The 2024 season was the 12th season in the existence of Iwaki FC. It is the club's second season in the J2 League, the second tier of Japanese football. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup, the latter for the first time in their history.
Squad Season squad Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth (age at start of season) Goalkeepers 1 Kengo Tanaka (captain) 21 Kotaro Tachikawa 31 Shuhei Shikano 39 Joo Hyun-jin Defenders 2 Yusuke Ishida 5 Shuhei Hayami 22 Jin Ikoma 27 Kazuki Dohana 32 Sena Igarashi 33 Hyun Woo-bin 34 Rio Omori Midfielders 6 Kanta Sakagishi 7 Jun Nishikawa 8 Sosuke Shibata 14 Daiki Yamaguchi 15 Naoki Kase 19 Yusuke Onishi 20 Yuma Kato 23 Rui Osako 24 Yuto Yamashita 40 Yoshihiro Shimoda Forwards 9 Yoshihito Kondo 10 Kotaro Arima 11 Keita Buwanika 17 Kaina Tanimura 18 Keita Shirawachi 28 Ryo Tanada 30 Reo Sugiyama 38 Naoki Kumata
Transfers Arrivals DatePositionPlayerFromTypeSource24 December 2022 Takushoku UniversityFull24 December 2022 International Pacific UniversityFull24 December 2022 Nagoya Gakuin UniversityFull10 July 2023 Toin University of YokohamaFull29 September 2023 Niigata University of Health and WelfareFull23 October 2023 Kokushikan UniversityFull14 December 2023 Renofa YamaguchiFull15 December 2023 Shonan BellmareFull15 December 2023 Cerezo OsakaLoan15 December 2023 Daedong Taxation High SchoolFull20 December 2023 FC ImabariFull21 December 2023 FC TokyoLoan22 December 2023 Sanfrecce HiroshimaLoan22 December 2023 Ansan GreenersFull28 December 2023 JEF United ChibaFull6 January 2024 Cerezo OsakaLoan9 July 2024 Fukushima United FCFull12 July 2024 Toin University of YokohamaFull6 August 2024 Shonan BellmareLoan9 August 2024 FC TokyoLoan20 August 2024 Sejong Future High SchoolFull
Departures DatePositionPlayerToTypeSource27 November 2023 Fagiano OkayamaLoan return9 December 2023 FC OsakaFull9 December 2023 FC OsakaFull9 December 2023 Kochi United SCFull13 December 2023 Iwaki FCFull13 December 2023 Iwaki FCLoan return14 December 2023 Tokyo VerdyLoan return14 December 2023 FC OsakaLoan14 December 2023 Tegevajaro MiyazakiLoan15 December 2023 Iwaki FCFull15 December 2023 Fagiano OkayamaFull15 December 2023 Montedio YamagataFull22 December 2023 Tokyo VerdyFull22 December 2023 Tokyo VerdyFull29 December 2023 Tegevajaro MiyazakiFull6 January 2024 SC PraienseLoan return13 January 2024 Fukuyama City FCFull 7 July 2024 V-Varen NagasakiFull7 July 2024 Fagiano OkayamaFull19 July 2024 Blancdieu Hirosaki FCLoan5 August 2024Contract terminated8 August 2024 Vanraure HachinoheLoan
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
J2 League
Results by matchday
Matches The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.
J.League Cup
The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate. This was Iwaki's first season competing in the competition.
Emperor's Cup
Statistics Goalscorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Total 1 FW 17 Kaina Tanimura 18 0 0 18 2 FW 10 Kotaro Arima 10 1 0 11 3 MF 14 Daiki Yamaguchi 7 1 1 9 4 DF 3 Hayato Teruyama 4 0 0 4 FW 9 Yoshihito Kondo 3 0 1 4 6 MF 7 Jun Nishikawa 3 0 0 3 7 DF 34 Rio Omori 2 0 0 2 – – Own goal 2 0 0 2 9 MF 23 Rui Osako 1 0 0 1 MF 24 Yuto Yamashita 1 0 0 1 DF 27 Kazuki Dohana 1 0 0 1 FW 38 Naoki Kumata 1 0 0 1TOTALS532257
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Player Total1 21 Kotaro Tachikawa 13 0 0 132 1 Kengo Tanaka 1 0 1 2TOTALS140115
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