Signings Report — J1 League 2019

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 181 real signings across the 18 clubs of J1 League; 180 are included in the hit-rate calculation (1 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 33%.

Hit rate by club

1º Kashima (3rd in the league · 4 eval.)
75%
2º Vissel Kobe (8th in the league · 11 eval.)
54%
3º Cerezo Osaka (5th in the league · 8 eval.)
50%
4º Consadole Sapporo (10th in the league · 5 eval.)
50%
5º Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6th in the league · 5 eval.)
50%
6º Yokohama F. Marinos (1st in the league · 14 eval.)
43%
7º Vegalta Sendai (11th in the league · 11 eval.)
41%
8º Nagoya Grampus (13th in the league · 8 eval.)
38%
9º Gamba Osaka (7th in the league · 6 eval.)
33%
10º Shimizu S-pulse (12th in the league · 9 eval.)
28%
11º Oita Trinita (9th in the league · 22 eval.)
27%
12º Kawasaki Frontale (4th in the league · 8 eval.)
25%
13º Sagan Tosu (16th in the league · 10 eval.)
20%
14º Jubilo Iwata (18th in the league · 8 eval.)
19%
15º Matsumoto Yamaga (17th in the league · 27 eval.)
17%
16º Shonan Bellmare (15th in the league · 11 eval.)
14%
17º Urawa (14th in the league · 6 eval.)
8%
18º FC Tokyo (2nd in the league · 7 eval.)
7%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Kashima5430175%
Vissel Kobe111152454%
Cerezo Osaka8832350%
Consadole Sapporo10º5521250%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima5521250%
Yokohama F. Marinos141444643%
Vegalta Sendai11º111125441%
Nagoya Grampus13º8830538%
Gamba Osaka6620433%
10ºShimizu S-pulse12º9921628%
11ºOita Trinita2222441427%
12ºKawasaki Frontale8804425%
13ºSagan Tosu16º101012720%
14ºJubilo Iwata18º8803519%
15ºMatsumoto Yamaga17º2727171917%
16ºShonan Bellmare15º111111914%
17ºUrawa14º660158%
18ºFC Tokyo770167%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Marcos JúniorYokohama F. Marinos267015+47.28Excellent
Musashi SuzukiConsadole Sapporo287513+27.01Excellent
David VillaVissel Kobe212813+27.09Excellent
ErikYokohama F. Marinos10788+37.37Excellent
Edigar JunioYokohama F. Marinos118811+07.21Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

Cerezo Osaka (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hiroaki Okuno32245972Excellent
Naoyuki Fujita25217001Good
Bruno Mendes24179261Excellent
Leandro Desábato18129401Fair
Ken Tokura1173310Fair
Koji Suzuki1140510Did not deliver
Jun Nishikawa11100Did not deliver
Hiroto Yamada1100Did not deliver

Consadole Sapporo (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Musashi Suzuki332875132Excellent
Lucas Fernandes31209823Fair
Anderson Lopes25155892Excellent
Yoshihiro Nakano1956500Did not deliver
Yuto Iwasaki86101Did not deliver

FC Tokyo (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jae Suk Oh12108001Below expectations
Hirotaka Mita1472712Fair
Sang-Ho Na2569721Below expectations
Kyosuke Tagawa1125310Did not deliver
Jael1524912Did not deliver
Arthur Feitoza821010Did not deliver
Tsuyoshi Kodama0000Did not deliver

Gamba Osaka (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Young-Gwon Kim32288011Good
Takashi Usami14119271Excellent
Tatsuya Tanaka827601Did not deliver
Lukian218000Did not deliver
Markel Susaeta515500Did not deliver
Yuto Suzuki311300Did not deliver

Jubilo Iwata (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lukian13111711Fair
Gerson Rodrigues1592750Fair
Masato Nakayama1464821Fair
Kentaro Moriya954801Below expectations
Yosuke Akiyama840901Did not deliver
Yasuyuki Konno536111Below expectations
Fabio325200Did not deliver
Lorenzo Ebecilio312000Did not deliver

Kashima (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ryohei Shirasaki25198553Excellent
Sho Ito26183171Good
Yuta Koike14113414Excellent
Kei Koizumi754100Did not deliver
Yuki Soma *57910Investment

Kawasaki Frontale (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jesiel15135001Fair
Leandro Damião23101793Below expectations
Kazuya Yamamura1895321Did not deliver
Kazuaki Mawatari1391712Fair
Maguinho850121Fair
Michael James Fitzgerald327000Fair
Caio César1100Did not deliver
Hiroki Mawatari0000Did not deliver

Matsumoto Yamaga (27 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ryo Takahashi32287113Fair
Tatsuya Morita31279000Below expectations
Yuya Hashiuchi27235300Below expectations
Hayuma Tanaka31227301Did not deliver
Ibuki Fujita27213400Fair
Ryo Nagai27168933Fair
Taro Sugimoto27167521Below expectations
Tomoki Imai18162000Did not deliver
Daizen Maeda18146121Below expectations
Hiroki Mizumoto13117010Fair
Serginho15115421Good
Yuzo Iwakami19111410Did not deliver
Keiya Nakami1886200Did not deliver
Leandro Pereira1280920Fair
Toyofumi Sakano1368120Fair
Eduardo761700Fair
Yamato Machida1355900Did not deliver
Hiroyuki Takasaki1843700Did not deliver
Takefumi Toma540510Did not deliver
Kohei Hattori536900Did not deliver
Tomohiko Murayama327000Did not deliver
Akira Ando87100Did not deliver
Hiroki Yamamoto36800Did not deliver
Nobuhisa Urata14500Did not deliver
Koki Tsukagawa33300Did not deliver
Toshiya Takagi11100Did not deliver
Kengo Nagai0000Did not deliver

Nagoya Grampus (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
João Schmidt32271522Excellent
Yutaka Yoshida30254104Good
Takuji Yonemoto28232202Good
Kosuke Ota1285500Did not deliver
Shuhei Akasaki2156650Below expectations
Mateus Castro941830Below expectations
Yohei Takeda317300Did not deliver
Kazuhiko Chiba1100Did not deliver

Oita Trinita (22 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Shun Takagi34306000Good
Kazuki Kozuka33258115Good
Ado Onaiwu312294102Good
Kento Misao26183112Below expectations
Noriaki Fujimoto21168482Excellent
Ryosuke Maeda20161300Did not deliver
Toshio Shimakawa22142801Did not deliver
Tatsuya Tanaka15132412Fair
Kaoru Takayama20116300Did not deliver
Thitipan Puangchan20102300Did not deliver
Yuki Kobayashi1194400Below expectations
Naoya Fukumori978701Fair
Kazushi Mitsuhira1776941Fair
Yuji Hoshi1152801Did not deliver
Honoya Shoji633400Did not deliver
Shintaro Shimada829000Did not deliver
Seigo Kobayashi727920Fair
Jun Okano426100Did not deliver
Takuya Marutani612400Did not deliver
Ryosuke Tone14500Did not deliver
Kenji Baba21600Did not deliver
William Popp0000Did not deliver

Sagan Tosu (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Isaac Cuenca29222661Good
Yohei Takaoka24216000Fair
Teruki Hara19154401Below expectations
Takuo Okubo1090000Below expectations
Takashi Kanai1090031Fair
Takeshi Kanamori1475701Did not deliver
Jeongsu Park972400Did not deliver
Karlo Bručić538600Below expectations
Nino Galović321000Did not deliver
Tiago Alves47402Did not deliver

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Douglas Da Silva Vieira25189474Excellent
Rhayner24165422Good
Emil Salomonsson19108721Below expectations
Leandro Pereira939340Fair
Akira Ibayashi427100Did not deliver

Shimizu S-pulse (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Elsinho27228944Good
Renato Augusto21166212Fair
Kenta Nishizawa23165573Excellent
Keita Nakamura21125711Below expectations
Yohei Nishibe14117100Did not deliver
Takuo Okubo1199000Below expectations
Kazunori Yoshimoto544400Did not deliver
Júnior Dutra1234610Did not deliver
Wanderson218000Did not deliver

Shonan Bellmare (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leandro Freire16142120Fair
Kosuke Taketomi18140051Good
Shota Kobayashi24118913Below expectations
Masahito Onoda965100Did not deliver
Hiroshi Ibusuki1452910Did not deliver
Hiroto Nakagawa1040500Did not deliver
Crislan612900Did not deliver
Leleu29200Did not deliver
Rick19010Did not deliver
Rafael Dumas12500Did not deliver
Sosuke Shibata1800Did not deliver

Urawa (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ewerton22176420Below expectations
Ryosuke Yamanaka22140604Below expectations
Daisuke Suzuki15115500Did not deliver
Kenyu Sugimoto2171020Did not deliver
Koya Yuruki824701Did not deliver
Katsuya Iwatake320201Fair

Vegalta Sendai (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Yoshiki Matsushita25215331Good
Simao Mate24199130Fair
Shun Nagasawa31195372Excellent
Ryohei Michibuchi25182850Fair
Jakub Słowik15135000Fair
Takayoshi Ishihara23123603Below expectations
Kaina Yoshio1388321Fair
Shingo Hyodo1366711Fair
Shogo Nakahara11200Did not deliver
Diogo Acosta11100Did not deliver
Ryutaro Iio0000Did not deliver

Vissel Kobe (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hotaru Yamaguchi34306532Excellent
Dankler29261400Good
Daigo Nishi29242307Good
David Villa282128132Excellent
Sergi Samper24162300Below expectations
Ryo Hatsuse17139101Below expectations
Hiroki Ilkura12108500Did not deliver
Gotoku Sakai12107302Good
Thomas Vermaelen870201Fair
Joan Oumari433810Fair
Noriaki Fujimoto716111Did not deliver

Yokohama F. Marinos (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marcos Júnior332670154Excellent
Theerathon Bunmathan25221934Excellent
Rikuto Hirose20172711Fair
Park Il-Kyu17153000Fair
Edigar Junio161188110Excellent
Erik12107883Excellent
Koji Miyoshi19103531Fair
Takuya Wada1085402Below expectations
Mateus Castro1172511Fair
Daichi Sugimoto436000Did not deliver
Makito Ito515700Did not deliver
Tadanari Lee1012910Did not deliver
Hirotsugu Nakabayashi12300Did not deliver
Jin Izumisawa0000Did not deliver
Signings Report · J1 League 2019 · December 23, 2019