2016 J2 League

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Meiji Yasuda J2 League
Season	2016
Champions	Sapporo vs Kanazawa (20 November)
Lowest attendance	1,795 Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Kanazawa (6 June)
Average attendance	6,973
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2016 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season is the 45th season of second-tier club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J2 League.

Clubs

Yokohama

Osaka

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Locations of the 2016 J2 League teams

Omiya Ardija have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Júbilo Iwata have spent only 2 seasons in J2 after their first relegation from the J1 League in 2013 after 20 seasons. Third-placed Avispa Fukuoka won the promotion playoffs and will return to the first division after playing in the J2 for four years. Matsumoto Yamaga were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion. Shimizu S-Pulse also suffered their first relegation to the J2 after 23 seasons in the J1, while Montedio Yamagata returned after one season.

On the other end of the table, Renofa Yamaguchi have been promoted from the 2015 J3 League as the champions of the second season of the J3 League, replacing Tochigi SC and becoming the first club based in Yamaguchi Prefecture to play in the second tier since Eidai SC back in 1973. J3 runners-up Machida Zelvia were also promoted by beating Oita Trinita in the promotion-relegation playoffs.

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Cerezo Osaka	Sakai, Osaka	2015 Play-off finalist
Consadole Sapporo	All cities/towns in Hokkaidō^[a]
Ehime FC	All cities/towns in Ehime^[b]	2015 Play-off contestant
Fagiano Okayama	All cities/towns in Okayama^[c]
FC Gifu	All cities/towns in Gifu^[d]
Giravanz Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka	Not eligible for J1 promotion in 2015
Mito HollyHock	Mito, Ibaraki	Not eligible for J1 promotion in 2015
JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu, Kagawa	Not eligible for J1 promotion in 2015
Montedio Yamagata	All cities/towns in Yamagata^[e]	Relegated from J1 League in 2015
Renofa Yamaguchi	All cities/towns in Yamaguchi^[f]	Promoted from J3 League in 2015
Roasso Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Kumamoto
Kyoto Sanga	Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto^[g]
Thespakusatsu Gunma	All cities/towns in Gunma^[h]	Not eligible for J1 promotion in 2015
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	Relegated from J1 League in 2015
V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki^[i]	2015 J2 League Play-off contestant
Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo
Tokushima Vortis	All cities/towns in Tokushima^[j]
Matsumoto Yamaga	Central cities/towns in Nagano^[k]	Relegated from J1 League in 2015
Yokohama FC	Yokohama, Kanagawa
Machida Zelvia	Machida, Tokyo	Promoted from J3 League in 2015
Zweigen Kanazawa	Kanazawa, Ishikawa

^ centering on Sapporo
Matsuyama

Tsuyama

Gifu

Tsuruoka

Sanyoonoda, Ube

Nagaokakyo, Kizugawa, Kameoka

Maebashi

^ centering on Nagasaki, Isahaya

Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima

Omachi, Ikeda

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of departure Manner of departure Incoming manager Date of announcement

Shimizu S-Pulse Kazuaki Tasaka 25 November 2015 Resigned^[1] Shinji Kobayashi 25 November 2015

Tokushima Vortis Shinji Kobayashi 26 November 2015 Contract expired^[2] Hiroaki Nagashima 26 November 2015

Yokohama FC Hitoshi Nakata 1 December 2015 Retired from coaching^[3] Miloš Rus 1 December 2015

Roasso Kumamoto Takeshi Ono 25 November 2015 Contract expired^[4] Hiroyuki Kiyokawa^[5] 28 December 2015

Yokohama FC Miloš Rus 15 June 2016 Resigned^[6] Hitoshi Nakata^[7] 15 June 2016

FC Gifu Ruy Ramos 22 July 2016 Sacked^[8] Megumu Yoshida^[9] 22 July 2016

JEF United Ichihara Chiba Takashi Sekizuka 25 July 2016 Sacked^[10] Shigetoshi Hasebe 25 July 2016

Foreign players

Clubs Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Non-Visa Foreign Type-C Contract

Cerezo Osaka Ricardo Santos
Souza
Besart Abdurahimi Kim Jin-hyeon Ahn Joon-soo

Consadole Sapporo
Julinho
Macedo Reis Gu Sung-yun Irfan Bachdim

Ehime FC Park Kwang-il Park Chan-yong

Fagiano Okayama Wang Jingbin Kim Jin-kyu

FC Gifu
Evandro

Leo Mineiro
Leonardo Rocha Choi Sung-keun

Giravanz Kitakyushu Rodrigo

Mito HollyHock
Romero Frank
Yoo Lomon Song Ju-hun Nguyễn Công Phượng

JEF United Chiba
Élton
Eduardo Aranda
Lee Joo-young

Kamatamare Sanuki
Allan

Evson
Miguel Han Chang-joo

Montedio Yamagata Alceu Diego Diego Rosa Lee Je-seung Koo Bon-hyeok

Renofa Yamaguchi Luciano Romero
Yoon Sin-young

Roasso Kumamoto
Anderson
Kim Tae-yeon

Kyoto Sanga Andrei Girotto Daniel Lovinho Kiros Lee Yong-jae

Shimizu S-Pulse
Mitchell Duke

Dejan Jaković
Kim Byeom-yong Byeon Jun-byum Jong Tae-se

Thespakusatsu Gunma
Lucas Gaúcho
Matheus

Park Gon
Lim Jung-bin Park Seung-ri

Tokyo Verdy Alan Pinheiro
Douglas

Weslley
Lim You-hwan

V-Varen Nagasaki Baek Sung-dong Park Hyung-jin Cho Min-woo Ri Yong-jik

Tokushima Vortis
Alex

Carlinhos
Achille Emaná Kim Kyung-jung

Matsumoto Yamaga Obina
Paulinho
Willians Han Seung-hyeon

Yokohama FC Ibba Laajab Rok Štraus Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Na Sung-soo An Yong-hak

Zweigen Kanazawa David
Mendes
Romarinho Kim Young-heon An Byong-jun Kim Tea-sung

Machida Zelvia Calvin Jong-a-Pin Kim Song-gi Ri Han-jae

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation

1 Consadole Sapporo (C, P) 42 25 10 7 65 33 +32 85 Promotion to 2017 J1 League

2 Shimizu S-Pulse (P) 42 25 9 8 85 37 +48 84

3 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 24 12 6 62 32 +30 84 Qualification for promotion playoffs^[a]

4 Cerezo Osaka (O, P) 42 23 9 10 62 46 +16 78

5 Kyoto Sanga 42 18 15 9 50 37 +13 69

6 Fagiano Okayama 42 17 14 11 58 44 +14 65

7 Machida Zelvia 42 18 11 13 53 44 +9 65

8 Yokohama FC 42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59

9 Tokushima Vortis 42 16 9 17 46 42 +4 57

10 Ehime FC 42 12 20 10 41 40 +1 56

11 JEF United Chiba 42 13 14 15 52 53 −1 53

12 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 14 11 17 55 63 −8 53

13 Mito HollyHock 42 10 18 14 45 49 −4 48

14 Montedio Yamagata 42 11 14 17 43 49 −6 47

15 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 10 17 15 39 51 −12 47

16 Roasso Kumamoto 42 12 10 20 38 53 −15 46

17
Thespakusatsu Gunma
42 11 12 19 52 66 −14 45

18 Tokyo Verdy 42 10 13 19 43 61 −18 43

19 Kamatamare Sanuki 42 10 13 19 43 62 −19 43

20 FC Gifu 42 12 7 23 47 71 −24 43

21 Zweigen Kanazawa (X) 42 8 15 19 36 60 −24 39 Qualification for relegation playoffs^[b]

22 Giravanz Kitakyushu (R) 42 8 14 20 43 64 −21 38 Relegation to 2017 J3 League
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Relegation play-off winner
Notes:

^ 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.

^ The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2016 J3 League.

Play-offs

J1 Promotion Playoffs

2016 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2016 J1昇格プレーオフ)

Semifinals Final

3 Matsumoto Yamaga 1
6 Fagiano Okayama 2
6 Fagiano Okayama 0

4 Cerezo Osaka 1
4 Cerezo Osaka 1
5 Kyoto Sanga 1

Semifinals

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)
15:30
Matsumoto Yamaga 1–2 Fagiano Okayama

Paulinho
74' Report Oshitani 23'
Akamine 90+2'
Matsumotodaira Football Stadium, Matsumoto, Nagano
Attendance: 12,200

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)
15:30
Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Kakitani 13' Report Arita 90'
Kincho Stadium, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Attendance: 13,922

Final

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
15:35
Fagiano Okayama 0–1 Cerezo Osaka
Report Kiyohara 52'
Kincho Stadium, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Attendance: 17,086

Cerezo Osaka was promoted to J1 League.

J3 Relegation Playoffs

2016 J2/J3 Play-Offs (2016 J2・J3入れ替え戦)

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

Tochigi SC 0–3 Zweigen Kanazawa 0–1 0–2

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)
12:30
Tochigi SC 0–1 Zweigen Kanazawa
Report Koyanagi 89'
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Attendance: 5,369

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
12:30
Zweigen Kanazawa 2–0 Tochigi SC
Nakami 34', 69' Report
Toyama, Toyama
Attendance: 7,130

Zweigen Kanazawa remains in J2 League.
Tochigi SC remains in J3 League.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Consadole Sapporo 17 8 8 6 4 7 3 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Shimizu S-Pulse 13 5 6 11 9 6 9 9 6 4 6 7 9 10 9 9 9 7 8 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2

Matsumoto Yamaga 17 9 10 14 12 16 14 8 4 6 7 6 6 6 4 3 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

Cerezo Osaka 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Kyoto Sanga 9 14 13 13 15 12 12 13 14 14 8 9 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 6 5 5 6 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5

Fagiano Okayama 9 6 7 5 3 4 7 3 5 7 5 4 5 2 6 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6

Machida Zelvia 17 16 9 7 5 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 4 6 6 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7

Yokohama FC 17 21 22 17 17 13 11 12 13 10 12 8 11 11 11 12 12 14 16 12 14 17 16 15 15 13 11 10 9 10 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8

Tokushima Vortis 15 20 21 21 15 19 19 19 17 18 16 17 14 15 13 15 16 12 14 16 16 12 12 13 10 11 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 9

Ehime FC 13 15 14 18 18 15 13 14 12 11 13 13 13 14 16 13 13 15 11 13 10 11 11 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10

JEF United Chiba 2 10 5 4 7 9 5 6 10 12 11 12 10 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 11

Renofa Yamaguchi 9 7 11 16 13 10 10 10 7 5 4 5 3 5 7 7 7 9 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 12 12 12

Mito HollyHock 9 16 19 19 21 18 18 18 16 15 15 15 17 13 15 16 14 16 18 17 18 16 14 16 16 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 13 14 13 14 14 14 13 13 13

Montedio Yamagata 17 16 18 19 21 22 22 21 20 20 18 16 16 16 14 14 15 10 12 14 11 10 10 11 12 15 16 16 18 18 18 16 16 18 18 16 17 18 18 16 16 14

V-Varen Nagasaki 2 13 12 12 14 17 17 17 19 19 20 21 21 20 19 17 18 19 19 18 17 13 13 10 11 10 9 11 11 11 13 13 12 14 13 14 13 13 13 14 14 15

Roasso Kumamoto 4 3 1 3 1 3 5 7 11 13 14 14 15 18 18 19 17 17 15 11 12 14 15 14 14 17 17 18 14 16 17 18 17 15 15 17 18 15 16 18 15 16

Thespakusatsu Gunma
1 1 4 8 10 11 16 16 18 17 19 19 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 20 20 19 19 16 15 15 17 18 16 16 15 15 17 17 15 17 17

Tokyo Verdy 4 11 15 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 17 18 20 17 17 18 19 18 17 19 19 19 19 17 18 18 18 15 17 17 16 15 15 17 17 18 16 16 15 17 18 18

Kamatamare Sanuki 4 2 3 2 6 8 4 5 9 8 9 11 12 12 12 10 10 11 13 15 15 18 18 19 17 16 15 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 19

FC Gifu 22 22 17 10 8 5 8 11 8 9 10 10 8 9 10 11 11 13 10 10 13 15 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 19 20 20

Zweigen Kanazawa 15 19 20 21 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 21 21 21 22 20 20 21 22 22 21

Giravanz Kitakyushu 4 12 16 15 18 20 20 20 21 21 21 20 19 21 21 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 22 22 22 21 22 21 20 21 21 22

Last updated: 20 November 2016
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Two games for Matchday 8 (V. Varen Nagasaki vs. Mito HollyHock; Kyoto Sanga FC vs. Roasso Kumamoto) scheduled on 17 April 2016 were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture.

Matchday 8 game between Kyoto Sanga FC and Roasso Kumamoto was rescheduled on 29 June 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 21 ranking.

Matchday 8 game between V. Varen Nagasaki and Mito HollyHock was rescheduled on 7 September 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 31 ranking.

Note 2: Matchday 8 schedule for Zweigen Kanazawa vs. Ehime FC, scheduled on 17 April 2016, was postponed due to severe storms in the area. The match was rescheduled on May 18 and results were included on Matchday 14 Ranking.
Note 3: Fixtures of Roasso Kumamoto for Matchdays 9 (Roasso Kumamoto vs. Yokohama FC), 10 (Montedio Yamagata vs. Roasso Kumamoto), 11 (Roasso Kumamoto vs. Ehime FC) and 12 (Consadole Sapporo vs. Roasso Kumamoto) were postponed by the J. League due to series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture.

Matchday 9 game between Roasso Kumamoto and Yokohama FC was rescheduled on 7 September 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 31 ranking.

Matchday 10 game between Montedio Yamagata and Roasso Kumamoto was rescheduled on 6 July 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 22 ranking.

Matchday 11 game between Roasso Kumamoto and Ehime FC was rescheduled on 31 August 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 31 ranking.

Matchday 12 game between Consadole Sapporo and Roasso Kumamoto was rescheduled on 25 August 2016. Result of this match were included on Matchday 31 ranking.

Leader and qualification for 2017 J1 League

Qualification for 2017 J1 League

Qualification for promotion play-offs

Qualification for relegation play-offs

Relegation to 2017 J3 League

Results

Home \ Away CER CON EHI FAG GIF GIR HOL JEF KAM MON REN ROS SAN SSP
SPA
VVN VER VOR YAM YFC ZEL ZWE

Cerezo Osaka 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–4 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–2

Consadole Sapporo 1–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 5–2 3–2 0–0

Ehime FC 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–1

Fagiano Okayama 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2

FC Gifu 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 4–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1

Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 3–2

Mito HollyHock 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 3–0

JEF United Chiba 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–4 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0

Kamatamare Sanuki 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 0–1 1–1

Montedio Yamagata 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0

Renofa Yamaguchi 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–1

Roasso Kumamoto 1–5 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–6 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 5–2

Kyoto Sanga 3–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0

Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 8–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–1

Thespakusatsu Gunma
0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1

V-Varen Nagasaki 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0

Tokyo Verdy 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–1 4–1

Tokushima Vortis 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–1

Matsumoto Yamaga 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–2

Yokohama FC 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0

Machida Zelvia 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1

Zweigen Kanazawa 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: J.League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals

1 Jong Tae-se Shimizu S-Pulse 26

2 Ken Tokura Consadole Sapporo 19

3 Genki Omae Shimizu S-Pulse 18

Ibba Laajab Yokohama FC

5 Ryo Nagai V-Varen Nagasaki 17

6 Kazuki Hara Giravanz Kitakyushu 16

Hiroyuki Takasaki Matsumoto Yamaga

8 Yuki Nakashima Machida Zelvia 14

Kenyu Sugimoto Cerezo Osaka

Yuki Oshitani Fagiano Okayama

11 Léo Mineiro FC Gifu 13

Yusuke Segawa
Thespakusatsu Gunma

Updated to games played on 20 November 2016
Source: J.League Data

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change

1 Consadole Sapporo 305,732 33,697 8,269 14,559 +21.7%^†

2 Matsumoto Yamaga 286,246 19,632 10,796 13,631 −19.0%^†

3 Cerezo Osaka 262,691 23,781 8,464 12,509 +2.3%^†

4 Shimizu S-Pulse 236,749 16,740 6,552 11,274 −19.9%^†

5 JEF United Chiba 216,127 14,163 7,684 10,292 −4.0%^†

6 Fagiano Okayama 210,364 15,204 7,050 10,017 +19.1%^†

7 Renofa Yamaguchi 139,732 14,532 3,629 6,654 +52.4%^‡

8 Kyoto Sanga 137,005 12,042 2,884 6,524 −12.9%^†

9 Montedio Yamagata 131,324 14,450 3,189 6,254 −37.6%^†

10 FC Gifu 118,910 12,158 3,215 5,662 −8.4%^†

11 Roasso Kumamoto 116,402 9,727 2,509 5,543 −21.2%^†

12 Tokyo Verdy 113,451 9,272 2,752 5,402 −4.6%^†

13 Mito HollyHock 112,668 10,420 3,815 5,365 +11.4%^†

14 V-Varen Nagasaki 109,727 9,048 2,692 5,225 +6.0%^†

15 Machida Zelvia 107,591 10,112 3,448 5,123 +36.0%^‡

16 Yokohama FC 102,724 10,524 2,077 4,892 −4.3%^†

17
Thespakusatsu Gunma
99,619 9,804 2,374 4,744 +15.7%^†

18 Tokushima Vortis 95,860 9,767 3,218 4,565 −9.0%^†

19 Zweigen Kanazawa 87,757 9,316 1,924 4,179 −14.9%^†

20 Ehime FC 85,863 8,215 2,019 4,089 +8.4%^†

21 Kamatamare Sanuki 77,413 11,376 1,924 3,686 +0.8%^†

22 Giravanz Kitakyushu 67,698 5,689 1,795 3,224 −6.8%^†

League total 3,221,653 33,697 1,795 6,973 +1.9%^†

Updated to games played on 20 November 2016
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^†from J1^‡from J3

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JEF United Chiba

Tokyo Verdy

FC Machida Zelvia

Yokohama FC

Matsumoto Yamaga FC

Zweigen Kanazawa

Shimizu S-Pulse

FC Gifu

Kyoto Sanga FC

Cerezo Osaka

Fagiano Okayama

Renofa Yamaguchi FC

Kamatamare Sanuki

Tokushima Vortis

Ehime FC

Giravanz Kitakyushu

V-Varen Nagasaki

Roasso Kumamoto

J3 League

Grulla Morioka

Blaublitz Akita

Fukushima United FC

Tochigi SC

YSCC Yokohama

SC Sagamihara

AC Nagano Parceiro

Kataller Toyama

Fujieda MYFC

Gainare Tottori

Oita Trinita

Kagoshima United FC

FC Ryukyu

FC Tokyo U-23

Gamba Osaka U-23

Cerezo Osaka U-23

Winter transfers

Summer transfers

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of departure	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Shimizu S-Pulse	Kazuaki Tasaka	25 November 2015	Resigned^[1]	Shinji Kobayashi	25 November 2015
Tokushima Vortis	Shinji Kobayashi	26 November 2015	Contract expired^[2]	Hiroaki Nagashima	26 November 2015
Yokohama FC	Hitoshi Nakata	1 December 2015	Retired from coaching^[3]	Miloš Rus	1 December 2015
Roasso Kumamoto	Takeshi Ono	25 November 2015	Contract expired^[4]	Hiroyuki Kiyokawa^[5]	28 December 2015
Yokohama FC	Miloš Rus	15 June 2016	Resigned^[6]	Hitoshi Nakata^[7]	15 June 2016
FC Gifu	Ruy Ramos	22 July 2016	Sacked^[8]	Megumu Yoshida^[9]	22 July 2016
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Takashi Sekizuka	25 July 2016	Sacked^[10]	Shigetoshi Hasebe	25 July 2016

Clubs	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract
Cerezo Osaka	Ricardo Santos	Souza	Besart Abdurahimi	Kim Jin-hyeon		Ahn Joon-soo
Consadole Sapporo	Julinho	Macedo	Reis	Gu Sung-yun	Irfan Bachdim
Ehime FC	Park Kwang-il			Park Chan-yong
Fagiano Okayama	Wang Jingbin			Kim Jin-kyu
FC Gifu	Evandro	Leo Mineiro	Leonardo Rocha	Choi Sung-keun
Giravanz Kitakyushu	Rodrigo
Mito HollyHock	Romero Frank	Yoo Lomon		Song Ju-hun	Nguyễn Công Phượng
JEF United Chiba	Élton	Eduardo Aranda		Lee Joo-young
Kamatamare Sanuki	Allan	Evson	Miguel	Han Chang-joo
Montedio Yamagata	Alceu	Diego	Diego Rosa	Lee Je-seung		Koo Bon-hyeok
Renofa Yamaguchi	Luciano Romero			Yoon Sin-young
Roasso Kumamoto	Anderson			Kim Tae-yeon
Kyoto Sanga	Andrei Girotto	Daniel Lovinho	Kiros	Lee Yong-jae
Shimizu S-Pulse	Mitchell Duke	Dejan Jaković	Kim Byeom-yong	Byeon Jun-byum	Jong Tae-se
Thespakusatsu Gunma	Lucas Gaúcho	Matheus	Park Gon	Lim Jung-bin	Park Seung-ri
Tokyo Verdy	Alan Pinheiro	Douglas	Weslley	Lim You-hwan
V-Varen Nagasaki	Baek Sung-dong	Park Hyung-jin		Cho Min-woo	Ri Yong-jik
Tokushima Vortis	Alex	Carlinhos	Achille Emaná	Kim Kyung-jung
Matsumoto Yamaga	Obina	Paulinho	Willians	Han Seung-hyeon
Yokohama FC	Ibba Laajab	Rok Štraus	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Na Sung-soo	An Yong-hak
Zweigen Kanazawa	David	Mendes	Romarinho	Kim Young-heon	An Byong-jun	Kim Tea-sung
Machida Zelvia	Calvin Jong-a-Pin			Kim Song-gi	Ri Han-jae

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Consadole Sapporo (C, P)	42	25	10	7	65	33	+32	85	Promotion to 2017 J1 League
2	Shimizu S-Pulse (P)	42	25	9	8	85	37	+48	84
3	Matsumoto Yamaga	42	24	12	6	62	32	+30	84	Qualification for promotion playoffs^[a]
4	Cerezo Osaka (O, P)	42	23	9	10	62	46	+16	78
5	Kyoto Sanga	42	18	15	9	50	37	+13	69
6	Fagiano Okayama	42	17	14	11	58	44	+14	65
7	Machida Zelvia	42	18	11	13	53	44	+9	65
8	Yokohama FC	42	16	11	15	50	51	−1	59
9	Tokushima Vortis	42	16	9	17	46	42	+4	57
10	Ehime FC	42	12	20	10	41	40	+1	56
11	JEF United Chiba	42	13	14	15	52	53	−1	53
12	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	14	11	17	55	63	−8	53
13	Mito HollyHock	42	10	18	14	45	49	−4	48
14	Montedio Yamagata	42	11	14	17	43	49	−6	47
15	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	10	17	15	39	51	−12	47
16	Roasso Kumamoto	42	12	10	20	38	53	−15	46
17	Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	11	12	19	52	66	−14	45
18	Tokyo Verdy	42	10	13	19	43	61	−18	43
19	Kamatamare Sanuki	42	10	13	19	43	62	−19	43
20	FC Gifu	42	12	7	23	47	71	−24	43
21	Zweigen Kanazawa (X)	42	8	15	19	36	60	−24	39	Qualification for relegation playoffs^[b]
22	Giravanz Kitakyushu (R)	42	8	14	20	43	64	−21	38	Relegation to 2017 J3 League

Matsumoto Yamaga	1–2	Fagiano Okayama
Paulinho 74'	Report	Oshitani 23' Akamine 90+2'

Cerezo Osaka	1–1	Kyoto Sanga
Kakitani 13'	Report	Arita 90'

Fagiano Okayama	0–1	Cerezo Osaka
	Report	Kiyohara 52'

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tochigi SC	0–3	Zweigen Kanazawa	0–1	0–2

Tochigi SC	0–1	Zweigen Kanazawa
	Report	Koyanagi 89'

Zweigen Kanazawa	2–0	Tochigi SC
Nakami 34', 69'	Report

	Leader and qualification for 2017 J1 League
	Qualification for 2017 J1 League
	Qualification for promotion play-offs
	Qualification for relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2017 J3 League

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Jong Tae-se	Shimizu S-Pulse	26
2	Ken Tokura	Consadole Sapporo	19
3	Genki Omae	Shimizu S-Pulse	18
Ibba Laajab	Yokohama FC
5	Ryo Nagai	V-Varen Nagasaki	17
6	Kazuki Hara	Giravanz Kitakyushu	16
Hiroyuki Takasaki	Matsumoto Yamaga
8	Yuki Nakashima	Machida Zelvia	14
Kenyu Sugimoto	Cerezo Osaka
Yuki Oshitani	Fagiano Okayama
11	Léo Mineiro	FC Gifu	13
Yusuke Segawa	Thespakusatsu Gunma

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Consadole Sapporo	305,732	33,697	8,269	14,559	+21.7%^†
2	Matsumoto Yamaga	286,246	19,632	10,796	13,631	−19.0%^†
3	Cerezo Osaka	262,691	23,781	8,464	12,509	+2.3%^†
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	236,749	16,740	6,552	11,274	−19.9%^†
5	JEF United Chiba	216,127	14,163	7,684	10,292	−4.0%^†
6	Fagiano Okayama	210,364	15,204	7,050	10,017	+19.1%^†
7	Renofa Yamaguchi	139,732	14,532	3,629	6,654	+52.4%^‡
8	Kyoto Sanga	137,005	12,042	2,884	6,524	−12.9%^†
9	Montedio Yamagata	131,324	14,450	3,189	6,254	−37.6%^†
10	FC Gifu	118,910	12,158	3,215	5,662	−8.4%^†
11	Roasso Kumamoto	116,402	9,727	2,509	5,543	−21.2%^†
12	Tokyo Verdy	113,451	9,272	2,752	5,402	−4.6%^†
13	Mito HollyHock	112,668	10,420	3,815	5,365	+11.4%^†
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	109,727	9,048	2,692	5,225	+6.0%^†
15	Machida Zelvia	107,591	10,112	3,448	5,123	+36.0%^‡
16	Yokohama FC	102,724	10,524	2,077	4,892	−4.3%^†
17	Thespakusatsu Gunma	99,619	9,804	2,374	4,744	+15.7%^†
18	Tokushima Vortis	95,860	9,767	3,218	4,565	−9.0%^†
19	Zweigen Kanazawa	87,757	9,316	1,924	4,179	−14.9%^†
20	Ehime FC	85,863	8,215	2,019	4,089	+8.4%^†
21	Kamatamare Sanuki	77,413	11,376	1,924	3,686	+0.8%^†
22	Giravanz Kitakyushu	67,698	5,689	1,795	3,224	−6.8%^†
	League total	3,221,653	33,697	1,795	6,973	+1.9%^†

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