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2021 Kashima Antlers season

The 2021 season was Kashima Antlers' 29th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2021 J1 League in fourth place, one place above their position from the previous season.[7] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup and reached the quarter-finals of both competitions.

Kashima Antlers
2021 season
ChairmanFumiaki Koizumi
ManagerAntônio Carlos Zago
(until 13 April)[1]
Naoki Soma (interim)
(until 5 December)[2]
StadiumKashima Soccer Stadium
J1 League4th
Emperor's CupQuarter finals
J.League CupQuarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ayase Ueda (14 goals)
All: Ayase Ueda (19 goals)
Highest home attendance16,518 (v. Urawa Reds, J1 League, 7 November 2021)[3]
Lowest home attendance3,586 (v. Gamba Osaka, J1 League, 18 September 2021)[4]
Biggest win8–1 (v. YSCC Yokohama, Emperor's Cup, 16 June 2021)[5]
Biggest defeat0–3 (v. Avispa Fukuoka, J1 League, 11 September 2021)[6]
← 2020
2022 →

After a poor start to the season losing four of their first six league games, manager Antônio Carlos Zago was dismissed in April 2021 and was replaced by Naoki Soma as interim manager who would take control until the end of the season.

Squad edit

Season squad edit

Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1 Kwoun Sun-tae   GK (1984-09-11)11 September 1984 (aged 36)
29 Tomoki Hayakawa   GK (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 21)
31 Yuya Oki   GK (1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 21)
38 Taiki Yamada   GK (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 19)
Defenders
2 Koki Anzai   RB / LB (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 25)
14 Katsuya Nagato   LB (1995-01-15)15 January 1995 (aged 26)
22 Rikuto Hirose   RB (1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 25)
23 Naoki Hayashi   CB (1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 22)
28 Koki Machida   CB (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 23)
32 Keigo Tsunemoto   RB / CB (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 22)
33 Ikuma Sekigawa   CB (2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 20)
39 Tomoya Inukai   CB (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 (aged 27)
Midfielders
4 Léo Silva   DM (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 35)
6 Ryota Nagaki   DM (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 32)
7 Juan Alano   RM / AM / SS (1996-09-02)2 September 1996 (aged 24)
11 Ryuji Izumi   LM / RW (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 27)
17 Arthur Caíke   LW / FW (1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 28)
20 Kento Misao (c)   DM (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 24)
21 Diego Pituca   CM (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 28)
24 Yusuke Ogawa   DM / CM (2002-04-14)14 April 2002 (aged 18)
25 Yasushi Endo   RM / RW (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 32)
26 Naoki Suto   LM / RM (2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 18)
27 Yuta Matsumura   RM / LM (2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 19)
34 Yu Funabashi   DM (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 18)
Forwards
8 Shoma Doi   SS / LW / RW (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 28)
9 Everaldo   FW (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 29)
13 Ryotaro Araki   FW / LW / RW (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 19)
18 Ayase Ueda   FW (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 22)
19 Itsuki Someno   FW (2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 19)

Last updated: 20 July 2021.
Source: Soccer D.B.

Transfers edit

Arrivals edit

Date Position Player From Type Source
12 January 2021 MF   Arthur Caíke   Al-Shabab Full [8]
15 January 2021 MF   Diego Pituca   Santos FC Full [9]
1 February 2021 MF   Yusuke Ogawa   Shohei High School Full [10]
1 February 2021 MF   Naoki Suto   Shohei High School Full [11]
17 February 2021 DF   Keigo Tsunemoto   Meiji University Full [12]
17 February 2021 GK   Tomoki Hayakawa   Meiji University Full [13]
17 February 2021 DF   Naoki Hayashi   Osaka University of H&SS Full [14]
19 July 2021 DF   Koki Anzai   Portimonense Full [15]
24 July 2021 DF   Bueno   Atlético Mineiro Return from loan [16]

Departures edit

Date Position Player To Type Source
23 December 2020 DF   Shuto Yamamoto   Shonan Bellmare Full [17]
24 December 2020 GK   Hitoshi Sogahata Retired [18]
28 December 2020 DF   Itsuki Oda   JEF United Chiba Loan [19]
29 December 2020 DF   Yukitoshi Ito   JEF United Chiba Full [20]
5 January 2021 FW   Leandro   FC Tokyo Full [21]
13 January 2021 FW   Kazuma Yamaguchi   Matsumoto Yamaga Full [22]
15 January 2021 FW   Sho Ito   Yokohama FC Full [23]
18 January 2021 DF   Tatsuki Nara   Avispa Fukuoka Loan [24]
1 February 2021 MF   Shintaro Nago   Shonan Bellmare Loan [25]
10 August 2021 DF   Daiki Sugioka   Shonan Bellmare Loan [26]
10 August 2021 MF   Kei Koizumi   Sagan Tosu Full [27]
11 August 2021 MF   Ryōhei Shirasaki   Sagan Tosu Loan [28]

Competitions edit

J1 League edit

Main article: 2021 J1 League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 +47 79 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 +26 73 Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 +26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 +14 66
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 38 18 9 11 45 38 +7 63[a] Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[b]
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
Notes:
  1. ^ The JPFL awarded a 3–0 win to Shonan Bellmare after Urawa Red Diamonds fielded Zion Suzuki who was an ineligible player. The original score was 3–2 for Shonan Bellmare.[29][30]
  2. ^ Qualified as winners of the 2021 Emperor's Cup.

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
38 21 6 11 62 36  +26 69 10 4 5 32 20  +12 11 2 6 30 16  +14

Last updated: 4 December 2021.
Source: J.League data site

Results by matchday edit

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ResultLWDLLLWDWDWWWWLWLDDWLWWWLWWLWLWLWWWDWW
Position1713111415161415121310976768897865365377666654544
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: J. League data site
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

27 February 2021 1 Kashima Antlers 1–3 Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima
15:03 JST Araki   75' Report Thiago Santana   78'
Goto   83'
Ueda   88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 9,312
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
10 March 2021 2 Kashima Antlers 3–1 Shonan Bellmare Kashima
19:03 JST Araki   3', 60'
Hirose   53'
Machida   89'		 Report Ohno   73'
Okamoto   86'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,546
Referee: Ryuji Sato
Note: Gameweek 3
13 March 2021 3 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima
16:03 JST Silva   25'
Araki   75'
Sugioka   90+4'		 Report Asano   30' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Note: Gameweek 4
17 March 2021 4 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Kashima Antlers Fukuoka
18:03 JST Shigehiro   60'
Kanamori   85'
Mae   88'		 Report Sekigawa   37'
Hirose   56'
Machida   61'
Nagato   71'
Matsumura   90+6'		 Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 4,510
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: Gameweek 5
21 March 2021 5 Kashima Antlers 0–1 Nagoya Grampus Kashima
16:03 JST Koizumi   56'
Araki   63'
Inukai   66'   82'
Machida   90+2'
Everaldo   90+5'		 Report Inagaki   59'
Yonemoto   90+5'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,809
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Note: Gameweek 6
3 April 2021 6 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kashima Antlers Saitama
15:04 JST Yamanaka   19'
Akimoto   37'
Makino   66' (pen.)		 Report Ueda   39'
Sekigawa   45+2'
Tsunemoto   63'
Funabashi   90+4'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 9,975
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Note: Gameweek 7
7 April 2021 7 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol Kashima
19:01 JST Everaldo   33'
Ueda   63'
Shirasaki   88'
Misao   90+4'		 Report Ominami   13'
Nakama   49'   65'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Note: Gameweek 8
11 April 2021 8 Consadole Sapporo 2–2 Kashima Antlers Sapporo
13:08 JST Tanaka   26' Report Nagato   9'
Ueda   20'
Misao   79'		 Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 10,342
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
Note: Gameweek 9. Zago's last game in charge
17 April 2021 9 Tokushima Vortis 0–1 Kashima Antlers Tokushima
14:03 JST Iwao   45+3' Report Machida   31'
Silva   87'		 Stadium: Pocari Sweat Stadium
Attendance: 5,748
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
Note: Gameweek 10
24 April 2021 10 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Vissel Kobe Kashima
17:03 JST Ueda   64' Report Furuhashi   28' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 10,223
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Note: Gameweek 11
1 May 2021 11 Yokohama FC 0–3 Kashima Antlers Yokohama
19:03 JST Maejima   71' Report Shirasaki   12'
Doi   45+2'
Machida   80'		 Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 4,896
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
Note: Gameweek 12
9 May 2021 12 Kashima Antlers 3–0 FC Tokyo Kashima
17:01 JST Machida   22'
Matsumura   45'
Ueda   87'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,346
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Note: Gameweek 13
12 May 2021 13 Nagoya Grampus 0–2 Kashima Antlers Toyota
19:03 JST Nakatani   90+3' Report Inukai   32'
Sugioka   86'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,844
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Note: Gameweek 21
15 May 2021 14 Kashima Antlers 5–3 Yokohama F. Marinos Kashima
15:03 JST Doi   40', 46', 53' (pen.)
Tsunemoto   43'   86'
Araki   55'
Ueda   77'		 Report Onaiwu   25', 74'
Ohgihara   29'
Élber   41'
Amano   90'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,630
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
22 May 2021 15 Sagan Tosu 2–1 Kashima Antlers Tosu
14:03 JST Eduardo   41'
Yamashita   50'
Higuchi   79'
Hwang   87'		 Report Matsumura   14' Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 7,079
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
26 May 2021 16 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Cerezo Osaka Kashima
19:03 JST Inukai   31'
Araki   72'		 Report Maruhashi   50' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,977
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
30 May 2021 17 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Kashima Antlers Kawasaki
19:01 JST Damião   19'
Jesiel   41'
Kobayashi   90+4'		 Report Ueda   61'
Nagato   90+2'		 Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 4,958
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
20 June 2021 18 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Kashima
17:03 JST Pituca   65'
Inukai   84'
Alano   90+7'		 Report Nishimura   63'
Stojisic   90+5'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 9,312
Referee: Koei Koya
23 June 2021 19 Oita Trinita 0–0 Kashima Antlers Ōita
19:03 JST Report Machida   33' Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
27 June 2021 20 Kashima Antlers 4–0 Consadole Sapporo Kashima
18:33 JST Inukai   10'
Pituca   48'
Tsunemoto   63'
Everaldo   68'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
11 July 2021 21 Kashiwa Reysol 2–1 Kashima Antlers Kashiwa
19:03 JST Richardson   16'
Raúl   45+1'   57'
Cristiano   53'		 Report Misao   56'
Inukai   65'   89'
Everaldo   83'		 Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Note: Gameweek 22
24 July 2021 22 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Kashima Antlers Suita
19:03 JST Yajima   37' Report Arthur   72' Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 4,961
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Note: Gameweek 2
9 August 2021 23 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 Kashima Antlers Hiratsuka
19:03 JST Ohashi   13' Report Inukai   29', 90+2'
Silva   67'
Nagato   89'		 Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 4,473
Referee: Takuto Okabe
15 August 2021 24 Kashima Antlers 3–0 Tokushima Vortis Kashima
18:33 JST Araki   5', 80'
Machida   90'		 Report Dušan   3'
Suzuki   59'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Ryuji Sato
21 August 2021 25 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Kashima Antlers Kobe
18:03 JST Yamaguchi   79' Report Pituca   43'
Inukai   80'		 Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 6,426
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
25 August 2021 26 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–4 Kashima Antlers Shizuoka
19:03 JST Ibusuki   68'
Fujimoto   72'		 Report Ueda   18'
Arthur   44'
Izumi   81'
Endo   88'		 Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 4,356
Referee: Jumpei Iida
28 August 2021 27 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 Kashima Antlers Yokohama
19:04 JST Wada   84' Report Araki   15'
Ueda   30'		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
11 September 2021 28 Kashima Antlers 0–3 Avispa Fukuoka Kashima
18:04 JST Pituca   88' Report Juanma   26', 41'
Grolli   35'
Yamagishi   64'
Croux   78'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
18 September 2021 29 Kashima Antlers 3–1 Gamba Osaka Kashima
18:03 JST Alano   34'   60'
Ueda   52'
Doi   73'		 Report Kim   47'
Tiago Alves   80' (pen.)
Suganuma   84'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
22 September 2021 30 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale Kashima
19:03 JST Alano  61'
Arthur   90+5'		 Report Yamamura   83'
Miyagi   90+4'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,925
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Note: Gameweek 32
26 September 2021 31 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Kashima Antlers Osaka
15:03 JST Okubo   35'
Harakawa   58'		 Report Anzai   18'
Ueda   66', 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 4,912
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
Note: Gameweek 30
2 October 2021 32 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Yokohama FC Kashima
16:03 JST Hirose   45+3'
Ueda   46'
Everaldo   90+3'		 Report Seko   17'   58'
Germain   42'
Gabriel   90'
Han   90+5'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,208
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: Gameweek 31
23 October 2021 33 FC Tokyo 1–2 Kashima Antlers Chōfu
14:03 JST Watanabe   75'
Tsuyoshi Kodama   90'
Oumari   90+2'		 Report Arthur   45+1'
Ueda   65'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 9,748
Referee: Takuto Okabe
3 November 2021 34 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Kashima Antlers Hiroshima
15:03 JST Ezequiel   34'
Fujii   45+2'
Nogami   45+5'
Sasaki   65'		 Report Arthur   3', 50'
Tsunemoto   28'
Sekigawa   45+5'
Araki   71' (pen.)		 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 9,626
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
7 November 2021 35 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kashima
14:03 JST Doi   36'
Arthur   51'
Everaldo   87'		 Report Hirano   50' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 16,518
Referee: Jumpei Iida
20 November 2021 36 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Oita Trinita Kashima
15:03 JST Misao   52' Report Goya   43' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,035
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
27 November 2021 37 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Sagan Tosu Kashima
14:04 JST Ueda   14'   65'
Silva   72'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,645
Referee: Yusuke Araki
4 December 2021 38 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
14:03 JST Report Misao   61'
Pituca   73'   74'
Everaldo   90+3'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,569
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Emperor's Cup edit

Main article: 2021 Emperor's Cup

After comfortably beating lower division teams in the early rounds of the tournament, Kashima were beaten comfortably 3–1 by Kawasaki Frontale in the quarter-finals, with Ryotaro Araki scoring a 90th minute consolation goal. With five goals in four games, Everaldo ended up as the top scorer in the whole tournament, in spite of Kashima not making it past the quarter-final stage.

16 June 2021 Second round Kashima Antlers 8–1 YSCC Yokohama Kashima, Ibaraki
19:00 JST Endo   10', 31'
Everaldo Stum   12', 49'
Matsumura   21'
Ueda   52', 70', 78'		 Report Ogochukwu   83' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,458
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
7 July 2021 Third round Kashima Antlers 3–0 Tochigi SC Utsunomiya, Tochigi
19:00 JST Everaldo Stum   80', 90'
Arthur Caíke   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Attendance: 4,442
Referee: Jumpei Iida
18 August 2021 Fourth round Kashima Antlers 3–1 V-Varen Nagasaki Isahaya, Nagasaki
19:00 JST Arthur Caíke   50'
Everaldo   60'
Hayashi   74'		 Report Maikuma   7' Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Attendance: 3,357
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
27 October 2021 Quarter-finals Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Kashima Antlers Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:00 JST Machida   32' (o.g.)
Hatate   48'
Wakizaka   51'		 Report Araki   90' Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 9,776
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

J.League Cup edit

Main article: 2021 J.League Cup

Kashima were drawn into Group A as the team that finished fifth in the league in 2020 – the four teams above them received byes from the group stage of the cup. They were unbeaten in the group stage with three wins and three draws. At the play-off stage, Kashima went onto beat Shimizu S-Pulse in both legs of the tie, but were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by eventual champions Nagoya Grampus. Like the Emperor's Cup, Everaldo was the highest scorer for Kashima in this competition, scoring three goals in six appearances.

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ANT CON AVI SAG
1 Kashima Antlers 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advanced to play-off stage — 3–0 1–1 3–0
2 Consadole Sapporo 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 0–0 — 1–1 2–1
3 Avispa Fukuoka 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8 1–5 2–3 — 4–1
4 Sagan Tosu 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 2–2 1–5 0–1 —
Source: Table, Results
3 March 2021 Kashima Antlers 3–0 Sagan Tosu Kashima
19:03 JST Everaldo   10'
Izumi   64'
Someno   71'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,784
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
27 March 2021 Avispa Fukuoka 1–5 Kashima Antlers Fukuoka
18:03 JST Carlos   75' Report Ueda   9', 35'
Araki   28'
Everaldo   61'
Hirose   90+1'		 Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
20 April 2021 Kashima Antlers 3–0 Consadole Sapporo Kashima
19:03 JST Matsumura   32'
Araki   39'
Shirasaki   81'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,477
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
28 April 2021 Sagan Tosu 2–2 Kashima Antlers Tosu
19:03 JST Ofoedu   14'
Yuzawa   73'		 Report Sugioka   29'
Sagara   45+1' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 3,402
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
5 May 2021 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Avispa Fukuoka Kashima
15:03 JST Shirasaki   31' Report Mary   24' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
19 May 2021 Consadole Sapporo 0–0 Kashima Antlers Sapporo
19:03 JST Report Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 2,829
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Play-off stage edit

2 June 2021 Play-off Leg 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1 Kashima Antlers Shizuoka
19:03 JST Report Hayashi   8' Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 3,626
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
6 June 2021 Play-off Leg 2 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima
15:03 JST Juan Alano   45'
Everaldo   71'		 Report Thiago Santana   21' Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,274
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kashima Antlers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

1 September 2021 Quarter-final Leg 1 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Kashima Antlers Toyota
19:03 JST Kakitani   13'
Inagaki   53'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,744
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
5 September 2021 Quarter-final Leg 2 Kashima Antlers 0–2 Nagoya Grampus Kashima
18:03 JST Inagaki   22'
Świerczok   57'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus won 4–0 on aggregate.

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Last updated: 20 January 2022.
Source: jleague.co, Soccer D.B.

No. Pos. Name J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Kwoun Sun-tae 5 0 1 0 7 0 13 0
29 GK   Tomoki Hayakawa 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK   Yuya Oki 33 0 3 0 2 0 38 0
Defenders
2 DF   Koki Anzai 12+4 0 2 0 1+1 0 20 0
14 DF   Katsuya Nagato 22+7 1 0+1 0 3+2 0 35 1
22 DF   Rikuto Hirose 7+8 0 0+1 0 6+1 1 17 1
23 DF   Naoki Hayashi 5+1 0 3 1 7+1 1 17 2
28 DF   Koki Machida 34 5 2 0 1+2 0 39 5
32 DF   Keigo Tsunemoto 25+1 2 4 0 4+3 0 37 2
33 DF   Ikuma Sekigawa 13 1 1 0 7 0 21 1
39 DF   Tomoya Inukai 23+6 5 2 0 5+1 0 37 5
Midfielders
4 MF   Léo Silva 20+9 0 1+1 0 2+2 0 35 0
6 MF   Ryota Nagaki 5+10 0 1+1 0 5+1 0 23 0
7 MF   Juan Alano 21+6 3 1+1 0 3+1 1 33 4
11 MF   Ryuji Izumi 12+11 1 1+2 0 2+1 1 29 2
17 MF   Arthur Caíke 5+9 5 2+2 2 3+1 0 22 7
20 MF   Kento Misao 29+5 0 1+1 0 4+3 0 43 0
21 MF   Diego Pituca 21+5 2 4 0 5+2 0 37 2
25 MF   Yasushi Endo 2+21 1 2+1 2 6+3 0 35 3
26 MF   Naoki Suto 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 2 0
27 MF   Yuta Matsumura 6+16 2 2+1 1 2+6 1 33 4
34 MF   Yu Funabashi 1+1 0 0 0 2+1 0 5 0
Forwards
8 FW   Shoma Doi 28+8 6 2+1 0 4+2 0 36 6
9 FW   Everaldo 17+11 1 3+1 5 4+2 3 38 9
13 FW   Ryotaro Araki 27+9 10 1+2 1 4+3 2 45 13
18 FW   Ayase Ueda 19+10 14 1+2 3 4 2 36 19
19 FW   Itsuki Someno 1+8 0 0 0 3+2 1 14 1
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
5 DF   Daiki Sugioka 5+2 1 2 0 6+1 1 16 2
15 DF   Bueno 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 MF   Kei Koizumi 8+9 0 1 0 3+2 0 23 0
41 MF   Ryōhei Shirasaki 11+6 2 1 0 4+1 2 23 4

Goalscorers edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1 FW 18   Ayase Ueda 14 3 2 19
2 FW 13   Ryotaro Araki 10 1 2 13
3 FW 9   Everaldo 1 5 3 9
4 MF 17   Arthur Caíke 5 2 0 7
5 FW 8   Shoma Doi 6 0 0 6
6 DF 28   Koki Machida 5 0 0 5
DF 39   Tomoya Inukai 5 0 0 5
8 MF 7   Juan Alano 3 0 1 4
MF 27   Yuta Matsumura 2 1 1 4
MF 41   Ryōhei Shirasaki 2 0 2 4
11 MF 25   Yasushi Endo 1 2 0 3
12 DF 5   Daiki Sugioka 1 0 1 2
MF 11   Ryuji Izumi 1 0 1 2
MF 21   Diego Pituca 2 0 0 2
DF 23   Naoki Hayashi 0 1 1 2
DF 32   Keigo Tsunemoto 2 0 0 2
17 DF 14   Katsuya Nagato 1 0 0 1
FW 19   Itsuki Someno 0 0 1 1
DF 22   Rikuto Hirose 0 0 1 1
DF 33   Ikuma Sekigawa 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 62 15 16 93

Last updated: 20 January 2022.
Source: jleague.co, besoccer.com

Clean sheets edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1 31   Yuya Oki 11 1 1 13
2 1   Kwoun Sun-tae 4 0 2 6
TOTALS 15 1 3 19

Last updated: 20 January 2022.
Source: fbref.com

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