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The 2024 J1 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of
J1 League The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the J ...
, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This is the tenth season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1. Vissel Kobe are the defending champions, having won their first ever league title with one match to spare in the previous season.


Overview

For the first time since
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, the number of the clubs in the league increased from 18 to 20. At the end of season, three clubs will be relegated to the
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 ...
for the 2025 season, without relegation play-offs between J1 and J2 clubs.


Changes from the previous season

Only one club was relegated to the
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. Due to the re-introduction of 20 clubs league format, Yokohama FC, being the sole team going down to the second division, after just one season in the J1 League, have been replaced by three teams promoted from the
2023 J2 League The 2023 J2 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, will be the 25th season of the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. Overview This is the last sea ...
. The first club promoted was Tokyo-based
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, debuting in the J1 as the J2 champions following a seven-year run in the Japanese second tier. Another automatic promotion spot to 2024 J1 obtained by
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, who made a swift comeback after just a single season absence by finishing second, thus marking the return of a team from Shizuoka in the Japanese first division since
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. The last promotion spot was earned by Tokyo Verdy, returning to the top flight for the first time since
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by finishing third in the J2 League and later won the promotion play-offs. This brings back the Tokyo derby between Verdy and
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in the J1 for the first time since that season as well as the first season in which three clubs from the capital city are competing at the highest tier of Japanese football system.


Schedule

The league and match format was announced on 19 December 2023. The league is scheduled to begin on 23 February and end on 8 December; it will be played in a double round-robin format with 38 total fixtures.


Participating clubs


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Tunisia, Egypt, 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.


League table


Results


Season statistics


Top scorers


Awards


See also

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2024 Japanese Super Cup The 2024 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fujifilm Super Cup 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 39th overall. It was held on 17 February 2024 between the 2023 J1 League champions Vissel K ...
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2024 Emperor's Cup The 2024 Emperor's Cup Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第104回全日本サッカー選手権大会)is the 104th edition of the annually contested cup. It as usual features 88 teams representing the Prefectures of Japan">prefectural football association ...
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2024 J2 League 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...
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2024 J3 League The 2024 J3 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the 11th season of the J3 League, the third-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. Overview The league will continue wi ...


References


External links


English official website

Japanese official website

J.League Data Site

J.League Data Site
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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 extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...