Cerezo Osaka U-23
# Cerezo Osaka U-23

Cerezo Osaka Under−23 was a Japanese football team based in Osaka. It was the reserve team of Cerezo Osaka and played in J3 League which they have done since their entry to the league at the beginning of the 2016 season. They played the majority of their home games at Kincho Stadium.

## History

Cerezo Osaka joined J3 League in 2016 along with the reserve teams of neighbours Gamba Osaka and FC Tokyo. None of these clubs are eligible for promotion to J2 League additionally they can only field 3 players over the age of 23.

## Record as J.League member

    SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.GPWDLFAGDPtsAttendance/GTop scorer 2016 J3 1612th3088143847-9321,488Rei Yonezawa 8 2017 1713th32811133943-435909Takeru Kishimoto 9 2018 177th3213712473611461,112Rei Yonezawa 12 2019 186th34164144956-7521,196Mizuki Ando 11 2020 † 1818th34510192861-3325559Shota Fujio 8

### Key

* Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
* Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
* † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.

## Current squad

As of 6 September 2020.

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Yuta Koike |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Ayumu Seko |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tatsuhiro Sakamoto |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Sawakami |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Pierce Waring |
| 27 | GK | KOR | Ahn Joon-soo |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Motohiko Nakajima |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Takuya Shimamura |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Hinata Kida |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Hirofumi Yamauchi |
| 33 | FW | THA | Tawan Khotrsupho |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Yuji Yoshida |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Ryudai Maeda |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Masataka Nishimoto |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Honoya Shoji |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Nagi Matsumoto |
| 42 | FW | JPN | Shota Fujio |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Ryuya Nishio |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Takaya Yoshinare |
| 45 | GK | JPN | Shu Mogi |
| 46 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Tabira |
| 48 | FW | JPN | Kaili Shimbo |
| 49 | MF | JPN | Jun Nishikawa |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Go Kambayashi |
| 51 | GK | JPN | Ryoga Shimonaka |
| 52 | DF | JPN | Kota Ohashi |
| 53 | MF | JPN | Kosei Okazawa |
| 54 | FW | JPN | Kuraba Kondo |
| 55 | DF | JPN | Subaru Nishimura |
| 59 | MF | JPN | Sota Kitano |
