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
Owner	Yanmar
Chairman	Hiroaki Morishima
Manager	Miguel Ángel Lotina
Stadium	Yanmar Stadium Nagai
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Preseason
J.League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hiroaki Okuno (2) All: Bruno Mendes (3)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Senior team

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

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 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

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

J1 League

Table

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
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
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.

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	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

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

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

Matches

22 February 2020 1	Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Oita Trinita	Osaka
15:03 JST	Bruno Mendes  8'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 15,535

4 July 2020 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[lower-alpha 1]

8 July 2020 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[lower-alpha 1]

12 July 2020 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 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 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 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 8	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Hiratsuka
19:00 JST	Saito  21' Oiwa  59' Mawatari  71' Kaneko  76' Elyounoussi  77'	Summary	Kiyotake  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Ryuji Sato

9 August 2020 9	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	FC Tokyo	Osaka
19:00 JST	Bruno Mendes  39' Desábato  73'	Summary	Abe  77' Ogawa  87'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Attendance: 4,840 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

15 August 2020 10	Kashiwa Reysol	1–3	Cerezo Osaka	Kashiwa
19:00 JST	Takahashi  54' Takahashi  80' Olunga  88'	Report	Bruno Mendes  5' Okuno  44' Koga  55' (o.g.) Nishikawa  87'	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	Wakizaka  21' Ienaga  42' (pen.) Kobayashi  52' Mitoma  74' Leandro Damião  77' Morita  78'	Report	Bruno Mendes  7' Seko  58'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Takuto Okabe

23 August 2020 12	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Osaka
19:00 JST	Kiyotake  19'  47' Sakamoto  60' Kakitani  90+5'	Report	Hachisuka  45+2'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 3,921 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

30 August 2020 13	Yokohama FC	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	Yokohama
18:00 JST	Matsuo  86'	Report	Kiyotake  14' Bruno Mendes  58'	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	Tokura  48' Katayama  51' Deng  74' (o.g.) Fujio  90+3'	Report	Yamanaka  51'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 4,793 Referee: Shinji Murakami

9 September 2020 15	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Consadole Sapporo	Osaka
19:30 JST	Okuno  6'  59'	Report	Douglas Oliveira  28' Sugeno  45+2' Bothroyd  62' Lucas Fernandes  87'	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	Erik  52' Bunmathan  56' Ito  65'	Report	Kiyotake  58' Takagi  86'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 4,918 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

16 September 2020 17	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Kobe
19:00 JST	Dankler  81'	Report	Tokura  33' Kakitani  62'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Ryuji Sato

19 September 2020 18	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
18:00 JST	Bruno Mendes  36' Seko  86'	Report	Juan Alano  32' Misao  39' Everaldo Stum  46'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

23 September 2020 19	FC Tokyo	2–0	Cerezo Osaka	Tokoyo
19:00 JST	Diego Oliveira  63' Adaílton  66' Morishige  90+3'	Report	Matsuda  90+2'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,316 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 September 2020 20	Vegalta Sendai	2–3	Cerezo Osaka	Sendai
13:00 JST	Nishimura  57'  67' (pen.)	Report	Bruno Mendes  44' Jonjić  81' Kiyotake  90+1'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 2,789 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

3 October 2020 21	Cerezo Osaka	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Osaka
15:00 JST	Okuno  62'	Report	Jesiel  14' Seko  37' (o.g.) Oshima  71' Leandro Damião  83' Mitoma  84'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 11,842 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

10 October 2020 22	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Nagoya
14:00 JST	Abe  72' Mateus  90+1'	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	Nishikawa  74' Toyokawa  75' Jonjić  90+2'	Report	Tani  45+1'	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	Okuno  10'  67' Toyokawa  71'  81'  88'	Report	Júnior Santos  28' Mizunuma  90+1'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

24 October 2020 25	Urawa Reds	3–1	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama
17:00 JST	Koroki  34' (pen.) Hashioka  37' Yamanaka  44' Martinus  71' Sugimoto  87'	Report	Toyokawa  28' Seko  33'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 12,863 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

3 November 2020 26	Cerezo Osaka	1–1	Gamba Osaka	Osaka
13:00 JST	Toyokawa  34' Jonjić  50'	Report	Kim Young-gwon  4' Ideguchi  32' Patric  50' Miura  78' Fukuda  79' Suganuma  90+5'	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	Renato  49' Carlinhos  64'  90+4' Nakamura  85'	Report	Kiyotake  67' Matsuda  75'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 6,076 Referee: Jumpei Iida

21 November 2020 28	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka
15:00 JST	Matsuda  35' Kimoto  36'	Report	Leandro Pereira  24'  41'  62' Sasaki  51' Douglas Viera  74'	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	Kiyotake  10'	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	Bruno Mendes  61'	Report	Kosuke Saito  68'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 7,365 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

5 December 2020 31	Consadole Sapporo	1–3	Cerezo Osaka	Sapporo
13:00 JST	Bothroyd  62'  65'	Report	Bruno Mendes  39'  80' Kiyotake  54'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 8,905 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

12 December 2020 32	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Osaka
13:00 JST	Fujita  77' Maruhashi  90+3'	Report	Richardson  27' Ominami  29' Goya  83'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 7,889 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

16 December 2020 33	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Sagan Tosu	Osaka
18:00 JST	Toyokawa  44'	Report	Higuchi  21' Nakano  24' Lopez  90' Tiago Alves  90+1'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 5,498 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

19 December 2020 34	Kashima Antlers	v	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
13:00 JST				Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Group stage

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

Goal scorers

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

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

1. "トップチーム選手".
2. "ニュース". セレッソ大阪HP. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

1. Match played behind closed doors

External links

• (in Japanese) J.League official site