2023 Oita Trinita season

Oita Trinita
2023 season
Chairman	Masakaze Ozawa
Manager	Takahiro Shimotaira
Stadium	Resonac Dome Oita
J2 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hiroto Nakagawa (4); All: ; Hiroto Nakagawa (4)
Average home league attendance	10,119
Biggest defeat	Montedio Yamagata 5–0 Oita Trinita
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 May 2023.

The 2023 season is Oita Trinita's 29th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Oita Trinita will participate in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 March 2023.^[1]

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
1	GK	JPN	Shun Takagi
2	DF	JPN	Yuki Kagawa
3	DF	BRA	Derlan
4	DF	JPN	Keisuke Saka
5	MF	JPN	Hiroto Nakagawa
6	MF	JPN	Masaki Yumiba
7	MF	JPN	Tsukasa Umesaki (captain)
8	MF	JPN	Yamato Machida
9	FW	BRA	Samuel
10	MF	JPN	Naoki Nomura
11	FW	JPN	Arata Watanabe
13	FW	JPN	Kohei Isa
14	MF	JPN	Ren Ikeda
15	FW	JPN	Yusei Yashiki
16	MF	JPN	Taira Shige
17	MF	JPN	Keita Takahata
18	FW	JPN	Kazuki Fujimoto
19	DF	JPN	Katsunori Ueebisu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	JPN	Shun Nagasawa
22	GK	JPN	Yoshiaki Arai
23	GK	BRA	Teixeira (on loan from Bahia)
24	GK	JPN	Konosuke Nishikawa
25	DF	JPN	Tomoya Ando
26	MF	JPN	Kenshin Yasuda
27	DF	JPN	Yusuke Matsuo
28	MF	JPN	Junya Nodake
29	FW	JPN	Shinya Utsumoto
30	DF	JPN	Yusho Takahashi
31	DF	BRA	Pereira
35	MF	JPN	Josei Sato
41	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Tone
45	FW	JPN	Taiga Kimoto ^{Type 2}
46	MF	JPN	Hayato Matsuoka ^{Type 2}
47	DF	JPN	Shunsuke Ono ^{Type 2}
49	DF	JPN	Kento Haneda

Out on loan

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
—	GK	JPN	Taro Hamada (at AC Nagano Parceiro)
—	DF	JPN	Kenta Fukumori (at Tochigi SC)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK
GK

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2023 Friendly	Oita Trinita	v		TBD
17:00

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1		20	11	4	5	26	24	+2	055.00
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					21	11	4	6	26	25	+1	052.38

Last updated: 11 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	18	11	13	70	56	+14	65
8	Ventforet Kofu	42	18	10	14	60	50	+10	64
9	Oita Trinita	42	17	11	14	54	56	−2	62
10	Fagiano Okayama	42	13	19	10	49	49	0	58
11	Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	14	15	13	44	44	0	57

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	17	11	14	54	56	−2	62	11	3	7	30	27	+3	6	8	7	24	29	−5

Last updated: 12 November 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W
Position	3	3	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	3	2	2	3	3	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	4	5	7	7	5	5	6	7	10	11	8	10	11	11	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[2]

19 February 2023 1	Tokushima Vortis	1–2	Oita Trinita	Naruto
13:00				Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 12,070 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

26 February 2023 2	Oita Trinita	1–0	Tokyo Verdy	Ōita
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita

5 March 2023 3	Oita Trinita	1–0	Tochigi SC	Ōita
14:03 JST (UTC+9)	Takahata 81'	Report		Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 11,747 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

12 March 2023 4	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	Oita Trinita	Shimizu
14:00		Report		Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 13,658 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

19 March 2023 5	Oita Trinita	2–1	JEF United Chiba	Ōita
14:00	Takahata 13', 72'	Report	Buwanika 90+4'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 8,527 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

25 March 2023 6	Omiya Ardija	3–0	Oita Trinita	Saitama
JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 4,966 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

1 April 2023 7	Oita Trinita	2–1	Júbilo Iwata	Ōita
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nodake 23' Shige 39' Isa 59'	Report	Ricardo Graça 20' Dudu Pacheco 37' Uehara 84'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

8 April 2023 8	Iwaki FC	1–3	Oita Trinita	Iwaki
JST (UTC+9)	Kondo 80'	Report	Nakagawa 7' Yumiba 65' Nomura 68'	Stadium: Iwaki Greenfield Stadium Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

12 April 2023 9	Oita Trinita	3–1	Renofa Yamaguchi	Ōita
18:00	Matheus 44' Fujimoto 45+2' Nomura 72'	Report	Ikegami 68'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

16 April 2023 10	Machida Zelvia	3–1	Oita Trinita	Machida
14:00	Araki 23', 33' Erik 39'	Report	Utsumoto 75'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 6,215 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

23 April 2023 11	Oita Trinita	0–1	Mito HollyHock	Ōita
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Sugiura 55'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 8,273 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

29 April 2023 12	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Oita Trinita	Sendai
14:03	Sagara 15', 18' Kamada 56'	Report	Kagawa 34' Matheus 52' 90+7' Nagasawa 80'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

3 May 2023 13	Fujieda MYFC	0–2	Oita Trinita	Yamagata
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Isa 28' Yumiba 85'	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

7 May 2023 14	Oita Trinita	4–3	Zweigen Kanazawa	Ōita
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakagawa 10', 57' Nodake 38' Ando 41' Derlan 48'	Report	Sugiura 18' Hayashi 32', 71' Kato 55' Jefferson Baiano 88'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 7,788 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

13 May 2023 15	Oita Trinita	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Oita
15:00	Nakagawa 57'	Report	Ishikawa 12'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 12,096 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

17 May 2023 16	Montedio Yamagata	5–0	Oita Trinita	Yamagata
13:33		Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,432 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

21 May 2023 17	Oita Trinita	v	V-Varen Nagasaki	Ōita
14:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita

Emperor's Cup

7 June 2023 Second round	Oita Trinita	0–1	Verspah Oita	Ōita
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Nakamura 6'	Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita Attendance: 4,122 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

References

^ "選手・スタッフ一覧". 大分トリニータ公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

Official website

[1] "選手・スタッフ一覧". 大分トリニータ公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[2] FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

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