Matchday 1	4th	34	13	13	8	47	42	+5	038.24
J.League Cup	2 March 2022 (2022-3-2)	11 June 2022 (2022-6-11)	Group stage	Play-off stage	8	5	1	2	18	9	+9	062.50
Emperor's Cup	1 June 2022 (2022-6-1)	5 October 2022 (2022-10-5)	Second round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	8	2	+6	080.00
Total					47	22	14	11	73	53	+20	046.81

2022 Kashima Antlers season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

J1 League

Results by matchday

Results

J.League Cup

Group stage

Play-off stage

Emperor's Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Assists

Clean sheets

References

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2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	6	8	65	42	+23	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	52	41	+11	55
4	Kashima Antlers	34	13	13	8	47	42	+5	52
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	13	12	9	46	40	+6	51
6	FC Tokyo	34	14	7	13	46	43	+3	49

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Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
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Position	1	7	4	4	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4

19 February 2022 1	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Suita
14:03 JST	Onose 26' Patric 37'	Report	Ueda 20', 66' Suzuki 30'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Yusuke Araki

26 February 2022 2	Kashima Antlers	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
15:03 JST		Report	Chinen 2' Sasaki 17'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 27,234 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 March 2022 3	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Kashima
15:03 JST	Pituca 14' Kwoun 54' Araki 65'	Report	Hosoya 11' Ominami 78' Toshima 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,774 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

11 March 2022 4	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
19:03 JST	Samper 90+7'	Report	Misao 7' Doi 26' Suzuki 41' 54' Higuchi 46' Pituca 52'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 14,189 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

19 March 2022 5	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kashima
15:03 JST	Ueda 49' Araki 53' Alano 64'	Report	Segawa 16' Tanaka 39'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Jumpei Iida

2 April 2022 6	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
16:03 JST	Pituca 56' 64' Suzuki 78' Ueda 90+3' Araki 90+8'	Report	Kololli 56' 70'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

6 April 2022 7	Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
19:03 JST	Juanma 45+1'	Report	Suzuki 33' Alano 47' Ueda 71'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

10 April 2022 8	Kashima Antlers	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima
15:03 JST		Report	Lopes 82' Nishimura 89' Misao 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 17,646 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

26 June 2022 18	Nagoya Grampus	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:03 JST	Morishita 38' Mateus 52' (pen.)	Report	Nakama 33' Hirose 36' Misao 45+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 18,232 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

10 September 2022 29	Kyoto Sanga	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Kameoka
19:03 JST	Yamasaki 20' Sato 38' Takeda 90'	Report	Araki 40' Pituca 76'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 12,946 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

17 April 2022 9	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
15:03 JST	Caíke 34' Misao 53' Suzuki 66'	Report	Uchida 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,410 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

29 April 2022 10	Cerezo Osaka	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
16:03 JST	Matsuda 48'	Report	Suzuki 6' Matsumura 14' Higuchi 74' Caíke 90+1'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 9,883 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

3 May 2022 11	Kashima Antlers	3−1	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
15:03 JST	Caíke 29' Ueda 35', 78'	Report	González 71' Graça 85'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 26,493 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

7 May 2022 12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
14:03 JST	Kashiwa 38', 79' Notsuda 41' Mitsuta 63' Santos 65'	Report	Hirose 69'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Takuto Okabe

14 May 2022 13	Kashima Antlers	4–1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
15:03 JST	Ueda 6' Suzuki 30' (pen.), 45+1' Caíke 48'	Report	Miyazawa 9' Sugeno 25' Fernandes 55' Suga 69'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,438 Referee: Yusuke Araki

21 May 2022 14	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
17:03 JST	Scholz 44' (pen.)	Report	Caíke 6'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,144 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

25 May 2022 15	Kashima Antlers	4–4	Sagan Tosu	Kashima
19:03 JST	Higuchi 52' Ueda 68' Doi 90+2' Someno 90+4'	Report	Tashiro 31', 90+7' Miyashiro 38' Koizumi 49'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,878 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

29 May 2022 16	FC Tokyo	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Chōfu
15:03 JST	Watanabe 33', 42' Oliveira 52' (pen.)	Report	Bueno 50' Ueda 54' Izumi 63' Misao 67' Suzuki 90+3'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 28,436 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

18 June 2022 17	Kashima Antlers	1−0	Kyoto Sanga	Kashima
18:03 JST	Anzai 30' Caíke 50'	Report	Fukuoka 72'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

2 July 2022 19	Kashiwa Reysol	1−2	Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa
18:33 JST	Kamijima 15' Muto 63'	Report	Sekigawa 23' Kim 45+2' Everaldo 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Hitachidai Attendance: 12,462 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

6 July 2022 20	Kashima Antlers	3−3	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST	Caíke 45+1' Suzuki 52' Everaldo 89'	Report	Kim 35' (o.g.) Matsuda 45' Kato 70' Patric 77'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,217 Referee: Jumpei Iida

10 July 2022 21	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0−0	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
14:03 JST	Tanaka 66'	Report	Izumi 27' Hirose 45' Everaldo 46'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 10,724 Referee: Ryuji Sato

16 July 2022 22	Kashima Antlers	1−1	Vissel Kobe	Kashima
18:04 JST	Everaldo 16' Kim 44' 60' Izumi 87'	Report	Osako 52' Kobayashi 66' Yamakawa 90'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,602 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

30 July 2022 23	Yokohama F. Marinos	2−0	Kashima Antlers	Yokohama
19:03 JST	Matsubara 29' Élber 37' Iwata 51'	Report	Caíke 26'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 31,599 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

6 August 2022 24	Kashima Antlers	0−2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
18:03 JST	Misao 90+5'	Report	Ben Khalifa 7' Araki 40' Fujii 45' Kawamura 84' Ezequiel 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,745 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

14 August 2022 25	Kashima Antlers	2−0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
18:03 JST	Hiratsuka 10' (o.g.) Nakama 48' Pituca 83' Nakamura 85' Everaldo 90+3'	Report	Miya 32' Grolli 44'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 18,289 Referee: Koei Koya

21 August 2022 26	Shonan Bellmare	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Hiratsuka
19:03 JST	Segawa 74' Yonemoto 90+5'	Report	Everaldo 59'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 10,781 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

27 August 2022 27	Kawasaki Frontale	2−1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:03 JST	Ienaga 8' (pen.) Wakizaka 14' Schmidt 26' Tachibanada 68'	Report	Pituca 7' Higuchi 27' Sekigawa 36' Nakama 52'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Ryuji Sato

3 September 2022 28	Kashima Antlers	2−2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima
18:03 JST	Caíke 16', 27' Suzuki 77' Pitcua 90+5'	Report	Matsuo 30' Koizumi 47' Iwanami 67' Sekine 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

16 September 2022 30	Sagan Tosu	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
19:03 JST	Miyashiro 34' Naganuma 44' Hwang Seok-ho 65' Park Keon-woo 89'	Report	Caíke 59' Nago 90+3'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 8,572 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi