# 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos season

The 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos season was the club's 51st season in existence and the 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, in which they are the defending champions, Yokohama F. Marinos participates in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup and the AFC Champions League.
The club officially started the 2023 season resuming training sessions on 10 January 2023. They unveiled the team for the 2023 season including new signings presentations, as well as new shirt number system, on 14 January 2023.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 14 February 2025.
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 | William Popp |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Nagato |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Kota Watanabe |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Élber |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takuya Kida (captain) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Daiya Tono |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Anderson Lopes (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Yan Matheus |
| 13 | DF | COL | Jeison Quiñónes |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Asahi Uenaka |
| 15 | DF | IDN | Sandy Walsh |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Ren Kato |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Kenta Inoue |
| 19 | GK | JPN | Park Il-gyu |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Jun Amano |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Hiroki Iikura (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Ryo Miyaichi |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Toichi Suzuki |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Ken Matsubara (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Riku Yamane |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Ryoya Kimura |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Kosei Suwama |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Takuto Kimura |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Eitaro Matsuda |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Taiki Watanabe |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Matsumura |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Kohei Mochizuki |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Reno Noguchi |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Thomas Deng (vice-captain) |
| 45 | MF | TOG | Kodjo Aziangbe |
| 46 | FW | JPN | Hiroto Asada $^{Type2}$ |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Yamamura |
The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.

### 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 | Tomoki Tagawa (at Kataller Toyama) |
| — | DF | JPN | Manato Yoshida (at Oita Trinita) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yuki Murakami (at Ehime FC) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| 21 Mar | FW | Kenyu Sugimoto | Júbilo Iwata | Loan transfer |
| 2 Mar | MF | Manato Yoshida | NIFS Kanoya | Loan transfer; 2023 DSP |
| 22 Feb | GK | Jun Ichimori | Gamba Osaka | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Hiroki Iikura | Vissel Kobe | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Fuma Shirasaka | Kagoshima United | Loan return |
| Pre-season | DF | Takumi Kamijima | Kashiwa Reysol | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kenta Inoue | Oita Trinita | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Takuto Kimura | Meiji University | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuhi Murakami | Kanto Gakuen University | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Keigo Sakakibara | ReinMeer Aomori | Loan return |
| Pre-season | FW | Asahi Uenaka | V-Varen Nagasaki | Full transfer |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Yohei Takaoka | Vancouver Whitecaps | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Hirotsugu Nakabayashi | Nankatsu SC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Ko Ikeda | Esperanza SC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Yusuke Nishida | Nagano Parceiro | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Naoki Tsubaki | JEF United Chiba | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Tomoki Iwata | Celtic FC | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Jun Amano | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Takumi Tsukui | Azul Claro Numazu | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Shunsuke Hirai | Reilac Shiga | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yushi Yamaya | Geylang International | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Léo Ceará | Cerezo Osaka | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Teruhito Nakagawa | FC Tokyo | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Ryonosuke Kabayama | Sagan Tosu | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Talla Ndao | FC Osaka | Full transfer |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 17 February | -- | Matchday 1 | TBD | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 057.58 |
| Emperor's Cup | 8 March | 12 July | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| J.League Cup | 7 June | 15 October | Group stage | Semi-final | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 070.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 18 September | -- | Group stage | TBD | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Super Cup | 11 February 2023 | 11 February 2023 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 95 | 57 | +38 | 062.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### J1 League

Marinos is the current champions of the competition, winning the last season title on the last round after beating Vissel Kobe by 3–1. They stayed 2 points off Kawasaki Frontale, who also won their last league match against FC Tokyo, meaning that if Marinos had lost to Vissel, Frontale would be crowned J1 champions for a third consecutive season. With this title win, Marinos started the season as the second team with most J1 League titles, with 5 in total. They need 3 more titles to tie with 8-times J1 champions Kashima Antlers.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe (C) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 64 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 58 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 4 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 57 | |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 52 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 November 2023. Source: worldfootball.net

#### Matches

The opening match was released by the J.League on 23 December 2022. The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.

### Emperor's Cup

As a J1 League club, Marinos starts the competition at the second round, not having to play prefectural qualifiers.

### J.League Cup

As Marinos qualified for the AFC Champions League, the club would immediately be awarded a bye from the competition's group stage, entering it only in the quarter-finals. However, as the continental tournament only starts on September, instead of early in the year (as usual), Marinos had to play the group stage alongside the other 19 participating teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 4 | |

#### Quarter-finals

Yokohama F. Marinos won 5–3 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

### AFC Champions League

Marinos qualified to play the 2023–24 AFC Champions League as 2022 J1 League champions. With the title, the club earned a direct entry to the competition's group stage. The group stage is planned by the AFC to start on 18 September 2023.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Incheon United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 12 | |
| 4 | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head goal difference: Yokohama F. Marinos +1, Shandong Taishan 0, Incheon United −1.

## Goalscorers

    As of 20 November 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC CL | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Anderson Lopes | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Élber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 20 | Yan Matheus | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 30 | Takuma Nishimura | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 14 | Asahi Uenaka | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Ryo Miyaichi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Kota Mizunuma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Marcos Júnior | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 27 | Ken Matsubara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Kaina Yoshio | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | – | – | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Katsuya Nagato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | Kota Watanabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 16 | Joel Chima Fujita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 31 | Kenyu Sugimoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | 5 | Eduardo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 8 | Takuya Kida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 17 | Kenta Inoue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 35 | Keigo Sakakibara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 29 | Nam Tae-hee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 36 | Yuhi Murakami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 94 |
Last updated: 28 November 2023. Source: jleague.co, besoccer.com