2018 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2018 Kawasaki Frontale season is their 14th consecutive season in J1 League, they are defending champions after finishing top of the 2017 J1 League. They will also compete in the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup, and AFC Champions League.

Kawasaki Frontale
2018 season
ManagerToru Oniki
StadiumKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 LeagueChampions
2018 AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
2018 Emperor's CupQuarter finals

Squad

As of 22 January 2018.[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  KOR Jung Sung-ryong
2 DF  JPN Kyohei Noborizato
3 DF  JPN Tatsuki Nara
4 FW  JPN Yoshito Okubo
5 MF  JPN Shogo Taniguchi
6 MF  JPN Yusuke Tasaka
7 DF  JPN Shintaro Kurumaya
8 MF  JPN Hiroyuki Abe
9 FW  JPN Shuhei Akasaki
10 MF  JPN Ryota Oshima
11 FW  JPN Yu Kobayashi (captain)
14 MF  JPN Kengo Nakamura
16 MF  JPN Tatsuya Hasegawa
17 DF  JPN Yuto Takeoka
18 DF  BRA Elsinho
19 MF  JPN Kentaro Moriya
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  JPN Kei Chinen
21 MF  BRA Eduardo Neto
22 MF  JPN Hokuto Shimoda
23 DF  BRA Eduardo Bendini
24 GK  JPN Shunsuke Ando
25 MF  JPN Hidemasa Morita
26 DF  PHI Jefferson Tabinas
27 FW  JPN Yuto Suzuki
28 MF  JPN Yasuto Wakizaka
29 DF  JPN Michael Fitzgerald
30 GK  JPN Shota Arai
31 GK  JPN William Popp
32 MF  JPN Ao Tanaka
33 MF  JPN Taisei Miyashiro
37 MF  JPN Manabu Saito
41 MF  JPN Akihiro Ienaga

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  JPN Ko Itakura (at Vegalta Sendai)
— MF  JPN Koji Miyoshi (at Consadole Sapporo)

Competitions

Super Cup
Main article: 2018 Japanese Super Cup
10 February 2018 Kawasaki Frontale2–3Cerezo OsakaSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
13:35 JST Kobayashi  51'
Okubo  90+2'		 Report  26' Yamaguchi
 48' Kiyotake
 78' Takagi		 Attendance: 41,803
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

J1 League
Main article: 2018 J1 League

[2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kawasaki Frontale (C) 34 21 6 7 57 27 +30 69 Champions League group stage
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 17 6 11 47 35 +12 57 Champions League play-off round
3 Kashima Antlers 34 16 8 10 50 39 +11 56
4 Consadole Sapporo 34 15 10 9 48 48 0 55
5 Urawa Red Diamonds[lower-alpha 1] 34 14 9 11 51 39 +12 51 Champions League group stage
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results
25 February 2018 1Júbilo Iwata0–3Kawasaki FrontaleYamaha Stadium
15:30 Oi  44' Neto  12'
Nakamura  24'
Taniguchi  43'
Eduardo  45'
Eduardo  54'		 Attendance: 31,375
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
2 March 2018 2Kawasaki Frontale1–1Shonan BellmareKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 Kobayashi  56'
Ienaga  69'		 Kikuchi  59'
Matsuda  66'
Sugioka  70'		 Attendance: 22,475
Referee: Yusuke Araki
10 March 2018 3Kawasaki Frontale2–0Gamba OsakaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
13:00 Neto  8'
Oshima  50'
Ienaga  55'
Kurumaya  68'		 Attendance: 22,520
Referee: Jumpei Iida
18 March 2018 4Nagoya Grampus0–1Kawasaki FrontaleMizuho Stadium
19:00 Okubo  65' Attendance: 25,898
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
31 March 2018 5Kawasaki Frontale0–1Sanfrecce HiroshimaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
17:00 Nakamura  90' Patric  83'  85' Attendance: 24,018
Referee: Minoru Tojo
8 April 2018 6Yokohama F. Marinos1–1Kawasaki FrontaleInternational Stadium Yokohama
17:00 Nakazawa  61' Ienaga  58' Attendance: 37,332
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
11 April 2018 7Kawasaki Frontale1–2Cerezo OsakaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Chinen  22'
Eduardo  47'
Neto  51'		 Maruhashi  31'
Fukumitsu  36'		 Attendance: 17,1137
Referee: Ryuji Sato
14 April 2018 8Vegalta Sendai0–0Kawasaki FrontaleYurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 Abe  64'
Morita  68'		 Attendance: 14,024
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
21 April 2018 9Kawasaki Frontale4–1Kashima AntlersKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
17:00 Miaso  5' (o.g)
Ienaga  29'
Neto  47'
Taniguchi  51'
Nakamura  65'
Okubo  81'		 Nagaki  64'
Shoji  32'  77'
Kanazaki  79'		 Attendance: 24,358
Referee: Yusuke Araki
25 April 2018 10Sagan Tosu0–2Kawasaki FrontaleTosu Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi  66' Abe  56'
Kobayashi  67'		 Attendance: 8,490
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
28 April 2018 11Vissel Kobe1–2Kawasaki FrontaleNoevir Stadium Kobe
17:00 Mita  69'  78'
Jung  43'  81'		 Taniguchi  7'
Kobayashi  88'		 Attendance: 19,847
Referee: Jumpei Iida
2 May 2018 12Kawasaki Frontale0–2Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Jung  70'
Saito  76'		 Koroki  15'  50'
Iwanami  90+1'
Nagasawa  90+5'		 Attendance: 22,817
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
5 May 2018 13Kawasaki Frontale0–2TokyoKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
15:00 Saito  71' Hashimoto  14'
Muroya  64'
Morishige  69'		 Attendance: 24,677
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
12 May 2018 14Kashiwa Reysol1–2Kawasaki FrontaleSankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
16:00 Ito  32'  86'
Kim  35'		 Taniguchi  14'
Kobayashi  58'
Suzuki 90+2'		 Attendance: 12,584
Referee: Masuya Ueda
20 May 2018 15Kawasaki Frontale3–0Shimizu S-PulseKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
16:00 Nakamura  19'  57'
Abe  33'		 Hwang  65' Attendance: 23,969
Referee: Ryuji Sato
18 July 2018 16Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo1–2Kawasaki FrontaleSapporo Dome
20:00 Tokura  90+5' Morita  8'
Elsinho  42'
Kobayashi  52'  63'		 Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
22 July 2018 17Kawasaki Frontale1–0V-Varen NagasakiKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi  67'
Chinen  90+3'		 Attendance: 22,221
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
26 September 2018 18Shonan Bellmare0–0Kawasaki FrontaleShonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
20:30 Saito  6'
Saka  60'		 Nakamura  23'
Kobayashi 85		 Attendance: 8,816
Referee: Jumpei Iida
1 August 2018 19Urawa Red Diamonds2–0Kawasaki FrontaleSaitama Stadium
20:00 Koroki  7'
Hashioka  69'
Iwanami  78'
Fabrício  90+3' (pen)		 Taniguchi  87' Attendance: 28,215
Referee: Yusuke Araki
5 August 2018 20Kawasaki Frontale2–0Yokohama F. MarinosKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi  34'  71'
Oshima  53'
Morita  64'		 Shinozuka  37'
Kida  87'		 Attendance: 23,033
Referee: Masuya Ueda
11 August 2018 21Shimizu S-Pulse1–2Kawasaki FrontaleIAI Stadium Nihondaira
19:00 Douglas  5' Kobayashi  32'
Oshima  64'
Saito  84'		 Attendance: 18,129
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
15 August 2018 22Kawasaki Frontale0–0Sagan TosuKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Attendance: 24,390
Referee: Ryuji Sato
19 August 2018 23Sanfrecce Hiroshima1–2Kawasaki FrontaleEdion Stadium Hiroshima
20:00 Patric  56'
Chiba  76'
Aoyama  78'		 Kobayashi  63'  78' (pen) Attendance: 14,211
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
25 August 2018 24Kawasaki Frontale1–0Vegalta SendaiKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Nakamura  55' Attendance: 23,816
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
1 September 2018 25Gamba Osaka2–0Kawasaki FrontalePanasonic Stadium Suita
20:00 Wantanabe  7'
Fábio  55'
Fujiharu  82'		 Elsinho  26' Attendance: 19,683
Referee: Koei Koya
15 September 2018 26Kawasaki Frontale7–0Hokkaido Consadole SapporoKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Ienaga  28'  45+1'
Nakamura  30'
Abe  40'
Shimoda  57'
Kobayashi 58'
Chinen  86'
Tanaka  90+1'		 Kim  38'
Fukumori  82'
Ono  90'		 Attendance: 22,522
Referee: Atsushi Kamimura
22 September 2018 27Kawasaki Frontale3–1Nagoya GrampusKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Izumi  20' (o.g)
Abe  34'
Kobayashi  63'		 Izumi  38'
Neto  41'
Kobayashi  43'
Maeda  59'		 Attendance: 23,790
Referee: Itaru Hirose
29 September 2018 28V-Varen Nagasaki1–2Kawasaki FrontaleTranscosmos Stadium Nagasaki
20:00 Kurogi  4'
Juanma  90'		 Chinen  35'
Kobayashi  41'
Nakamura  64'
Ienaga  90'		 Attendance: 12,430
Referee: Minoru Tojo
7 October 2018 29Kashima Antlers0–0Kawasaki FrontaleKashima Soccer Stadium
14:00 Silva  29'
Misao  66'
Jeong  68'		 Abe  28'  90+1'
Yu Kobayashi 38
Morita  52'
Kurumaya  89'		 Attendance: 31,798
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
20 October 2018 30Kawasaki Frontale5–3Vissel KobeKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi  13' (pen)
Ienaga  43'
Saito  65'
Oshima  69'
Elsinho  76'		 Nara  15' (o.g)
Furuhashi  28'
Mita  35'  71'
Oskai  81'		 Attendance: 24,441
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
3 November 2018 31Kawasaki Frontale3–0Kashiwa ReysolKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
14:00 Ienaga  21'  58'
Morita  28'
Taniguchi  33'
Abe  89'		 Kamata  26' Attendance: 24,487
Referee: Ryuji Sato
10 November 2018 32Cerezo Osaka2–1Kawasaki FrontaleYanmar Stadium Nagai
14:00 Sugimoto  55'
Yamamura  90+4'		 Ienaga  90' (pen) Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
24 November 2018 33Tokyo0–2Kawasaki FrontaleAjinomoto Stadium
14:00 Higashi  56' Chinen  19'
Hasegawa  50'
Kurumaya  58'		 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
1 December 2018 34Kawasaki Frontale2–1Júbilo IwataKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
14:00 Nara  83'
Oi  90+4' (o.g)		 Okubo  78' Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

J. League Cup

Results
5 September 2018 Quarter finals 1st legKashima Antlers1–1Kawasaki FrontaleKashima Soccer Stadium
20:00 Nishi  19'  64'
Nagaki  72'		 Akasaki  27'
Chinen  32' (pen)
Elsinho  41'
Nara  72'
Taniguchi  75'
Ienaga  90'		 Referee: Jumpei Iida
9 September 2019 Quarter finals 2nd legKawasaki Frontale1–3
(2–4 agg.)		Kashima AntlersKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Taniguchi  27'
Abe  51' (pen)
Nara  53'
Fitzgerald  86'		 Silva  7'
Yamamoto  28'  37'
Uchida  71'
Serginho  72'		 Attendance: 19,214
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Emperor's Cup
Main article: 2018 Emperor's Cup

Results
6 June 2018 2nd RoundKawasaki Frontale3–2Sony SendaiKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Hasegawa  52'
Elsinho  66'
Ienaga  89'		 Fujiwara  18'
Miura  33'  75'		 Attendance: 5,488
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
11 July 2018 3rd RoundMito HollyHock1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		Kawasaki FrontaleK's denki Stadium Mito
Tomita  90+3' Taniguchi  4'
Kurumaya  34'
Fitzgerald  107'		 Attendance: 3,058
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Penalties

Tomita
Kishimoto
Funtani
Saito
Chinen
Shimoda
Nakamura
Hasegawa
24 October 2018 Quarter finalsMontedio Yamagata3–2Kawasaki FrontaleND Soft Stadium Yamagata
20:00 Kobayashi  2'
Sakai  36'
Sakano  49'		 Chinen  60'  70'
Jung  64'		 Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Yusuke Araki

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shanghai SIPG 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Round of 16
2 Ulsan Hyundai 6 2 3 1 15 11 +4 9
3 Melbourne Victory 6 2 2 2 11 16 −5 8
4 Kawasaki Frontale 6 0 3 3 6 9 −3 3
Source: AFC

Results
13 February 2018 Group FKawasaki Frontale0–1Shanghai SIPG Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 Elkeson  23'
Oscar  50'		 Attendance: 12,193
Referee: Adham Mohammad
20 February 2018 Group F Ulsan Hyundai2–1Kawasaki FrontaleUlsan Munsu Football Stadium
19:00 Jung  42'
Lee  66'		 Chinen  85' Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
7 March 2018 Group FKawasaki Frontale2–2Melbourne Victory Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 Elsinho  28'
Noborizato  55'
Neto  78'		 Berisha  36'
Williams  56'
Valeri  71'
George  90+2' (pen)		 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
13 March 2018 Group F Melbourne Victory1–0Kawasaki FrontaleAAMI Park
17:30 Williams  80'
Barbarouses  90'		 Eduardo  74' Attendance: 6,639
Referee: Ammer Al Junaibi
4 April 2018 Group F Shanghai SIPG1–1Kawasaki FrontaleShanghai Stadium
22:00 Elkeson  68' Chinen  74' Attendance: 21,657
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko
18 April 2018 Group FKawasaki Frontale2–2Ulsan Hyundai Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Suzuki  2'
Hasegawa  43'		 Kim  35'
S-h.Lee  44'
Park  47'
Y-j.Lee  50'		 Attendance: 8,422
Referee: Khamis Al Marri
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References
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  2. J.League
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