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2018 In Japanese Football
The 2018 season was the 90th season of competitive association football in Japan. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated from J1 League * Ventforet Kofu * Albirex Niigata * Omiya Ardija Teams promoted to J1 League * Shonan Bellmare * V-Varen Nagasaki * Nagoya Grampus Teams relegated from J2 League * Thespakusatsu Gunma Teams promoted to J2 League * Tochigi SC Teams relegated from J3 League : ''No relegation to the Japan Football League'' Teams promoted to J3 League * ''No promotion from the Japan Football League'' Teams promoted to Japan Football League *Cobaltore Onagawa *Tegevajaro Miyazaki is a Japanese Association football, football club based in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture. They play in the J3 League. History Born in 1965 as ''Kadokawa Club'', the club have twice changed their name; f ... Men's Football J1 League J2 League J3 League Japan Football League Regional Leagues Cup competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 J1 League
The 2018 J1 League, also known as the 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. * Personnel and kits Managerial changes 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, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2018 season. Overview It was contested by 48 teams, and Nippon TV Beleza won the championship. Results 1st round *JFA Academy Fukushima LSC 1-0 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama * Otani Muroran High School 1-4 Daito Bunka University * Nippon TV Menina 5-2 Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi *Fukuoka J. Anclas 0-3 Waseda University *Mukogawa Women's University 5-4 Shikoku Gakuin University Kagawa West High School * Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC 3-1 Albirex Niigata U-18 * Kanagawa University 3-2 Ryukyu Deigos *Norddea Hokkaido 1-3 Bunnys Kyoto SC *Fujieda Junshin High School 4-0 Sakuyo High School * Seiwa Gakuen High School 0-4 AS Harima Albion * Seisen University 0-6 Teikyo Heisei University *Angeviolet Hiroshima 4-0 Fukui University of Technology Fukui High School *Sendai University 2-5 Okayama Yunogo Belle * JEF United Chiba U-18 3-0 Tokoha University Tachibana High School * Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobaltore Onagawa
is a football (soccer) club based in Onagawa, Miyagi, Onagawa, the main and only city forming the Oshika District, Miyagi, Oshika District, which is located in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name Cobaltore comes from the combination of two Spanish language, Spanish words: ''cobalto'', referring to cobalt blue, and ''floresta'', meaning "forest". History Born in April 2006 and initially managed by former Japan national football team, Japan NT member Nobuo Fujishima, the name of the club resembles the true nature of the region in Miyagi Prefecture and today Cobaltore is still one of the clubs aiming to J. League and professional football. It was founded by the local community, formed by people who wanted to stay in the city instead of leaving for Sendai or Tokyo. The club rapidly grew, climbing the Japanese football pyramid in five years. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 2011 Tohoku earthqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Japan Football League
The was the fourth season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese People, Japanese association football, football, and the 19th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. Clubs Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 16 January 2017. League table Season statistics Top scorers . Attendances Promotion from Regional Leagues Cobaltore Onagawa and Tegevajaro Miyazaki References {{Japanese Club Football, group=fourth Japan Football League seasons 2017 in Japanese football leagues, 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 J3 League
The 2017 J3 League (referred to as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the J3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017. The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December. Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club. Clubs A total of 17 teams took part in the league. 2016 J3 League champion Oita Trinita gained promotion to the J2 League, and was replaced by Giravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the 2016 J2 League The 2016 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2016 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season is the 45th season of second-tier club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J2 League. Clubs Omiya Ardija have stayed in the second division .... Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. Azul Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tochigi SC
, commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League. History Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-explanatory Tochigi Teachers' Soccer Club (栃木教員サッカー部 ''Tochigi Kyōin Sakkā Bu''). They started to welcome players with other professions in 1994 and renamed themselves as Tochigi Soccer Club. In 1999, Tochigi won the Kanto Regional League and were promoted to the Japan Football League after finishing runners-up in the Regional League play-off. In March 2005, they announced that they would set up a task force to give a serious consideration to turn professional and try to gain J.League status. In January 2007 they achieved J.League Associate Membership status and in the 2008 season they secured qualification for promotion to professional status on November 16; on December 1 promotion was made official by J.League and To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thespakusatsu Gunma
is a professional football (soccer) club based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in the J2 League, the second division of professional football in Japan. History The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu, one of the most well-known spa resorts in Japan, in 1995 as Liaison Kusatsu Football Club. The players were the students of specialized training college Higashi Nihon Soccer Academy. When the school was closed in 1999 due to financial difficulties, the players decided to stay in Kusatsu and keep the club alive. In 2002, the club was incorporated as K.K. Kusatsu Onsen Football Club with a future promotion to J. League in mind and adopted new team name , meaning "The Spa, Kusatsu". Because of J. League restrictions on stadiums, they play at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma (Shikishima Athletics Stadium) in nearby Maebashi, the prefectural capital since the club was promoted to J. League Division 2 from 2005 season. From 1 February 2013, the club has adopted the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 J2 League
The 2017 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2017 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season was the 46th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 19th season since the establishment of J2 League. Clubs The participating clubs are listed in the following table: Personnel and kits Managerial changes Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window. League table Results Playoffs J1 League Promotion Playoffs 2017 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2017 J1昇格プレーオフ) Semifinals ---- ---- Final ---- Nagoya Grampus was promoted to J1 League. Season statistics Top scorers . Attendances References {{Japanese Club Football, group=second J2 League seasons 2 Japan Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya Grampus
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the club shares its home games between Mizuho Athletic Stadium (capacity 27,000 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium) and the much larger Toyota Stadium in the suburb of Toyota (capacity 45,000). The team had its most successful season up to 1995 when it was managed by Arsène Wenger, well known for his subsequent exploits at Arsenal. They won the Emperor's Cup and finished second in the J.League, with Dragan Stojković and Gary Lineker on the team. The 1995 success was eclipsed on November 20, 2010, when the club won its first J.League trophy, under the management of Stojković. The team's name was derived from the two most prominent symbols of Nagoya: the two golden grampus dolphins on the top of Nagoya Castle, and the ''Maru-Hachi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Varen Nagasaki
is a Japanese J2 League football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 1985 as Ariake SC till they merged with Kunimi FC in 2004 and adopted the present name in 2005. The club gained promotion into the J. League Division 2 in 2012 for the first time in their history after finishing as the champions in the 2012 Japan Football League and hired Nagasaki native Takuya Takagi to coach the club for the 2013 season. On 11 November 2017, the club clinched promotion to the J1 League for the first time in their history after a 3-1 home win over Kamatamare Sanuki. History V-Varen Nagasaki, since 2006, had been contending for the Kyūshū Soccer League championship and thus a place in the Japan Football League, but they only won it in November 2008, as second place in the Regional League promotion series. In January 2009, they applied for J. League Associate Membership and their application was accepted at the J. League board meeting in February. In 2012, they won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omiya Ardija
is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League following an immediate promotion in 2015 after being relegated in 2014. Omiya was relegated again following the 2017 season. They competed in J1 2005 and continued to remain until 2014, following promotion from J2 in 2004 as the second placed team. The team currently competes in the J2 League. Their home field is : Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium by the naming rights with occasional games being played at the Kumagaya Athletic Stadium. Crest Omiya Ardija's crest features a squirrel on the right, which is the animal of Omiya. On the left, there are 5 lines, which reference the historic roads that run through Omiya, including the famous Nakasendō, which runs to the Hikawa Shrine, right near Nack5 Stadium. History The team were founded in 1968 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albirex Niigata
is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the first division after five seasons. History For many years it had been a local autonomous amateur club, ''Niigata 11'', that could never hope to see the light of day in an old Japan Soccer League dominated almost entirely by company teams. The creation of the J. League spurred the club to rise, and in the 1990s it began climbing fast through the divisions. In 1998, Albirex Niigata joined the Japan Football League, and was merged into the J2 league after its creation in 1999. The team gradually became competitive and in 2001 and 2002 it came close to getting promoted to J1 and in 2003, it became the champion of J2 and finally joined the top flight. The team name is made from combining the star ''Albireo'' of the constellation Cygnus (the Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
