2023 Avispa Fukuoka season

Avispa Fukuoka
2023 season
Chairman	Takashi Kawamori
Manager	Shigetoshi Hasebe
Stadium	Best Denki Stadium
J1 League	9th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
J.League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yuya Yamagishi; (6 goals); All: Yuya Yamagishi; (7 goals)
	All statistics correct as of 14 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Avispa Fukuoka's 41st season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Avispa Fukuoka will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 March 2023.[1][2]

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	JPN	Takumi Nagaishi
2	DF	JPN	Masato Yuzawa
3	DF	JPN	Tatsuki Nara (captain)
5	DF	JPN	Daiki Miya (vice-captain)
6	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Mae (vice-captain)
7	MF	JPN	Takeshi Kanamori (vice-captain)
8	MF	JPN	Kazuya Konno
9	FW	BRA	Lukian
10	FW	JPN	Hisashi Jogo
11	MF	JPN	Yuya Yamagishi
14	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Tanaka
16	DF	JPN	Itsuki Oda
17	FW	JPN	Shun Nakamura
18	FW	BRA	Wellington
19	MF	JPN	Sotan Tanabe
20	DF	JPN	KennedyEgbus Mikuni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	JPN	Takumi Yamanoi
22	DF	JPN	Masashi Kamekawa
26	DF	JPN	Seiya Inoue
27	FW	JPN	Ryoga Sato
28	FW	JPN	Reiju Tsuruno
29	DF	JPN	Yota Maejima
30	MF	JPN	Masato Shigemi ^DSP
31	GK	JPN	Masaaki Murakami
33	DF	BRA	Douglas Grolli
35	MF	JPN	Yuto Hiratsuka
41	GK	JPN	Daiki Sakata
44	DF	JPN	Kimiya Moriyama (vice-captain)
45	FW	JPN	Ichika Maeda ^{Type 2}
46	MF	JPN	Katsuki Nishimura ^{Type 2}
51	GK	JPN	Kazuaki Suganuma ^DSP
99	MF	JPN	Yosuke Ideguchi (on loan from Celtic)

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
—	MF	JPN	Yuji Kitajima (at Tokyo Verdy)

Transfers

Transfers in[3]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
31 Mar	MF	Masato Shigemi	Fukuoka University	Loan transfer; 2023 DSP
1 Mar	FW	Wellington	Shonan Bellmare	Free transfer
Pre-season	GK	Daiki Sakata	Iwaki FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	GK	Kazuaki Suganuma	Fukuoka University	Loan transfer; 2023 DSP
Pre-season	DF	Itsuki Oda	Kashima Antlers	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Masashi Kamekawa	Yokohama FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Kazuya Konno	FC Tokyo	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	Celtic FC	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Ryoga Sato	Tokyo Verdy	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Reiju Tsuruno	Fukuoka University	Full transfer

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
Pre-season	GK	Rikihiro Sugiyama	–	Retirement
Pre-season	DF	Takaaki Shichi	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yuta Kumamoto	Montedio Yamagata	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Toshiki Toya	Kochi United	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Kaito Kuwahara	Suzuka Point Getters	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Naoki Wako	–	Retirement
Pre-season	MF	Jordy Croux	Cerezo Osaka	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yuji Kitajima	Tokyo Verdy	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	John Mary	Çaykur Rizespor	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Daiki Watari	Tokushima Vortis	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Juanma	V-Varen Nagasaki	Full transfer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	18 February	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	13	5	4	4	15	16	−1	038.46
Emperor's Cup	7 June		Second round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
J.League Cup	8 March		Group stage	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total				17	7	5	5	21	21	+0	041.18

Last updated: 14 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

J1 League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	6	2	3	16	11	+5	20
8	Cerezo Osaka	13	6	2	5	16	15	+1	20
9	Avispa Fukuoka	13	5	4	4	15	16	−1	19
10	Kawasaki Frontale	13	5	3	5	16	16	0	18
11	FC Tokyo	13	5	3	5	16	18	−2	18

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2023. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	5	4	4	15	16	−1	19	5	1	1	9	6	+3	0	3	3	6	10	−4

Last updated: 14 May 2023.
Source: See matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	14	9	4	7	4	5	3	6	6	7	5	7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2023. Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.[4]

18 February 1	Vissel Kobe	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kobe
14:00	Jean Patric 70' 90+5'	Report	Nara 21' Lukian 72'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Attendance: 18,981 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

25 February 2	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Fukuoka
15:00	Mae 47' Oda 62' Miya 67' Kanamori 88'	Report	Uejo 59' Tameda 78'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 9,607 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

4 March 3	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Fukuoka
15:00	Lukian 87'	Report	Shiihashi 72'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 6,210 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

12 March 4	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
15:00	Sano 14' 53'	Report	Kanamori 41' Grolli 55' Nagaishi 65' Lukian 80'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,097 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

19 March 5	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Shonan Bellmare	Fukuoka
14:00	Douglas Grolli 44' Nara 57' Yamagishi 90+6', 90+9'	Report	Oiwa 42' Abe 60' Onose 73'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 6,455 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

1 April 6	Yokohama FC	1–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Yokohama
14:00	Kondo 38' Caprini 42' Ogawa 45+9' (pen.) Yoshino 88'	Report	Yamagishi 16' Oda 75' Wellington 90+1'	Stadium: Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

9 April 7	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Kyoto Sanga	Fukuoka
15:03	Lukian 78' Wellington 82'	Report	Kinoshita 36' Patric 56'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 6,341 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

15 April 8	Albirex Niigata	3–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Niigata
14:00	Ito 47', 90+3', 90+5'	Report	Konno 17' (pen.) Oda 32'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 16,692 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

23 April 9	Consadole Sapporo	2–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Sapporo
14:00	Arano 5' 90+5' Asano 13'	Report	Mikuni 45+3' Yamagishi 51' Lukian 58' (pen.) Yuzawa 74'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 12,495 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

29 April 10	Avispa Fukuoka	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Fukuoka
17:03	Tanabe 26' Tsuruno 85' Douglas Grolli 90+5'	Report	Noborizato 12' Miyashiro 47' Seko 63' Nara 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 9,053 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

3 May 11	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	FC Tokyo	Fukuoka
15:03	Yamagishi 72'	Report	Nagatomo 36'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 10,360 Referee: Koei Koya

7 May 12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Hiroshima
13:01	Ben Khalifa 27' Sotiriou 50' Yamagishi 72' (o.g.) Kawamura 89'	Report	Oda 11' Yamagishi 30' Maejima 54'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 10,415 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

14 May 13	Avispa Fukuoka	0–0	Sagan Tosu	Fukuoka
13:30	Lukian 25'	Report	Iwasaki 35' Naganuma 45+1' Kawata 87' Horigome 90+2'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 13,719 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

20 May 14	Avispa Fukuoka	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Fukuoka
13:00		Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

28 May 15	Yokohama F. Marinos	v	Avispa Fukuoka	Yokohama
14:00		Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium

3 June 16	Avispa Fukuoka	v	Gamba Osaka	Fukuoka
18:00		Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

11 June 17	Nagoya Grampus	v	Avispa Fukuoka	Nagoya
16:00		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium

25 June 18	Avispa Fukuoka	v	Vissel Kobe	Fukuoka
19:00		Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

Emperor's Cup

As Avispa is a J1 club, it starts the competition on the second round.

7 June Second round	Avispa Fukuoka	v	FC Imabari or Mitsubishi Nagasaki	Fukuoka
19:00				Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

J.League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Avispa Fukuoka	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Albirex Niigata	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6	Possible knockout stage
3	Kashiwa Reysol	4	1	2	1	7	8	−1	5
4	Kashima Antlers	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2023. Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Albirex Niigata	Fukuoka
19:03	Sato 42' Tsuruno 59'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,092 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26)	Avispa Fukuoka	3–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Fukuoka
15:03	Yamagishi 29' Lukian 79' Yuzawa 90'	Report	Tsuchiya 13' Grot 16', 67'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,611 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
19:03	Araki 32'	Report	Douglas Grolli 63'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,571 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

19 April 2023 (2023-04-19)	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
19:00	Jogo 14' Douglas Grolli 85' Wellington 90+3'	Report	Arthur Caíke 31' Sekigawa 90'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Masuya Ueda

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)	Albirex Niigata	v	Avispa Fukuoka	Niigata
19:00		Report		Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)	Kashiwa Reysol	v	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashiwa
18:00		Report		Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

References

"２０２３シーズン新体制および選手背番号決定のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Avispa Fukuoka. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
"トップチーム選手・スタッフプロフィール" (in Japanese). Avispa Fukuoka. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
"ニュース". Avispa Fukuoka (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
co.,Ltd, FromOne. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

Official website

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[1] "２０２３シーズン新体制および選手背番号決定のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Avispa Fukuoka. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[Avispa_Fukuoka_2022_Squad-2] "トップチーム選手・スタッフプロフィール" (in Japanese). Avispa Fukuoka. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[3] "ニュース". Avispa Fukuoka (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[4] .,Ltd, FromOne. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.