2020 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2020 season is Kawasaki Frontale's 16th consecutive season in the J1 League. They also will compete in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup, the latter of which they are defending champions.

Kawasaki Frontale

2020 season
Chairman	Yoshihiro Warashina
Manager	Toru Oniki
Stadium	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 League	1st
Emperor's Cup	Preseason
J. League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yu Kobayashi (6) All: Yu Kobayashi (8)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 20 July 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  KOR Jung Sung-ryong 2 DF  JPN Kyohei Noborizato 4 DF  BRA Jesiel 5 MF  JPN Shogo Taniguchi 6 MF  JPN Hidemasa Morita 7 DF  JPN Shintaro Kurumaya 8 MF  JPN Yasuto Wakizaka 9 FW  BRA Leandro Damião 10 MF  JPN Ryota Oshima 11 FW  JPN Yu Kobayashi (captain) 13 DF  JPN Miki Yamane 14 MF  JPN Kengo Nakamura 15 DF  JPN Zain Issaka 16 MF  JPN Tatsuya Hasegawa 17 DF  BRA Diogo Mateus

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  JPN Kaoru Mitoma 19 MF  JPN Manabu Saitō 20 FW  JPN Taisei Miyashiro 22 MF  JPN Hokuto Shimoda 23 GK  JPN Eisuke Fujishima 24 GK  JPN Shunsuke Ando 25 MF  JPN Ao Tanaka 26 DF  JPN Kaito Kamiya 27 GK  JPN Kenta Tanno 28 MF  JPN Koki Harada 30 FW  JPN Reo Hatate 31 MF  JPN Kento Tachibanada 34 MF  JPN Kazuya Yamamura 41 MF  JPN Akihiro Ienaga

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
1 Feb 2020	DF	Miki Yamane	Shonan Bellmare	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Diogo Mateus	Ferroviária	Loan
1 Feb 2020	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	Tsukuba University	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Kaito Kamiya	Tokai Gakuen University	Full
1 Feb 2020	GK}	Kenta Tanno	Cerezo Osaka	Full
1 Feb 2020	MF	Zain Issaka	Toin University	Full
11 Jun 2020	MF	Kento Tachibanada	Toin University	Dual registration
1 Feb 2020	GK	Eisuke Fujishima	Renofa Yamaguchi	Full
1 Feb 2020	MF	Reo Hatate	Juntendo University	Full
1 Feb 2020	GK	Hiroki Mawatari	Ehime FC	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jesiel	Atlético Mineiro	Full
1 Feb 2020	FW	Ten Miyagi	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full
1 Feb 2020	FW	Daiya Tono	Honda FC	Full
1 Feb 2020	GK	William Popp	Oita Trinita	Return from loan
1 Feb 2020	FW	Shuhei Akasaki	Nagoya Grampus	Return from loan
1 Feb 2020	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Gamba Osaka	Return from loan
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jefferson Tabinas	FC Gifu	Return from loan
1 Feb 2020	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	Renofa Yamaguchi	Return from loan

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
1 Feb 2020	MF	Koji Miyoshi	Royal Antwerp	Full
1 Feb 2020	FW	Shuhei Akasaki	Vegalta Sendai	Full
1 Feb 2020	GK	Shota Arai	JEF United Chiba	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Tatsuki Nara	Kashima Antlers	Full
1 Feb 2020	MF	Hiroyuki Abe	Nagoya Grampus	Full
1 Feb 2020	FW	Kei Chinen	Oita Trinita	Loan
1 Feb 2020	DF	Kazuaki Mawatari	Shonan Bellmare	Loan
1 Feb 2020	GK	Hiroki Mawatari	Fagiano Okayama	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Jefferson Tabinas	Gamba Osaka	Loan
1 Feb 2020	GK	William Popp	Fagiano Okayama	Loan
1 Feb 2020	DF	Michael James Fitzgerald	Albirex Niigata	Full
1 Feb 2020	DF	Maguinho	Yokohama FC	Loan
1 Feb 2020	MF	Daiya Tono	Avispa Fukuoka	Loan
1 Feb 2020	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Loan
1 Feb 2020	FW	Ten Miyagi	Kataller Toyama	Loan

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
10	9	1	0	29	7	+22	28	4	1	0	10	3	+7	5	0	0	19	4	+15

Last updated: 1 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2020. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 1	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
15:03 JST		Report	Tiago Alves  80' Riki Harakawa  83'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 15,535

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:03 JST	Taniguchi  2' Hasegawa  30' Ienaga  43' Yamane  81'	Report	Uchida  17' Own goal  32' Machida  76' Nagaki  87'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

FC Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3	FC Tokyo	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Chōfu, Tokyo
19:33 JST		Report	Oshima  17' Damião  23' Hasegawa  28', 45' Tanaka  56'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashiwa Reysol

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 4	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Wakizaka  31' Ienaga  40', 42' Kurumaya  44' Damião  52' Morita  89'	Report	Goya  56' Someya  61' Segawa  90+4'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,724

Yokohama FC v Kawasaki Frontale

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5	Yokohama FC	1–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
18:00 JST	Tashiro  59'	Report	Wakizaka  28' Kobayashi  75', 83' Ienaga  78' Tanibuchi  90+6'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 2,733 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6	Vegalta Sendai	2–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai
19:30 JST	Nagasawa  30' Michibuchi  38'	Report	Kobayashi  58', 68' Yamane  59'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Shonan Bellmare

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Yamane  61' Mitoma  78' Tanaka  88'	Report	Elyounoussi  57'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 8	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
19:00 JST		Report	Oshima  48'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kawasaki Frontale v Oita Trinita

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) 9	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Mitoma  5' Damião  24'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,735 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Consadole Sapporo v Kawasaki Frontale

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 10	Consadole Sapporo	1-6	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
14:00 JST	Bothroyd  79'	Report	Kurumaya  35' Mitoma  50', 63' Damião  55' Kobayashi  87', 90+5'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) 11	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 12	Nagoya Grampus	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
18:00 JST				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 13	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00 JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki 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		FRO	GRA	ANT	SSP
1	Kawasaki Frontale	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7		—	—	—	5–1
2	Nagoya Grampus	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7[lower-alpha 2]		2–2	—	1–0	—
3	Kashima Antlers	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3		2–3	—	—	—
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0		—	0–3	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2020. Source: League table , match result
Notes:

1. Match played behind closed doors
2. Most points among the 2nd place finishers in each group.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Yu Kobayashi	6	0	2	8
2	18	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	4	0	3	7
3	9	FW	Leandro Damião	4	0	1	5
	16	MF	Tatsuya Hasegawa	3	0	2	5
5	41	MF	Akihiro Ienaga	3	0	0	3
	10	MF	Ryota Oshima	2	0	1	3
7	5	DF	Shogo Taniguchi	2	0	0	2
	13	DF	Miki Yamane	2	0	0	2
9	8	MF	Yasuto Wakizaka	1	0	0	1
	25	MF	Ao Tanaka	1	0	0	1
	7	DF	Shintaro Kurumaya	1	0	0	1
	30	FW	Reo Hatate	0	0	1	1
Total				29	0	10	39

Last updated: 8 August 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Jung Sung-ryong	4	0	0	4
Total				4	0	0	4

Last updated: 8 August 2020.
Source: JLeague

References

1. "選手・スタッフ". frontale.co.jp. Retrieved 23 February 2020.