title: 2018 Mito HollyHock season
text: # 2018 Mito HollyHock season
  
  2018 Mito HollyHock season.
  
  ## Squad
  
  As of 30 January 2018.
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | JPN | Koji Homma |
  | 2 | DF | JPN | Taiki Tamukai |
  | 3 | DF | JPN | Takuma Hamasaki |
  | 4 | DF | JPN | Uduka Boniface |
  | 5 | DF | JPN | Makito Ito |
  | 6 | DF | BRA | Diego |
  | 7 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Funatani (captain) |
  | 8 | MF | JPN | Hiroyuki Mae |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Jefferson Baiano |
  | 10 | MF | JPN | Yuji Kimura |
  | 13 | MF | JPN | Keita Tanaka |
  | 14 | MF | JPN | Sho Sato |
  | 15 | FW | JPN | Takuya Miyamoto |
  | 17 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Tomita |
  | 18 | MF | JPN | Eiji Shirai |
  | 19 | MF | JPN | Yuichi Hirano |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | GK | JPN | Kei Koizumi |
  | 22 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Nakagawa |
  | 23 | MF | JPN | Ryo Toyama |
  | 24 | DF | JPN | Junya Hosokawa |
  | 26 | MF | JPN | Masato Kojima |
  | 31 | GK | JPN | Ryo Hasegawa |
  | 32 | MF | JPN | Atsushi Kurokawa |
  | 33 | DF | JPN | Ryoji Fukui |
  | 35 | DF | JPN | Shoki Ohara |
  | 39 | MF | JPN | Ryuya Motoda |
  | 40 | FW | JPN | Takeru Kishimoto |
  | 44 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagasaka |
  | 46 | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Ito |
  | 49 | FW | JPN | Keita Saito |
  | 50 | GK | JPN | Kenya Matsui |
  
  ### Out on loan
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | JPN | Ryo Ishii (on loan to Fukushima United FC) |
  | — | DF | JPN | Junya Imase (on loan to Kataller Toyama) |
  | — | DF | JPN | Takaaki Kinoshita (on loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
  
  ## J2 League
  
  | Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2018.02.25 | Mito HollyHock | 3-0 | Montedio Yamagata | K's denki Stadium Mito | 7,858 |
  | 2 | 2018.03.04 | JEF United Chiba | 0-0 | Mito HollyHock | Fukuda Denshi Arena | 11,285 |
  | 3 | 2018.03.11 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 1-2 | Mito HollyHock | Pikara Stadium | 2,693 |
  | 4 | 2018.03.17 | Mito HollyHock | 3-0 | Renofa Yamaguchi FC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,457 |
  | 5 | 2018.03.21 | Oita Trinita | 3-1 | Mito HollyHock | Oita Bank Dome | 6,133 |
  | 6 | 2018.03.25 | Mito HollyHock | 0-0 | Yokohama FC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 6,300 |
  | 7 | 2018.04.01 | Mito HollyHock | 0-1 | FC Machida Zelvia | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,717 |
  | 8 | 2018.04.07 | Ventforet Kofu | 1-1 | Mito HollyHock | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium | 6,741 |
  | 9 | 2018.04.15 | Mito HollyHock | 1-0 | Zweigen Kanazawa | K's denki Stadium Mito | 2,736 |
  | 10 | 2018.04.21 | Tokyo Verdy | 3-0 | Mito HollyHock | Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka | 3,726 |
  | 11 | 2018.04.28 | Mito HollyHock | 1-2 | Kyoto Sanga FC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,366 |
  | 12 | 2018.05.03 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 2-0 | Mito HollyHock | Matsumotodaira Park Stadium | 15,110 |
  | 13 | 2018.05.06 | Mito HollyHock | 0-1 | Tokushima Vortis | K's denki Stadium Mito | 3,605 |
  | 14 | 2018.05.13 | Mito HollyHock | 3-0 | Fagiano Okayama | K's denki Stadium Mito | 3,502 |
  | 15 | 2018.05.20 | Roasso Kumamoto | 2-1 | Mito HollyHock | Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium | 3,206 |
  | 16 | 2018.05.27 | Mito HollyHock | 0-2 | Avispa Fukuoka | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,592 |
  | 17 | 2018.06.02 | FC Gifu | 4-0 | Mito HollyHock | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium | 7,668 |
  | 18 | 2018.06.10 | Tochigi SC | 1-2 | Mito HollyHock | Tochigi Green Stadium | 3,960 |
  | 19 | 2018.06.16 | Mito HollyHock | 1-2 | Omiya Ardija | K's denki Stadium Mito | 5,468 |
  | 20 | 2018.06.23 | Ehime FC | 0-1 | Mito HollyHock | Ningineer Stadium | 2,449 |
  | 21 | 2018.06.30 | Albirex Niigata | 1-1 | Mito HollyHock | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 15,759 |
  | 22 | 2018.07.07 | Mito HollyHock | 5-0 | Kamatamare Sanuki | K's denki Stadium Mito | 3,884 |
  | 23 | 2018.07.16 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 0-1 | Mito HollyHock | Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium | 3,302 |
  | 24 | 2018.07.21 | Renofa Yamaguchi FC | 2-2 | Mito HollyHock | Ishin Me-Life Stadium | 4,909 |
  | 25 | 2018.07.25 | Mito HollyHock | 0-0 | Tochigi SC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 5,002 |
  | 26 | 2018.07.29 | Mito HollyHock | 4-1 | Ehime FC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 3,615 |
  | 27 | 2018.08.04 | Tokushima Vortis | 1-0 | Mito HollyHock | Pocarisweat Stadium | 4,457 |
  | 28 | 2018.08.11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2-0 | Mito HollyHock | Level5 Stadium | 9,012 |
  | 29 | 2018.08.18 | Mito HollyHock | 1-0 | JEF United Chiba | K's denki Stadium Mito | 6,122 |
  | 30 | 2018.08.26 | Fagiano Okayama | 0-1 | Mito HollyHock | City Light Stadium | 8,300 |
  | 31 | 2018.09.01 | Mito HollyHock | 1-1 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | K's denki Stadium Mito | 6,351 |
  | 32 | 2018.09.09 | FC Machida Zelvia | 0-0 | Mito HollyHock | Machida Stadium | 3,737 |
  | 33 | 2018.09.16 | Yokohama FC | 1-2 | Mito HollyHock | NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium | 7,976 |
  | 34 | 2018.09.23 | Mito HollyHock | 0-1 | Albirex Niigata | K's denki Stadium Mito | 7,110 |
  | 35 | 2018.09.29 | Mito HollyHock | 1-2 | Oita Trinita | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,001 |
  | 36 | 2018.10.06 | Omiya Ardija | 2-1 | Mito HollyHock | NACK5 Stadium Omiya | 7,537 |
  | 37 | 2018.10.14 | Mito HollyHock | 0-1 | Tokyo Verdy | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,100 |
  | 38 | 2018.10.21 | Mito HollyHock | 3-2 | Roasso Kumamoto | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,055 |
  | 39 | 2018.10.28 | Montedio Yamagata | 0-1 | Mito HollyHock | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata | 5,692 |
  | 40 | 2018.11.04 | Mito HollyHock | 2-0 | Ventforet Kofu | K's denki Stadium Mito | 4,801 |
  | 41 | 2018.11.11 | Mito HollyHock | 1-1 | FC Gifu | K's denki Stadium Mito | 7,056 |
  | 42 | 2018.11.17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 3-1 | Mito HollyHock | Ishikawa Athletics Stadium | 4,479 |
  