# 2020 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2020 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 16th consecutive season in the J1 League, which they won for their third league title in four seasons. They also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup, the latter of which they were defending champions.

## Squad

As of 20 July 2020.
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 | KOR | Jung Sung-ryong |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Noborizato |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Jesiel |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Shogo Taniguchi (captain) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Hidemasa Morita |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Shintaro Kurumaya |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yasuto Wakizaka |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Leandro Damião |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryota Oshima |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yu Kobayashi |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Miki Yamane |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Kengo Nakamura |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Zain Issaka |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Hasegawa |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Diogo Mateus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kaoru Mitoma |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Manabu Saitō |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Taisei Miyashiro |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Hokuto Shimoda |
| 24 | GK | JPN | Shunsuke Ando |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ao Tanaka |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Kaito Kamiya |
| 27 | GK | JPN | Kenta Tanno |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Koki Harada |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Reo Hatate |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Kento Tachibanada |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Yamamura |
| 40 | GK | KOR | Lee Kyung-tae |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 8 Oct 2020 | GK | Lee Kyung-tae | Fagiano Okayama | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Miki Yamane | Shonan Bellmare | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Diogo Mateus | Ferroviária | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Kaoru Mitoma | Tsukuba University | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Kaito Kamiya | Tokai Gakuen University | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | Kenta Tanno | Cerezo Osaka | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Zain Issaka | Toin University | Full |
| 11 Jun 2020 | MF | Kento Tachibanada | Toin University | Dual registration |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | Eisuke Fujishima | Renofa Yamaguchi | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Reo Hatate | Juntendo University | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | Hiroki Mawatari | Ehime FC | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Jesiel | Atlético Mineiro | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Ten Miyagi | Kawasaki Frontale U-18 | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Daiya Tono | Honda FC | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | William Popp | Oita Trinita | Return from loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Shuhei Akasaki | Nagoya Grampus | Return from loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Yuto Suzuki | Gamba Osaka | Return from loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Jefferson Tabinas | FC Gifu | Return from loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Taisei Miyashiro | Renofa Yamaguchi | Return from loan |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 28 Sep 2020 | GK | Eisuke Fujishima | Montedio Yamagata | Full |
| 6 Apr 2020 | MF | Koji Miyoshi | Royal Antwerp | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Shuhei Akasaki | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | Shota Arai | JEF United Chiba | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Tatsuki Nara | Kashima Antlers | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Hiroyuki Abe | Nagoya Grampus | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Kei Chinen | Oita Trinita | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Kazuaki Mawatari | Shonan Bellmare | Loan |
| 21 Mar 2020 | GK | Hiroki Mawatari | Fagiano Okayama | Full |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Jefferson Tabinas | Gamba Osaka | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | GK | William Popp | Fagiano Okayama | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | DF | Maguinho | Yokohama FC | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Daiya Tono | Avispa Fukuoka | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Yuto Suzuki | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | FW | Ten Miyagi | Kataller Toyama | Loan |
| 1 Feb 2020 | MF | Caio César | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan extension |

## Competitions
### J1 League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 83 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 65 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 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 | |
* 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: 1 August 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### 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.

#### Matches
## Honors
### Individual

* J. League Best Eleven (9): Jung Sung-ryong, Miki Yamane, Jesiel, Shogo Taniguchi, Kyohei Noborizato, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Akihiro Ienaga, Kaoru Mitoma
* J. League Best Eleven finalists (13): Jung Sung-ryong, Miki Yamane, Jesiel, Shogo Taniguchi, Kyohei Noborizato, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Akihiro Ienaga, Kaoru Mitoma, Ryota Oshima, Yasuto Wakizaka, Yū Kobayashi, Leandro Damião

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | J.League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Yu Kobayashi | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | Kaoru Mitoma | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Leandro Damião | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | 41 | MF | Akihiro Ienaga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | Reo Hatate | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | Ao Tanaka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | Tatsuya Hasegawa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | Ryota Oshima | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | Yasuto Wakizaka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 13 | DF | Miki Yamane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | Shogo Taniguchi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | Jesiel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 20 | FW | Taisei Miyashiro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 14 | MF | Kengo Nakamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | DF | Shintaro Kurumaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | MF | Manabu Saito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 34 | MF | Kazuya Yamamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | MF | Hidemasa Morita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 87 | 3 | 16 | 106 |
Last updated: 8 August 2020. Source: Competitions

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | J.League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Jung Sung-ryong | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Last updated: 8 August 2020. Source: JLeague