List of winners of J2 League and predecessors

Japanese League (2nd tier)
Japan Soccer League Second Division (1972–1992) (former) Japan Football League Division 1 (1992–1993) (former) Japan Football League (1994–1998) J. League Division 2 (1999–2014) J2 League (2015–present)
Country
Japan
Founded
1972
Number of Teams
22 (2016 season)
Current Champions
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (2016)
Most successful club
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (6 championships)

A national second tier of Japanese league football was first established in 1972, as the Japan Soccer League Second Division. In 1992, with the breakup of the JSL and restructuring of the top flight into the J. League, the (former) Japan Football League became the second tier. In 1999 the J. League has established a second division (officially known as J. League Division 2).

Japan Soccer League Second Division (1972–1992)

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of wins at the date.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1972	Toyota Motors !Toyota Motors	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals !Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
1973	Eidai Industries !Eidai Industries	Kofu SC !Kofu SC^†
1974	Yomiuri SC !Yomiuri SC^†	Fujitsu SC !Fujitsu SC^†
1975	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals !Tanabe Pharmaceuticals^†	Yomiuri SC !Yomiuri SC^†
1976	Fujitsu SC !Fujitsu SC	Yomiuri SC !Yomiuri SC^†
1977	Yomiuri SC !Yomiuri SC (2)	Nissan Motors !Nissan Motors^†
1978	Honda Motors !Honda Motors^†	Nissan Motors !Nissan Motors
1979	Toshiba Horikawacho !Toshiba Horikawacho^†	Yamaha Motors !Yamaha Motors
1980	Honda Motors !Honda Motors (2)	Fujitsu SC !Fujitsu SC^†
1981	Nippon Kokan !Nippon Kokan	Nissan Motors !Nissan Motors
1982	Yamaha Motors !Yamaha Motors	Toshiba SC !Toshiba SC^†
1983	Nippon Kokan !Nippon Kokan (2)	Sumitomo Metal Industries !Sumitomo Metal Industries^†
1984	Sumitomo Metal Industries !Sumitomo Metal Industries	ANA Yokohama !ANA Yokohama
1985	Matsushita Electric !Matsushita Electric	Mazda SC !Mazda SC
1986–87	Sumitomo Metal Industries !Sumitomo Metal Industries (2)	Toyota Motors !Toyota Motors
1987–88	ANA Yokohama !ANA Yokohama	Matsushita Electric !Matsushita Electric
1988–89	Toshiba SC !Toshiba SC (2)	Hitachi SC !Hitachi SC
1989–90	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries !Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Toyota Motors !Toyota Motors
1990–91	Hitachi SC !Hitachi SC	Mazda SC !Mazda SC
1991–92	Fujita SC !Fujita SC^‡	Sumitomo Metal Industries !Sumitomo Metal Industries

^† Not promoted to Division 1 due to losing promotion/relegation series
^‡ Not promoted to the newly formed J. League

(former) Japan Football League Division 1 (1992–1993)

An extra season of Japanese football was done by the Japan Football League in late 1992, as the top flight clubs were still re-organizing and adopting new identities before the J. League kicked off in 1993.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1992	Yamaha Motors !Yamaha Motors^† (2)	Hitachi SC !Hitachi SC^†
1993	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare (2)	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata

^† Not promoted to J. League

(former) Japan Football League (1994–1998)

In 1994, the Japan Football League Division 2 was abolished.

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1994	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol
1995	Fukuoka Blux !Fukuoka Blux	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga
1996	Honda Motors !Honda Motors^† (3)	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
1997	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (3)	Tokyo Gas !Tokyo Gas^†
1998	Tokyo Gas !Tokyo Gas^†	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale^†

^† Not promoted to J. League (J1 after 1998)

J2 League (1999–present)

From 1999 to 2014 the league was known as J. League Division 2.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Playoff winner
1999	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale (2)	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita^†
2000	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita^†
2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata^†
2002	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata^†
2003	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale^†
2004	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale (3)	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka^‡
2005	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga (2)	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu
2006	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
2007	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (5)	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga
2008	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai^‡
2009	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare
2010	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol (2)	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka
2011	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo (2)	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo
2012	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga^†	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita (6th)
2013	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (2)	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga^†	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis (4th)
2014	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare (3)	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba^†	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata (6th)
2015	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka (3rd)
2016	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (6)	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	TBD

^† Not promoted to J1
^‡ Not promoted to J1 due to losing promotion/relegation series
For play-off winners, the number in parentheses indicates their position after the end of the season.

Total wins

Clubs in bold compete in J2 as of 2016 season. Clubs in italic no longer exist.
Years in italic indicate seasons of amateur football (Japan Soccer League D2 and former Japan Football League).

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	6	1	1979, 1988–89, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2016	1982
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	3	3	1976, 1999, 2004	1974, 1980, 1998
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	3	1	1991–92, 1993, 2014	2012
Honda FC !Honda FC	3	0	1978, 1980, 1996
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	2	4	1990–91, 2010	1988–89, 1992, 1994, 2006
Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	2	3	1974, 1977	1975, 1976, 2007
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	2	3	1982, 1992	1979, 1993, 2015
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	2	2	1984, 1986–87	1983, 1991–92
FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	2	2	1998, 2011	1997, 1999
Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	2	1	2001, 2005	1995
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	2	1	1985, 2013	1987–88
NKK SC !NKK SC	2	0	1981, 1983
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	3	2008	1985, 1990–91, 2003
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	1	2	1972	1986–87, 1989–90
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	1	2	1994	2002, 2009
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	1	2	2012	1973, 2010
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals !Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	1	1	1975	1972
Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels	1	1	1987–88	1984
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	1989–90	2000
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	1	1	1995	2005
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	1	1	2009	2001
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	1	1	2015	2004
Eidai Industries !Eidai Industries	1	0	1973
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	1	0	2002
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	1	0	2003
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	1	0	2006
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	0	3		1977, 1978, 1981
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	0	2		1996, 2013
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	0	1		2008
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	0	1		2011
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	0	1		2014
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	0	1		2016

Sources

Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan

Football in Japan

Japan Football Association

National teams

League System

Men:	J.League J1 League J2 League J3 League Japan Football League Regional Leagues Hokkaido Tohoku Kantō Hokushinetsu Tōkai Kansai Chūgoku Shikoku (ja) Kyushu (ja)

Women:	L. League

Futsal:	F.League

Domestic cups

Reserve & Academy

Culture

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 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

J.League 1993–present J1 League since 1999	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

List of champions J.League Championship Promotion / Relegation series Super Cup

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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