2013 J.League Division 1
Season | 2013 |
---|---|
Champions | Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2nd J. League title 7th Japanese title |
Relegated | Oita Trinita Júbilo Iwata Shonan Bellmare |
Champions League | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Cerezo Osaka |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 879 (2.87 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yoshito Ōkubo (26 goals) |
Highest attendance | 62,632 F. Marinos vs Albirex |
Lowest attendance | 5,698 Júbilo vs Albirex |
Average attendance | 17,226 |
← 2012 2014 → |
The 2013 J.League Division 1 season was the 48th season of Japanese top-flight football and 21st since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on 2 March and finished on 7 December.[1]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the defending champions.
Clubs[]
Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Consadole Sapporo returned to J2 after only one season in the top flight, while Vissel Kobe was relegated after six seasons in the top flight. Gamba Osaka, instead, was relegated for the first time since the creation of J. League in 1993 and first time since their forerunners, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated to the second Division of Japan Soccer League after the 1986–87 season.
The three relegated teams were replaced by 2012 J.League Division 2 champions Ventforet Kofu, runners-up Shonan Bellmare and sixth-placed and play-off winner team Oita Trinita. Kofu made an immediate return to the top division, while Shonan after a two-year absence. In the end, Oita beat JEF United Chiba in the playoff final and returned in J1 after three seasons in the second division. Due to Oita's promotion, it will be the first time to have 2 clubs in the top-flight league competitions from Kyushu since 2006, and Kansai region will have only one club competing in the top flight first time since 1994 season due to Kobe and Gamba's relegations.
Club Name | Home Town(s) | Stadium | Capacity | Note(s) |
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Albirex Niigata | Niigata & Seirō, Niigata | Big Swan Stadium | 42,300 | |
Kashima Antlers | Kashima, Ibaraki | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 40,728 | |
Omiya Ardija | Omiya, Saitama | NACK5 Stadium | 15,500 | |
Cerezo Osaka | Osaka | Nagai Stadium | 47,816 | |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama & Yokosuka | Nissan Stadium | 72,327 | |
Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | 26,232 | |
Nagoya Grampus | Nagoya, Aichi | Mizuho Athletic Stadium | 27,000 | |
Júbilo Iwata | Iwata, Shizuoka | Yamaha Stadium | 15,165 | |
Oita Trinita | Ōita | Ōita Stadium | 40,000 | Promoted from J2 League (6th place/play-off winner in J2 2012) |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Urawa, Saitama | Saitama Stadium | 63,700 | 2013 ACL participant (3rd place in J1 2012) |
Kashiwa Reysol | Kashiwa, Chiba | Kashiwa Soccer Stadium | 15,900 | 2013 ACL Participant (2012 Emperor's Cup Winners) |
Shimizu S-Pulse | Shizuoka | IAI Stadium Nihondaira | 20,339 | |
Sagan Tosu | Tosu, Saga | Tosu Stadium | 24,490 | |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Big Arch | 50,000 | 2013 ACL participant (Champions in J1 2012) |
Shonan Bellmare | Hiratsuka, Kanagawa | Shonan BMW Stadium | 18,500 | Promoted from J2 League (Runners-up in J2 2012) |
FC Tokyo | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 49,970 | |
Vegalta Sendai | Sendai, Miyagi | Yurtec Stadium | 19,694 | 2013 ACL participant (Runners-up in J1 2012) |
Ventforet Kofu | Kofu, Yamanashi | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium | 17,000 | Promoted from J2 League (Champions in J2 2012) |
Foreign players[]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Non-Visa Foreign | Type-C Contract |
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Albirex Niigata | Léo Silva | Roger Gaúcho | Kim Kun-Hoan | Kim Jin-Su | ||
Kashima Antlers | Davi | Juninho | ||||
Omiya Ardija | Lucas Neill | Milivoje Novaković | Zlatan Ljubijankič | Cho Young-Cheol | ||
Shonan Bellmare | Alex Santana | Wellington | Stevica Ristić | Han Kook-Young | ||
Cerezo Osaka | Branquinho | Edno | Fábio Simplício | Kim Jin-Hyeon | Gu Sung-Yun | |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Dutra | Fabio | Marquinhos | Jeong Dong-Ho | ||
Kawasaki Frontale | Jeci | Renato | ||||
Nagoya Grampus | Daniel | Danilson Córdoba | Nikola Jakimovski | Joshua Kennedy | ||
Júbilo Iwata | Carlinhos | Cho Byung-Kuk | Jung Woo-Young | Baek Sung-Dong | ||
Urawa Red Diamonds | Márcio Richardes | |||||
Kashiwa Reysol | Cléo | Jorge Wagner | Leandro Domingues | Kim Chang-Soo | ||
Shimizu S-Pulse | Calvin Jong-a-Pin | Dženan Radončić | Lee Min-Soo | Lee Ki-Je | ||
Sagan Tosu | Nilson | Kim Min-Woo | Yeo Sung-Hye | Kim Jung-Ya | Jonathan | |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Mihael Mikić | Park Hyung-Jin | Lee Dae-Heon | Hwang Seok-Ho | Kim Jeong-Seok | |
Oita Trinita | Rodrigo Mancha | Choi Jung-Han | ||||
FC Tokyo | Lucas | Nemanja Vučićević | Jang Hyun-Soo | |||
Ventforet Kofu | Gilsinho | Marquinhos Paraná | Patric | |||
Vegalta Sendai | Diogo | Wilson | Heberty | Ryang Yong-Gi |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage[a] |
2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 62 | |
3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 60 | |
4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 59 | |
5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 59 | |
6 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 58 | |
7 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 55 | |
8 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 54 | |
9 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 50 | |
10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 48 | |
11 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 47 | |
12 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | |
13 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 45 | |
14 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 45 | |
15 | Ventforet Kofu | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 37 | |
16 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to 2014 J.League Division 2 |
17 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 23 | |
18 | Oita Trinita (R) | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
Results[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Yoshito Ōkubo | Kawasaki Frontale | |
2 | Kengo Kawamata | Albirex Niigata | |
3 | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka | |
4 | Yohei Toyoda | Sagan Tosu | |
5 | Masato Kudo | Kashiwa Reysol | |
Yuya Osako | Kashima Antlers | ||
7 | Hisato Satō | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
Kazuma Watanabe | FC Tokyo | ||
9 | Marquinhos | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
10 | Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
Wilson | Vegalta Sendai |
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League
Awards[]
Player of the Month[]
Month | Player | Club |
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March | Shunsuke Nakamura[2] | Yokohama F. Marinos |
April | Zlatan Ljubijankič[2] | Omiya Ardija |
May | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka |
June | N/A[3] | |
July | Shusaku Nishikawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
August | Yuya Osako | Kashima Antlers |
September | Aria Jasuru Hasegawa | FC Tokyo |
October | Tetsuya Enomoto | Yokohama F. Marinos |
November | Yoshito Ōkubo | Kawasaki Frontale |
Best XI[]
Position | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
GK | Shusaku Nishikawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
DF | Daisuke Nasu | Urawa Red Diamonds |
DF | Masato Morishige | FC Tokyo |
DF | Yuji Nakazawa | Yokohama F. Marinos |
MF | Hotaru Yamaguchi | Cerezo Osaka |
MF | Toshihiro Aoyama | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
MF | Shunsuke Nakamura | Yokohama F. Marinos |
MF | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka |
FW | Yuya Osako | Kashima Antlers |
FW | Yoshito Ōkubo | Kawasaki Frontale |
FW | Kengo Kawamata | Albirex Niigata |
Attendances[]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 630,701 | 54,905 | 23,295 | 37,100 | +1.3% |
2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 467,425 | 62,632 | 12,537 | 27,496 | +19.8% |
3 | Albirex Niigata | 443,906 | 33,378 | 18,919 | 26,112 | +4.4% |
4 | FC Tokyo | 426,246 | 40,371 | 12,905 | 25,073 | +4.7% |
5 | Cerezo Osaka | 319,928 | 36,361 | 9,119 | 18,819 | +11.3% |
6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 282,952 | 21,657 | 12,345 | 16,644 | −6.5% |
7 | Kashima Antlers | 279,115 | 32,305 | 6,681 | 16,419 | +6.7% |
8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 275,556 | 27,911 | 10,045 | 16,209 | −8.5% |
9 | Nagoya Grampus | 274,297 | 30,478 | 9,237 | 16,135 | −5.9% |
10 | Vegalta Sendai | 252,725 | 17,892 | 11,755 | 14,866 | −10.4% |
11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 240,324 | 21,420 | 9,238 | 14,137 | −6.5% |
12 | Ventforet Kofu | 214,441 | 28,906 | 7,754 | 12,614 | +21.2%† |
13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 213,406 | 34,021 | 7,013 | 12,553 | −8.8% |
14 | Sagan Tosu | 184,242 | 22,530 | 6,292 | 11,515 | −4.0% |
15 | Oita Trinita | 202,557 | 23,814 | 7,067 | 11,915 | +22.6%† |
16 | Omiya Ardija | 189,342 | 13,365 | 7,412 | 11,138 | +4.7% |
17 | Júbilo Iwata | 185,207 | 20,049 | 5,698 | 10,895 | −17.0% |
18 | Shonan Bellmare | 168,481 | 13,786 | 6,080 | 9,911 | +44.6%† |
League total | 5,271,047 | 62,632 | 5,698 | 17,226 | −1.9% |
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.
References[]
- ^ "J.League season dates (+others)". Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 「コカ・コーラ Jリーグ 月間MVP」3月・4月の受賞選手決定! Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. J-League. 16 May 2013.
- ^ No Division 1 league match scheduled due to 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
- J1 League seasons
- 2013 in Japanese football leagues
- 2013–14 in Asian association football leagues
- 2012–13 in Asian association football leagues