2024 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2024 season
Chairman	Fumiaki Koizumi
Manager	Ranko Popović; (until 6 October); Masaki Chugo; (from 9 October)
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League	5th
Emperor's Cup	Quarter-finals
J.League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Yuma Suzuki (15 goals); All: Yuma Suzuki (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	52,860 v Yokohama F. Marinos; 1 June 2024; (J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	4,150 v Nara Club; 12 June 2024; (Emperor's Cup)
Average home league attendance	22,998
Biggest win	0–4 v Albirex Niigata; (Away); 5 October 2024; (J1 League)
Biggest defeat	4–1 v Yokohama F. Marinos; (Away); 14 July 2024; (J1 League)
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanFumiaki Koizumi

ManagerRanko Popović
(until 6 October)^[1]
Masaki Chugo
(from 9 October)^[2]

StadiumKashima Soccer Stadium

J1 League5th

The 2024 season was Kashima Antlers' 32nd consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

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Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Tomoki Hayakawa	GK	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 24)
29	Yuji Kajikawa	GK	(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 32)
31	Taiki Yamada	GK	(2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 22)
38	Park Eui-jeong	GK	(2004-05-22)22 May 2004 (aged 19)
Defenders
2	Koki Anzai	RB / LB	(1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 28)
5	Ikuma Sekigawa	CB	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 23)
16	Hidehiro Sugai	LB	(1998-10-27)27 October 1998 (aged 25)
28	Shuhei Mizoguchi	LB	(2004-02-13)13 February 2004 (aged 20)
32	Kimito Nono	RB	(2002-02-26)26 February 2002 (aged 21)
39	Keisuke Tsukui	DF	(2004-05-21)21 May 2004 (aged 19)
42	Haruto Matsumoto ^{Type 2}	RB	(2006-09-29)29 September 2006 (aged 17)
55	Naomichi Ueda	CB	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 29)
Midfielders
4	Radomir Milosavljević	CM / AM	(1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 31)
6	Kento Misao	DM	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 27)
10	Gaku Shibasaki (c)	CM / DM	(1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 31)
14	Yuta Higuchi	RM / CM	(1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 27)
15	Tomoya Fujii	LM / RM	(1998-12-04)4 December 1998 (aged 25)
17	Talles	LW / AM	(1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 25)
26	Naoki Sutoh	LM / RM	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 21)
30	Shintaro Nago	CM / AM	(1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 27)
33	Hayato Nakama	LM / AM	(1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 31)
34	Yu Funabashi	DM	(2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 21)
77	Guilherme Parede	LW / RW	(1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 28)
Forwards
7	Aleksandar Čavrić	FW / RW	(1994-05-18)18 May 1994 (aged 29)
11	Kyosuke Tagawa	FW / LW	(1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 25)
13	Kei Chinen	FW / RW	(1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 28)
36	Shu Morooka	FW / RW	(2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 23)
40	Yuma Suzuki	FW	(1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 27)
41	Homare Tokuda ^{Type 2}	FW	(2007-02-18)18 February 2007 (aged 17)

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
9 June 2023	DF	Kimito Nono	Kwansei Gakuin University	Full	^[4]
8 December 2023	GK	Taiki Yamada	Fagiano Okayama	Loan return	^[5]
24 December 2023	MF	Guilherme Parede	Talleres	Loan	^[6]
28 December 2023	GK	Yuji Kajikawa	Júbilo Iwata	Full	^[7]
29 January 2024	FW	Aleksandar Čavrić	Slovan Bratislava	Loan	^[8]
22 March 2024	MF	Radomir Milosavljević	FK Vojvodina	Full	^[9]
15 July 2024	MF	Kento Misao	OH Leuven	Full	^[10]
9 August 2024	FW	Kyosuke Tagawa	Hearts	Full	^[11]
15 August 2024	MF	Talles	FC Rukh Lviv	Loan	^[12]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
30 November 2023	GK	Kwoun Sun-tae		Retired	^[13]
7 December 2023	FW	Blessing Eleke		Released	^[14]
7 December 2023	MF	Arthur Caíke		Released	^[15]
7 December 2023	MF	Diego Pituca	Santos	Full	^[16]
8 December 2023	MF	Yusuke Ogawa	FC Ryukyu	Loan	^[17]
24 December 2023	MF	Ryotaro Araki	FC Tokyo	Loan	^[18]
25 December 2023	DF	Gen Shoji	FC Machida Zelvia	Full	^[19]
26 December 2023	MF	Ryotaro Nakamura	Shimizu S-Pulse	Loan	^[20]
26 December 2023	GK	Yuya Oki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Full	^[21]
3 January 2024	DF	Kim Min-tae	Shonan Bellmare	Full	^[22]
5 January 2024	DF	Rikuto Hirose	Vissel Kobe	Full	^[23]
4 July 2024	FW	Yuki Kakita	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	^[24]
4 July 2024	MF	Kaishu Sano	1. FSV Mainz 05	Full	^[25]
21 July 2024	MF	Yuta Matsumura	Tokyo Verdy	Loan	^[26]
25 July 2024	MF	Shoma Doi	Montedio Yamagata	Full	^[27]

27 January Training match	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Miyazaki
	Ueno	Report	Parede Tokuda	Stadium: Hinata Stadium
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each, and one half lasting 30 minutes.

30 January Training match	Tokushima Vortis	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Miyazaki
		Report	Suzuki Tokuda	Stadium: Hinata Stadium
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each, and one half lasting 30 minutes.

2024 Kashima Antlers season

Season squad

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

J1 League

Results by matchday

Results summary

Matches

J.League Cup

Emperor's Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

References

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2 February Training match	Ventforet Kofu	2–0	Kashima Antlers	Miyazaki
		Report		Stadium: Hinata Stadium

10 February Friendly	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Mito HollyHock	Kashima
14:00	Higuchi 21'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Note: Ibaraki Soccer Festival

24 July Friendly	Kashima Antlers	1–5	Brighton & Hove Albion	Tokyo
19:00 JST	Tokuda 84'	Report	Minteh 15' Samuels 27' Sarmiento 51' Ayari 54' Cozier-Duberry 63', 74'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 25,172

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	23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)	8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)	Matchday 1	5th	38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	047.37
J.League Cup	17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)	22 May 2024 (2024-05-22)	First round (Match 2)	First round (Match 3)	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Emperor's Cup	12 June 2024 (2024-06-12)	25 September 2024 (2024-09-25)	Second round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	6	6	+0	075.00
Total					44	22	11	11	68	50	+18	050.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Machida Zelvia	38	19	9	10	54	34	+20	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage^[a]
4	Gamba Osaka	38	18	12	8	49	35	+14	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage^[a]
5	Kashima Antlers	38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65
6	Tokyo Verdy	38	14	14	10	51	51	0	56
7	FC Tokyo	38	15	9	14	53	51	+2	54

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W
Position	1	1	8	4	4	5	8	6	8	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65	10	9	0	28	13	+15	8	2	9	32	28	+4

23 February 1	Nagoya Grampus	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:03 JST		Report	Nakama 19', 62' Čavrić 47'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 36,933 Referee: Yusuke Araki

2 March 2	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
15:03 JST	Ueda 85'	Report	Ceará 58'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 24,664 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

9 March 3	FC Machida Zelvia	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Machida
14:03 JST	Hirakawa 13'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Ismail Elfath

3 April 6	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
19:03 JST	Zahedi 52'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 5,472 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

20 April 9	Sagan Tosu	4–2	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
14:04 JST	Kawahara 30' Marcelo Ryan 45+3', 80' Fukuta 88'	Report	Nono 11' Suzuki 86'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 8,357 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

15 May 14	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
19:03 JST	Marcos Júnior 65'	Report	Ueda 5' Suzuki 15' (pen.) Čavrić 84'	Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 25,302 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

22 June 19	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:03 JST	Takeda 77', 90+2'	Report	Suzuki 3', 42'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 48,638 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65	10	9	0	28	13	+15	8	2	9	32	28	+4

17 March 4	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
15:03 JST	Čavrić 47' Suzuki 50'	Report	Marcinho 36' 54' 75'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 24,947 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

30 March 5	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
15:03 JST	Suzuki 33' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 21,069 Referee: Koei Koya

7 April 7	FC Tokyo	2–0	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo
17:04 JST	Nakagawa 55' Harakawa 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 52,772 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

13 April 8	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Kyoto Sanga	Kashima
15:03 JST	Nono 85'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 13,781 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

28 April 10	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Suita
15:03 JST	Sakamoto 39'	Report	Nakama 27' Nono 54'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 28,616 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

3 May 11	Kashima Antlers	3–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kashima
15:03 JST	Suzuki 50', 62' Čavrić 67'	Report	Fukuda 85'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 26,924 Referee: Masuya Ueda

6 May 12	Kashiwa Reysol	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa
16:03 JST	Shimamura 65'	Report	Nago 4' Čavrić 90+2'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 13,384 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

12 May 13	Kashima Antlers	3–3	Tokyo Verdy	Kashima
13:10 JST	Suzuki 5' (pen.) Nago 8' Ueda 50'	Report	Saito 69' Kimura 81' Miki 90+3'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 18,803 Referee: Yusuke Araki

19 May 15	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Kashima
15:03 JST	Nono 81'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,390 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	11	9	60	41	+19	65	10	9	0	28	13	+15	8	2	9	32	28	+4

25 May 16	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
14:03 JST		Report	Nago 40', 55' Čavrić 87'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 12,651 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

1 June 17	Kashima Antlers	3–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Tokyo
15:03 JST	Suzuki 57' Nono 74' Sekigawa 84'	Report	Anderson Lopes 10' Uenaka 90+4'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 52,860 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

16 June 18	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Albirex Niigata	Kashima
18:03 JST	Fujii 50'	Report	Komi 43'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 15,499 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

26 June 20	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST		Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,848 Referee: Darren England

30 June 21	Vissel Kobe	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
19:03 JST	Muto 18' Matheus Thuler 38' Osako 62'	Report	Čavrić 6'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 21,963 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

6 July 22	Kashima Antlers	2–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
18:03 JST	Morooka 61' Fujii 66'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,461 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

14 July 23	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–1	Kashima Antlers	Yokohama
19:33 JST	Amano 45+3' Eduardo 52' Élber 71' Uenaka 90+6'	Report	Chinen 29'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 31,463 Referee: Shu Kawamata

20 July 24	Kashima Antlers	2–1	FC Tokyo	Kashima
18:04 JST	Nago 30' Nono 47'	Report	Endo 41'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 24,304 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

7 August 25	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Sagan Tosu	Kashima
19:03 JST	Nono 18' Nakama 53' Anzai 79'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 14,106 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura