| 2022 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Fumiaki Koizumi | ||
| Manager | René Weiler (until 7 August)[1] Daiki Iwamasa (from 8 August)[2] | ||
| Stadium | Kashima Soccer Stadium | ||
| J1 League | 4th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Semi finals | ||
| J.League Cup | Play-off stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ayase Ueda (10 goals) All: Ayase Ueda (14 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 37,144 (v. Urawa Reds, J1 League, 21 May 2022)[3] | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,670 (v. Niigata University HWSC, Emperor's Cup, 1 June 2022)[4] | ||
| Average home league attendance | 16,160[5] | ||
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The 2022 season was Kashima Antlers' 30th consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2022 J1 League in fourth place, exactly the same position as the previous season.[6] They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they reached the semi-finals and the J.League Cup where they were knocked out at the play-off stage.
Kashima started the league season strongly winning six of their first seven games and were in first position for a number of weeks before the end of May. Forward Ayase Ueda was in fine form and won the first J.League Monthly MVP award of the season.[7] From May onwards, the performances started to detioriate and wins became hard to come by. Following the departure of top-scorer Ueda to Cercle Brugge at the start of July, scoring goals also became difficult and by August following two consecutive defeats, Kashima decided to part ways with manager René Weiler after only a few months in the post. Daiki Iwamasa took over as manager and in spite of only winning two of his ten league games in charge, led Kashima to a fourth-place finish.
Kashima had a good run in the Emperor's Cup, but would have hoped to have been finalists following defeat at the semi-final stage by J2 League club and eventual winners Ventforet Kofu. Yuma Suzuki was their top scorer in the competition with two goals.
- ^ "レネ ヴァイラー監督の退任について | 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト". 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト | KASHIMA ANTLERS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "岩政コーチの新監督就任について | 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト". 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト | KASHIMA ANTLERS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 J1 League 22/05/21 Urawa Reds - Kashima Antlers Results,Players,Highlight". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Emperors Cup 22/06/01 Kashima Antlers - Niigata University of Health and Welfare Results,Players,Highlight". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 J1 League Attendance". Soccer D.B. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Summary - J1 League - Japan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Ueda captures Konami Monthly MVP honors after sizzling start to the season | News". J.LEAGUE. Retrieved 5 November 2022.