2023 Montedio Yamagata season

Montedio Yamagata

2023 season
Chairman	Kentaro Aita
Manager	Susumu Watanabe
Stadium	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
J2 League	18th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
Biggest win	Montedio Yamagata 5–0 Oita Trinita
←  2022 2024 →
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Montedio Yamagata's 39th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Montedio Yamagata will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 April 2023. ^[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 Masaaki Goto 2 DF   JPN Shumpei Naruse (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) 3 DF   JPN Yuta Kumamoto 4 DF   JPN Keisuke Nishimura (on loan from Omiya Ardija) 5 DF   JPN Hiroki Noda 6 DF   JPN Takumi Yamada 7 MF   JPN Kenya Okazaki 8 MF   JPN Yudai Konishi 9 FW   BRA Dellatorre 10 FW   POR Tiago Alves 11 FW   JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto 13 MF   JPN Shuto Kawai 14 MF   JPN Takayuki Arakaki 15 MF   JPN Ibuki Fujita 16 GK   JPN Ko Hasegawa 17 MF   JPN Taiki Kato

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   JPN Shuto Minami 21 MF   JPN Wataru Tanaka 22 DF   JPN Taiju Yoshida 23 GK   JPN Eisuke Fujishima 24 FW   JPN Rui Yokoyama 25 MF   JPN Shintaro Kokubu 26 MF   JPN Ayumu Kawai 27 DF   JPN Keita Yoshioka 32 GK   JPN Ryusuke Otomo 36 FW   JPN Junya Takahashi 41 MF   JPN Masahito Ono 42 DF   JPN Zain Issaka 47 MF   JPN Towa Arakawa 49 FW   JPN Yusuke Goto 50 MF   JPN Kaisei Kano DSP 51 DF   JPN Jo Soma DSP

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 Kiriya Sakamoto (at Sagan Tosu) — FW   JPN Kanta Matsumoto (at Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   JPN Kanato Abe (at ReinMeer Aomori)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Montedio Yamagata v

2023Friendly	Montedio Yamagata	v		TBD
17:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	18 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	20	9	1	10	32	27	+5	045.00
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				21	10	1	10	33	27	+6	047.62

Last updated: 11 June 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	Promotion or relegation
3	Tokyo Verdy (O, P)	42	21	12	9	57	31	+26	75	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	42	20	14	8	78	34	+44	74
5	Montedio Yamagata	42	21	4	17	64	54	+10	67
6	JEF United Chiba	42	19	10	13	61	53	+8	67
7	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	18	11	13	70	56	+14	65

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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
20	9	1	10	32	27	+5	28	5	1	3	16	10	+6	4	0	7	16	17	−1

Last updated: 17 May 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	3	1	5	8	11	17	18	20	20	21	21	21	21	19	20	18

Updated to match(es) played on 17 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]

Ventforet Kofu v Montedio Yamagata

18 February 20231	Ventforet Kofu	1–2	Montedio Yamagata	Kōfu
13:09	Iijima  59' Taketomi 70' Yamamoto  76'	Report	Dellatorre 9' Tiago Alves 77' (pen.)	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

JEF United Chiba v Montedio Yamagata

25 February 20232	JEF United Chiba	1–3	Montedio Yamagata	Chiba
14:00	Komori 19'	Report	Issaka 45' Dellatorre 62' Tiago Alves 83'	Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

Júbilo Iwata v Montedio Yamagata

4 March 20233	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Iwata
14:03	Germain 38' (pen.) Dudu  66' Matsumoto 77'	Report	Goto  36' Konishi  62' Noda 74'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,193 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Thespakusatsu Gunma v Montedio Yamagata

12 March 20234	Thespakusatsu Gunma	1–0	Montedio Yamagata	Maebashi
17:03	Take 5' Amagasa  72' Hosogai  89'	Report	Noda  67' Kawai  71'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 3,197 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Montedio Yamagata v Machida Zelvia

19 March 20235	Montedio Yamagata	0–3	Machida Zelvia	Tendō
14:00		Report	Erik 24', 52' Araki 82'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 11,855 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

V-Varen Nagasaki v Montedio Yamagata

25 March 20236	V-Varen Nagasaki	3–2	Montedio Yamagata	Isahaya
14:00		Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki

Montedio Yamagata v Mito HollyHock

2 April 20237	Montedio Yamagata	0–1	Mito HollyHock	Tendō
13:00	Kokubu  34' Yamada  47'	Report	Matsuda 36' Takeda  86'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,916 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

Omiya Ardija v Montedio Yamagata

8 April 20238	Omiya Ardija	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Saitama
14:03		Report		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 5,723 Referee: Koji Takasaki

Montedio Yamagata v Renofa Yamaguchi

29 April 202312	Montedio Yamagata	1–1	Renofa Yamaguchi	Tendō
14:03	Issaka 13'	Report	Kawano 3'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,721 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

Fagiano Okayama v Montedio Yamagata

3 May 202313	Fagiano Okayama	2–0	Montedio Yamagata	Okayama
14:03	Semba 49' Sakuragawa 51'	Report		Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 10,909 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Montedio Yamagata v Fujieda MYFC

7 May 202314	Montedio Yamagata	3–2	Fujieda MYFC	Tendō
14:03	Yokoyama 69' Minami 80' Tiago Alves 83'	Report	Iwabuchi 2' Watanabe 43' (pen.)	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 5,390 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata

13 May 202315	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Sendai
14:00	Kida 32' Nakajima 90+2'	Report	Nishimura  58' Fujimoto 85' Kokubu  87'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 15,163 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Montedio Yamagata v Oita Trinita

17 May 202316	Montedio Yamagata	5–0	Oita Trinita	Yamagata
13:33	Fujita 19', 85' Tiago Alves 45+1' Yokoyama 65' Kato 82'	Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,432 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita

21 May 202317	Montedio Yamagata	v	Blaublitz Akita	Tendō
14:00		Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2023 Emperor's Cup

Montedio Yamagata v Sony Sendai

7 June 2023 Second round	Montedio Yamagata	1–0	Sony Sendai	Tendō
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Tanaka 27'	Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Referee: Tomokazu Sato

References

1. "選手・スタッフ". モンテディオ山形 オフィシャルサイト (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