Two first-half goals propel Frontale past Jubilo
Two teams winless in their last six games stepped onto the Todoroki Stadium pitch needing a win for very different reasons. Only one walked away happy on Saturday night. Yasuto Wakizaka and Kazuya Yamamura outfoxed Jubilo Iwata goalkeeper Krzysztof Kaminski in the first half as Kawasaki ...
Kawasaki Frontale booked their place in the Levain Cup semifinals Sunday with a 4-2 aggregate win over Nagoya Grampus in their quarterfinal tie. Frontale will be joined in the penultimate stage of the league cup competition by Kashima Antlers, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo, following ...
Belgian top-flight side Antwerp has made an official offer for 22-year-old Japan midfielder Koji Miyoshi, sources said Tuesday. The attacking midfielder is currently on loan from Kawasaki Frontale to fellow J. League first-division side Yokohama F. Marinos. Miyoshi debuted for Japan in June at the Copa ...
First-division returnee Matsumoto Yamaga made life hard on title-chasing Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, holding the two-time defending champions to a scoreless draw. Content to let Frontale control the ball for most of the game, the visitors frustrated their opponents' efforts to create space in the ...
Sanfrecce Hiroshima held on for a 3-2 win over Kawasaki Frontale in the J. League first division Wednesday following a furious late comeback from the visitors. Sanfrecce stunned the two-time defending champions by taking a 3-0 lead through goals from Sho Sasaki, Douglas Vieira and ...
Kawasaki Frontale beat Oita Trinita 3-1 in the J. League first division on Saturday after captain Yu Kobayashi struck the winner midway through the second half. Manabu Saito opened the scoring for Frontale in the 51st minute at Todoroki Stadium, but the visitors equalized 10 ...
Kawasaki Frontale pulled off a stunning 1-0 victory against Chelsea in a friendly at Nissan Stadium on Friday. Striker Leandro Damiao headed in a Kengo Nakamura cross from close range in the 86th minute to secure the upset for the defending J. League champions. Chelsea struggled ...
Frontale overruns J. League leaders FC Tokyo in Tamagawa Classico
Yu Kobayashi scored his 100th career goal, sparking Kawasaki Frontale to a 3-0 J. League first-division win over league leaders FC Tokyo on Sunday. Kobayashi headed in the opener in the 20th minute of the "Tamagawa Classico" match at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium, and Manabu Saito ...
Takehiro Tomiyasu set for big move to Italy's Bologna
After a breakout season with Belgium's Sint-Truiden, defender Takehiro Tomiyasu appears set for a blockbuster move to Bologna in the Italian first division. According to journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Tomiyasu's transfer was indirectly revealed on Tuesday by Walter Sabatini, a longtime technical director for several ...
Kawasaki Frontale captain Yu Kobayashi equalized in the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw against Consadole Sapporo on Friday. In the return to J1 action following the international break, the two-time defending champions fell behind against the run of play when Consadole striker Musashi ...
Frontale salvage home draw against Grampus
Two of the league's strongest attacking clubs, a packed Todoroki Stadium and one of Japan's most popular all-girl rock acts bringing down the house. Business as usual for "Friday Night J. League," which continues to boost the league's image with extra doses of spectacle beyond ...
Shinzo Koroki and Yuki Muto struck in the first half as the Urawa Reds picked up a much-needed 2-1 win against Thai side Buriram United in Asian Champions League Group G on Tuesday. Fellow J. League side Kawasaki Frontale, meanwhile, finished in a 2-2 deadlock ...
