Cerezo Osaka U-23

Cerezo Osaka Under−23 was a Japanese football team based in Osaka. It was the reserve team of Cerezo Osaka and played in J3 League which they have done since their entry to the league at the beginning of the 2016 season. They played the majority of their home games at Kincho Stadium.

Cerezo Osaka U-23

Full name	Cerezo Osaka Under-23
Nickname(s)	Sakura Next
Founded	2016
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Kincho Stadium
Capacity	19,904
Owner	Yanmar
Manager	Yuji Okuma
League	J3 League
2020	18th
Website	www.cerezo.jp
Home colours Away colours

History

Cerezo Osaka joined J3 League in 2016 along with the reserve teams of neighbours Gamba Osaka and FC Tokyo. None of these clubs are eligible for promotion to J2 League additionally they can only field 3 players over the age of 23.^[1]

Record as J.League member

Season	Div.	Teams	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Attendance/G	Top scorer
2016	J3	16	12th	30	8	8	14	38	47	-9	32	1,488	Rei Yonezawa 8
2017		17	13th	32	8	11	13	39	43	-4	35	909	Takeru Kishimoto 9
2018		17	7th	32	13	7	12	47	36	11	46	1,112	Rei Yonezawa 12
2019		18	6th	34	16	4	14	49	56	-7	52	1,196	Mizuki Ando 11
2020 †		18	18th	34	5	10	19	28	61	-33	25	559	Shota Fujio 8

Key

• Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
• Attendance/G = Average league home attendance
• † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.

Current squad

As of 6 September 2020.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  JPN Yuta Koike 15 DF  JPN Ayumu Seko 17 MF  JPN Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 19 MF  JPN Ryuji Sawakami 24 FW  AUS Pierce Waring 27 GK  KOR Ahn Joon-soo 28 FW  JPN Motohiko Nakajima 29 MF  JPN Takuya Shimamura 30 MF  JPN Hinata Kida 31 MF  JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi 33 FW  THA Tawan Khotrsupho 35 MF  JPN Yuji Yoshida 37 MF  JPN Ryudai Maeda 38 MF  JPN Masataka Nishimoto 39 DF  JPN Honoya Shoji

No. Pos. Nation Player 41 MF  JPN Nagi Matsumoto 42 FW  JPN Shota Fujio 43 DF  JPN Ryuya Nishio 44 MF  JPN Takaya Yoshinare 45 GK  JPN Shu Mogi 46 DF  JPN Tatsuya Tabira 48 FW  JPN Kaili Shimbo 49 MF  JPN Jun Nishikawa 50 GK  JPN Go Kambayashi 51 GK  JPN Ryoga Shimonaka 52 DF  JPN Kota Ohashi 53 MF  JPN Kosei Okazawa 54 FW  JPN Kuraba Kondo 55 DF  JPN Subaru Nishimura 59 MF  JPN Sota Kitano