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2024 J1 League

The 2024 J1 League, also known as the 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2024 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of J1 League, 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.

J1 League
Season2024
Dates23 February – 8 December
Matches played166
Goals scored417 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará (13 goals)
Biggest home winVissel Kobe 6–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(30 March 2024)
Machida Zelvia 5–0 Tokyo Verdy
(19 May 2024)
Biggest away winKyoto Sanga 0–5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(19 May 2024)
Highest scoringKawasaki Frontale 4–5 Jubilo Iwata
(1 March 2024)
Longest winning run4 matches
Kashima Antlers
Machida Zelvia
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Tokyo Verdy
Longest winless run9 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run5 matches
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Kyoto Sanga
Highest attendance53,026
Tokyo Verdy 1–2 Yokohama F. Marinos
(25 February 2024)[1]
Lowest attendance6,222
Sagan Tosu 5–2 Kawasaki Frontale
(15 May 2024)[1]
Total attendance3,283,685[1]
Average attendance19,546[1]
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2024.

Vissel Kobe are the defending champions, having won their first ever league title with one match to spare in the previous season.[2]

Overview edit

For the first time since 2021, 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 for the 2025 season, without relegation play-offs between J1 and J2 clubs.[3]

Changes from the previous season edit

Only one club was relegated to the 2024 J2 League. 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Yokohama FC, being the sole team going down to the second division, after just one season in the J1 League, have been replaced by three teams promoted from the 2023 J2 League.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 first club promoted was Tokyo-based Machida Zelvia, debuting in the J1 as the J2 champions following a seven-year run in the Japanese second tier.[4][5] Another automatic promotion spot was obtained by Júbilo Iwata, 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 2022.[6] The last promotion spot was earned by Tokyo Verdy, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2008 by finishing third in the J2 League and later won the promotion play-offs. This brings back the Tokyo derby between Verdy and FC Tokyo 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.[7][8]

Schedule edit

The league and match format was announced on 19 December 2023. The league began on 23 February and is scheduled to end on 8 December; it is played in a double round-robin format with 38 fixtures in total.[9]

Participating clubs edit

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Locations of the 2024 J1 League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome 38,794
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,170
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,010
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,489
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,822
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 41,684
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka Prefecture Yamaha Stadium 15,156
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 43,739
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,623
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 28,996
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,520
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562
Sagan Tosu Saga Prefecture Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 24,130

Personnel and kits edit

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Mihailo Petrović   Takuma Arano   Mizuno Ishiya
Kashima Antlers   Ranko Popović   Gaku Shibasaki   Nike LIXIL
Urawa Red Diamonds   Per-Mathias Høgmo   Hiroki Sakai   Nike Polus
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kashiwa Reysol   Masami Ihara   Taiyo Koga   Yonex Hitachi
FC Tokyo   Peter Cklamovski   Masato Morishige   New Balance Tokyo Gas
Tokyo Verdy   Hiroshi Jofuku   Koki Morita   Athleta Nicigas
Machida Zelvia   Go Kuroda   Gen Shoji   Adidas CyberAgent
Kawasaki Frontale   Toru Oniki   Yasuto Wakizaka   Puma Fujitsu
Yokohama F. Marinos   Harry Kewell   Takuya Kida   Adidas Nissan
Shonan Bellmare   Satoshi Yamaguchi   Kim Min-tae   Penalty Meldia
Albirex Niigata   Rikizo Matsuhashi   Yuto Horigome   Adidas Kameda Seika
Júbilo Iwata   Akinobu Yokouchi   Hiroki Yamada   Admiral Yamaha
Nagoya Grampus   Kenta Hasegawa   Sho Inagaki   Mizuno Toyota GR Yaris
Kyoto Sanga   Cho Kwi-jae   Temma Matsuda   Puma Kyocera
Gamba Osaka   Dani Poyatos   Takashi Usami   Hummel Panasonic
Cerezo Osaka   Akio Kogiku   Tatsuya Yamashita   Puma Yanmar
Vissel Kobe   Takayuki Yoshida   Hotaru Yamaguchi   Asics Rakuten Mobile
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Michael Skibbe   Sho Sasaki   Nike Edion
Avispa Fukuoka   Shigetoshi Hasebe   Tatsuki Nara   Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku
Sagan Tosu   Kenta Kawai   Naoyuki Fujita   New Balance Kimura Information Technology

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kashima Antlers   Daiki Iwamasa[10] End of contract 4 December 2023 Pre-season   Ranko Popović[11] 21 December 2023
Yokohama F. Marinos   Kevin Muscat[12] Resigned 6 December 2023   Harry Kewell[13] 31 December 2023
Urawa Red Diamonds   Maciej Skorża[14] 23 December 2023   Per-Mathias Høgmo[15] 23 December 2023

Foreign players edit

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.[16] 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.[17]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Left mid-season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Kim Gun-hee   Supachok Sarachat
Kashima Antlers   Guilherme Parede   Aleksandar Čavrić   Radomir Milosavljević   Park Eui-jeong
Urawa Red Diamonds   Thiago Santana   Alexander Scholz   Bryan Linssen   Marius Høibråten   Ola Solbakken   Samuel Gustafson   Ekanit Panya
Kashiwa Reysol   Diego   Matheus Sávio   Jay-Roy Grot
FC Tokyo   Diego Oliveira   Henrique Trevisan   Jája Silva
Tokyo Verdy   Matheus Vidotto   Tiago Alves
Machida Zelvia   Mitchell Duke   Erik   Byron Vásquez   Ibrahim Drešević   Jang Min-gyu   Na Sang-ho   Oh Se-hun
Kawasaki Frontale   Erison   Jesiel   Marcinho   Patrick Verhon   Zé Ricardo   Bafétimbi Gomis   Jung Sung-ryong
Yokohama F. Marinos   Anderson Lopes   Eduardo   Élber   Yan Matheus   Nam Tae-hee
Shonan Bellmare   Lukian   Kim Min-tae   Song Bum-keun
Albirex Niigata   Thomas Deng   Danilo Gomes   Michael Fitzgerald
Júbilo Iwata   Bruno José   Léo Gomes   Matheus Peixoto   Ricardo Graça   Weverton   Ri Kyong-su   Park Se-gi
Nagoya Grampus   Mitchell Langerak   Patric   Thales Paula   Kasper Junker   Ha Chang-rae
Kyoto Sanga   Marco Túlio   Gu Sung-yun   Warner Hahn
Gamba Osaka   Dawhan   Juan Alano   Welton Felipe   Neta Lavi   Issam Jebali
Cerezo Osaka   Jordy Croux   Capixaba   Léo Ceará   Lucas Fernandes   Vitor Bueno   Justin Hubner   Kim Jin-hyeon   Yang Han-been
Vissel Kobe   Jean Patric   Matheus Thuler
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Douglas Vieira   Ezequiel   Marcos Júnior   Pieros Sotiriou
Avispa Fukuoka   Douglas Grolli   Wellington   Shahab Zahedi   Nassim Ben Khalifa
Sagan Tosu   Marcelo Ryan   Vinícius Araújo   Kim Tae-hyeon   Koh Bong-jo   Lee Yoon-sung   Arnau Riera

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Machida Zelvia 17 11 2 4 28 15 +13 35 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Kashima Antlers 17 11 2 4 30 19 +11 35
3 Gamba Osaka 17 9 4 4 17 12 +5 31 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4 Vissel Kobe 17 9 3 5 25 13 +12 30
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 6 8 2 28 15 +13 26
6 FC Tokyo 17 7 5 5 27 25 +2 26
7 Nagoya Grampus 17 8 2 7 20 19 +1 26
8 Urawa Red Diamonds 17 7 4 6 27 23 +4 25
9 Cerezo Osaka 17 6 7 4 22 18 +4 25
10 Avispa Fukuoka 17 6 7 4 18 18 0 25
11 Tokyo Verdy 17 5 9 3 26 26 0 24
12 Kashiwa Reysol 17 5 7 5 17 23 −6 22
13 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 5 5 5 24 21 +3 20
14 Kawasaki Frontale 17 5 5 7 25 25 0 20
15 Albirex Niigata 17 5 4 8 22 26 −4 19
16 Júbilo Iwata 17 5 3 9 22 26 −4 18
17 Sagan Tosu 16 4 2 10 21 28 −7 14
18 Shonan Bellmare 17 3 5 9 23 32 −9 14 Relegation to the J2 League
19 Kyoto Sanga 17 2 5 10 13 31 −18 11
20 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 17 2 5 10 16 36 −20 11
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: 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 goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results edit

Home \ Away ANI AFU COS GOS HCS JIW KSA KSR KWF KYS MCZ NGR STO SHI SHB TOK TOV URD VKO YFM
Albirex Niigata — 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–4 3–1
Avispa Fukuoka — 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3
Cerezo Osaka — a 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–2
Gamba Osaka 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–0 — 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 0–1
Júbilo Iwata 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 1–1 0–2
Kashima Antlers 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–2
Kashiwa Reysol 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 4–5 1–1 — 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–1
Kyoto Sanga 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 — 0–3 0–5 1–2 2–3
Machida Zelvia 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 — 3–1 1–2 5–0 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 — 0–2 2–1
Sagan Tosu 1–2 0–2 4–0 4–2 5–2 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 0–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 4–0 — 2–0 2–0
Shonan Bellmare 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 — 1–2 4–4 0–1
FC Tokyo 0–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 — a 2–1 1–2 1–1
Tokyo Verdy 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 — 1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
Vissel Kobe 3–2 1–0 6–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 2 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[18][19][20]
1   Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 13
2   Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata 11
3   Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 10
4   Yudai Kimura Tokyo Verdy 8
  Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
6   Lukian Shonan Bellmare 7
  Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe
  Yuki Ohashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  Marcelo Ryan Sagan Tosu
  Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Ryo Germain4 Jubilo Iwata Kawasaki Frontale 5–4 (A) 1 March 2024 [21]
  Bafétimbi Gomis Kawasaki Frontale Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–0 (H) 11 May 2024 [22]
  Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus FC Tokyo 3–1 (H) 15 May 2024 [23]
  Naoto Arai Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kyoto Sanga 5–0 (A) 19 May 2024 [24]
  Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos Kashiwa Reysol 4–0 (H) 29 May 2024 [25]
Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
February/March   Go Kuroda Machida Zelvia   Yu Hirakawa Machida Zelvia   Kaito Taniguchi Albirex Niigata   Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare [26][27][28][29]
April   Akio Kogiku Cerezo Osaka   Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata   Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds   Isa Sakamoto Gamba Osaka [30][31][32][33]

See also edit

References edit

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  28. ^ "Taniguchi's magnificent volley for Albirex wins Goal of the Month for February and March". J.League. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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  30. ^ "Akio Kogiku named Manager of the Month for Cerezo Osaka's terrific April". J.League. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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  33. ^ "Isa Sakamoto's amazing April wins him Young Player of the Month". J.League. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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