# 2023 Oita Trinita season

The 2023 season was Oita Trinita's 29th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Oita Trinita participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 March 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 | Shun Takagi |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuki Kagawa |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Derlan |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Saka |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Nakagawa |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Masaki Yumiba |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Tsukasa Umesaki (captain) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yamato Machida |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Samuel |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Naoki Nomura |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Arata Watanabe |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Kohei Isa |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ren Ikeda |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Yusei Yashiki |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Taira Shige |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Keita Takahata |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Fujimoto |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Katsunori Ueebisu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Shun Nagasawa |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Yoshiaki Arai |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Teixeira (on loan from Bahia) |
| 24 | GK | JPN | Konosuke Nishikawa |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Tomoya Ando |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kenshin Yasuda |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Matsuo |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Junya Nodake |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Shinya Utsumoto |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Yusho Takahashi |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Pereira |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Josei Sato |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone |
| 45 | FW | JPN | Taiga Kimoto $^{Type2}$ |
| 46 | MF | JPN | Hayato Matsuoka $^{Type2}$ |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Ono $^{Type2}$ |
| 49 | DF | JPN | Kento Haneda |

### 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 | Taro Hamada (at AC Nagano Parceiro) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kenta Fukumori (at Tochigi SC) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | | | | | |
| GK | | | | | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | | | | | |
| GK | | | | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| J2 League | 19 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 055.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 052.38 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 65 |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 64 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 62 |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 58 |
| 11 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 November 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.