The 2023 Nadeshiko League is the 35th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It is also the 19th season in its current format.

Nadeshiko League Division 1
Season2023
Dates18 March – 9 October 2023[1]
ChampionsOrca Kamogawa FC
(1st title)
Matches played22
Top goalscorerChiina Kamiya
(14 goals)
2022
2024
Nadeshiko League Division 2
Season2023
Dates1 April – 15 October 2023[1]
ChampionsViamaterras Miyazaki
(1st title)
Matches played18
Top goalscorerAkane Saito
(23 goals)
2022
2024

Teams edit

Division 1 edit

Team Coach Location 2022 season
Bunnys Gunma Tsutomu Kobayashi Maebashi, Gunma
Div.1 9th
Orca Kamogawa Akemi Noda Chiba, Chiba
Div.1 5th
Sfida Setagaya Akihiko Kamikawa Setagaya, Tokyo
Div.1 1st
Nittaidai Shigehisa Otsuki Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Div.1 7th
Yokohama FC Seagulls Mihoko Ishida [ja] Yokohama, Kanagawa
Div.1 8th
Yamato Sylphid Kazuyuki Takahashi [ja] Yamato, Kanagawa
Div.2 3rd   (promoted)
Shizuoka SSU Bonita Takashi Ogawa [ja] Iwata, Shizuoka
Div.2 1st   (promoted)
NGU Loveledge Nagoya Yasuyuki Moriyama Nagoya, Aichi
Div.1 6th
Iga FC Ryuji Kitamura Iga, Mie
Div.1 2nd
Speranza Osaka Kaori Taneda Takahashi, Okayama
Div.1 10th
AS Harima Albion Suzuka Ono Himeji, Hyōgo
Div.1 3rd
Ehime FC Takanobu Tokunaga Matsuyama, Ehime
Div.1 11th

Division 2 edit

Team Coach Location 2022 season
Norddea Hokkaido Ryuichi Yoneyama (footballer) [ja] Sapporo, Hokkaido
5th
Tsukuba FC Ladies Sou Hakuba Tsukuba, Ibaraki
6th
FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] Kai Watanabe Narusawa, Yamanashi
Tōkai Div.1 5th  
JFA Academy Fukushima Takafumi Yamaguchi [ja] Kobe, Hyōgo
1st
Veertien Mie Ladies Kenichi Sadakiyo Sendai, Miyagi
Tōkai Div.1 5th  
Okayama Yunogo Belle Hiroshi Taniguchi Mimasaka, Okayama
8th
KIU Charme Shinji Ota Takahashi, Okayama
7th
Diavorosso Hiroshima Junji Iwata Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Chūgoku Div.2 1st  
Fukuoka J. Anclas Mie Kawashima Fukuoka, Fukuoka
4th
Viamaterras Miyazaki Shoma Mizunaga Shintomi, Miyazaki
4th

League table edit

Division 1 edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yokohama FC Seagulls 11 8 2 1 22 11 +11 26
2 Orca Kamogawa 11 7 2 2 20 9 +11 23
3 NGU Loveledge Nagoya 11 6 2 3 18 10 +8 20
4 Iga Kunoichi Mie 11 5 4 2 20 7 +13 19
5 AS Harima Albion 11 5 4 2 16 14 +2 19
6 Sfida Setagaya 11 4 5 2 16 11 +5 17
7 Nittaidai 11 4 3 4 18 15 +3 15
8 Ehime FC 11 2 5 4 12 16 −4 11
9 Bunnys Gunma 11 2 5 4 12 17 −5 11
10 Shizuoka SSU Bonita 11 2 2 7 12 22 −10 8
11 Yamato Sylphid 11 2 2 7 11 33 −22 8
12 Speranza Osaka 11 1 0 10 9 21 −12 3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
Division 2 edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Viamaterras Miyazaki 10 8 2 0 44 4 +40 26
2 JFA Academy Fukushima [ja] 10 6 2 2 17 6 +11 20
3 Fukuoka J. Anclas 10 6 2 2 10 13 −3 20
4 Okayama Yunogo Belle 10 4 3 3 28 16 +12 15
5 Tsukuba FC 10 4 2 4 13 14 −1 14
6 FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] 10 3 4 3 10 10 0 13
7 Veertien Mie 10 3 3 4 7 9 −2 12
8 KIU Charme 10 2 4 4 12 15 −3 10
9 Diavorosso Hiroshima 10 1 3 6 3 31 −28 6
10 Norddea Hokkaido 10 0 1 9 2 28 −26 1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored


Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Division 1 edit

As of 28 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1   Yuna Katayama Yokohama FC Seagulls 10
2   Misuzu Uchida AS Harima Albion 9
3   Kana Shinbori Sfida Setagaya 6
  Hinano Hirata Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
5   Chiina Kamiya Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya 5
  Shiho Ogawa Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
7   Risa Urashima Orca Kamogawa 4
  Haruhi Suzuki Orca Kamogawa
  Ami Kitazawa Nittaidai SMG Yokohama
  Mayu Kaneko Nittaidai SMG Yokohama
  Akari Kurata Yokohama FC Seagulls
  Runa Shioya Bunnys Gunma

Division 2 edit

As of 4 June 2023.
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Akane Saito Viamaterras Miyazaki 18
2   Kumi Yokoyama Okayama Yunogo Belle 11
3   Mao Itamura JFA Academy Fukushima [ja] 7
4   Miyuu Sakata Viamaterras Miyazaki 6
  Konomi Uchida Okayama Yunogo Belle
6   Saya Wakita FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] 5
  Riho Sakamoto Viamaterras Miyazaki
8   Mizuki Akamine Tsukuba FC 4
9   Karin Naito Tsukuba FC 3
  Momoko Tanikawa JFA Academy Fukushima [ja]
  Suzu Katanoda Veertien Mie
  Yurina Furutani KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi
  Kaede Itakura KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi
  Rina Koyama Fukuoka J. Anclas
  Shiori Yanagita Fukuoka J. Anclas
  Ayako Shimada Viamaterras Miyazaki
  Yuka Toriumi Okayama Yunogo Belle

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2023シーズン 開幕日 および なでしこリーグチーム編成 決定" [2023 Plenus Nadeshiko League opening date decided]. Nadeshiko League (in Japanese). 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ランキング(2023)" [Ranking (2023)]. www.nadeshikoleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Women's Football League. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ "ランキング(2023)" [Ranking (2023)]. www.nadeshikoleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Women's Football League. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links edit