2020 Cerezo Osaka season

The 2020 season is Cerezo Osaka's fourth consecutive season in the top-division of Japanese football following promotion in 2016. In addition to the J1 League, the club also competes in the 2020 Emperor's Cup and the 2020 J.League Cup.

Cerezo Osaka
2020 season
OwnerYanmar
ChairmanHiroaki Morishima
ManagerMiguel Ángel Lotina
StadiumYanmar Stadium Nagai
J1 League4th
Emperor's CupPreseason
J.League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Hiroaki Okuno (2)
All: Bruno Mendes (3)
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Squad edit

Senior team edit

As of 23 February 2020.[1] 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 Riku Matsuda
3 DF   JPN Yasuki Kimoto
4 DF   JPN Yuta Koike
5 MF   JPN Naoyuki Fujita
6 MF   ARG Leandro Desábato
8 FW   JPN Yoichiro Kakitani
9 FW   JPN Ken Tokura
10 MF   JPN Hiroshi Kiyotake
11 MF   BRA Lucas Mineiro (on loan from Chapecoense)
13 FW   JPN Toshiyuki Takagi
14 DF   JPN Yusuke Maruhashi
15 DF   JPN Ayumu Seko
16 DF   JPN Eiichi Katayama
17 MF   JPN Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
18 FW   JPN Koji Suzuki
19 FW   JPN Ryuji Sawakami
20 FW   BRA Bruno Mendes
21 GK   KOR Kim Jin-hyeon
22 DF   CRO Matej Jonjić
24 FW   AUS Pierce Waring
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   JPN Hiroaki Okuno
26 MF   JPN Daichi Akiyama
27 GK   KOR Ahn Joon-soo
28 FW   JPN Motohiko Nakajima
29 MF   JPN Takuya Shimamura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
30 MF   JPN Hinata Kida
31 FW   JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi
32 FW   JPN Yuta Toyokawa
33 FW   THA Tawan Khotrsupho (on loan from BG Pathum United)
38 MF   JPN Masataka Nishimoto
39 DF   JPN Honoya Shoji
40 FW   JPN Mizuki Ando
41 MF   JPN Nagi Matsumoto
42 FW   JPN Shota Fujio
43 DF   JPN Ryuya Nishio
44 MF   JPN Takaya Yoshinare
45 GK   JPN Shu Mogi
46 DF   JPN Tatsuya Tabira
47 MF   JPN Taiga Maekawa
49 MF   JPN Jun Nishikawa

Out on loan edit

Last updated 11 July 2019.[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
17 MF   JPN Takaki Fukumitsu (to Mito HollyHock)
26 MF   JPN Daichi Akiyama (to Montedio Yamagata)
31 FW   JPN Towa Yamane (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
GK   KOR Ahn Joon-soo (to Kagoshima United FC)
GK   JPN Takumi Nagaishi (to Renofa Yamaguchi FC)
GK   JPN Honoya Shoji (to Oita Trinita)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   JPN Reiya Morishita (to Tochigi SC)
MF   JPN Hinata Kida (to Avispa Fukuoka)
MF   JPN Taiga Maekawa (to Avispa Fukuoka)
MF   JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi (to FC Machida Zelvia)
FW   JPN Takeru Kishimoto (to Tokushima Vortis)

Under-23 Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 FW   THA Tawan Khotrsupho (on loan from BG Pathum United)
35 MF   THA Phongrawit Jantawong (on loan from BG Pathum United)
37 DF   JPN Temma Nomura
41 MF   JPN Nagi Matsumoto
42 FW   JPN Shota Fujio
43 DF   JPN Ryuya Nishio
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 DF   JPN Taiyo Shimokawa
46 GK   JPN Teruki Origuchi
47 GK   JPN Go Kambayashi
48 MF   JPN Takaya Yoshinare
49 DF   JPN Kaito Hayashida
50 MF   JPN Riyon Tori

Competitions edit

J1 League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Gamba Osaka 34 20 5 9 46 42 +4 65 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a]
3 Nagoya Grampus 34 19 6 9 45 28 +17 63
4 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 6 10 46 37 +9 60 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 55 44 +11 59
6 FC Tokyo 34 17 6 11 47 42 +5 57
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2020 Emperor's Cup, Kawasaki Frontale, qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot given to the third-place team (Champions League play-off round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
33 18 5 10 45 36  +9 59 8 4 5 20 13  +7 10 1 5 25 23  +2

Last updated: 16 December 2020.
Source: see below

Results by matchday edit

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GroundHAHHAHAAHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWWLWDDWDWLWWWWWWLLWLLWWLDLLWWWDL
Position631335433222222222222222444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: See below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 1 Cerezo Osaka 1–0 Oita Trinita Osaka
15:03 JST Bruno Mendes   8' Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadium
Attendance: 15,535
4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Suita
18:03 JST Ademilson   68' Report Okuno   45+2'
Maruhashi   62'
Kimoto   66'
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium
Attendance: 0[a]
8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse Osaka
18:03 JST Seko   53'
Okuno   71'
Katayama   85'
Report Valdo   44' Stadium: Yanmar Stadium
Attendance: 0[a]
12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 4 Cerezo Osaka 0–2 Nagoya Grampus Osaka
19:03 JST Mineiro   57'
Sakamoto   69'
Report Own goal   38'
Abe   61'
Maruyama   87'
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium
Attendance: 4,026
18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Hiroshima
19:00 JST Fujii   48'
Vieira   53'
Report Own goal   20'
Fujita   50'
Stadium: Edion Stadium
22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6 Cerezo Osaka 0–0 Vissel Kobe Osaka
19:30 JST Report Watanabe   45+1'
Nishi   49'
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 4,981
26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7 Sagan Tosu 1–1 Cerezo Osaka Tosu, Saga
19:00 JST Ishii   51'
Eduardo   63'
Report Fujita   64'
Sakamoto   75'
Koike   77'
Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 8 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Cerezo Osaka Hiratsuka
19:00 JST
Summary
Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 3,494
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
9 August 2020 (2020-08-09) 9 Cerezo Osaka 0–0 FC Tokyo Osaka
19:00 JST
Summary
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium
Attendance: 4,840
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 10 Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 Cerezo Osaka Kashiwa
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 2,603
Referee:   Hiroyoshi Takayama
19 August 2020 11 Kawasaki Frontale 5–2 Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 4,794
Referee:   Takuto Okabe
23 August 2020 12 Cerezo Osaka 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 3,921
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
30 August 2020 13 Yokohama FC 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Yokohama
18:00 JST
Report
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 3,373
Referee:   Jumpei Iida
5 September 2020 14 Cerezo Osaka 3–0 Urawa Reds Osaka
19:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 4,793
Referee:   Shinji Murakami
9 September 2020 15 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Consadole Sapporo Osaka
19:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 3,140
Referee:   Masuya Ueda
13 September 2020 16 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Yokohama
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 4,918
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
16 September 2020 17 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Cerezo Osaka Kobe
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
19 September 2020 18 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Kashima Antlers Osaka
18:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 6,836
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo
23 September 2020 19 FC Tokyo 2–0 Cerezo Osaka Tokyo
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 4,316
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
27 September 2020 20 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Cerezo Osaka Sendai
13:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 2,789
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
3 October 2020 21 Cerezo Osaka 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale Osaka
15:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 11,842
Referee:   Minoru Tōjō
10 October 2020 22 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Cerezo Osaka Nagoya
14:00 JST
Report Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 7,861
Referee:   Maasaki Iemoto
14 October 2020 23 Cerezo Osaka 1–0 Shonan Bellmare Osaka
19:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 5,526
Referee:   Akihiro Ikeuchi
17 October 2020 24 Cerezo Osaka 4–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Osaka
15:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
24 October 2020 25 Urawa Reds 3–1 Cerezo Osaka Saitama
17:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 12,863
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
3 November 2020 26 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Gamba Osaka Osaka
13:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 19,553
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura
14 November 2020 27 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Cerezo Osaka Shizuoka
13:00 JST
Report
Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 6,076
Referee:   Jumpei Iida
21 November 2020 28 Cerezo Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Osaka
15:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 6,625
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
25 November 2020 29 Oita Trinita 0–1 Cerezo Osaka Ōita
18:00 JST Report
Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita
Attendance: 3,861
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
29 November 2020 30 Cerezo Osaka 1–0 Yokohama FC Osaka
14:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 7,365
Referee:   Futoshi Nakamura
5 December 2020 31 Consadole Sapporo 1–3 Cerezo Osaka Sapporo
13:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 8,905
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
12 December 2020 32 Cerezo Osaka 0–0 Kashiwa Reysol Osaka
13:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 7,889
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura
16 December 2020 33 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Sagan Tosu Osaka
18:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 5,498
Referee:   Minoru Tōjō

Emperor's Cup edit

J.League Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RED CER VEG YAM
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 3 canceled 5–2 RED Wins with 0 goals
2 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3 5 Aug canceled 4–1
3 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 0 canceled 12 Aug VEG Wins with 0 goals
4 Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0 canceled canceled canceled
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2020. Source: League table , match result

Statistics edit

Goal scorers edit

Rank No. Pos. Player J.League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1 20 FW   Bruno Mendes 1 0 2 3
2 25 MF   Hiroaki Okuno 2 0 0 2
14 DF   Yusuke Maruhashi 1 0 1 2
4 5 MF   Naoyuki Fujita 1 0 0 1
10 MF   Hiroshi Kiyotake 0 0 1 1
16 FW   Eiichi Katayama 1 0 0 1
17 MF   Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Total 8 0 4 12

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos. Player J.League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1 18 GK   Kim Jin-hyeon 3 0 0 3
Total 3 0 0 3

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: JLeague

References edit

  1. ^ "トップチーム選手".
  2. ^ "ニュース". セレッソ大阪HP. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  1. ^ a b Match played behind closed doors

External links edit