2015 J2 League

Meiji Yasuda J2 League
Season	2015
Champions	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija
Promoted	Omiya Ardija Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka
Relegated	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1014 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jay Bothroyd (20 goals)
Highest attendance	20,234 (Consadole vs Tochigi SC, 23 November)
Lowest attendance	1,227 (Zweigen vs Ehime FC, 1 April)
Average attendance	6,845
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J2 League^[1] season was the 44th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on 8 March 2015 and ended on 23 November 2015.

Clubs

Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga have spent only 3 seasons in J2 after promoted from Japan Football League in 2012, becoming the first club based in Nagano Prefecture which have promoted to the top flight. Sixth-placed Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years. Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka and Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija have suffered relegation respectively after five and ten years from their last presence in J2.

On the other end of the table, Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama.

Greater Tokyo Area
Chiba, Omiya, Tokyo, Yokohama

Osaka

Locations of the 2015 J2 League teams

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Ardija !Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Omiya, Saitama	Relegated from J1 League in 2014
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Osaka, Osaka	Relegated from J1 League in 2014
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo, Hokkaidō
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	All cities/towns in Ehime
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	All cities/towns in Okayama
Gifu !FC Gifu !FC Gifu	All cities/towns in Gifu
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka	Not eligible for J1 promotion
HollyHock !Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	Mito, Ibaraki	Not eligible for J1 promotion
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba	2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off finalist
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	Iwata, Shizuoka	2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off contestant
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu Kagawa	Not eligible for J1 promotion
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Kumamoto
Sanga !Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	All cities/towns in Gunma	Not eligible for J1 promotion
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	Ōita, Ōita
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki
Verdy !Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo
Vortis !Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	All cities/towns in Tokushima	Relegated from J1 League 2014
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Yokohama, Kanagawa
Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa	Kanazawa, Ishikawa	Promoted from J3 League 2014

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of separation	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Oita Trinita	Kazuaki Tasaka	1 June	Sacked^[2]	Nobuaki Yanagida	2 July
Mito Hollyhock	Tetsuji Hashiratani	7 June	Sacked^[3]	Takayuki Nishigaya	27 June
Kyoto Sanga	Masahiro Wada	10 July	Sacked^[4]	Kiyotaka Ishimaru	10 July
Tochigi SC	Yuji Sakakura	20 July	Resigned^[5]	Yasuharu Kurata	21 July
Consadole Sapporo	Ivica Barbarić	24 July	Resigned^[6]	Shuhei Yomoda	24 July
Yokohama FC	Miloš Rus	15 September	Resigned^[7]	Hitoshi Nakata	15 September^[8]
Cerezo Osaka	Paulo Autuori	17 November	Sacked^[9]	Kiyoshi Okuma	17 November^[10]

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract
Yamaga !Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Carlinhos Paraiba	Mateus	Dragan Mrđa
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Moisés	Wellington		Lee Kwang-seon
Bellmare !Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Edmílson	Magno Cruz	Pablo Felipe	Kim Jin-hyeon
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	Nildo	Paulão	Cristian Nazarit	Gu Sung-yun	Irfan Bachdim
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	Park Chan-yong			Gang Yoon-goo		Park Seong-su
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama				Hwang Jin-sung
Gifu !FC Gifu !FC Gifu	Gilsinho	Henik	Leo Mineiro		Yun Chang-su
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu
HollyHock !Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	Song Ju-hun			Park Kwang-il	Kim Song-gi
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Paulinho	Nejc Pecnik		Kim Hyun-hun	An Byong-jun
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	Adaílton	Jay Bothroyd	Krzysztof Kaminski
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	Allan	Evson	Andrea	Han Chang-joo
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	Anderson	Kweon Han-jin		Kim Byeong-yeon
Sanga !Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	Daniel Lovinho	Ferro	Miloš Bajalica	Kim Nam-il	Hwang Te-song
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	Acleisson	Hugo	Tanque	Yoon Young-seung	Hwang Song-su	Kaique
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	Jhonatan	Han Hee-hoon	Lee Joo-young	Park Hyung-jin
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	Daniel	Evandro	Paulinho	Kim Jeong-hyun
Verdy !Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	Alan Pinheiro	Bruno Coutinho	Weslley	Ko Kyung-joon
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	Cho Min-woo			Lee Yong-jae	Ri Yong-jik
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	Alex	Estiven	Kim Kyung-jung	Kim Jong-min		Son Se-hwan
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Rok Štraus	Bae Hu-min	Park Tae-hong	Na Sung-soo	An Yong-hak
Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa	Jean Moser	Mendes		Cha Young-hwan

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija (C, P)	42	26	8	8	72	37	+35	86	Promotion to 2016 J1 League
2	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata (P)	42	24	10	8	72	43	+29	82	Promotion to 2016 J1 League
3	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka (O, P)	42	24	10	8	63	37	+26	82	Qualification to promotion playoffs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	42	18	13	11	57	40	+17	67
5	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	42	19	8	15	47	39	+8	65
6	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	42	15	15	12	42	33	+9	60
7	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	42	18	5	19	59	58	+1	59
8	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	42	16	10	16	43	41	+2	58
9	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	42	15	12	15	50	45	+5	57
10	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	42	14	15	13	47	43	+4	57
11	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	42	12	18	12	40	35	+5	54
12	Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa	42	12	18	12	46	43	+3	54
13	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	14	15	42	45	−3	53
14	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	42	13	14	15	35	44	−9	53
15	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	42	13	13	16	33	58	−25	52
16	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	42	12	15	15	30	33	−3	51
17	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	42	12	14	16	45	51	−6	50
18	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	13	9	20	34	56	−22	48
19	Mito HollyHock	42	10	16	16	40	47	−7	46
20	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	42	12	7	23	37	71	−34	43
21	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita (R)	42	8	14	20	41	51	−10	38	Qualification to relegation playoffs^{[lower-alpha 2]}
22	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC (R)	42	7	14	21	39	64	−25	35	Relegation to 2016 J3 League

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2015. Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League Standing
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
↑ The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2015 J3 League.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Omiya Ardija !ARD	Avispa Fukuoka !AVI	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Consadole Sapporo !CON	Ehime FC !EHI	Fagiano Okayama !FAG	FC Gifu !GIF	Giravanz Kitakyushu !GIR	Mito HollyHock !HOL	JEF United Chiba !JEF	Júbilo Iwata !JÚB	Kamatamare Sanuki !KAM	Roasso Kumamoto !ROS	Kyoto Sanga !SAN	Thespakusatsu Gunma !SPA	Tochigi SC !TOC	Oita Trinita !TRI	V-Varen Nagasaki !VVN	Tokyo Verdy !VER	Tokushima Vortis !VOR	Yokohama FC !YFC	Zweigen Kanazawa !ZWE
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija		2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–0
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1–3		1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	4–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	0–2
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	3–1	0–1		3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	2–3	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	3–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2		3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0
FC Gifu !FC Gifu	0–5	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–2
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–1		2–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Mito HollyHock	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	2–0	2–2	4–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–0		0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–1		0–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–2
Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	0–2	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–0
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	5–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	0–3	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	6–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–1	1–1
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–0
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–6	1–1		2–1
Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015.
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.

Play-offs

J1 Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals			Final


3	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1

6	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	0
			3	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1

			4	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	1
4	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	0

5	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	0

Semifinals

29 November 2015
15:30

Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki
Wellington 48'	Report

Level-5 stadium, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Attendance: 17,129

29 November 2015
15:30

Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Ehime FC !Ehime FC
	Report

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Attendance: 13,893

Final

6 December 2015
15:35

Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1–1	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka
Nakamura 87'	Report	Tamada 60'

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Attendance: 29,314

J3 Relegation Playoffs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oita Trinita	1–3	FC Machida Zelvia	1–2	0–1

29 November 2015
12:30

Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	2–1	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita
K. Suzuki 45+2', 72'	Report	Daniel 22'

Machida Municipal Athletic Stadium, Machida, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,629

6 December 2015
12:30

Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	0–1	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia
	Report	K. Suzuki 58' (pen.)

Ōita Bank Dome, Ōita, Ōita
Attendance: 14,217

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jay Bothroyd	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	20
2	Dragan Mrdja	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	19
3	Rui Komatsu	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	18
4	Adailton	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	17
5	Masashi Oguro	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	15
6	Nejc Pečnik	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	14
7	Ken Tokura	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	13
	Ataru Esaka	Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu
	Shohei Kiyohara	Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa
	Kazuki Hara	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu
11	Hiroaki Namba	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	12
11	Kazuki Saito	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	12
13	Akihiro Ienaga	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	11
13	Kazuhisa Kawahara	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	11
15	Keiya Nakami	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	10
	Shuto Minami	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy
	Diego Forlán	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka
	Keiji Tamada	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	256,880	17,212	8,047	12,232	-0.56558930965922−43.4%^†
2	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	251,161	20,234	6,981	11,960	0.081374321880651+8.1%^†
3	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	225,219	15,051	8,123	10,725	0.14914818386371+14.9%^†
4	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	210,865	13,576	6,946	10,041	0.14440392067472+14.4%^†
5	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	199,280	14,410	5,428	9,490	-0.87780963833133−12.2%^†
6	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	183,466	16,676	4,553	8,736	0.72580007902015+72.5%^†
7	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	176,652	15,820	4,346	8,412	0.00095192765349839+0.0%^†
8	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	158,194	15,152	4,103	7,533	-0.89444312514842−10.5%^†
9	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	157,306	16,920	3,206	7,491	-0.99614361702128−0.3%^†
10	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	147,785	13,132	3,956	7,037	0.0049985718366181+0.4%^†
11	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	129,756	8,814	3,539	6,179	-0.81474156118143−18.5%^†
12	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	118,751	16,629	2,691	5,655	0.041436464088398+4.1%^†
13	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	108,501	9,319	2,581	5,167	-0.97601057801284−2.3%^†
14	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	107,364	9,663	2,208	5,113	-0.99358725223475−0.6%^†
15	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	105,398	8,684	3,307	5,019	-0.56494822152184−43.5%^†
16	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	106,953	10,184	2,994	4,931	0.019012192601777+1.9%^†
17	Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa	103,120	12,353	1,227	4,910	0.42732558139535+42.7%^‡
18	Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	101,132	8,391	2,290	4,816	0.017321504013519+1.7%^†
19	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	86,077	11,303	1,618	4,099	0.090159574468085+9.0%^†
20	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	79,193	9,158	1,722	3,771	-0.98717277486911−1.2%^†
21	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	76,824	10,447	2,152	3,658	0.10280373831776+10.2%^†
22	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	73,243	8,501	1,939	3,488	-0.96300386526781−3.6%^†
	League total	3,162,194	20,234	1,227	6,845	0.038852633176506+3.8%^†

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: J. League data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J1.
^‡ Team played previous season in J3.

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Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

(former) Japan Football League 1992–98 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–93	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

List of champions Promotion / Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–93	1992 1993

No national third tier, 1994–98

Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017

List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017

Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

Japanese Regional Leagues 1966–present	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Regional Promotion Series Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup 1921–present	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 ~~1926~~ 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 ~~1934~~ 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 WW II 1946 ~~1947~~ ~~1948~~ 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Super Cup

League Cup seasons, 1976–present

JSL Cup 1976–1991	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

J.League Cup 1992–present	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Suruga Bank Championship

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

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