The 2026–27 season is Kashima Antlers' 81th season in existence. They will also play in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite after winning the 2025 J1 League.
Squad Season squad Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Tomoki Hayakawa Meiji University 21 Taiki Yamada Fagiano Okayama 29 Yuji Kajikawa Júbilo Iwata 38 Haruto Fujii Meiji University Defenders 2 Koki Anzai Portimonense 3 Kim Tae-hyeon Sagan Tosu 4 Kaito Chida Tokyo Verdy 5 Ikuma Sekigawa RKU Kashiwa High School 7 Ryoya Ogawa Sint-Truidense 19 Sho Omori Mito HollyHock 23 Keisuke Tsukui Shohei High School 25 Ryuta Koike Yokohama F. Marinos 28 Yugo Okawa Youth Team 35 Anthony Udemba Motosuna Youth Team 37 Rikuto Hirose Vissel Kobe 45 Koki Kurahashi Type 2 Youth Team 55 Naomichi Ueda Nimes Midfielders 6 Kento Misao OH Leuven 8 Matheus Bueno Shimizu S-Pulse 10 Gaku Shibasaki (c) CD Leganés 14 Yuta Higuchi Sagan Tosu 24 Haruki Hayashi Meiji University 27 Yūta Matsumura Tokyo Verdy 42 Rui Onuki Type 2 Youth Team 43 Yuwa Fukuoka Type 2 Youth Team 44 Daigo Hirashima Type 2 Youth Team 46 Sora Iwatsuchi Type 2 Youth Team Forwards 9 Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 11 Kyosuke Tagawa Heart 17 Élber Yokohama F. Marinos 18 Yan Matheus Qatar SC 30 Minato Yoshida Type 2 Youth Team 34 Homare Tokuda Youth Team 40 Yuma Suzuki Sint-Truidense 47 Eito Takaki Type 2 Youth Team 48 Shu Takizawa Type 2 Youth Team 77 Aleksandar Čavrić Slovan Bratislava Players who left on loan 16 Shuhei Mizoguchi (D) Youth Team 20 Yu Funabashi (M) Youth Team 32 Haruto Matsumoto (D) Youth Team 33 Yoshiro Shimoda (M) Tochigi City 36 Mihiro Sato (D) Albirex Niigata
Friendly
Tour of Fukushima (7-18 July)
Transfers In
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 31 May 2026 DF Mihiro Sato Albirex Niigata End of loan MF Yoshihiro Shimoda Tochigi City End of loan 19 June 2026 MF Matheus Bueno Shimizu S-Pulse Undisclosed 20 July 2026 DF Rikuto Hirose Vissel Kobe Undisclosed FW Yan Matheus Qatar SC Undisclosed 16 September 2026 DF Sho Omori Mito HollyHock Undisclosed August 2026 MF Atsuki Itō Gent Undisclosed Loan Transfer
Out
+ Pre-seasonDatePositionPlayerTransferred toRef Permanent Transfer 17 June 2026 FW Shu Morooka Avispa Fukuoka Undisclosed FW Kei Chinen Yokohama F. Marinos Undisclosed 20 July 2026 DF Ryōtarō Araki Sint-Truidense Undisclosed 29 July 2026 DF Kimito Nono DC United Undisclosed Loan Transfer 18 June 2026 DF Haruto Matsumoto Kataller Toyama Season loan DF Shuhei Mizoguchi Tokyo Verdy Season loan DF Mihiro Sato Albirex Niigata Season loan MF Yu Funabashi Mito HollyHock Season loan 23 June 2026 MF Yoshihiro Shimoda Kochi United Season loan
Extension Position Player Ref DF Ryuta Koike FW Léo Ceará
Competitions J1 League
Matches The matches were unveiled on 13 June.
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
AFC Champions League
League stage
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Super Cup 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Tomoki Hayakawa8000000010902DF Koki Anzai0000000000003DF Kim Tae-hyeon3+1010000010604DF Kaito Chida0021000000215DF Ikuma Sekigawa5110000000616MF Kento Misao4+40200000101107DF Ryoya Ogawa800+200000101108MF Matheus Bueno801+100000001009FW Léo Ceará7101+12000000911210MF Gaku Shibasaki3+400+100000109011FW Kyosuke Tagawa0+100000000+112114MF Yuta Higuchi00000000000017FW Élber20100000003018MF Yan Matheus2+20100000106019DF Sho Omori00110000001121GK Taiki Yamada00200000002023DF Keisuke Tsukui3+301+1000000+109024MF Haruki Hayashi1+501000000+108025DF Ryuta Koike1+200000000+104027MF Yūta Matsumura5+310+2000001011128DF Yugo Okawa00100000001029GK Yuji Kajikawa00000000000030FW Minato Yoshida3+20210000007134FW Homare Tokuda2+200+100000126235DF Anthony Udemba Motosuna0+10100000002037DF Rikuto Hirose6+201000001010038GK Haruto Fujii00000000000040FW Yuma Suzuki801+1000000+1011055DF Naomichi Ueda80000000109077FW Aleksandar Čavrić1+7411000013108Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer16DF Shuhei Mizoguchi00000000000020MF Yu Funabashi00000000000032DF Haruto Matsumoto000000000000
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