# 2016 Avispa Fukuoka season

The 2016 Avispa Fukuoka season was the club's ninth season in the J1 League, they returned to the Japanese top flight after winning the 2015 J2 League playoffs. Avispa Fukuoka also competed in the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup.

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yuki Saneto (from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 6 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Hirotaka Tameda (from Oita Trinita) |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Masashi Kamekawa (from Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan) |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kim Hyun-hun (from JEF United Chiba) |
| 23 | GK | KOR | Lee Bum-young (from Busan IPark) |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Akishige Kaneda (from Montedio Yamagata) |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kenta Furube (from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Koki Shimosaka (from National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya) |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Takehiro Tomiyasu (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Kosuke Nakamura (loan return to Kashiwa Reysol) |
| — | GK | JPN | Eita Kasagawa (to Albirex Niigata Singapore FC) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yuya Mitsunaga (on loan to Azul Claro Numazu) |
| — | DF | JPN | Masahiro Koga (retired) |
| — | DF | KOR | Lee Kwang-seon (to Jeju United) |
| — | MF | JPN | Noriyoshi Sakai (loan return to Albirex Niigata) |
| — | MF | BRA | Moisés Ribeiro Santos (loan return to CA Linense) |
| — | MF | JPN | Taku Ushinohama (to Grulla Morioka) |

### Summer
## Squad

    As of 12 July 2016
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Ryuichi Kamiyama | GK | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 31) |
| 23 | Lee Bum-young | GK | (1989-04-02)2 April 1989 (aged 26) |
| 25 | Akishige Kaneda | GK | (1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 25) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Mizuki Hamada | CB / DM | (1990-05-18)18 May 1990 (aged 25) |
| 3 | Takumi Abe | DF | (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Yuki Saneto | DF | (1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 26) |
| 16 | Yuta Mishima | DF | (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 21) |
| 18 | Masashi Kamekawa | DF | (1993-05-28)28 May 1993 (aged 22) |
| 19 | Shunsuke Tsutsumi | RB / CB | (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 28) |
| 20 | Kim Hyun-hun | DF | (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 24) |
| 21 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | DF | (1998-11-05)5 November 1998 (aged 17) |
| 22 | Hokuto Nakamura | DF | (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 30) |
| 24 | Yūichi Komano | DF | (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 34) |
| 26 | Yu Tamura | DF | (1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 23) |
| 30 | Koki Shimosaka | DF | (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 22) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Yuta Mikado | MF | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 29) |
| 6 | Danilson Córdoba | MF | (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 (aged 29) |
| 8 | Shuto Nakahara | MF | (1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 25) |
| 13 | Hirotaka Tameda | MF | (1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 22) |
| 15 | Toshiya Sueyoshi | MF | (1987-11-18)18 November 1987 (aged 28) |
| 29 | Kenta Furube | MF / FW | (1985-11-30)30 November 1985 (aged 30) |
| 33 | Jun Suzuki | MF | (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 26) |
| Strikers |||||
| 7 | Takeshi Kanamori | FW | (1994-04-04)4 April 1994 (aged 21) |
| 9 | Takayuki Nakahara | ST | (1984-11-18)18 November 1984 (aged 31) |
| 10 | Hisashi Jogo | ST / MF | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 29) |
| 11 | Daisuke Sakata | FW | (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 32) |
| 14 | Shoki Hirai | ST | (1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 28) |
| 17 | Wellington | ST | (1988-02-11)11 February 1988 (aged 27) |
| 27 | Takahiro Kunimoto | ST | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 18) |

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| J1 League | — | 18th | | 27 February 2016 | |
| J.League Cup | Group stage | 2nd | | 23 March 2016 | |
Updated to match played 5 July 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 011.11 |
| Emperor's Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 050.00 |
| J.League Cup | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | 37 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 016.22 |
Updated to match played 7 September 2016 Source: Competitions

### J1 League
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 16 |
| 17 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 15 |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 11 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 July 2016. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 11 |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 8 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 September 2016. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | | | | | | | |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Overall results

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Nagoya Grampus (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 30 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 19 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |

### J.League Cup

As a result of their promotion, Avispa Fukuoka would qualify in the 2016 J.League Cup. They were put in Group B alongside Yokohama F. Marinos, Kawasaki Frontale, Kashiwa Reysol, Vegalta Sendai, Albirex Niigata, and Sagan Tosu. Avispa Fukuoka recorded two wins and only one loss out of six matches, including a 1-0 away win versus Kawasaki Frontale and a 4-2 home win against Albirex Niigata, and thus qualified for the quarter-finals after finishing second on the table, much to the surprise of many as they were fighting in the relegation zone most of the time in their first season back in the top flight.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Quarter-finals

Avispa Fukuoka were seeded against fourth-place finisher FC Tokyo, and would play their games on 31 August and 4 September. They drew the first leg 1-1 at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu, but could not get a win on their second leg as they lost 0-2 in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Updated to matches played on 7 September 2016.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J1 League | J1 League | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Ryuichi Kamiyama | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Mizuki Hamada | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Takumi Abe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Yuta Mikado | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yuki Saneto | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Takeshi Kanamori | 30 | 4 | 19+4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shuto Nakahara | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Takayuki Nakahara | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Hisashi Jogo | 36 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 4+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Daisuke Sakata | 27 | 0 | 7+15 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Hirotaka Tameda | 27 | 1 | 13+6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Shoki Hirai | 27 | 3 | 4+18 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Toshiya Sueyoshi | 28 | 1 | 19+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Yuta Mishima | 9 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Wellington | 23 | 6 | 19+2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Masashi Kamekawa | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Tsutsumi | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kim Hyun-hun | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 12 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Hokuto Nakamura | 17 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KOR | Lee Bum-young | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yūichi Komano | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Akishige Kaneda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yu Tamura | 20 | 2 | 12+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kunimoto | 22 | 6 | 7+7 | 3 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kenta Furube | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Koki Shimosaka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Jun Suzuki | 16 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| | FW | JPN | Daisuke Ishizu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Updated to matches played on 7 September 2016.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 2 | DF | Mizuki Hamada | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Takumi Abe | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Yuta Mikado | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Yuki Saneto | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Danilson Córdoba | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Takeshi Kanamori | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Takayuki Nakahara | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Daisuke Sakata | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Hirotaka Tameda | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Toshiya Sueyoshi | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Wellington | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Masashi Kamekawa | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Shunsuke Tsutsumi | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Kim Hyun-hun | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Hokuto Nakamura | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Lee Bum-young | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Yūichi Komano | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Yu Tamura | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Takahiro Kunimoto | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Koki Shimosaka | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Jun Suzuki | 2 | 0 |