The 2021 J1 League, also known as the 2021 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2021 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2021 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was seventh season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1. The league began on 26 February and ended on 4 December 2021.

J1 League
Season2021
Dates26 February – 4 December
ChampionsKawasaki Frontale (4th title)
RelegatedTokushima Vortis
Oita Trinita
Vegalta Sendai
Yokohama FC
Champions LeagueKawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
Vissel Kobe
Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches played380
Goals scored920 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerLeandro Damião
Daizen Maeda
(23 goals each)
Biggest home winYokohama F. Marinos 8–0 FC Tokyo
(6 November 2021)
Biggest away winUrawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale
(21 March 2021)
Highest scoringKashima Antlers 5–3 Yokohama F. Marinos
(15 May 2021)
Yokohama FC 5–3 Tokushima Vortis
(16 October 2021)
Yokohama F. Marinos 8–0 FC Tokyo
(6 November 2021)
Longest winning run7 matches
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run25 matches
Kawasaki Frontale
Longest winless run13 matches
Yokohama FC
Longest losing run7 matches
Avispa Fukuoka
Oita Trinita
Highest attendance30,657[1]
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale
(4 December 2021)
Lowest attendance1,899[1]
Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(7 April 2021)
(excluding matches played behind closed doors)
Total attendance2,531,007[1]
Average attendance6,661[1]
(excluding matches played behind closed doors)
2020
2022

Kawasaki Frontale were the reigning champions, having won their third title in 2020 with four rounds to play.[2] They successfully retained the title, again with four rounds to play.[3]

On 20 November 2021, Oita Trinita, Vegalta Sendai, and Yokohama FC were relegated to J2 League with two games to play. On the final matchday Tokushima Vortis was relegated back to J2 League after just one season.

Changes from the previous season edit

There were no teams relegated last season due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Instead, four relegation places were applied for the current season to reduce the total number of teams from 20 back to 18.[5]

Two teams were promoted from the 2020 J2 League: Tokushima Vortis won the title and clinched a second promotion to J1 (the first came in 2013), while Avispa Fukuoka came second, returning to J1 after five seasons.[6]

Clubs edit

 
 
Greater Tokyo Area
 
Keihanshin
 
Greater Tokyo teams
Locations of the 2021 J1 League teams
2021 J1 League teams in Keihanshin
Club Location Stadium Capacity Previous season rank
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome
Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
41,484
20,861
J1 (12th)
Vegalta Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Yurtec Stadium Sendai 19,694 J1 (17th)
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 J1 (5th)
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 63,700 J1 (10th)
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium 15,900 J1 (7th)
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 J1 (6th)
Yokohama FC Kanagawa Prefecture Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,046 J1 (15th)
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 72,327 J1 (9th)
Kawasaki Frontale Todoroki Stadium 26,232 J1 (1st)
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500 J1 (18th)
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka Prefecture IAI Stadium 20,339 J1 (16th)
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 45,000 J1 (3rd)
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694 J1 (2nd)
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Stadium 47,853 J1 (4th)
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium 30,132 J1 (14th)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Stadium 36,894 J1 (8th)
Tokushima Vortis Tokushima Prefecture Pocarisweat Stadium 20,441   J2 (1st)
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562   J2 (2nd)
Sagan Tosu Saga Prefecture Ekimae Stadium 24,130 J1 (13th)
Oita Trinita Ōita Prefecture Showa Denko Dome Oita 40,000 J1 (11th)

Personnel and kits edit

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Mihailo Petrović   Hiroki Miyazawa   Mizuno
Vegalta Sendai   Makoto Teguramori   Simão Mate   Adidas
Kashima Antlers   Naoki Soma   Kento Misao   Nike
Urawa Red Diamonds   Ricardo Rodriguez   Shusaku Nishikawa   Nike
Kashiwa Reysol   Nelsinho Baptista   Hidekazu Otani   Yonex
FC Tokyo   Shinichi Morishita (interim)   Keigo Higashi   New Balance
Yokohama FC   Tomonobu Hayakawa   Yuta Minami   Soccer Junky
Yokohama F. Marinos   Kevin Muscat   Takuya Kida   Adidas
Kawasaki Frontale   Toru Oniki   Shogo Taniguchi   Puma
Shonan Bellmare   Satoshi Yamaguchi   Takuya Okamoto   Penalty
Shimizu S-Pulse   Hiroaki Hiraoka   Ryo Takeuchi   Puma
Nagoya Grampus   Massimo Ficcadenti   Yuichi Maruyama   Mizuno
Gamba Osaka   Masanobu Matsunami (interim)   Genta Miura   Umbro
Cerezo Osaka   Akio Kogiku   Hiroshi Kiyotake   Puma
Vissel Kobe   Atsuhiro Miura   Andrés Iniesta   Asics
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Kentaro Sawada (interim)   Sho Sasaki   Nike
Tokushima Vortis   Dani Poyatos   Ken Iwao   Mizuno
Avispa Fukuoka   Shigetoshi Hasebe   Hiroyuki Mae   Yonex
Sagan Tosu   Kim Myung-hwi   Eduardo   New Balance
Oita Trinita   Tomohiro Katanosaka   Shun Takagi   Puma

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Yokohama FC   Takahiro Shimotaira[7] Sacked 7 April 2021   Tomonobu Hayakawa[8] 8 April 2021
Kashima Antlers   Antônio Carlos Zago[9] 14 April 2021   Naoki Soma[10] 14 April 2021
Gamba Osaka   Tsuneyasu Miyamoto[11] 13 May 2021   Masanobu Matsunami (interim)[11][a] 14 May 2021
Yokohama F. Marinos   Ange Postecoglou[13] Signed by Celtic 10 June 2021   Hideki Matsunaga (caretaker)[14] 10 June 2021
Yokohama F. Marinos   Hideki Matsunaga[15] End of caretaker spell 18 July 2021   Kevin Muscat[15] 18 July 2021
Cerezo Osaka   Levir Culpi[16] Sacked 26 August 2021   Akio Kogiku[17] 26 August 2021
Shonan Bellmare   Bin Ukishima[18] Resigned 31 August 2021   Satoshi Yamaguchi[19] 1 September 2021
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Hiroshi Jofuku[20] Resigned 26 October 2021   Kentaro Sawada (interim)[20] 26 October 2021
Shimizu S-Pulse   Miguel Ángel Lotina[21] Sacked 4 November 2021   Hiroaki Hiraoka[22] 4 November 2021
FC Tokyo   Kenta Hasegawa[23] Resigned 7 November 2021   Shinichi Morishita (interim)[24] 10 November 2021
  1. ^ Matsunami was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but he was made interim manager on 1 June 2021.[12]

Foreign players edit

As of 2021 season, there were no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.[25] 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, 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.[26]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former players
Consadole Sapporo   Douglas Oliveira   Lucas Fernandes   Jay Bothroyd   Milan Tučić   Chanathip Songkrasin   Anderson Lopes
  Kim Min-tae
  Gabriel Okechukwu
Vegalta Sendai   Felippe Cardoso   Foguinho   Jakub Słowik   Nedeljko Stojisic   Emmanuel Oti Essigba   Quenten Martinus
  Isaac Cuenca
  Simão Mate Junior
Kashima Antlers   Arthur Caíke   Bueno   Diego Pituca   Everaldo   Juan Alano   Léo Silva   Kwoun Sun-tae
Urawa Red Diamonds   Alexander Scholz   Kasper Junker   Thomas Deng
Kashiwa Reysol   Cristiano   Dodi   Émerson Santos   Matheus Sávio   Richardson   Rodrigo Angelotti   Kim Seung-gyu   Ippei Shinozuka   Pedro Raúl
FC Tokyo   Adaílton   Bruno Uvini   Diego Oliveira   Leandro   Joan Oumari
Kawasaki Frontale   Jesiel   João Schmidt   Leandro Damião   Marcinho   Jung Sung-ryong   Lee Kyung-tae
Yokohama F. Marinos   Marcos Júnior   Thiago Martins   Élber   Léo Ceará   Theerathon Bunmathan
Yokohama FC   Arthur Silva   Gabriel   Felipe Vizeu   Kléber   Maguinho   Saulo Mineiro   Svend Brodersen   Han Ho-gang   Calvin Jong-a-Pin
Shonan Bellmare   Riuler   Wellington   Welinton Júnior   Tarik Elyounoussi
Shimizu S-Pulse   Carlinhos Júnior   Elsinho   Thiago Santana   Renato Augusto   Ronaldo   Valdo   Benjamin Kololli   Erick Noriega   William Matheus
Nagoya Grampus   Gabriel Xavier   Mateus   Jakub Świerczok   Mitchell Langerak   Kim Min-tae
Gamba Osaka   Leandro Pereira   Patric   Tiago Alves   Wellington Silva   Ju Se-jong   Kim Young-gwon   Shin Won-ho
Cerezo Osaka   Tiago Pagnussat   Adam Taggart   Kim Jin-hyeon   Đặng Văn Lâm   Dankler
Vissel Kobe   Douglas   Lincoln   Thomas Vermaelen   Andrés Iniesta   Bojan Krkić   Sergi Samper   Ayub Masika
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Douglas Vieira   Ezequiel   Júnior Santos   Rhayner
Sagan Tosu   Eduardo   Ismael Dunga   Chikeluba Ofoedu   Ryang Yong-gi   Hwang Seok-ho   Park Il-gyu   Ueom Ye-hoon
Avispa Fukuoka   Bruno Mendes   Cauê   Douglas Grolli   Jordy Croux   Carlos Gutiérrez   Juanma   Emil Salomonsson   John Mary
Tokushima Vortis   Cacá   Diego   Dušan Cvetinović   Mushaga Bakenga   Cristian Battocchio
Oita Trinita   Henrique Trevisan   Matheus

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kawasaki Frontale (C) 38 28 8 2 81 28 +53 92 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 +47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 +26 73 Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 +26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 +14 66
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 38 18 9 11 45 38 +7 63[a] Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[b]
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 +8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 +5 54
9 FC Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 −4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 −2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 +2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 −4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 −16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 −17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 −19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 −5 37[a]
17 Tokushima Vortis (R) 38 10 6 22 34 55 −21 36 Relegation to the J2 League
18 Oita Trinita (R) 38 9 8 21 31 55 −24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai (R) 38 5 13 20 31 62 −31 28
20 Yokohama FC (R) 38 6 9 23 32 77 −45 27
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegation to the J2 League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The JPFL awarded a 3–0 win to Shonan Bellmare after Urawa Red Diamonds fielded Zion Suzuki who was an ineligible player. The original score was 3–2 for Shonan Bellmare.[27][28]
  2. ^ Qualified as winners of the 2021 Emperor's Cup.

Results table edit

Home \ Away ANT AVI BEL CER CON FMA FRO GAM GRA REY RED SAG SFR SSP TOK TRI VEG VIS VOR YFC
Kashima Antlers 0–3 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1
Shonan Bellmare 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Cerezo Osaka 1–2 2–2 1–5 0–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1
Consadole Sapporo 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–4 1–0 5–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 8–0 5–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1
Gamba Osaka 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–5 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–0
Nagoya Grampus 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0
Kashiwa Reysol 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 2–0 0–3[a] 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
Sagan Tosu 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–4 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 3–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Shimizu S-Pulse 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–1
FC Tokyo 1–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 4–0
Oita Trinita 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0
Vegalta Sendai 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0
Vissel Kobe 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 5–0
Tokushima Vortis 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Yokohama FC 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 5–3
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ The JPFL awarded 3–0 win to Shonan Bellmare after Urawa Red Diamonds fielded Zion Suzuki which was an ineligible player. The original score was 3–2 for Shonan Bellmare.[29][30]

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[31]
1   Leandro Damião Kawasaki Frontale 23
  Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos
3   Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe 15
4   Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers 14
5   Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo 13
  Patric Gamba Osaka
  Thiago Santana Shimizu S-Pulse
8   Anderson Lopes Consadole Sapporo 12
  Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos
10   Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers 10
  Léo Ceará Yokohama F. Marinos
  Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Anderson Lopes Consadole Sapporo Vissel Kobe 3–4 (H)[32][33] 20 March 2021
  Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos FC Tokyo 3–0 (A)[34] 1 May 2021
  Shoma Doi Kashima Antlers Yokohama F. Marinos 5–3 (H)[35] 15 May 2021
  Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe Yokohama FC 5–0 (H)[36] 23 June 2021
  Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 5–1 (H)[37] 15 August 2021
  Léo Ceará Yokohama F. Marinos Vegalta Sendai 5–0 (H)[38] 21 August 2021
  Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashiwa Reysol 3–0 (A)[39] 18 September 2021
  Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos FC Tokyo 8–0 (H)[40] 6 November 2021
  Patric Gamba Osaka Oita Trinita 3–2 (A)[41] 7 November 2021

Top assists edit

Rank Player Club Assists[42]
1   Miki Yamane Kawasaki Frontale 12
2   Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos 9
3   Leandro Damião Kawasaki Frontale 8
  Yuki Soma Nagoya Grampus
5   Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers 7
  Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
  Tatsuki Seko Yokohama FC
8   Élber Yokohama F. Marinos 6
  Ryo Hatsuse Vissel Kobe
  Yuta Higuchi Sagan Tosu
  Yusuke Maruhashi Cerezo Osaka
  Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos
  Emil Salomonsson Avispa Fukuoka
  Hokuto Shimoda Yokohama F. Marinos
  Chanathip Songkrasin Consadole Sapporo

Discipline edit

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 49[45]
    • Avispa Fukuoka
    • Kashima Antlers
  • Most red cards: 3[46]
    • FC Tokyo
    • Kashima Antlers
    • Sagan Tosu
    • Yokohama F. Marinos

See also edit

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