# 2024 Yokohama F. Marinos season

The 2024 Yokohama F. Marinos season was the club's 52nd season in existence and the 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, in which they were the defending champions, Yokohama F. Marinos participated in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup and the AFC Champions League Elite.

## Players

| No. | Name | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | Contract since | Contract end |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | William Popp | (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 30) | FC Machida Zelvia | 2024 | 2024 |
| 21 | Hiroki Iikura | (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 38) | Vissel Kobe | 2023 | 2024 |
| 31 | Fuma Shirasaka | (1996-12-05) 5 December 1996 (age 28) | Kagoshima United | 2021 | 2024 |
| 41 | Riku Terakado | (2002-11-23) 23 November 2002 (age 22) | Renofa Yamaguchi | 2021 | 2024 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Katsuya Nagato | (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 30) | Kashima Antlers | 2022 | |
| 4 | Shinnosuke Hatanaka | (1995-08-25) 25 August 1995 (age 29) | Tokyo Verdy | 2018 | |
| 5 | Eduardo | (1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 31) | Sagan Tosu | 2022 | |
| 13 | Ryuta Koike | (1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 29) | Lokeren | 2020 | |
| 15 | Takumi Kamijima | (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 28) | Kashiwa Reysol | 2023 | |
| 16 | Ren Kato | (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 25) | Tokyo Verdy | 2024 | |
| 24 | Hijiri Kato | (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 23) | V-Varen Nagasaki | 2023 | |
| 26 | Yuta Koike | (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28) | Cerezo Osaka | 2022 | |
| 27 | Ken Matsubara | (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 32) | Albirex Niigata | 2017 | |
| 39 | Taiki Watanabe | (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25) | Albirex Niigata | 2024 | |
| 47 | Kazuya Yamamura | (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35) | Kawasaki Frontale | 2024 | |
| 49 | Justin Homma | (2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 (age 19) | Vissel Kobe | 2024 | 2024 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Takuya Kida | (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 30) | Youth Team | 2012 | |
| 17 | Kenta Inoue | (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 26) | Oita Trinita | 2023 | |
| 18 | Kota Mizunuma | (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 35) | Cerezo Osaka | 2020 | |
| 20 | Jun Amano | (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 33) | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2014 | |
| 28 | Riku Yamane | (2003-08-24) 24 August 2003 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| 35 | Keigo Sakakibara | (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 24) | ReinMeer Aomori | 2023 | |
| 45 | Jean Claude | (2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 21) | Al Nassr FC | 2024 | 2026 |
| 46 | Hiroto Asada | (2008-01-16) 16 January 2008 (age 17) | Youth Team | 2023 | |
| Strikers |||||||
| 7 | Élber | (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32) | Bahia | 2021 | |
| 9 | Takuma Nishimura | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) | Servette FC | 2022 | |
| 10 | Anderson Lopes | (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 31) | Wuhan | 2023 | |
| 11 | Yan Matheus | (1998-09-04) 4 September 1998 (age 26) | Palmeiras | 2022 | |
| 14 | Asahi Uenaka | (2001-11-01) 1 November 2001 (age 23) | V-Varen Nagasaki | 2023 | |
| 23 | Ryo Miyaichi | (1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 32) | FC St. Pauli | 2021 | |
| 42 | Kohei Mochizuki | (2006-06-07) 7 June 2006 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2023 | |
| Players who are on loan to other club |||||||
| | Kaina Yoshio | (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) | FC Machida Zelvia | | |
| 34 | Takuto Kimura | (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33) | Ehime FC | 2023 | 2024 |
| 43 | Eitaro Matsuda | (2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 23) | Albirex Niigata | 2021 | 2025 |
| 48 | Keita Ueda | (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 22) | Tochigi | 2021 | 2024 |
| Players who left during mid-season |||||||
| 37 | Kento Shiogai | (2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 (age 19) | Keio University | 2024 | 2024 |
| 14 | Nam Tae-hee | (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33) | Al-Duhail | 2023 | 2024 |

## Transfers
### Pre-season
#### In

Transfers in
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| GK | William Popp | FC Machida Zelvia | Free |
| DF | Kazuya Yamamura | Kawasaki Frontale | Free |
| DF | Taiki Watanabe | Albirex Niigata | Free |
| DF | Ren Kato | Tokyo Verdy | Free |
| DF | Manato Yoshida | N.I.F.S. Kanoya | Free |
| FW | Kento Shiogai | Keio University | Free |
Loan in
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| DF | Justin Homma | Vissel Kobe | Season loan |
Loan return
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| GK | Riku Terakado | Renofa Yamaguchi | End of loan |
| MF | Shunsuke Hirai | Reilac Shiga | Free |
| MF | Takuto Minami | Iwate Morioka | End of loan |
| MF | Jun Amano | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | End of loan |

#### Out

Transfers out
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| GK | Jun Ichimori | Gamba Osaka | End of loan |
| GK | Powell Obinna Obi | Vissel Kobe | Free |
| DF | Ryotaro Tsunoda | Cardiff City | Free |
| MF | Shunsuke Hirai | Reilac Shiga | Free |
| MF | Takuto Minami | Reilac Shiga | Free |
| FW | Takumi Tsukui | Azul Claro Numazu | Free |
| FW | Kenyu Sugimoto | Júbilo Iwata | End of loan |
| FW | Kento Shiogai | NEC | Undisclosed |
Loan out
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| DF | Eitaro Matsuda | Albirex Niigata | Season loan |
| MF | Takuto Kimura | Ventforet Kofu | Season loan |
| FW | Takuma Nishimura | Servette FC | Season loan |

### Mid-season
#### In

Transfers in
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| MF | Jean Claude | Al Nassr FC | Undisclosed |
Loan in
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
Loan return
| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| FW | Takuma Nishimura | Servette FC | End of loan |

#### Out

Transfers out
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| FW | Nam Tae-hee | Jeju United | Free |
Loan out
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| DF | Manato Yoshida | Oita Trinita | Season loan |
| DF | Yuki Saneto | Vegalta Sendai | Season loan |
| MF | Keita Ueda | SC Sagamihara | Season loan |
| FW | Kaina Yoshio | Jeju United | Season loan |

## Competitions
### J1 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | FC Tokyo | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 54 |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 52 |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 52 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 52 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 |

#### Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.

### J.League Cup

The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate.

### 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 18 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 4 | Gwangju | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 |
Win  Draw  Loss

#### League stage
## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 8 Dec 2024
| No. | Pos. | Player | J1 League | J1 League | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC Champions League 2023/24 ACL | AFC Champions League 2023/24 ACL | AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 ACL | AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 ACL | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | William Popp | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Katsuya Nagato | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Shinnosuke Hatanaka | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Eduardo | 23+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Kota Watanabe | 27+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 42 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Élber | 22+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Takuya Kida | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Takuma Nishimura | 7+13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 30 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | Anderson Lopes | 34+2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 33 |
| 11 | FW | Yan Matheus | 26+8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 |
| 13 | DF | Ryuta Koike | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Asahi Uenaka | 10+23 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6+1 | 3 | 3+3 | 1 | 52 | 11 |
| 15 | DF | Takumi Kamijima | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Ren Kato | 14+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Kenta Inoue | 11+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 | 39 | 6 |
| 18 | MF | Kota Mizunuma | 7+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 31 | 5 |
| 20 | MF | Jun Amano | 19+15 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 50 | 7 |
| 21 | GK | Hiroki Iikura | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ryo Miyaichi | 7+24 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 47 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | Hijiri Kato | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Yuta Koike | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Ken Matsubara | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Riku Yamane | 10+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Fuma Shirasaka | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Keigo Sakakibara | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | Yuhi Murakami | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Taiki Watanabe | 13+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 41 | GK | Riku Terakado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Kohei Mochizuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Reno Noguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Jean Claude | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Hiroto Asada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | Kazuya Yamamura | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Justin Homma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer |||||||||||||||
| 19 | DF | Yuki Saneto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Kaina Yoshio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Nam Tae-Hee | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 37 | MF | Kento Shiogai | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Manato Yoshida | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Keita Ueda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |