# 2023 Zweigen Kanazawa season

The 2023 season was Zweigen Kanazawa's 67th season in existence and the club's ninth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Zweigen Kanazawa participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 22 February 2023.
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 | JPN | Yuto Shirai |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagamine |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kengo Kuroki |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Ryota Inoue |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Fuga Sakurai |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Junya Kato |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Keita Fujimura |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Masamichi Hayashi |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shintaro Shimada |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kyohei Sugiura |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryuhei Oishi |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Takayoshi Ishihara |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Koya Okuda (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Shunya Mori |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kajiura (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Onohara |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kojiro Nakano (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Shogo Rikiyasu |
| 23 | DF | KOR | Park Jun-seo (on loan from Daejeon Hana Citizen) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Masaya Kojima |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Léo Bahia |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Hayato Otani |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Rai Namimoto |
| 35 | DF | KOR | Taiga Son (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 36 | GK | JPN | Motoaki Miura |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Honoya Shoji |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Jefferson Baiano |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | JPN | Itsuki Ueda (at Kochi United) |
| — | DF | JPN | Gaku Inaba (at ReinMeer Aomori) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | JPN | Shion Niwa (at Blaublitz Akita) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Kojiro Nakano | Consadole Sapporo | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Léo Bahia | UD Vilafranquense | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Masaya Kojima | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Ryota Inoue | Rissho University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Fuga Sakurai | Meiji University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Park Jun-seo | Daejeon Hana Citizen | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Jefferson Baiano | Arraial do Cabo | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Junya Kato | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Takayoshi Ishihara | Vegalta Sendai | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuki Kajiura | FC Tokyo | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Koya Okuda | V-Varen Nagasaki | Loan transfer |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| 22 Feb | GK | Itsuki Ueda | Kochi United | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Ryo Ishii | Wyvern FC | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Riku Matsuda | JEF United Chiba | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Takayuki Takayasu | FC Ryukyu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yosuke Toji | ReinMeer Aomori | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Seiya Katakura | Aventura Kawaguchi | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Gaku Inaba | ReinMeer Aomori | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Daisuke Matsumoto | Sagan Tosu | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Tomonobu Hiroi | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | MF | Hiroya Matsumoto | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Megumu Nishida | Nara Club | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Raisei Shimazu | Tiamo Hirakata | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Ryo Kubota | FC Gifu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Dai Tsukamoto | Gamba Osaka | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Naoki Suto | Kashima Antlers | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Sho Hiramatsu | Shonan Bellmare | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | FW | Rikito Sugiura | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Shion Niwa | Blaublitz Akita | Loan transfer |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 035.29 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | | Second round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 035.29 |
Last updated: 21 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Iwaki FC | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 47 | |
| 19 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 | |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 44 | |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija (R) | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 39 | Relegation to 2024 J3 League |
| 22 | Zweigen Kanazawa (R) | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 35 | Relegation to 2024 J3 League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | |
| Position | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.