2023 Kawasaki Frontale season

Kawasaki Frontale
2023 season
Manager	Toru Oniki
Stadium	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium; Kawasaki, Kanagawa
J1 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Winners
J.League Cup	Group stage
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Yasuto Wakizaka; (9 goals); All: Yasuto Wakizaka; (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	22,563 vs Kashima Antlers; (25 February; J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	5,325 vs Tochigi City; (7 June; Emperor's Cup)
Average home league attendance	19,791
Biggest win	6–0 vs Shimizu S-Pulse; (19 April; J.League Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–2 vs Gamba Osaka; (9 April; J1 League); 0–2 vs Nagoya Grampus; (1 July; J1 League)
Home colours	Away colours
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ManagerToru Oniki

StadiumKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Kawasaki, Kanagawa

J1 League8th

Emperor's CupWinners

The 2023 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 19th consecutive season in the J1 League. It was a reasonably successful season. While Frontale didn’t progress past the group stages in the J.League Cup, and finished in the middle of the pack in 8th place in the J1 league, they won the 2023 Emperor’s cup competition, and won their group stage in the AFC Champions League, before being knocked out by Shandong Taishan on aggregate goals in the round of 16 - a respectable result although a letdown after coming in second in the 2022 tournament.

Date of announcement	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
24 May 2022	FW	Shin Yamada	Toin University of Yokohama	Full	^[1]
28 June 2022	DF	Yuto Matsunagane	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[2]
28 June 2022	MF	Yuto Ozeki	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[3]
7 September 2022	MF	Toya Myogan	Riseisha High School	Full	^[4]
29 November 2022	MF	Yusuke Segawa	Shonan Bellmare	Full	^[5]
7 December 2022	GK	Naoto Kamifukumoto	Kyoto Sanga	Full	^[6]
9 December 2022	DF	Takuma Ominami	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	^[7]
20 December 2022	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	Sagan Tosu	Return from loan	^[8]
3 March 2023	MF	Hinata Yamauchi	Toin University of Yokohama	DSP	^[9]
13 March 2023	DF	Shuto Tanabe	JEF United Chiba	Return from loan	^[10]
8 August 2023	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	Galatasaray	Full	^[11]

Date of announcement	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
26 November 2022	FW	Kei Chinen	Kashima Antlers	Full	^[12]
7 December 2022	DF	Zain Issaka	Montedio Yamagata	Full	^[13]
13 December 2022	FW	Taiyo Igarashi	Renofa Yamaguchi	Loan	^[14]
13 December 2022	DF	Kaito Kamiya	Ventforet Kofu	Loan	^[15]
16 December 2022	FW	Ten Miyagi	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan	^[16]
29 December 2022	DF	Shogo Taniguchi	Al-Rayyan SC	Full	^[17]
30 December 2022	GK	Kenta Tanno	Iwate Grulla Morioka	Full	^[18]
23 May 2023	MF	Renji Matsui	FC Machida Zelvia	Loan	^[19]
14 June 2023	FW	Takatora Einaga	Mito HollyHock	Loan	^[20]
21 June 2023	MF	Chanathip Songkrasin	BG Pathum United	Full	^[21]
6 July 2023	MF	Kazuki Kozuka	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Full	^[22]
24 July 2023	FW	Ten Miyagi	Montedio Yamagata	Loan	^[23]

29 June Friendly ^[24]	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Bayern Munich	Tokyo
--:-- JST				Stadium: Japan National Stadium

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	17 February	--	Matchday 1	TBD	21	9	5	7	27	23	+4	042.86
Emperor's Cup	7 June	--	Second round	TBD	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
J.League Cup	8 March	18 June	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	033.33
AFC CL	--	--	Group stage	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					29	13	7	9	44	32	+12	044.83

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Nagoya Grampus	34	14	10	10	41	36	+5	52
7	Avispa Fukuoka	34	15	6	13	37	43	−6	51
8	Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	8	12	51	45	+6	50	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage^[a]
9	Cerezo Osaka	34	15	4	15	39	34	+5	49
10	Albirex Niigata	34	11	12	11	36	40	−4	45

2023 Kawasaki Frontale season

Out on loan

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

J1 League

League table

Results summary

Matches

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Goalscorers

References

External links

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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
21	9	5	7	27	23	+4	32	4	3	2	11	6	+5	5	2	5	16	17	−1

17 February 1	Kawasaki Frontale	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Jesiel 87' Tachibanada 90+1' João Schmidt 90+5'	Report	Nishimura 4' Élber 38' Mizunuma 41'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,563 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

25 February 2	Kashima Antlers	1–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
16:00 JST	Chinen 5' Araki 90+5'	Report	Marcinho 38' Yamamura 83' Yamada 89' Ienaga 90+11' (pen.)	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 28,608 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

4 March 3	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kawasaki
13:00 JST	Oshima 67' Segawa 81' 85'	Report	Tachi 49' Onose 60' Hiraoka 64'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 21,171 Referee: Yusuke Araki

11 March 4	Albirex Niigata	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Fukuoka
14:00 JST	Ito 22' Mito 35'	Report	Tachibanada 38' João Schmidt 70'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 26,397 Referee: Jumpei Iida

18 March 5	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki
16:00 JST		Report	Capixaba 89'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 19,054 Referee: Takuto Okabe

1 April 6	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	3–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Sapporo
19:00 JST	Okamura 7' Asano 22' Kim Gun-hee 59'	Report	Miyashiro 25' Yamane 39' 68' Ienaga 45+1' Yamada 58' Kurumaya 81' Segawa 86'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 14,654 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

9 April 7	Gamba Osaka	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
15:00 JST	Lavi 15' Dawhan 29' Jebali 47' Alano 50'	Report	Kurumaya 52' 60'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 20,734 Referee: Jumpei Iida

15 April 8	Kawasaki Frontale	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Miyashiro 56'	Report	Junker 9' Mateus 45+2'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 17,304 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 April 9	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
16:00 JST	Wakizaka 48'	Report	Linssen 81'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,304 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

29 April 10	Avispa Fukuoka	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Fukuoka
17:00 JST	Tanabe 26' Tsuruno 85' Douglas Grolli 90+5'	Report	Noborizato 12' Miyashiro 47' Seko 63' Nara 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 9,053 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

22 July 16	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe
19:03 JST	Osako 59' (pen.), 62'	Report	Wakizaka 23' Miyashiro 30'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 15,986 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Note: Originally meant to be played on 3 June, the fixture had to be postponed to the effect of Typhoon No.2 in public transportation within the Kansai region, which was partially suspended. Both clubs would be unable to travel on both on the day before and on the day when the match was scheduled to happen.^[26]

3 May 11	Kyoto Sanga	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kyoto
14:00 JST		Report	Takai 12' João Schmidt 27' Yamane 53' Kobayashi 90+4' 90+4'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 15,504 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

7 May 12	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Wakizaka 52' Ominami 74'	Report	Tashiro 90+4'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 17,674 Referee: Shu Kawamata

12 May 13	FC Tokyo	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Tokyo
19:30 JST	Tokumoto 12' Abe 25' Nakagawa 32' Watanabe 34'	Report	Miyashiro 39' João Schmidt 45+3' Wakizaka 52' Kurumaya 90+1' Ominami 90+5'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 56,705 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

20 May 14	Yokohama FC	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
16:00 JST	Inoue 44' Yamashita 48' Yoshino 67'	Report	Seko 68'	Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 10,276 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

28 May 15	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki
17:00 JST	Kobayashi 21' 76' Noborizato 45+1' João Schmidt 90'	Report	Muto 57'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 20,207 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

11 June 17	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Ominami 18' Wakizaka 56'	Report	Douglas Vieira 90+4'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 18,051 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

24 June 18	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama
19:30 JST	Iwao 52' Sekine 53'	Report	Nishikawa 58' (o.g.) Kozuka 78' Ienaga 81'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 35,887 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

1 July 19	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
18:00 JST	Junker 41' Izumi 64'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 25,560 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

8 July 20	Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Yokohama FC	Kawasaki
19:03 JST	Yamada 13' Miyashiro 36' (pen.) 55' Wakizaka 61' Kurumaya 69' Segawa 71' 89'	Report	Ryan 28'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 21,856 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

15 July 21	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
19:04 JST	Ichimori 72'	Report	Schmidt 29' Kurumaya 90+4'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 42,772 Referee: Khamis Mohammed Al-marri

6 August 22	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki
19:00 JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

12 August 23	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki
19:00 JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

19 August 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
19:00 JST				Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima

26 August 25	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki
19:00 JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

1 September 26	Cerezo Osaka	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Osaka
--:-- JST				Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium

15 September 27	Kawasaki Frontale	v	FC Tokyo	Kawasaki
--:-- JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

22 September 28	Shonan Bellmare	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiratsuka
--:-- JST				Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

29 September 29	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Albirex Niigata	Kawasaki
--:-- JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

20 October 30	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Avispa Fukuoka	Kawasaki
--:-- JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

27 October 31	Kashiwa Reysol	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashiwa
--:-- JST				Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium