2018 Kawasaki Frontale season

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Kawasaki Frontale
2018 season
Manager Flag of Japan.svg Toru Oniki
Stadium Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 League Champions
2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
2018 Emperor's Cup Quarter finals
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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.

Contents

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Jung Sung-ryong
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kyohei Noborizato
3 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuki Nara
4 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshito Okubo
5 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shogo Taniguchi
6 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yusuke Tasaka
7 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shintaro Kurumaya
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiroyuki Abe
9 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuhei Akasaki
10 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryota Oshima
11 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yu Kobayashi (captain)
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kengo Nakamura
16 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuya Hasegawa
17 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuto Takeoka
18 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Elsinho
19 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kentaro Moriya
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Chinen
21 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Eduardo Neto
22 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hokuto Shimoda
23 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Eduardo Bendini
24 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shunsuke Ando
25 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hidemasa Morita
26 DF Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Jefferson Tabinas
27 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuto Suzuki
28 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yasuto Wakizaka
29 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Michael Fitzgerald
30 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shota Arai
31 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN William Popp
32 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ao Tanaka
33 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taisei Miyashiro
37 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Manabu Saito
41 MF Flag of Japan.svg  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.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ko Itakura (at Vegalta Sendai)
— MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koji Miyoshi (at Consadole Sapporo)

Competitions

Super Cup

10 February 2018 Kawasaki Frontale 2–3 Cerezo Osaka Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
13:35 JST Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg51'
Okubo Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg26' Yamaguchi
Soccerball shade.svg48' Kiyotake
Soccerball shade.svg78' Takagi 		Attendance: 41,803
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

J1 League

[2]

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kawasaki Frontale (C)3421675727+3069Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34176114735+1257Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3 Kashima Antlers 34168105039+1156
4 Consadole Sapporo 34151094848055
5 Urawa Red Diamonds 34149115139+1251Qualification for the Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion
Notes:

Results

25 February 20181 Júbilo Iwata 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale Yamaha Stadium
15:30 Oi Yellow card.svg 44' Neto Yellow card.svg 12'
Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg24'
Taniguchi Soccerball shade.svg43'
Eduardo Soccerball shade.svg45'
Eduardo Yellow card.svg 54'		Attendance: 31,375
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
2 March 20182 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Shonan Bellmare Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg56'
Ienaga Yellow card.svg 69'		 Kikuchi Yellow card.svg 59'
Matsuda Soccerball shade.svg66'
Sugioka Yellow card.svg 70'		Attendance: 22,475
Referee: Yusuke Araki
10 March 20183 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
13:00 Neto Soccerball shade.svg8'
Oshima Yellow card.svg 50'
Ienaga Soccerball shade.svg55'
Kurumaya Yellow card.svg 68'		Attendance: 22,520
Referee: Jumpei Iida
18 March 20184 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale Mizuho Stadium
19:00 Okubo Soccerball shade.svg65'Attendance: 25,898
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
11 April 20187 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Chinen Soccerball shade.svg22'
Eduardo Yellow card.svg 47'
Neto Yellow card.svg 51'		 Maruhashi Soccerball shade.svg31'
Fukumitsu Soccerball shade.svg36'		Attendance: 17,1137
Referee: Ryuji Sato
14 April 20188 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 Abe Yellow card.svg 64'
Morita Yellow card.svg 68'		Attendance: 14,024
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
21 April 20189 Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
17:00 Miaso Soccerball shade.svg5' (o.g)
Ienaga Yellow card.svg 29'
Neto Soccerball shade.svg47'
Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 51'
Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg65'
Okubo Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Nagaki Soccerball shade.svg64'
Shoji Yellow card.svg 32' Yellow-red card.svg 77'
Kanazaki Yellow card.svg 79'		Attendance: 24,358
Referee: Yusuke Araki
25 April 201810 Sagan Tosu 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale Tosu Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi Yellow card.svg 66' Abe Soccerball shade.svg56'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg67'		Attendance: 8,490
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
28 April 201811 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale Noevir Stadium Kobe
17:00 Mita Yellow card.svg 69'Soccerball shade.svg78'
Jung Yellow card.svg 43' Yellow-red card.svg 81'		 Taniguchi Soccerball shade.svg7'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg88'		Attendance: 19,847
Referee: Jumpei Iida
2 May 201812 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Jung Red card.svg 70'
Saito Yellow card.svg 76'		 Koroki Soccerball shade.svg15'Soccerball shade.svg50'
Iwanami Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Nagasawa Yellow card.svg 90+5'		Attendance: 22,817
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
5 May 201813 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Tokyo Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
15:00 Saito Yellow card.svg 71' Hashimoto Soccerball shade.svg14'
Muroya Yellow card.svg 64'
Morishige Soccerball shade.svg69'		Attendance: 24,677
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
12 May 201814 Kashiwa Reysol 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
16:00 Ito Soccerball shade.svg32'Yellow card.svg 86'
Kim Yellow card.svg 35'		 Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 14'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Suzuki Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		Attendance: 12,584
Referee: Masuya Ueda
20 May 201815 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Shimizu S-Pulse Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
16:00 Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg19'Soccerball shade.svg57'
Abe Soccerball shade.svg33'		 Hwang Yellow card.svg 65'Attendance: 23,969
Referee: Ryuji Sato
26 September 201818 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
20:30 Saito Yellow card.svg 6'
Saka Yellow card.svg 60'		 Nakamura Yellow card.svg 23'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade cross.svg 85		Attendance: 8,816
Referee: Jumpei Iida
1 August 201819 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama Stadium
20:00 Koroki Soccerball shade.svg7'
Hashioka Yellow card.svg 69'
Iwanami Yellow card.svg 78'
Fabrício Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen)		 Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 87'Attendance: 28,215
Referee: Yusuke Araki
5 August 201820 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg34'Soccerball shade.svg71'
Oshima Yellow card.svg 53'
Morita Yellow card.svg 64'		 Shinozuka Yellow card.svg 37'
Kida Yellow card.svg 87'		Attendance: 23,033
Referee: Masuya Ueda
11 August 201821 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale IAI Stadium Nihondaira
19:00 Douglas Soccerball shade.svg5' Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg32'
Oshima Soccerball shade.svg64'
Saito Yellow card.svg 84'		Attendance: 18,129
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
15 August 201822 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Sagan Tosu Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00Attendance: 24,390
Referee: Ryuji Sato
19 August 201823 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale Edion Stadium Hiroshima
20:00 Patric Soccerball shade.svg56'
Chiba Yellow card.svg 76'
Aoyama Yellow card.svg 78'		 Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg63'Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen)Attendance: 14,211
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
1 September 201825 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale Panasonic Stadium Suita
20:00 Wantanabe Soccerball shade.svg7'
Fábio Soccerball shade.svg55'
Fujiharu Yellow card.svg 82'		 Elsinho Yellow card.svg 26'Attendance: 19,683
Referee: Koei Koya
15 September 201826 Kawasaki Frontale 7–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Ienaga Soccerball shade.svg28'Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg30'
Abe Soccerball shade.svg40'
Shimoda Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Chinen Soccerball shade.svg86'
Tanaka Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Kim Yellow card.svg 38'
Fukumori Yellow card.svg 82'
Ono Yellow card.svg 90'		Attendance: 22,522
Referee: Atsushi Kamimura
22 September 201827 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Nagoya Grampus Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Izumi Soccerball shade.svg20' (o.g)
Abe Soccerball shade.svg34'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Izumi Yellow card.svg 38'
Neto Yellow card.svg 41'
Kobayashi Yellow card.svg 43'
Maeda Soccerball shade.svg59'		Attendance: 23,790
Referee: Itaru Hirose
29 September 201828 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
20:00 Kurogi Yellow card.svg 4'
Juanma Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Chinen Soccerball shade.svg35'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg41'
Nakamura Yellow card.svg 64'
Ienaga Yellow card.svg 90'		Attendance: 12,430
Referee: Minoru Tojo
7 October 201829 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Soccer Stadium
14:00 Silva Yellow card.svg 29'
Misao Yellow card.svg 66'
Jeong Yellow card.svg 68'		 Abe Yellow card.svg 28' Yellow-red card.svg 90+1'
Yu Kobayashi Soccerball shade cross.svg 38
Morita Yellow card.svg 52'
Kurumaya Yellow card.svg 89'		Attendance: 31,798
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
20 October 201830 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Vissel Kobe Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg13' (pen)
Ienaga Soccerball shade.svg43'
Saito Soccerball shade.svg65'
Oshima Soccerball shade.svg69'
Elsinho Soccerball shade.svg76'		 Nara Soccerball shade.svg15' (o.g)
Furuhashi Soccerball shade.svg28'
Mita Soccerball shade.svg35'Yellow card.svg 71'
Oskai Yellow card.svg 81'		Attendance: 24,441
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
3 November 201831 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
14:00 Ienaga Soccerball shade.svg21'Yellow card.svg 58'
Morita Yellow card.svg 28'
Taniguchi Soccerball shade.svg33'
Abe Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Kamata Yellow card.svg 26'Attendance: 24,487
Referee: Ryuji Sato
24 November 201833 Tokyo 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale Ajinomoto Stadium
14:00 Higashi Yellow card.svg 56' Chinen Soccerball shade.svg19'
Hasegawa Soccerball shade.svg50'
Kurumaya Yellow card.svg 58'		Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
1 December 201834 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Júbilo Iwata Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
14:00 Nara Soccerball shade.svg83'
Oi Soccerball shade.svg90+4' (o.g)		 Okubo Soccerball shade.svg78'Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

J. League Cup

Results

5 September 2018Quarter finals 1st leg Kashima Antlers 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Soccer Stadium
20:00 Nishi Soccerball shade.svg19'Yellow card.svg 64'
Nagaki Yellow card.svg 72'		 Akasaki Yellow card.svg 27'
Chinen Soccerball shade.svg32' (pen)
Elsinho Yellow card.svg 41'
Nara Yellow card.svg 72'
Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 75'
Ienaga Yellow card.svg 90'		Referee: Jumpei Iida
9 September 2019Quarter finals 2nd leg Kawasaki Frontale 1–3
(2–4 agg.)		 Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 27'
Abe Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen)
Nara Yellow card.svg 53'
Fitzgerald Yellow card.svg 86'		 Silva Yellow card.svg 7'
Yamamoto Soccerball shade.svg28'Soccerball shade.svg37'
Uchida Yellow card.svg 71'
Serginho Soccerball shade.svg72'		Attendance: 19,214
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Emperor's Cup

Results

6 June 20182nd Round Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Sony Sendai Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Hasegawa Soccerball shade.svg52'
Elsinho Soccerball shade.svg66'
Ienaga Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Fujiwara Soccerball shade.svg18'
Miura Soccerball shade.svg33'Yellow card.svg 75'		Attendance: 5,488
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
24 October 2018Quarter finals Montedio Yamagata 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
20:00 Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg2'
Sakai Soccerball shade.svg36'
Sakano Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Chinen Soccerball shade.svg60'Soccerball shade.svg70'
Jung Red card.svg 64'		Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Yusuke Araki

AFC Champions League

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SSI ULS MEL KAW
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai SIPG 6321106+411Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 4–1 1–1
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai 62311511+49 0–1 — 6–2 2–1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Victory 62221116−58 2–1 3–3 — 1–0
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Frontale 603369−33 0–1 2–2 2–2 —
Source: AFC

Results

13 February 2018Group F Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Shanghai SIPG Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
19:00 Elkeson Soccerball shade.svg23'
Oscar Yellow card.svg 50'		Attendance: 12,193
Referee: Adham Mohammad
20 February 2018Group F Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
19:00 Jung Soccerball shade.svg42'
Lee Soccerball shade.svg66'		 Chinen Soccerball shade.svg85'Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
13 March 2018Group F Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Victory 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale AAMI Park
17:30 Williams Yellow card.svg 80'
Barbarouses Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Eduardo Yellow card.svg 74'Attendance: 6,639
Referee: Ammer Al Junaibi
4 April 2018Group F Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai SIPG 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale Shanghai Stadium
22:00 Elkeson Soccerball shade.svg68' Chinen Soccerball shade.svg74'Attendance: 21,657
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko
18 April 2018Group F Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Ulsan Hyundai Flag of South Korea.svg Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
20:00 Suzuki Soccerball shade.svg2'
Hasegawa Soccerball shade.svg43'		 Kim Yellow card.svg 35'
S-h.Lee Yellow card.svg 44'
Park Soccerball shade.svg47'
Y-j.Lee Soccerball shade.svg50'		Attendance: 8,422
Referee: Khamis Al Marri

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References

  1. ↑ "川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト". 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
  2. ↑ J.League
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