The 2015 Meiji Yasuda

J2 League The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yas ...

(2015 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season was the 44th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on 8 March 2015 and ended on 23 November 2015.

Clubs

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have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Matsumoto Yamaga have spent only 3 seasons in J2 after promoted from

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in 2012, becoming the first club based in

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which have promoted to the top flight. Sixth-placed

Montedio Yamagata is Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club plays in J2 League. Montedio is a coined word combining the Italian word for "mountain" (Monte) and the word for "God" (Dio). History The club based in T ...

won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years.

Tokushima Vortis is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J2 League. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. Their home stadium is Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocari Sweat Stadium, in Naruto, Tokushima. The name, "Vorti ...

were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka and

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 follow ...

have suffered relegation respectively after five and ten years from their last presence in J2. On the other end of the table,

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have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated

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. The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Results

Play-offs

J1 Promotion Playoffs

2015 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2015 J1昇格プレーオフ)

Semifinals

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Final

---- Avispa Fukuoka was promoted to J1 League.

J3 Relegation Playoffs

2015 J2/J3 Play-Offs (2015 J2・J3入れ替え戦)
---- ---- Oita Trinita was relegated to J3 League.
Machida Zelvia was promoted to J2 League.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source
Meiji Yasuda J2 League Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals
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Attendances

References

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