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J1 League
Season2023
Dates17 February – 3 December 2023
Matches played46
Goals scored115 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerKoki Ogawa (4 goals)
Biggest home winVissel Kobe 4–0 Gamba Osaka
(4 March 2023)
Biggest away winSagan Tosu 1–5 Shonan Bellmare
(18 February 2023)
Highest scoringSagan Tosu 1–5 Shonan Bellmare
(18 February 2023)
Longest winning run4 matches
Urawa Red Diamonds
Longest unbeaten run4 matches
Urawa Red Diamonds
Longest winless run6 matches
Kashiwa Reysol
Longest losing run4 matches
Kashiwa Reysol
Highest attendance38,051[1]
FC Tokyo 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
(18 February 2023)
Lowest attendance6,210[1]
Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol
(4 March 2023)
Total attendance792,874[1]
Average attendance17,236[1]
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 31 March 2023.

The 2023 J1 League, also known as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993.

Yokohama F. Marinos are the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title in 2022 in the final match of the season.[2][3]

Overview

Only one club will be relegated to the J2 League at the end of the season, as the number of clubs will be expanded from 18 to 20 clubs from the 2024 season.[4]

Changes from the previous season

There were two teams relegated last season to the 2023 J2 League. Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata, both from Shizuoka Prefecture, were relegated due to them finishing 17th and 18th respectively the previous season. Thus, this is the first Japanese top-flight season to not feature any team from the region.

Kyoto Sanga finished on 16th place, but won the promotion/relegation playoffs against Roasso Kumamoto and thus retained their top league status. Had Roasso won, it would have been their first ever promotion to the top-flight.

Two teams were promoted from the 2022 J2 League: Albirex Niigata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a five-year absence, and Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing on the J2 League.

Participating clubs

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Locations of the 2023 J1 League teams
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2023 J1 League teams in Greater Tokyo Area
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2023 J1 League teams in Keihanshin
Club Location Stadium Capacity Previous season rank
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome 41,484 J1 (10th)
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300 J2 (1st)
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 J1 (4th)
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 63,700 J1 (9th)
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium 15,900 J1 (7th)
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 J1 (6th)
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Todoroki Stadium 26,232 J1 (2nd)
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 72,327 J1 (1st)
Yokohama FC Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,046 J2 (2nd)
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500 J1 (12th)
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 45,000 J1 (8th)
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,600 J1 (16th)
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694 J1 (15th)
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481 J1 (5th)
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium 30,132 J1 (13th)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Stadium 36,894 J1 (3rd)
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562 J1 (14th)
Sagan Tosu Saga Prefecture Ekimae Stadium 24,130 J1 (11th)

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Serbia Mihailo Petrović Japan Hiroki Miyazawa Japan Mizuno
Albirex Niigata Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi Japan Yuto Horigome Germany Adidas
Kashima Antlers Japan Daiki Iwamasa Japan Shoma Doi United States Nike
Urawa Red Diamonds Poland Maciej Skorża Japan Hiroki Sakai United States Nike
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Nelsinho Baptista Japan Taiyo Koga Japan Yonex
FC Tokyo Spain Albert Puig Japan Masato Morishige United States New Balance
Yokohama F. Marinos Australia Kevin Muscat Japan Takuya Kida Germany Adidas
Yokohama FC Japan Shuhei Yomoda Brazil Gabriel Germany Puma
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Toru Oniki Japan Kento Tachibanada Germany Puma
Shonan Bellmare Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi Japan Kazuki Oiwa Brazil Penalty
Nagoya Grampus Japan Kenta Hasegawa Japan Sho Inagaki Japan Mizuno
Kyoto Sanga South Korea Cho Kwi-jae Japan Temma Matsuda Germany Puma
Gamba Osaka Spain Dani Poyatos Japan Takashi Usami Denmark Hummel
Cerezo Osaka Japan Akio Kogiku Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake Germany Puma
Vissel Kobe Japan Takayuki Yoshida Spain Andrés Iniesta Japan Asics
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Michael Skibbe Japan Sho Sasaki United States Nike
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan Tatsuki Nara Japan Yonex
Sagan Tosu Japan Kenta Kawai Japan Naoyuki Fujita United States New Balance

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Urawa Red Diamonds Spain Ricardo Rodriguez[5] Resigned 5 November 2022 Pre-season Poland Maciej Skorża[6] 10 November 2022
Gamba Osaka Japan Hiroshi Matsuda[7] 23 November 2022 Spain Dani Poyatos[8] 23 November 2022

Transfers

Main article: List of J1 League football transfers 2023

The winter transfer window is opened from 6 January to 31 March, while the summer transfer window will be from 21 July to 18 August.

Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[9] 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 mid-season 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.[10]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Left mid-season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Brazil Lucas Fernandes Slovenia Milan Tučić South Korea Kim Gun-hee South Korea Gu Sung-yun Thailand Supachok Sarachat
Albirex Niigata Brazil Danilo Gomes Brazil Gustavo Nescau Australia Thomas Deng Peru Kazuyoshi Shimabuku
Kashima Antlers Brazil Arthur Caíke Brazil Diego Pituca Nigeria Blessing Eleke South Korea Kim Min-tae South Korea Kwoun Sun-tae South Korea Park Eui-jeong
Urawa Red Diamonds Denmark Alexander Scholz Guinea José Kanté Netherlands Alex Schalk Netherlands Bryan Linssen Norway Marius Høibråten Sweden David Moberg Karlsson
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Douglas Brazil Matheus Sávio Brazil Diego Netherlands Jay-Roy Grot
FC Tokyo Brazil Adaílton Brazil Diego Oliveira Brazil Leandro Brazil Henrique Trevisan Brazil Pedro Perotti Poland Jakub Słowik
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Marcos Júnior Brazil Élber Brazil Anderson Lopes Brazil Eduardo Brazil Yan
Yokohama FC Brazil Gabriel Brazil Saulo Mineiro Brazil Marcelo Ryan Brazil Mateus Moraes Brazil Yuri Brazil Caprini Germany Svend Brodersen Vietnam Nguyễn Công Phượng
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Jesiel Brazil João Schmidt Brazil Marcinho South Korea Jung Sung-ryong Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Shonan Bellmare South Korea Song Bum-keun Norway Tarik Elyounoussi Nigeria Mikel Agu
Nagoya Grampus Australia Mitchell Langerak Brazil Thales Brazil Mateus Brazil Naldinho Denmark Kasper Junker
Kyoto Sanga Brazil Alan Cariús Brazil Paulinho Bóia Brazil Patric New Zealand Michael Woud Suriname Warner Hahn
Gamba Osaka Brazil Dawhan Brazil Juan Alano Israel Neta Lavi Tunisia Issam Jebali South Korea Kwon Kyung-won
Cerezo Osaka Belgium Jordy Croux Brazil Capixaba Brazil Léo Ceará Croatia Matej Jonjić South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon South Korea Yang Han-been
Vissel Kobe Brazil Jean Patric Brazil Matheus Thuler Brazil Phelipe Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Sergi Samper
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Douglas Vieira Brazil Ezequiel Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Douglas Grolli Brazil Lukian Brazil Wellington
Sagan Tosu Kenya Teddy Akumu South Korea Hwang Seok-ho South Korea Koh Bang-jo South Korea Ueom Ye-hoon

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vissel Kobe (C) 34 21 8 5 60 29 +31 71 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 19 7 8 63 40 +23 64
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 17 7 10 42 28 +14 58 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 12 7 42 27 +15 57
5 Kashima Antlers 34 14 10 10 43 34 +9 52
6 Nagoya Grampus 34 14 10 10 41 36 +5 52
7 Avispa Fukuoka 34 15 6 13 37 43 −6 51
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 45 +6 50 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage[a]
9 Cerezo Osaka 34 15 4 15 39 34 +5 49
10 Albirex Niigata 34 11 12 11 36 40 −4 45
11 FC Tokyo 34 12 7 15 42 46 −4 43
12 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 34 10 10 14 56 61 −5 40
13 Kyoto Sanga 34 12 4 18 40 45 −5 40
14 Sagan Tosu 34 9 11 14 43 47 −4 38
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 8 10 16 40 56 −16 34
16 Gamba Osaka 34 9 7 18 38 61 −23 34
17 Kashiwa Reysol 34 6 15 13 33 47 −14 33
18 Yokohama FC (R) 34 7 8 19 31 58 −27 29 Relegation to the J2 League
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 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 goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results table

Home \ Away ALB ANT AVI BEL CER CON GAM GRA KWF KSA RED REY SAG SFR TOK VIS YFC YFM
Albirex Niigata — 2–2 1–0
Kashima Antlers — 0–0 1–2
Avispa Fukuoka — 2–1 2–1 1–0
Shonan Bellmare — 0–2 2–2
Cerezo Osaka 2–2 — a 2–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo — 1–3 2–0
Gamba Osaka a 2–2 — 1–1
Nagoya Grampus — 1–0 0–0
Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 0–0 — 1–2
Kyoto Sanga 0–2 — 2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 2–1 —
Kashiwa Reysol 2–2 0–3 0–3 — 1–1
Sagan Tosu 1–5 1–0 — 0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 0–0 1–0 —
FC Tokyo 2–0 — 3–1
Vissel Kobe 1–0 4–0 0–1 —
Yokohama FC 1–3 0–1 1–4 —
Yokohama F. Marinos 2–1 2–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2023. Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 March 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[11][12]
1 Japan Koki Ogawa Yokohama FC 4
2 Japan Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare 3
Japan Shusuke Ota Albirex Niigata
4 Japan Kei Chinen Kashima Antlers 2
Japan Taiyo Hiraoka Shonan Bellmare
Japan Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol
Japan Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata
Denmark Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus
Japan Kosuke Kinoshita Kyoto Sanga
Japan Yuki Kobayashi Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Brazil Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan Kensuke Nagai Nagoya Grampus
Japan Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Brazil Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo
Japan Kosuke Onose Shonan Bellmare
Japan Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe
Brazil Patric Kyoto Sanga
Japan Gōtoku Sakai Vissel Kobe
Japan Tsukasa Shiotani Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
Japan Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Japan Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare Sagan Tosu 5–1 (A) 18 February 2023 [13]
Notes
  • 5 Player scored 5 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Top assists

As of 19 March 2023
Rank Player Club Assists[12][14]
1 Brazil Élber Yokohama F. Marinos 3
Japan Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
3 Japan Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata 2
Denmark Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus
Japan Shuto Machino Shonan Bellmare
Japan Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Ryota Nagaki Shonan Bellmare
Japan Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
10 51 players 1

Clean sheets

As of 31 March 2023
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Australia Mitchell Langerak Nagoya Grampus 4
2 Japan Daiya Maekawa Vissel Kobe 3
3 Japan Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers 2
Japan Takumi Nagaishi Avispa Fukuoka
Japan Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan Keisuke Osako Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Poland Jakub Słowik FC Tokyo
Japan Tomoya Wakahara Kyoto Sanga
8 South Korea Gu Sung-yun Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1
South Korea Jung Sung-ryong Kawasaki Frontale
South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon Cerezo Osaka
Japan Ryosuke Kojima Albirex Niigata
Japan Powell Obinna Obi Yokohama F. Marinos
South Korea Park Il-gyu Sagan Tosu
Japan Takanori Sugeno Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 9[17]
    • Avispa Fukuoka
    • Yokohama FC
  • Most red cards: 3[18]
    • Kashima Antlers

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

Club seasons

References

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  2. ^ Pisani, Sacha (5 November 2022). "We created history: Muscat follows in the footsteps of Postecoglou to win the J1 League!". KeepUp.com.au. Australian Professional Leagues Company. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ^ Orlowitz, Dan (5 November 2022). "Yokohama F. Marinos win fifth J1 title after tense battle on season's last day". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ "League Structure and Competition Format from 2024 Season Unify the number of clubs in each category to 20 League Cup changed to a knockout competition with participation of all J1, J2 and J3 clubs". Japan Professional Football League. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "リカルド ロドリゲス監督との契約について" [Regarding the contract with director Ricardo Rodríguez] (in Japanese). Urawa Red Diamonds. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "マシエイ スコルツァ監督就任のお知らせ" [Announcement of Maciej Skorża appointment as manager] (in Japanese). Urawa Red Diamonds. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. ^ "松田 浩監督 退任のお知らせ" [Announcement of director Hiroshi Matsuda resignation] (in Japanese). Gamba Osaka. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ^ "ダニエル ポヤトス氏 監督就任のお知らせ" [Announcement of Director Daniel Poyatos] (in Japanese). Gamba Osaka. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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  16. ^ "All Positions | Red Cards | All clubs | MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE | 2023 Player Stats | J.LEAGUE". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Yellow Cards | MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE | 2023 Club Stats | J.LEAGUE". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Red Cards | MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE | 2023 Club Stats | J.LEAGUE". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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