# 2021 Júbilo Iwata season

The 2021 season was the 49th season in the existence of Júbilo Iwata and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 14 July 2021
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 | Naoki Hatta |
| 2 | MF | JPN | Yasuyuki Konno |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kentaro Oi |
| 4 | FW | JPN | Yuki Otsu |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Daiki Ogawa |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Omori |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Koki Ogawa |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Hiroki Yamada |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Lukian |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Fujikawa |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Masaya Matsumoto |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Yuto Suzuki |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Naoto Miki |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Daichi Sugimoto |
| 22 | DF | JPN | So Nakagawa |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Yamamoto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Riku Morioka |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Mahiro Yoshinaga |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Naoki Kanuma |
| 29 | FW | COL | Fabián González |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Naoya Seita |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Kaito Suzuki |
| 36 | GK | JPN | Ryuki Miura |
| 37 | GK | MDA | Alexei Koșelev |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Norimichi Yamamoto |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Shota Kaneko (On loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Chiharu Kato |
| 43 | MF | JPN | Ryota Kobayashi |
| 44 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Kohei Oka |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Yasuhito Endo (On loan from Gamba Osaka) |

### 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 |
| — | DF | JPN | Hiroki Ito (On loan at VfB Stuttgart II) |
| — | MF | JPN | Takeaki Harigaya (On loan at Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Rikiya Uehara (On loan at Vegalta Sendai) |

## 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 % |
| J2 League | 28 February 2021 | 5 December 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 064.29 |
| Emperor's Cup | 9 June 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 065.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Júbilo Iwata (C, P) | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 91 | Promotion to J1 League |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga (P) | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 84 | Promotion to J1 League |
| 3 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 80 | |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 78 | |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 72 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |