The 2020 season was Kashima Antlers's 28th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football, since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2019 J1 League in third place, securing a play-off spot in the 2020 AFC Champions League. In addition to these competitions, they also competed in the Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup.
Squad
Transfers Arrivals DatePositionPlayerFromTypeSource3 January 2020 Shonan BellmareFull3 January 2020 Yokohama F. MarinosFull3 January 2020 Vegalta SendaiFull4 January 2020 SC InternacionalFull4 January 2020 Kawasaki FrontaleFull4 January 2020 Nagoya GrampusFull4 January 2020 Querétaro F.C.Full31 January 2020 Fagiano OkayamaReturn from loan1 February 2020 Higashi Fukuoka High SchoolFull1 February 2020 Shizuoka Gakuen HSFull1 February 2020 Shoshi HSFull8 September 2020 Meiji UniversityLoan (designated special player)
Departures DatePositionPlayerToTypeSource26 December 2019FW Tokushima VortisLoan3 January 2020 Sagan TosuFull3 January 2020MF Montedio YamagataFull3 January 2020GK Nankatsu SCFull3 January 2020FW Sagan TosuFull3 January 2020DF Ulsan HyundaiFull3 January 2020FW Mito HollyhockLoan3 January 2020MF Tochigi SCLoan3 January 2020DF Sint-TruidenseEnd of loan15 January 2020DF Machida ZelviaLoan25 January 2020FW Changchun YataiFull28 January 2020FW FC TokyoLoan30 January 2020MF Nagoya GrampusEnd of loan25 March 2020 Matsumoto YamagaFull16 June 2020 Atlético MineiroLoan21 August 2020 Iwate Grulla MoriokaLoan31 August 2020Retired
Competitions J1 League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
Group stage
AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-offs
Statistics Scorers PlayerJ1 LeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupAFC Champions LeagueTotal1 9 FW Everaldo18000182 36 FW Ayase Ueda10000103 8 MF Shoma Doi600064 7 MF Juan Alano400045 11 MF Ryuji Izumi30003 41 MF Ryōhei Shirasaki20103 15 FW Sho Ito102038 39 DF Tomoya Inukai20002 26 MF Ryotaro Araki2000210 4 MF Léo Silva10001 20 MF Kento Misao10001 25 MF Yasushi Endo10001 37 MF Kei Koizumi10001 27 MF Yuta Matsumura00101 19 FW Itsuki Someno00101 Own goals 30003 Total5505060
Clean sheets Rank No. Pos. Player J.League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Champions League Total 1 31 GK Yuya Oki60006 Total60006
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