2023 Iwaki FC season

Iwaki FC
2023 season
Chairman	Satoshi Okura
Manager	Hiromasa Suguri; (until 14 June); Yuzo Tamura; (from 15 June)
Stadium	Iwaki Greenfield Stadium; (Iwaki, Fukushima)
J2 League	18th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Kaina Tanimura (7 goals); Hiroto Iwabuchi (7 goals); All: Kaina Tanimura (7 goals); Hiroto Iwabuchi (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,044 (v. Montedio Yamagata, J2 League, 4 April 2023)
Lowest home attendance	2,011 (v. Roasso Kumamoto, J2 League, 3 June 2023)
Average home league attendance	3,491
Biggest win	1–5 (v. Omiya Ardija, J2 League, 24 June 2023)
Biggest defeat	9–1 (v. Shimizu S-Pulse, J2 League, 7 May 2023)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →

ChairmanSatoshi Okura

ManagerHiromasa Suguri
(until 14 June)
Yuzo Tamura
(from 15 June)^[1]

StadiumIwaki Greenfield Stadium
(Iwaki, Fukushima)

J2 League18th

The 2023 season was the 11th season in the existence of Iwaki FC. It was the club's first season in the J2 League, the second tier of Japanese football after becoming champions of the J3 League in 2022. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup, in which they were knocked out in the second round. Iwaki finished the league season in 18th place, eight points clear of relegation.

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Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Kengo Tanaka	GK	(1989-12-30)30 December 1989 (aged 33)
21	Toru Takagiwa	GK	(1995-04-15)15 April 1995 (aged 27)
31	Shuhei Shikano	GK	(1999-08-27)27 August 1999 (aged 23)
Defenders
2	Yusuke Ishida	CB / RB	(2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 20)
3	Ryo Endo	CB	(1998-07-06)6 July 1998 (aged 24)
4	Rei Ieizumi	CB	(2000-01-20)20 January 2000 (aged 23)
5	Shuhei Hayami	CB	(2000-11-11)11 November 2000 (aged 22)
16	Takumi Kawamura	CB	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 22)
29	Yuma Tsujioka ^DSP	DF	(2001-12-09)9 December 2001 (aged 21)
30	Wataru Kuromiya	CB	(1998-12-21)21 December 1998 (aged 24)
35	Genki Egawa	CB	(2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (aged 22)
Midfielders
6	Eiji Miyamoto	DM	(1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 24)
7	Reo Sugiyama	LM / CM	(2000-03-04)4 March 2000 (aged 22)
8	Riku Saga	RM / RB	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 24)
13	Mizuki Kaburaki	MF	(2000-05-28)28 May 2000 (aged 22)
14	Daiki Yamaguchi	CM / AM	(1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 25)
15	Naoki Kase	CM	(2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 22)
20	Sota Nagai	LM	(1999-08-15)15 August 1999 (aged 23)
22	Yuma Kato ^DSP	MF	(2001-12-15)15 December 2001 (aged 21)
24	Yuto Yamashita (c)	DM	(1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 26)
25	Asahi Haga	RM / AM	(2000-07-30)30 July 2000 (aged 22)
27	Nélson Henrique	MF	(2002-06-07)7 June 2002 (aged 20)
28	Kiwara Miyazaki	RW / LW	(1998-02-17)17 February 1998 (aged 25)
33	Yoshihiro Shimoda	DM	(2004-05-04)4 May 2004 (aged 18)
Forwards
9	Yoshihito Kondo ^DSP	FW	(2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 20)
10	Kotaro Arima	FW / SS	(2000-09-03)3 September 2000 (aged 22)
11	Ryo Arita	FW	(1999-08-28)28 August 1999 (aged 23)
17	Kaina Tanimura	FW / LW	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 24)
18	Shu Yoshizawa	FW	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 24)
19	Hiroto Iwabuchi	FW	(1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 25)
26	Iori Sakamoto	FW	(2004-11-22)22 November 2004 (aged 18)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
29 January 2022	MF	Asahi Haga	Sakushin Gakuin University	Full	^[5]
16 November 2022	MF	Mizuki Kaburaki	Takushoku University	Full	^[6]
16 November 2022	DF	Takumi Kawamura	Osaka University of Physical Education	Full	^[7]
16 November 2022	DF	Shuhei Hayami	Tokoha University	Full	^[8]
7 December 2022	DF	Yusuke Ishida	Gainare Tottori	Full	^[9]
12 December 2022	FW	Iori Sakamoto	Hōtoku Gakuen High School	Full	^[10]
13 December 2022	MF	Yoshihiro Shimoda	Kashima Antlers	Loan	^[11]
23 December 2022	MF	Naoki Kase	Ryutsu Keizai University	Full	^[12]
25 December 2022	GK	Toru Takagiwa	Tokyo Verdy	Loan	^[13]
26 December 2022	MF	Kiwara Miyazaki	Fagiano Okayama	Loan	^[14]
7 February 2023	FW	Yoshihito Kondo	Nagoya Gakuin University	DSP	^[15]
7 February 2023	MF	Yuma Kato	Takushoku University	DSP	^[16]
7 February 2023	DF	Yuma Tsujioka	International Pacific University	DSP	^[17]
28 July 2023	MF	Nélson Henrique	S.C. Praiense	Loan	^[18]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
19 November 2022	MF	Ryoma Ito		Released	^[19]
26 November 2022	GK	Daiki Sakata	Avispa Fukuoka	Full	^[20]
26 November 2022	MF	Masaru Hidaka	JEF United Chiba	Full	^[21]
8 December 2022	DF	Kyowaan Hoshi	Yokohama FC	End of loan	^[22]
12 December 2022	FW	Shota Suzuki	Kagoshima United	Full	^[23]
18 December 2022	DF	Daigo Masuzaki	Cobaltore Onagawa	Full	^[24]
22 December 2022	MF	Kentaro Matsumoto	Tokyo 23 FC	Full	^[25]
23 December 2022	GK	Kanta Tanaka	Tochigi City FC	Full	^[26]
23 December 2022	MF	Genya Sekino	Tochigi City FC	Full	^[27]
26 December 2022	DF	Tetsuya Yonezawa	Okinawa SV	Full	^[28]
26 December 2022	MF	Nagi Kawatani	Shimizu S-Pulse	End of loan	^[29]
26 December 2022	DF	Ryo Odajima	Okinawa SV	Full	^[30]
28 December 2022	FW	Daigo Furukawa	FC Osaka	Loan	^[31]
14 January 2023	DF	Tomoki Yoshida	Kochi United SC	Loan	^[32]

22 January Training match	Iwaki FC	5–2	Tokyo 23 FC	Hirono
		Report		Stadium: J-Village Stadium
Note: The match consisted of three 30-minute halves

28 January Training match	Iwaki FC	1–2	NIFS Kanoya	Kagoshima
		Report		Stadium: Kagoshima Kenko-no-mori Park

2023 Iwaki FC season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

J2 League

Results by matchday

Matches

Emperor's Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

References

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4 February Training match	Iwaki FC	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Report
Note: The match consisted of three 45-minute halves

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 %
J2 League	18 February 2023 (2023-02-18)	12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)	Matchday 1	18th	42	12	19	11	45	69	−24	028.57
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)	7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)	Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					43	12	19	12	46	71	−25	027.91

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Vegalta Sendai	42	12	12	18	48	61	−13	48
17	Mito HollyHock	42	11	14	17	49	66	−17	47
18	Iwaki FC	42	12	11	19	45	69	−24	47
19	Tochigi SC	42	10	14	18	39	47	−8	44
20	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	10	14	18	37	67	−30	44

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W
Position	16	14	19	15	9	12	15	17	19	16	19	20	20	22	22	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	17	18	17	17	18	15	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	19	19	18

18 February 1	Iwaki FC	2–3	Fujieda MYFC	Iwaki
14:00 JST	Saga 43' 49' Tanimura 60' Kondo 75'	Report	Watanabe 35', 45' Yokoyama 37' Kaneura 90'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Reo Tanaka

26 February 2	Mito HollyHock	2–2	Iwaki FC	Mito
15:03 JST	Umeda 54' Teranuma 68' Toyama 90+1'	Report	Miyamoto 37' Tanimura 59' Arita 74'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

5 March 3	Iwaki FC	0–1	Renofa Yamaguchi	Iwaki
13:03 JST	Egawa 45+1'	Report	Sato 36' Minagawa 65' Takagi 88'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

12 March 4	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Iwaki FC	Sendai
14:03 JST	Uchida 19' Nakayama 53' Sugata 65' Heo 78'	Report	Egawa 20'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 12,269 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

19 March 5	Iwaki FC	1–0	Tokushima Vortis	Iwaki
14:03 JST	Tanimura 71' Sugiyama 90+1'	Report	Sakurai 45+1' Watari 89'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

26 March 6	Iwaki FC	0–1	Machida Zelvia	Iwaki
14:03 JST		Report	Okuyama 84' Kurokawa 87'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

12 April 9	Zweigen Kanazawa	3–0	Iwaki FC	Kanazawa
19:03 JST	Sugira 6', 14', 37' Rikiyasu 79'	Report	Sugiyama 50' 71'	Stadium: Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

7 May 14	Shimizu S-Pulse	9–1	Iwaki FC	Shizuoka
14:03 JST	Inui 2' Nakayama 16', 45+2', 57' Ibayashi 51' Carlinhos Júnior 52' Santana 71', 85', 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Yoshizawa 90+4' Miyamoto 90+7'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka Attendance: 8,022 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

3 June 19	Iwaki FC	0–4	Roasso Kumamoto	Iwaki
13:00 JST	Egawa 67'	Report	Aihara 16' Onishi 22' Kamimura 33' Omoto 58' Hirakawa 63' Ezaki 70'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

24 June 22	Omiya Ardija	1–5	Iwaki FC	Saitama
18:00 JST	Takayanagi 5' Oyama 85'	Report	Yoshizawa 7' Shimoda 13' Miyamoto 25' Urakami 39' (o.g.) Arita 52' Tanimura 55' Nagai 79' Egawa 81' Iwabuchi 83'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 5,433 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

2 April 7	Fagiano Okayama	1–1	Iwaki FC	Okayama
14:03 JST	Sakuragawa 90+4', pen.' Lucão 90+8'	Report	Miyamoto 10' 90+3' Endo 27' Arima 70'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 6,577 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

8 April 8	Iwaki FC	1–3	Oita Trinita	Iwaki
14:03 JST	Miyamoto 22' Sugiyama 57' Kondo 81'	Report	Nakagawa 7' 59' Yumiba 65' Nomura 68'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

16 April 10	Iwaki FC	2–1	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Iwaki
14:03 JST	Arita 6', 49' Kaburaki 13' Endo 78'	Report	Nagakura 64'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

23 April 11	Tochigi SC	1–0	Iwaki FC	Utsunomiya
14:03 JST	Fukushima 2'	Report		Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 5,169 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

29 April 12	Iwaki FC	0–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Iwaki
14:00 JST		Report	Kuwasaki 32' Juanma 72'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

3 May 13	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Iwaki FC	Kofu
14:00 JST	Utaka 39'	Report	Endo 31' Kondo 89'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kofu Attendance: 10,561 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

14 May 15	Iwaki FC	0–1	Blaublitz Akita	Iwaki
13:34 JST	Saga 76'	Report	Yoshida 80'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,458 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

17 May 16	Iwaki FC	2–1	Omiya Ardija	Iwaki
19:03 JST	Yamaguchi 22' Endo 59' Nagai 90' 90+7'	Report	Kojima 10' Hakamata 16' 44' Nuki 58'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

21 May 17	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Iwaki FC	Iwata
16:04 JST	Yoshinaga 45+1' Uehara 53' Dudu 81'	Report	Endo 90'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,443 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

28 May 18	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Iwaki FC	Tokyo
14:03 JST		Report	Miyamoto 23'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,877 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

11 June 20	Montedio Yamagata	3–0	Iwaki FC	Tendō
14:03 JST	Alves 48' Kato 79', 90+1' Okazaki 90+3'	Report	Egawa 19' Miyamoto 57'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,139 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

18 June 21	Iwaki FC	0–0	JEF United Chiba	Iwaki
16:03 JST	Saga 45+1' Endo 50'	Report	Hidaka 40' Taguchi 45+4'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

2 July 23	Blaublitz Akita	1–1	Iwaki FC	Akita
18:03 JST	Mikami 78' Kakoi 88'	Report	Kondo 68' Iwabuchi 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Soyu Stadium Attendance: 2,181 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

5 July 24	Iwaki FC	1–0	Tochigi SC	Iwaki
19:03 JST	Ieizumi 55' Iwabuchi 72' Shimoda 90+3'	Report	Okazaki 76'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Reo Tanaka

9 July 25	Iwaki FC	4–3	Mito Hollyhock	Iwaki
18:03 JST	Kondo 26' Kusumoto 29' (o.g.) Iwabuchi 65', 88' Tanimura 67'	Report	Ohara 5' Teranuma 45+1' Unoki 60' Kusano 85'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Shu Kawamata

15 July 26	Renofa Yamaguchi	0–0	Iwaki FC	Yamaguchi
19:03 JST	Minagawa 22'	Report	Ishida 28' Arita 60'	Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

22 July 27	Oita Trinita	1–2	Iwaki FC	Ōita
19:03 JST	Yasuda 37' Yumiba 90+5'	Report	Tanimura 17' Yamaguchi 45+5' Iwabuchi 58'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Yozo Sutani

29 July 28	Iwaki FC	0–1	Júbilo Iwata	Iwaki
18:03 JST		Report	Kaneko 68' Germain 85' González 90+10'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 5,039 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 August 29	V-Varen Nagasaki	0–0	Iwaki FC	Isahaya
18:03 JST	Juanma 40'	Report	Takagiwa 90+4'	Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 6,223 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

13 August 30	Iwaki FC	1–1	Ventforet Kofu	Iwaki
18:03 JST	Yamaguchi 11' Egawa 66' Yamashita 72' Kawamura 85'	Report	Sato 44' 50'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 4,386 Referee: Dai Matsumoto