# 2022 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2022 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 18th consecutive season in the J1 League. They competed in the AFC Champions League, Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, and the Japanese Super Cup. No major trophies were won by Frontale, however, their season performance at the J1 qualified them to the 2023-24 AFC Champions League, in which they qualified straight into the group stage.

## Squad

As of 10 August 2022.

### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KOR | Jung Sung-ryong |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Noborizato (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Jesiel |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Shogo Taniguchi (captain) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | João Schmidt |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Shintaro Kurumaya |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kento Tachibanada |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Leandro Damião (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryota Oshima |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yu Kobayashi |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Miki Yamane |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yasuto Wakizaka (vice-captain) |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Asahi Sasaki |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Tatsuki Seko |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Kozuka |
| 18 | MF | THA | Chanathip Songkrasin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Daiya Tono |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kei Chinen |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Shunsuke Ando |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Yuki Hayasaka [ja] |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Marcinho |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Ten Miyagi |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Renji Matsui |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Takatora Einaga [ja] |
| 27 | GK | JPN | Kenta Tanno |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Taiyo Igarashi |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kota Takai |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Yamamura |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Shin Yamada |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Yuto Ozeki [ja] |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Yuto Matsunagane [ja] |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | JPN | Taisei Miyashiro (at Sagan Tosu until 31 January 2023) |
| — | MF | JPN | Koki Harada (at AC Nagano Parceiro until 31 January 2023) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kaito Kamiya (at Fujieda MYFC until 31 January 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Zain Issaka (at Yokohama FC until 31 Jan 2023) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shuto Tanabe (at JEF United Chiba until 31 Jan 2023) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Source |
| 1 Feb 2022 | FW | Takatora Einaga | Kokoku High School [ja] | Full | - |
| 1 Feb 2022 | DF | Asahi Sasaki | Ryutsu Keizai University | Full | - |
| 1 Feb 2022 | MF | Renji Matsui | Hosei University | Full | - |
| 1 Feb 2022 | GK | Yuki Hayasaka | Toin University of Yokohama | Full | |
| 1 Feb 2022 | FW | Taiyo Igarashi | Kawasaki Frontale U-18 | Full | |
| 23 Dec 2021 | MF | Tatsuki Seko | Yokohama FC | Full | |
| 11 Jan 2022 | MF | Chanathip Songkrasin | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Full | |
| 4 Feb 2022 | DF | Kota Takai | Kawasaki Frontale U-18 | Full | |
| 17 Jun 2022 | FW | Shin Yamada | Toin University of Yokohama | DSP | |
| 5 Aug 2022 | MF | Yuto Ozeki [ja] | Kawasaki Frontale U-18 | Full | |
| 5 Aug 2022 | DF | Yuto Matsunagane [ja] | Kawasaki Frontale U-18 | Full | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 25 Dec 2021 | GK | Kyung-tae Lee | Gimhae FC | Full / end of loan |
| 25 Dec 2021 | DF | Zain Issaka | Yokohama FC | Loan (to 31 Jan 2023) |
| 31 Dec 2021 | MF | Reo Hatate | Celtic | Full |
| 31 Dec 2021 | MF | Tatsuya Hasegawa | Yokohama FC | Full |
| 31 Dec 2021 | FW | Taisei Miyashiro | Sagan Tosu | Loan (to 31 Jan 2023) |
| 7 Jan 2022 | MF | Koki Harada | AC Nagano Parceiro | Loan (to 31 Jan 2023) |
| 12 Jan 2022 | DF | Kaito Kamiya | Fujieda MYFC | Loan (to 31 Jan 2023) |
| 28 Apr 2022 | MF | Ao Tanaka | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Full |
| 21 Jul 2022 | DF | Shuto Tanabe | JEF United Chiba | Loan (to 31 Jan 2023) |
| 22 Jul 2022 | MF | Koki Tsukagawa | FC Tokyo | Full |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) | 5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) | Matchday 1 | TBD | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 058.82 |
| AFC Champions League | 15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) | 30 April 2022 (2022-04-30) | Group Stage | Group Stage | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 050.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | 22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 |
| J.League Cup | 3 August 2022 (2022-08-03) | 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) | Prime Stage | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 12 February 2022 | 12 February 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 90 | 52 | +38 | 053.33 |
Source: Competitions

### J1 League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos (C) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 55 | |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 52 | |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 51 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: see below

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JDT | KSF | ULS | GZH |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (H) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 11 | | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Guangzhou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–5 | — |

#### Matches
### Friendlies
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 November 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J1 League | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KOR | Jung Sung-ryong | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | JPN | Kenta Tanno | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Noborizato | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Jesiel | 14 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shogo Taniguchi | 41 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Shintaro Kurumaya | 28 | 4 | 15+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Miki Yamane | 38 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Asahi Sasaki | 27 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kota Takai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | João Schmidt | 30 | 2 | 15+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kento Tachibanada | 40 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryota Oshima | 12 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yasuto Wakizaka | 41 | 7 | 31+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Tatsuki Seko | 19 | 1 | 2+11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Kozuka | 17 | 1 | 2+10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | THA | Chanathip Songkrasin | 21 | 2 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Renji Matsui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Takatora Einaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Yamamura | 32 | 1 | 12+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga | 42 | 12 | 31+3 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Leandro Damião | 30 | 7 | 17+6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yu Kobayashi | 38 | 9 | 12+18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Daiya Tono | 39 | 2 | 14+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kei Chinen | 35 | 11 | 10+17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Marcinho | 40 | 15 | 24+6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Ten Miyagi | 28 | 2 | 3+17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Taiyo Igarashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Shin Yamada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players loaned or transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | JPN | Koki Tsukagawa | 13 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Shuto Tanabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | J.League | AFC Champions League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Japanese Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Jung Sung-ryong | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 27 | GK | Kenta Tanno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Anker Power Player of the Month

| Month | No. | Pos. | Player |
| February | 1 | GK | Jung Sung-ryong |
| March | 8 | MF | Kento Tachibanada |
| April | 23 | FW | Marcinho |
| May | 7 | DF | Shintaro Kurumaya |
| June | 9 | FW | Yu Kobayashi |
| July | 41 | MF | Akihiro Ienaga |
| August | 4 | DF | Jesiel |
| September | 41 | MF | Akihiro Ienaga |
| October/November | 9 | FW | Yu Kobayashi |