2019 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2019 Kawasaki Frontale season was their 15th consecutive season in J1 League. They were the defending champions after finishing top of 2018 J1 League.^[1] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup and AFC Champions League.

Kawasaki Frontale

2019 season
Chairman	Yoshihiro Warashina
Manager	Toru Oniki
Stadium	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Fourth round
J. League Cup	Winners
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yu Kobayashi (13) All: Yu Kobayashi (17)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018 2020 →

Squad

As of 14 January 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 Jung Sung-ryong 2 DF   JPN Kyohei Noborizato 3 DF   JPN Tatsuki Nara 4 DF   BRA Jesiel (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 5 MF   JPN Shogo Taniguchi 6 MF   JPN Hidemasa Morita 7 DF   JPN Shintaro Kurumaya 8 MF   JPN Hiroyuki Abe 9 FW   BRA Leandro Damião 10 MF   JPN Ryota Oshima 11 FW   JPN Yu Kobayashi (captain) 14 MF   JPN Kengo Nakamura 16 MF   JPN Tatsuya Hasegawa 17 DF   JPN Kazuaki Mawatari 19 MF   JPN Manabu Saito 20 FW   JPN Kei Chinen

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   JPN Shota Arai 22 MF   JPN Hokuto Shimoda 23 GK   JPN Eisuke Fujishima (on loan from Renofa Yamaguchi FC) 24 GK   JPN Shunsuke Ando 25 MF   JPN Ao Tanaka 26 DF   BRA Maguinho 27 FW   JPN Yuto Suzuki 28 MF   JPN Yasuto Wakizaka 29 DF   NZL Michael Fitzgerald 30 FW   JPN Taisei Miyashiro 31 MF   JPN Koki Harada 34 MF   JPN Kazuya Yamamura 41 MF   JPN Akihiro Ienaga 44 FW   BRA Caio César

Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: 2019 Japanese Super Cup

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 February 2019	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Stadium 2002
13:35^[3]	Leandro Damião   27'   52' Taniguchi   67'	Report	Makino   33'	Attendance: 52,587 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto Toma

J1 League

Main article: 2019 J1 League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
4	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	12	6	57	34	+23	60
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	5	11	39	25	+14	59
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	45	29	+16	55

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

Results

Kawasaki Frontale v FC Tokyo

23 February 2019 1	Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 0	FC Tokyo	Kawasaki
14:03 JST^[4]	Kurumaya   32' Nakamura   66' Nara   79'	Report	Takahagi   83' Na   90+1'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 23,113 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

1 March 2019 2	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:03 JST^[5]	Nakamura   9' Oshima   66'	Report	Ito   21' Anzai   38' Abe   67'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 23,927 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale

10 March 2019 3	Yokohama F. Marinos	2 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
14:03 JST^[6]	Marcos Junior   23' Hirose   29' Bunmathan   58' Edigar Junio   71' Nakagawa   79' Ogihara   90+5'	Report	Leandro Damião   4', 88' Ienaga   58'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 36,216 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

17 March 2019 4	Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki
15:03 JST^[7]	Leandro Damião   84'	Report	Kim   21' Miura   90+1'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 23,982 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Matsumoto Yamaga v Kawasaki Frontale

31 March 2019 5	Matsumoto Yamaga	0 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Matsumoto
14:00 JST	Eduardo   39' Paulinho   61' Tsukagawa   78'	Report	Chinen   44' Abe   64'	Stadium: Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium Attendance: 18,563 Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka

5 April 2019 6	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Chinen   49'	Report	Kakitani   22' Matsuda   32'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 21,494 Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

14 April 2019 7	Sagan Tosu	0 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Tosu
14:00 JST	Kanazaki   40' Takahashi   63'	Report	Fitzgerald   25' Chinen   51' Mawatari   64' Ienaga   90+3'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 14,463 Referee:   Minoru Tōjō

Kawasaki Frontale v Shonan Bellmare

19 April 2019 8	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 0	Shonan Bellmare	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Abe   21' Chinen   37'	Report	Yamane   27'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 19, Referee:   Massaki Iemoto

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

28 April 2019 9	Vissel Kobe	1 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe
14:00 JST	Nishi   44' Furuhashi   82'	Report	Mawatari   15' Kobayashi   37'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 25,929 Referee:   Hajime Matsuo

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

3 May 2019 10	Kawasaki Frontale	3 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Kobayashi   13'   53' (pen.) Hasegawa   37'	Report	Kim Jung-ya   63' Oiwa   68'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 25,789 Referee:   Masuya Ueda

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kawasaki Frontale

12 May 2019 11	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 4	Kawasaki Frontale	Shizuoka
14:00 JST	Elsinho   12'	Report	Kobayashi   23' Wakizaka   45' Oshima   80' Leandro Damião   90+1'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 14,125 Referee:   Ryuji Sato

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

17 May 2019 12	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Leandro Damião   69'	Report	Mateus   45' Gabriel Xavier   67' Miyahara   74'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 24,821 Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura

Oita Trinita v Kawasaki Frontale

26 May 2019 13	Oita Trinita	0 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Ōita
16:00 JST	Takayama   70'	Report	Maguinho   28'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 14,012 Referee:   Hiroki Kasahara

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Reds

1 June 2019 14	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Urawa Reds	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Leandro Damião   54' Maguinho   81'	Report	Ugajin   71' Moriwaki   90+5'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 24,578 Referee:   Yusuke Araki

Kawasaki Frontale v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

14 June 2019 15	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Chinen   36' Kobayashi   69' Taniguchi   73' Jesiel   82'	Report	Suzuki   39' (pen.) Fukumori   45+1' Kaneko   85'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,609 Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto

Júbilo Iwata v Kawasaki Frontale

30 June 2019 16	Júbilo Iwata	1 – 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Iwata
19:00 JST	Oi   44' Uehara   90+4'	Report	Kobayashi   29' Wakizaka   50' Jesiel   72' Noborizato   85' Chinen   90'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 11,241 Referee:   Hajime Matsuo

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

7 July 2019 17	Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki
19:00 JST		Report	Toyoda   62' An Yong-woo   90'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,533 Referee:   Masuya Ueda

FC Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

14 July 2019 18	FC Tokyo	0 – 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Chōfu
19:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi   20' Kurumaya   40' Abe   44'   69' Saitō   54'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 42,401 Referee:   Ryuji Sato

Kawasaki Frontale v Oita Trinita

27 July 2019 19	Kawasaki Frontale	3 – 1	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Saitō   51' Kobayashi   61' Abe   85'	Report	Suzuki   45' Onaiwu   54'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,715 Referee:   Akihiko Ikeuchi

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

31 July 2019 20	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
19:00 JST	Sasaki   4' Kawabe   17' Douglas Vieira   23' Araki   52'	Report	Kobayashi   75' Leandro Damião   78' Jesiel   89'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 10,965 Referee:   Massaki Iemoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Matsumoto Yamaga

4 August 2019 21	Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 0	Matsumoto Yamaga	Kawasaki
19:00 JST		Report	Toma   24'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,807 Referee:   KJoichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

10 August 2019 22	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
19:00 JST	Izumi   11'   18' Maeda   64'	Report	Taniguchi   27'   80' Jesiel   85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,819 Referee:   Hiroki Katsumata

J. League Cup

Main article: 2019 J. League Cup

Results

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

4 September 2019 Quarter-final first leg	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00	Chinen   15' Wakizaka   61'	Report	Miyahara   13' João Schmidt   43'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

8 September 2019 Quarter-final second leg	Nagoya Grampus	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Nagoya
18:00	Eduardo Neto   41' Hasegawa   73' Jô   89'	Report	Shimoda   53' Leandro Damião   81'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 11,587 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

9 October 2019 Semi-finals first leg	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00		Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

Kashima Antlers v Kawasaki Frontale

13 October 2019 Semi-final second leg	Kashima Antlers	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Kawasaki Frontale

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) Final	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	3−3 (a.e.t.) (4−5 p)	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
13:05	Suga   10' Fukai   90+5' Fukumori   99'	report	45+3' Abe   88', 109' Kobayashi	Attendance: 48,119 Referee: Yusuke Araki
	Penalties
	A.Lopes   Suzuki   Fukai   L. Fernandes   Ishikawa   Shindo		Kobayashi   Yamamura   Nakamura   Kurumaya   Ienaga   Hasegawa

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2019 Emperor's Cup

Kawasaki Frontale v Meiji University

3 July 2019 Round 2	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Meiji University	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
19:00		Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

Kawasaki Frontale v Fagiano Okayama

14 August 2019 Round 3	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Fagiano Okayama	Okayama
19:00		Report		Stadium: City Light Stadium

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

18 September 2019 Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe
19:00	Yamaguchi   38' Furuhashi   45+3' Ogawa   63'	Report	Kobayashi   70' Kurumaya   85'	Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,808 Referee: Massaki Iemoto

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ULS	SSI	KAW	SYD
1	Ulsan Hyundai	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	9			5–0	—	1–0	2–2
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8			2–2	2–2	—	1–0
4	Sydney FC	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3			0–0	3–3	0–4	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results

Shanghai SIPG   v   Kawasaki Frontale

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) Group H	Shanghai SIPG	1 – 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
19:30 UTC+8	Hulk   89' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 22,777 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Sydney FC

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) Group H	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Sydney FC	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
19:00 UTC+9	Saitō   83'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 11,278 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Ulsan Hyundai   v   Kawasaki Frontale

10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) Group H	Ulsan Hyundai	1 – 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan
20:00 UTC+9	Kim Su-an   90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	Caio César   41' Hasegawa   46'	Attendance: 2,688 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Ulsan Hyundai

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) Group H	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 2	Ulsan Hyundai	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
19:00 UTC+9	Mawatari   4' Kobayashi   8' Chinen   82'	Live Report Stats Report	Park Yong-woo   17'   90' Júnior Negrão   31' Kim Tae-hwan   38' Lee Myung-jae   41' Bulthuis   86'	Attendance: 9,812 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Shanghai SIPG

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07) Group H	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 2	Shanghai SIPG	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
19:00 UTC+9	Leandro Damião   13'   63' Morita   58' Taniguchi   66'   88'	Live Report Stats Report	Hulk   6'   71' Cai Huikang   35'	Attendance: 11,708 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Sydney FC   v   Kawasaki Frontale

21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) Group H	Sydney FC	0 – 4	Kawasaki Frontale	Jubilee Oval, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10	Retre   86'	Live Report Stats Report	Wakizaka   9'   20' Tanaka   28' Leandro Damião   59'	Attendance: 3,813 Referee:   Mohanad Qasim Sarray

Post season

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Chelsea

19 July 2019	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Chelsea	International Stadium Yokohama
19:00	Leandro Damião   86'	Report

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