The 2023 season was

Kawasaki Frontale is a Japanese professional football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The club currently compete in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium i ...

's 19th consecutive season in the

J1 League The , the J.League or the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation ...

. It was a reasonably successful season. While Frontale didn’t progress past the group stages in the J.League Cup, and finished in the middle of the pack in 8th place in the J1 league, they won the 2023 Emperor’s cup competition, and won their group stage in the AFC Champions League, before being knocked out by Shandong Taishan on aggregate goals in the round of 16 - a respectable result although a letdown after coming in second in the 2022 tournament.

Players

Out on loan

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

J1 League

League table

Results summary

Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.

Emperor's Cup

As Kawasaki is a J1 club, it starts the competition on the second round.

J.League Cup

The club will start the competition at the group stage.

AFC Champions League

Frontale qualified to play the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, after finishing the

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as runners-up. The club earned a direct spot into the competition's group stage. The group stage is planned by the AFC to start on 18 September 2023.