Once again I’ve assembled some end of season stats for each of our players. This post will be followed up sooner or later, by referee stats, player round ups and a general ‘thoughts on the season’ piece. Oh, and I’ll do a survey results piece if I get any responses. The stats make pretty ominous reading for some of the players, who’ve hardly featured at all this year and probably goes to show quite how much we’ve relied on the same core of players for a lot of the season. In the end the two parts of the season seem to have balanced out quite nicely, given the extra ACL games we had in the first ‘half’ of the year. I won’t delve into these stats too much as they speak for themselves, but I’ll make a few comments on the charts I’ve made at the bottom.
Firstly, once again Kobayashi leads the way with goals, with a total of 16 in all competitions. (I should have mentioned that these stats are all for all competitions, Super Cup, ACL, Levain, Emperor’s Cup and the league). He’s done alright, considering he’s had a few periods out with injury. Our second choice striker Chinen, (at least that’s what the substitutions would suggest, with him coming on from the bench on 22 occasions, usually for Kobayashi), is in second place with a creditable eight goals. In spite of them scoring 24 between them though, I wouldn’t say either has looked particularly deadly this year. Chinen is clearly still in the early stages of his career and shows promise for the future. And I still believe Kobayashi plays better on the right than up front by himself. Maybe this will be the case next year, with our new high profile Brazilian coming. The rest of the list is as expected really, but with a great contribution from OWN GOAL, who’s scored at vital times this season. It probably would have been a bit of a surprise to see Manabu so low down on the list, but 2018 was clearly a season of transition for him. Hopefully he gets the chance to give a better account of himself next year.
The assist list sees Ienaga top the chart, and it came as no surprise, with him being both my player of the season and also the J League MVP. Congratulations to him on that! Not much else to say here I think.
I haven’t listed all the starts as I thought that is self evident from the figures, but Taniguchi comes out clearly on top. I guess this is more to do with him being the reserve captain and our chronic lack of numbers at centre back, (or at least a lack of players Oniki was willing to play), rather than being a representation of how his season has been. Full credit to him for playing so many games, but I can’t help think that it showed at times. Particularly Montedio Yamagata away! Hopefully next year we won’t need him to play quite so often. We might even get some cover in that area! The rest of the top five is as you’d expect with perhaps the only surprising omission being Kobayashi, who was slightly hampered by injuries this year. And fair play to old man Kengo who is still right up there in terms of starts. I think that last year, I expected him to wind down a little, but he clearly hasn’t in 2018.
With regards to cards, the reds are, as you’d expect, more memorable. Particularly the two straight reds for Sung-Ryong, one of which saw Nara in goal and keeping a clean sheet for 25 minutes. Abe’s was when he took one for the team, getting a second yellow against Kashima late on in the game and potentially saving us a point. We seemed to have a lot less suspensions this year with only Ienaga and Morita actually getting there. I think one of Taniguchi’s yellows must have been in a cup. Surprising to see that Edu, Eduardo Neto and Saito are all joint fourth, given their lack of pitch time. One final thing that surprised is that Nara didn’t get a single card in the league this year, which is astonishing for a centre back.
I’ve left the Man Of The Match chart to last, as it’s clearly totally subjective and I am fully aware that people might not be so interested in what I think. Also, I never give them if I haven’t been at the game and due to the World Cup break I ended up missing a few matches this summer, so there are quite a few missing. It was closer than I expected to be honest, but the top two are exactly as I picked in my top three players of the year. Ienaga was clearly our best player this year and totally deserved to win the MVP. Aside from the four times I’ve ‘honoured’ him he’s almost always been thereabouts with regards to being our best player in almost every game. I’m delighted Nara is second. He’s clearly (to me), been one of the foundations of us retaining the league this year. I just wish he’d get more recognition for his efforts and not always be in the shade of Taniguchi. One thing I omitted from the list was the multiple times I grumpily gave it to NO ONE. It seems churlish to moan about games in a season where we won the league and scored the most and conceded the least, but in amongst all the good stuff there were some very notable stinkers which I’m sure I bore on about in my end of season round up.
Stats by player
ST = games started
SB = used as substitute
US = unused sub
Y = yellow card
R = red card
G = goals
A = assists
MM = man of the match (according to me)
1. Sung-Ryong JUNG (GK)
1st half ST 18 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 1 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 20 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 1 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 38 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 2 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2. Kyohei NOBORIZATO (DF)
1st half ST 7 SB 6 US 4 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 1 MM 0
2nd
half ST 14 SB 9 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 1
Total ST 21 SB 15 US 5 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 1 MM 1
3. Tatsuki NARA (DF)
1st half ST 14 SB 1 US 4 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 17 SB 0 US 0 Y 2 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 3
Total ST 31 SB 1 US 4 Y 2 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 3
4. Yoshito OKUBO (FW)
1st half ST 8 SB 9 US 2 Y 1 R 0 G 3 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 8 SB 9 US 2 Y 1 R 0 G 3 A 0 MM 0
5. Shogo TANIGUCHI (MF)
1st half ST 22 SB 0 US 1 Y 2 R 0 G 2 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 23 SB 0 US 0 Y 3 R 0 G 2 A 0 MM 1
Total ST 45 SB 0 US 1 Y 5 R 0 G 4 A 0 MM 1
6. Yusuke TASAKA (MF)
1st half ST 3 SB 1 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 1 SB 2 US 6 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 4 SB 3 US 7 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
7. Shintaro KURUMAYA (DF)
1st half ST 19 SB 0 US 0 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 18 SB 0 US 0 Y 2 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
Total ST 37 SB 0 US 0 Y 3 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
8. Hiroyuki ABE (MF)
1st half ST 15 SB 3 US 1 Y 2 R 0 G 2 A 4 MM 1
2nd
half ST 15 SB 4 US 1 Y 0 R 1 G 4 A 0 MM 2
Total ST 30 SB 7 US 2 Y 2 R 1 G 6 A 4 MM 3
9. Shuhei AKASAKI (FW)
1st half ST 1 SB 2 US 2 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
2nd
half ST 3 SB 0 US 0 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 4 SB 2 US 2 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
10. Ryota OSHIMA (MF)
1st half ST 16 SB 2 US 0 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 2 MM 1
2nd
half ST 17 SB 1 US 1 Y 1 R 0 G 2 A 3 MM 2
Total ST 33 SB 3 US 1 Y 2 R 0 G 2 A 5 MM 3
11. Yu KOBAYASHI (FW)
1st half ST 12 SB 4 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 5 A 2 MM 0
2nd
half ST 18 SB 0 US 1 Y 1 R 0 G 11 A 5 MM 1
Total ST 30 SB 4 US 1 Y 1 R 0 G 16 A 7 MM 1
14. Kengo NAKAMURA (MF)
1st half ST 14 SB 3 US 0 Y 1 R 0 G 4 A 3 MM 2
2nd
half ST 23 SB 0 US 0 Y 2 R 0 G 2 A 3 MM 0
Total ST 37 SB 3 US 0 Y 3 R 0 G 6 A 6 MM 2
16. Tatsuya HASEGAWA (MF)
1st half ST 6 SB 8 US 7 Y 0 R 0 G 2 A 2 MM 2
2nd
half ST 4 SB 6 US 6 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 1 MM 1
Total ST 10 SB 14 US 13 Y 0 R 0 G 3 A 3 MM 3
17. Yuto TAKEOKA (DF)
1st half ST 4 SB 2 US 9 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 1 SB 1 US 5 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 5 SB 3 US 14 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
18. ELSINHO (DF)
1st half ST 16 SB 1 US 2 Y 0 R 0 G 2 A 1 MM 0
2nd
half ST 23 SB 0 US 0 Y 2 R 0 G 2 A 2 MM 1
Total ST 39 SB 1 US 2 Y 2 R 0 G 4 A 3 MM 1
19. Kentaro MORIYA (MF)
1st half ST 6 SB 3 US 9 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
2nd
half ST 1 SB 0 US 4 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 7 SB 3 US 13 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
20. Kei CHINEN (FW)
1st half ST 10 SB 6 US 6 Y 0 R 0 G 3 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 9 SB 16 US 1 Y 1 R 0 G 5 A 3 MM 1
Total ST 19 SB 22 US 7 Y 1 R 0 G 8 A 3 MM 1
21. EDUARDO NETO (MF)
1st half ST 15 SB 1 US 0 Y 3 R 0 G 2 A 2 MM 2
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 15 SB 1 US 0 Y 3 R 0 G 2 A 2 MM 2
22. Hokuto SHIMODA (MF)
1st half ST 1 SB 0 US 2 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 5 SB 2 US 12 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 2 MM 0
Total ST 6 SB 2 US 14 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 2 MM 0
23. EDUARDO (DF)
1st half ST 7 SB 0 US 9 Y 3 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 3 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 7 SB 0 US 12 Y 3 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 0
24. Shunsuke ANDO (GK)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 3 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 8 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 0 SB 0 US 11 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
25. Hidemasa MORITA (MF)
1st half ST 10 SB 9 US 4 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 2
2nd
half ST 16 SB 1 US 0 Y 4 R 0 G 0 A 2 MM 0
Total ST 26 SB 10 US 4 Y 5 R 0 G 0 A 3 MM 2
26. Jefferson TABINAS (DF)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
27. Yuto SUZUKI (FW)
1st half ST 1 SB 3 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 2 A 1 MM 1
2nd
half ST 3 SB 16 US 4 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 1
Total ST 4 SB 19 US 5 Y 0 R 0 G 2 A 2 MM 2
28. Yasuto WAKIZAKA (MF)
1st half ST 1 SB 1 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 1 SB 1 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
29. Michael James FITZGERALD (DF)
1st half ST 1 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 4 SB 0 US 18 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 5 SB 0 US 18 Y 1 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
30. Shota ARAI (GK)
1st half ST 5 SB 0 US 19 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 4 SB 1 US 15 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
Total ST 9 SB 1 US 34 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 1 MM 0
31. William POPP (GK)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
32. Ao TANAKA (MF)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 2 SB 2 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 2 SB 2 US 2 Y 0 R 0 G 1 A 0 MM 0
33. MIYASHIRO Taisei (FW)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 0 SB 0 US 1 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
37. Manabu SAITO (MF)
1st half ST 2 SB 5 US 0 Y 2 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 5 SB 10 US 5 Y 1 R 0 G 2 A 0 MM 1
Total ST 7 SB 15 US 5 Y 3 R 0 G 2 A 0 MM 1
41. Akihiro IENAGA (MF)
1st half ST 19 SB 1 US 2 Y 2 R 0 G 3 A 3 MM 3
2nd
half ST 20 SB 1 US 1 Y 4 R 0 G 4 A 7 MM 1
Total ST 39 SB 2 US 3 Y 6 R 0 G 7 A 10 MM 4
44. CAIO CESAR (MF)
1st half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
2nd
half ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Total ST 0 SB 0 US 0 Y 0 R 0 G 0 A 0 MM 0
Most Goals
1. KOBAYASHI Yu - 16
2. CHINEN Kei - 8
3. IENAGA Akihiro - 7
4. NAKAMURA Kengo - 6
4. ABE Hiroyuki - 6
6. TANIGUCHI Shogo - 4
6. ELSINHO - 4
6. OWN GOAL - 4
9. OKUBO Yoshito - 3
9. HASEGAWA Tatsuya - 3
11. SAITO Manabu - 2
11. OSHIMA Ryota - 2
11. EDUARDO NETO - 2
11. SUZUKI Yuto - 2
15. NOBORIZATO Kyohei - 1
15, NARA Tatsuki - 1
15. SHIMODA Hokuto - 1
15. EDU - 1
15. TANAKA Ao - 1
Most Assists
1. IENAGA Akihiro -10
2. KOBAYASHI Yu -7
3. NAKAMURA Kengo - 6
4. OSHIMA Ryota - 5
5. ABE Hiroyuki - 4
6. HASEGAWA Tatsuya - 3
6. ELSINHO - 3
6. CHINEN Kei - 3
6. MORITA Hidemasa - 3
10. EDUARDO NETO - 2
10. SHIMODA Hokuto - 2
10. SUZUKI Yuto - 2
13. MORIYA Kentaro - 1
13. NOBORIZATO Kyohei - 1
13. KURUMAYA Shintaro - 1
13. AKASAKI Shuhei - 1
Most Starts
1. TANIGUCHI Shogo - 45
2. IENAGA Akihiro - 39
2. ELSINHO - 39
4. JUNG Sung-Ryong - 38
5. KURUMAYA Shintaro - 37
5. NAKAMURA Kengo - 37
Most Yellow Cards (Two yellows in one game not counted here but added to the red column)
1. IENAGA Akihiro -6
2. MORITA Hidemasa - 5
2. TANIGUCHI Shogo - 5
4. EDUARDO - 3
4. EDUARDO NETO - 3
4. SAITO Manabu - 3
4. NAKAMURA Kengo - 3
Most Red Cards
1. JUNG Sung-Ryong - 2
2. ABE Hiroyuki - 1
Most Man Of The Match awards
1. IENAGA Akihiro - 4
2. NARA Tatsuki - 3
2. OSHIMA Ryota - 3
2. ABE Hiroyuki - 3
2. HASEGAWA Tatsuya -3
6. EDUARDO NETO - 2
6. MORITA Hidemasa - 2
6. NAKAMURA Kengo - 2
6. SUZUKI Yuto - 2
6. EVERYONE - 2
6. THE FANS - 2
12. CHINEN Kei - 1
12. TANIGUCHI Shogo - 1
12. NOBORIZATO Kyohei - 1
12. SAITO Manabu - 1
12. KOBAYASHI Yu - 1
12. ELSINHO - 1
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