Season | 2019 |
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Champions | Yokohama F. Marinos 4th J. League title 6th Japanese title |
Relegated | Matsumoto Yamaga Júbilo Iwata |
AFC Champions League | Yokohama F. Marinos FC Tokyo Kashima Antlers Vissel Kobe |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 797 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marcos Júnior Teruhito Nakagawa (15 goals each) |
Highest attendance | 63,854 Yokohama FM v Tokyo (07 December 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 6,491 Sanfrecce v Shonan (14 June 2019) |
Total attendance | 6,349,681 |
Average attendance | 20,751 |
← 2018 2020 → |
The 2019 J1 League, also known as the 2019 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2019 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993.
Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.
A total of 18 clubs contested the league. There were only two changes from 2018, since Kashiwa Reysol and V-Varen Nagasaki were relegated to the 2019 J2 League while Júbilo Iwata defeated Tokyo Verdy in the promotion/relegation play-off. 2018 J2 League champions Matsumoto Yamaga returned to the J1 League after three seasons of absence, while Oita Trinita returned to the top tier after six seasons.[1]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vissel Kobe | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 17 April 2019[3] | ![]() |
17 April 2019[4] |
Sagan Tosu | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 5 May 2019[5] | ![]() |
7 May 2019[6] |
Shimizu S-Pulse | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 12 May 2019[7] | ![]() |
14 May 2019[8] |
Urawa Red Diamonds | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 28 May 2019[9] | ![]() |
28 May 2019[10] |
Vissel Kobe | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 8 June 2019[11] | ![]() |
8 June 2019[12] |
Júbilo Iwata | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 30 June 2019[13] | ![]() |
1 July 2019[14] |
Júbilo Iwata | ![]() |
Resigned for health reasons | 15 August 2019[15] | ![]() |
20 August 2019[16] |
Nagoya Grampus | ![]() |
Sacked | 23 September 2019[17] | ![]() |
23 September 2019[18] |
Shonan Bellmare | ![]() |
Resigned from mid term | 8 October 2019[19] | ![]() |
10 October 2019[20] |
As of 2019 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.[21] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Yokohama F. Marinos (C) | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
3 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 63 | |
4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 60 | |
5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 59 | |
6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 55 | |
7 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 47 | |
8 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a] |
9 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 47 | |
10 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 46 | |
11 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | |
12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 39 | |
13 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 37 | |
14 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 37 | |
15 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 36 | |
16 | Shonan Bellmare (O) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
17 | Matsumoto Yamaga (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to J2 League |
18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 31 |
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off | |
Qualification to Relegation play-off | |
Relegation to J2 League |
This section is transcluded from 2019 J2 League. (edit | history) |
In the first two rounds of the 2019 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2019 J1参入プレーオフ), if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best J2 League ranking. In the final match against the J1 team, if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the J1 team wins.
1st Round 01 Dec | 2nd Round 08 Dec | Final 14 Dec | ||||||||||||
J2 (4) | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | ||||||||||||
J2 (5) | Ventforet Kofu | 1 | ||||||||||||
J2 (4) | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | ||||||||||||
J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 0 | ||||||||||||
J2 (3) | Omiya Ardija | 0 | ||||||||||||
J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 2 | ||||||||||||
J1 (16) | Shonan Bellmare | 1 | ||||||||||||
J2 (4) | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | ||||||||||||
Shonan Bellmare remains in J1 League.
Tokushima Vortis remains in J2 League.
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Consadole Sapporo | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–2 (H) | 9 March 2019 |
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Consadole Sapporo | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8–0 (A) | 17 August 2019 |
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Vissel Kobe | Júbilo Iwata | 4–1 (H) | 7 December 2019 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 581,135 | 54,599 | 19,698 | 34,184 | −3.7% |
2 | FC Tokyo | 536,187 | 42,401 | 22,302 | 31,540 | +19.3% |
3 | Gamba Osaka | 471,034 | 37,334 | 17,727 | 27,708 | +18.0% |
4 | Nagoya Grampus | 469,397 | 42,975 | 14,651 | 27,612 | +12.0% |
5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 459,168 | 63,854 | 11,186 | 27,010 | +24.0% |
6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 395,619 | 25,789 | 19,556 | 23,272 | +0.2% |
7 | Cerezo Osaka | 365,810 | 42,221 | 12,044 | 21,518 | +14.4% |
8 | Vissel Kobe | 365,349 | 25,929 | 17,708 | 21,491 | −0.6% |
9 | Kashima Antlers | 349,678 | 34,312 | 10,208 | 20,569 | +5.8% |
10 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 319,053 | 35,531 | 6,836 | 18,768 | +3.0% |
11 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 296,079 | 19,744 | 14,078 | 17,416 | +31.1%† |
12 | Oita Trinita | 260,893 | 28,574 | 9,031 | 15,347 | +72.3%† |
13 | Júbilo Iwata | 259,709 | 31,144 | 9,416 | 15,277 | −1.3% |
14 | Sagan Tosu | 255,845 | 23,055 | 8,698 | 15,050 | +0.3% |
15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 255,735 | 18,246 | 11,028 | 15,043 | +0.3% |
16 | Vegalta Sendai | 254,503 | 19,503 | 10,931 | 14,971 | −2.8% |
17 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 236,063 | 29,666 | 6,491 | 13,886 | −3.2% |
18 | Shonan Bellmare | 218,424 | 14,246 | 9,290 | 12,848 | +6.0% |
League total | 6,349,681 | 54,599 | 6,491 | 20,751 | +8.8% |
Updated to games played on 7 December 2019
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Promoted from J2.。