The 2023 J1 League, also known as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the ninth season of J1 League after being renamed from J. League Division 1.

J1 League
Season2023
Dates17 February – 3 December 2023
ChampionsVissel Kobe
1st J1 title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedYokohama FC
AFC Champions League EliteVissel Kobe
Yokohama F. Marinos
AFC Champions League 2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played306
Goals scored777 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerAnderson Lopes
Yuya Osako
(22 goals each)
Biggest home winYokohama F. Marinos 5–0 Yokohama FC
(8 April 2023)
Biggest away winShonan Bellmare 0–6 Sagan Tosu
(24 June 2023)
Highest scoringKashiwa Reysol 4–5 HC Sapporo
(3 June 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers
Nagoya Grampus
Urawa Red Diamonds
Longest winless run15 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run7 matches
Gamba Osaka
Highest attendance57,058[1]
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Albirex Niigata
(5 August 2023)
Lowest attendance3,935[1]
Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(15 April 2023)
Total attendance5,811,987[1]
Average attendance18,993[1]
2022
2024

Yokohama F. Marinos were the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title in 2022 in the final match of the season.[2][3] Vissel Kobe won their first ever league title with one game to go.[4]

Overview edit

This season was the last as an 18 team-competition. At the end of season, only one club would be relegated to the J2 League as the number of clubs was expanded from 18 to 20 clubs from the 2024 season.[5]

Changes from the previous season edit

There were two teams relegated last season to the 2023 J2 League. Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata, both from Shizuoka Prefecture, were relegated due to them finishing 17th and 18th respectively the previous season. Thus, this was the first Japanese top-flight season to not feature any team from the region.

Kyoto Sanga finished on 16th place, but won the promotion/relegation playoffs against Roasso Kumamoto and thus retained their top league status. Had Roasso won, it would have been their first ever promotion to the top-flight.

Two teams were promoted from the 2022 J2 League: Albirex Niigata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a five-year absence, and Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing on the J2 League.

Participating clubs edit

Club Location Stadium Capacity[6] Previous season rank
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome 38,794 J1 (10th)
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,170 J1 (4th)
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,010 J1 (9th)
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium 15,109 J1 (7th)
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 47,851 J1 (6th)
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Todoroki Stadium 26,827 J1 (2nd)
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,822 J1 (1st)
Yokohama FC Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,444   J2 (2nd)
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380 J1 (12th)
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 41,684   J2 (1st)
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 43,739 J1 (8th)
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,623 J1 (16th)
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694 J1 (15th)
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481 J1 (5th)
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium 28,996 J1 (13th)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Stadium 35,909 J1 (3rd)
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562 J1 (14th)
Sagan Tosu Saga Prefecture Ekimae Stadium 24,130 J1 (11th)

Personnel and kits edit

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Mihailo Petrović   Hiroki Miyazawa   Mizuno Ishiya
Kashima Antlers   Daiki Iwamasa   Shoma Doi   Nike LIXIL
Urawa Red Diamonds   Maciej Skorża   Hiroki Sakai   Nike Polus
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kashiwa Reysol   Masami Ihara   Taiyo Koga   Yonex Hitachi
FC Tokyo   Peter Cklamovski   Masato Morishige   New Balance Mixi
Kawasaki Frontale   Toru Oniki   Kento Tachibanada   Puma Fujitsu
Yokohama F. Marinos   Kevin Muscat   Takuya Kida   Adidas Nissan
Yokohama FC   Shuhei Yomoda   Gabriel   Puma Onodera Group
Shonan Bellmare   Satoshi Yamaguchi   Kazuki Oiwa   Penalty RiPTy
Albirex Niigata   Rikizo Matsuhashi   Yuto Horigome   Adidas Kameda Seika
Nagoya Grampus   Kenta Hasegawa   Sho Inagaki   Mizuno Toyota GR 86
Kyoto Sanga   Cho Kwi-jae   Temma Matsuda   Puma Kyocera
Gamba Osaka   Dani Poyatos   Takashi Usami   Hummel Panasonic
Cerezo Osaka   Akio Kogiku   Hiroshi Kiyotake   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
Urawa Red Diamonds   Ricardo Rodríguez[7] Resigned 5 November 2022 Pre-season   Maciej Skorża[8] 10 November 2022
Gamba Osaka   Hiroshi Matsuda[9] 23 November 2022   Dani Poyatos[10] 23 November 2022
Kashiwa Reysol   Nelsinho Baptista[11] 17 May 2023 16th   Masami Ihara[11] 17 May 2023
FC Tokyo   Albert Puig[12] 14 June 2023 12th   Takayoshi Amma[12] 14 June 2023
  Takayoshi Amma End of interim spell 16 June 2023   Peter Cklamovski[13][14] 16 June 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.[15] 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.[16]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Left mid-season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Lucas Fernandes   Kim Gun-hee   Milan Tučić   Supachok Sarachat   Gu Sung-yun
Kashima Antlers   Arthur Caíke   Diego Pituca   Kwoun Sun-tae   Park Eui-jeong   Blessing Eleke   Kim Min-tae
Urawa Red Diamonds   Alexander Scholz   José Kanté   Alex Schalk   Bryan Linssen   Marius Høibråten   Ekanit Panya   David Moberg Karlsson
Kashiwa Reysol   Bueno   Diego   Douglas   Matheus Sávio   Jay-Roy Grot
FC Tokyo   Adaílton   Diego Oliveira   Henrique Trevisan   Jája Silva   Pedro Perotti   Jakub Słowik   Leandro
Kawasaki Frontale   Jesiel   João Schmidt   Leandro Damião   Marcinho   Bafétimbi Gomis   Jung Sung-ryong   Chanathip Songkrasin
Yokohama F. Marinos   Anderson Lopes   Eduardo   Élber   Yan Matheus   Nam Tae-hee   Marcos Júnior
Yokohama FC   Caprini   Gabriel   Marcelo Ryan   Mateus Moraes   Yuri Lara   Svend Brodersen   Nguyễn Công Phượng   Saulo Mineiro
Shonan Bellmare   Kim Min-tae   Song Bum-keun   Tarik Elyounoussi   Mikel Agu
Albirex Niigata   Thomas Deng   Danilo Gomes   Gustavo Nescau   Michael Fitzgerald   Kazuyoshi Shimabuku
Nagoya Grampus   Mitchell Langerak   Thales   Kasper Junker   Mateus Castro
  Naldinho
Kyoto Sanga   Patric   Gu Sung-yun   Warner Hahn   Alan Cariús
  Paulinho Bóia
  Michael Woud
Gamba Osaka   Dawhan   Juan Alano   Zhang Aolin   Neta Lavi   Kwon Kyung-won   Issam Jebali
Cerezo Osaka   Jordy Croux   Capixaba   Léo Ceará   Matej Jonjić   Kim Jin-hyeon   Yang Han-been
Vissel Kobe   Jean Patric   Lincoln   Matheus Thuler   Phelipe   Bálint Vécsei   Juan Mata   Stefan Mugoša
  Andrés Iniesta
  Sergi Samper
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Douglas Vieira   Ezequiel   Marcos Júnior   Pieros Sotiriou   Nassim Ben Khalifa   Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
Avispa Fukuoka   Douglas Grolli   Lukian   Wellington
Sagan Tosu   Teddy Akumu   Hwang Seok-ho   Koh Bong-jo   Ueom Ye-hoon

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vissel Kobe (C) 34 21 8 5 60 29 +31 71 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 19 7 8 63 40 +23 64
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 17 7 10 42 28 +14 58 Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
4 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 12 7 42 27 +15 57
5 Kashima Antlers 34 14 10 10 43 34 +9 52
6 Nagoya Grampus 34 14 10 10 41 36 +5 52
7 Avispa Fukuoka 34 15 6 13 37 43 −6 51
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 45 +6 50 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage[a]
9 Cerezo Osaka 34 15 4 15 39 34 +5 49
10 Albirex Niigata 34 11 12 11 36 40 −4 45
11 FC Tokyo 34 12 7 15 42 46 −4 43
12 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 34 10 10 14 56 61 −5 40
13 Kyoto Sanga 34 12 4 18 40 45 −5 40
14 Sagan Tosu 34 9 11 14 43 47 −4 38
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 8 10 16 40 56 −16 34
16 Gamba Osaka 34 9 7 18 38 61 −23 34
17 Kashiwa Reysol 34 6 15 13 33 47 −14 33
18 Yokohama FC (R) 34 7 8 19 31 58 −27 29 Relegation to the J2 League
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 goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results table edit

Home \ Away ALB ANT AVI BEL CER CON GAM GRA KWF KSA RED REY SAG SFR TOK VIS YFC YFM
Albirex Niigata 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1
Kashima Antlers 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–2
Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–4
Shonan Bellmare 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–4 4–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–6 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Cerezo Osaka 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 4–0 1–2 3–4 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–0
Gamba Osaka 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2
Kawasaki Frontale 2–3 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–4 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2
Kyoto Sanga 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–0 2–3 4–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–5 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Sagan Tosu 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–5 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
FC Tokyo 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–3
Vissel Kobe 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–3
Yokohama FC 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 4–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 5–0
Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[17][18]
1   Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 22
  Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe
3   Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus 16
4   Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo 15
5   Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 14
  Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
7   Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare 13
8   Yuya Asano Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 12
9   Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 11
10   Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe 10
  Yoichi Naganuma Sagan Tosu
  Patric Kyoto Sanga
  Yuta Toyokawa Kyoto Sanga
  Yuya Yamagishi Avispa Fukuoka

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare Sagan Tosu 5–1 (A) 18 February 2023 [19]
  Shuto Machino4 Gamba Osaka 4–1 (H) 1 April 2023 [20]
  Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka 3–2 (H) 15 April 2023 [21]
  Yuji Ono Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare 6–0 (A) 24 June 2023 [22]
Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Top assists edit

Rank Player Club Assists[18][23]
1   Élber Yokohama F. Marinos 11
  Yan Matheus Yokohama F. Marinos
3   Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers 10
  Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
  Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol
6   Ryo Hatsuse Vissel Kobe 8
  Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe
8   Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos 7
9   Adaílton FC Tokyo 6
  Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[24]
1   Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers 15
  Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds
3   Daiya Maekawa Vissel Kobe 14
4   Keisuke Osako Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13
5   Ryosuke Kojima Albirex Niigata 10
  Mitchell Langerak Nagoya Grampus
  Masaaki Murakami Avispa Fukuoka
8   Kim Jin-hyeon Cerezo Osaka 7
9   Jun Ichimori Yokohama F. Marinos 6
  Jung Sung-ryong Kawasaki Frontale
  Kenta Matsumoto [ja] Kashiwa Reysol
  Park Il-gyu Sagan Tosu
  Jakub Słowik FC Tokyo

Discipline edit

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 64[27]
    • FC Tokyo
  • Most red cards: 6[28]
    • Kawasaki Frontale

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
February/March   Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe   Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata   Ryonosuke Kabayama Sagan Tosu [29][30][31]
April   Michael Skibbe Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Ryoma Watanabe FC Tokyo [32][33][34]
May   Shuhei Yomoda Yokohama FC   Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe   Shunsuke Mito Albirex Niigata [35][36][37]
June   Dani Poyatos Gamba Osaka   Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe   Takumu Kawamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima [38][39][40]
July   Shigetoshi Hasebe Avispa Fukuoka   Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe   Ken Iwao Urawa Red Diamonds [41][42][43]
August   Daiki Iwamasa Kashima Antlers   Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers   Marcos Júnior Sanfrecce Hiroshima [44][45][46]
September   Shigetoshi Hasebe Avispa Fukuoka   Kazuya Konno Avispa Fukuoka   Shunsuke Mito Albirex Niigata [47][48][49]
October   Satoshi Yamaguchi Shonan Bellmare   Daiki Tomii Shonan Bellmare   Kota Tawaratsumida FC Tokyo [50][51][52]
November/December   Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe   Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe   Yuta Toyokawa Kyoto Sanga [53][54][55]

Annual awards edit

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Year   Shigetoshi Hasebe[56] Avispa Fukuoka
Player of the Year   Yuya Osako[57] Vissel Kobe
Best Young Player   Shunsuke Mito[58] Albirex Niigata
Goal of the Year   Ryoma Watanabe[59] FC Tokyo
Best XI[60]
Goalkeeper   Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Defenders   Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds)   Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds)   Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka)   Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe)
Midfielders   Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds)   Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale)   Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe)
Forwards   Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos)   Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe)   Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe)

See also edit

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