2008 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2008 season
Manager	Oliveira
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J. League 1	Champions
Emperor's Cup	5th Round
J. League Cup	Quarterfinals
AFC Champions League	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	Marquinhos (21)

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League 1	Champions / 18 clubs
Emperor's Cup	5th Round
J. League Cup	Quarterfinals

J. League 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashima Antlers (C)	34	18	9	7	56	30	+26	63	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	18	6	10	65	42	+23	60
3	Nagoya Grampus	34	17	8	9	48	35	+13	59
4	Oita Trinita	34	16	8	10	33	24	+9	56	Qualification for Pan-Pacific Championship 2009^[a]
5	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	16	7	11	50	42	+8	55

Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2008. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified as the winner of 2008 J.League Cup.

Results

J.League Division 1 results^[1]^[2]
Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Attendance
8 March 2008	Consadole Sapporo	H	4–0	28,152
16 March 2008	Tokyo Verdy	A	2–0	18,934
30 March 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	H	2–1	22,901
2 April 2008	Albirex Niigata	A	2–0	22,740
5 April 2008	JEF United Chiba	H	4–1	17,257
13 April 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	54,450
19 April 2008	Gamba Osaka	H	0–0	17,292
27 April 2008	Omiya Ardija	A	1–1	11,884
30 April 2008	Vissel Kobe	H	2–2	10,221
3 May 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–3	20,280
11 May 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	0–1	16,195
17 May 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–1	20,361
25 June 2008	Oita Trinita	H	1–0	8,286
28 June 2008	Nagoya Grampus	A	4–0	18,215
5 July 2008	Júbilo Iwata	A	2–1	18,479
13 July 2008	FC Tokyo	H	4–1	16,561
16 July 2008	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–2	15,081
20 July 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	A	2–0	34,752
27 July 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–1	36,412
9 August 2008	JEF United Chiba	A	1–3	16,190
16 August 2008	Tokyo Verdy	H	4–1	21,431
23 August 2008	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–2	19,868
27 August 2008	Vissel Kobe	A	2–1	13,123
13 September 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	22,292
20 September 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	A	1–1	10,669
28 September 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	2–0	15,481
1 October 2008	Omiya Ardija	H	2–0	6,725
4 October 2008	Gamba Osaka	A	0–0	19,386
18 October 2008	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	2–1	20,580
26 October 2008	FC Tokyo	A	2–3	33,596
9 November 2008	Albirex Niigata	H	0–0	21,500
23 November 2008	Oita Trinita	A	1–0	31,744
29 November 2008	Júbilo Iwata	H	1–0	29,820
6 December 2008	Consadole Sapporo	A	1–0	26,220

Super Cup

Kashima Antlers qualified for this tournament as winners of the 2007 J.League Division 1.

1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) Final	Kashima Antlers	2–2 (3–4 p)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tokyo
13:35	Iwamasa 7' 12' Aoki 42' Motoyama 49' Nozawa 52' Ōiwa 79'	Report	Ri Han-jae 33' 38' Hattori 60' Kubo 80' Jukić 84' Satō 85' 89'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 27,245 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
	Penalties
	Marquinhos Chugo Danilo Motoyama Ogasawara		Morisaki Stoyanov Makino Jukić Satō

Emperor's Cup

Kashima Antlers received a bye to the fourth round as being part of the J.League Division 1.

2 November 2008 (2008-11-02) 4th Round	Kashima Antlers	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Kokushikan University	Kashima
13:04	Danilo 43' Marquinhos 74' (pen.) 85'	Report	Kojima 23' Sato 25' Hamaya 27' Takahashi 39' Amano 59' Yamada 73'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,286 Referee: Yuki Noda
	Penalties
	Marquinhos Nozawa Danilo		Takeoka Kashiwa Yoshino

15 November 2008 (2008-11-15) 5th Round	Kashima Antlers	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
13:00	Masuda 28' Marquinhos 50' (pen.) Chugo 56' Marcinho 114'	Report	Hyodo 17' Aoyama 23' Nshibe 49' Ichikawa 73' Yamamoto 80' 92' Edamura 104' Hara 119'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

J. League Cup

Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-finals in order to avoid scheduling conflicts due to their participation in the AFC Champions League.

Quarter-finals

2 July 2008 (2008-07-02) 1st Leg	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
19:00	Araiba 57' Aoki 71'	Report	Hara 16' Honda 57' Hyodo 78'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,757 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

6 August 2008 (2008-08-06) 2nd Leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Shimizu-ku
19:00	Iwashita 16' Aoyama 37' Hyodo 48' 63'	Report	Chugo 26' Marquinhos 57' Aoki 62' Nakata 85'	Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 8,949 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

AFC Champions League

Kashima Antlers qualified for this tournament after being crowned champions of the 2007 J.League Division 1.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	28	3	+25	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Beijing Guoan	6	4	0	2	14	9	+5	12
3	Krung Thai Bank	6	2	1	3	20	27	−7	7
4	Nam Định	6	0	1	5	4	27	−23	1

Source:

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17) 1st Leg	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Adelaide United	Kashima, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Ogasawara 22' Aoki 44' Cornthwaite 45+2' (o.g.) Masuda 51'	Report	Dodd 37' Cornthwaite 51' Ognenovski 51' Costanzo 60' Galekovic 90+3'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,004 Referee: Lee Gi-young (South Korea)

24 September 2008 (2008-09-24) 2nd Leg	Adelaide United	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 UTC+10:30	Ognenovski 55' Cristiano 64' Spagnuolo 68' Cornthwaite 73'	Report	Chugo 29' Sogahata 90+4'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 16,965 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Hideaki Ozawa	(1974-03-17)17 March 1974 (aged 33)	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF	Atsuto Uchida	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	25	1
3	DF	Daiki Iwamasa	(1982-01-30)30 January 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	33	2
4	DF	Go Oiwa	(1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 35)	cm / kg	18	0
6	MF	Kōji Nakata	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	9	0
7	DF	Toru Araiba	(1979-07-12)12 July 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	30	2
8	MF	Takuya Nozawa	(1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 26)	cm / kg	27	3
9	FW	Yūzō Tashiro	(1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 25)	cm / kg	27	3
10	MF	Masashi Motoyama	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	32	3
11	MF	Danilo	(1979-06-11)11 June 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	28	4
13	FW	Shinzo Koroki	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 21)	cm / kg	29	8
14	MF	Chikashi Masuda	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	19	0
15	MF	Takeshi Aoki	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 25)	cm / kg	34	2
16	MF	Masaki Chugo	(1982-05-16)16 May 1982 (aged 25)	cm / kg	24	0
17	FW	Ryuta Sasaki	(1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 20)	cm / kg	11	2
18	FW	Marquinhos	(1976-03-23)23 March 1976 (aged 31)	cm / kg	30	21
19	DF	Masahiko Inoha	(1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	23	0
20	MF	Shuto Suzuki	(1985-08-31)31 August 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
21	GK	Hitoshi Sogahata	(1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	34	0
22	DF	Naoya Ishigami	(1985-03-02)2 March 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	4	0
23	MF	Yuji Funayama	(1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	2	0
24	DF	Takefumi Toma	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
25	MF	Yasushi Endo	(1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
26	MF	Kenji Koyano	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
27	DF	Kenta Kasai	(1985-12-25)25 December 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
28	GK	Shinichiro Kawamata	(1989-07-23)23 July 1989 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
29	GK	Tetsu Sugiyama	(1981-06-26)26 June 1981 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
30	MF	Hiroyuki Omichi	(1987-06-25)25 June 1987 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
31	DF	Keita Goto	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
32	DF	Seiji Kaneko	(1980-05-27)27 May 1980 (aged 27)	cm / kg	0	0
33	MF	Marcinho	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 26)	cm / kg	12	0
40	MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	24	5

References

Other pages

(in Japanese) J. League official site

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[2] worldfootball.net

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Kashima Antlers
Club	Players History Statistics All articles
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Honours	J.League (1996 1998 2000 2001 2007 2008 2009 2016) Emperor's Cup (1997 2000 2007 2010 2016) J.League Cup (1997 2000 2002 2011 2012 2015) Japanese Super Cup (1997 1998 1999 2000 2010 2017) AFC Champions League (2018) Suruga Bank Championship (2012 2013) A3 Champions Cup (2003)
Personalities	Zico Jorginho Masakatsu Miyamoto Naoki Soma Yutaka Akita Bismarck Akira Narahashi Yasuto Honda Toninho Cerezo Oswaldo de Oliveira Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Kurosaki Hisashi Leonardo Mitsuo Ogasawara Kōji Nakata Masashi Motoyama Toru Araiba Daijiro Takakuwa Hitoshi Sogahata Takuya Nozawa Carlos Alberto Alcindo Marquinhos Atsuto Uchida Takayuki Suzuki Atsushi Yanagisawa Go Oiwa Shinzo Koroki João Carlos Daiki Iwamasa Yuya Osako Mu Kanazaki
Seasons	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Matches	2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final 2018 AFC Champions League Final
Sponsors	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Lixil Group Riso Kagaku Corporation Nike Sony All Nippon Airways Asahi Breweries Suntory Showa Corporation KDDI Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Segway Inc.
Training ground	Club House Ground Forest of Heisei