2020 Cerezo Osaka season

The 2020 season is Cerezo Osaka's fourth consecutive season in the top-division of Japanese football following promotion in 2016. In addition to the J1 League, the club also competes in the 2020 Emperor's Cup and the 2020 J.League Cup.

Cerezo Osaka

2020 season
Owner	Yanmar
Chairman	Hiroaki Morishima
Manager	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Stadium	Yanmar Stadium Nagai
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Preseason
J.League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hiroaki Okuno (2) All: Bruno Mendes (3)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Senior team

As of 23 February 2020.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Takumi Nagaishi 2 DF  JPN Riku Matsuda 3 DF  JPN Yasuki Kimoto 4 DF  JPN Yuta Koike 5 MF  JPN Naoyuki Fujita 6 MF  ARG Leandro Desábato 8 FW  JPN Yoichiro Kakitani 9 FW  JPN Ken Tokura 10 MF  JPN Hiroshi Kiyotake 11 MF  BRA Lucas Mineiro (on loan from Chapecoense) 13 FW  JPN Toshiyuki Takagi 14 DF  JPN Yusuke Maruhashi 15 DF  JPN Ayumu Seko 16 DF  JPN Eiichi Katayama 17 MF  JPN Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 18 FW  JPN Koji Suzuki 19 FW  JPN Ryuji Sawakami 20 FW  BRA Bruno Mendes 21 GK  KOR Kim Jin-hyeon 22 DF  CRO Matej Jonjić 24 FW  AUS Pierce Waring

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  JPN Hiroaki Okuno 26 MF  JPN Daichi Akiyama 27 GK  KOR Ahn Joon-soo 28 FW  JPN Motohiko Nakajima 29 MF  JPN Takuya Shimamura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga) 30 MF  JPN Hinata Kida 31 FW  JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi 32 FW  JPN Yuta Toyokawa 33 FW  THA Tawan Khotrsupho (on loan from BG Pathum United) 38 MF  JPN Masataka Nishimoto 39 DF  JPN Honoya Shoji 40 FW  JPN Mizuki Ando 41 MF  JPN Nagi Matsumoto 42 FW  JPN Shota Fujio 43 DF  JPN Ryuya Nishio 44 MF  JPN Takaya Yoshinare 45 GK  JPN Shu Mogi 46 DF  JPN Tatsuya Tabira 47 MF  JPN Taiga Maekawa 49 MF  JPN Jun Nishikawa

Out on loan

Last updated 11 July 2019.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  JPN Takaki Fukumitsu 26 MF  JPN Daichi Akiyama (to Montedio Yamagata) 31 FW  JPN Towa Yamane (to Zweigen Kanazawa) — GK  KOR Ahn Joon-soo (to Kagoshima United FC) — GK  JPN Takumi Nagaishi (to Renofa Yamaguchi FC) — GK  JPN Honoya Shoji (to Oita Trinita)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  JPN Reiya Morishita (to Tochigi SC) — MF  JPN Hinata Kida (to Avispa Fukuoka) — MF  JPN Taiga Maekawa (to Avispa Fukuoka) — MF  JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi (to FC Machida Zelvia) — FW  JPN Takeru Kishimoto (to Tokushima Vortis)

Under-23 Squad

See also: Cerezo Osaka U-23

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW  THA Tawan Khotrsupho (on loan from BG Pathum United) 35 MF  THA Phongrawit Jantawong (on loan from BG Pathum United) 37 DF  JPN Temma Nomura 41 MF  JPN Nagi Matsumoto 42 FW  JPN Shota Fujio 43 DF  JPN Ryuya Nishio

No. Pos. Nation Player 44 DF  JPN Taiyo Shimokawa 46 GK  JPN Teruki Origuchi 47 GK  JPN Go Kambayashi 48 MF  JPN Takaya Yoshinare 49 DF  JPN Kaito Hayashida 50 MF  JPN Riyon Tori

Competitions

J1 League

Main article: 2020 J1 League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale	10	9	1	0	29	7	+22	28	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and 2020 Emperor's Cup semi-finals
2	Cerezo Osaka	10	6	3	1	12	6	+6	21
3	Gamba Osaka	9	6	1	2	14	9	+5	19	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4	FC Tokyo	10	5	3	2	15	12	+3	18
5	Nagoya Grampus	9	5	2	2	17	8	+9	17

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	5	3	1	9	5	+4	18	2	2	1	3	2	+1	3	1	0	6	3	+3

Last updated: 9 August 2020.
Source: see below

Results by matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: See below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Cerezo Osaka v Oita Trinita

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 1	Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Oita Trinita	Osaka
15:03 JST	Bruno Mendes  8'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 15,535

Gamba Osaka v Cerezo Osaka

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	Suita
18:03 JST	Ademilson  68'	Report	Okuno  45+2' Maruhashi  62' Kimoto  66'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

Cerezo Osaka v Shimizu S-Pulse

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka
18:03 JST	Seko  53' Okuno  71' Katayama  85'	Report	Valdo  44'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 4	Cerezo Osaka	0–2	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
19:03 JST	Mineiro  57' Sakamoto  69'	Report	Own goal  38' Abe  61' Maruyama  87'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 4,026

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshima
19:00 JST	Fujii  48' Vieira  53'	Report	Own goal  20' Fujita  50'	Stadium: Edion Stadium

Cerezo Osaka v Vissel Kobe

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Vissel Kobe	Osaka
19:30 JST		Report	Watanabe  45+1' Nishi  49'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 4,981

Sagan Tosu v Cerezo Osaka

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7	Sagan Tosu	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Tosu, Saga
19:00 JST	Ishii  51' Eduardo  63'	Report	Fujita  64' Sakamoto  75' Koike  77'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

Shonan Bellmare v Cerezo Osaka

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 8	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Hiratsuka
19:00 JST	Saito  21' Oiwa  59' Mawatari  71' Kaneko  76' Elyounoussi  77'	Summary	Kiyotake  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Cerezo Osaka v FC Tokyo

9 August 2020 (2020-08-09) 9	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	FC Tokyo	Osaka
19:00 JST	Bruno Mendes  39' Desábato  73'	Summary	Abe  77' Ogawa  87'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 4,840 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashiwa Reysol v Cerezo Osaka

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 10	Kashiwa Reysol	v	Cerezo Osaka	Kashiwa
19:00 JST				Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2020 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 2020 J.League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		RED	CER	VEG	YAM
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	3		—	canceled	5–2	RED Wins with 0 goals
2	Cerezo Osaka	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3		5 Aug	—	canceled	4–1
3	Vegalta Sendai	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	0		canceled	12 Aug	—	VEG Wins with 0 goals
4	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0		canceled	canceled	canceled	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2020. Source: League table , match result

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	20	FW	Bruno Mendes	1	0	2	3
2	25	MF	Hiroaki Okuno	2	0	0	2
	14	DF	Yusuke Maruhashi	1	0	1	2
4	5	MF	Naoyuki Fujita	1	0	0	1
	10	MF	Hiroshi Kiyotake	0	0	1	1
	16	FW	Eiichi Katayama	1	0	0	1
	17	MF	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				8	0	4	12

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	18	GK	Kim Jin-hyeon	3	0	0	3
Total				3	0	0	3

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: JLeague

References

1. "トップチーム選手".
2. "ニュース". セレッソ大阪HP. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

1. Match played behind closed doors

External links

• (in Japanese) J.League official site