The 2023 J. League kicks off with the clash of the titans. Kawasaki Frontale, champions four times in the past six seasons, host the new defending champions, Yokohama F. Marinos, on the opening night of Friday, February17, with the rest of the league commencing over the rest of that weekend.
Yokohama head coach Kevin Muscat is looking for more of the same entertaining, attacking football that worked so well for the club in 2022 and must have been a lot of fun to play as well as to watch.
Preview
Yokohama come into 2023 with three big gaps to fill. Tomoki Iwata, the resourceful defender and 2022 J. League Player of the Year, has become
