# 2025 Kashima Antlers season

The 2025 season is Kashima Antlers' 33rd consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. As well as the domestic league, they are competing in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Squad
### Season squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age at start of season) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Tomoki Hayakawa | GK | (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 25) |
| 21 | Taiki Yamada | GK | (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 23) |
| 29 | Yuji Kajikawa | GK | (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 33) |
| 38 | Park Eui-jeong | GK | (2004-05-22)22 May 2004 (aged 20) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Koki Anzai | RB / LB | (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 29) |
| 3 | Kim Tae-hyeon | CB | (2000-09-17)17 September 2000 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Ikuma Sekigawa | CB | (2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 24) |
| 22 | Kimito Nono | RB | (2002-02-26)26 February 2002 (aged 22) |
| 23 | Keisuke Tsukui | CB | (2004-05-21)21 May 2004 (aged 20) |
| 25 | Ryuta Koike | RB | (1995-08-29)29 August 1995 (aged 29) |
| 28 | Shuhei Mizoguchi | LB | (2004-02-13)13 February 2004 (aged 21) |
| 32 | Haruto Matsumoto | RB | (2006-09-29)29 September 2006 (aged 18) |
| 36 | Mihiro Sato | LB | (2007-02-26)26 February 2007 (aged 17) |
| 55 | Naomichi Ueda | CB | (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 30) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Kento Misao | DM | (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 28) |
| 10 | Gaku Shibasaki (c) | CM / DM | (1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 32) |
| 13 | Kei Chinen | CM / FW | (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 29) |
| 14 | Yuta Higuchi | RM / CM | (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 28) |
| 17 | Talles | LW / AM | (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 26) |
| 20 | Yu Funabashi | DM | (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 22) |
| 27 | Yuta Matsumura | RM / RW | (2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 23) |
| 33 | Yoshiro Shimoda | DM | (2004-05-05)5 May 2004 (aged 20) |
| 71 | Ryotaro Araki | AM | (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 23) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Léo Ceará | FW | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 30) |
| 11 | Kyosuke Tagawa | FW / LW | (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 26) |
| 19 | Shu Morooka | FW / RW | (2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 24) |
| 34 | Homare Tokuda | FW | (2007-02-18)18 February 2007 (aged 17) |
| 40 | Yuma Suzuki | FW | (1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 28) |
| 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | FW / RW | (1994-05-18)18 May 1994 (aged 30) |
Last updated: 13 January 2025. Source: Kashima Antlers website

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 18 December 2024 | DF | Ryuta Koike | Yokohama F. Marinos | Full |
| 27 December 2024 | MF | Yoshihiro Shimoda | Iwaki FC | Loan return |
| 30 December 2024 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | Tokyo Verdy | Loan return |
| 3 January 2025 | FW | Aleksandar Čavrić | Slovan Bratislava | Full |
| 4 January 2025 | DF | Kim Tae-hyeon | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 5 January 2025 | MF | Ryotaro Araki | FC Tokyo | Loan return |
| 6 January 2025 | FW | Léo Ceará | Cerezo Osaka | Full |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 13 December 2024 | MF | Guilherme Parede | Talleres | Loan return |
| 18 December 2024 | MF | Shintaro Nago | Avispa Fukuoka | Full |
| 24 December 2024 | MF | Tomoya Fujii | Shonan Bellmare | Full |
| 24 December 2024 | MF | Hayato Nakama | Kashiwa Reysol | Full |
| 25 December 2024 | DF | Naoki Hayashi | Tokyo Verdy | Full |
| 25 December 2024 | FW | Itsuki Someno | Tokyo Verdy | Full |
| 27 December 2024 | DF | Hidehiro Sugai | Kyoto Sanga FC | Full |
| 27 December 2024 | MF | Ryotaro Nakamura | Montedio Yamagata | Full |
| 3 January 2025 | MF | Naoki Sutoh | Kochi United SC | Loan |
| 12 January 2025 | MF | Radomir Milosavljević | FK Radnički Niš | Loan |

## Competitions
### J1 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Machida Zelvia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | |
| 5 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | |

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Matches

All match start times are in JST.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | J1 | EC | JLC | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Léo Ceará | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 40 | Yuma Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Kei Chinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Shu Morooka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | 25 | Ryuta Koike | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | – | – | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: jleague.co

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | J1 | EC | JLC | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Tomoki Hayakawa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: fbref.com