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	The '''2025 J3 League''', also known as the {{Nihongo\|'''2025 ] ]'''\|2025 明治安田J3リーグ\|2025 Meiji Yasuda J3 Rīgu}} for sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the ], the third-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013		The '''2025 J3 League''', also known as the {{Nihongo\|'''2025 ] ]'''\|2025 明治安田J3リーグ\|2025 Meiji Yasuda J3 Rīgu\|lead=yes}} for sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the ], the third-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.

	==Overview==		==Overview==
			This is the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards played from summer to spring.

	The league continued with 20 teams for the 2024 season.		The league continued with 20 teams for the 2024 season.

	The top two teams in the league will be automatically promoted to the ], teams ranked 3rd to 6th dispute the promotion play-offs.		The top two teams in the league will be automatically promoted to the ], teams ranked 3rd to 6th dispute the promotion play-offs.
	There is the possibility that as many as two clubs will be relegated to the ]. Promotion from the JFL is conditional on holding a valid J3 license. If the JFL champions hold a license, the club will be automatically promoted and the J3's 20th-placed team will be automatically relegated. If the JFL runners-up hold a license, the club will need to play promotion/relegation play-offs against J3's 19th or 20th-placed team for the season, depending on whether the JFL champions hold the J3 license. The club(s) who do not hold a license cannot be promoted and no teams will be relegated from the J3 League.<ref name="2024-j3-format">{{cite web \|title=２０２４明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp） \|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/26783/ \|website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） \|access-date=31 January 2024 \|language=ja \|date=19 December 2023}}</ref>		There is the possibility that as many as two clubs will be relegated to the ]. Promotion from the JFL is conditional on holding a valid J3 license. If the JFL champions hold a license, the club will be automatically promoted and the J3's 20th-placed team will be automatically relegated. If the JFL runners-up hold a license, the club will need to play promotion/relegation play-offs against J3's 19th or 20th-placed team for the season, depending on whether the JFL champions hold the J3 license. The club(s) who do not hold a license cannot be promoted and no teams will be relegated from the J3 League.<ref name="2024-j3-format">{{cite web \|title=２０２４明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp） \|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/26783/ \|website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） \|access-date=31 January 2024 \|language=ja \|date=19 December 2023}}</ref>

	==Schedule==		==Schedule==
	The league and match format was announced on 25 November 2024. The league began on 15 February and ended on 29 November in a round-robin format of 38 matches.<ref name="2024-j3-format" />		The league and match format was announced on 25 November 2024. The league began on 15 February and ended on 29 November in a round-robin format of 38 matches.<ref name="2024-j3-format" />

	The J3 promotion play-offs were held in a similar manner to the J2 playoffs, with the dates will be confirmed in ~~november~~<ref>{{cite web \|title=２０２５明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について\|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/29450/ \|website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） \|access-date=22 January 2025 \|language=ja \|date=25 November 2024}}</ref>		The J3 promotion play-offs were held in a similar manner to the J2 playoffs, with the dates will be confirmed in November<ref>{{cite web \|title=２０２５明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について\|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/29450/ \|website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） \|access-date=22 January 2025 \|language=ja \|date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
	==Changes from the previous season==		==Changes from the previous season==
	], ] and ] were relegated to the J3 League, finishing the previous ] season as ~~20th~~, 19th and ~~18th~~ places. Tochigi gets relegated after ~~eigth~~ years in the second ~~divsion~~. ~~meanwhile~~ Kagoshima United come back to the third tier after one season in J2. Thespa Gunma back to the league after five years in J2 League.		], ] and ] were relegated to the J3 League, finishing the previous ] season as 18th, 19th and 20th places. Tochigi gets relegated after eight years in the second division. Meanwhile, Kagoshima United come back to the third tier after one season in J2 and Thespa Gunma back to the league after five years in J2 League.

	From J3 win the promotion Red Bull Omiya Ardija (Formerly only Omiya Ardija) team recently acquired for the Red Bull Group. who gets promoted after only one season in J3, the runners-up ] gets promoted for first time ever and will play the ] against ] in J2 League. the last team promoted was ] after eleven seasons in J3. thanks to a epic draw in the play-off final against ] with a double from the striker ] in the last ten minutes.
			From J3 win promotion ] (Formerly only Omiya Ardija) team recently acquired for the ] who gets promoted after only one season in J3, runner-up ] gets promoted for first time ever and will play the ] against ] in J2 League, the last team promoted was ] after eleven seasons in J3 thanks to an epic draw in the play-off final against ] with a double from the striker ] in the last ten minutes.
	From Japan Football League teams gets promoted after two seasons.

	] was the champions of ] and gets promoted for first time ever and will play the ] against ] .
	~~The~~ ~~second~~ ~~team~~ promoted ~~was~~ ] ~~runners-up~~ of ] and after won the relegation play-off defeated ] with a aggregate of 1-3, the first team of ] who play in the J League.		From ] teams gets promoted after two seasons. ] champions, ] gets promoted for first time ever and will play the ] against ]. The second and final team promoted was ] finished as runner-up and after won the relegation play-off defeated ] with a aggregate of 1-3, the first team of ] who play in the J League.

	=== Clubs ===
			== Clubs ==
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	==~~=Foreigns~~ ~~player=~~==		==Foreign players==
			From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jleague.jp/release/post-56861/\|title=「ホームグロウン制度」の導入と「外国籍選手枠」の変更について\|website=JLeague.jp\|url-status=live\|language=ja \|publisher=Japan Professional Football League\|date=20 November 2018\|trans-title=About the introduction of the "homegrown system" and the change of the "foreign player quota"\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120082513/https://www.jleague.jp/release/post-56861/ \|archive-date=20 November 2018 }}</ref> Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

			*Players name in '''bold''' indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.
			*Player's name in ''italics'' indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jfa.jp/documents/pdf/basic/br20.pdf\|title=プロサッカー選手の契約、登録および移籍に関する規則\|language=ja\|publisher=Japan Football Association\|trans-title=Rules for contracting, registering and transferring professional soccer players\|website=JFA.jp\|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>

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			== League table ==
			{{2025 J3 League table}}

			== Play-offs ==
			=== Promotion play-offs ===
			The usual format will be applied in the 2025 season. Promotion play-offs, officially called the ''2025 J.League Road To J2 Play-offs{{#tag:ref\|On the official J.League English website, it is listed as ''J2 Promotion Play-Offs''\|group=upper-alpha}}'' ({{langx\|ja\|2025 J2昇格プレーオフ}}), was held from the semi-finals, where the match-ups were previously semi-determined. Based on the J3 placements at the end of the regular season, the third-placed team played against the sixth-placed, while the fourth-placed team played against the fifth-placed. The winners of the semi-finals played the final, with the winners promoted to the J2.

			If a match was tied in the play-offs, the team with the highest league position are declared the winner. The rank order was: J3's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-placed teams.

			=== Relegation play-offs ===
			The relegation play-offs, officially called the ''2025 J3/JFL Play-Offs'' ({{langx\|ja\|2025 J3・JFL入れ替え戦{{#tag:ref\|The logo and signage reads ''2025 J.League J3・JFL入れ替え戦''\|group=upper-alpha}}}}), take place on 7 and 12 December 2025.
			If two teams are equal on the scoreboard, the match will going to extra time and penalty shoot-out. Away goals rule will not applied.

			==Season statistics==

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			===Top scorers===
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			===Discipline===

			====Player====
			* Most yellow cards:

			* Most red cards:

			====Club====
			* Most yellow cards:

			* Most red cards:

			== Awards ==

			==See also==
			* ]
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			== Footnotes ==
			{{Notelist-ua}}

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

			== External links ==
			* on jleague.co {{in lang\|en}}

			{{J.League}}
			{{Japanese Club Football\|group=third}}<!--
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12th season of J3 League Football league season

J3 League
Season	2025
Dates	15 February 2025 – 24 November 2025
← 2024 2026–27 →

The 2025 J3 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 12th season of the J3 League, the third-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.

Overview

This is the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards played from summer to spring.

The league continued with 20 teams for the 2024 season.

The top two teams in the league will be automatically promoted to the J2 League, teams ranked 3rd to 6th dispute the promotion play-offs. There is the possibility that as many as two clubs will be relegated to the Japan Football League. Promotion from the JFL is conditional on holding a valid J3 license. If the JFL champions hold a license, the club will be automatically promoted and the J3's 20th-placed team will be automatically relegated. If the JFL runners-up hold a license, the club will need to play promotion/relegation play-offs against J3's 19th or 20th-placed team for the season, depending on whether the JFL champions hold the J3 license. The club(s) who do not hold a license cannot be promoted and no teams will be relegated from the J3 League.

Schedule

The league and match format was announced on 25 November 2024. The league began on 15 February and ended on 29 November in a round-robin format of 38 matches.

The J3 promotion play-offs were held in a similar manner to the J2 playoffs, with the dates will be confirmed in November

Changes from the previous season

Tochigi SC, Kagoshima United and Thespakusatsu Gunma were relegated to the J3 League, finishing the previous J2 League season as 18th, 19th and 20th places. Tochigi gets relegated after eight years in the second division. Meanwhile, Kagoshima United come back to the third tier after one season in J2 and Thespa Gunma back to the league after five years in J2 League.

From J3 win promotion RB Omiya Ardija (Formerly only Omiya Ardija) team recently acquired for the Red Bull Group who gets promoted after only one season in J3, runner-up FC Imabari gets promoted for first time ever and will play the Ehime Derby against Ehime FC in J2 League, the last team promoted was Kataller Toyama after eleven seasons in J3 thanks to an epic draw in the play-off final against Matsumoto Yamaga with a double from the striker Shosei Usui in the last ten minutes.

From Japan Football League teams gets promoted after two seasons. 2024 Japan Football League champions, Tochigi City FC gets promoted for first time ever and will play the Tochigi Derby against Tochigi SC. The second and final team promoted was Kochi United SC finished as runner-up and after won the relegation play-off defeated YSCC Yokohama with a aggregate of 1-3, the first team of Kochi Prefecture who play in the J League.

Clubs

Nagano Parceiro† Greater Tokyo Area teams
SC Sagamihara
Thespa Gunma
Tochigi City FC
Tochigi SC

Greater Tokyo Areaclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025 J3 League teams

SC Sagamihara

Thespa Gunma

Tochigi City FC

Tochigi SC class=notpageimage| Greater Tokyo Area J3 League teams

Teams	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Position 2024 season	License
Azul Claro Numazu	Numazu, Shizuoka	Ashitaka Park Stadium	5,104	10th	J2
Fukushima United	Fukushima, Fukushima	Toho Stadium	15,454	5th	J2
Gainare Tottori	Tottori, Tottori	Axis Bird Stadium	11,999	13th	J2
FC Gifu	Gifu, Gifu	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium	16,310	8th	J1
Giravanz Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu	15,300	7th	J1
Kagoshima United	Kagoshima, Kagoshima	Shiranami Stadium	19,934	J2 (19th)	J1
Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu, Kagawa	Pikara Stadium	30,099	16th	J1
Kochi United	Kōchi, Kōchi	Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium	25,000	JFL (2nd)	J3
Matsumoto Yamaga	Matsumoto, Nagano	Sunpro Alwin	20,000	4th	J1
Nagano Parceiro	Nagano, Nagano	Nagano U Stadium	15,515	18th	J2
Nara Club	Nara, Nara	Rohto Field Nara	30,600	17th	J2
FC Osaka	Higashiōsaka, Osaka	Hanazono Rugby Stadium	27,346	6th	J2
Ryukyu Okinawa	Naha, Okinawa	Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium	15,500	14th	J1
SC Sagamihara	Sagamihara, Kanagawa	Sagamihara Gion Stadium	6,291	9th	J2
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	Miyazaki, Miyazaki	Ichigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium	5,354	15th	J2
Thespa Gunma	Maebashi, Gunma	Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma	15,253	J2 (20th)	J1
Tochigi City FC	Tochigi, Tochigi	Tochigi Football Station	5,129	JFL (1st)	J3
Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya, Tochigi	Kanseki Stadium Tochigi	25,244	J2 (18th)	J1
Vanraure Hachinohe	Hachinohe, Aomori	Prifoods Stadium	5,124	7th	J2
Zweigen Kanazawa	Kanazawa, Ishikawa	Kanazawa Go Go Curry Stadium	10,444	12th	J1

Foreign players

From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.
Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Azul Claro Numazu	Weverton
Fukushima United
Gainare Tottori	Kojo Dadzie
FC Gifu	Mun In-ju	Kim Yoo-geon	Jon Ander Serantes
Giravanz Kitakyushu	Koh Seung-jin
Kagoshima United	Gaudencio	Renan	Rodrigo Angelotti
Kamatamare Sanuki	Eduardo	Ismael Dunga
Kochi United	Kang Sung-chan
Matsumoto Yamaga	Tiago	Kim Jun-hyun
Nagano Parceiro	Lee Seung-won	Lim Ji-hoon
Nara Club	Marc Vito	Chanapach Buaphan	Thawatchai Inprakhon
FC Osaka	Lee Dong-yeol	Shin Dong-min
Ryukyu Okinawa	Jo Eun-soo	Park Seong-su
SC Sagamihara	Rafael Furtado	Noam Baumann	Robin Maulun	Kevin Pytlik
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	Kim Geon-yeon	Lee Chung-won
Thespa Gunma	Kim Je-hee
Tochigi City FC	Joe Caletti	Carlos Eduardo
Tochigi SC	Rafael Costa	Kim Min-jun
Vanraure Hachinohe	Thales Paula
Zweigen Kanazawa	Patric

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Promotion or relegation
1	Azul Claro Numazu	Promotion to the 2026–27 J2 League
2	Fukushima United	Promotion to the 2026–27 J2 League
3	Gainare Tottori	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	FC Gifu
5	Giravanz Kitakyushu
6	Kagoshima United
7	Kamatamare Sanuki
8	Kochi United
9	Matsumoto Yamaga
10	Nagano Parceiro
11	Nara Club
12	FC Osaka
13	Ryukyu Okinawa
14	SC Sagamihara
15	Tegevajaro Miyazaki
16	Thespa Gunma
17	Tochigi City FC
18	Tochigi SC
19	Vanraure Hachinohe	Qualification for the relegation/promotion play-offs
20	Zweigen Kanazawa	Relegation to the 2026–27 JFL

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2025. Source: Meiji Yasuda J3 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The usual format will be applied in the 2025 season. Promotion play-offs, officially called the 2025 J.League Road To J2 Play-offs (Japanese: 2025 J2昇格プレーオフ), was held from the semi-finals, where the match-ups were previously semi-determined. Based on the J3 placements at the end of the regular season, the third-placed team played against the sixth-placed, while the fourth-placed team played against the fifth-placed. The winners of the semi-finals played the final, with the winners promoted to the J2.

If a match was tied in the play-offs, the team with the highest league position are declared the winner. The rank order was: J3's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-placed teams.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs, officially called the 2025 J3/JFL Play-Offs (Japanese: 2025 J3・JFL入れ替え戦), take place on 7 and 12 December 2025. If two teams are equal on the scoreboard, the match will going to extra time and penalty shoot-out. Away goals rule will not applied.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards:

Most red cards:

Club

Most yellow cards:

Most red cards:

Awards

Footnotes

On the official J.League English website, it is listed as J2 Promotion Play-Offs
The logo and signage reads 2025 J.League J3・JFL入れ替え戦

References

^ "２０２４明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について：Ｊリーグ公式サイト（J.LEAGUE.jp）". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). 19 December 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
"２０２５明治安田Ｊ３リーグ大会方式および試合方式について". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
"「ホームグロウン制度」の導入と「外国籍選手枠」の変更について" [About the introduction of the "homegrown system" and the change of the "foreign player quota"]. JLeague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
"プロサッカー選手の契約、登録および移籍に関する規則" [Rules for contracting, registering and transferring professional soccer players] (PDF). JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

External links

Official website on jleague.co (in English)

J.League

Champions (J1 League · J2 League · J3 League) · Records and statistics · Historical goals

Seasons

J1 League seasons (1993–present)	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
J2 League seasons (1999–present)	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
J3 League seasons (2014–present)	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Clubs

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United SC Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City FC Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
Former	YSCC Yokohama Yokohama Flügels J.League U-22 Selection Iwate Grulla Morioka FC Tokyo U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23

Players

Managers

J.League managers
- current

Referees

J.League referees

Awards (Monthly MVP · MVP Award · Best XI · Top Scorer · Rookie of the Year · Manager of the Year)

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
J.League 1993–present J.League Division 1/J1 League since 1999	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
List of champions J.League Championship Promotion / Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
(former) Japan Football League 1992–1998 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–1993	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
List of champions Promotion / Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–93	1992 1993
No national third tier, 1994–1998
Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Regional Champions League Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup
1921–present

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 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2025

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Asuka FC Atletico Suzuka Club Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Iwate Grulla Morioka Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori FC Tiamo Hirakata Veertien Mie Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino YSCC Yokohama
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Sony Sendai Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Kagura Shimane Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23

Categories:

Latest revision as of 16:23, 22 January 2025

Overview

Schedule

Changes from the previous season

Clubs

Foreign players

League table

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

See also

Footnotes

References

External links