# 2022 Júbilo Iwata season

The 2022 Júbilo Iwata season was the club's 50th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Júbilo Iwata participated in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. Finishing at last place at the J1 League, the club got relegated back to the J2 League after just a season back on the first division.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 August 2022
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 | DF | JPN | Norimichi Yamamoto |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kentaro Oi |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Ko Matsubara |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Daiki Ogawa |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Makito Ito |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Rikiya Uehara |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Omori |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Kenyu Sugimoto (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Hiroki Yamada |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yuki Otsu |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Masaya Matsumoto |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Yuto Suzuki |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryo Germain |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Ryuki Miura |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Yamamoto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | JPN | Yuji Kajikawa |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Riku Morioka |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Mahiro Yoshinaga |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Naoki Kanuma |
| 29 | FW | COL | Fabián González |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Furukawa |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Atsushi Kurokawa |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Dudu |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Ricardo Graça |
| 37 | GK | MDA | Alexei Koșelev |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Kensuke Fujiwara |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takano |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Shota Kaneko |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Uemura |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Yasuhito Endō |

### 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 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yutaro Hakamata (On loan at Omiya Ardija) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kaito Suzuki (On loan at Tochigi SC) |
| — | DF | JPN | So Nakagawa (On loan at Ryukyu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Takeaki Harigaya (On loan at Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kotaro Fujikawa (On loan at Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| — | FW | JPN | Naoto Miki (On loan at Fujieda MYFC) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 38 | FW | Kensuke Fujiwara | Júbilo Iwata U-18 | Promotion | 15 October 2022 |
| 31 | MF | Yosuke Furukawa | Shizuoka Gakuen High School | Free transfer | 16 October 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Ryo Germain | Yokohama FC | Free transfer | 23 December 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Yutaro Hakamata | Yokohama FC | Free transfer | 23 December 2022 |
| 36 | DF | Ricardo Graça | Vasco | Undisclosed | 23 December 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Makito Ito | Yokohama F. Marinos | Undisclosed | 24 December 2022 |
| 40 | MF | Shota Kaneko | Shimizu S-Pulse | Undisclosed | 24 December 2022 |
| 27 | GK | Yuji Kajikawa | Yokohama F. Marinos | Undisclosed | 27 December 2022 |
| 50 | MF | Yasuhito Endo | Gamba Osaka | Undisclosed | 27 December 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Rikiya Uehara | Vegalta Sendai | Back from loan | 28 December 2022 |
| 32 | FW | Atsushi Kurokawa | Omiya Ardija | Undisclosed | 29 December 2022 |
| 33 | MF | Dudu | Vila Nova | Undisclosed | 29 December 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Kenyu Sugimoto | Urawa Red Diamonds | Loan | 30 December 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Ko Matsubara | Sint-Truiden | Free transfer | 23 July 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 41 | DF | Chiharu Kato | Unattached | End of contract | 6 December 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Lukian | Avispa Fukuoka | Free transfer | 9 January 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Naoto Miki | Fujieda MYFC | Loan | 21 December 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Koki Ogawa | Yokohama FC | Free transfer | 27 December 2021 |
| 35 | DF | Kaito Suzuki | Tochigi SC | Loan | 28 December 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Kotaro Fujikawa | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Loan | 28 December 2021 |
| 21 | GK | Daichi Sugimoto | Vegalta Sendai | Undisclosed | 28 December 2021 |
| 22 | DF | So Nakagawa | FC Ryukyu | Loan | 5 January 2022 |
| 44 | DF | Shun Obu | Fukushima United | Undisclosed | 23 January 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Yasuyuki Konno | Nankatsu SC | Undisclosed | 25 January 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Hiroki Ito | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed | 20 May 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Yutaro Hakamata | Omiya Ardija | Loan | 24 July 2022 |
| 30 | MF | Naoya Seita | Fukushima United | Loan | 1 August 2022 |

## 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 % |
| J1 League | 19 February 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Matchday 1 | 18th place | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 017.65 |
| Emperor's Cup | 1 June 2022 | 20 July 2022 | Second round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 |
| J.League Cup | 2 March 2022 | 18 May 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 023.26 |
Source: Soccerway

### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | Kyoto Sanga (O) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 36 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to the J2 League |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 30 | Relegation to the J2 League |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 January 2022.

### J.League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Advance to play-off stage |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to play-off stage |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | FC Tokyo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 29 | Fabián González | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Yuto Suzuki | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 40 | Shota Kaneko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Ryo Germain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Naoki Kanuma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Yūki Ōtsu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Kotaro Omori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 27 | Mahiro Yoshinaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 31 | Atsushi Kurokawa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Norimichi Yamamoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Makito Ito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Rikiya Uehara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Kenyu Sugimoto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 30 | Naoya Seita | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 31 | Yosuke Furukawa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 14 | Masaya Matsumoto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 7 | 5 | 41 |