2017 in Japanese football

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season	2017
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale (1st title)
Relegated	Ventforet Kofu ; Albirex Niigata ; Omiya Ardija
AFC Champions League	Kawasaki Frontale ; Kashima Antlers ; Cerezo Osaka ; Kashiwa Reysol
Matches played	306
Goals scored	793 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale); (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Urawa 7-0 Sendai; (7 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Niigata 1-6 Urawa; (14 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Urawa 7-0 Sendai; (7 April 2017); Niigata 1-6 Urawa; (14 May 2017); Urawa 4-3 Hiroshima; (1 July 2017); Kawasaki 2-5 Iwata; (29 July 2017)
Longest winning run	Kashiwa Reysol; (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Kawasaki Frontale; (15 matches)
Longest winless run	Albirex Niigata; (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Omiya Ardija ; Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo ; Albirex Niigata; (6 matches each)
Highest attendance	57,447; Urawa 0-1 Kashima; (4 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	4,692; Kofu 2-3 Kobe; (29 October 2017)
Total attendance	5,778,178
Average attendance	18,883
	← 2016 2018 →

2017 season
2017 season
J1, J2, J3	Kawasaki Frontale ; Shonan Bellmare ; Blaublitz Akita
J.League Cup	Cerezo Osaka
Top goalscorer	J1 – Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale, 23 goals) ; J2 – Ibba Laajab (Yokohama FC, 24) ; J3 – Noriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC, 24)
	← 2016 2018 →

Japanese football in 2017.

Promotion and relegation[]

Teams relegated from J1 League

Nagoya Grampus
Shonan Bellmare
Avispa Fukuoka

Teams promoted to J1 League

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Shimizu S-Pulse
Cerezo Osaka

Teams relegated from J2 League

Giravanz Kitakyushu

Teams promoted to J2 League

Oita Trinita

Teams relegated from J3 League

No relegation to the Japan Football League

Teams promoted to J3 League

Azul Claro Numazu

Teams promoted to Japan Football League

FC Imabari
Veertien Mie

J1 League[]

The 2017 J1 League (known as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2017 明治安田生命J1リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 26 January 2017.^[3]

Kashima Antlers were the defending champions. Consadole Sapporo, Shimizu S-Pulse and Cerezo Osaka entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 J2 League.

The league was won by Kawasaki Frontale, winning their first major title while in J1, and 40 years after their first season in the Japanese top division.

Clubs[]

Albirex Niigata

Consadole Sapporo

Greater Tokyo Area†

Júbilo Iwata

Keihanshin Area‡

Shimizu S-Pulse

Sagan Tosu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Vegalta Sendai

Ventforet Kofu

† Greater Tokyo teams
FC Tokyo
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Yokohama F. Marinos
Kashima Antlers

‡ Keihanshin teams
Cerezo Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe

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Locations of the 2017 J1 League teams

Kashima Antlers

Kashiwa Reysol

Omiya Ardija

Urawa Red Diamonds

FC Tokyo

Kawasaki Frontale

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Greater Tokyo Area J1 League teams

A total of 18 clubs will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016 season and three promoted from the 2016 J2 League. This will include the two top teams; Consadole Sapporo and Shimizu S-Pulse from the J2 League, and the winners of the play-offs; Cerezo Osaka.

The three promoted clubs replace Nagoya Grampus, Shonan Bellmare and Avispa Fukuoka. Former J1 League champion Nagoya Grampus were relegated to the J2 League for the first time in their history.

Stadiums and locations[]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albirex Niigata	Niigata & Seiro	Denka Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Kashima Antlers	Southeast Ibaraki Prefecture^[a]	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728
Omiya Ardija	Saitama	NACK5 Stadium	15,500
Cerezo Osaka	Osaka & Sakai	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	47,816
Consadole Sapporo	All Hokkaido^[b]	Sapporo Dome	41,484
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama & Yokosuka	Nissan Stadium	72,327
Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232
Gamba Osaka	Northern Osaka Prefecture^[c]	Suita City Football Stadium	39,694
Júbilo Iwata	Iwata, Shizuoka	Yamaha Stadium	15,165
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700
Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900
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
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Vegalta Sendai	Sendai	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu	All Yamanashi Prefecture^[d]	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel Kobe	Kobe	Noevir Stadium Kobe	30,132

^ Kashima, Ibaraki, Kamisu, Itako, Hokota, Namegata
^ centering on Sapporo
^ Suita, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh
^ centering on Kofu and Nirasaki

Personnel and kits[]

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Albirex Niigata	Fumitake Miura	Kazunari Ono	Adidas
Kashima Antlers	Masatada Ishii	Mitsuo Ogasawara	Nike
Omiya Ardija	Hiroki Shibuya	Kosuke Kikuchi	Under Armour
Cerezo Osaka	Yoon Jung-hwan	Yoichiro Kakitani	Puma
Consadole Sapporo	Shuhei Yomoda	Hiroki Miyazawa	Kappa
Yokohama F. Marinos	Erick Mombaerts	Manabu Saitō^[4]	Adidas
Kawasaki Frontale	Toru Oniki	Yū Kobayashi	Puma
Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Yasuhito Endō	Umbro
Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshi Nanami	Kota Ueda	Puma
Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Yuki Abe	Nike
Kashiwa Reysol	Takahiro Shimotaira	Hidekazu Otani	Yonex
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shinji Kobayashi	Jong Tae-se	Puma
Sagan Tosu	Massimo Ficcadenti	Yohei Toyoda	New Balance
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Toshihiro Aoyama	Nike
FC Tokyo	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	Masato Morishige	Umbro
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Shingo Tomita	Adidas
Ventforet Kofu	Tatsuma Yoshida	Hideomi Yamamoto	Mizuno
Vissel Kobe	Nelsinho Baptista	Kazuma Watanabe	ASICS

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Albirex Niigata	Fumitake Miura	Resigned	7 May 2017^[5]	17th	Wagner Lopes	11 May 2017^[5]
Omiya Ardija	Hiroki Shibuya	Sacked	28 May 2017^[6]	18th	Akira Ito	28 May 2017^[6]
Kashima Antlers	Masatada Ishii	Sacked	31 May 2017^[7]	7th	Go Oiwa	31 May 2017^[7]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Resigned	4 July 2017^[8]	17th	Jan Jönsson	10 July 2017^[8]
Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Sacked	31 July 2017^[9]	8th	Takafumi Hori	31 July 2017^[9]
Vissel Kobe	Nelsinho Baptista	Sacked	16 August 2017^[10]	11th	Takayuki Yoshida	16 August 2017^[10]
FC Tokyo	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	Sacked	10 September 2017^[11]	10th	Takayoshi Amma	10 September 2017^[11]
Omiya Ardija	Akira Ito	Sacked	5 November 2017^[12]	17th	Masatada Ishii	5 November 2017^[12]

Foreign players[]

The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. For matchday squad registration, a club can register up to four foreign players, but a maximum of three can be from outside the AFC. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and Qatar) are exempt from these club registration and matchday squad registration restrictions.^[13]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Other	Former Players
Albirex Niigata	Douglas Tanque	Roni	Thiago Galhardo	Romero Frank	Song Ju-hun		Jean Patrick
Kashima Antlers	Bueno	Leandro Moura	Léo Silva	Pedro Júnior	Kwoun Sun-tae
Omiya Ardija	Cauê Cecilio	Marcelo Toscano	Mateus	Kim Dongsu			Dragan Mrđa Nejc Pecnik
Cerezo Osaka	Ricardo Santos	Souza	Matej Jonjić	Ahn Joon-soo	Kim Jin-hyeon
Consadole Sapporo	Macedo	Reis	Jay Bothroyd	Gu Sung-yun	Kim Min-tae	Chanathip Songkrasin	Julinho
Yokohama F. Marinos	Miloš Degenek	Quenten Martinus	David Babunski	Hugo Vieira	Park Jeong-su	Ippey Sinodzuka
Kawasaki Frontale	Eduardo	Eduardo Neto	Elsinho	Rhayner	Jung Sung-ryong	Jefferson Tabinas
Gamba Osaka	Ademilson	Fabio	Hwang Ui-jo	Oh Jae-suk	Bae Soo-yong	Kim Jung-ya
Júbilo Iwata	Adaílton	Krzysztof Kaminski	Fozil Musaev
Urawa Red Diamonds	Maurício Antônio	Rafael Silva	Zlatan Ljubijankič
Kashiwa Reysol	Cristiano	Diego Oliveira	Ramon Lopes	Kim Bo-kyung	Yun Suk-young		Dudu
Sagan Tosu	Víctor Ibarbo	An Yong-woo	Cho Dong-geon	Jeong Seung-hyun	Kim Min-hyeok		Franco Sbuttoni
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Anderson Lopes	Felipe	Patric	Mihael Mikić	Nathan Burns
Shimizu S-Pulse	Mitchell Duke	Freire	Kanu	Tiago Alves		Jong Tae-se	Byeon Jun-byum
FC Tokyo	Lipe Veloso	Peter Utaka	Jang Hyun-soo	Yu In-soo		Jakkit Wechpirom	Nathan Burns
Ventforet Kofu	Billy Konstantinidis	Dudu	Éder Lima	Lins			Gabriel Rodrigues Wilson Oliver Bozanic
Vegalta Sendai	Crislan					Ryang Yong-gi	Pablo Diogo
Vissel Kobe	Leandro	Nílton	Wescley	Lukas Podolski	Kim Seung-gyu

Results[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	34	21	9	4	71	32	+39	72	Champions League group stage
2	Kashima Antlers	34	23	3	8	53	31	+22	72
3	Cerezo Osaka	34	19	6	9	65	43	+22	63
4	Kashiwa Reysol	34	18	8	8	49	33	+16	62	Champions League play-off round^[a]
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	17	8	9	45	36	+9	59
6	Júbilo Iwata	34	16	10	8	50	30	+20	58
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	14	7	13	64	54	+10	49
8	Sagan Tosu	34	13	8	13	41	44	−3	47
9	Vissel Kobe	34	13	5	16	40	45	−5	44
10	Gamba Osaka	34	11	10	13	48	41	+7	43
11	Consadole Sapporo	34	12	7	15	39	47	−8	43
12	Vegalta Sendai	34	11	8	15	44	53	−9	41
13	FC Tokyo	34	10	10	14	37	42	−5	40
14	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	8	10	16	36	54	−18	34
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	8	9	17	32	49	−17	33
16	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	7	11	16	23	39	−16	32	Relegation to 2018 J2 League
17	Albirex Niigata (R)	34	7	7	20	28	60	−32	28
18	Omiya Ardija (R)	34	5	10	19	28	60	−32	25

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The winner of the 2017 Emperor's Cup qualified for the Group Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Cerezo Osaka had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Kawasaki Frontale	2	6	3	8	6	5	6	7	9	6	7	5	5	9	6	6	6	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Kashima Antlers	14	9	7	3	2	3	2	4	3	1	4	6	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Cerezo Osaka	11	16	13	10	8	6	7	8	5	7	6	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	3
Kashiwa Reysol	1	8	12	15	12	15	11	10	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	1	5	7	9	8	4	9	10	11	9	9	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	4	3	3	5	2	5	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	6	5
Júbilo Iwata	11	14	10	11	10	13	10	6	8	9	10	10	12	11	10	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6
Urawa Red Diamonds	13	7	4	6	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sagan Tosu	17	15	11	12	14	11	13	11	13	10	11	11	10	12	12	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8
Vissel Kobe	4	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	8	9	9	9
Gamba Osaka	7	5	2	5	3	4	5	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	6	3	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Consadole Sapporo	14	17	17	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11
Vegalta Sendai	4	4	9	4	7	10	12	13	11	13	14	13	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
FC Tokyo	4	2	8	2	5	7	8	5	4	4	5	7	6	4	7	8	9	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13
Shimizu S-Pulse	14	9	6	9	13	9	9	11	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	12	14	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	15
Ventforet Kofu	7	12	16	13	11	12	14	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16
Albirex Niigata	7	11	15	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Omiya Ardija	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18

	Leader and Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2018 J2 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Results table[]

v t Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	CER	CON	FMA	FRO	GAM	JUB	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	VEG	VEN	VIS
Albirex Niigata	—	2–4	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–6	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2
Kashima Antlers	2–0	—	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–2
Omiya Ardija	1–0	0–1	—	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2
Cerezo Osaka	4–0	0–1	2–1	—	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	5–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	3–1
Consadole Sapporo	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–4	3–0	—	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	3–1	5–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	—	1–0	2–5	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–0
Gamba Osaka	0–1	0–1	6–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
Júbilo Iwata	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–3	2–4	—	1–2	2–2	4–3	3–3	2–1	7–0	4–1	1–1
Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	3–1
Sagan Tosu	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	—	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	2–3	2–3	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1
FC Tokyo	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0
Vegalta Sendai	2–1	1–4	3–0	2–4	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	—	3–0	0–2
Ventforet Kofu	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	2–3
Vissel Kobe	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2017. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yū Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	23
2	Kenyu Sugimoto	Cerezo Osaka	22
3	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	20
4	Kengo Kawamata	Júbilo Iwata	14
5	Mu Kanazaki	Kashima Antlers	12
	Rafael Silva	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Cristiano	Kashiwa Reysol
8	Leandro	Kashima Antlers	11

Top assists[]

As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Kengo Nakamura	Kawasaki Frontale	12
2	Cristiano	Kashiwa Reysol	10
2	Yusuke Maruhashi	Cerezo Osaka	10
4	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	Urawa Red Diamonds	9
	Shintaro Kurumaya	Kawasaki Frontale
	Kota Mizunuma	Cerezo Osaka
	Kosuke Ota	FC Tokyo
8	Yū Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	8
	Shunsuke Nakamura	Júbilo Iwata
	Manabu Saitō	Yokohama F. Marinos

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	Vegalta Sendai	7–0 (H)	7 April 2017
Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–3 (H)	20 May 2017
Leandro	Kashima Antlers	Albirex Niigata	4–2 (A)	16 September 2017
Yū Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	Omiya Ardija	5–0 (H)	2 December 2017

Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Attendances[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	570,215	57,447	21,603	33,542	−9.2%^†
2	FC Tokyo	450,331	42,979	13,417	26,490	+10.2%^†
3	Gamba Osaka	412,710	36,177	13,074	24,277	−4.2%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	386,875	42,483	11,036	24,180	+0.7%^†
5	Kawasaki Frontale	375,910	25,904	17,358	22,112	−0.1%^†
6	Albirex Niigata	374,585	31,014	16,461	22,034	+4.0%^†
7	Cerezo Osaka	356,491	42,438	8,998	20,970	+67.6%^†
8	Kashima Antlers	347,942	36,080	10,838	20,467	+7.1%^†
9	Consadole Sapporo	313,100	33,353	9,535	18,418	+26.5%^†
10	Vissel Kobe	310,625	25,278	7,911	18,272	+7.4%^†
11	Júbilo Iwata	277,450	40,491	11,762	16,321	+11.7%^†
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	256,965	18,556	11,007	15,116	+34.1%^†
13	Vegalta Sendai	250,677	18,059	11,500	14,746	−4.7%^†
14	Sagan Tosu	241,295	21,245	7,381	14,194	+12.3%^†
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	238,720	22,333	8,319	14,042	−9.2%^†
16	Kashiwa Reysol	200,936	14,096	9,432	11,820	+10.2%^†
17	Omiya Ardija	194,887	13,364	9,598	11,464	−3.0%^†
18	Ventforet Kofu	184,311	14,680	4,692	10,842	+0.1%^†
	League total	5,778,178	57,447	4,692	18,883	+5.1%^†

Updated to games played on 2017年12月2日
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Promoted from J2.

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J2 League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shonan Bellmare (C, P)	42	24	11	7	58	36	+22	83	Promotion to 2018 J1 League
2	V-Varen Nagasaki (P)	42	24	8	10	59	41	+18	80	Promotion to 2018 J1 League
3	Nagoya Grampus (O, P)	42	23	6	13	85	65	+20	75	Qualification to promotion playoffs^[a]
4	Avispa Fukuoka	42	21	11	10	54	36	+18	74
5	Tokyo Verdy	42	20	10	12	64	49	+15	70
6	JEF United Chiba	42	20	8	14	70	58	+12	68
7	Tokushima Vortis	42	18	13	11	71	45	+26	67
8	Matsumoto Yamaga	42	19	9	14	61	45	+16	66
9	Oita Trinita	42	17	13	12	58	50	+8	64
10	Yokohama FC	42	17	12	13	60	49	+11	63
11	Montedio Yamagata	42	14	17	11	45	47	−2	59
12	Kyoto Sanga	42	14	15	13	55	47	+8	57
13	Fagiano Okayama	42	13	16	13	44	49	−5	55
14	Mito HollyHock	42	14	12	16	45	48	−3	54
15	Ehime FC	42	14	9	19	54	68	−14	51
16	Machida Zelvia	42	11	17	14	53	53	0	50
17	Zweigen Kanazawa	42	13	10	19	49	67	−18	49
18	FC Gifu	42	11	13	18	56	68	−12	46
19	Kamatamare Sanuki	42	8	14	20	41	61	−20	38
20	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	11	5	26	48	69	−21	38
21	Roasso Kumamoto	42	9	10	23	36	59	−23	37
22	Thespakusatsu Gunma (R)	42	5	5	32	32	88	−56	20	Relegation to 2018 J3 League

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE League table
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.

J3 League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Blaublitz Akita (C)	32	18	7	7	53	31	+22	61
2	Tochigi SC (P)	32	16	12	4	44	24	+20	60	Promotion to 2018 J2 League
3	Azul Claro Numazu	32	16	11	5	60	27	+33	59
4	Kagoshima United	32	17	4	11	49	37	+12	55
5	Nagano Parceiro	32	13	11	8	34	25	+9	50
6	FC Ryukyu	32	13	11	8	44	36	+8	50
7	Fujieda MYFC	32	12	11	9	50	43	+7	47
8	Kataller Toyama	32	13	8	11	37	33	+4	47
9	Giravanz Kitakyushu	32	13	7	12	44	37	+7	46
10	Fukushima United	32	13	4	15	39	43	−4	43
11	FC Tokyo U-23	32	12	7	13	36	47	−11	43
12	SC Sagamihara	32	9	12	11	34	41	−7	39
13	Cerezo Osaka U-23	32	8	11	13	39	43	−4	35
14	YSCC Yokohama	32	8	8	16	41	54	−13	32
15	Grulla Morioka	32	7	8	17	32	49	−17	29
16	Gamba Osaka U-23	32	7	5	20	31	65	−34	26
17	Gainare Tottori	32	4	9	19	31	63	−32	21

Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Japan Football League[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honda FC (C)	30	21	7	2	72	20	+52	70	^[a]
2	ReinMeer Aomori	30	17	10	3	44	28	+16	61
3	Sony Sendai	30	18	5	7	64	36	+28	59
4	FC Osaka	30	16	7	7	59	32	+27	55
5	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	15	6	9	41	31	+10	51
6	FC Imabari	30	12	12	6	54	36	+18	48
7	Nara Club	30	10	10	10	41	51	−10	40
8	Honda Lock	30	9	7	14	36	46	−10	34
9	Maruyasu Okazaki	30	9	7	14	35	46	−11	34
10	Ryutsu Keizai Dragons	30	8	10	12	38	51	−13	34
11	Tokyo Musashino City	30	8	9	13	44	47	−3	33
12	Veertien Mie	30	7	8	15	35	46	−11	29
13	MIO Biwako Shiga	30	6	9	15	33	51	−18	27
14	Verspah Oita	30	5	12	13	27	46	−19	27
15	Briobecca Urayasu (R)	30	6	8	16	24	46	−22	26	Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues
16	Tochigi Uva (R)	30	5	9	16	22	56	−34	24	Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues

Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2017. Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

National team (Men)[]

Results[]

November 3 (3-23) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	United Arab Emirates	0–2	Japan	Al Ain, UAE
19:30 UTC+4		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kubo 14' Konno 52'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 23,725 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

April 3 (3-28) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	4–0	Thailand	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Kagawa 8' Okazaki 19' Kubo 57' Yoshida 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,003 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

June 7 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	1−1	Syria	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:30 JST	Konno 58'	Report (PDF)	Mardikian 48'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 43,608 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

January 6 (6-13) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Iraq	1–1	Japan	Tehran, Iran^[2]
16:55 UTC+4:30	Kamel 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Osako 8'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 983 Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)

July 8 (8-31) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	2–0	Australia	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Asano 41' Ideguchi 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,492 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

May 9 (9-05) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Japan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Muwallad 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 62,165 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

October 6 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	2−1	New Zealand	Toyota, Japan
19:30 JST	Osako 50' (pen.) Kurata 87'	Report (PDF)	Wood 58'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,461 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

October 10 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	3−3	Haiti	Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST	Kurata 7' Sugimoto 17' Kagawa 90+2'	Report (PDF)	Lafrance 28' Nazon 53', 78'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 47,420 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

October 11 (11-10) International friendly	Japan	1–3	Brazil	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13:00 UTC+1	Makino 63'	Report (ESPN)	Neymar 10' (pen.) Marcelo 17' Gabriel Jesus 36'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 16,922 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

February 11 (11-14) International friendly	Belgium	1–0	Japan	Bruges, Belgium
20:45 UTC+1	Lukaku 72'	Report (ESPN) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

September 12 (12-09) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Ideguchi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 20,806^[3] Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)^[3]

December 12 (12-12) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	2–1	China PR	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Kobayashi 84' Shōji 88'	Report	Yu Dabao 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 17,220^[4] Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)^[4]

April 12 (12-16) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	1–4	South Korea	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Kobayashi 3' (pen.)	Report	Kim Shin-wook 13', 35' Jung Woo-young 23' Yeom Ki-hun 69'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 36,645^[5] Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)^[5]

Win　 Draw　 Loss

Players statistics[]

Player	-2016	03.23	03.28	06.07	06.13	08.31	09.05	10.06	10.10	11.10	11.14	12.09	12.12	12.16	2017	Total
Shinji Okazaki	106(49)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(1)	111(50)
Makoto Hasebe	104(2)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	2(0)	106(2)
Yuto Nagatomo	91(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	10(0)	101(3)
Yasuyuki Konno	87(2)	O(1)	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	6(2)	93(4)
Keisuke Honda	86(36)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	91(36)
Shinji Kagawa	84(27)	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	5(2)	89(29)
Eiji Kawashima	72(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	9(0)	81(0)
Maya Yoshida	71(9)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	9(1)	80(10)
Hiroshi Kiyotake	42(5)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	43(5)
Masato Morishige	39(2)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	41(2)
Hiroki Sakai	32(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	9(0)	41(0)
Gotoku Sakai	32(0)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	4(0)	36(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi	30(2)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	8(0)	38(2)
Tomoaki Makino	24(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	4(1)	28(3)
Genki Haraguchi	20(6)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	9(0)	29(6)
Takashi Inui	19(2)	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	6(0)	25(2)
Yoshinori Muto	19(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	21(2)
Takashi Usami	18(3)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	19(3)
Yuya Osako	17(5)	O	-	O	O(1)	O	-	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	-	8(2)	25(7)
Gaku Shibasaki	13(3)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	14(3)
Takuma Asano	10(2)	-	-	O	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	7(1)	17(3)
Mu Kanazaki	10(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	11(2)
Yu Kobayashi	8(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	3(2)	11(2)
Wataru Endo	7(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	4(0)	11(0)
Kengo Kawamata	5(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	8(1)
Yuki Kobayashi	2(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	4(1)
Yuya Kubo	2(0)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	9(2)	11(2)
Gen Shoji	2(0)	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O(1)	O	8(1)	10(1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	2(0)	4(0)
Ryota Morioka	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	2(0)	4(0)
Shogo Taniguchi	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Yojiro Takahagi	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Shu Kurata	1(0)	O	-	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	-	-	O	O	O	8(2)	9(2)
Ryota Oshima	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	2(0)
Yosuke Ideguchi	0(0)	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	11(2)	11(2)
Kenyu Sugimoto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	5(1)	5(1)
Shintaro Kurumaya	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	3(0)	3(0)
Junya Ito	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	3(0)
Hiroyuki Abe	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	3(0)
Kosuke Nakamura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	2(0)	2(0)
Naomichi Ueda	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	2(0)
Genta Miura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	2(0)
Shoma Doi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	2(0)
Kazuki Nagasawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Sei Muroya	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Shuto Yamamoto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kento Misao	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)

National team (Women)[]

Results[]

2017.03.01	Japan	1-2	Spain	Portugal
	Yokoyama ?'		? ?' ? ?'

2017.03.03	Japan	2-0	Iceland	Portugal
	Hasegawa ?', ?'

2017.03.06	Japan	2-0	Norway	Portugal
	Yokoyama ?', ?'

2017.03.08	Japan	2-3	Netherlands	Portugal
	Yokoyama ?' ?' (o.g.)		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

2017.04.09	Japan	3-0	Costa Rica	Kumamoto, Japan
	Yokoyama ?' Tanaka ?' Momiki ?'			Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium

2017.06.09	Japan	1-0	Netherlands	Netherlands
	Yokoyama ?'

2017.06.13	Japan	1-1	Belgium	Belgium
	Sugasawa ?'		? ?'

2017.07.27	Japan	1-1	Brazil	United States
	Momiki ?'		? ?'

2017.07.30	Japan	2-4	Australia	United States
	Tanaka ?' Momiki ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

2017.08.03	Japan	0-3	United States	United States
			? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

2017.10.22	Japan	2-0	Switzerland	Nagano, Japan
	Nakajima ?' Tanaka ?'			Stadium: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium

2017.11.24	Japan	2-0	Jordan	Jordan
	Iwabuchi ?', ?'

2017.12.08	Japan	3-2	South Korea	Chiba, Japan
	Tanaka ?' Nakajima ?' Iwabuchi ?'		? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Chiba Soga Football Stadium

2017.12.11	Japan	1-0	China	Chiba, Japan
	Tanaka ?'			Stadium: Chiba Soga Football Stadium

2017.12.15	Japan	0-2	North Korea	Chiba, Japan
			? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Chiba Soga Football Stadium

Players statistics[]

Player	-2016	03.01	03.03	03.06	03.08	04.09	06.09	06.13	07.27	07.30	08.03	10.22	11.24	12.08	12.11	12.15	2017	Total
Mizuho Sakaguchi	103(28)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	116(28)
Rumi Utsugi	90(5)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	103(5)
Saki Kumagai	81(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	9(0)	90(0)
Aya Sameshima	72(4)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	85(4)
Yuika Sugasawa	39(10)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	4(1)	43(11)
Mana Iwabuchi	37(8)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(2)	O(1)	O	O	6(3)	43(11)
Emi Nakajima	31(7)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	15(2)	46(9)
Yuri Kawamura	29(2)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	32(2)
Erina Yamane	21(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	23(0)
Kumi Yokoyama	13(5)	O(1)	O	O(2)	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	11(6)	24(11)
Rika Masuya	13(3)	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	15(3)
Hikaru Naomoto	8(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	7(0)	15(0)
Mina Tanaka	6(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	14(5)	20(6)
Ayaka Yamashita	6(0)	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	11(0)
Ami Sugita	5(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	6(2)
Yu Nakasato	3(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	13(0)	16(0)
Mayu Sasaki	3(0)	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	8(0)
Sonoko Chiba	3(0)	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	5(0)
Hikari Takagi	1(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	12(0)	13(0)
Shiori Miyake	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	5(0)	6(0)
Yuka Momiki	0(0)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	14(3)	14(3)
Yui Hasegawa	0(0)	O	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	13(2)	13(2)
Sakiko Ikeda	0(0)	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	8(0)	8(0)
Ayumi Oya	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	8(0)	8(0)
Rin Sumida	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	7(0)	7(0)
Miho Manya	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	7(0)	7(0)
Nana Ichise	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	6(0)
Madoka Haji	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	6(0)	6(0)
Hikaru Kitagawa	0(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	5(0)
Kaede Nakamura	0(0)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Mami Ueno	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Shiho Tomari	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Riho Sakamoto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

References[]

^ "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
^ Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.^[1] Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.
^ ^a ^b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ ^a ^b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ ^a ^b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

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[5] tering on Sapporo

[6] Suita, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh

[7] tering on Kofu and Nirasaki

[table_note_res_CLPO0.70590098374798-18] The winner of the 2017 Emperor's Cup qualified for the Group Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Cerezo Osaka had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

[scorer-1] "STATS:J. LEAGUE.JP". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-02-25.

[attendance-2] "2017J1 LEAGUE Attendance". J.League. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[3] "2017 J.League schedule announced". J.League. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[8] "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".

[:0-9] "Albirex manager Miura to be replaced by Wagner Lopes：J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 2017-05-28.

[:1-10] "Ardija release struggling Shibuya：J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

[:2-11] "Antlers fire manager Ishii". The Japan Times Online. 2017-05-31. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-06-03.

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[:4-13] "Reds fire Petrovic as Hori takes over：J. LEAGUE.JP". J. LEAGUE.JP JAPAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

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[17] "2017 J.League Foreign Player Registration Rules". jleague.jp. J.League. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[table_note_res_PO0.51713540103153-19] 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.

[table_note_res_P0.073777060524457-20] To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

[21] "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.

[22] Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.^[1] Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.

[Match_2-23] "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

[Match_4-24] "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

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