2020 Cerezo Osaka season

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

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.

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 (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

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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 2 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


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 (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^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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	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 (2020-08-09) 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 (2020-08-15) 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	Tokyo
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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RED	CER	VEG	YAM
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	0	5	2	+3	3	—	canceled	5–2	RED Wins with 0 goals
2	Cerezo Osaka	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	5 Aug	—	canceled	4–1
3	Vegalta Sendai	1	0	1	2	5	−3	0	canceled	12 Aug	—	VEG Wins with 0 goals
4	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	1	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	J.League Cup	Total
1	20	FW	Bruno Mendes	1	2	3
2	25	MF	Hiroaki Okuno	2	0	2
2	14	DF	Yusuke Maruhashi	1	1	2
4	5	MF	Naoyuki Fujita	1	0	1
	10	MF	Hiroshi Kiyotake	0	1	1
	16	FW	Eiichi Katayama	1	0	1
	17	MF	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Total				8	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

↑ "トップチーム選手".
↑ "ニュース". セレッソ大阪HP. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

1 2 Match played behind closed doors

External links

(in Japanese) J.League official site

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[table_note_res_CLGS0.2354303278194-3] 1 2 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.

[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.

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