2014 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season	2014
Champions	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka 2nd J. League title 2nd Japanese title
Relegated	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis
Champions League	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	774 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Ōkubo (18 goals)
Highest attendance	56,758 Reds vs Gamba
Lowest attendance	0 Reds vs S-Pulse
Average attendance	17,240
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The 2014 J. League Division 1 season was the 49th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 22nd since the establishment of the J. League in 1993. The season began on 1 March and ended on 8 December. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were the defending champions.

Due to Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, there was an extended break to allow for preparation after the 14th-week matches on 17 and 18 May, with the league resuming on 15 July for four clubs who participated in the 2014 AFC Champions League to play rescheduled 12th-week matches, and 19 July for other 14 clubs.^[1]

2014 saw the league played via a home and away system over a single season for the last time until at least 2020. From 2015 the league will revert to an Apertura and Clausura system, with a multi-team play-off 'super stage' to decide the champions, similar to the format used when the J. League began.^[2]

The league was won by Gamba Osaka, who won their second J. League title following a 0–0 away draw against Tokushima Vortis. They became the second league champions (after Kashiwa Reysol) to win the first division after being promoted as second division champions.

Clubs

18 teams compete in this year's competition. Both Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe return to J1 after a single season outside the top flight; they finished as the J. League Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively. Tokushima Vortis, who finished fourth in the regular season and won the promotion playoff, will make their top-flight debut, becoming the first club from Shikoku to do so. Those three teams replaced Oita Trinita, Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata; Júbilo were relegated from J1 for the first time after twenty seasons in the top tier, while Bellmare and Trinita were bumped down after cameo appearances in J1.

Albirex Niigata

Greater Tokyo Area†

Keihanshin Area‡

† Greater Tokyo teams

FC Tokyo
Kashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama F. Marinos

‡ Keihanshin teams

Cerezo Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe

Locations of the 2014 J. League 1 teams

Club Name	Coach	Home Town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	Masaaki Yanagishita	Niigata & Seiro, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Antlers !Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728
Ardija !Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Hiroki Shibuya	Omiya, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium	15,500
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Yuji Okuma	Osaka, Osaka	Nagai Stadium	47,816	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J. League fourth-placed)
F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	Yasuhiro Higuchi	Yokohama & Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Nissan Stadium	72,327	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J. League runners-up)
Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	Yahiro Kazama	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J. League Third placed team)
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Suita, Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	21,000	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2013
Grampus !Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	Akira Nishino	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Urawa, Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700
Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Nelsinho Baptista	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900
S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Katsumi Oenoki	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	Megumu Yoshida	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J. League winners)
Tokyo !FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	Massimo Ficcadenti	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Vortis !Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	Shinji Kobayashi	All cities/towns in Tokushima	Pocarisweat Stadium	20,441	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2013 (through a play-off system)
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshi Jofuku	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel !Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Ryo Adachi	Kobe, Hyōgo	Misaki Park Stadium	30,132	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2013

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract^[3]
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	Léo Silva	Rafael Silva	Lee Myung-Jae	Song Ju-Hun
Antlers !Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	Davi	Jorge Wagner	Luís Alberto		Caio
Ardija !Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Carlinhos Paraiba	Dragan Mrđa	Zlatan Ljubijankić	Cho Won-hee
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Cacau	Kim Seong-jun	Diego Forlán	Kim Jin-Hyeon		Gu Sung-Yun
F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	Fabio	Rafinha
Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	Jeci	Paulinho	Renato		An Byong-Jun
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Lins	Patric		Oh Jae-Suk
Grampus !Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	Leandro Domingues	Régis	Danilson Córdoba	Joshua Kennedy		Gustavo
Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Marcio Richardes
Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Dudu	Dudu	Leandro	Kim Chang-Soo
S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Dejan Jaković	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Milivoje Novaković	Lee Ki-Je	Bueno
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	Choi Sung-Keun	Kim Min-Hyeok		Kim Min-Woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mihael Mikić	Byeon Jun-Byum	Park Hyung-Jin	Hwang Seok-Ho
Tokyo !FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	Edu	Michele Canini
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Cristiano	Gilsinho	Marquinhos Paraná	Irfan Bachdim	Thiago Quirino
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Ramon Lopez	Wilson			Ryang Yong-Gi
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Fabio Simplicio	Marquinhos	Pedro Júnior	Jung Woo-Young
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	Adriano	Alex	Esteven	Kim Jong-Min	Lee Yon-Jick	Son Se-Hwang

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Vegalta Sendai	Graham Arnold	Mutual consent	Susumu Watanabe
Cerezo Osaka	Ranko Popović	Mutual consent	Marco Pezzaiuoli
Shimizu S-Pluse	Afshin Ghotbi	Mutual consent	Katsumi Oenoki
Sagan Tosu	Yoon Jung-Hwan	Sacked	Megumu Yoshida
Omiya Ardija	Kiyoshi Okuma	Sacked	Hiroki Shibuya
Cerezo Osaka	Marco Pezzaiuoli	Sacked	Yuji Okuma

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (C)	34	19	6	9	59	31	+28	63	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62
3	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	18	6	10	64	39	+25	60
4	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	34	17	9	8	48	40	+8	60	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round ¹
5	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	34	19	3	12	41	33	+8	60
6	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	7	11	56	43	+13	55
7	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	9	11	37	29	+8	51
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
9	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	34	12	12	10	47	33	+14	48
10	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	34	13	9	12	47	48	−1	48
11	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	34	11	12	11	49	50	−1	45
12	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	12	8	14	30	36	−6	44
13	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	34	9	14	11	27	31	−4	41
14	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	34	9	11	14	35	50	−15	38
15	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	34	10	6	18	42	60	−18	36
16	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija (R)	34	9	8	17	44	60	−16	35	Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	7	10	17	36	48	−12	31
18	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis (R)	34	3	5	26	16	74	−58	14

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014.
Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team \ Round
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	14	5	9	11	14	16	15	13	14	15	16	15	11	16	13	11	8	6	5	7	8	7	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	6	9	5	5	11	6	4	3	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	10	12	14	10	12	9	9	10	9	6	6	7	4	5	6	7	9	8	9	6	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	1	1	4	9	4	8	5	5	3	5	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	5
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	8	14	16	14	9	4	7	8	8	9	7	8	6	8	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	3	4	5	6	6	6
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	3	3	2	3	5	7	10	11	13	14	11	12	15	12	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	7	7
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	4	7	6	3	2	1	2	4	2	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	6	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	8
FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	10	12	13	16	15	12	13	12	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	9	7	5	7	5	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	12	7	6	4	6	11	12	15	15	13	14	11	13	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	8	11	8	12	7	3	3	1	2	3	5	6	3	3	5	6	6	9	8	9	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	10	10	11
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	5	10	10	6	8	10	6	7	7	7	8	5	8	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	17	15	15	13	13	15	16	14	12	12	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	16	13	13	13	13	13
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	4	8	12	15	16	14	11	6	6	8	10	10	9	9	12	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	15	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	16	16	11	8	10	13	14	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	15	5	3	2	2	5	8	9	11	11	9	9	10	13	14	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Last updated: 08 December 2014
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Matchday 12 results for 2014 AFC Champions League Participants (Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, Cerezo Osaka vs. Kawasaki Frontale), held on 15 July 2014, are included in Matchday 15 ranking. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka qualified to the Round of 16 of the 2014 AFC Champions League, in which the First Leg matches overlap with matches for Matchday 12

	Leader and qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2015 J2 League

Results

Home ╲ Away	Albirex Niigata !ALB	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Omiya Ardija !ARD	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA	Kawasaki Frontale !FRO	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus !GRA	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Sagan Tosu !SAG	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !SFR	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	FC Tokyo !TOK	Vegalta Sendai !VEG	Ventforet Kofu !VEN	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Tokushima Vortis !VOR
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	1–2		2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	2–2	2–1		2–0	2–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–3	1–3
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	0–0	1–4	1–1		2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–1
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	4–1	3–4	5–4	0–3		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	5–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–3	2–5	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2		3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–2		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	5–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–3		1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–0	0–1	4–4	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	4–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–0		1–1	4–3	2–1
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		2–0	0–1
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–5	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–0
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	1–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014.
Source: J. League Data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	18
2	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	15
3	Marquinhos	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	14
4	Pedro Júnior	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	13
	Yoshinori Muto	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	13
	Milivoje Novaković	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	13
7	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	12
	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	12
	Kensuke Nagai	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	12
10	Edu	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	11
	Leandro	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	11
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka
Rookie of the Year	Caio	Kashima Antlers
Manager of the Year	Kenta Hasegawa	Gamba Osaka
Top scorer	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	18 goals.

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Kosuke Ota (1)	F.C. Tokyo	Japan
DF	Masato Morishige (2)	F.C. Tokyo	Japan
DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
MF	Gaku Shibasaki (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Yoshinori Muto (1)	F.C. Tokyo	Japan
MF	Léo Silva (1)	Albirex Niigata	Brazil
MF	Yasuhito Endō (11)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo (2)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
FW	Takashi Usami (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Patric (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	603,770	56,758	0	35,516	-0.95730458221024−4.2%^†
2	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	428,184	42,059	13,048	25,187	0.0045467235671839+0.4%^†
3	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	392,496	40,571	11,088	23,088	-0.839685772476−16.0%^†
4	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	390,648	35,533	2,104	22,979	-0.8800168504902−11.9%^†
5	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	367,651	42,723	10,262	21,627	0.14921090387374+14.9%^†
6	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	300,310	32,099	8,840	17,665	0.075887691089591+7.5%^†
7	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	284,474	38,966	5,599	16,733	0.037062286953827+3.7%^†
8	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	283,241	19,668	10,609	16,661	0.0010213890891613+0.1%^†
9	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	257,949	18,914	11,144	15,173	0.020651150275797+2.0%^†
10	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	255,185	25,382	9,375	15,010	0.30340395970823+30.3%^†
11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	254,951	24,734	9,515	14,997	-0.92522672589302−7.4%^†
12	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	250,738	19,569	10,898	14,749	0.2004720820446+20.0%^†
13	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	241,577	19,824	8,539	14,210	0.0051637546862842+0.5%^†
14	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	240,323	23,277	8,276	14,137	0.22770299609205+22.7%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	206,904	36,505	5,416	12,170	-0.96480101474552−3.5%^†
16	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	183,791	14,182	7,001	10,811	-0.97064104866224−2.9%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	182,161	14,623	6,115	10,715	-0.8535808173345−14.6%^†
18	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	151,034	17,274	3,594	8,884	1.0432382704692+104.3%^†
	League total	5,275,387	56,758	0	17,240	0.00081272495065599+0.0%^†

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

References

↑ "J. League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.
↑ "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
↑ "Player registration and contracts". J. League. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

2014 in Japanese football

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Football clubs in Japan, 2016

J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 FC Tokyo U-23

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City FC Imabari

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori !ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC !Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection

2014 in Asian Football (AFC)

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '13–'14 '14–'15 Bahrain '13–'14 '14–'15 Bangladesh '13–'14 Bhutan A-Division National League Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '13–'14 '14–'15 Hong Kong '13–'14 '14–'15 India '13–'14 I-League '14 ISL '14–'15 I-League Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 '14–'15 Japan Jordan '13–'14 '14–'15 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '13–'14 '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '13–'14 '14–'15 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '13–'14 Northern Mariana Islands '13–'14 '14–'15 Oman '13–'14 '14–'15 Pakistan '13–14 '14–15 Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines Qatar '13–'14 '14–'15 Saudi Arabia '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Sri Lanka '14–'15 Syria '14 '14–'15 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '13–'14 '14–'15 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '13–'14 '14–'15

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Independance Cup Brunei '14–'15 Cambodia China Hong Kong Shield '13–'14 FA Cup '13–'14 Season Play-off Shield '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 India Fed Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup '14–'15 Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '13–'14 '14–'15 Iraq '13–'14 Japan Emperor's Cup '13 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '14 Jordan FA Cup '13–'14 Shield FA Cup '14–'15 Korea Republic Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '13–'14 Emir Cup '13–'14 Fed Cup Crown Prince Cup '14 Emir Cup '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '13–'14 Elite Cup FA Cup '14–'15 Laos Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Sultan Qaboos Cup '13–'14 League Cup '14 Sultan Qaboos Cup '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 Pakistan Palestine '13–'14 '14–'15 Philippines UFL FA Cup UFL FA League Cup PFF Championship '14–'15 Qatar Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '13–'14 Saudi Arabia King Cup CP Cup '13–'14 '14–'15 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE League Cup '13–'14 President's Cup '13–'14 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam Yemen

Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2014 GCC Champions League 2014 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup 2014 AFF Championship 2014 WAFF Championship 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations

J1 League champions

8 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2016)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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