# 2002 Cerezo Osaka season

2002 Cerezo Osaka season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J. League 2 | 2nd / 12 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th Round |

## Domestic results
### J. League 2

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1 | 2002.3.3 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 6-0 |
| 2 | 2002.3.10 | Tosu Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 2-0 |
| 3 | 2002.3.16 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 3-0 |
| 4 | 2002.3.21 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 2-2 |
| 5 | 2002.3.24 | Kose Sports Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 3-1 |
| 6 | 2002.3.30 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Oita Trinita | 0-3 |
| 7 | 2002.4.6 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 1-1 |
| 8 | 2002.4.10 | Hitachinaka (ja:ひたちなか市総合運動公園陸上競技場) | Mito HollyHock | 2-1 |
| 9 | 2002.4.13 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 1-2 |
| 10 | 2002.4.20 | Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 0-0 |
| 11 | 2002.4.24 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Albirex Niigata | 2-5 |
| 12 | 2002.4.27 | Ojiyama (ja:皇子山陸上競技場) | Sagan Tosu | 2-1 |
| 13 | 2002.5.3 | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 3-2 |
| 14 | 2002.5.6 | Ojiyama (ja:皇子山陸上競技場) | Ventforet Kofu | 2-2 |
| 15 | 2002.5.12 | Nagasaki (ja:長崎県立総合運動公園陸上競技場) | Oita Trinita | 1-1 |
| 16 | 2002.7.6 | Mitsuzawa Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 1-0 |
| 17 | 2002.7.10 | Nagai Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 4-1 |
| 18 | 2002.7.13 | Nagai Stadium | Albirex Niigata | 1-3 |
| 19 | 2002.7.20 | Yamagata Park Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 3-1 |
| 20 | 2002.7.24 | Hakata no mori stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 5-3 |
| 21 | 2002.7.27 | Nagai Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 1-1 |
| 22 | 2002.8.3 | Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 2-1 |
| 23 | 2002.8.7 | Suzuka (ja:三重県営鈴鹿スポーツガーデン) | Oita Trinita | 3-0 |
| 24 | 2002.8.10 | Niigata Stadium | Albirex Niigata | 0-0 |
| 25 | 2002.8.17 | Kasamatsu Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 3-1 |
| 26 | 2002.8.21 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 1-0 |
| 27 | 2002.8.25 | Tosu Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 1-1 |
| 28 | 2002.8.31 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 1-0 |
| 29 | 2002.9.7 | Nagai Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 2-1 |
| 30 | 2002.9.11 | Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 3-1 |
| 31 | 2002.9.14 | Nagai Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 3-3 |
| 32 | 2002.9.21 | Kose Sports Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 2-0 |
| 33 | 2002.9.25 | Nagai Aid Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 1-2 |
| 34 | 2002.9.28 | Ōita Stadium | Oita Trinita | 1-1 |
| 35 | 2002.10.5 | Honjō Athletic Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 4-2 |
| 36 | 2002.10.9 | Nagai Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 2-0 |
| 37 | 2002.10.13 | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 1-2 |
| 38 | 2002.10.19 | Nagai Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 2-1 |
| 39 | 2002.10.23 | Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 0-2 |
| 40 | 2002.10.26 | Nagai Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 0-0 |
| 41 | 2002.11.2 | Mitsuzawa Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 6-2 |
| 42 | 2002.11.9 | Nagai Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 5-1 |
| 43 | 2002.11.16 | Nagai Stadium | Albirex Niigata | 3-0 |
| 44 | 2002.11.24 | Yamagata Park Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 2-2 |

### Emperor's Cup

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1st Round | 2002.. | [] | [] | - |
| 2nd Round | 2002.. | [] | [] | - |
| 3rd Round | 2002.. | [] | [] | - |
| 4th Round | 2002.. | [] | [] | - |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 2 | J. League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Seigo Shimokawa | (1975-11-17)November 17, 1975 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 32 | 0 | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Yasushi Kita | (1978-04-25)April 25, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 37 | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Daisuke Saito | (1974-11-19)November 19, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Mitsunori Yamao | (1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 17 | 0 | | | | |
| 4 | MF | Kazuaki Tasaka | (1971-08-03)August 3, 1971 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 17 | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | João Carlos | (1972-09-10)September 10, 1972 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 38 | 5 | | | | |
| 6 | MF | Yoon Jong-Hwan | (1973-02-16)February 16, 1973 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 26 | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | DF | Satoru Suzuki | (1975-07-19)July 19, 1975 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 43 | 2 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Hiroaki Morishima | (1972-04-30)April 30, 1972 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 37 | 12 | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Kenji Oshiba | (1973-11-19)November 19, 1973 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 12 | 3 | | | | |
| 10 | FW | Almir Turković | (1970-11-03)November 3, 1970 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 38 | 11 | | | | |
| 11 | FW | Yasuo Manaka | (1971-01-31)January 31, 1971 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 28 | 13 | | | | |
| 13 | DF | Takao Yamauchi | (1978-09-04)September 4, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 8 | 1 | | | | |
| 14 | FW | Michiharu Sugimoto | (1981-06-17)June 17, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 15 | FW | Yoshito Ōkubo | (1982-06-09)June 9, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 29 | 18 | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Nobuki Hara | (1979-09-06)September 6, 1979 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 18 | 1 | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Kiyokazu Kudo | (1974-06-21)June 21, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 35 | 3 | | | | |
| 18 | MF | Takanori Nunobe | (1973-09-23)September 23, 1973 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | | | | |
| 19 | DF | Naoki Mori | (1977-11-21)November 21, 1977 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Akinori Nishizawa | (1976-06-18)June 18, 1976 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 34 | 8 | | | | |
| 21 | GK | Kazumasa Kawano | (1970-11-07)November 7, 1970 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | GK | Yuichi Mizutani | (1980-05-26)May 26, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 23 | GK | Daisuke Tada | (1982-08-11)August 11, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 24 | FW | Hisato Satō | (1982-03-12)March 12, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 13 | 2 | | | | |
| 25 | DF | Naoto Matsuo | (1979-09-10)September 10, 1979 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 25 | MF | Chong Yong-De | (1978-02-04)February 4, 1978 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 11 | 0 | | | | |
| 26 | DF | Yuichi Nemoto | (1981-07-21)July 21, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 34 | 4 | | | | |
| 27 | MF | Hayato Ochi | (1982-07-17)July 17, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 28 | MF | Daisuke Yoneyama | (1982-06-10)June 10, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 29 | FW | Takaaki Tokushige | (1975-02-18)February 18, 1975 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 20 | 1 | | | | |
| 30 | MF | Yoshiki Nakai | (1983-01-04)January 4, 1983 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 8 | 1 | | | | |
| 31 | MF | Kentaro Kawasaki | (1982-12-18)December 18, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 32 | MF | Takeshi Hamada | (1982-12-21)December 21, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 14 | 0 | | | | |
| 33 | FW | Toshiaki Haji | (1978-08-28)August 28, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 34 | DF | Ryu Saito | (1979-09-18)September 18, 1979 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 35 | DF | Shinobu Ito | (1983-05-07)May 7, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 36 | FW | Sho Gokyu | (1983-06-11)June 11, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |

## Other pages

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