| 2009 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Satoshi Tezuka | ||
| Stadium | Okayama Stadium | ||
| J.League 2 | 18th of 18 | ||
| Emperor's Cup | 2nd round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Kohei Nishino (9) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 13,228 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 615 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 6,162 | ||
2009 Fagiano Okayama season
| Competitions | Position |
|---|---|
| J.League 2 | 18th / 18 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 2nd round |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 51 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 58 |
| 15 | Ehime FC | 51 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 47 |
| 16 | Yokohama FC | 51 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 70 | −27 | 44 |
| 17 | Tochigi SC | 51 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 37 |
| 18 | Fagiano Okayama | 51 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 84 | −44 | 36 |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | Lee Chang-Gang | December 9, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF | Yuji Ozaki | September 29, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | MF | Mutsumi Tamabayashi | October 12, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | Masahiko Sawaguchi | July 22, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | DF | Masahiko Kimura | October 1, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | DF | Yasuhiro Nomoto | June 25, 1983 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | DF | Akira Marutani | February 28, 1984 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | MF | Kazunari Hosaka | March 24, 1983 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 44 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | FW | Yasutaka Kobayashi | June 15, 1980 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | MF | Shugo Kawahara | February 14, 1980 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 32 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | FW | Kohei Kiyama | February 22, 1988 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 48 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | DF | Kim Kwang-min | December 25, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | MF | Yusuke Kobayashi | October 16, 1983 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 43 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | FW | Keisuke Sekiguchi | November 4, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | MF | Takahiro Kanemitsu | March 21, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | MF | Ryusuke Senoo | February 20, 1986 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 42 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | FW | Shotaro Dei | August 8, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | FW | Kohei Nishino | April 15, 1982 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 34 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | FW | Hideaki Takeda | May 22, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 41 | 2 | ||||
| 21 | GK | Hidenori Mago | August 3, 1982 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | MF | Hitoshi Usui | November 5, 1988 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | DF | Ryujiro Ueda | January 29, 1988 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | DF | Kazuya Sakamoto | September 2, 1987 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | MF | Kengo Ukai | August 28, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | MF | Takaaki Fujisada | July 30, 1988 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | FW | Tsuyoshi Shinchu | November 28, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | MF | Yuhei Ono | July 1, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | GK | Hironori Taki | June 7, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | MF | Naota Yamaguchi | August 31, 1983 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | DF | Tsubasa Oshima | December 9, 1983 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 32 | DF | Ryo Tadokoro | April 8, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | MF | Yuki Kotera | July 12, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | DF | Yutaka Baba | October 4, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | MF | Yuichi Morimoto | January 26, 1987 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | DF | Tadashi Takeda | July 27, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | MF | Shunsuke Aoyama | July 8, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 38 | DF | Naoki Mihara | June 19, 1987 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | FW | Daiki Iwata | October 1, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | MF | Ryohei Kamon | September 22, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | GK | Kazuma Shiina | August 26, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | DF | Takashi Nishihara | August 24, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | MF | Takuro Yoshioka | February 23, 1987 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | MF | Yuji Makiura | April 14, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 45 | MF | Takuya Yamamoto | August 11, 1988 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | FW | Ryota Miki | April 12, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 47 | GK | Ryotaro Hironaga | January 9, 1990 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 48 | FW | Kota Aoki | April 27, 1987 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 31 | 6 | ||||
| 50 | DF | Koji Noda | August 17, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 18 | 0 | ||||
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