2023 Fagiano Okayama season

Fagiano Okayama

2023 season
Chairman	Shinya Kitagawa
Manager	Takashi Kiyama
Stadium	City Light Stadium
J2 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
←  2022 2024 →
All statistics correct as of May 2023.

The 2023 season is Fagiano Okayama's 19th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Fagiano Okayama will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 April 2023 ^[update] . ^[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   JPN Daiki Hotta 2 DF   JPN Yuya Takagi 4 DF   JPN Mizuki Hamada 5 DF   JPN Yasutaka Yanagi 6 MF   JPN Yuji Wakasa 7 FW   BRA Tiago Alves 8 MF   AUS Stefan Mauk 9 FW   KOR Han Eui-kwon 13 GK   JPN Junki Kanayama 14 MF   JPN Yudai Tanaka 15 DF   JPN Haruka Motoyama 16 DF   JPN Ryosuke Kawano 18 FW   JPN Solomon Sakuragawa (on loan from JEF United Chiba) 19 MF   JPN Takaya Kimura 20 MF   JPN Sora Igawa (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) 21 GK   JPN Taiki Yamada (on loan from Kashima Antlers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   JPN Kodai Sano 23 DF   NED Jordy Buijs 25 MF   JPN Tatsuhiko Noguchi 27 MF   JPN Yosuke Kawai 30 MF   JPN Kyoya Yamada 31 GK   JPN Rissei Taniguchi 32 MF   JPN Tomoya Fukumoto 33 MF   JPN Nagi Kawatani (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) 34 DF   JPN Yota Fujii DSP 38 FW   JPN Ryo Nagai 41 MF   JPN Ryo Tabei (on loan from Yokohama FC) 42 MF   JPN Ryo Takahashi 43 DF   JPN Yoshitake Suzuki 44 MF   JPN Taishi Semba 48 FW   JPN Isa Sakamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 99 FW   BRA Lucão

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 Kaito Abe (on loan at Blaublitz Akita) — DF   JPN Wakaba Shimoguchi (on loan at FC Imabari) — DF   JPN Koji Sugiyama (on loan at Verspah Oita) — MF   JPN Kiwara Miyazaki (on loan at Iwaki FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   JPN Yuto Hikida (on loan at Ehime FC) — MF   JPN Shinnosuke Matsuki (on loan at Verspah Oita) — FW   MAS Hadi Fayyadh (on loan at Azul Claro Numazu)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ryo Takahashi	Shonan Bellmare	Free	9 January 2023
FW	Ryo Nagai	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Free	1 February 2023
FW	Lucão	Matsumoto Yamaga	Free	1 March 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Fagiano Okayama v

2023Friendly	Fagiano Okayama	v		TBD
17:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	16	4	11	1	20	14	+6	025.00
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				16	4	11	1	20	14	+6	025.00

Last updated: May 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

Main article: 2023 J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Ventforet Kofu	42	18	10	14	60	50	+10	64
9	Oita Trinita	42	17	11	14	54	56	−2	62
10	Fagiano Okayama	42	13	19	10	49	49	0	58
11	Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	14	15	13	44	44	0	57
12	Fujieda MYFC	42	14	10	18	61	72	−11	52

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 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 goal scored; 7) 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
42	13	19	10	49	49	0	58	8	7	6	26	26	0	5	12	4	23	23	0

Last updated: January 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	H
Result	W
Position	1

Updated to match(es) played on May 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023. ^[2]

Fagiano Okayama v

February 2023	Fagiano Okayama	v
JST (UTC+9)

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2023 Emperor's Cup

Fagiano Okayama v Giravanz Kitakyushu

7 June 2023 Second round	Fagiano Okayama	2-1	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Okayama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Sakuragawa 45+1', 52'		Hirahara 78'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 2,564 Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru

Shonan Bellmare v Fagiano Okayama

12 July 2023 Third round	Shonan Bellmare	2-0	Fagiano Okayama	Okayama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Suzuki 73', Ishii 88'			Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 3,216 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

References

1. "選手・スタッフ｜チーム｜ファジアーノ岡山［Fagiano OKAYAMA］公式サイト". ファジアーノ岡山［Fagiano OKAYAMA］公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
2. FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

• Official website