# 2023 All Japan University Football Championship

The 2023 All Japan University Football Championship (第72回 全日本大学サッカー選手権大会; All Japan 72nd University Football Championship) was the 72nd edition of the referred annually contested cup for universities across Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 24 universities on a knockout-stage format. Meiji clinched their fourth championship title after winning by 2–0 past Kyoto Sangyo, four years after their third title on 2019.
In an unusual movement, champions Meiji were invited to the 2024 Emperor's Cup by the JFA without having to play their prefectural qualifications to fill the vacant spot left by J1 side Urawa Red Diamonds following the riot caused by the fans after 0–3 loss against Nagoya Grampus in the 4th round of the 2023 tournament.

## Calendar

| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs |
| First round | 7 December 2023 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Round of 16 | 10 December 2023 | 8 | 16 (8+8) → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 December 2023 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 21 December 2023 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 24 December 2023 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Participating clubs

In parentheses: Each university's performance at the regional qualifying series.
| Region | RP | University | Apps | Located on |
| Hokkaido | 1st | Sapporo University | 44th | Sapporo |
| Hokkaido | 2nd | Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa | 11th | Iwamizawa |
| Tohoku | 1st | Sendai University | 39th | Miyagi |
| Tohoku | 2nd | Fuji University | 2nd | Iwate |
| Kanto | 1st | University of Tsukuba | 41st | Ibaraki |
| Kanto | 2nd | Tokyo International University | 3rd | Saitama |
| Kanto | 3rd | Meiji University | 22nd | Tokyo |
| Kanto | 4th | Nihon University | 4th | Tokyo |
| Kanto | 5th | Ryutsu Keizai University | 13th | Ibaraki |
| Kanto | 6th | Toyo University | 2nd | Tokyo |
| Hokushin'etsu | 1st | Niigata University of Health and Welfare | 9th | Niigata |
| Tokai | 1st | Chukyo University | 43rd | Aichi |
| Tokai | 2nd | Tokoha University | 14th | Shizuoka |
| Tokai | 3rd | Tokai Gakuen University | 7th | Aichi |
| Kansai | 1st | Kyoto Sangyo University | 8th | Kyoto |
| Kansai | 2nd | Kansai University | 26th | Osaka |
| Kansai | 3rd | Kwansei Gakuin University | 25th | Hyogo |
| Kansai | 4th | Osaka Gakuin University | 3rd | Osaka |
| Chugoku | 1st | Hiroshima University | 14th | Hiroshima |
| Shikoku | 1st | Takamatsu University | 4th | Kagawa |
| Shikoku | 2nd | Shikoku Gakuin University | 3rd | Kagawa |
| Kyushu | 1st | Fukuoka University | 46th | Fukuoka |
| Kyushu | 2nd | National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya | 26th | Kagoshima |
| Kyushu | 3rd | Kyushu Sangyo University | 20th | Fukuoka |

## Schedule

The participating teams and match-ups were disclosed on 21 November 2023.

### Final

| GK | 1 | Go Kambayashi |
| DF | 2 | Miki Inoue (c) |
| DF | 3 | Yosuke Murakami | 70' |
| DF | 4 | Teppei Oka |
| MF | 5 | Ryota Abe |
| MF | 8 | Issei Kumatoriya | 83' |
| MF | 12 | Yosuke Uchida |
| MF | 15 | Tatsuya Kiuchi | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Kyota Tokiwa | 90+1' |
| FW | 10 | Sota Nakamura | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Ryunosuke Ota |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Kenya Kubo |
| DF | 22 | Seiga Sumi | 70' |
| DF | 31 | Atsushi Inagaki |
| MF | 7 | Katsuyuki Tanaka | 46' |
| MF | 9 | Sota Fujimori |
| MF | 20 | Naoya Mishina | 83' |
| MF | 24 | Kim Song-min | 90+1' |
| FW | 18 | Hayato Manabe | 70' |
| FW | 33 | Junya Baba |
| Manager: ||
| Daisuke Kurita ||
| GK | 1 | Toi Yamamoto |
| DF | 2 | Shimpei Nishiya |
| DF | 4 | Sho Nishimura |
| DF | 5 | Kota Yokokubo |
| DF | 25 | Kai Kusunose | 66' |
| MF | 6 | Yosei Kawakami |
| MF | 7 | Kazuki Fukui |
| MF | 11 | Yamato Natsukawa | 59' |
| MF | 20 | Tsubasa Ito |
| FW | 9 | Taketo Kanno | 70' |
| FW | 10 | Soma Meshino (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Kentaro Hayashi |
| DF | 3 | Yukio Sato |
| DF | 24 | Narumu Ono |
| MF | 14 | Kota Shiromizu |
| MF | 15 | Ora Ishihara | 66' |
| MF | 28 | Haruto Takiguchi |
| MF | 29 | Seigo Suetani | 70' |
| MF | 30 | Ko Tashiro |
| FW | 8 | Ayumu Nakano | 59' |
| Manager: ||
| Takuya Yoshikawa ||
| Assistant referees: Yuri Sasaki Seigo Nakajima Fourth official: Fuyuhi Hachiya | Match rules 90 minutes. Extra-time of 15 minutes for each half if scores still level. Persisting a draw after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out would be held. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | University | Goals |
| 1 | Ryunosuke Ota | Meiji | 4 |
| 2 | Izumi Miyata | Ryutsu Keizai | 3 |
| 2 | Sora Mochizuki | Kwansei Gakuin | 3 |
| 2 | Aoi Nakamura | Hiroshima | 3 |
| 2 | Sho Uramichi | Kwansei Gakuin | 3 |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Grade | University |
| Best Player | Sota Nakamura | 3rd | Meiji |
| Best Goalkeeper | Go Kambayashi | 3rd | Meiji |
| Best Defender | Miki Inoue | 4th | Meiji |
| Best Midfielder | Kazuki Fukui | 4th | Kyoto Sangyo |
| Best Forward | Soma Meshino | 4th | Kyoto Sangyo |

## Joining J.League clubs on 2024

| Pos. | Player | Moving from | Moving to | League |
| GK | Kohei Kawakami | Toyo | Fagiano Okayama | J2 |
| GK | Kenya Kubo | Meiji | Zweigen Kanazawa | J3 |
| GK | Keitaro Nakajima | Tokoha | Júbilo Iwata | J1 |
| GK | Kazuaki Suganuma | Fukuoka | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 |
| GK | Shioki Takayama | Tsukuba | Vissel Kobe | J1 |
| GK | Toi Yamamoto | Kyoto Sangyo | FC Osaka | J3 |
| DF | Ryota Abe | Meiji | FC Imabari | J3 |
| DF | Hayato Aoki | Nihon | Tokushima Vortis | J2 |
| DF | Keishi Fujimoto | Tokai Gakuen | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | J3 |
| DF | Kaito Hayashida | Tsukuba | FC Osaka | J3 |
| DF | Miki Inoue | Meiji | Ventforet Kofu | J2 |
| DF | Rikuto Ishio | Sendai | Vegalta Sendai | J2 |
| DF | Yuki Kobayashi | Nihon | Nagano Parceiro | J3 |
| DF | Yosuke Murakami | Meiji | Omiya Ardija | J3 |
| DF | Shimpei Nishiya | Kyoto Sangyo | Kataller Toyama | J3 |
| DF | Kimito Nono | Kwansei Gakuin | Kashima Antlers | J1 |
| DF | Teppei Oka | Meiji | FC Tokyo | J1 |
| DF | Yamato Okada | Fukuoka | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | J1 |
| DF | Jo Soma | Sendai | Montedio Yamagata | J2 |
| DF | Ryota Tagashira | Toyo | Thespa Gunma | J2 |
| DF | Naoya Takahashi | Kansai | Shonan Bellmare | J1 |
| DF | Kaio Yabunaka | Fuji | Iwate Grulla Morioka | J3 |
| DF | Manato Yoshida | Kanoya | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 |
| DF | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Kansai | FC Ryukyu | J3 |
| MF | Koya Fujii | Chukyo | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 |
| MF | Kazuki Fukui | Kyoto Sangyo | SC Sagamihara | J3 |
| MF | Naoki Hashida | Nihon | Nagano Parceiro | J3 |
| MF | Kazuaki Ihori | Tokai Gakuen | Kagoshima United | J2 |
| MF | Chihiro Konagaya | Tokoha | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 |
| MF | Arata Kozakai | Chukyo | Oita Trinita | J2 |
| MF | Kazuki Kumasaka | Tokyo International | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 |
| MF | Rio Maeda | Ryutsu Keizai | Matsumoto Yamaga | J3 |
| MF | Shoma Maeda | Tokoha | Fujieda MYFC | J2 |
| MF | Ken Masui | Kwansei Gakuin | Nagoya Grampus | J1 |
| MF | Rin Mito | Kwansei Gakuin | Gamba Osaka | J1 |
| MF | Izumi Miyata | Ryutsu Keizai | Yokohama FC | J2 |
| MF | Soma Meshino | Kyoto Sangyo | Tokyo Verdy | J1 |
| MF | Hinata Mukai | Sapporo | Azul Claro Numazu | J3 |
| MF | Yuto Nagao | Kwansei Gakuin | Mito HollyHock | J2 |
| MF | Kanta Nagata | Chukyo | Fujieda MYFC | J2 |
| MF | Yamato Natsukawa | Kyoto Sangyo | FC Osaka | J3 |
| MF | Kosei Numata | Niigata HW | Azul Claro Numazu | J3 |
| MF | Kanta Sakagishi | Niigata HW | Iwaki FC | J2 |
| MF | Shunta Sera | Tsukuba | Kataller Toyama | J3 |
| MF | Masato Shigemi | Fukuoka | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 |
| MF | Yusuke Shimizu | Toyo | Omiya Ardija | J3 |
| MF | Ukyo Takase | Tokoha | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | J3 |
| MF | Taishi Tamashiro | Sendai | Thespa Gunma | J2 |
| MF | Katsuyuki Tanaka | Meiji | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | J1 |
| MF | Masashi Tanioka | Kansai | Ehime FC | J2 |
| MF | Mio Tsuneyasu | Tokai Gakuen | Gainare Tottori | J3 |
| MF | Soichiro Tsutsumi | Kansai | FC Osaka | J3 |
| MF | Kakeru Yamauchi | Tsukuba | Vissel Kobe | J1 |
| MF | Kowa Yonaha | Sendai | FC Gifu | J3 |
| FW | Bae Seong-min | Kyushu Sangyo | Roasso Kumamoto | J2 |
| FW | Manato Hyakuda | Kansai | Nara Club | J3 |
| FW | Kim Hyeon-woo | Tokoha | Oita Trinita | J2 |
| FW | Sora Mochizuki | Kwansei Gakuin | FC Osaka | J3 |
| FW | Masaki Nishimura | Kansai | FC Osaka | J3 |
| FW | Ryunosuke Ota | Meiji | Fagiano Okayama | J2 |
| FW | Ryota Sawazaki | Osaka Gakuin | FC Osaka | J3 |
| FW | Shota Tanaka | Niigata HW | Gainare Tottori | J3 |
| FW | Soki Tokuno | Sendai | Mito HollyHock | J2 |
| FW | Shosei Usui | Chukyo | Kataller Toyama | J3 |
| FW | Sota Watanabe | Kwansei Gakuin | Giravanz Kitakyushu | J3 |