2003 Kashima Antlers season

Kashima Antlers
2003 season
Manager	Toninho Cerezo
Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
J. League 1	5th
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	Group stage
A3 Champions Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Mitsuo Ogasawara (7); Tomoyuki Hirase (7)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2002 2004 →

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League 1	5th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Semifinals
J. League Cup	Runners-up

Domestic results

J. League 1

Match	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score
1–1	22 March 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1
1–2	5 April 2003	Kashiwa no Ha Park Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1
1–3	13 April 2003	Toyota Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1
1–4	19 April 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–0
1–5	26 April 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	2–0
1–6	29 April 2003	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	Gamba Osaka	2–1
1–7	5 May 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3
1–8	10 May 2003	Ōita Stadium	Oita Trinita	1–1
1–9	17 May 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	JEF United Ichihara	0–2
1–10	24 May 2003	Miyagi Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	2–0
1–11	5 July 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	5–2
1–12	12 July 2003	Kusanagi (ja:静岡県草薙総合運動場陸上競技場)	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2
1–13	19 July 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Vissel Kobe	3–3
1–14	27 July 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Cerezo Osaka	0–1
1–15	2 August 2003	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–3
2–1	16 August 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–0
2–2	24 August 2003	National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–1
2–3	30 August 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Oita Trinita	1–0
2–4	7 September 2003	National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)	JEF United Ichihara	3–2
2–5	13 September 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	0–0
2–6	20 September 2003	Yamaha Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	1–1
2–7	23 September 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1
2–8	27 September 2003	Nagai Stadium	Cerezo Osaka	1–1
2–9	4 October 2003	Ajinomoto Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	1–5
2–10	18 October 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–0
2–11	25 October 2003	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	Vissel Kobe	1–2
2–12	8 November 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Gamba Osaka	2–2
2–13	15 November 2003	International Stadium Yokohama	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1
2–14	23 November 2003	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1
2–15	29 November 2003	Saitama Stadium 2002	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2

Emperor's Cup

Match	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score

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

13 August 2003 (2003-08-13) 1st leg	Kashima Antlers	5–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kashima
19:00	Euller 39' Ogasawara 55' Nakata 61', 71' Hirase 80'	Report	Takizawa 51' Yoshimura 87'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,525 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama

27 August 2003 (2003-08-27) 2nd leg	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1 (1–6 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Nagoya
19:03	Okayama 40' Ueslei 48'	Report	Oiwa 60' Aoki 62' Soma 87'	Stadium: Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium Attendance: 7,751 Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Semi-finals

1 October 2003 (2003-10-01) 1st leg	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
19:00	Fukai 52' Hirase 76' Fernando 83'	Report	Živković 87'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,915 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

8 October 2003 (2003-10-08) 2nd leg	Júbilo Iwata	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Iwata, Shizuoka
19:00	Gral 7' M. Tanaka 21'	Report	Honda 26' Fernando 36' 47' Motoyama 61' Hirase 71' Kaneko 77'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 11,471 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Final

3 November 2003 (2003-11-03) Final	Kashima Antlers	0–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo
14:09	Oiwa 9' Ikeuchi 15' Ogasawara 29' 60' Honda 79'	Report	Yamase 13' Nikiforov 33' Emerson Sheik 48', 86' Suzuki 53' T. Tanaka 56' Zelic 77'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 51,758 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

International results

AFC Champions League

Kashima Antlers qualified for this tournament as winners of the 2001 J.League.

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
BEC Tero Sasana (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Daejeon Citizen	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Shanghai Shenhua	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
Kashima Antlers	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

10 March 2003 1	Kashima Antlers	2–2	BEC Tero Sasana	Bangkok, Thailand
	Hirase 21' Fernando 77'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yongant 76', 90'	Stadium: Suphachalasai Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Naser Al-Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

12 March 2003 2	Kashima Antlers	3–4	Shanghai Shenhua	Bangkok, Thailand
	Aoki 24' Fernando 56' Nozawa 90'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Yang Guang 1' Zhang Yuning 11' Martínez 31', 87'	Stadium: Suphachalasai Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sundarraj Balu (India)

14 March 2003 3	Daejeon Citizen	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Bangkok, Thailand
	Coly 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Suphachalasai Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

A3 Champions Cup

As the tournament was hosted in Japan, Kashima Antlers received an invitation after winning the 2002 J.League Cup.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers (C)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Dalian Shide	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Júbilo Iwata	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

16 February 2003 (2003-02-16) 1	Dalian Shide	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo, Japan
17:00	Wang Sheng 44'	Report	Akita 29' Ogasawara 38' Fernando 53'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 23,907

19 February 2003 (2003-02-19) 2	Júbilo Iwata	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo, Japan
19:00		Report	Euller 8' Yanagisawa 74'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 20,176

22 February 2003 (2003-02-22) 3	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Tokyo, Japan
13:30		Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 25,423

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	Shinya Kato	(1980-09-19)19 September 1980 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF	Akira Narahashi	(1971-11-26)26 November 1971 (aged 31)	cm / kg	27	1
3	DF	Yutaka Akita	(1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (aged 32)	cm / kg	28	1
4	DF	Go Oiwa	(1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 30)	cm / kg	29	1
5	MF	Kōji Nakata	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 23)	cm / kg	18	3
6	MF	Yasuto Honda	(1969-06-25)25 June 1969 (aged 33)	cm / kg	19	0
7	DF	Naoki Soma	(1971-07-19)19 July 1971 (aged 31)	cm / kg	20	2
8	MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 23)	cm / kg	27	7
9	FW	Euller	(1971-03-15)15 March 1971 (aged 31)	cm / kg	22	4
10	MF	Masashi Motoyama	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 23)	cm / kg	20	4
11	FW	Yoshiyuki Hasegawa	(1969-02-11)11 February 1969 (aged 34)	cm / kg	3	0
13	FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa	(1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 25)	cm / kg	8	2
14	DF	Kenji Haneda	(1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
15	DF	Seiji Kaneko	(1980-05-27)27 May 1980 (aged 22)	cm / kg	2	0
16	MF	Fernando	(1978-06-18)18 June 1978 (aged 24)	cm / kg	27	5
17	DF	Jun Uchida	(1977-10-14)14 October 1977 (aged 25)	cm / kg	6	0
18	MF	Koji Kumagai	(1975-10-23)23 October 1975 (aged 27)	cm / kg	1	0
19	FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	(1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 25)	cm / kg	28	7
20	DF	Tomohiko Ikeuchi	(1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 25)	cm / kg	10	0
21	GK	Hitoshi Sogahata	(1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 23)	cm / kg	30	0
22	DF	Tatsuya Ishikawa	(1979-12-25)25 December 1979 (aged 23)	cm / kg	14	0
23	MF	Masashi Otani	(1983-04-17)17 April 1983 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
24	MF	Takeshi Aoki	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 20)	cm / kg	27	1
25	MF	Takuya Nozawa	(1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 21)	cm / kg	5	0
26	FW	Masaki Fukai	(1980-09-13)13 September 1980 (aged 22)	cm / kg	22	2
27	FW	Yuki Nakashima	(1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 18)	cm / kg	11	0
28	GK	Shinichi Shuto	(1983-06-08)8 June 1983 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
29	GK	Riki Takasaki	(1970-07-11)11 July 1970 (aged 32)	cm / kg	0	0
30	FW	Takayuki Suzuki	(1976-06-05)5 June 1976 (aged 26)	cm / kg	4	0
31	MF	Claudecir	(1975-10-15)15 October 1975 (aged 27)	cm / kg	8	2
32	GK	Yohei Nishibe	(1980-12-01)1 December 1980 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
33	MF	Da Silva	(1974-03-05)5 March 1974 (aged 29)	cm / kg	1	0

Other pages

(in Japanese) J. League official site