2022 Kawasaki Frontale season explained

Club:	Kawasaki Frontale
Season:	2022
Chairman:	Akihiro Yoshida (from April 2022)
Manager:	Toru Oniki
Stadium:	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
League:	J1 League
Cup1:	Emperor's Cup
Cup2:	J. League Cup
Cup3:	AFC Champions League
Cup4:	Japanese Super Cup
Cup4 Result:	Runners-up
League Topscorer:	Marcinho (12 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Marcinho (15 goals)
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Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023

The 2022 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 18th consecutive season in the J1 League. They competed in the AFC Champions League, Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, and the Japanese Super Cup. No major trophies were won by Frontale, however, their season performance at the J1 qualified them to the 2023-24 AFC Champions League, in which they qualified straight into the group stage.

Squad

As of 10 August 2022.^[1]

Out on loan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
1 Feb 2022				Full	^[2]	-
1 Feb 2022			Ryutsu Keizai University	Full	^[3]	-
1 Feb 2022			Hosei University	Full	^[4]	-
1 Feb 2022			Toin University of Yokohama	Full	^[5]
1 Feb 2022			Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[6]
23 Dec 2021			Yokohama FC	Full	^[7]
11 Jan 2022			Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Full	^[8]
4 Feb 2022			Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[9]
17 Jun 2022			Toin University of Yokohama	DSP	^[10]
5 Aug 2022	MF		Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full
5 Aug 2022	DF		Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
25 Dec 2021	GK		Gimhae FC	Full / end of loan	^[11]
25 Dec 2021	DF		Yokohama FC	Loan (to 31 Jan 2023)	^[12]
31 Dec 2021	MF		Celtic	Full	^[13]
31 Dec 2021	MF		Yokohama FC	Full	^[14]
31 Dec 2021	FW		Sagan Tosu	Loan (to 31 Jan 2023)	^[15]
7 Jan 2022	MF		AC Nagano Parceiro	Loan (to 31 Jan 2023)	^[16]
12 Jan 2022	DF		Fujieda MYFC	Loan (to 31 Jan 2023)	^[17]
28 Apr 2022	MF		Fortuna Düsseldorf	Full	^[18]
21 Jul 2022	DF		JEF United Chiba	Loan (to 31 Jan 2023)	^[19]
22 Jul 2022	MF		FC Tokyo	Full	^[20]

Competitions

J1 League

See main article: 2022 J1 League.

Matches

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2022 AFC Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.

Matches

Emperor's Cup

See main article: 2022 Emperor's Cup.

Results

J.League Cup

See main article: 2022 J.League Cup.

Prime stage

Japanese Super Cup

See main article: 2022 Japanese Super Cup.

Friendlies

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	AFC Champions League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Japanese Super Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Jung Sung-ryong	12	4	0	0	0	16
2	27	GK	Kenta Tanno	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total				12	4	1	0	0	17

Anker Power Player of the Month

Month	No.	Pos.	Player
February	1	GK	Jung Sung-ryong
March	8	MF	Kento Tachibanada
April	23	FW	Marcinho
May	7	DF	Shintaro Kurumaya
June	9	FW	Yu Kobayashi
July	41	MF	Akihiro Ienaga
August	4	DF	Jesiel^[22]
September	41	MF	Akihiro Ienaga
October/November	9	FW	Yu Kobayashi

Notes and References

1. Web site: 選手・スタッフ. frontale.co.jp. 13 January 2022.
2. Web site: 26 June 2021. 永長鷹虎選手加入内定のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616051815/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/0616_1.html . 2021-06-16 . 15 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
3. Web site: 31 March 2021. 佐々木旭選手加入内定のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210331080738/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/0331_3.html . 2021-03-31 . 15 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
4. Web site: 25 February 2021. 松井蓮之選手加入内定のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225082435/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/0225_2.html . 2021-02-25 . 15 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
5. Web site: 22 April 2021. 早坂勇希選手加入内定のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422070048/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/0422_1.html . 2021-04-22 . 15 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
6. Web site: 27 August 2021. 五十嵐太陽選手加入内定＆トップチーム登録のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827061215/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/0827_2.html . 2021-08-27 . 15 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
7. Web site: 23 December 2021. 瀬古樹選手加入のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223020627/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1223_2.html . 2021-12-23 . 23 December 2021. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
8. Web site: 11 January 2022 . チャナティップ選手加入のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111010226/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2022/0111_1.html . 2022-01-11 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
9. Web site: 11 January 2022 . U-18高井幸大選手プロ契約締結のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204060750/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2022/0204_1.html . 2022-02-04 . 4 February 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
10. Web site: 5 August 2022 . 川崎フロンターレU-18所属選手 トップチーム登録のお知らせ . 5 Aug 2022 . 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
11. Web site: 25 December 2021. イ キョンテ選手完全移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211225031343/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1225_2.html . 2021-12-25 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
12. Web site: 25 December 2021. イサカ ゼイン選手期限付き移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211225031244/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1225_1.html . 2021-12-25 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
13. Web site: 31 December 2021. 旗手怜央選手移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231110405/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1231_4.html . 2021-12-31 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
14. Web site: 31 December 2021. 長谷川竜也選手移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211225035457/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1225_3.html . 2021-12-25 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
15. Web site: 31 December 2021. 宮代大聖選手期限付き移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231010453/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2021/1231_1.html . 2021-12-31 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
16. Web site: 7 January 2022. 原田虹輝選手期限付き移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107060513/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2022/0107_1.html . 2022-01-07 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
17. Web site: 31 December 2021. 神谷凱士選手期限付き移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112050514/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2022/0112_3.html . 2022-01-12 . 13 January 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
18. Web site: 28 April 2022. 田中碧選手完全移籍のお知らせ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220428120224/https://www.frontale.co.jp/info/2022/0428_3.html . 2022-04-28 . 7 May 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
19. Web site: 21 July 2022. 田邉秀斗選手育成型期限付き移籍のお知らせ. 21 July 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
20. Web site: 22 July 2022. 塚川孝輝選手完全移籍のお知らせ. 22 July 2022. 川崎フロンターレ オフィシャルWEBサイト.
21. Web site: World Football . 11 October 2023.
22. Web site: 【投票するとAnker製品が当たる!】サポーター選出月間MVP～8月～「Anker Power Player」. 29 September 2022 . 30 September 2022 . ja . Kawasaki Frontale Official YouTube Channel . www.youtube.com.