2018 J3 League

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Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2018
Champions
Leonardo
(Gainare Tottori),
24 goals
Highest attendance12,812[1]
Kitakyushu 1–0 Nagano
(25 August 2018)
Lowest attendance508[1]
Fujieda 1-2 Kitakyushu
(21 March 2018)
Average attendance2,384
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The 2018 J3 League (referred to as the 2018 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2018 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of J3 League under its current name.

Clubs

Thespakusatsu Gunma was the new entry for the league: it was their first third division season since 2004
, when they were promoted to J2 from JFL.

No promotion from Japan Football League came this time. This was another first for the J3 League since its inception.

Club Location Venue Capacity
Azul Claro Numazu
Numazu
Ashitaka Stadium
 10,000
Blaublitz Akita
Akita
Akigin Stadium
 4,992
Fukushima United FC
Fukushima
 Toho Stadium 21,000
Gainare Tottori
Tottori
Bird Stadium
 16,033
Giravanz Kitakyushu Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu Stadium
 15,066
Grulla Morioka
 Morioka Iwagin Stadium 4,946
Kagoshima United FC Kagoshima
Kamoike Stadium
 19,934
Kataller Toyama
Toyama
Toyama Athletic Stadium
 25,251
Fujieda MYFC Fujieda
Fujieda Soccer Field
 13,000
Nagano Parceiro
Nagano
Nagano U Stadium
 15,491
FC Ryukyu Okinawa
Okinawa Athletic Stadium
 25,000
SC Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium 15,300
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 All cities/towns in Gunma Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma 15,253
FC Tokyo U-23 Tokyo Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka 7,137
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama
Mitsuzawa Stadium
 15,454
Cerezo Osaka U-23
Sakai, Osaka
Kincho Stadium
 19,904
Gamba Osaka U-23 North cities in Osaka
Panasonic Stadium Suita

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

39,694

21,000

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Japan Ken Yoshida Japan Takuya Sugai
Puma
Blaublitz Akita Japan Koichi Sugiyama Japan Naoyuki Yamada ATHLETA
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Japan Yuji Okuma none
Puma
Fukushima United Japan Kazuaki Tasaka Japan Takumi Watanabe hummel
Gainare Tottori Japan Daisuke Sudo Brazil Fernandinho hummel
Gamba Osaka U-23 Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto none Umbro
Giravanz Kitakyushu Hitoshi Morishita Japan Ryu Kawakami bonera
Grulla Morioka
 Japan Toshimi Kikuchi Japan Kohei Doi Under Armour
Kagoshima United Japan Yasutoshi Miura Japan Akira Akao
Puma
Kataller Toyama Japan Ryo Adachi Japan Junya Imase Goldwin
Fujieda MYFC Japan Atsuto Oishi Japan Daiki Asada gol.
Nagano Parceiro Japan Yuji Sakakura Japan Tomokazu Myojin Penalty
FC Ryukyu North Korea Kim Jong-song
Park Iru-gyu
 sfida
SC Sagamihara Japan Takayuki Nishigaya Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi gol.
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 Japan Keiichiro Nuno Japan Tetsuya Funatsu Finta
FC Tokyo U-23 Japan Takayoshi Amma none Umbro
YSCC Yokohama Japan Yasuhiro Higuchi Japan Norimasa Nakanishi SVOLME

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kataller Toyama Japan Tetsuro Uki 9 May 2018[2] Japan Ryo Adachi 9 May 2018[3]
Gainare Tottori Japan Ryuzo Morioka 4 June 2018[4] Japan Daisuke Sudo 4 June 2018
Nagano Parceiro
 Japan Tetsuya Asano 12 June 2018 Japan Yuji Sakakura 12 June 2018
Giravanz Kitakyushu Japan Hitoshi Morishita 17 June 2018[5] Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani 20 June 2018[6]
Blaublitz Akita Japan Koichi Sugiyama 11 July 2018 Japan Shuichi Mase 11 July 2018[7]
Gamba Osaka U-23 Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 23 July 2018 Japan Noritada Saneyoshi 23 July 2018[8]
Fujieda MYFC Japan Atsuto Oishi 24 July 2018[9] Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki 27 July 2018[10]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 FC Ryukyu (C, P) 32 20 6 6 70 40 +30 66 Promotion to 2019 J2 League[a]
2 Kagoshima United (P) 32 16 9 7 46 35 +11 57
3 Gainare Tottori 32 15 8 9 61 47 +14 53
4 Azul Claro Numazu 32 14 10 8 40 29 +11 52
5
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 32 15 7 10 37 35 +2 52
6 Gamba Osaka U-23 32 13 8 11 53 43 +10 47
7 Cerezo Osaka U-23 32 13 7 12 47 36 +11 46
8 Blaublitz Akita 32 12 7 13 37 35 +2 43
9 SC Sagamihara 32 12 6 14 42 53 −11 42
10 Nagano Parceiro 32 10 11 11 39 37 +2 41
11 Kataller Toyama 32 12 5 15 41 50 −9 41
12 Fukushima United 32 9 13 10 36 43 −7 40
13
Grulla Morioka
 32 12 4 16 41 56 −15 40
14 FC Tokyo U-23 32 10 6 16 38 45 −7 36
15 YSCC Yokohama 32 8 10 14 40 48 −8 34
16 Fujieda MYFC 32 10 4 18 32 48 −16 34
17 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 6 9 17 22 42 −20 27
Source: 2018 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

Results table

Home \ Away AZU BLA C23 FUK GAI G23 GIR
GRU
 KGU KAT MYF PAR RYU SGM
SPA
 T23 YSC
Azul Claro Numazu 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Blaublitz Akita 1–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0
Cerezo Osaka U-23 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 6–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0
Fukushima United 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–4 4–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–1
Gainare Tottori 2–2 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 7–0 1–2 4–2 1–4
Gamba Osaka U-23 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–6 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–4 3–0
Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–3
Grulla Morioka
 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–4 3–0 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–2
Kagoshima United 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
Kataller Toyama 0–3 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Fujieda MYFC 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Nagano Parceiro 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
FC Ryukyu 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 5–2 4–0 4–3 3–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–2 1–1
SC Sagamihara 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–5 0–1 1–0 1–0
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–2
FC Tokyo U-23 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
YSCC Yokohama 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2018. Source: J. League Data Site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of matches played 2 December 2018.[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
Leonardo
 Gainare Tottori 24
2 Brazil João Gabriel SC Sagamihara 17
3 Japan Kazaki Nakagawa FC Ryukyu 16
Japan Yuta Togashi
5 Japan Kaito Taniguchi
Grulla Morioka
 15
6 Japan Rei Yonezawa Cerezo Osaka U-23 12
7 Japan Koki Oshima
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 10
Japan Yu Tomidokoro FC Ryukyu
9 Brazil Fernandinho Gainare Tottori 9
Japan Kiichi Yajima FC Tokyo U-23
11 Japan Hayate Take Fukushima United FC 8
Japan Junki Hata Azul Claro Numazu
Japan Kazunari Ichimi Gamba Osaka U-23

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 72,014 12,812 2,320 4,501 −24.2%†
2 Kagoshima United FC 64,642 10,916 1,703 4,040 +15.2%†
3
Nagano Parceiro
 56,869 7,082 2,679 3,554 −16.5%†
4 SC Sagamihara 55,331 12,612 1,602 3,458 −5.4%†
5
Thespakusatsu Gunma
 53,531 4,700 1,604 3,346 −12.7%†
6 FC Ryukyu 50,330 7,810 886 3,146 +25.4%†
7 Azul Claro Numazu 45,716 5,687 1,271 2,857 −5.7%†
8 Blaublitz Akita 45,420 11,802 831 2,839 +20.1%†
9 Kataller Toyama 42,718 4,124 1,602 2,670 −15.5%†
10 Gainare Tottori 42,519 4,817 1,302 2,657 +70.4%†
11 FC Tokyo U-23 27,564 2,563 934 1,723 −10.9%†
12 Fukushima United FC 25,214 3,199 671 1,576 +6.1%†
13 Gamba Osaka U-23 22,107 3,753 568 1,382 +12.7%†
14 Fujieda MYFC 20,360 2,592 508 1,273 −12.1%†
15
Grulla Morioka
 19,461 3,115 515 1,216 −9.1%†
16 Cerezo Osaka U-23 17,784 4,551 509 1,112 +22.3%†
17 YSCC Yokohama 16,077 1,509 546 1,005 +5.7%†
League total 677,657 12,812 508 2,491 −4.7%†

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Relegated from J2.

References

  1. ^ a b J.League Data
  2. ^ "ニュース - Kataller Toyama Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ^ "ニュース - Kataller Toyama Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  4. ^ "トップチーム監督交代のお知らせ".
  5. ^ "森下仁之監督 解任のお知らせ".
  6. ^ "柱谷 哲二 氏 監督就任のお知らせ".
  7. ^ "杉山弘一監督 契約解除について | ブラウブリッツ秋田".
  8. ^ "宮本 恒靖U-23監督 トップチーム監督就任、實好 礼忠ユース監督 U-23監督就任のお知らせ".
  9. ^ "大石篤人監督・増嶋真也コーチ退任のお知らせ｜藤枝Myfc".
  10. ^ "石﨑信弘氏 監督就任のお知らせ｜藤枝Myfc".
  11. ^ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".
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