2021 Kawasaki Frontale season

The 2021 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 17th consecutive season in the J1 League, where they lifted the title for the fourth time in five years. They also competed in the AFC Champions League, Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, and the Japanese Super Cup.

Kawasaki Frontale

2021 season
Chairman	Yoshihiro Warashina
Manager	Toru Oniki
Stadium	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
J1 League	Champions
Emperor's Cup	Semi-finals
J. League Cup	Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Leandro Damião (23 goals) All: Leandro Damião (31 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020 2022 →

Squad

As of 1 July 2021.^[1]

First-team 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 1 GK   KOR Jung Sung-ryong 2 DF   JPN Kyohei Noborizato (vice-captain) 3 MF   JPN Koki Tsukagawa 4 DF   BRA Jesiel 5 MF   JPN Shogo Taniguchi (captain) 6 MF   BRA João Schmidt 7 DF   JPN Shintaro Kurumaya 8 MF   JPN Yasuto Wakizaka (vice-captain) 9 FW   BRA Leandro Damião (vice-captain) 10 MF   JPN Ryota Oshima 11 FW   JPN Yu Kobayashi 13 DF   JPN Miki Yamane 15 DF   JPN Zain Issaka 16 MF   JPN Tatsuya Hasegawa 17 MF   JPN Kazuki Kozuka

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   JPN Daiya Tono 20 FW   JPN Kei Chinen 21 GK   JPN Shunsuke Ando 22 MF   JPN Kento Tachibanada 23 FW   BRA Marcinho 24 FW   JPN Ten Miyagi 26 DF   JPN Kaito Kamiya 27 GK   JPN Kenta Tanno 28 MF   JPN Kazuya Yamamura 30 DF   JPN Shuto Tanabe 31 MF   JPN Renji Matsui 32 GK   JPN Yuki Hayasaka 33 FW   JPN Taiyo Igarashi 34 DF   JPN Kota Takai 40 GK   KOR Lee Kyung-tae [ja] 41 MF   JPN Akihiro Ienaga 47 FW   JPN Reo Hatate

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   JPN Taisei Miyashiro (at Tokushima Vortis until 31 January 2022) — MF   JPN Koki Harada (at Gainare Tottori until 31 January 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   BRA Maguinho (at Yokohama FC until 1 Jan 2022) — MF   JPN Ao Tanaka (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
1 Feb 2021	DF	Shuto Tanabe	Shizuoka Gakuen High School	Full	^[2]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Kento Tachibanada	Toin University	Full	^[3]
1 Feb 2021	FW	Ten Miyagi	Kataller Toyama	Loan return	^[4]
1 Feb 2021	FW	Kei Chinen	Oita Trinita	Loan return	^[5]
1 Feb 2021	FW	Daiya Tono	Avispa Fukuoka	Loan return	^[6]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Koki Tsukagawa	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Full	^[7]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Kazuki Kozuka	Oita Trinita	Full	^[8]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Lee Kyung-tae	Fagiano Okayama	Loan extension	^[9]
1 Feb 2021	MF	João Schmidt	Nagoya Grampus	Full	^[10]
26 Feb 2021	MF	Renji Matsui	Hosei University	Special Designated Player	^[11]
30 Apr 2021	MF	Yuki Hayasaka	Toin University of Yokohama	Special Designated Player	^[12]
13 Aug 2021	FW	Marcinho	Chongqing Liangjiang	Full	^[13]
27 Aug 2021	DF	Kota Takai	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[14]
27 Aug 2021	FW	Taiyo Igarashi	Kawasaki Frontale U-18	Full	^[15]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
1 Jan 2021	MF	Kengo Nakamura		Retired	^[16]
1 Feb 2021	DF	Kazuaki Mawatari	Omiya Ardija	Full	^[17]
1 Feb 2021	GK	William Popp	Oita Trinita	Full	^[18]
1 Feb 2021	DF	Maguinho	Yokohama FC	Loan	^[19]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Júbilo Iwata	Full	^[20]
1 Feb 2021	DF	Diogo Mateus	Ferroviária	Loan return	^[21]
1 Feb 2021	MF	Hokuto Shimoda	Oita Trinita	Full	^[22]
1 Feb 2021	DF	Jefferson Tabinas	Mito HollyHock	Full	^[23]
7 Jan 2021	MF	Hidemasa Morita	Santa Clara	Full	^[24]
8 Jan 2021	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	Tokushima Vortis	Loan	^[25]
8 Jan 2021	MF	Koki Harada	Gainare Tottori	Loan	^[26]
9 Jan 2021	MF	Manabu Saito	Nagoya Grampus	Full	^[27]
9 Jan 2021	MF	Caio César	V-Varen Nagasaki	Full	^[28]
1 Jul 2021	MF	Ao Tanaka	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	^[29]
10 Aug 2021	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	Brighton and Hove Albion	Full	^[30]

Competitions

J1 League

Main article: 2021 J1 League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	38	28	8	2	81	28	+53	92	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	38	24	7	7	82	35	+47	79
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

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.
(C) Champions

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
38	28	8	2	81	28	+53	92	16	3	0	39	14	+25	12	5	2	42	14	+28

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D
Position	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2021. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama F. Marinos

26 February 2021 (2021-02-26) 1	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:00 JST	Ienaga   21'   43'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,868 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 11	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki
18:00 JST	Leandro Damião   7'   47' Mitoma   62'	Report	Okubo   5'   22'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,756 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 2	Vegalta Sendai	1–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai
14:00 JST	Uehara   58'	Report	Kobayashi   12'   39' Tono   25' Hachisuka   33' (o.g.) Hatate   83'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kawasaki Frontale v Tokushima Vortis

10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) 3	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Tokushima Vortis	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Leandro Damião   12'   42'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura [de; ja; nl; uk; zh]

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashiwa Reysol

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 4	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki
17:00 JST	Ienaga   80'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,744 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) 5	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe, Hyogo
19:00 JST	Kikuchi   90+10'	Report	Leandro Damião   72'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 7,446 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Urawa Reds v Kawasaki Frontale

21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 6	Urawa Reds	0–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Urawa
15:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi   42'   53' Leandro Damião   49' Hatate   51' Wakizaka   67'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kawasaki Frontale v Oita Trinita

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 7	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Mitoma   39'   66'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 9,807 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) 8	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Tono   65'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 9,173 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

FC Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) 9	FC Tokyo	2–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Chōfu, Tokyo
14:00 JST	Adaílton   59' Uchida   84'	Report	Ienaga   8'   17' Mitoma   61' Leandro Damião   75'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kawasaki Frontale v Avispa Fukuoka

14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) 19	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Tono   19' Chinen   55' Yamane   90+5'	Report	Salomonsson   45+3'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 6,958 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 10	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki
14:00 JST	Ienaga   38'	Report	Morishima   65'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 9,720 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

29 April 2021 (2021-04-29) 22	Nagoya Grampus	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota, Aichi
15:00 JST		Report	Hatate   3' Leandro Damião   10'   23' Tono   84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 9,693 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) 12	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Jesiel   31' Yamane   50' Maruyama   59' (o.g.)	Report	Inagaki   73' Mateus   83'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 13	Gamba Osaka	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita, Osaka
18:00 JST		Report	Leandro Damião   41' Mitoma   76'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 0 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) 20	Kawasaki Frontale	2–2	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Kobayashi   3' Mitoma   83'	Report	Nakahara   74' Martinus   90+5'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kawasaki Frontale v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) 14	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Mitoma   49' Kobayashi   90+4'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,932 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama FC

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Yokohama FC	Kawasaki
15:00 JST	Ienaga   19' (pen) Tanaka   28' Mitoma   47'	Report	Kléber   63'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,942 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Shonan Bellmare v Kawasaki Frontale

26 May 2021 (2021-05-26) 16	Shonan Bellmare	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
19:00 JST	Yamada   56'	Report	Leandro Damião   82'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 4,947 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) 17	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Leandro Damião   19' Kobayashi   90+4'	Report	Ueda   61'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,958 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Yokohama FC v Kawasaki Frontale

2 June 2021 (2021-06-02) 21	Yokohama FC	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
19:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi   39'   67'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 4,855 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kawasaki Frontale

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) 18	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
18:30 JST		Report	Wakizaka   17' Oshima   50'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 9,015 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura [ja]

Oita Trinita v Kawasaki Frontale

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09) 23	Oita Trinita	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Ōita, Ōita
19:00 JST		Report	Leandro Damião   10' Tono   77'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 7,817 Referee: Yusuke Araki [ja]

Kashiwa Reysol v Kawasaki Frontale

14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) 24	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashiwa, Chiba
19:00 JST		Report		Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi [ja]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima
19:00 JST	Kashiwa   27'	Report	Leandro Damião   73'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 4,885 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami [ja]

Avispa Fukuoka v Kawasaki Frontale

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 26	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Fukuoka
19:00 JST	Croux   66'	Report		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 4,461 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura [de; ja; nl; uk; zh]

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Kawasaki Frontale

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 27	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Sapporo
14:00 JST		Report	Kobayashi   34' Tono   39'	Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium Attendance: 5,610 Referee: Takuto Okabe [ja]

Tokushima Vortis v Kawasaki Frontale

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 29	Tokushima Vortis	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Naruto, Tokushima
18:30 JST	Ichimi   38'	Report	Chinen   34' (pen.), 52' Wakizaka   42'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 6,464 Referee: Yusuke Araki [ja]

Kashima Antlers v Kawasaki Frontale

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) 32	Kashima Antlers	1–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima, Ibaraki
19:00 JST	Juan Alano   61'	Report	Yamamura   83' Miyagi   90+4'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura [de; ja; nl; uk; zh]

Kawasaki Frontale v Shonan Bellmare

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 30	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kawasaki
17:00 JST	Hatate   66' Chinen   90+4'	Report	Tanaka   15'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura [ja]

Kawasaki Frontale v Vissel Kobe

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 28	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Ienaga    85' Leandro Damião   56' (pen.) Vermaelen   72' (o.g.)	Report	Muto   13'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,932 Referee: Masuya Ueda [ja]

Kawasaki Frontale v FC Tokyo

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 31	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	FC Tokyo	Kawasaki
17:00 JST	Leandro Damião   45+1'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 9,789 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 33	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kawasaki
17:00 JST	Leandro Damião   47'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,576 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Reds

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) 34	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Urawa Reds	Kawasaki
13:05 JST	Jesiel   33'	Report	Sakai   89'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,603 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura [de; ja; nl; uk; zh]

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) 35	Sagan Tosu	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Tosu
14:00 JST	Iwasaki   3' Sakai   20' Koyamatsu   32' (pen.)	Report	Leandro Damião   90+1'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 9148 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura [ja]

Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 36	Cerezo Osaka	1–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Nagai, Osaka
14:00 JST	Okuno   80'	Report	Leandro Damião   5', 40' Marcinho   49' Miyagi   85'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 37	Kawasaki Frontale	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki
14:00 JST	Leandro Damião   7', 85' Hatate   9' Kurumaya   90+4'	Report	Usami   17'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 14,867 Referee: Takuto Okabe [ja]

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 38	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
14:00 JST	Maeda   74'	Report	Leandro Damião   67'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 30,657 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2021 Emperor's Cup

Results

Kawasaki Frontale v AC Nagano Parceiro

9 June 2021 (2021-06-09) Second round	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	AC Nagano Parceiro	Kawasaki
18:00 JST	Tachibanada   90+1'	Report	Fujiyama   42'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Keigo Sendachi
	Penalties
	Kobayashi   Yamamura   Kurumaya   Tono   Ienaga		Fujiyama   Mizutani   Azuma   Yamamoto   Yoshimura

Kawasaki Frontale v JEF United Chiba

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21) Third round	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	JEF United Chiba	Chiba
18:00 JST	Ienaga   59' (pen)	Report	Miki   53'	Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Hayato Shimizu [ja]
	Penalties
	Chinen   Yamamura   Hasegawa   Kurumaya		Sakuragawa   Yada   Iwasaki   Fukumitsu   Kumagai

Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse

18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) Fourth round	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka
19:00 JST	Kobayashi   57' (pen) Leandro Damião   74'	Report	Nakayama   64'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Referee: Masuya Ueda [ja]

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

27 October 2021 Quarter-finals	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki
18:00	Machida   32' (o.g.) Hatate   48' Wakizaka   51'	Report	Araki   90'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 9,776 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami [ja]

Kawasaki Frontale v Oita Trinita

12 December 2021 Semifinals	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki
14:00	Kobayashi   113'	Report	Henrique Trevisan   120+1'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 17,595 Referee: Hajime Matsuo [ja]
	Penalties
	Chinen   Yamamura   Kozuka   Tsukagawa   Kobayashi   Taniguchi   Yamane		Shimoda   Nagasawa   Matsumoto   Henrique Trevisan   Kobayashi   Misao   Machida

J.League Cup

Main article: 2021 J.League Cup

Matches

Prime stage

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kawasaki Frontale

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) Quarter-final 1st leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama
19:00 JST	Sekine   35'	Report	Ienaga   72' (pen)	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 4,629 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) Quarter-final 2nd leg	Kawasaki Frontale	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
18:00 JST	Leandro Damião   40' Yamamura   77' João Schmidt   83'	Report	Esaka   8' Junker   87' Makino   90+4'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Japanese Super Cup

Main article: 2021 Japanese Super Cup

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

20 February 2021	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
13:35	Mitoma   29'   32' Kobayashi   90+6'	Report	Yajima   60' Patric   67' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,208 Referee: Yusuke Araki

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAW	DAE	UNI	BJG
1	Kawasaki Frontale	6	6	0	0	27	3	+24	18	Round of 16		—	3–2	8–0	4–0
2	Daegu FC	6	4	0	2	22	6	+16	12			1–3	—	7–0	5–0
3	United City	6	1	1	4	4	24	−20	4			0–2	0–4	—	1–1
4	Beijing Guoan	6	0	1	5	3	23	−20	1			0–7	0–3	2–3	—

Source: AFC

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Daegu FC

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26) 1	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Daegu FC	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
21:00 UTC+5	Leandro Damião   41'   52' João Schmidt   55'	Report	Hwang Soon-min   8' Cesinha   46'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Beijing Guoan   v   Kawasaki Frontale

29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) 2	Beijing Guoan	0–7	Kawasaki Frontale	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
21:00 UTC+5		Report	Hasegawa   7' Tachibanada   8' Tono   41' Chinen   47' (pen.), 59' Yamamura   51' Wakizaka   56'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Kawasaki Frontale   v   United City

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) 3	Kawasaki Frontale	8–0	United City	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5	Mitoma   34', 82' Oshima   42' Leandro Damião   50' Tachibanada   56', 65', 70' Wakizaka   90+2'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hassan Akrami (Iran)

United City   v   Kawasaki Frontale

5 July 2021 (2021-07-05) 4	United City	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5		Report	Chinen   18' Hasegawa   78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association |United Arab Emirates]])

Daegu FC   v   Kawasaki Frontale

8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) 5	Daegu FC	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
21:00 UTC+5	Edgar   43'	Report	Leandro Damião   34', 64', 87'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Kawasaki Frontale   v   Beijing Guoan

11 July 2021 (2021-07-11) 6	Kawasaki Frontale	4–0	Beijing Guoan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5	Chinen   21' Kozuka   36' Miyagi   55' Leng Jixuan   68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Ulsan Hyundai   v   Kawasaki Frontale

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) R16 East 1	Ulsan Hyundai	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Kawasaki Frontale	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan
--:-- UTC+9		Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Penalties
	Lee Chung-yong   Won Du-jae   Lee Dong-jun   Yun Il-lok   Yoon Bit-garam		Chinen   Hasegawa   Tono   João Schmidt   Ienaga

Honors

Individual

• J.League MVP: Leandro Damião
• J.League Best XI: Miki Yamane, Shogo Taniguchi, Jesiel, Yasuto Wakizaka, Akihiro Ienaga, Reo Hatate, Leandro Damião
• J1 League Fair Play Award: Miki Yamane

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	AFC Champions League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Japanese Super Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Leandro Damião	23	6	1	1	0	31
2	18	FW	Kaoru Mitoma	8	2	0	0	2	12
	11	FW	Yu Kobayashi	10	0	2	0	1	13
4	41	MF	Akihiro Ienaga	8	0	1	1	0	10
5	20	FW	Kei Chinen	4	4	0	0	0	8
6	19	FW	Daiya Tono	6	1	0	0	0	7
7	8	FW	Yasuto Wakizaka	3	2	1	0	0	6
8	47	FW	Reo Hatate	5	0	1	0	0	6
	22	MF	Kento Tachibanada	0	4	1	0	0	5
10	28	MF	Kazuya Yamamura	1	1	0	1	0	3
	24	FW	Ten Miyagi	2	1	0	0	0	3
12	13	DF	Miki Yamane	2	0	0	0	0	2
	16	MF	Tatsuya Hasegawa	0	2	0	0	0	2
	6	MF	João Schmidt	0	1	0	1	0	2
	10	MF	Ryota Oshima	1	1	0	0	0	2
	4	DF	Jesiel	2	0	0	0	0	2
17	17	MF	Kazuki Kozuka	0	1	0	0	0	1
	25	MF	Ao Tanaka	1	0	0	0	0	1
	7	DF	Shintaro Kurumaya	1	0	0	0	0	1
	23	FW	Marcinho	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				78	26	7	4	3	118

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	14	3	0	0	0	17
2	27	GK	Kenta Tanno	2	1	0	0	0	3
Total				16	4	0	0	0	20

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