# 2020 Kashima Antlers season

The 2020 season was Kashima Antlers's 28th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football, since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2019 J1 League in third place, securing a play-off spot in the 2020 AFC Champions League. In addition to these competitions, they also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup.

## Squad

    As of 23 February 2020.
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 | KOR | Kwoun Sun-tae |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Atsuto Uchida (captain) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Tatsuki Nara |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Léo Silva |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Daiki Sugioka |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ryota Nagaki |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Juan Alano |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shoma Doi |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Everaldo |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Izumi |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Nagato |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Sho Ito |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Shuto Yamamoto |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Itsuki Someno |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Kento Misao |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Hitoshi Sogahata |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Rikuto Hirose |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yukitoshi Ito |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yasushi Endo |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Ryotaro Araki |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Yuta Matsumura |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Koki Machida |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Shintaro Nago |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Yuya Oki |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Ikuma Sekigawa |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Arima |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Shogo Sasaki |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Ayase Ueda |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Kei Koizumi |
| 38 | GK | JPN | Taiki Yamada |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Tomoya Inukai (df) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Ryōhei Shirasaki |

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Daiki Sugioka | Shonan Bellmare | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Rikuto Hirose | Yokohama F. Marinos | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Katsuya Nagato | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 4 January 2020 | MF | Juan Alano | SC Internacional | Full |
| 4 January 2020 | DF | Tatsuki Nara | Kawasaki Frontale | Full |
| 4 January 2020 | MF | Ryuji Izumi | Nagoya Grampus | Full |
| 4 January 2020 | FW | Everaldo | Querétaro F.C. | Full |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Kazune Kubota | Fagiano Okayama | Return from loan |
| 1 February 2020 | MF | Ryotaro Araki | Higashi Fukuoka High School | Full |
| 1 February 2020 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | Shizuoka Gakuen HS | Full |
| 1 February 2020 | FW | Itsuki Someno | Shoshi HS | Full |
| 8 September 2020 | DF | Keigo Tsunemoto | Meiji University | Loan (designated special player) |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 26 December 2019 | FW | Yuki Kakita | Tokushima Vortis | Loan |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Takeshi Kanamori | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Atsutaka Nakamura | Montedio Yamagata | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | GK | Shinichiro Kawamata | Nankatsu SC | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Takeshi Kanamori | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Jung Seung-hyun | Ulsan Hyundai | Full |
| 3 January 2020 | FW | Kazuma Yamaguchi | Mito Hollyhock | Loan |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Kotaro Arima | Tochigi SC | Loan |
| 3 January 2020 | DF | Yuta Koike | Sint-Truidense | End of loan |
| 15 January 2020 | DF | Itsuki Oda | Machida Zelvia | Loan |
| 25 January 2020 | FW | Serginho | Changchun Yatai | Full |
| 28 January 2020 | FW | Leandro | FC Tokyo | Loan |
| 30 January 2020 | MF | Yuki Soma | Nagoya Grampus | End of loan |
| 25 March 2020 | MF | Kazune Kubota | Matsumoto Yamaga | Full |
| 16 June 2020 | DF | Bueno | Atlético Mineiro | Loan |
| 21 August 2020 | DF | Shogo Sasaki | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Loan |
| 31 August 2020 | DF | Atsuto Uchida | | Retired |

## Competitions
### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 59 | |
| 6 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 57 | |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020 Emperor's Cup, Kawasaki Frontale, qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot given to the third-place team (Champions League play-off round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 December 2020. Source: see below

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Results
### J.League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FRO | GRA | ANT | SSP |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | — | — | — | 5–1 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | 2–3 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | — | 0–3 | 2–3 | — |
* 1 2 Match played behind closed doors
* ↑ Most points among the 2nd place finishers in each group.

### AFC Champions League
#### Qualifying play-offs
## Statistics
### Scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Everaldo | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | 36 | FW | Ayase Ueda | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Shoma Doi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Juan Alano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | Ryuji Izumi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 41 | MF | Ryōhei Shirasaki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | FW | Sho Ito | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 39 | DF | Tomoya Inukai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | MF | Ryotaro Araki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | MF | Léo Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | Kento Misao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | Yasushi Endo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 37 | MF | Kei Koizumi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | FW | Itsuki Someno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 60 |
Last updated: 8 April 2021. Source: Competitions

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | J.League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 31 | GK | Yuya Oki | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 8 April 2021. Source: Competitions