Ryuji Sato (佐藤 隆治, Satō Ryūji; born 16 April 1977) is a former Japanese football referee. He has officiated matches in the J1 League, AFC Champions League and FIFA World Cup qualifiers and is currently a director of referees in the J.League. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article GamesComments (0)Country refs----All games in Database----J-League 2008J-League Division 2 2009J-League 2009J-League Cup 2009EAFF E-1 Championship 2010J-League 2010Toulon 2010Friendlies 2011Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2014AFC Champions League 2012AFC Challenge Cup 2012J-League 2012AFC Champions League 2013J-League 2013Friendlies 2014AFC Champions League Qualifying 2014Super Cup 2014AFC Champions League 2014J-League 2014Emirates Cup 2014Friendlies 2015AFC Asian Cup 2015AFC Champions League Qualifying 2015AFC Champions League 2015J-League 2015Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2018J-League Cup 2015World Cup U-20 2015Emirates Cup 2015AFC U-23 Championship 2016AFC Champions League 2016J-League 2016J-League Cup 2016Kirin Cup Soccer 2016Olympic Games 2016Emperors Cup 2016/2017AFC Champions League 2017J-League 2017J-League Cup 2017Emperors Cup 2017/2018World Cup U-17 2017Friendlies 2018AFC U-23 Championship 2018AFC Champions League 2018J-League 2018Chinese Super League 2018A-League 2018/2019Club World Cup 2018AFC Asian Cup 2019AFC Champions League Qualifying 2019J-League 2019Chinese Super League 2019AFC Champions League 2019Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2022Arabian Gulf Cup 2019AFC U-23 Championship 2020AFC Champions League 2020J-League 2020J-League 2021AFC Champions League 2021Arab Cup 2021Friendlies 2022J-League 2022AFC Champions League 2022AFF Championship 2022----- by Federation -----Japan FIFA AFC China, PR Australia Filter team: GoList of games of referee Ryuji Sato Games on databaseFoulsCardsPenAtte 27-Dec-22AFFC Group B - M.3Vietnam 3:0 Malaysia 4 2 1 17545 23AFFC Group A - M.2Indonesia 2:1 Cambodia 2 25332 29-Oct-22J1-League M.33YokohamaM 4:1 Urawa 282 46387 22J1-League M.31Shimizu 1:1 Iwata 213 18182 08J1-League M.32Sapporo 1:2 Fukuoka 262 14202 22-Sep-22Friendlies Australia 1:0 N.Zealand 302 ? 17J1-League M.30Nagoya 0:0 Hiroshima 283 17082 10J1-League M.29Urawa 4:1 Kashiwa 285 1 28632 07J1-League M.25YokohamaM 3:0 Shonan 241 1 11388 27-Aug-22J1-League M.27Kawasaki 2:1 Kashima 175 1 20757 16-Jul-22J1-League M.22G Osaka 1:2 C Osaka 192 22531 10J1-League M.21Sapporo 0:0 Kashima 274 10724 02J1-League M.19Shimizu 3:5 YokohamaM 13 56131 18-Jun-22J1-League M.17Kashiwa 3:1 Kobe 173 1 12667 06Friendlies Korea Rep 2:0 Chile 3 1 ? 02Friendlies Korea Rep 1:5 Brazil 151 2 ? 25-May-22J1-League M.15C Osaka 2:0 Urawa 151 1 7436 18J1-League M.11Kobe 0:1 Kawasaki 14 10015 07J1-League M.12YokohamaM 2:1 Nagoya 302 22178 22-Apr-22ACL Group C - M.5Gharafa 0:1 Foolad 10 2 ? 10ACL Group C - M.2Shabab AE 1:1 Foolad 3 ? 29-Mar-22Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.22Syria 1:1 Iraq 3710 19J1-League M.5G Osaka 2:3 Fukuoka 325 11133 12J1-League M.4Shimizu 1:3 C Osaka 222 10887 02J1-League M.10Kawasaki 2:1 Urawa 235 14696 27-Feb-22J1-League M.2Kashiwa 3:1 YokohamaM 251 2 8918 06-Dec-21Arab Cup Group A - M.3Oman 3:0 Bahrain 1 ? 01Arab Cup Group D - M.1Algeria 4:0 Sudan ? 16-Oct-21ACL Quarter-finals - M.8Perspolis 0:3 Al-Hilal 6 14877 12Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.16U.A.E. 2:2 Iraq ? 07-Sep-21Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.14Korea Rep 1:0 Lebanon closed 02Qualif WC 3rd Round - Group A - M.13Iran 1:0 Syria closed 05-Jul-21ACL Group F - M.4Viettel F 1:3 BG Pathum 5 closed 26-Jun-21ACL Group F - M.1BG Pathum 4:1 Kaya 1 1 closed 11Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group G - M.11Malaysia 1:2 Vietnam closed 07Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group G - M.10U.A.E. 3:1 Thailand closed 27-Apr-21ACL Group C - M.5Al-Ahli 0:0 Esteghlal closed 20ACL Group D - M.3Foolad 1:1 Al-Nassr 4 closed 15ACL Group A - M.1Al-Hilal 2:2 AGMK 1 closed 03J1-League M.7Hiroshima 0:0 G Osaka 8665 21-Mar-21J1-League M.6Tokushima 2:1 YokohamaC 195 5180 14J1-League M.4YokohamaM 3:0 Urawa 201 4864 10J1-League M.3Kashima 3:1 Shonan 182 4546 03J1-League M.11Kawasaki 3:2 C Osaka 4756 27-Feb-21J1-League M.1Kobe 1:0 G Osaka 201 4636 08-Jul-20J1-League M.3YokohamaM 3:2 Shonan 307 closed 04J1-League M.2G Osaka 1:2 C Osaka 161 1 closed 21-Feb-20J1-League M.1Shonan 2:3 Urawa 191 1 13071 11ACL Group C - M.1Sharjah 0:1 Taawon 6 8253 22-Jan-20U-23 AFC Chmps Semi-finals - M.5Saudi Arb 1:0 Uzbekistan 5 ? 18U-23 AFC Chmps Quarter-finals - M.4Australia 1:0 Syria 4 ? 13U-23 AFC Chmps Group D - M.2Jordan 0:0 Vietnam 2 ? 08U-23 AFC Chmps Group A - M.1Thailand 5:0 Bahrain 2 7076 05-Dec-19Arab Gulf Cup Semi-finals - M.4Iraq 2:2 Bahrain 4 ? 02Arab Gulf Cup Group A - M.3Qatar 4:2 U.A.E. 4 2 ? 23-Nov-19J1-League M.32Nagoya 0:0 Tosu 3 26124 14Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group D - M.7Uzbekistan 2:3 Saudi Arb 21524 09J1-League M.31YokohamaM 4:2 Sapporo 3 1 13617 02J1-League M.30Shimizu 1:2 Iwata 5 1 17762 10-Oct-19Qualif WC 2nd Round - Group B - M.5Jordan 0:0 Kuwait 10720 05J1-League M.28Tosu 2:1 FC Tokyo 11616 ...* Penalties given, not necessarily scored --- Today Top Games --- 1. 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