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.

Last updated March 11, 2025

The 2023 season was 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 participated 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

2023Friendly	Montedio Yamagata	v		TBD
17:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emperor's Cup

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

↑ "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.
↑ 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

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[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.

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Notable matches	2014 Emperor's Cup Final 2014 J. League Division 2 Playoff Final
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