2014 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season	2014
Champions	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare 1st J2 title 3rd D2 title
Promoted	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata
Relegated	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1124 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Masashi Oguro (26 goals)
Highest attendance	20,636 Trinita vs Roasso
Lowest attendance	1,450 Kamatamare vs Tochigi SC
Average attendance	6,589
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 J. League Division 2 season was the 43rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season commenced on 2 March and ended on 23 November. Post-season promotion and relegation playoffs will be played until 7 December.

Clubs

Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning a promotion as champions and runners-up respectively. Fourth-placed Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis won the promotion playoffs and become the very first Shikoku club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Japan Soccer League, the first amateur nationwide football league in Japan. Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare and Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita were relegated from the first division immediately after promotion, and Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata have suffered their debut relegation after 20 years in the first division.

On the other end of the table, Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki have been promoted from 2013 Japan Football League, replacing Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori whom they defeated in the J2–JFL playoffs.

On 29 September the J. League licensing board issued J1 licenses to all J2 clubs except Mito HollyHock, FC Gifu !FC Gifu, and Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu.^[1] This means these three clubs are not eligible to play in J1 for 2015 season and therefore cannot be promoted directly or via playoffs.

Greater Tokyo Area
Chiba, Shonan, Tokyo, Yokohama

Locations of the 2014 J. League 2 teams

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	Relegated from J1 League in 2013
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	Not eligible for J1 promotion
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
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	Iwata, Shizuoka	Relegated from J1 League in 2013
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu Kagawa	Promoted from JFL in 2013
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
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	Ōita, Ōita	Relegated from J1 League in 2013
Verdy !Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki
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	Lee Kwang-seon	Oh Chang-hyun		Park Kun		Tam Sheang Tsung
Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	Wellington
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	Paulão	Renan	Jeong Shung-hoon	Lee Ho-seung	Stefano Lilipaly
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	Ricardo Lobo	Kim Min-je	Moon Dong-ju	Han Hee-hoon
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	Hugo					Piakai Henkel
Gifu !FC Gifu !FC Gifu	Henik	Kleiton Domingues	Cristian Nazarit		Tiago Pereira
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu
HollyHock !Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	Osmar			Yun Yeong-seung	Kim Song-gi
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Jair	Kempes	Kim Hyun-hun	Nam Seung-woo
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	Ferdinando	Popó	Tinga	Baek Sung-dong
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	Allan	Evson	Andrea Brede	Song Han-Ki
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	Park Tae-Hong			Kim Young-keun		Gao Zhunyi
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	Diego Souza	Kim Byeom-yong		Lee Joo-young	Romero Frank
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	Anderson	Fábio	Kim Byeong-yeon	Kim Jeong-seok	Pablo
Sanga !Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	Douglas	Jairo	Miloš Bajalica	Oh Seung-hoon	Hwang Te-song
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	Daniel Lovinho	Eder	Kweon Han-jin	Hwang Song-su	Hwang Tae-jun	Kaique
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	Lee Min-soo			Cha Young-hwan
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	Daniel	Dzenan Radoncic	Gang Yoon-goo	Kim Jeong-hyun		Jonathan
Verdy !Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	Abuda	Nildo		Kim Jong-pil
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	Stipe	Knez	Lee Yong-Jae	Lee Dae-heon		Jung Hoon-sung
Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	Sabia	Lee Jun-Hyeob		Yoon Sung-yeul
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Douglas	Ronaldo	Park Sung-ho	Na Sung-soo	An Yong-hak	Felipe

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare (C) (P)	42	31	8	3	86	25	+61	101	Qualification to 2015 J1 League
2	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga (P)	42	24	11	7	65	35	+30	83	Qualification to 2015 J1 League
3	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	42	18	14	10	55	44	+11	68	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs ¹
4	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	42	18	13	11	67	55	+12	67	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs ¹
5	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	42	18	11	13	50	50	0	65	Ineligible for promotion
6	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata (P)	42	18	10	14	57	44	+13	64	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs ¹
7	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	42	17	12	13	52	55	−3	63
8	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	42	15	16	11	52	48	+4	61
9	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	42	14	18	10	57	52	+5	60
10	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	42	15	14	13	48	44	+4	59
11	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	42	14	13	15	49	47	+2	55
12	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	42	15	10	17	52	58	−6	55
13	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	15	14	45	53	−8	54
14	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	42	12	16	14	45	42	+3	52
15	Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	42	12	14	16	46	46	0	50	Ineligible for promotion
16	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	42	13	11	18	52	60	−8	50
17	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	42	13	10	19	54	61	−7	49	Ineligible for promotion
18	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	14	7	21	45	54	−9	49
19	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	42	12	12	18	54	58	−4	48
20	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	42	9	15	18	31	48	−17	42
21	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	42	7	12	23	34	71	−37	33	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs ²
22	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama (R)	42	5	8	29	28	74	−46	23	Relegation to 2015 J3 League ²

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014.
Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ 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.
² The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League
(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	Shonan Bellmare !BEL	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	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Montedio Yamagata !MON	Roasso Kumamoto !ROS	Kyoto Sanga !SAN	Thespakusatsu Gunma !SPA	Tochigi SC !TOC	Oita Trinita !TRI	V-Varen Nagasaki !VVN	Tokyo Verdy !VER	Matsumoto Yamaga !YAM	Yokohama FC !YFC
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka		0–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–5	0–1	1–2	1–0
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	2–0		2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1
Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	1–1	2–0		0–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Ehime FC !Ehime FC	0–0	1–0	2–3		2–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–4	2–1
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
FC Gifu !FC Gifu	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–3	2–2		1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–2
Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	3–5	0–4	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–1		1–2	4–1	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	3–0	0–6	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	3–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0		4–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–4		2–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–1
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–1		1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–2	1–2
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	1–2	6–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–4
Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	2–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–3		1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2
Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–3	0–2
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0		4–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–1
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1		1–1	3–2	0–2	1–0
V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	1–0
Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	0–5	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5		1–3	1–1
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	2–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		2–0
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2

Updated to games played on 23 November 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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Play-offs

Promotion Playoffs to Division 1

Because Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu did not obtain J1 license for 2015 season, they were ineligible to participate in the playoffs. Thus, JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba who finished third in the season received a bye into the final.

Semifinal			Final

			3	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	0
4	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	1	6	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	1
6	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	2

Semifinal

30 November 2014
13:00

Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	1–2	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata
Yamazaki 45+3'	Report	Diego 26' Yamagishi 90+2'

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata, Shizuoka
Attendance: 11,239
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Final

7 December 2014
15:30

JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	0–1	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata
		Yamazaki 37'

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo
Attendance: 35,504
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

J3 Relegation Playoffs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–0	Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	0–0	1-0

30 November 2014
12:30

Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	0–0	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki
	Report

Nagano Athletic Stadium, Nagano, Nagano
Attendance: 8,944
Referee: Itaru Hirose

7 December 2014
12:30

Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	1–0	Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro
Kijima 71'

Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Marugame, Kagawa
Attendance: 6,170

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Masashi Oguro	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	26
2	Wellington	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	20
3	Takayuki Funayama	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	19
4	Ryoichi Maeda	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	17
4	Cristian Nazarit	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	17
6	Tomoki Ikemoto	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	15
7	Diego	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	14
	Daniel Lovinho	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	14
	Shohei Okada	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	14
	Ken Tokura	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	14

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	267,402	18,496	8,608	12,733	0.15324698849742+15.3%^†
2	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo	232,255	20,633	6,646	11,060	0.097766749379653+9.7%^†
3	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	195,999	14,575	5,957	9,333	-0.93292682926829−6.7%^†
4	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	184,261	13,177	6,108	8,774	-0.80532354290959−19.4%^†
5	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	178,041	14,155	5,963	8,478	-0.85541317727777−14.4%^†
6	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	176,859	20,636	5,028	8,422	-0.70684011749895−29.3%^†
7	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	176,477	12,359	6,117	8,404	-0.9801726148822−1.9%^†
8	FC Gifu !FC Gifu	159,259	15,138	3,162	7,584	0.67602209944751+67.6%^†
9	Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga	157,911	12,452	3,680	7,520	-0.95298441262197−4.7%^†
10	Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto	147,046	12,661	3,580	7,002	0.12445800546009+12.4%^†
11	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	133,316	13,344	4,270	6,348	-0.9042735042735−9.5%^†
12	Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy	114,023	12,658	2,434	5,430	-0.8560618004099−14.3%^†
13	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	111,178	9,131	3,155	5,294	0.07557903291345+7.5%^†
14	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	108,064	8,702	2,577	5,146	-0.84861477572559−15.1%^†
15	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	106,303	7,875	3,444	5,062	-0.88388335952506−11.6%^†
16	V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki	101,611	12,638	3,017	4,839	-0.78466028863305−21.5%^†
17	Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock	99,422	7,033	3,359	4,734	0.022462203023758+2.2%^†
18	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	89,596	8,018	2,622	4,266	-0.95350916405901−4.6%^†
19	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	80,228	8,295	2,057	3,820	-0.96708860759494−3.2%^†
20	Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma	78,961	6,407	1,509	3,760	0.052926351162139+5.2%^†
21	Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu	76,072	6,516	1,462	3,622	0.1407874015748+14.0%^†
22	Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki	69,664	10,421	1,450	3,317	0.06144+6.1%^‡
	League total	3,043,948	20,636	1,450	6,589	−1.1%^†

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J1.
^‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

References

↑ クラブライセンス交付第一審機関（ＦＩＢ）決定による　２０１５シーズン　Ｊリーグクラブライセンス交付について [J. League licensing for 2015 season.] (in Japanese). J. League. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

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List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016

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

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

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 2015

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 F.C. Tokyo !F.C. 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

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva

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 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)	Sagawa Printing !Sagawa Printing 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 FC !Jatco FC 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

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