2015_J1_League

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season	2015
Champions	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; 3rd J.League title; 8th Japanese title
Relegated	Matsumoto Yamaga; Montedio Yamagata; Shimizu S-Pulse
Champions League	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka; FC Tokyo
Club World Cup	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played	306
Goals scored	820 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Ōkubo (23 goals)
Highest attendance	53,148 Urawa vs Gamba Osaka; (2 May)
Lowest attendance	6,100 Yamagata vs Nagoya; (29 July)
Average attendance	17,803
	← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 22 November 2015.

2015 J1 League

23rd season of J1 League

The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2015 明治安田生命J1リーグ) season^[1] was the 50th season of top-flight football in Japan and the 23rd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. This was first season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

For a five-year period starting in 2015, the J.League changed to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) will qualify for the Championship Stage. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Championship Stage and advanced to the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's entrant.

Positions by round

Overall

More information Team ╲ Round, Sanfrecce Hiroshima ...

	Leader, qualification to 2015 J.League Championship Final and 2016 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2015 AFC Champions League group stage / qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2016 J2 League

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: J. League data site
Note 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 3 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.
Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking.
Note 3: Matchday 23 results for Gamba Osaka vs. Sagan Tosu, held on 22 July 2015, are included in Matchday 21 ranking. Gamba Osaka is a finalist in 2015 Suruga Bank Championship, scheduled on 11 August 2015.
Note 4: Matchday 26 results for Matsumoto Yamaga vs. Montedio Yamagata, held on 23 September 2015, are included on Matchday 29 ranking.

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Club name	Coach	Home town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata	Masaaki Yanagishita	Niigata & Seirō, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Kashima Antlers	Masatada Ishii	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League Third placed team)
Shonan Bellmare	Cho Kwi-jea	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	Shonan Stadium Hiratsuka	18,500	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014
Yokohama F. Marinos	Erick Mombaerts	Yokohama & Yokosuka	Nissan Stadium	72,327
Kawasaki Frontale	Yahiro Kazama	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232
Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Suita, Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	21,000	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League winners)
Nagoya Grampus	Akira Nishino	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Montedio Yamagata	Nobuhiro Ishizaki	All cities/towns in Yamagata	ND Soft Stadium	20,315	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014 (through a play-off system)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League runners-up)
Kashiwa Reysol	Tatsuma Yoshida	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900	2015 AFC Champions League play-off participant (as 2014 J.League Fourth placed team)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Kazuaki Tasaka	Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Stanford Cardinal men's soccer	Hitoshi Morishita	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000
FC Tokyo	Massimo Ficcadenti	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu	Satoru Sakuma	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel Kobe	Nelsinho Baptista	Kobe, Hyōgo	Misaki Park Stadium	30,132
Matsumoto Yamaga	Yasuharu Sorimachi	Matsumoto, Nagano	Matsumoto Stadium	20,000	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of separation	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Ventforet Kofu	Yasuhiro Higuchi	13 May	Mutual consent^[2]	Satoru Sakuma	13 May
Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo	21 July	Sacked^[3]	Masatada Ishii	21 July
Shimizu S-Pluse	Katsumi Oenoki	1 August	Resigned^[4]	Kazuaki Tasaka	11 August

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	on-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract^[5]
Albirex Niigata	Cortês	Léo Silva	Rafael Silva	Lim You-hwan		Rafael Ratão
Kashima Antlers	Caio	Davi	Dinei	Hwang Seok-ho
Shonan Bellmare	André Bahia	Thiago Quirino	Kim Jong-pil	Lee Ho-seung		Alison
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ademilson	Fabio	Rafinha
Kawasaki Frontale	Arthur Maia	Elsinho
Gamba Osaka	Lins	Patric		Oh Jae-suk	Kim Jung-ya
Nagoya Grampus	Leandro Domingues	Danilson Córdoba	Milivoje Novaković			Gustavo
Montedio Yamagata	Alceu	Diego	Romero Frank	Kim Byeom-yong
Urawa Red Diamonds	Zlatan Ljubijankić
Kashiwa Reysol	Cristiano	Ederson	Eduardo	Kim Chang-soo
Shimizu S-Pulse	Dejan Jaković	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Peter Utaka	Mitchell Duke	Jong Tae-se
Sagan Tosu	Baek Sung-dong	Choi Sung-keun	Kim Min-hyeok	Kim Min-woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Douglas	Mihael Mikić		Byeon Jun-byum
FC Tokyo	Vlada Avramov	Francisco Sandaza		Nathan Burns
Ventforet Kofu	Baré	Maranhão	Marquinhos Paraná
Vegalta Sendai	Felipe	Ramon Lopes	Wilson	Kim Min-tae	Ryang Yong-gi
Vissel Kobe	Leandro	Marquinhos	Pedro Júnior	Jung Woo-young		Bueno
Matsumoto Yamaga	Eric	Obina	Willians	Kim Bo-kyung

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	23	5	6	73	30	+43	74	Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	21	9	4	69	40	+29	72	Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round
3	Gamba Osaka	34	18	9	7	56	37	+19	63
4	FC Tokyo	34	19	6	9	45	33	+12	63	Champions League qualifying play-off^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	57	41	+16	59
6	Kawasaki Frontale	34	17	6	11	62	48	+14	57
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	15	10	9	45	32	+13	55
8	Shonan Bellmare	34	13	9	12	40	44	−4	48
9	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	7	14	44	48	−4	46
10	Kashiwa Reysol	34	12	9	13	46	43	+3	45
11	Sagan Tosu	34	9	13	12	37	54	−17	40
12	Vissel Kobe	34	10	8	16	44	49	−5	38
13	Ventforet Kofu	34	10	7	17	26	43	−17	37
14	Vegalta Sendai	34	9	8	17	44	48	−4	35
15	Albirex Niigata	34	8	10	16	41	58	−17	34
16	Matsumoto Yamaga (R)	34	7	7	20	30	54	−24	28	Relegation to 2016 J2 League
17	Shimizu S-Pulse (R)	34	5	10	19	37	65	−28	25
18	Montedio Yamagata (R)	34	4	12	18	24	53	−29	24

Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	BEL	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	MON	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	VEG	VEN	VIS	YAM
Albirex Niigata							1–1	1–1		3–2			0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–2
Kashima Antlers	1–1		1–2		2–3						3–1	2–2				0–1	1–2	3–1
Shonan Bellmare	1–3					0–2			1–3		4–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–0		1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	0–3	3–0		1–3	1–1	2–0				1–0	1–2			1–1
Kawasaki Frontale	4–1		2–1						1–1	1–4	3–2	0–1				3–0	2–2	2–0
Gamba Osaka	2–1	2–0			1–1		3–1							2–2	1–1		0–0	1–0
Nagoya Grampus		1–1	3–0		0–1			0–0		1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1					3–3
Montedio Yamagata		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3				3–0				0–1			0–1	0–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	5–2	2–1		2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0					1–0	4–1				1–0
Kashiwa Reysol		1–3	0–0	1–2		1–0			3–3			2–3	0–0		1–1
Sagan Tosu	2–1					1–0		1–0	1–6	1–1		2–2		1–2			1–1	1–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–2					0–1		5–1	0–0				2–0		2–0	2–0	0–1
Shimizu S-Pulse		3–1		1–2	5–2	2–3		3–3			2–2					0–2		0–1
FC Tokyo		0–1		0–0	2–1		0–1			2–1		1–2	3–2			1–0
Vegalta Sendai		1–2			2–3		2–0	2–0	4–4		5–0		2–1	2–3		0–1
Ventforet Kofu			0–1	1–1		0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3
Vissel Kobe				1–1			0–1		1–1	0–1			1–2	0–2	0–1	4–1
Matsumoto Yamaga	1–2		2–3	0–3						3–0		1–2		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0

2015_J1_League

2015 J1 League

Clubs

Managerial changes

Foreign players

Format changes

League table

First stage

Second stage

Overall table

Positions by round

First stage

Second stage

Overall

Championship stage

Results

First stage

Second stage

Top scorers

Awards

Individual

Best Eleven

Attendances

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds (Q)	17	12	5	0	39	17	+22	41	Qualification to J.League Championship Stage
2	FC Tokyo	17	11	2	4	24	18	+6	35
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	10	4	3	29	16	+13	34
4	Gamba Osaka	17	9	5	3	24	13	+11	32
5	Kawasaki Frontale	17	9	3	5	32	26	+6	30
6	Yokohama F. Marinos	17	7	5	5	21	17	+4	26
7	Vegalta Sendai	17	6	5	6	27	20	+7	23
8	Kashima Antlers	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
9	Nagoya Grampus	17	6	4	7	18	18	0	22
10	Shonan Bellmare	17	6	4	7	20	24	−4	22
11	Sagan Tosu	17	5	5	7	22	32	−10	20
12	Ventforet Kofu	17	6	2	9	12	22	−10	20
13	Vissel Kobe	17	4	7	6	17	19	−2	19
14	Kashiwa Reysol	17	4	6	7	22	25	−3	18
15	Matsumoto Yamaga	17	4	3	10	17	26	−9	15
16	Montedio Yamagata	17	3	5	9	14	24	−10	14
17	Albirex Niigata	17	3	5	9	20	33	−13	14
18	Shimizu S-Pulse	17	3	4	10	22	32	−10	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Q)	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Qualification to J.League Championship Stage
2	Kashima Antlers	17	12	1	4	30	16	+14	37
3	Gamba Osaka	17	9	4	4	32	24	+8	31
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	17	9	4	4	30	23	+7	31
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	17	8	5	4	24	15	+9	29
6	FC Tokyo	17	8	4	5	21	15	+6	28
7	Kawasaki Frontale	17	8	3	6	30	22	+8	27
8	Kashiwa Reysol	17	8	3	6	24	18	+6	27
9	Shonan Bellmare	17	7	5	5	20	20	0	26
10	Nagoya Grampus	17	7	3	7	26	30	−4	24
11	Albirex Niigata	17	5	5	7	21	25	−4	20
12	Sagan Tosu	17	4	8	5	15	22	−7	20
13	Vissel Kobe	17	6	1	10	27	30	−3	19
14	Ventforet Kofu	17	4	5	8	14	21	−7	17
15	Matsumoto Yamaga	17	3	4	10	13	28	−15	13
16	Vegalta Sendai	17	3	3	11	17	28	−11	12
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	17	2	6	9	15	33	−18	12
18	Montedio Yamagata	17	1	7	9	10	29	−19	10

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FC Tokyo	10	10	4	2	1	5	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	3	3	3	2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	1	1	6	10	6	6	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Gamba Osaka	10	13	7	5	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Kawasaki Frontale	1	4	6	4	6	4	3	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	5	5
Yokohama F. Marinos	14	16	13	8	7	11	8	11	11	8	6	5	4	5	5	6	6
Vegalta Sendai	4	5	5	2	4	7	9	13	13	15	15	12	13	11	7	9	7
Kashima Antlers	14	17	17	11	12	8	10	8	10	11	9	8	11	9	9	7	8
Nagoya Grampus	8	12	16	18	12	8	11	9	6	7	8	11	9	10	8	8	9
Shonan Bellmare	14	8	12	7	11	13	14	12	12	13	10	10	8	7	10	10	10
Sagan Tosu	6	3	3	9	5	3	5	6	7	5	7	6	7	8	11	11	11
Ventforet Kofu	17	9	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	12	12
Vissel Kobe	13	13	18	14	9	10	7	10	9	9	11	14	10	12	12	13	13
Kashiwa Reysol	7	7	10	12	8	12	12	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	14
Matsumoto Yamaga	8	11	9	12	16	15	13	14	15	12	14	9	12	13	14	14	15
Montedio Yamagata	17	18	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	15	15	16	16	16	16
Albirex Niigata	12	15	10	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	17	17
Shimizu S-Pulse	1	5	8	10	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18

Semifinal			Final

			1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	1	4
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	3	Gamba Osaka	2	1	3
3	Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.)	3

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	23
2	Douglas	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	21
3	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka	19
4	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu	16
5	Cristiano	Kashiwa Reysol	14
6	Yuki Muto	Urawa Red Diamonds	13
7	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	12
	Patric	Gamba Osaka
	Hisato Sato	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
10	Genki Omae	Shimizu S-Pulse	11

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Toshihiro Aoyama	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Rookie of the Year	Takuma Asano	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Manager of the Year	Hajime Moriyasu	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Top scorer	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	23 goals.

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Kosuke Ota (2)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Masato Morishige (3)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (2)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
DF	Tomoaki Makino (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
MF	Mu Kanazaki (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Toshihiro Aoyama (3)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endō (12)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo (3)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
FW	Takashi Usami (2)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Douglas (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	658,668	53,148	22,363	38,745	+9.1%^†
2	FC Tokyo	489,336	42,604	12,727	28,784	+14.3%^†
3	Yokohama F. Marinos	411,759	44,226	8,038	24,221	+4.9%^†
4	Albirex Niigata	398,545	31,324	16,068	23,444	+2.0%^†
5	Kawasaki Frontale	356,976	24,992	14,881	20,999	+26.0%^†
6	Matsumoto Yamaga	285,992	18,906	11,743	16,823	+32.1%^†
7	Kashima Antlers	279,185	29,030	6,923	16,423	−7.0%^†
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	278,499	33,210	7,966	16,382	+9.2%^†
9	Vissel Kobe	276,512	24,027	7,696	16,265	+8.4%^†
10	Nagoya Grampus	276,082	33,558	9,986	16,240	−2.9%^†
12	Gamba Osaka	271,984	18,842	10,702	15,999	+8.5%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	239,406	19,736	11,348	14,083	−0.9%^†
13	Vegalta Sendai	234,442	19,375	12,488	13,791	−9.1%^†
14	Sagan Tosu	228,644	20,792	7,524	13,450	−4.9%^†
15	Shonan Bellmare	207,539	14,581	9,157	12,208	+44.0%^†
16	Ventforet Kofu	192,042	14,176	7,015	11,297	−7.2%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol	185,609	14,055	6,701	10,918	+1.9%^†
18	Montedio Yamagata	170,518	13,737	6,100	10,030	+58.0%^†
	League total	5,447,602	53,148	6,100	17,803	+3.3%^†