# 2023 Fagiano Okayama season

The 2023 season was Fagiano Okayama's 19th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Fagiano Okayama participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 28 April 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 | Daiki Hotta |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuya Takagi |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Mizuki Hamada |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Yasutaka Yanagi |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Yuji Wakasa |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Tiago Alves |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Stefan Mauk |
| 9 | FW | KOR | Han Eui-kwon |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Junki Kanayama |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yudai Tanaka |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Haruka Motoyama |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Kawano |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Solomon Sakuragawa (on loan from JEF United Chiba) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Takaya Kimura |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Sora Igawa (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Taiki Yamada (on loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Kodai Sano |
| 23 | DF | NED | Jordy Buijs |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Tatsuhiko Noguchi |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Kawai |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kyoya Yamada |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Rissei Taniguchi |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Tomoya Fukumoto |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Nagi Kawatani (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Yota Fujii |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Ryo Nagai |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Ryo Tabei (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Ryo Takahashi |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Yoshitake Suzuki |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Taishi Semba |
| 48 | FW | JPN | Isa Sakamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Lucão |

### 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 | Kaito Abe (on loan at Blaublitz Akita) |
| — | DF | JPN | Wakaba Shimoguchi (on loan at FC Imabari) |
| — | DF | JPN | Koji Sugiyama (on loan at Verspah Oita) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kiwara Miyazaki (on loan at Iwaki FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Yuto Hikida (on loan at Ehime FC) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shinnosuke Matsuki (on loan at Verspah Oita) |
| — | FW | MAS | Hadi Fayyadh (on loan at Azul Claro Numazu) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ryo Takahashi | Shonan Bellmare | Free | 9 January 2023 |
| FW | Ryo Nagai | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Free | 1 February 2023 |
| FW | Lucão | Matsumoto Yamaga | Free | 1 March 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| GK | | | | | |
| GK | | | | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 49 | +0 | 030.95 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 031.82 |
Last updated: May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 64 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 62 |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 58 |
| 11 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 57 |
| 12 | Fujieda MYFC | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 52 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: January 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.