2018 J1 League
Season | 2018 |
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Dates | 23 February 2018 – 1 December 2018 |
Champions | Kawasaki Frontale (2nd title) |
Relegated | Kashiwa Reysol V-Varen Nagasaki |
AFC Champions League | Kawasaki Frontale Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 813 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jô (Nagoya Grampus) (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | Kawasaki v Consadole 7–0 (15 September) |
Biggest away win | Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July) |
Highest scoring | Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July) |
Longest winning run | 9 – Gamba Osaka (Matchday 25–33) |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 – Consadole Sapporo (Matchday 25–34) |
Longest winless run | 15 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 3–17) |
Longest losing run | 8 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 4–11) |
Highest attendance | 55,689 – Urawa v Vissel (23 September, Matchday 27) |
Lowest attendance | 6,189 – Shimizu v V-Varen (11 April, Matchday 7) |
Total attendance | 5,833,538 |
Average attendance | 19,064 |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 J1 League, also known as the 2018 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2018 明治安田生命J1リーグ, 2018 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993.
Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.
2018 season clubs[]
A total of 18 clubs contested the league. The 2017 J2 League champion Shonan Bellmare and the winner of the promotion play-offs Nagoya Grampus returned to the top flight a year after being relegated from J1 in the 2016 season. V-Varen Nagasaki, J2 runner-up in 2017, played in the J1 League for the first time.
Club | Location | Stadium | Last season |
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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Hokkaido | Sapporo Dome | J1 (11th) |
Vegalta Sendai | Miyagi Prefecture | Yurtec Stadium Sendai | J1 (12th) |
Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki Prefecture | Kashima Soccer Stadium | J1 (2nd) |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama Stadium 2002 | J1 (7th) |
Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba Prefecture | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium | J1 (4th) |
FC Tokyo | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | J1 (13th) |
Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa Prefecture | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | J1 (Champions) |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Nissan Stadium Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium |
J1 (5th) | |
Shonan Bellmare | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka | J2 (Champions) | |
Shimizu S-Pulse | Shizuoka Prefecture | IAI Stadium Nihondaira | J1 (14th) |
Júbilo Iwata | Yamaha Stadium | J1 (6th) | |
Nagoya Grampus | Aichi Prefecture | Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Toyota Stadium |
J2 (3rd) |
Gamba Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | Panasonic Stadium Suita | J1 (10th) |
Cerezo Osaka | Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Kincho Stadium |
J1 (3rd) | |
Vissel Kobe | Hyōgo Prefecture | Noevir Stadium Kobe | J1 (9th) |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture | Edion Stadium Hiroshima | J1 (15th) |
Sagan Tosu | Saga Prefecture | Best Amenity Stadium | J1 (8th) |
V-Varen Nagasaki | Nagasaki Prefecture | Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki | J2 (2nd) |
Personnel and kits[]
Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front shirt sponsor |
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Kashima Antlers | Go Oiwa[1] | Mitsuo Ogasawara | Nike | Lixil |
Cerezo Osaka | Yoon Jong-hwan[2] | Hotaru Yamaguchi | Puma | Yanmar |
Consadole Sapporo | Mihailo Petrović[3] | Hiroki Miyazawa | Kappa | Shiroi Koibito |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Ange Postecoglou[4] | Yuji Nakazawa | Adidas | Nissan |
Kawasaki Frontale | Toru Oniki[5] | Yū Kobayashi | Puma | Fujitsu |
Gamba Osaka | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto[6] | Yasuhito Endō | Umbro | Panasonic |
Júbilo Iwata | Hiroshi Nanami[7] | Nagisa Sakurauchi | Puma | Yamaha |
Nagoya Grampus | Yahiro Kazama[8] | Hisato Satō | Mizuno | Toyota |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Oswaldo de Oliveira | Yōsuke Kashiwagi | Nike | Polus |
Kashiwa Reysol | Nozomu Kato | Hidekazu Otani | Yonex | Hitachi |
Shimizu S-Pulse | Jan Jönsson[9] | Ryo Takeuchi | Puma | Suzuyo |
Sagan Tosu | Kim Myung-hwi | Yutaka Yoshida | New Balance | DHC |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshi Jofuku[10] | Toshihiro Aoyama | Nike | Edion |
Shonan Bellmare | Cho Kwi-jea[11] | Kaoru Takayama | Penalty | Meldia |
FC Tokyo | Kenta Hasegawa[12] | Jang Hyun-soo | Umbro | Lifeval |
Vegalta Sendai | Susumu Watanabe[13] | Shingo Tomita | Adidas | Iris Ohyama |
Vissel Kobe | Juan Manuel Lillo[14] | Lukas Podolski | Asics | Rakuten |
V-Varen Nagasaki | Takuya Takagi[15] | Jordy Buijs | Hummel | Japanet |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | Erick Mombaerts | 1 January 2018[16] | Ange Postecoglou | 19 December 2017[17] |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Takafumi Hori | 2 April 2018[18] | Oswaldo de Oliveira | 19 April 2018[19] |
Kashiwa Reysol | Takahiro Shimotaira | 13 May 2018 | Nozomu Kato | 13 May 2018[20] |
Gamba Osaka | Levir Culpi | 23 July 2018[21] | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 23 July 2018 |
Vissel Kobe | Takayuki Yoshida | 17 Sep 2018[22] | Juan Manuel Lillo | 4 Oct 2018[23] |
Sagan Tosu | Massimo Ficcadenti | 17 Oct 2018 | Kim Myung-hwi | 17 Oct 2018 |
Foreign players[]
The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. Clubs can register up to four foreign players for a single match-day squad, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Other | Former |
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Consadole Sapporo | Jay Bothroyd | Gu Sung-yun | Kim Min-tae | Chanathip Songkrasin | Jonathan Reis Julinho | ||
Vegalta Sendai | Rafaelson | Ramon Lopes | Kim Jung-ya | Lee Yun-oh | Ryang Yong-gi | ||
Kashima Antlers | Leandro | Léo Silva | Serginho | Jung Seung-hyun | Kwoun Sun-tae | Pedro Júnior | |
Urawa Red Diamonds | Andrew Nabbout | Fabrício | Maurício Antônio | Quenten Martinus | Zlatan Ljubijankič | ||
Kashiwa Reysol | Cristiano | Nathan Otávio | Michael Olunga | Kim Bo-kyung | Park Jeong-su | Ramon Lopes Yun Suk-young | |
FC Tokyo | Diego Oliveira | Lins | Lipe Veloso | Jang Hyun-soo | Jakkit Wachpirom | ||
Kawasaki Frontale | Caio César | Eduardo | Elsinho | Jung Sung-ryong | Jefferson Tabinas | Eduardo Neto | |
Yokohama F. Marinos | Thiago Martins | Olivier Boumal | Hugo Vieira | Dušan Cvetinović | Yun Il-lok | Ippei Shinozuka | Milos Degenek David Babunski |
Shonan Bellmare | André Bahia | Mihael Mikić | Lee Jeong-hyeop | Alen Stevanović | |||
Shimizu S-Pulse | Mitchell Duke | Crislan | Douglas | Freire | Hwang Seok-ho | Jong Tae-se | Wu Shaocong |
Júbilo Iwata | Adaílton | Krzysztof Kaminski | Eren Albayrak | Fozil Musaev | Guilherme Santos Gabriel Morbeck | ||
Nagoya Grampus | Mitchell Langerak | Eduardo Neto | Gabriel Xavier | Jô | Willian Rocha | Washington | |
Gamba Osaka | Ademilson | Fábio Aguiar | Hwang Ui-jo | Oh Jae-suk | Matheus Jesus | ||
Cerezo Osaka | Souza | Matej Jonjić | Kim Jin-hyeon | Yang Dong-hyun | Osmar Barba | Pierce Waring Chaowat Veerachat |
|
Vissel Kobe | Wellington | Lukas Podolski | Kim Seung-gyu | Andrés Iniesta | Theerathon Bunmathan Ahmed Yasser |
Leandro Jung Woo-young | |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Besart Berisha | Felipe Silva | Patric | Teerasil Dangda | |||
Sagan Tosu | Joan Oumari | Cho Dong-geon | Kim Min-hyeok | Fernando Torres | Víctor Ibarbo An Yong-woo Jung Seung-hyun | ||
V-Varen Nagasaki | Jordy Buijs | Choi Kyu-baek | Jairo Morillas | Juanma | Ben Halloran |
Results[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Kawasaki Frontale (C) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 57 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
3 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 56 | |
4 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 55 | |
5 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a] |
6 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 50 | |
7 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 50 | |
8 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 49 | |
9 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 48 | |
10 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 45 | |
11 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 45 | |
12 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 41 | |
13 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 41 | |
14 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
15 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 41 | |
16 | Júbilo Iwata (O) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 41 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
17 | Kashiwa Reysol (R) | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 39 | Relegation to J2 League |
18 | V-Varen Nagasaki (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Emperor's Cup winners.
Positions by round[]
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off | |
Qualification to Relegation play-off | |
Relegation to J2 League |
Results table[]
Promotion–Relegation Playoff[]
Júbilo Iwata | 2–0 | Tokyo Verdy |
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K. Ogawa 41' (pen.) Taguchi 80' |
Report |
Season statistics[]
Top scorers[]
- As of matches played on 1 December 2018.[24]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Jô | Nagoya Grampus | |
2 | Patric | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
3 | Hwang Ui-jo | Gamba Osaka | |
4 | Yū Kobayashi | Kawasaki Frontale | |
Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
6 | Diego Oliveira | FC Tokyo | |
Hugo Vieira | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
Koya Kitagawa | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
9 | Ken Tokura | Consadole Sapporo | |
10 | Takuma Nishimura | Vegalta Sendai | |
Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | ||
Kengo Kawamata | Júbilo Iwata | ||
Douglas | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
Musashi Suzuki | V-Varen Nagasaki |
Top assists[]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yōsuke Kashiwagi | Urawa Reds | |
2 | Junya Ito | Kashiwa Reysol | |
3 | Kosei Shibasaki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | ||
4 | Gabriel Xavier | Nagoya Grampus | |
Hideki Ishige | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
Koya Kitagawa | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
Yuki Muto | Urawa Reds |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diego Oliveira | FC Tokyo | V-Varen Nagasaki | 2–5 (A) | 8 April 2018 |
Hugo Vieira | Yokohama F. Marinos | Shonan Bellmare | 4–4 (H) | 21 April 2018 |
Sho Ito | Yokohama F. Marinos | Vegalta Sendai | 2–8 (A) | 18 July 2018 |
Jô | Nagoya Grampus | Gamba Osaka | 4–1 (H) | 5 August 2018 |
Fabrício | Urawa Red Diamonds | Júbilo Iwata | 4–0 (H) | 15 August 2018 |
Jô | Nagoya Grampus | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–1 (H) | 26 August 2018 |
Musashi Suzuki | V-Varen Nagasaki | Nagoya Grampus | 4–3 (A) | 15 September 2018 |
- Note
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Attendances[]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 603,534 | 55,689 | 21,250 | 35,502 | +5.8% |
2 | FC Tokyo | 449,388 | 44,801 | 13,425 | 26,432 | −0.2% |
3 | Nagoya Grampus | 419,218 | 43,579 | 9,297 | 24,660 | +60.5%† |
4 | Gamba Osaka | 399,242 | 35,242 | 11,824 | 23,485 | −3.3% |
5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 394,709 | 24,677 | 17,113 | 23,218 | +5.0% |
6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 370,401 | 41,686 | 8,688 | 21,788 | −9.9% |
7 | Vissel Kobe | 367,716 | 26,603 | 9,015 | 21,630 | +18.4% |
8 | Kashima Antlers | 330,376 | 33,647 | 7,672 | 19,434 | −5.0% |
9 | Cerezo Osaka | 319,782 | 34,303 | 8,165 | 18,811 | −10.3% |
10 | Consadole Sapporo | 309,798 | 34,250 | 6,729 | 18,223 | −1.1% |
11 | Júbilo Iwata | 263,060 | 31,375 | 8,047 | 15,474 | −5.2% |
12 | Vegalta Sendai | 261,943 | 19,152 | 13,158 | 15,408 | +4.5% |
13 | Sagan Tosu | 255,004 | 22,669 | 7,138 | 15,000 | +5.7% |
14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 254,844 | 20,109 | 6,193 | 14,991 | −0.8% |
15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 243,874 | 21,997 | 7,344 | 14,346 | +2.2% |
16 | Shonan Bellmare | 206,039 | 15,351 | 8,002 | 12,120 | +43.4%† |
17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 193,833 | 14,208 | 9,255 | 11,402 | +6.3% |
18 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 190,827 | 15,975 | 6,579 | 11,225 | +88.9%† |
League total | 5,833,538 | 55,689 | 6,193 | 19,064 | +1.0% |
Updated to games played on 1 December 2018
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Promoted from J2.
Awards[]
2018 J.League Best XI |
Award | Winner | Club |
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J.League Manager of the Year | Mihailo Petrović | Consadole Sapporo |
J.League Most Valuable Player | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale |
J.League Rookie of the Year | Hiroki Abe | Kashima Antlers |
J.League Best XI | ||||||||||||
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Attack | Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka) | Jô (Nagoya Grampus) | ||||||||||
Midfield | Chanathip Songkrasin (Consadole Sapporo) | Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale) | Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) | ||||||||
Defence | Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers) | Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale) | Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale) | ||||||||
Goalkeeper | Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) |
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