2022 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2022 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2022) is the 33rd season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 12nd after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 1st season with 24 clubs participating in the league.

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2022
Dates3 April – 4 December
ChampionsSagan Tosu
(1st title)
RelegatedEast:
JFA Academy Fukushima
Kiryu Daiichi
West:
Cerezo Osaka
Shimizu S-Pulse
Gamba Osaka
Matches played264
Goals scored911 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Kotaro Uchino (21 goals)
West: Shinnosuke Kinoshita (15 goals)
Biggest home winEast: Yokohama F. Marinos 7–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi
(8 May)

West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka
(30 October)
Biggest away winEast: Yokohama FC 0–8 Kawasaki Frontale
(18 June)

West: Higashi Fukuoka 0–7 Cerezo Osaka
(24 April)
Highest scoringEast: Kiryu Daiichi 3–6 Yokohama FC
(26 June)

West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka
(30 October)
2021
2023

Aomori Yamada High School were the defending champions, winning the 2020 title. In 2021, they even qualified to the Premier League Final, but it ended up cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions.[1]

Sagan Tosu, as West champions, faced East champions Kawasaki Frontale in the final, winning past them by 3–2. This win earned them the first Premier League title, becoming the first ever team from Saga Prefecture to do so, and the first from the Kyushu region, after Kunimi High School won it on 2002.

Changes from the previous season

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Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated by bottom-league finish (East) Relegated by bottom-league finish (West)
Kiryu Daiichi
Kawasaki Frontale
Shizuoka Gakuen
Maebashi Ikuei
JFA Academy Fukushima
Riseisha
Urawa Red Diamonds Kyoto Sanga

Participating clubs

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As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Shimizu S-Pulse was the only team to be relocated from a conference to another, having playing the previous season on the EAST conference.[2]

Premier League East

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Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
JFA Academy Fukushima   Fukushima
Kiryu University Daiichi High School   Gunma
Maebashi Ikuei High School   Gunma
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale   Kanagawa
Yokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa
Yokohama FC Kanagawa

Premier League West

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Team Prefecture
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Shizuoka Gakuen High School   Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Riseisha High School   Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu Saga
Ohzu High School Kumamoto

League table

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Premier League East

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kawasaki Frontale 22 14 5 3 51 20 +31 47 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 22 12 4 6 64 42 +22 40
3 Omiya Ardija 22 12 3 7 35 24 +11 39
4 Aomori Yamada 22 11 3 8 29 23 +6 36
5 FC Tokyo 22 11 2 9 41 36 +5 35
6 Maebashi Ikuei 22 8 5 9 42 34 +8 29
7 Yokohama FC 22 7 6 9 35 40 −5 27
8 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 22 7 6 9 17 23 −6 27
9 Kashiwa Reysol 22 7 4 11 33 40 −7 25
10 Ichiritsu Funabashi 22 6 7 9 22 37 −15 25 Relegation play-offs
11 JFA Academy Fukushima 22 6 3 13 26 43 −17 21 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Kiryu Daiichi 22 4 6 12 28 61 −33 18
Source: soccer-db
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.

Premier League West

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sagan Tosu 22 13 4 5 54 28 +26 43 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Vissel Kobe 22 13 4 5 51 28 +23 43
3 Júbilo Iwata 22 11 3 8 51 47 +4 36
4 Shizuoka Gakuen 22 9 7 6 44 36 +8 34
5 Nagoya Grampus 22 10 4 8 35 34 +1 34
6 Ohzu 22 9 5 8 34 40 −6 32
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 8 7 7 35 34 +1 31
8 Riseisha 22 8 4 10 44 43 +1 28
9 Higashi Fukuoka 22 7 3 12 20 44 −24 24
10 Cerezo Osaka 22 6 4 12 51 49 +2 22 Relegation play-offs
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 4 8 10 38 50 −12 20 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Gamba Osaka 22 5 5 12 31 55 −24 20
Source: soccer-db
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.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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There was a difference from the 2021 edition, who awarded six direct promotions from the Prince Leagues while only two teams got relegated, to accommodate the transition from 20 to 24 teams, starting from this 2022 season.[3]

On 2022, a total of 18 teams participated at this stage, to definitively determine all the participating teams of the posterious season. Qualified to the stage were the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions and the 10th-placed teams of the East and West Premier League conferences. They were divided into six blocks, with their respective block winners (highlighted in bold) qualifying for next season's Premier League.[4][5]

Block A

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9 December 2022 1st roundEhime FC1–0V-Varen NagasakiHiroshima
11:00 Kosei Kiyasu   76' Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 125
Referee: Kakuro Hori
11 December 2022 2nd round Ichiritsu Funabashi HS 2–0Ehime FCHiroshima
11:00 Riku Gunji   4'
Own goal   32' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 124
Referee: Yasuhiro Udagawa
Note: Ichiritsu Funabashi escaped relegation.

Block B

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9 December 2022 1st roundNihon Bunri HS0–1Kyoto SangaHiroshima
11:00 Report Sora Hiraga   90' Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 130
Referee: Hiroki Tani
11 December 2022 2nd round Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Kyoto SangaHiroshima
11:00 Report Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Ryuhei Yamaguchi
Penalties
Shokichi Araya  
Issei Kashiyama  
Haru Shoji  
Towa Hasegawa  
Yuzuki Sakai  
Sora Hiraga  
Taiga Saito  
Yamato Ito  
Rikuto Iida  
Tomotaka Ando  
Note: Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS got promoted to the Premier League.

Block C

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9 December 2022 1st roundHamamatsu Kaiseikan HS2–1Sapporo Otani HSHiroshima
11:00 Akira Sakaue   11'
Riku Yamaguchi   84'
Report Haruhito Nagata   67' Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa
11 December 2022 2nd round Shohei HS 2–0Hamamatsu Kaiseikan HSHiroshima
11:00 Junki Osa   28'
Minato Otani   56'
Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kenya Ohara
Note: Shohei High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block D

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9 December 2022 1st roundShoshi HS2–0Okayama Gakugeikan HSHiroshima
13:30 Rao Okano   26'
Jun Yoshimitsu   28'
Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 140
Referee: Yoshihito Hori
11 December 2022 2nd roundTeikyo Nagaoka HS1–2 Shoshi HS Hiroshima
13:30 Sota Hori   2' Report Torataro Suzuki   8'
Jin Yoshimitsu   78'
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 140
Referee: Kenji Wakamiya
Note: Shoshi High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block E

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9 December 2022 1st roundKokoku HS1–2 (a.e.t.)Teikyo HSHiroshima
13:30 Mahiro Okano   40' Report Takuto Shimanuki   58'
Ryosuke Irie   99'
Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 140
Referee: Takuya Yokoyama
9 December 2022 2nd round Yonago Kita HS 2–1Teikyo HSHiroshima
13:30 Kenshin Nakata   2'
Hideto Fukuda   53'
Report Yoshito Saito   88' Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Koki Yasukawa
Note: Yonago Kita High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block F

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9 December 2022 1st roundKamimura Gakuen HS4–3Zweigen KanazawaHiroshima
13:30 Shio Fukuda   23', 73'
Jun Kasagi   30'
Yumeki Yoshinaga   60'
Report Keigo Tsurutani   34'
Go Nakagawa   56'
Ryusho Inoue   90+2'
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yasuyuki Matsumoto
11 December 2022 2nd roundCerezo Osaka1–2 Kamimura Gakuen HS Hiroshima
13:30 Kaito Konomi   10' Report Yumeki Yoshinaga   43'
Shio Fukuda   65'
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Hiroki Murata
Note: Cerezo Osaka was relegated to Kanto's Prince League, while Kamimura Gakuen High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Final

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Kawasaki Frontale2–3Sagan Tosu
Yuto Matsunagane   44'
Torataro Okazaki   69'
Report Kosei Masuzaki   45+1'
Koma Osato   61'
Taichi Fukui   63'
Attendance: 8,572
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kawasaki Frontale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sagan Tosu
GK 21   Tomoyasu Hamasaki
DF 3   Yuto Matsunagane
DF 4   Kota Takai
DF 22   Eiji Ehara   85'
DF 35   Kaito Tsuchiya
MF 10   Yuto Ozeki (c)
MF 14   Hotaru Otaki   63'
MF 17   Jo Ogawa
MF 18   Kota Yui   85'
MF 25   Kairi Shimura   63'
FW 9   Kishin Gokita
Substitutes:
GK 19   Yuto Kikuchi
DF 5   Hiyu Asaoka   85'
DF 13   Kosuke Nobusawa   85'
DF 29   Minato Motoki
DF 32   Shotaro Shibata   63'
MF 6   Kosei Suita
FW 20   Torataro Okazaki   63'
Manager:
  Yasuhiro Nagahashi
GK 1   Hayato Kuribayashi
DF 2   Sota Yamamoto
DF 3   Ryotaro Takeuchi
DF 5   Motoki Imamura
DF 11   Koma Osato
DF 13   Hibiki Matsuoka   90+2'
MF 4   Shunya Sakai
MF 10   Taichi Fukui (c)
FW 7   Yoshiki Narahara
FW 9   Keisuke Sakaiya   79'
FW 17   Kosei Masuzaki   88'
Substitutes:
GK 40   Kota Imoto
MF 16   Sotaro Hayashi   79'
MF 19   Ryusei Sakita   90+2'
FW 6   Kenta Oniki   88'
FW 8   Harunosuke Kido
FW 26   Haruki Yamasaki
FW 35   Daichi Suzuki
Manager:
  Tomonori Tanaka

Assistant referees:
Seiichi Kanai
Masashige Abe
Fourth official:
Toshiki Tomomasa

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

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East

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Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1   Kotaro Uchino Yokohama F. Marinos 21
2   Naoki Kumata FC Tokyo 19
3   Ota Yamamoto Kashiwa Reysol 15
4   Kishin Gokita Kawasaki Frontale 13
5   Kosuke Matsumura Yokohama F. Marinos 10
6   Aoi Okamura Kiryu Daiichi 9
  Hikaru Takahashi Omiya Ardija
  Naoya Koike Maebashi Ikuei
9   Kota Suwa Kiryu Daiichi 8
  Torataro Okazaki Kawasaki Frontale
  Hayato Moriya Yokohama FC

West

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Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1   Shinnosuke Kinoshita Cerezo Osaka 15
2   Kazunosuke Furuta Riseisha 14
  Shunei Kobayashi Ohzu
4   Yuzuki Saito Shimizu S-Pulse 13
5   Takeshi Ito Júbilo Iwata 12
  Ritsuki Sarara Cerezo Osaka
  Niina Tominaga Vissel Kobe
8   Soma Kanda Shizuoka Gakuen 10
  Renko Hikasa Gamba Osaka
  Keisuke Goto Júbilo Iwata
  Kyota Funahashi Júbilo Iwata
  Keiji Yamashita Ohzu

See also

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League

References

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  1. ^ "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021 リーグ期間延長およびファイナル中止のお知らせ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ "出場チーム・組み合わせ決定 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ "出場チーム・組み合わせ 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ^ "高円宮杯JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ2022". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). Gekisaka. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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