jSL 2015 is the 17th season of the Japanese Second Division League. Umea Ardija won it
Football league season
Meiji Yasuda J2 League Season 2015 Champions Omiya Ardija Promoted Omiya Ardija
Júbilo Iwata
Avispa Fukuoka Relegated Oita Trinita
Tochigi SC Matches played 462 Goals scored 1,014 (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 (2015 明治安田生命J2リーグ)[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 have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. 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 won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years. Tokushima Vortis were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka and 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 have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated Kataller Toyama .
Greater Tokyo Area Chiba , Omiya , Tokyo , Yokohama
Locations of the 2015 J2 League teams
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
Club Name
Home Town(s)
Note(s)
Omiya Ardija
Omiya, Saitama
Relegated from J1 League in 2014
Avispa Fukuoka
Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Osaka
Relegated from J1 League in 2014
Consadole Sapporo
Sapporo , Hokkaidō
Ehime FC
All cities/towns in Ehime
Fagiano Okayama
All cities/towns in Okayama
FC Gifu
All cities/towns in Gifu
Giravanz Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Not eligible for J1 promotion
Mito HollyHock
Mito, Ibaraki
Not eligible for J1 promotion
JEF United Chiba
Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off finalist
Júbilo Iwata
Iwata, Shizuoka
2014 J2 League 2014 Play-off contestant
Kamatamare Sanuki
Takamatsu, Kagawa Kagawa
Not eligible for J1 promotion
Roasso Kumamoto
Kumamoto
Kyoto Sanga
Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto
Thespakusatsu Gunma
All cities/towns in Gunma
Not eligible for J1 promotion
Tochigi SC
Utsunomiya , Tochigi
Oita Trinita
Ōita
V-Varen Nagasaki
All cities/towns in Nagasaki
Tokyo Verdy
All cities/towns in Tokyo
Tokushima Vortis
All cities/towns in Tokushima
Relegated from J1 League 2014
Yokohama FC
Yokohama , Kanagawa
Zweigen Kanazawa
Kanazawa
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 [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion, qualification or relegation
1
Omiya Ardija (C, P)
42
26
8
8
72
37
+35
86
Promotion to 2016 J1 League
2
Júbilo Iwata (P)
42
24
10
8
72
43
+29
82
3
Avispa Fukuoka (O, P)
42
24
10
8
63
37
+26
82
Qualification to promotion playoffs [a]
4
Cerezo Osaka
42
18
13
11
57
40
+17
67
5
Ehime FC
42
19
8
15
47
39
+8
65
6
V-Varen Nagasaki
42
15
15
12
42
33
+9
60
7
Giravanz Kitakyushu
42
18
5
19
59
58
+1
59
8
Tokyo Verdy
42
16
10
16
43
41
+2
58
9
JEF United Chiba
42
15
12
15
50
45
+5
57
10
Consadole Sapporo
42
14
15
13
47
43
+4
57
11
Fagiano Okayama
42
12
18
12
40
35
+5
54
12
Zweigen Kanazawa
42
12
18
12
46
43
+3
54
13
Roasso Kumamoto
42
13
14
15
42
45
−3
53
14
Tokushima Vortis
42
13
14
15
35
44
−9
53
15
Yokohama FC
42
13
13
16
33
58
−25
52
16
Kamatamare Sanuki
42
12
15
15
30
33
−3
51
17
Kyoto Sanga
42
12
14
16
45
51
−6
50
18
Thespakusatsu Gunma
42
13
9
20
34
56
−22
48
19
Mito HollyHock
42
10
16
16
40
47
−7
46
20
FC Gifu
42
12
7
23
37
71
−34
43
21
Oita Trinita (R)
42
8
14
20
41
51
−10
38
Qualification to relegation playoffs [b]
22
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 [ ]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2015. Source:
J.League Data Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs [ ]
J1 Promotion Playoffs [ ]
Semifinals
Final
3
Avispa Fukuoka
1
6
V-Varen Nagasaki
0
3
Avispa Fukuoka
1
4
Cerezo Osaka
1
4
Cerezo Osaka
0
5
Ehime FC
0
Semifinals [ ]
Final [ ]
J3 Relegation Playoffs [ ]
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Oita Trinita
1–3
FC Machida Zelvia
1–2
0–1
Top scorers [ ]
Rank
Scorer
Club
Goals
1
Jay Bothroyd
Júbilo Iwata
20
2
Dragan Mrdja
Omiya Ardija
19
3
Rui Komatsu
Giravanz Kitakyushu
18
4
Adailton
Júbilo Iwata
17
5
Masashi Oguro
Kyoto Sanga
15
6
Nejc Pečnik
JEF United Chiba
14
7
Ken Tokura
Consadole Sapporo
13
Ataru Esaka
Thespa Kusatsu
Shohei Kiyohara
Zweigen Kanazawa
Kazuki Hara
Giravanz Kitakyushu
11
Hiroaki Namba
FC Gifu
12
Kazuki Saito
Roasso Kumamoto
13
Akihiro Ienaga
Omiya Ardija
11
Kazuhisa Kawahara
Ehime FC
15
Keiya Nakami
Tochigi SC
10
Shuto Minami
Tokyo Verdy
Diego Forlán
Cerezo Osaka
Keiji Tamada
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
256,880
17,212
8,047
12,232
−43.4% †
2
Consadole Sapporo
251,161
20,234
6,981
11,960
+8.1% †
3
JEF United Chiba
225,219
15,051
8,123
10,725
+14.9% †
4
Júbilo Iwata
210,865
13,576
6,946
10,041
+14.4% †
5
Omiya Ardija
199,280
14,410
5,428
9,490
−12.2% †
6
Avispa Fukuoka
183,466
16,676
4,553
8,736
+72.6% †
7
Fagiano Okayama
176,652
15,820
4,346
8,412
+0.1% †
8
Oita Trinita
158,194
15,152
4,103
7,533
−10.6% †
9
Kyoto Sanga
157,306
16,920
3,206
7,491
−0.4% †
10
Roasso Kumamoto
147,785
13,132
3,956
7,037
+0.5% †
11
FC Gifu
129,756
8,814
3,539
6,179
−18.5% †
12
Tokyo Verdy
118,751
16,629
2,691
5,655
+4.1% †
13
Tochigi SC
108,501
9,319
2,581
5,167
−2.4% †
14
Yokohama FC
107,364
9,663
2,208
5,113
−0.6% †
15
Tokushima Vortis
105,398
8,684
3,307
5,019
−43.5% †
16
V-Varen Nagasaki
106,953
10,184
2,994
4,931
+1.9% †
17
Zweigen Kanazawa
103,120
12,353
1,227
4,910
+42.7% ‡
18
Mito HollyHock
101,132
8,391
2,290
4,816
+1.7% †
19
Thespakusatsu Gunma
86,077
11,303
1,618
4,099
+9.0% †
20
Ehime FC
79,193
9,158
1,722
3,771
−1.3% †
21
Kamatamare Sanuki
76,824
10,447
2,152
3,658
+10.3% †
22
Giravanz Kitakyushu
73,243
8,501
1,939
3,488
−3.7% †
League total
3,162,194
20,234
1,227
6,845
+3.9% †
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.
References [ ]
League competitions
Men
J1 League
J2 League
J3 League
Japan Football League
Regional Leagues
Women
Cup competitions
AFC competitions
Men
AFC Champions League
FIFA Club World Cup
Suruga Bank Championship
Related to national teams