2022 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers

2022 season
Chairman	Fumiaki Koizumi
Manager	René Weiler (until 7 August) [1] Daiki Iwamasa (from 8 August) [2]
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Semi finals
J.League Cup	Play-off stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ayase Ueda (10 goals) All: Ayase Ueda (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,144 (v. Urawa Reds, J1 League, 21 May 2022) [3]
Lowest home attendance	2,670 (v. Niigata University HWSC, Emperor's Cup, 1 June 2022) [4]
Average home league attendance	16,160 [5]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2022 season was Kashima Antlers' 30th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2022 J1 League in fourth place, exactly the same position as the previous season. ^[6] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they reached the semi-finals and the J.League Cup where they were knocked out at the play-off stage.

Kashima started the league season strongly winning six of their first seven games and were in first position for a number of weeks before the end of May. Forward Ayase Ueda was in fine form and won the first J.League Monthly MVP award of the season. ^[7] From May onwards, the performances started to detioriate and wins became hard to come by. Following the departure of top-scorer Ueda to Cercle Brugge at the start of July, scoring goals also became difficult and by August following two consecutive defeats, Kashima decided to part ways with manager René Weiler after only a few months in the post. Daiki Iwamasa took over as manager and in spite of only winning two of his ten league games in charge, led Kashima to a fourth-place finish.

Kashima had a good run in the Emperor's Cup, but would have hoped to have been finalists following defeat at the semi-final stage by J2 League club and eventual winners Ventforet Kofu. Yuma Suzuki was their top scorer in the competition with two goals.

Squad

All players ages displayed below shows their age at the first match of the J1 League season, on 19 February 2022.

Season squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Kwoun Sun-tae		GK	(1984-09-11)11 September 1984 (aged 37)
29	Tomoki Hayakawa		GK	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 22)
31	Yuya Oki		GK	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 22)
38	Taiki Yamada		GK	(2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 20)
Defenders
2	Koki Anzai		RB / LB	(1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 26)
5	Ikuma Sekigawa		CB	(2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 21)
15	Bueno		CB	(1995-08-24)24 August 1995 (aged 26)
16	Itsuki Oda		RB	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 23)
20	Kim Min-tae		CB	(1993-11-26)26 November 1993 (aged 28)
22	Rikuto Hirose		RB	(1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 26)
23	Naoki Hayashi		CB	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 23)
28	Shuhei Mizoguchi		LB	(2004-02-13)13 February 2004 (aged 18)
32	Keigo Tsunemoto		RB / CB	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 23)
Midfielders
6	Kento Misao		DM / CB	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 25)
10	Ryotaro Araki		AM / FW	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 20)
11	Ryuji Izumi		LM / RW	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 28)
14	Yuta Higuchi		RM / CM	(1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 25)
17	Arthur Caíke		LW / FW	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 29)
21	Diego Pituca		CM	(1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 29)
24	Yusuke Ogawa		DM / CM	(2002-04-14)14 April 2002 (aged 19)
27	Yuta Matsumura		RM / LM	(2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 20)
30	Shintaro Nago		CM / AM	(1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 25)
33	Hayato Nakama		LM / AM	(1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 29)
34	Yu Funabashi		DM	(2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 19)
35	Ryotaro Nakamura		DM	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 24)
Forwards
8	Shoma Doi (c)		SS / LW / RW	(1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 29)
9	Everaldo		FW	(1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 30)
19	Blessing Eleke		FW	(1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 25)
40	Yuma Suzuki		FW	(1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 25)

Last updated: 31 July 2022.
Source: Kashima Antlers website

Transfers

Arrivals

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
17 December 2021	DF	Itsuki Oda	JEF United Chiba	Return from loan	[8]
18 December 2021	MF	Hayato Nakama	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	[9]
24 December 2021	DF	Kim Min-tae	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Full	[10]
25 December 2021	MF	Yuta Higuchi	Sagan Tosu	Full	[11]
28 December 2021	MF	Ryotaro Nakamura	Ventforet Kofu	Full	[12]
28 December 2021	MF	Shintaro Nago	Shonan Bellmare	Return from loan	[13]
3 January 2022	FW	Yuma Suzuki	Sint-Truiden	Full	[14]
1 August 2022	FW	Blessing Eleke	Beerschot	Full	[15]

Departures

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
14 December 2021	MF	Kotaro Arima	Iwaki FC	Full	[16]
17 December 2021	DF	Tatsuki Nara	Avispa Fukuoka	Full	[17]
17 December 2021	DF	Katsuya Nagato	Yokohama F. Marinos	Full	[18]
18 December 2021	MF	Léo Silva	Nagoya Grampus	Full	[19]
22 December 2021	MF	Ryota Nagaki	Shonan Bellmare	Full	[20]
25 December 2021	MF	Yasushi Endo	Vegalta Sendai	Full	[21]
25 December 2021	DF	Tomoya Inukai	Urawa Red Diamonds	Full	[22]
27 December 2021	MF	Ryōhei Shirasaki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Full	[23]
27 December 2021	DF	Shogo Sasaki	JEF United Chiba	Full	[24]
1 January 2022	DF	Koki Machida	Union SG	Loan	[25]
1 February 2022	FW	Yuki Kakita	Sagan Tosu	Loan	[26]
1 February 2022	MF	Naoki Suto	Zweigen Kanazawa	Loan	[27]
1 July 2022	FW	Ayase Ueda	Cercle Brugge	Full	[28]
17 July 2022	FW	Itsuki Someno	Tokyo Verdy	Loan	[29]
31 July 2022	MF	Juan Alano	Gamba Osaka	Full	[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

Kashima played one pre-season friendly as part of the Ibaraki Soccer Festival against their Ibaraki neighbours Mito Hollyhock. ^[31]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Kashima Antlers v Mito Hollyhock

13 February 2022	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Mito Hollyhock	Kashima
14:03 JST		Report	Kinoshita 53'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,374 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)	5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)	Matchday 1	4th	34	13	13	8	47	42	+5	038.24
J.League Cup	2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)	11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)	Group stage	Play-off stage	8	5	1	2	18	9	+9	062.50
Emperor's Cup	1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)	5 October 2022 (2022-10-05)	Second round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	8	2	+6	080.00
Total					47	22	14	11	73	53	+20	046.81

Source: Competitions

J1 League

Main article: 2022 J1 League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	6	8	65	42	+23	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	52	41	+11	55
4	Kashima Antlers	34	13	13	8	47	42	+5	52
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	13	12	9	46	40	+6	51
6	FC Tokyo	34	14	7	13	46	43	+3	49

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D
Position	1	7	4	4	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2022. Source: J. League Data Site
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Gamba Osaka v Kashima Antlers

19 February 20221	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Suita
14:03 JST	Onose 26' Patric  37'	Report	Ueda 20', 66' Suzuki 30'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Kashima Antlers v Kawasaki Frontale

26 February 20222	Kashima Antlers	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
15:03 JST		Report	Chinen 2' Sasaki 17'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 27,234 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kashima Antlers v Kashiwa Reysol

6 March 20223	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Kashima
15:03 JST	Pituca  14' Kwoun  54' Araki 65'	Report	Hosoya  11' Ominami  78' Toshima  90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,774 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Vissel Kobe v Kashima Antlers

11 March 20224	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
19:03 JST	Samper  90+7'	Report	Misao 7' Doi  26' Suzuki  41'54' Higuchi  46' Pituca  52'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 14,189 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kashima Antlers v Shonan Bellmare

19 March 20225	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kashima
15:03 JST	Ueda 49' Araki  53' Alano 64'	Report	Segawa 16' Tanaka  39'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kashima Antlers v Shimizu S-Pulse

2 April 20226	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
16:03 JST	Pituca  56'  64' Suzuki 78' Ueda 90+3' Araki  90+8'	Report	Kololli  56'70'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Avispa Fukuoka v Kashima Antlers

6 April 20227	Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
19:03 JST	Juanma  45+1'	Report	Suzuki  33' Alano  47' Ueda 71'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 4,751 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kashima Antlers v Yokohama F. Marinos

10 April 20228	Kashima Antlers	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima
15:03 JST		Report	Lopes 82' Nishimura 89' Misao 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 17,646 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

17 April 20229	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
15:03 JST	Caíke  34' Misao  53' Suzuki  66'	Report	Uchida  90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,410 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Cerezo Osaka v Kashima Antlers

29 April 202210	Cerezo Osaka	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
16:03 JST	Matsuda  48'	Report	Suzuki 6' Matsumura 14' Higuchi  74' Caíke 90+1'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 9,883 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers v Júbilo Iwata

3 May 202211	Kashima Antlers	3−1	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
15:03 JST	Caíke 29' Ueda 35', 78'	Report	González 71' Graça  85'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 26,493 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashima Antlers

7 May 202212	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
14:03 JST	Kashiwa 38', 79' Notsuda  41' Mitsuta 63' Santos  65'	Report	Hirose  69'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Kashima Antlers v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

14 May 202213	Kashima Antlers	4–1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
15:03 JST	Ueda 6' Suzuki 30' (pen.), 45+1' Caíke 48'	Report	Miyazawa  9' Sugeno  25' Fernandes  55' Suga 69'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,438 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

21 May 202214	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
17:03 JST	Scholz 44' (pen.)	Report	Caíke 6'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,144 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kashima Antlers v Sagan Tosu

25 May 202215	Kashima Antlers	4–4	Sagan Tosu	Kashima
19:03 JST	Higuchi 52' Ueda 68' Doi 90+2' Someno 90+4'	Report	Tashiro 31', 90+7' Miyashiro 38' Koizumi 49'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,878 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

FC Tokyo v Kashima Antlers

29 May 202216	FC Tokyo	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Chōfu
15:03 JST	Watanabe 33', 42' Oliveira 52' (pen.)	Report	Bueno  50' Ueda 54' Izumi  63' Misao  67' Suzuki  90+3'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 28,436 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kashima Antlers v Kyoto Sanga

18 June 202217	Kashima Antlers	1−0	Kyoto Sanga	Kashima
18:03 JST	Anzai  30' Caíke 50'	Report	Fukuoka  72'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

26 June 202218	Nagoya Grampus	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:03 JST	Morishita  38' Mateus 52' (pen.)	Report	Nakama 33' Hirose  36' Misao  45+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 18,232 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashiwa Reysol v Kashima Antlers

2 July 202219	Kashiwa Reysol	1−2	Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa
18:33 JST	Kamijima  15' Muto 63'	Report	Sekigawa  23' Kim 45+2' Everaldo 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Hitachidai Attendance: 12,462 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Kashima Antlers v Cerezo Osaka

6 July 202220	Kashima Antlers	3−3	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST	Caíke 45+1' Suzuki 52' Everaldo 89'	Report	Kim 35' (o.g.) Matsuda  45' Kato 70' Patric 77'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,217 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Kashima Antlers

10 July 202221	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0−0	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
14:03 JST	Tanaka  66'	Report	Izumi  27' Hirose  45' Everaldo  46'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 10,724 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe

16 July 202222	Kashima Antlers	1−1	Vissel Kobe	Kashima
18:04 JST	Everaldo  16' Kim  44'  60' Izumi 87'	Report	Osako 52' Kobayashi  66' Yamakawa  90'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,602 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kashima Antlers

30 July 202223	Yokohama F. Marinos	2−0	Kashima Antlers	Yokohama
19:03 JST	Matsubara  29' Élber 37' Iwata 51'	Report	Caíke  26'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 31,599 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 August 202224	Kashima Antlers	0−2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
18:03 JST	Misao  90+5'	Report	Ben Khalifa  7' Araki  40' Fujii  45' Kawamura 84' Ezequiel 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,745 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Kashima Antlers v Avispa Fukuoka

14 August 202225	Kashima Antlers	2−0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
18:03 JST	Hiratsuka 10' (o.g.) Nakama  48' Pituca  83' Nakamura  85' Everaldo 90+3'	Report	Miya  32' Grolli  44'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 18,289 Referee: Koei Koya

Shonan Bellmare v Kashima Antlers

21 August 202226	Shonan Bellmare	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Hiratsuka
19:03 JST	Segawa 74' Yonemoto  90+5'	Report	Everaldo 59'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 10,781 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

27 August 202227	Kawasaki Frontale	2−1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:03 JST	Ienaga 8' (pen.) Wakizaka 14' Schmidt  26' Tachibanada  68'	Report	Pituca  7' Higuchi  27' Sekigawa  36' Nakama 52'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 September 202228	Kashima Antlers	2−2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima
18:03 JST	Caíke 16', 27' Suzuki  77' Pitcua  90+5'	Report	Matsuo 30' Koizumi  47' Iwanami 67' Sekine  90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Kyoto Sanga v Kashima Antlers

10 September 202229	Kyoto Sanga	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Kameoka
19:03 JST	Yamasaki 20' Sato  38' Takeda  90'	Report	Araki  40' Pituca 76'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 12,946 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Sagan Tosu v Kashima Antlers

16 September 202230	Sagan Tosu	1−1	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
19:03 JST	Miyashiro 34' Naganuma  44' Hwang Seok-ho  65' Park Keon-woo  89'	Report	Caíke 59' Nago  90+3'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 8,572 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kashima Antlers v FC Tokyo

1 October 202231	Kashima Antlers	0−1	FC Tokyo	Kashima
15:03 JST	Pituca  51'	Report	Kimoto  10' Abe 84' Bangnagande  90+1'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 21,297 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Júbilo Iwata v Kashima Antlers

8 October 202232	Júbilo Iwata	3−3	Kashima Antlers	Iwata
14:03 JST	Suzuki 31' Kaneko 33' Sugimoto 45+5' (pen.)	Report	Higuchi 10' 70' Eleke 47' Everaldo 90+3' Hirose  90+6'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 9,476 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kashima Antlers

29 October 202233	Shimizu S-Pulse	0−1	Kashima Antlers	Shimizu
15:03 JST	Inui  90'	Report	Misao 56'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 16,605 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka

5 November 202234	Kashima Antlers	0−0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
14:03 JST	Higuchi  25'	Report	Miura  27' Dawhan  45+1' Kurokawa  78'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 21,575 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

J.League Cup

Main article: 2022 J.League Cup

Kashima were drawn into Group A as the team that finished in the highest position in the league in the previous season (4th) without qualifying for the 2022 AFC Champions League – the four that did qualify received byes from the group stage of the cup.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ANT	CER	GAM	OIT
1	Kashima Antlers	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advanced to play-off stage		—	0–1	4–1	3–0
2	Cerezo Osaka	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11			1–3	—	0–0	6–1
3	Gamba Osaka	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			3–1	2–3	—	2–0
4	Oita Trinita	6	0	3	3	9	19	−10	3			3–3	3–3	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2022. Source: Table, Results

Kashima Antlers v Cerezo Osaka

2 March 2022	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST	Pitcua  27'	Report	Kitano 12' Matsuda  26' Shimizu  73'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,966 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
Note: Matchweek 2

Oita Trinita v Kashima Antlers

15 March 2022	Oita Trinita	3–3	Kashima Antlers	Ōita
19:03 JST	Goya 14' Yashiki 20' Nishikawa  74' Inoue  82' Nagasawa 90+1'	Report	Someno 3' Nakama  46' Pituca 62' (pen.) Ueda 75' (pen.) Suzuki  90+4'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 2,938 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka

26 March 2022	Kashima Antlers	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
15:03 JST	Misao 52' Suzuki  53'66' Sekigawa 73' Someno 90'	Report	Patric 4'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Cerezo Osaka v Kashima Antlers

13 April 2022	Cerezo Osaka	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
19:03 JST	Kitano 74'	Report	Caíke 32' (pen.) Ueda 53' Bueno 87'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 4,969 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Kashima Antlers v Oita Trinita

23 April 2022	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Oita Trinita	Kashima
15:03 JST	Higuchi 51' Suzuki 58' Caíke 67' 71' Tsunemoto  79' Bueno  81'	Report	Haneda  45'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Gamba Osaka v Kashima Antlers

18 May 2022	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Suita
19:03 JST	Okuno  72' Miura 78'	Report	Ueda 16' Nakamura  28' Doi 58', 80' Bueno  64'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 4,254 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Play-off stage

Avispa Fukuoka v Kashima Antlers

4 June 2022 Play-off Leg 1	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
18:03 JST	Yamagishi 23' Juanma  83' Tanabe  90+1'	Report	Everaldo  85'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

Kashima Antlers v Avispa Fukuoka

11 June 2022 Play-off Leg 2	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
15:03 JST	Everaldo 34' Nakama 40'	Report	Juanma  20' Yamagishi 45+5' 90'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,085 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

2–2 on aggregate. Avispa Fukuoka won on away goals.

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2022 Emperor's Cup

Kashima Antlers v Niigata University HWSC

1 June 2022 Second round	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Niigata University HWSC	Kashima
19:00 JST	Someno 56' Izumi 74'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Komori 85'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,670 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

Kashima Antlers v Omiya Ardija

22 June 2022 Third round	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Omiya Ardija	Saitama
19:00 JST	Nakama 16' Suzuki 52' Ueda 90'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 6,161 Referee: Shu Kawamata

Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka

13 July 2022 Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
19:00 JST	Pituca 71' Everaldo 75'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,663 Referee: Akehiko Ikeuchi

Vissel Kobe v Kashima Antlers

7 September 2022 Quarter-finals	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
19:03 JST	Ogihara  55'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Suzuki 62' Caíke  90+1'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,931 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Ventforet Kofu v Kashima Antlers

5 October 2022 Semi-finals	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Kashima
17:30 JST	Miyazaki 37'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,965 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	J1 League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Kwoun Sun-tae	27	0	2	0	3	0	32	0
29	GK	Tomoki Hayakawa	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
31	GK	Yuya Oki	2	0	3	0	5	0	10	0
Defenders
2	DF	Koki Anzai	28+5	0	3+1	0	5+3	0	45	0
5	DF	Ikuma Sekigawa	27+5	0	4	0	5	1	41	1
15	DF	Bueno	4+3	0	0+1	0	4+1	1	13	1
16	DF	Itsuki Oda	1+1	0	1	0	1+2	0	6	0
20	DF	Kim Min-tae	13+8	1	2+1	0	3+2	0	29	1
22	DF	Rikuto Hirose	15+5	0	4+1	0	4+1	0	30	0
23	DF	Naoki Hayashi	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	Shuhei Mizoguchi	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	3	0
32	DF	Keigo Tsunemoto	24+4	0	1	0	5+1	0	35	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Kento Misao	31+2	2	4	0	6	1	43	3
10	MF	Ryotaro Araki	6+7	1	0	0	3+1	0	17	1
11	MF	Ryuji Izumi	23+9	1	1+2	1	4+3	0	40	2
14	MF	Yuta Higuchi	29+3	2	3	0	4+3	1	42	3
17	MF	Arthur Caíke	23+6	9	2+1	0	5+1	2	38	11
21	MF	Diego Pituca	24+4	1	3+1	1	3	1	35	3
24	MF	Yusuke Ogawa	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Yuta Matsumura	5+7	1	0+2	0	2	0	16	1
30	MF	Shintaro Nago	1+4	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
33	MF	Hayato Nakama	12+7	2	2+1	1	3+2	1	27	4
34	MF	Yu Funabashi	3+10	0	3	0	2+1	0	19	0
35	MF	Ryotaro Nakamura	2+10	0	2+1	0	4+2	0	21	0
Forwards
8	FW	Shoma Doi	11+12	1	3+2	0	5+2	2	35	3
9	FW	Everaldo	3+16	5	2+3	1	1+2	1	27	7
19	FW	Blessing Eleke	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
40	FW	Yuma Suzuki	31+1	7	4	2	4+1	2	41	11
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
7	MF	Juan Alano	5+7	1	2+1	0	3+1	0	19	1
18	FW	Ayase Ueda	17+1	10	0+1	1	2+2	3	25	14
19	FW	Itsuki Someno	0+12	1	1	1	2+6	2	21	4

Last updated: 6 November 2022.
Source: jleague.co, Soccer D.B.

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1	EC	JLC	Total
1	FW	18	Ayase Ueda	10	1	3	14
2	MF	17	Arthur Caíke	9	0	2	11
	FW	40	Yuma Suzuki	7	2	2	11
4	FW	9	Everaldo	5	1	1	7
5	FW	19	Itsuki Someno	1	1	2	4
	MF	33	Hayato Nakama	2	1	1	4
7	MF	6	Kento Misao	2	0	1	3
	FW	8	Shoma Doi	1	0	2	3
	MF	14	Yuta Higuchi	2	0	1	3
	MF	21	Diego Pituca	1	1	1	3
11	MF	11	Ryuji Izumi	1	1	0	2
12	DF	5	Ikuma Sekigawa	0	0	1	1
	MF	7	Juan Alano	1	0	0	1
	MF	13	Ryotaro Araki	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	Bueno	0	0	1	1
	FW	19	Blessing Eleke	1	0	0	1
	DF	20	Kim Min-tae	1	0	0	1
	MF	27	Yuta Matsumura	1	0	0	1
	–	–	Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				47	8	18	73

Last updated: 29 October 2022.
Source: jleague.co, besoccer.com

Assists

The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1	EC	JLC	Total
1	MF	14	Yuta Higuchi	8	0	5	13
2	FW	40	Yuma Suzuki	9	0	0	9
3	MF	17	Arthur Caíke	3	1	1	5
4	MF	11	Ryuji Izumi	4	0	0	4
	DF	22	Rikuto Hirose	3	1	0	4
6	DF	2	Koki Anzai	1	1	1	3
7	FW	9	Everaldo	0	2	0	2
	MF	13	Ryotaro Araki	1	0	1	2
	MF	21	Diego Pituca	2	0	0	2
	MF	27	Yuta Matsumura	1	0	1	2
	DF	32	Keigo Tsunemoto	1	0	1	2
12	DF	5	Ikuma Sekigawa	0	1	0	1
	MF	7	Juan Alano	0	0	1	1
	FW	8	Shoma Doi	0	1	0	1
	DF	15	Bueno	1	0	0	1
	FW	18	Ayase Ueda	1	0	0	1
	FW	19	Blessing Eleke	1	0	0	1
	FW	19	Itsuki Someno	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				36	7	12	55

Last updated: 29 October 2022.
Source: jleague.co

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	J1	EC	JLC	Total
1	1	Kwoun Sun-tae	8	1	0	6
2	31	Yuya Oki	0	2	1	3
3	29	Tomoki Hayakawa	2	0	0	2
TOTALS			10	3	1	14

Last updated: 5 November 2022.
Source: fbref.com

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