2019 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2019 season
Chairman	Shigeru Ibata
Manager	Go Oiwa
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League	3rd
Emperor's Cup	Runners-up
J.League Cup	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Serginho (12); All: Serginho (20)
Highest home attendance	34,312 (30 Nov 2019 v Vissel Kobe, J1 League round 33)
Lowest home attendance	2,742 (3 Jul 2019 v Hokuriku University, Emperor's Cup 2nd Round)
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Kashima Antlers season involved the team competing in the J1 League, they finished 3rd in the 2018 J1 League.^[1] They also competed in the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup, and AFC Champions League.

Squad

As of 16 February 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
1	GK	KOR	Kwoun Sun-tae
2	DF	JPN	Atsuto Uchida
4	MF	BRA	Léo Silva
5	DF	KOR	Jung Seung-hyun
6	MF	JPN	Ryota Nagaki
8	MF	JPN	Shoma Doi
9	FW	JPN	Yuma Suzuki
10	FW	JPN	Hiroki Abe
11	MF	BRA	Leandro
13	MF	JPN	Atsutaka Nakamura
14	FW	JPN	Takeshi Kanamori
15	FW	JPN	Sho Ito
16	DF	JPN	Shuto Yamamoto
17	MF	JPN	Taiki Hirato
18	MF	BRA	Serginho
19	FW	JPN	Kazuma Yamaguchi
20	MF	JPN	Kento Misao


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	JPN	Hitoshi Sogahata
22	DF	JPN	Koki Anzai
23	DF	JPN	Itsuki Oda
24	DF	JPN	Yukitoshi Ito
25	MF	JPN	Yasushi Endo
27	DF	BRA	Bueno
28	DF	JPN	Koki Machida
29	GK	JPN	Shinichiro Kawamata
30	MF	JPN	Shintaro Nago
31	GK	JPN	Yuya Oki
33	DF	JPN	Ikuma Sekigawa
34	MF	JPN	Kotaro Arima
35	DF	JPN	Shogo Sasaki
38	GK	JPN	Taiki Yamada
39	DF	JPN	Tomoya Inukai
41	MF	JPN	Ryōhei Shirasaki
—	FW	JPN	Ayase Ueda (special designated player)

Competitions

J1 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yokohama F. Marinos (C)	34	22	4	8	68	38	+30	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	FC Tokyo	34	19	7	8	46	29	+17	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	9	7	54	30	+24	63	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	12	6	57	34	+23	60
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	5	11	39	25	+14	59

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

23 February 2019 1	Kashima Antlers	1–2	Oita Trinita	Kashima
15:03 JST^[3]	Ito 48'	Report	Fujimoto 18', 69' Maeda 64'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,463 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

1 March 2019 2	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:03 JST^[4]	Nakamura 9' Oshima 66'	Report	Ito 21' Anzai 38' Abe 67'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 23,927 Referee: Ryuji Sato

9 March 2019 3	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Shonan Bellmare	Kashima
16:03 JST^[5]	Leandro 52' Anzai 58' Kwoun 85'	Report	Okamoto 32' 45' Ohno 42'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,659 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

17 March 2019 4	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1 – 3	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
13:00	Suzuki 82' Anderson Lopes 85'	Report	Ito 12' 23' Léo Silva 58' Leandro 76'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 23,002 Referee: Jumpei Iida

30 March 2019 5	Júbilo Iwata	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Iwata
14:00	Takahashi 32' Matsumoto 46' Ogawa 90+4'	Report	Léo Silva 34' 83'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 13,111 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

5 April 2019 6	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
19:00	Doi 72' Léo Silva 81'	Report	Gabriel Xavier 47' Yonemoto 74' Maruyama 77' Mateus 90+7'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

14 April 2019 7	FC Tokyo	3 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Chōfu
14:00	Nagai 5' Diego Oliveira 16' 29'	Report	Léo Silva 55'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 38,414 Referee: Ryuji Sato

20 April 2019 8	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Kashima
15:00	Inukai 66'	Report	Yoshio 38'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,844 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

28 April 2019 9	Yokohama F. Marinos	2 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Yokohama
13:00	Marcos Júnior 59' 82' Nakagawa 69'	Report	Koki Anzai 11'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 38,561 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

3 May 2019 10	Kashima Antlers	3 – 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
15:00	Machida 1' Doi 10' Abe 69' Koki Anzai 72'	Report	Musaka 17' Tatsuta 65' Elsinho 77'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 31,182 Referee: Jumpei Iida

12 May 2019 11	Vissel Kobe	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Kobe
14:00	Yamaguchi 86'	Report	Serginho 17'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 20,119 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

18 May 2019 12	Kashima Antlers	5 – 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	Kashima
15:00	Léo Silva 25' Shirasaki 47' 65' Serginho 54' Nakamura 83'	Report	Imai 60'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

26 May 2019 13	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
14:00	Isaac Cuenca 22' Toyoda 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 14,130 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

1 June 2019 14	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Suita
19:00	Meshino 13'	Report	Jung Seung-hyun 27' Serginho 30' Doi 43'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 30,495 Referee: Takuto Okabe

14 June 2019 15	Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
19:00	Serginho 50' (pen.) Shirasaki 72' Leandro 83'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Yusuke Araki

30 June 2019 16	Kashima Antlers	2 – 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
20:30	Araki 1' (o.g.) Misao 44' Machida 74'	Report	Kashiwa 27' 90+4' Douglas Vieira 44' Sasaki 62' Rhayner 76' Patric 83'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 13,502 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

6 July 2019 17	Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
19:00	Machida 26' Shinzato 29' (o.g.) Koike 40' Kwoun Sun-tae 75'	Report	Rodrigues 43'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 17,442 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

13 July 2019 18	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 4	Kashima Antlers	Sendai
19:00		Report	Serginho 16' 45+1' Kwoun Sun-tae 59' Shirasaki 67' Doi 75' Nago 81'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 17,639 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

20 July 2019 19	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Kashima
18:30	Leandro 20' (pen.) 55' Shirasaki 35' Inukai 42' Nagaki 59'	Report	Takahashi 19' 90' Kanazaki 23' 81'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 25,173 Referee: Massaki Iemoto

31 July 2019 20	Urawa Reds	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:30	Koroki 88'	Report	Ito 77'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,265 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

3 August 2019 21	Shonan Bellmare	3 – 2	Kashima Antlers	Hiratsuka
19:30	Yamasaki 49' Noda 52' Saka 90+6'	Report	Shirasaki 56' Serginho 61' Ito 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 14,237 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

10 August 2019 22	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima
18:30	Serginho 1' Kwoun Sun-tae 69' Ueda 87'	Report	Ogihara 30' 76' Nakagawa 68'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 29,790 Referee: Koei Koya

17 August 2019 23	Oita Trinita	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Ōita
19:00	Puangchan 29' Misao 73'	Report	Yuki Soma 71' Nagaki 90+2'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 28,574 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

23 August 2019 24	Kashima Antlers	2 – 2	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
19:00	Serginho 44' Ito 58' Kei Koizumi 72' Misao 90+2'	Report	Ademilson 33' Kurata 45+1' Patric 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,063 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

1 September 2019 25	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 4	Kashima Antlers	Shizuoka
18:00	Kazunori Yoshimoto 52' Junior Dutra 60'	Report	Endo 15' Serginho 34' (pen.) Ueda 73' 90+3'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 15,480 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

14 September 2019 26	Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	FC Tokyo	Kashima
19:00	Bueno 2' Misao 28' Serginho 78'	Report	Muroya 57'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 27,285 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

28 September 2019 27	Kashima Antlers	1 – 1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
15:00	Serginho 50'	Report	Shindo 11' Miyazawa 56'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,314 Referee: Koei Koya

6 October 2019 28	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
15:00	Kimoto 75'	Report	Inukai 6' Bueno 82'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 23,001 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

18 October 2019 29	Matsumoto Yamaga	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Matsumoto
19:00	Nagai 9'	Report	Endo 16' Bueno 53' Ueda 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Sunpro Alwin Attendance: 19,479 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

1 November 2019 30	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Urawa Reds	Kashima
18:00	Serginho 72' Kwoun Sun-tae 90+4'	Report	Sugimoto 62'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 14,439 Referee: Yusuke Araki

9 November 2019 31	Kashima Antlers	0 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
14:00	Bueno 63' Jung 83'	Report	Morita 42' Yamamura 62' Taniguchi 69' Hasegawa 71' Ienaga 77'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 23,195 Referee: Jumpei Iida

23 November 2019 32	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima
13:00	Pereira 22'	Report	Bueno 45+2' Misao 72' Silva 90+5'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 17,033 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

30 November 2019 33	Kashima Antlers	1 – 3	Vissel Kobe	Kashima
14:00	Doi 40' Inukai 86'	Report	Fujimoto 14' Goke 29' Ogawa 88'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 34,312 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

7 December 2019 34	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
14:00	Ito 89'	Report	Machida 38' Nakatani 43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 33,133 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

J.League Cup

Results

4 September 2019 Quarter-final first leg	Urawa Reds	2–3	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:30	Koroki 58' Makino 60' Sekine 67'	Report	Bueno 35' Doi 38' 83' Nago 43'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 21,148 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

8 September 2019 Quarter-final second Leg	Kashima Antlers	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Urawa Reds	Kashima
18:30	Inukai 66' Kei Koizumi 68' Ito 87' 90+7' Jung Seung-hyun 90+3'	Report	Ewerton 28' Sekine 77'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 14,887 Referee: Ryuji Sato

9 October 2019 Semi-final first Leg	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:00	Mawatari 9' Hasegawa 16' Morita 27' Wakizaka 82' Abe 85'	Report	Shirasaki 10' Leandro 44'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 18,412 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

13 October 2019 Semi-final second leg	Kashima Antlers	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
19:00	Koike 27' Jung Seung-hyun 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,127 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Emperor's Cup

3 July 2019 Second round	Kashima Antlers	3–1	Hokuriku University	Kashima
19:00	Serginho 4' Yamaguchi 10' Kanamori 14'	Report	Takahashi 71'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

14 August 2019 Third round	Kashima Antlers	4–0	Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya
19:00	Oda 37' Ito 45+2' Leandro 55' Arima 88'	Report		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 10,169 Referee: Ryosuke Yamaoka

25 September 2019 Round of 16	Kashima Antlers	4–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima
19:00	Nakamura 13', 30', 45+2' Ito 27' Bueno 67' Ito 77'	Report	Ito 16' Erik 23' Ōtsu 85'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,529 Referee: Takuto Okabe

23 October 2019 Quarter-finals	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Honda	Kashima
19:00	Machida 38' Doi 65'	Report	Harada 78'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,660 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

21 December 2019 Semi-finals	Kashima Antlers	3–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kashima
15:05	Serginho 4' Hata 23' (o.g.) Ito 73'	Report	César 36' Yoneda 37' Sawada 76'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 15,760 Referee: Minoru Tojo

1 January 2020 Final	Vissel Kobe	2–0	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo
14:35	Inukai 18' (o.g.) Fujimoto 38' Dankler 57'	Report	Silva 77'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 57,597 Referee: Ryuji Sato

AFC Champions League

Group standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SDL	KAS	GYE	JDT
1	Shandong Luneng	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	2–1	2–1
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gyeongnam FC	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8		2–2	2–3	—	2–0
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4		0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Group E	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kashima
19:00 UTC+9	Hirato 43' Serginho 56'	Live Report Stats Report	Diogo 80'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,425 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) Group E	Shandong Luneng	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan
15:30 UTC+8	Pellè 20' (pen.), 41'	Live Report Stats Report	Ito 10', 14'	Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) Group E	Gyeongnam FC	2–3	Kashima Antlers	Changwon Football Center, Changwon
18:30 UTC+9	Choi Jae-soo 50' Inukai 56' (o.g.) Mutch 62' 71'	Live Report Stats Report	Inukai 40' 84' Song Ju-Hun 75' (o.g.) Machida 80' Kanamori 90+1' Serginho 90+3'	Attendance: 2,194 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Group E	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Gyeongnam FC	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00 UTC+9	Koki Anzai 52'	Live Report Stats Report	Mutch 25' Ko Kyung-min 42' Kunimoto 63'	Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08) Group E	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
20:45 UTC+8	Syafiq Ahmad 69' Hazwan Bakri 87' Safawi Rasid 90+3' Gonzalo Cabrera 90+5'	Live Report Stats Report	Koki Anzai 87'	Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) Group E	Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shandong Luneng	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00 UTC+9	Ito 68' 70'	Live Report Stats Report	Fellaini 11' Qi Tianyu 16'	Attendance: 8,836 Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Round of 16

18 June 2019 Round of 16 first leg	Kashima Antlers	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00	Serginho 24'	Report	Inagaki 82' 86'	Attendance: 13,179 Referee: Aziz Asimov

25 June 2019 Round of 16 second leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–2 (3–3 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Edion Stadium Hiroshima, Hiroshima
19:00	Araki 54' Sasaki 65' 72' Patric 66' 90+6' (pen.) Nakabayashi 74' Douglas Vieira 80' Kashiwa 82'	Report	Misao 27' Doi 33' 89' Nago 35'	Attendance: 4,279 Referee: Ali Sabah

Quarter-finals

28 August 2019 Quarter-final first Leg	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
21:00	Xu Xin 74'	Report	Jung Seung-hyun 63'	Attendance: 39,998 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

18 September 2019 Quarter-final second Leg	Kashima Antlers	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:00	Nagaki 46' Serginho 51' Ueda 87'	Report	Huang Bowen 9' Zheng Zhi 31' Talisca 34' 40' Yang Liyu 42'	Attendance: 13,835 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf

Statistics

Scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	18	FW	Serginho	12	2	0	6	20
2	15	FW	Sho Ito	7	3	1	5	16
3	8	MF	Shoma Doi	5	1	1	2	9
4	41	MF	Ryōhei Shirasaki	5	0	1	0	6
5	13	MF	Atsutaka Nakamura	1	3	0	0	4
	36	FW	Ayase Ueda	4	0	0	0	4
	11	FW	Leandro	3	1	0	0	4
	4	MF	Léo Silva	4	0	0	0	4
9	22	DF	Koki Anzai	3	0	0	0	3
9	39	DF	Tomoya Inukai	2	0	1	0	3
11	14	FW	Takeshi Kanamori	0	1	0	1	2
	27	DF	Bueno	1	0	1	0	2
	26	DF	Yuta Koike	2	0	0	0	2
14	47	MF	Yuki Soma	1	0	0	0	1
	34	MF	Kotaro Arima	0	1	0	0	1
	23	DF	Itsuki Oda	0	1	0	0	1
	17	MF	Taiki Hirato	0	0	0	1	1
	19	FW	Kazuma Yamaguchi	0	1	0	0	1
	16	DF	Shuto Yamamoto	0	0	0	1	1
	10	FW	Hiroki Abe	1	0	0	0	1
	25	MF	Yasushi Endo	1	0	0	0	1
	30	MF	Shintaro Nago	0	0	1	0	1
Subtotal				51	15	5	16	87
Own goals				3	0	1	1	5
Total				54	15	6	17	92

Last updated: 15 April 2021.
Source: Soccer DB

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	1	Kwoun Sun-tae	13	1	1	2	17
2	21	Hitoshi Sogahata	2	1	0	0	3
Total			15	2	1	2	20

Last updated: 15 April 2021.
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Summary - J1 League - Japan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
^ "Players" (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers Official Website. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Fixtures & Results".
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[2] "Players" (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers Official Website. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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