2023 Renofa Yamaguchi season
# 2023 Renofa Yamaguchi season

The 2023 season is Renofa Yamaguchi's 74th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Renofa Yamaguchi will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

## Players

### First-team squad

As of 6 January 2023.

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 | Choi Hyun-chan |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hidenori Takahashi |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Renan |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Riku Kamigaki |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Matsumoto |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Shinya Yajima |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Ishikawa |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kensuke Sato |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Minagawa |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Joji Ikegami |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Toshiya Tanaka |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Shuhei Otsuki |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Keigo Numata |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Takayuki Mae |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Masakazu Yoshioka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | JPN | Daisuke Yoshimitsu |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Daisuke Takagi |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Yuan Matsuhashi (On loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kota Kawano |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kentaro Seki |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Jin Ikoma |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Tsubasa Umeki |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Kazuya Noyori |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Seigo Kobayashi |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Riku Terakado (On loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Taiyo Igarashi (On loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Koji Yamase |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Reo Kunimoto |
| 47 | DF | JPN | Ginta Uemoto |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | JPN | Genki Yamada (On loan at Kataller Toyama) |
| — | DF | JPN | Kaili Shimbo (On loan at Iwate Grulla Morioka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Kento Hashimoto (On loan at Yokohama FC) |

## Transfers

### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Keigo Numata | FC Ryukyu | Free | 9 January 2023 | |
| FW | Kazuya Noyori | Osaka University of H&SS | Free | 1 February 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Hikaru Manabe | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Free | 9 January 2023 | |
| FW | Kazuhito Kishida | Baleine Shimonoseki | Free | 12 January 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J2 League | 18 February 2023 | 12 November 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 033.33 |
| Emperor's Cup | 7 June 2023 | | Second round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 033.33 |

Last updated: 12 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### J2 League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 |
| 17 | Iwaki FC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 |
| 18 | Mito HollyHock | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 |
| 19 | Tochigi SC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
| 20 | Montedio Yamagata | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 6 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 |

Last updated: 12 April 2023. Source: Worldfootball

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 13 | |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.

