# 2023 Renofa Yamaguchi FC season

The 2023 season was Renofa Yamaguchi's 74th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Renofa Yamaguchi participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 6 January 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 | KOR | Choi Hyun-chan |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hidenori Takahashi |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Renan |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Riku Kamigaki |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Matsumoto |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Shinya Yajima |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Ishikawa |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kensuke Sato |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Minagawa |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Joji Ikegami |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Toshiya Tanaka |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Shuhei Otsuki |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Keigo Numata |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Takayuki Mae |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Masakazu Yoshioka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | JPN | Daisuke Yoshimitsu |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Daisuke Takagi |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Yuan Matsuhashi (On loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kota Kawano |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kentaro Seki |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Jin Ikoma |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Tsubasa Umeki |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Kazuya Noyori |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Seigo Kobayashi |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Riku Terakado (On loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Taiyo Igarashi (On loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Koji Yamase |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Reo Kunimoto |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Ginta Uemoto |

### 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 | Genki Yamada (On loan at Kataller Toyama) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kaili Shimbo (On loan at Iwate Grulla Morioka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Kento Hashimoto (On loan at Yokohama FC) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Choi Hyun-chan | Sunmoon University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Keigo Numata | FC Ryukyu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Daisuke Matsumoto | Sagan Tosu | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Reo Kunimoto | Albirex Niigata (S) | Loan return |
| Pre-season | MF | Seigo Kobayashi | Oita Trinita | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Shinya Yajima | Omiya Ardija | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Toshiya Tanaka | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yusuke Minagawa | Vegalta Sendai | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kazuya Noyori | Osaka University HSS | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Taiyo Igarashi | Kawasaki Frontale | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Yuan Matsuhashi | Tokyo Verdy | Loan transfer |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Genki Yamada | Blaublitz Akita | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Akira Fantini | Fukushima United | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Ryosuke Ito | Fukui United | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kaili Shimbo | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kaito Kuwahara | Avispa Fukuoka | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Wataru Tanaka | Vegalta Sendai | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Hirofumi Watanabe | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | DF | Kaito Oki | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | DF | Kosuke Kikuchi | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | MF | Kazuma Takai | Yokohama FC | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Hikaru Manabe | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yatsunori Shimaya | Sonio Takamatsu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kento Hashimoto | Yokohama FC | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Hikaru Naruoka | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Kentaro Sato | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | FW | Takaya Numata | Machida Zelvia | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kazuhito Kishida | Baleine Shimonoseki | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Reoto Kodama | Sagan Tosu | Loan expiration |

## 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 | 18 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 020.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | | Second round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 020.00 |
Last updated: 13 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.