# 2023 Yokohama FC season

The 2023 season was Yokohama FC's 25th season in existence and the club's first season in the top flight of Japanese football following their promotion from J2 League. In addition to the domestic league, Yokohama FC competed in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 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 | Kengo Nagai (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Boniface Nduka |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Takumi Nakamura |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Yuri Lara |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Gabriel (captain) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Takuya Wada |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Ryoya Yamashita |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Marcelo Ryan |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Caprini |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Saulo Mineiro |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Kazuma Takai |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Sho Ito |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Hasegawa (vice-captain) |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Eijiro Takeda (vice-captain) |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Koki Ogawa |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Mateus Moraes |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Shion Inoue |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Akinori Ichikawa |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Iwatake (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Hirotaka Mita (vice-captain) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Kotaro Hayashi |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Yoshino |
| 28 | FW | VIE | Nguyễn Công Phượng |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Kaisei Ishii |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Towa Yamane |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Koki Sakamoto |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Shawn van Eerden |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Tomoki Kondo |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Taiga Nishiyama |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Koshiro Uda |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Hayase Takashio |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Yuto Shimizu |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Mizuki Arai |
| 42 | DF | JPN | Kento Hashimoto (on loan from Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 44 | GK | JPN | Yuji Rokutan |
| 49 | GK | GER | Svend Brodersen |
| 50 | FW | JPN | Keijiro Ogawa |

### 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 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kazuyoshi Miura (at Oliveirense) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Hayato Sugita (at FC Gifu) |
| 40 | GK | JPN | Masaki Endo (at Mito HollyHock) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Issei Ouchi (at Kagoshima United) |
| — | MF | JPN | Ryo Tabei (at Fagiano Okayama) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kohei Tezuka (at Sagan Tosu) |

## Transfers

Transfers in :
| Join on | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Transfer type |
| Pre-season | GK | Masaki Endo | Meiji University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Kengo Nagai | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kyohei Yoshino | Vegalta Sendai | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kotaro Hayashi | Meiji University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kento Hashimoto | Renofa Yamaguchi | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Shawn Van Eerden | Yokohama FC U18s | Promotion |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuri Lara | Vasco da Gama | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Hirotaka Mita | FC Tokyo | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Shion Inoue | Vissel Kobe | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Koki Sakamoto | Roasso Kumamoto | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Mizuki Arai | Tokyo Verdy | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Tomoki Kondo | Nihon University | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Koshiro Uda | Kokoku HS | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kazuma Takai | Renofa Yamaguchi | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuto Shimizu | Yokohama FC U18s | Promotion |
| Pre-season | MF | Hayase Takashio | Yokohama FC U18s | Promotion |
| Pre-season | FW | Caprini | Londrina EC | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Nguyễn Công Phượng | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Boniface Nduka | Tokyo Verdy | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kaisei Ishii | Sagan Tosu | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Keijiro Ogawa | FC Seoul | Loan return |
Transfers out :
| Leave on | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Transfer type |
| 2 Jul | FW | Koki Ogawa | NEC Nijmegen | Full transfer |
| 15 Mar | DF | Hayato Sugita | FC Gifu | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | GK | Issei Ouchi | Kagoshima United | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Masashi Kamekawa | Avispa Fukuoka | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Daiki Nakashio | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Kyowaan Hoshi | Blaublitz Akita | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | DF | Zain Issaka | Kawasaki Frontale | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | DF | Hideto Takahashi | Auckland United | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuya Takagi | Fagiano Okayama | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yuki Kusano | Mito HollyHock | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Kosuke Saito | Tokyo Verdy | Full transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Reo Yasunaga | Mito HollyHock | Full transfer; Loan made permanent |
| Pre-season | MF | Riku Furuyado | Kochi United | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Ryo Tabei | Fagiano Okayama | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | MF | Yushi Yamaya | Yokohama F. Marinos | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Rhayner | Tombense FC | Loan expiration |
| Pre-season | MF | Shunsuke Nakamura | – | Retirement |
| Pre-season | MF | Takuya Matsuura | – | Contract expiration |
| Pre-season | FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | UD Oliveirense | Loan transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kazuma Watanabe | Matsumoto Yamaga | Free transfer |
| Pre-season | FW | Kléber | – | Contract expiration |

## 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 % |
| J1 League | 18 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 021.88 |
| Emperor's Cup | 21 June 2023 | | Second round | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| J.League Cup | 8 March 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 2 July 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 38 | |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 34 | |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 34 | |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 33 | |
| 18 | Yokohama FC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to the J2 League |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.

### J.League Cup

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Yokohama FC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Yokohama FC 3, Vissel Kobe 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Yokohama FC +1, Vissel Kobe –1.