2003 Kashima Antlers season explained

Club:	Kashima Antlers
Season:	2003
Manager:	Toninho Cerezo
Stadium:	Kashima Soccer Stadium
League:	J. League 1
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	Emperor's Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semifinals
Cup2:	J. League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Runners-up
Cup3:	AFC Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
Cup4:	A3 Champions Cup
Cup4 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Mitsuo Ogasawara (7) Tomoyuki Hirase (7)
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Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2004

2003 Kashima Antlers season

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League 1	5th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	Runners-up

Domestic results

J. League 1

Match	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score
1–1		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1
1–2		Kashiwa no Ha Park Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1
1–3		Toyota Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1
1–4		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–0
1–5		Kashima Soccer Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	2–0
1–6		Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	Gamba Osaka	2–1
1–7		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3
1–8		Ōita Stadium	Oita Trinita	1–1
1–9		Kashima Soccer Stadium	JEF United Ichihara	0–2
1–10		Miyagi Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	2–0
1–11		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	5–2
1–12		Kusanagi	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2
1–13		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Vissel Kobe	3–3
1–14		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Cerezo Osaka	0–1
1–15		Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–3
2–1		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–0
2–2		National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–1
2–3		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Oita Trinita	1–0
2–4		National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)	JEF United Ichihara	3–2
2–5		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	0–0
2–6		Yamaha Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	1–1
2–7		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1
2–8		Nagai Stadium	Cerezo Osaka	1–1
2–9		Ajinomoto Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	1–5
2–10		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–0
2–11		Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	Vissel Kobe	1–2
2–12		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Gamba Osaka	2–2
2–13		International Stadium Yokohama	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1
2–14		Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1
2–15		Saitama Stadium 2002	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2

J. League Cup

See main article: 2003 J.League Cup. Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-finals in order to avoid scheduling conflicts due to their participation in the AFC Champions League.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

International results

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League. Kashima Antlers qualified for this tournament as winners of the 2001 J.League.

Group stage

A3 Champions Cup

See main article: 2003 A3 Champions Cup. As the tournament was hosted in Japan, Kashima Antlers received an invitation after winning the 2002 J.League Cup.

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Kashima Antlers (C)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Dalian Shide	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Júbilo Iwata	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
					Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shinya Kato	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF	Akira Narahashi	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	27	1
3	DF	Yutaka Akita	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	28	1
4	DF	Go Oiwa	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	29	1
5	MF	Kōji Nakata	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	18	3
6	MF	Yasuto Honda	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	19	0
7	DF	Naoki Soma	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	20	2
8	MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	27	7
9	FW	Euller	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	22	4
10	MF	Masashi Motoyama	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	20	4
11	FW	Yoshiyuki Hasegawa	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	3	0
13	FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	8	2
14	DF	Kenji Haneda	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
15	DF	Seiji Kaneko	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	2	0
16	MF	Fernando	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	27	5
17	DF	Jun Uchida	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	6	0
18	MF	Koji Kumagai	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	1	0
19	FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	28	7
20	DF	Tomohiko Ikeuchi	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	10	0
21	GK	Hitoshi Sogahata	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	30	0
22	DF	Tatsuya Ishikawa	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	14	0
23	MF	Masashi Otani	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
24	MF	Takeshi Aoki	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	27	1
25	MF	Takuya Nozawa	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	5	0
26	FW	Masaki Fukai	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	22	2
27	FW	Yuki Nakashima	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	11	0
28	GK	Shinichi Shuto	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
29	GK	Riki Takasaki	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
30	FW	Takayuki Suzuki	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	4	0
31	MF	Claudecir	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	8	2
32	GK	Yohei Nishibe	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	0	0
33	MF	Da Silva	March 8, 2003	cm / kg	1	0

Other pages

• J. League official site