2023 Avispa Fukuoka season

Avispa Fukuoka
2023 season
Chairman	Takashi Kawamori
Manager	Shigetoshi Hasebe
Stadium	Best Denki Stadium
J1 League	6th
Emperor's Cup	Semi-finals
J.League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Yuya Yamagishi; (10 goals); All: Yuya Yamagishi; (15 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 16:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC).

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 participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 August 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
21	GK	JPN	Takumi Yamanoi
22	DF	JPN	Masashi Kamekawa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
37	DF	JPN	Masaya Tashiro
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}
47	MF	JPN	Sota Iwanaga ^{Type 2}
49	GK	JPN	Jin Tokishi ^{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	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	18 February 2023 (2023-02-18)	12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)	Matchday 1		33	15	12	6	37	42	−5	045.45
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023 (2023-06-07)	8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)	Second round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	13	8	+5	080.00
J.League Cup	8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)	4 November 2023 (2023-11-04)	Group stage	Winners	10	7	1	2	13	7	+6	070.00
Total					48	26	13	9	63	57	+6	054.17

Last updated: 11 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

J1 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Kashima Antlers	34	14	10	10	43	34	+9	52
6	Nagoya Grampus	34	14	10	10	41	36	+5	52
7	Avispa Fukuoka	34	15	6	13	37	43	−6	51
8	Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	8	12	51	45	+6	50	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage^[a]
9	Cerezo Osaka	34	15	4	15	39	34	+5	49

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.
Notes:

^ Qualified as the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners.

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
33	15	6	12	37	42	−5	51	8	3	5	15	17	−2	7	3	7	22	25	−3

Last updated: 25 November 2023.
Source: See matches

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	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Fukuoka
13:00	Shigemi 72'	Report	Yasui 42'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 10,417 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

28 May 15	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Yokohama
14:00	Anderson Lopes 8', 20' Kamijima 51' Eduardo 90+4'	Report	Douglas Grolli 64'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 26,115 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

3 June 16	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2	Gamba Osaka	Fukuoka
18:00	Yamagishi 17' Wellington 90+6'	Report	Juan Alano 24' Miura 32' Sato 54' Fukuoka 90+6'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 9,336 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

11 June 17	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Nagoya
16:00	Mateus Castro 45' (pen.) Junker 69'	Report	Mae 19' Maejima 43' Sato 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,992 Referee: Shu Kawamata

25 June 18	Avispa Fukuoka	0–3	Vissel Kobe	Fukuoka
19:00	Yamagishi 50' Nara 73' Maejima 80'	Report	Osako 22' Muto 60', 87'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 11,697 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

30 June 19	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Osaka
19:00		Report	Lukian 22' Mae 54' Wellington 90+3'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 11,786 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

8 July 20	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Fukuoka
19:03	Wellington 66' Yuzawa 69'	Report	Supachok 31'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 7,170 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

16 July 21	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Hiratsuka
19:03		Report	Grolli 86'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 9,878 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

6 August 22	Sagan Tosu	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Tosu
19:08		Report	Kanamori 45'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 17,799 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

12 August 23	Avispa Fukuoka	2–0	Yokohama FC	Fukuoka
19:03	Sato 2', 48'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 8,677 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

18 August 24	Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	Albirex Niigata	Fukuoka
19:03		Report	Maejima 19' (o.g.)	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 7,705 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

26 August 25	Kyoto Sanga	2–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kyoto
19:03	Hara 14', 24' Appiah Tawiah 36'	Report		Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 9,830 Referee: Koei Koya

3 September 26	FC Tokyo	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Tokyo
19:03	Kumata 86'	Report	Sato 2' Yamagishi 11'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 16,068 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

16 September 27	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
19:05	Wellington 84'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 7,647 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

23 September 28	Kashiwa Reysol	1–3	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashiwa
19:04	Diego 13'	Report	Konno 54', 56' Kanamori 65'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 10,770 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 September 29	Avispa Fukuoka	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
15:03		Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 9,467 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

20 October 30	Kawasaki Frontale	4–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Kawasaki
19:03	Segawa 20' Kobayashi 84' Tono 90+2' Miyashiro 90+6'	Report	Grolli 24' Yamagishi 66'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 19,026 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

28 October 31	Avispa Fukuoka	0–4	Yokohama F. Marinos	Fukuoka
14:03		Report	Lopes 19', 25' Uenaka 48' Miyaichi 90+9'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 13,855 Referee: Koei Koya

11 November 32	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Osaka
15:03	Kwon 13'	Report	Yamagishi 46' Lukian 89'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 21,293 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

24 November 33	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–3	Avispa Fukuoka	Saitama
14:04	Scholz 18' (pen.) Akimoto 75'	Report	Konno 32', 62' Oda 54'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 34,826 Referee: Masuya Ueda

2 December 34	Avispa Fukuoka	v	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Fukuoka
--:--				Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

Emperor's Cup

As Avispa is a J1 club, it started the competition in the second round.

7 June Second round	Avispa Fukuoka	2–0	FC Imabari	Fukuoka
19:00	Wellington 51' 70' Inoue 67' Sato 80'	Report	Ichihara 8' Teruyama 58'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

12 July Third round	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Gifu	Gifu
19:00 JST	Sato 84' Grolli 114'	Report Report	Hada 40'	Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Koei Koya

2 August Round of 16	Tochigi SC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Avispa Fukuoka	Utsunomiya
19:00 JST	Nemoto 45+3' (pen.), 51'	Report Report	Sato 20' Wellington 54' Lukian 114' Yamagishi 117'	Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 2,368 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

30 August Quarter-final	Avispa Fukuoka	3–1	Shonan Bellmare	Fukuoka
19:00 JST	Yamagishi 44', 67' Sato 73'	Report Report	Suzuki 4'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

8 October Semi-final	Kawasaki Frontale	4–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Kawasaki
13:10 JST	Yamamura 5' Tachibanada 53' Marcinho 70' Damião 81'	Report Report	Kanamori 42' Tsuruno 90+6'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 18,547 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

J.League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Avispa Fukuoka	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Albirex Niigata	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

8 March	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	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	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	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	Albirex Niigata	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Niigata
19:00	Gustavo Nescau 4'	Report	Jogo 36' Mikuni 46' Inoue 54' Mae 71' Tsuruno 77' Oda 86'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 7,879 Referee: Takuto Okabe

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashiwa
18:00	Mitsumaru 86'	Report	Wellington 12' Mikuni 39' Nagaishi 56'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 4,986 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Quarter-finals

6 September Leg 1	FC Tokyo	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Tokyo
19:03	Adaílton 16'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 5,565 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

10 September Leg 2	Avispa Fukuoka	2–0	FC Tokyo	Fukuoka
19:03	Yamagishi 38' Oda 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 8,659 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Avispa Fukuoka won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

11 October Leg 1	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
19:03	Tsuruno 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 6,980 Referee: Jumpei Iida

15 October Leg 2	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Toyota
15:03		Report	Wellington 5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 24,876 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Avispa Fukuoka won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

4 November	Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo
13:12 JST	Mae 5' Miya 45+4'	JLeague.co (EN) JLeague.jp (JA)	Akimoto 67'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 61,683 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

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.
^ 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

[table_note_res_CW-ACLE0.7578566804332-4] Qualified as the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners.

[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.

[5] 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.

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