The 2023 season was Kashima Antlers' 31st consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2023 J1 League in fifth place, one place lower than the previous season. They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they were knocked out in the third round and the J.League Cup where they reached the quarter-finals.
Squad Season squad Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age at start of season) Goalkeepers 1 Kwoun Sun-tae GK 29 Tomoki Hayakawa GK 31 Yuya Oki GK 38 Park Eui-jeong GK Defenders 2 Koki Anzai RB / LB 3 Gen Shoji CB 5 Ikuma Sekigawa CB 16 Hidehiro Sugai LB 22 Rikuto Hirose RB 28 Shuhei Mizoguchi LB 39 Keisuke Tsukui DF 55 Naomichi Ueda CB Midfielders 8 Shoma Doi (c) SS / LW / RW 10 Ryotaro Araki AM / FW 14 Yuta Higuchi RM / CM 15 Tomoya Fujii LM / RM 17 Arthur Caíke LW / FW 20 Gaku Shibasaki CM / DM 21 Diego Pituca CM 24 Yusuke Ogawa DM / CM 25 Kaishu Sano DM 26 Naoki Sutoh LM / RM 27 Yuta Matsumura RM / LM 30 Shintaro Nago CM / AM 33 Hayato Nakama LM / AM 34 Yu Funabashi DM Forwards 13 Kei Chinen FW / RW 19 Blessing Eleke FW 36 Shu Morooka FW 37 Yuki Kakita FW 40 Yuma Suzuki FW
Transfers Arrivals DatePositionPlayerFromTypeSource20 September 2022 Shohei High SchoolFull17 November 2022 Tokyo International UniversityFull25 November 2022 Sanfrecce HiroshimaFull26 November 2022 Kawasaki FrontaleFull30 November 2022 NîmesFull7 December 2022 Hanyang Technical High SchoolFull8 December 2022 Gamba OsakaFull21 December 2022 Machida ZelviaFull25 July 2023 Ventforet KofuFull1 September 2023Free agent
Departures DatePositionPlayerToTypeSource30 November 2022 Shonan BellmareFull7 December 2022 Fagiano OkayamaLoan8 December 2022 Nagoya GrampusFull12 December 2022 Santa ClaraFull13 December 2022 Iwaki FCLoan21 December 2022Released 22 December 2022 Tokyo VerdyLoan28 December 2022 EC BahiaFull26 January 2023 Avispa FukuokaFull29 March 2023 Union SGFull3 July 2023 Shonan BellmareLoan4 July 2023 Tokyo VerdyLoan15 July 2023 Servette FCFull15 August 2023 Ventforet KofuLoan
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
J1 League
Results by matchday
Matches The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.
Emperor's Cup
As a J1 club, Kashima entered the competition at the second round.
J.League Cup
Quarter-finals
Nagoya Grampus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics Appearances Squad players with no appearances throughout the season are not listed. No. Pos. Name J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGoalkeepers 29 GK Tomoki Hayakawa 34 0 0 0 2 0 36 0 31 GK Yuya Oki 0 0 2 0 6 0 8 0Defenders 2 DF Koki Anzai 31 0 1 0 4+3 0 39 0 3 DF Gen Shoji 4+17 0 2 0 3+1 1 27 0 5 DF Ikuma Sekigawa 30 2 0+1 0 5+1 0 37 2 16 DF Hidehiro Sugai 4+4 0 0 0 0+1 0 9 0 22 DF Rikuto Hirose 20+7 0 1 0 4+3 0 35 0 28 DF Shuhei Mizoguchi 4+1 0 1 0 5 0 11 0 55 DF Naomichi Ueda 34 2 1 0 5+1 0 41 2Midfielders 8 MF Shoma Doi 7+17 2 0+2 0 2+5 0 33 2 10 MF Ryotaro Araki 3+10 0 2 0 5 1 20 1 14 MF Yuta Higuchi 31+2 3 0+1 0 2+1 0 37 3 15 MF Tomoya Fujii 9+13 1 1+1 0 2+3 0 29 1 17 MF Arthur Caíke 0+13 2 1 1 3+1 2 18 5 20 MF Gaku Shibasaki 1+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 4 0 21 MF Diego Pituca 31 3 1 0 5 0 37 3 25 MF Kaishu Sano 23+4 1 1 0 5+2 0 35 1 27 MF Yuta Matsumura 5+15 2 0+1 0 3+2 2 26 4 30 MF Shintaro Nago 9+5 1 1 0 1+2 0 17 1 33 MF Hayato Nakama 20+7 1 1+1 0 4+2 2 35 3 34 MF Yu Funabashi 0+8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0Forwards 13 FW Kei Chinen 11+10 5 0 0 1+3 0 25 5 19 FW Blessing Eleke 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36 FW Shu Morooka 1+3 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 9 0 37 FW Yuki Kakita 19+10 4 1 1 3+1 0 34 5 40 FW Yuma Suzuki 33 14 0+1 0 3+4 0 41 14Players loaned or transferred out during the season 20 DF Kim Min-tae 0 0 1 1 3+1 0 5 1 32 DF Keigo Tsunemoto 9+7 0 1 0 3 0 20 0 35 MF Ryotaro Nakamura 0+3 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 18 FW Itsuki Someno 1+4 0 1 1 2+1 1 9 2
Goalscorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Total 1 FW 40 Yuma Suzuki 14 0 0 14 2 FW 13 Kei Chinen 5 0 0 5 MF 17 Arthur Caíke 2 1 2 5 FW 37 Yuki Kakita 4 1 0 5 5 MF 27 Yuta Matsumura 2 0 2 4 6 MF 14 Yuta Higuchi 3 0 0 3 MF 21 Diego Pituca 3 0 0 3 MF 33 Hayato Nakama 1 0 2 3 9 DF 5 Ikuma Sekigawa 2 0 0 2 FW 8 Shoma Doi 2 0 0 2 FW 18 Itsuki Someno 0 1 1 2 DF 55 Naomichi Ueda 2 0 0 2 13 MF 10 Ryotaro Araki 0 0 1 1 MF 15 Tomoya Fujii 1 0 0 1 DF 20 Kim Min-tae 0 1 0 1 MF 25 Kaishu Sano 1 0 0 1 MF 30 Shintaro Nago 1 0 0 1TOTAL434855
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Player Total1 29 Tomoki Hayakawa 15 0 0 152 31 Yuya Oki 0 1 3 4TOTALS151319
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