The 2023 season was Kawasaki Frontale's 19th consecutive season in the J1 League. It was a reasonably successful season. While Frontale didnâÂÂt progress past the group stages in the J.League Cup, and finished in the middle of the pack in 8th place in the J1 league, they won the 2023 EmperorâÂÂs cup competition, and won their group stage in the AFC Champions League, before being knocked out by Shandong Taishan on aggregate goals in the round of 16 - a respectable result although a letdown after coming in second in the 2022 tournament.
The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.
As Kawasaki is a J1 club, it starts the competition on the second round.
The club will start the competition at the group stage.
Frontale qualified to play the 2023âÂÂ24 AFC Champions League, after finishing the 2022 J1 League as runners-up. The club earned a direct spot into the competition's group stage. The group stage is planned by the AFC to start on 18 September 2023.