2013 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season	2013
Champions	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka 1st J2 title 2nd D2 title
Promoted	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis
Relegated	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kempes (22 goals)
Highest attendance	24,813 Sapporo vs Kitakyushu
Lowest attendance	1,104 Ehime vs Kumamoto
Average attendance	6,665
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 J. League Division 2 season is the 42nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 15th season since the establishment of J2 League. The regular season began on 3 March and ended on 24 November, followed by the promotion play-offs among four clubs ranked between 3rd and 6th at the end of regular season. Gamba Osaka became champions, and Vissel Kobe became runners-up, both returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. The other promoted team is third runners-up (fourth placers) Tokushima Vortis, who won the promotion playoff final, defeating Kyoto Sanga FC. With the win, Vortis are making their J1 debut, becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.

Clubs

Ventforet Kofu and Shonan Bellmare, champions and runners-up in the previous season, and Oita Trinita, winners of the promotion play-offs for 2012, were promoted to J1, then Consadole Sapporo, Vissel Kobe, and Gamba Osaka were relegated to J2 instead. Sapporo returned to J2 only after one season in the top-flight, and Kobe returned to J2 second time after 2006 season, while Gamba suffers their very first relegation to the second-tier after J. League Division 2 was established in 1999, and the first relegation since their former organization, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated after the 1986-87 season of JSL.

V-Varen Nagasaki, champions of the 2012 Japan Football League, are promoted to J2 while F.C. Machida Zelvia, promoted to J2 from the previous season and ranked 22nd, were relegated back to 2013 Japan Football League only after spending one season in J2.

In February, Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu changed their name to Thespakusatsu Gunma.

Greater Tokyo Area

Keihanshin Area

Greater Tokyo teams

JEF Chiba
Tokyo Verdy
Yokohama FC

Keihanshin teams

Gamba Osaka
Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe

Locations of the 2013 J. League 2 teams

The expected participant clubs are as follows:

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo, Hokkaidō	Relegated from J1 League in 2012
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	All cities/towns in Ehime
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	All cities/towns in Okayama
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	All cities/towns in Tottori
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Suita, Osaka	Relegated from J1 League in 2012
Gifu !FC Gifu !FC Gifu	All cities/towns in Gifu
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
HollyHock !Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	Mito, Ibaraki
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	All cities/towns in Toyama
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	All cities/towns in Yamagata
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
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Verdy !Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Kobe, Hyōgo	Relegated from J1 League in 2012
Vortis !Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	All cities/towns in Tokushima
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki	Champions of JFL in 2012
Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	Matsumoto, Nagano
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Yokohama, Kanagawa

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Park Gon	Bratislav Punosevac	Oh Chang-hyun	Kim Min-je		Chang Jong-won
Consadole !Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	Ferro	Paulao	Cho Sung-jin	Lê Công Vinh
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	Alair	Ante Tomic	Osmar
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	Piakai Henkel			Kim Min-kyun
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	Dudu	Ansger Otto
Gamba !Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Rocha	Paulinho		Oh Jae-suk
Gifu !FC Gifu !FC Gifu	Desmond	Blaže Ilioski	Stipe Plazibat	Ri Han-jae	Kayne Vincent
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	Ahn Young-gyu	Kim Dong-hee	Lee Keun-ho	Nam Il-woo
HollyHock !Mito HollyHock				Kim Yong-gi
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Kempes	Kim Hyun-hun		Nam Seung-woo
Kataller !Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	Kim Young-keun	Yang Hae-joon		Seo Yong-duk
Montedio !Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	Romero Frank	Lee Joo-young	Álvaro Peña		Kim Byeom-yong
Roasso !Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	Douglas	Fabio	Ro Hyung-gu
Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	Wilfried Sanou	Miloš Bajalica	Kang Song-ho	Oh Seung-hoon	Hwang Te-song
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	Eder	Daniel Lovinho	Kweon Han-jin	Hwang Te-jun	Hwang Song-su
Tochigi !Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	Cristiano	Paulinho	Sabia	Cha Young-hwan
Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy				Kim Jong-pil
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	Alex	Douglas		Kim Jong-min
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	Rodrigo Cabeça	Park Gwang-il		Yoon Sung-yeul
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Mazinho	Popó	Estiven	Lee Kwang-seon	Kim Song-gi	Gang Yoon-goo
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	Cho Min-woo			Oh Chang-hyun
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Bae Hu-min	Patrick Vieira		Bae Seung-jin		Na Sung-soo

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (C) (P)	42	25	12	5	99	46	+53	87	Promotion to 2014 J.League Division 1
2	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe (P)	42	25	8	9	78	41	+37	83	Promotion to 2014 J.League Division 1
3	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	42	20	10	12	68	46	+22	70	Qualification for Promotion Playoffs ¹
4	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis (O) (P)	42	20	7	15	56	51	+5	67
5	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	42	18	12	12	68	49	+19	66
6	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	42	19	9	14	48	40	+8	66
7	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	42	19	9	14	54	54	0	66
8	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	42	20	4	18	60	49	+11	64
9	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	42	17	12	13	61	55	+6	63
10	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	42	16	11	15	74	61	+13	59
11	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	42	15	13	14	49	46	+3	58
12	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	42	13	17	12	52	48	+4	56
13	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	42	14	14	14	52	58	−6	56
14	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	42	15	11	16	47	54	−7	56
15	Mito HollyHock	42	14	13	15	50	58	−8	55	Ineligible for promotion
16	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	42	13	10	19	50	60	−10	49	Ineligible for promotion
17	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	42	12	11	19	43	52	−9	47
18	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	42	11	11	20	45	59	−14	44
19	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	42	10	13	19	40	70	−30	43
20	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	9	13	20	43	61	−18	40
21	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	42	9	10	23	37	80	−43	37	Ineligible for promotion
22	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori (R)	42	5	16	21	38	74	−36	31	Qualification for Relegation Playoffs ²

Updated to games played on 8 December 2013.
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Only teams that meet J1 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.
² Promotion/Relegation Play-offs between J2 and JFL will take place between Kamatamare Sanuki, 2nd-placed club of 2013 Japan Football League with J. League Associate Membership, and 22nd-ranked club of 2013 J2
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Avispa Fukuoka !AVI	Consadole Sapporo !CON	Ehime FC !EHI	Fagiano Okayama !FAG	Gainare Tottori !GAI	Gamba Osaka !GAM	FC Gifu !GIF	Giravanz Kitakyushu !GIR	Mito HollyHock !HOL	JEF United Chiba !JEF	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Montedio Yamagata !MON	Roasso Kumamoto !ROS	Kyoto Sanga !SAN	Thespakusatsu Gunma !SPA	Tochigi SC !TOC	V-Varen Nagasaki !VVN	Tokyo Verdy !VER	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Tokushima Vortis !VOR	Matsumoto Yamaga !YAM	Yokohama FC !YFC
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka		0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–5
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	3–0		3–0	2–2	3–0	1–3	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	2–2	3–2		0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	4–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–1
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	1–1	3–2	1–1		2–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	4–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0		1–7	3–4	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–6	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	3–3	5–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0
FC Gifu !FC Gifu	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–8		3–1	1–4	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0		0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	7–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–2	1–1
Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	4–1	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–2
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	6–1	2–0		3–2	1–3	6–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	3–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	4–1	5–1
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–1		1–3	2–3	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1
Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–4	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–1
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–3		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	1–0
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	2–0	4–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–0		2–2	4–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–0
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0		2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0
Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	2–1	3–3	2–1		2–1	1–1	1–3	1–3
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		3–2	7–0	1–0
Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–5	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1		2–0	0–1
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–1
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–3

Updated to games played on 24 November 2013.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Play-offs

Promotion Playoffs to Division 1

Teams that finished 3rd to 6th participate in play-off series for the last J1 promotion berth.

Semifinals			Final


3	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	0

6	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	0
			3	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	0

			4	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	2
4	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	1

5	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	1

Semifinals

1 December 2013
14:04

Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	0–0	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki
	Report

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
Attendance: 12,387
Referee: Ryuji Sato

1 December 2013
14:04

Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	1–1	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba
Douglas 37'	Report	40' Yamaguchi

Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto, Tokushima
Attendance: 9,301
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

If the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best league ranking.

Final

8 December 2013
15:30

Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	0–2	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis
	Report	Chiyotanda 39' Tsuda 43'

National Olympic Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,266
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Tokushima Voltis will be promoted to 2014 J. League Division 1

JFL Relegation Playoffs

The last-placed Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori faced 2013 Japan Football League runners-up Kamatamare Sanuki in a two-legged playoff series.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	1–2	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–1	0–1

1 December 2013
13:03

Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–1	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori
Takahashi 47'	Report	50' Mori

Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Marugame, Kagawa
Attendance: 5,793
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

8 December 2013
13:00

Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	0–1	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki
	Report	Takahashi 20'

Tottori Bank Bird Stadium, Tottori, Tottori
Attendance: 6,313
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Gainare Tottori will be relegated to 2014 J3 League

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Kempes	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	22
2	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	19
3	Yoshihiro Uchimura	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	17
4	Cristiano	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	16
	Keijiro Ogawa	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	16
	Popó	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	16
	Sabiá	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	16
8	Tomohiro Tsuda	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	14
9	Ryuichi Hirashige	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	13
9	Leandro	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka^[1]	13

Updated to games played on 24 November 2013
Source: J. League

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
March	Popó	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
April	Leandro	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
May	Oh Seung-Hoon	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga
June	Ryohei Hayashi	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata
July	Koji Yamase	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga
August	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
September	Keijiro Ogawa	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
October	Kempes	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba
November

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	257,996	18,041	8,045	12,286	-0.83137095682772−16.8%^†
2	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	241,841	23,012	4,151	11,516	-0.78671949719907−21.3%^†
3	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	231,866	17,148	7,153	11,041	0.15843038505928+15.8%^†
4	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	211,568	24,813	4,837	10,075	-0.83902398401066−16.0%^†
5	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	210,078	15,982	6,511	10,004	0.077901088244801+7.7%^†
6	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	180,056	18,269	6,234	8,574	0.073763306199123+7.3%^†
7	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	165,717	15,380	4,314	7,891	0.084971813556992+8.4%^†
8	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	147,416	17,223	4,433	7,020	-0.9544527532291−4.5%^†
9	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	133,201	18,705	2,539	6,343	0.1876053173563+18.7%^†
10	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	130,769	12,003	3,339	6,227	0.063535439795047+6.3%^†
11	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	129,517	18,153	2,093	6,167	0.68681619256018+68.6%^‡
12	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	127,354	12,490	2,139	6,064	0.0041397582381189+0.4%^†
13	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	120,270	14,526	2,640	5,727	0.025241675617615+2.5%^†
14	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	103,360	10,687	2,103	4,922	0.27844155844156+27.8%^†
15	Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	97,237	10,025	2,513	4,630	0.16536622199849+16.5%^†
16	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	95,032	11,719	2,341	4,525	0.059718969555035+5.9%^†
17	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	93,960	13,639	2,315	4,474	0.34596871239471+34.5%^†
18	Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis	91,303	8,897	1,875	4,348	0.089451265347031+8.9%^†
19	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	86,033	10,096	1,530	4,097	0.30769230769231+30.7%^†
20	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	82,952	10,381	1,104	3,950	0.088454119592174+8.8%^†
21	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	74,990	7,810	1,472	3,571	0.068841664172403+6.8%^†
22	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	66,665	7,207	1,607	3,175	-0.94889420203228−5.1%^†
	League total	3,079,181	23,012	1,104	6,665	0.14814814814815+14.8%^†

Updated to games played on 24 November 2013
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J1.
^‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

References

↑ Plays for Gamba until June

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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

2013 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Cup competitions

International club

Related to national teams

Men	Summary Qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup EAFF East Asian Cup

Women	EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

Youth	AFC U-22 Asian Cup AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka Kashiwa Reysol Nagoya Grampus Vegalta Sendai

J. League Division 2	F.C. Gifu Matsumoto Yamaga V-Varen Nagasaki

Japan Football League	Fujieda MYFC

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