2023 Roasso Kumamoto season

Roasso Kumamoto

2023 season
Chairman	Tomoyoshi Ikeya
Manager	Takeshi Oki
Stadium	Egao Kenko Stadium
J2 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Third round
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 11 June 2023.

The 2023 season is Roasso Kumamoto's 54th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Roasso Kumamoto will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 January 2023.^[1][2]

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 Ryuga Tashiro 2 MF  JPN Kohei Kuroki 3 MF  JPN Ryotaro Onishi 4 MF  JPN Itto Fujita 5 DF  JPN Kaito Abe 6 DF  JPN Makoto Okazaki 7 MF  JPN Keisuke Tanabe 8 MF  JPN Shuhei Kamimura 9 MF  JPN Yuki Omoto 10 MF  JPN Shun Ito 11 FW  JPN Shohei Aihara 13 GK  JPN Takuya Masuda 14 MF  JPN Yuhi Takemoto 15 MF  JPN Shohei Mishima 16 MF  JPN Rimu Matsuoka

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  JPN Rei Hirakawa (captain) 18 FW  JPN Daiki Ishikawa 19 MF  JPN Takuya Shimamura 20 FW  JPN Shun Osaki 21 MF  JPN Ayumu Toyoda 22 DF  JPN Yuya Aizawa 23 GK  JPN Yuya Sato 24 DF  JPN Takuro Ezaki 25 MF  JPN Tsubasa Togo 26 DF  JPN Kaito Miyazaki 27 MF  JPN Yuto Taniyama 28 FW  JPN Yusei Toshida 29 FW  JPN Yutaka Michiwaki 30 MF  JPN Tatsuki Higashiyama

Transfers

Transfers in[3] Join on Pos. Player Moving from Transfer type Pre-season DF Makoto Okazaki FC Tokyo Full transfer Pre-season DF Yuya Aizawa Komazawa University Free transfer Pre-season DF Kaito Miyazaki NIFS Kanoya Full transfer Pre-season MF Takuya Shimamura FC Imabari Free transfer Pre-season MF Ryotaro Onishi FC Gifu Full transfer Pre-season MF Yuki Omoto FC Ryukyu Full transfer Pre-season MF Tsubasa Togo Nippon SS University Free transfer Pre-season MF Ayumu Toyoda Chuo University Free transfer Pre-season FW Rimu Matsuoka Tochigi SC Full transfer Pre-season FW Daichi Ishikawa Gainare Tottori Full transfer Pre-season FW Shun Osaki Fukuoka University Free transfer Pre-season FW Yutaka Michiwaki Roasso Kumamoto U18s Promotion

Transfers out Leave on Pos. Player Moving to Transfer type Pre-season DF So Kawahara Sagan Tosu Full transfer Pre-season DF Koki Sakamoto Yokohama FC Full transfer Pre-season DF Masahiro Sugata Vegalta Sendai Full transfer Pre-season DF Shuichi Sakai Thespakusatsu Gunma Full transfer Pre-season DF Osamu Henry Iyoha Sanfrecce Hiroshima Loan expiration Pre-season DF Kotaro Higashino J-Lease FC Free transfer Pre-season DF Leo Kenta – Contract expiration Pre-season MF Naohiro Sugiyama Gamba Osaka Full transfer Pre-season MF Sota Higashide Tegevajaro Miyazaki FFree transfer Pre-season MF Kosei Tajiri Kochi United Free transfer Pre-season MF Keitatsu Kojima Ococias Kyoto Free transfer Pre-season MF Thales Paula Nagoya Grampus Loan expiration Pre-season MF Keitatsu Kojima – Contract expiration Pre-season FW Toshiki Takahashi Urawa Red Diamonds Full transfer Pre-season FW Kakeru Higuchi Kochi United Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	21	8	6	7	31	21	+10	038.10
Emperor's Cup	21 June 2023		Second round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total				22	8	7	7	33	23	+10	036.36

Last updated: 21 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

Main article: 2023 J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Fujieda MYFC	42	14	10	18	61	72	−11	52
13	Blaublitz Akita	42	12	15	15	37	44	−7	51
14	Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	10	19	52	53	−1	49
15	Tokushima Vortis	42	10	19	13	43	53	−10	49
16	Vegalta Sendai	42	12	12	18	48	61	−13	48

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play 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
20	7	6	7	27	21	+6	27	4	2	5	13	12	+1	3	4	2	14	9	+5

Last updated: 11 June 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	18	9	5	8	13	14	11	12	13	13	14	13	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Tochigi SC v Roasso Kumamoto

19 February 1	Tochigi SC	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Utsunomiya
16:00		Report		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium

Roasso Kumamoto v Blaublitz Akita

26 February 2	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Blaublitz Akita	Kumamoto
13:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Roasso Kumamoto v Omiya Ardija

5 March 3	Roasso Kumamoto	3–0	Omiya Ardija	Kumamoto
13:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Renofa Yamaguchi v Roasso Kumamoto

11 March 4	Renofa Yamaguchi	1–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Yamaguchi
14:00		Report		Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium

Roasso Kumamoto v V-Varen Nagasaki

19 March 5	Roasso Kumamoto	0–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kumamoto
14:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Tokyo Verdy v Roasso Kumamoto

25 March 6	Tokyo Verdy	3–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Tokyo
15:00	Fukazawa 16' Taira 73' Yamakoshi 82'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Tom Nield (England)

Roasso Kumamoto v Tokushima Vortis

2 April 2023 7	Roasso Kumamoto	1–1	Tokushima Vortis	Kumamoto
12:00	Hirakawa 54'	Report	Kodama 56'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 4,166 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

Roasso Kumamoto v Zweigen Kanazawa

9 April 8	Roasso Kumamoto	3–1	Zweigen Kanazawa	Kumamoto
15:00	Ishikawa 42' Ezaki 60' Kajiura 62'	Report	Kato 45'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 5,315 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

Fagiano Okayama v Roasso Kumamoto

12 April 9	Fagiano Okayama	0–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Okayama
19:00		Report		Stadium: City Light Stadium

Júbilo Iwata v Roasso Kumamoto

16 April 10	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Iwata
16:00	Nakagawa  27' Kaneko 53'	Report	Matsuoka 12' Aizawa  15' Tashiro  36' Ezaki  88'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 7,780 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

Roasso Kumamoto v JEF United Chiba

21 April 11	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2	JEF United Chiba	Kumamoto
19:00	Tashiro  52' Ezaki 70' Aihara  88', 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Buwanika  28' Nishikubo 40' Tsubaki 61' Goya  85'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 3,339 Referee: Reo Tanaka

Machida Zelvia v Roasso Kumamoto

29 April 12	Machida Zelvia	2–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Machida
14:00	Okuyama 8' Erik 63' (pen.) Fujio  71'	Report	Ishikawa 88'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 4,020 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

Roasso Kumamoto v Thespakusatsu Gunma

3 May 13	Roasso Kumamoto	2–0	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Kumamoto
13:50	Kamimura  30' Hirakawa 44' Aihara 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 4,193 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Roasso Kumamoto v Ventforet Kofu

7 May 14	Roasso Kumamoto	2–0	Ventforet Kofu	Kumamoto
13:00	Ishikawa 35', 87' Aihara  2' Tashiro  2'	Report	Kobayashi  53'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Oita Trinita v Roasso Kumamoto

13 May 15	Oita Trinita	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Oita
15:00	Nakagawa 57'	Report	Ishikawa 12'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 12,096 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

Roasso Kumamoto v Vegalta Sendai

17 May 16	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kumamoto
19:00	Matsuoka  15' Tashiro  90+3'	Report	Sagara 47' Heo Yong-joon  90+4'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Koji Takasaki

Mito HollyHock v Roasso Kumamoto

21 May 17	Mito HollyHock	0–3	Roasso Kumamoto	Mito
15:00		Report		Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito

Roasso Kumamoto v Montedio Yamagata

28 May 18	Roasso Kumamoto	0–3	Montedio Yamagata	Kumamoto
14:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Iwaki FC v Roasso Kumamoto

3 June 19	Iwaki FC	0–4	Roasso Kumamoto	Iwaki
13:00		Report	Aihara 16' Onishi 22' Omoto 58' Hirakawa 62'	Stadium: Iwaki Green Field

Roasso Kumamoto v Shimizu S-Pulse

11 June 20	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kumamoto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Fujieda MYFC v Roasso Kumamoto

17 June 21	Fujieda MYFC	0–4	Roasso Kumamoto	Fujieda
14:00		Report		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

Roasso Kumamoto v Júbilo Iwata

25 June 22	Roasso Kumamoto	v	Júbilo Iwata	Kumamoto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2023 Emperor's Cup

Roasso Kumamoto v FC Ryukyu

21 June Second round	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2 (5–4 p)	FC Ryukyu	Kumamoto
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Higashiyama 49' Omoto 53'		Kanazaki 25' Iwamoto 38'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium
	Penalties
	Higashiyama Toshida Tashiro Tanabe Hirakawa		Yanagi Kagiyama Mori Uehara Sulley

References

1. "ロアッソ熊本2023シーズン トップチームについて". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
2. "選手・スタッフ". roasso-k.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
3. "NEWS". Roasso Kumamoto (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
4. FromOne co., Ltd. "【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