The 2016 Avispa Fukuoka season was the club's ninth season in the J1 League, they returned to the Japanese top flight after winning the 2015 J2 League playoffs. Avispa Fukuoka also competed in the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup.
Transfers
Winter
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Out:
Summer
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Out:
Squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Goalkeepers 1 Ryuichi Kamiyama GK 23 Lee Bum-young GK 25 Akishige Kaneda GK Defenders 2 Mizuki Hamada CB / DM 3 Takumi Abe DF 5 Yuki Saneto DF 16 Yuta Mishima DF 18 Masashi Kamekawa DF 19 Shunsuke Tsutsumi RB / CB 20 Kim Hyun-hun DF 21 Takehiro Tomiyasu DF 22 Hokuto Nakamura DF 24 Yūichi Komano DF 26 Yu Tamura DF 30 Koki Shimosaka DF Midfielders 4 Yuta Mikado MF 6 Danilson Córdoba MF 8 Shuto Nakahara MF 13 Hirotaka Tameda MF 15 Toshiya Sueyoshi MF 29 Kenta Furube MF / FW 33 Jun Suzuki MF Strikers 7 Takeshi Kanamori FW 9 Takayuki Nakahara ST 10 Hisashi Jogo ST / MF 11 Daisuke Sakata FW 14 Shoki Hirai ST 17 Wellington ST 27 Takahiro Kunimoto ST
Pre-season
Competitions
Overall
Overview
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J1 League
First stage
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Second stage
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Overall results
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
As a result of their promotion, Avispa Fukuoka would qualify in the 2016 J.League Cup. They were put in Group B alongside Yokohama F. Marinos, Kawasaki Frontale, Kashiwa Reysol, Vegalta Sendai, Albirex Niigata, and Sagan Tosu. Avispa Fukuoka recorded two wins and only one loss out of six matches, including a 1-0 away win versus Kawasaki Frontale and a 4-2 home win against Albirex Niigata, and thus qualified for the quarter-finals after finishing second on the table, much to the surprise of many as they were fighting in the relegation zone most of the time in their first season back in the top flight.
Group stage
Quarter-finals
Avispa Fukuoka were seeded against fourth-place finisher FC Tokyo, and would play their games on 31 August and 4 September. They drew the first leg 1-1 at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu, but could not get a win on their second leg as they lost 0-2 in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Updated to matches played on 7 September 2016.
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Cards
Accounts for all competitions. Updated to matches played on 7 September 2016.
No.Pos.Name2DF Mizuki Hamada723DF Takumi Abe104MF Yuta Mikado205DF Yuki Saneto406MF Danilson Córdoba507FW Takeshi Kanamori209FW Takayuki Nakahara1011FW Daisuke Sakata1013MF Hirotaka Tameda2015MF Toshiya Sueyoshi1017FW Wellington3018DF Masashi Kamekawa5019DF Shunsuke Tsutsumi1020DF Kim Hyun-hun7021DF Takehiro Tomiyasu1122DF Hokuto Nakamura3023GK Lee Bum-young1024DF Yūichi Komano2026DF Yu Tamura4027MF Takahiro Kunimoto2030DF Koki Shimosaka1033MF Jun Suzuki20
References
External links Avispa Fukuoka official site J. League official site