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Japanese football in 2014.

J.League Division 1

Main article: 2014 J.League Division 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gamba Osaka (C) 34 19 6 9 59 31 +28 63 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 18 8 8 52 32 +20 62
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 6 10 64 39 +25 60
4 Kashiwa Reysol 34 17 9 8 48 40 +8 60 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round[a]
5 Sagan Tosu 34 19 3 12 41 33 +8 60
6 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 7 11 56 43 +13 55
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 14 9 11 37 29 +8 51
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 11 10 44 37 +7 50
9 FC Tokyo 34 12 12 10 47 33 +14 48
10 Nagoya Grampus 34 13 9 12 47 48 −1 48
11 Vissel Kobe 34 11 12 11 49 50 −1 45
12 Albirex Niigata 34 12 8 14 30 36 −6 44
13 Ventforet Kofu 34 9 14 11 27 31 −4 41
14 Vegalta Sendai 34 9 11 14 35 50 −15 38
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 10 6 18 42 60 −18 36
16 Omiya Ardija (R) 34 9 8 17 44 60 −16 35 Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17 Cerezo Osaka (R) 34 7 10 17 36 48 −12 31
18 Tokushima Vortis (R) 34 3 5 26 16 74 −58 14
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

J.League Division 2

Main article: 2014 J.League Division 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shonan Bellmare (C, P) 42 31 8 3 86 25 +61 101 Qualification for 2015 J1 League
2 Matsumoto Yamaga (P) 42 24 11 7 65 35 +30 83
3 JEF United Chiba 42 18 14 10 55 44 +11 68 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs[a]
4 Júbilo Iwata 42 18 13 11 67 55 +12 67
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 42 18 11 13 50 50 0 65 Ineligible for promotion
6 Montedio Yamagata (P) 42 18 10 14 57 44 +13 64 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs[a]
7 Oita Trinita 42 17 12 13 52 55 −3 63
8 Fagiano Okayama 42 15 16 11 52 48 +4 61
9 Kyoto Sanga 42 14 18 10 57 52 +5 60
10 Consadole Sapporo 42 15 14 13 48 44 +4 59
11 Yokohama FC 42 14 13 15 49 47 +2 55
12 Tochigi SC 42 15 10 17 52 58 −6 55
13 Roasso Kumamoto 42 13 15 14 45 53 −8 54
14 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 12 16 14 45 42 +3 52
15 Mito HollyHock 42 12 14 16 46 46 0 50 Ineligible for promotion
16 Avispa Fukuoka 42 13 11 18 52 60 −8 50
17 FC Gifu 42 13 10 19 54 61 −7 49 Ineligible for promotion
18 Thespakusatsu Gunma 42 14 7 21 45 54 −9 49
19 Ehime FC 42 12 12 18 54 58 −4 48
20 Tokyo Verdy 42 9 15 18 31 48 −17 42
21 Kamatamare Sanuki 42 7 12 23 34 71 −37 33 Qualification for Relegation Playoffs[b]
22 Kataller Toyama (R) 42 5 8 29 28 74 −46 23 Relegation to 2015 J3 League[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2014. Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
  2. ^ a b The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League

J3 League

Main article: 2014 J3 League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zweigen Kanazawa (C, P) 33 23 6 4 56 20 +36 75 Promotion to 2015 J2 League[a]
2 Nagano Parceiro 33 20 9 4 58 23 +35 69 Qualification for J2 promotion playoffs[a]
3 Machida Zelvia 33 20 8 5 59 22 +37 68
4 Gainare Tottori 33 14 11 8 34 25 +9 53
5 Grulla Morioka 33 12 9 12 43 39 +4 45
6 SC Sagamihara 33 12 7 14 44 48 −4 43
7 Fukushima United 33 9 9 15 30 38 −8 36
8 Blaublitz Akita 33 10 4 19 38 57 −19 34
9 FC Ryukyu 33 8 10 15 31 50 −19 34
10 J.League U-22 Selection 33 9 6 18 37 63 −26 33
11 Fujieda MYFC 33 7 9 17 36 52 −16 30
12 YSCC Yokohama 33 4 12 17 29 58 −29 24
Source: J.League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Only clubs that hold J2 licence are eligible for promotion.

Japan Football League

Main article: 2014 Japan Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SP Kyoto FC 26 20 1 5 58 20 +38 61
2 Kagoshima United 26 18 3 5 45 19 +26 57
3 Honda FC (C) 26 16 5 5 58 28 +30 53
4 Renofa Yamaguchi (P) 26 16 3 7 51 27 +24 51 Promotion to 2015 J3 League
5 Sony Sendai 26 13 7 6 45 29 +16 46
6 Yokogawa Musashino 26 9 8 9 31 31 0 35
7 Verspah Oita 26 8 9 9 30 28 +2 33
8 Azul Claro Numazu 26 8 8 10 26 35 −9 32
9 Vanraure Hachinohe 26 8 6 12 30 32 −2 30
10 Honda Lock 26 7 6 13 31 52 −21 27
11 Fagiano Okayama Next 26 5 8 13 24 46 −22 23
12 MIO Biwako Shiga 26 6 4 16 24 50 −26 22
13 Tochigi Uva 26 4 7 15 16 37 −21 19
14 Maruyasu Okazaki 26 3 7 16 23 58 −35 16
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2014. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Regional Leagues

Main article: 2014 Japanese Regional Leagues

National team (Men)

Results

5 March Japan  4–2  New Zealand Japan Tokyo, Japan[1][2]
19:40 JST Okazaki 4', 17'
Kagawa 7' (pen.)
Morishige 11'		 JFA Report Wood 39', 80' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 47,670
Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)
27 May Japan  1–0  Cyprus Japan Saitama, Japan[3]
19:30 JST Uchida 43' JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 58,564
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
2 June Costa Rica  1–3  Japan United States Tampa, United States[4]
21:00 UTC−4 Ruiz 31' JFA Report Endo 60'
Kagawa 80'
Kakitani 90+2'		 Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Chris Penso (USA)
6 June Zambia  3–4  Japan United States Tampa, United States[5]
19:30 UTC−4 Katongo 9'
Sinkala 29'
Musonda 89'		 JFA Report Honda 40' (pen.), 75'
Kagawa 73'
Okubo 90+1'		 Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
14 June Group C Ivory Coast  2–1  Japan Brazil Recife, Brazil
22:00 UTC−3 Bony 64'
Gervinho 66'		 FIFA Report Honda 16' Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
Attendance: 40,267
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
19 June Group C Japan  0–0  Greece Brazil Natal, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3 FIFA Report Stadium: Arena das Dunas
Attendance: 39,485
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
24 June Group C Japan  1–4  Colombia Brazil Cuiabá, Brazil
16:00 UTC−4 Okazaki 45+1' FIFA Report Cuadrado 17' (pen.)
Martínez 55', 82'
Rodríguez 90'		 Stadium: Arena Pantanal
Attendance: 40,340
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
5 September Japan  0–2  Uruguay Japan Sapporo, Japan[1]
19:30 JST JFA Report Cavani 34'
Hernández 71'		 Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,294
Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)
9 September Japan  2–2  Venezuela Japan Yokohama, Japan[1]
19:20 JST Muto 51'
Shibasaki 66'		 FIFA Listing Rondon 61' (pen.)
Cichero 71'		 Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 64,007
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
10 October Japan  1–0  Jamaica Japan Niigata, Japan
19:25 JST Nosworthy 16' (o.g.) JFA Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 39,628
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
14 October Japan  0–4  Brazil Singapore Singapore
18:45 UTC+8 JFA Report Neymar 18', 48', 77', 81' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 51,577
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
14 November Japan  6–0  Honduras Japan Toyota, Japan[1]
19:35 JST Yoshida 9'
Honda 40'
Endō 44'
Inui 47', 74'
Toyoda 69'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 42,126
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
18 November Japan  2–1  Australia Japan Osaka, Japan[1]
19:25 JST Konno 61'
Okazaki 68'		 JFA Report Cahill 90+2' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 46,312
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics

Player -2013 03.05 05.27 06.02 06.06 06.14 06.19 06.24 09.05 09.09 10.10 10.14 11.14 11.18 2014 Total
Yasuhito Endo 140(12) O O O(1) O O O - - - - - O(1) O 8(2) 148(14)
Yasuyuki Konno 78(1) - O O O - O O - - - - - O(1) 6(1) 84(2)
Makoto Hasebe 77(2) - O - - O O O - - - - O O 6(0) 83(2)
Shinji Okazaki 72(36) O(2) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O(1) 13(4) 85(40)
Yuto Nagatomo 66(3) O O O O O O O O O O - - - 10(0) 76(3)
Atsuto Uchida 65(1) - O(1) O O O O O - - - - O - 7(1) 72(2)
Yoshito Okubo 54(5) - O O O(1) O O O - - - - - - 6(1) 60(6)
Shinji Kagawa 53(16) O(1) O O(1) O(1) O O O - - O - O O 10(3) 63(19)
Eiji Kawashima 53(0) O O O - O O O O O - O O O 11(0) 64(0)
Keisuke Honda 52(20) O O O O(2) O(1) O O O O O O O(1) O 13(4) 65(24)
Maya Yoshida 37(2) O O O O O O O O O - - O(1) O 11(1) 48(3)
Hajime Hosogai 25(1) O - - - - - - O O O O - - 5(0) 30(1)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 23(1) O O - - - - O - - - - - - 3(0) 26(1)
Masahiko Inoha 20(1) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 21(1)
Hiroki Sakai 14(0) O O O O - - - O - - - - - 5(0) 19(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa 12(0) - - - O - - - - - O - O - 3(0) 15(0)
Takashi Inui 12(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O(2) O 2(2) 14(2)
Gotoku Sakai 11(0) O - - - - - - O O O O O O 7(0) 18(0)
Yoichiro Kakitani 9(4) - O O(1) O O - O O O O O - - 9(1) 18(5)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 8(0) O O O O O O O - - - - - - 7(0) 15(0)
Yuya Osako 6(3) O - O O O O - - O - - - - 6(0) 12(3)
Masato Morishige 6(0) O(1) O O O O - - O O O O O O 11(1) 17(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto 5(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 6(0)
Manabu Saito 3(1) O - - O - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 5(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama 3(0) O - O O - - O - - - - - - 4(0) 7(0)
Yohei Toyoda 3(0) O - - - - - - - - - - O(1) O 3(1) 6(1)
Junya Tanaka 1(0) - - - - - - - O O - O - - 3(0) 4(0)
Kosuke Ota 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O O - O 3(0) 4(0)
Daisuke Suzuki 1(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yoshinori Muto 0(0) - - - - - - - O O(1) O O O O 6(1) 6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O(1) O O O - 4(1) 4(1)
Taishi Taguchi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O O - 3(0) 3(0)
Ryota Morioka 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - O - - 2(0) 2(0)
Tsukasa Shiotani 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O - - 2(0) 2(0)
Yu Kobayashi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O - - 2(0) 2(0)
Tatsuya Sakai 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Yusuke Minagawa 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

2014.03.05 Japan 1–1 United States Portugal
Miyama ?' ? ?'
2014.03.07 Japan 1–0 Denmark Portugal
Iwabuchi ?'
2014.03.10 Japan 2–1 Sweden Portugal
Ogimi ?'
Miyama ?'		 ? ?'
2014.03.12 Japan 0–3 Germany Portugal
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2014.05.08 Japan 2–1 New Zealand Osaka, Japan
Takase ?'
Sugasawa ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: Nagai Football Stadium
2014.05.14 Japan 2–2 Australia Vietnam
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Ogimi ?'		 ? ?'
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2014.05.16 Japan 4–0 Vietnam Vietnam
Kawasumi ?', ?'
Kiryu ?'
Ogimi ?'
2014.05.18 Japan 7–0 Jordan Vietnam
Kira ?', ?'
Nakajima ?', ?'
Sakaguchi ?', ?'
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2014.05.22 Japan 2–1 China Vietnam
Sawa ?'
Iwashimizu ?'		 ? ?'
2014.05.25 Japan 1–0 Australia Vietnam
Iwashimizu ?'
2014.09.13 Japan 5–0 Ghana Yamagata, Japan
Takase ?', ?'
Sakaguchi ?'
Osafune ?'
Nakajima ?'		 Stadium: Yamagata Park Stadium
2014.09.15 Japan 0–0 China South Korea
2014.09.18 Japan 12–0 Jordan South Korea
Kawasumi ?', ?'
Sugasawa ?', ?', ?'
Sakaguchi ?', ?', ?'
?' (o.g.)
Kira ?', ?'
Miyama ?'
2014.09.22 Japan 3–0 Chinese Taipei South Korea
Sakaguchi ?'
Kira ?'
Kawasumi ?'
2014.09.26 Japan 9–0 Hong Kong South Korea
Masuya ?', ?'
?' (o.g.)
Nakajima ?'
Iwashimizu ?'
Kiryu ?', ?'
Takase ?'
Sugasawa ?'
2014.09.29 Japan 3–0 Vietnam South Korea
Sakaguchi ?'
Osafune ?'
Sugasawa ?'
2014.10.01 Japan 1–3 North Korea South Korea
Miyama ?' ? ?'
? ?'
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2014.10.25 Japan 3–0 Canada Canada
Ogimi ?'
Kawamura ?'
Kawasumi ?'
2014.10.28 Japan 3–2 Canada Canada
Nagasato ?'
Ogimi ?'
Sameshima ?'		 ? ?'
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Players statistics

Player -2013 03.05 03.07 03.10 03.12 05.08 05.14 05.16 05.18 05.22 05.25 09.13 09.15 09.18 09.22 09.26 09.29 10.01 10.25 10.28 2014 Total
Homare Sawa 189(81) O - O O O - O O O(1) O - - - - - - - - - 8(1) 197(82)
Aya Miyama 127(30) O(1) O O(1) O O O O - O O O O O(1) O - O O(1) O O 17(4) 144(34)
Shinobu Ono 119(39) O O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O 6(0) 125(39)
Kozue Ando 115(18) - O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - 4(0) 119(18)
Yuki Ogimi 103(47) O O O(1) O - O(1) O(1) O - - - - - - - - - O(1) O(1) 9(5) 112(52)
Azusa Iwashimizu 95(8) O O O O O O O - O(1) O(1) - - O O O(1) - O - O 14(3) 109(11)
Yukari Kinga 88(5) O - O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - 4(0) 92(5)
Karina Maruyama 77(14) - - - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 79(14)
Miho Fukumoto 70(0) - O - - - - O - O O - - - - - - - - O 5(0) 75(0)
Mizuho Sakaguchi 68(18) O - O O O O - O(2) O O O(1) O O(3) O(1) O O(1) O O O 17(8) 85(26)
Rumi Utsugi 62(5) O O O O O O O O O O - - - - - - - O O 12(0) 74(5)
Saki Kumagai 58(0) O - O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O 5(0) 63(0)
Aya Sameshima 55(2) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O(1) 2(1) 57(3)
Nahomi Kawasumi 50(12) O O O O O O O(2) - O O O O O(2) O(1) O O O O(1) - 17(6) 67(18)
Ayumi Kaihori 40(0) - - O - - - - O - - O O - - O - O - - 6(0) 46(0)
Megumi Takase 35(5) O O O O O(1) O O O O O O(2) O - - O(1) O O O O 17(4) 52(9)
Asuna Tanaka 28(3) - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O 2(0) 30(3)
Megumi Kamionobe 23(2) O O - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - O 4(0) 27(2)
Mana Iwabuchi 20(2) O O(1) O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O 5(1) 25(3)
Saori Ariyoshi 13(0) O O O O O O O - O O O O O O - O O O O 17(0) 30(0)
Yuika Sugasawa 12(2) - - - - O(1) - O - O O O O O(3) - O(1) O(1) O O O 12(6) 24(8)
Emi Nakajima 9(1) - O - - O O - O(2) O O O(1) O O O O(1) O - - - 12(4) 21(5)
Kana Osafune 8(0) - - - - - - - - - - O(1) O O - O O(1) O - - 6(2) 14(2)
Nanase Kiryu 6(0) O O - - - O O(1) - O - O O O O O(2) - - - - 10(3) 16(3)
Asano Nagasato 6(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O(1) 1(1) 7(1)
Erina Yamane 4(0) O - - O O O - - - - O - O O - O - O - 9(0) 13(0)
Yuri Kawamura 4(0) - - - - O O O - O O - - - - - - - O(1) O 7(1) 11(1)
Michi Goto 3(2) - - - - O O - O - O - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 7(2)
Kana Kitahara 1(0) - O - - - - - - - - O O O O - O - - - 6(0) 7(0)
Chinatsu Kira 0(0) - - - - O O - O(2) O O O O O(2) O(1) O O O - - 12(5) 12(5)
Rika Masuya 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O O O O(2) O O - - 7(2) 7(2)
Hikaru Naomoto 0(0) - - - - O - - O - - O - - O O O - - - 6(0) 6(0)
Rie Usui 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O O O O - O - - 6(0) 6(0)
Hisui Haza 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - O O O - - - 4(0) 4(0)
Ruka Norimatsu 0(0) - - - - O - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Yuria Obara 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Shiho Kohata 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ami Sugita 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.
  2. ^ Matches FIFA.com. Retrieved: 2014-02-02.
  3. ^ Japan schedules friendly against Cyprus The Japan Times, 2014-02-12.
  4. ^ Selección de Costa Rica tendrá fogueo en junio ante Japón La Nación, 2014-02-04. (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Japan will play Zambia in Tampa, Florida Japan Football Association, 2014-03-28.
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