2022 J2 League

J2 League
Season	Thespakusatsu Gunma 1–6 Renofa Yamaguchi; (24 September 2022)
Highest scoring	FC Ryukyu 2–5 Tokyo Verdy; (30 March 2022); Albirex Niigata 4−3 Tokyo Verdy; (8 May 2022); Ventforet Kofu 5–2 FC Ryukyu; (6 August 2022); Roasso Kumamoto 3–4 Yokohama FC; (23 October 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Tokyo Verdy
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches; Tokushima Vortis
Longest winless run	12 matches; Blaublitz Akita
Longest losing run	7 matches; Iwate Grulla Morioka; Ventforet Kofu
Highest attendance	32,979; Albirex Niigata 3–0 Vegalta Sendai; (8 October 2022)
Lowest attendance	608; FC Ryukyu 0–1 Blaublitz Akita; (3 September 2022)
Total attendance	2,318,829
Average attendance	5,019
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 J2 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J2リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999.

Clubs

Thespakusatsu Gunma

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Locations of the 2022 J2 League teams

Club name	Hometown	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank	License
Albirex Niigata	Seiro, Niigata	Denka Big Swan Stadium	42,300	J2 (6th)	J1
Blaublitz Akita	Akita	Soyu Stadium	20,125	J2 (13th)	J1
Fagiano Okayama	All cities/towns in Okayama^[a]	City Light Stadium	20,000	J2 (11th)	J1
Iwate Grulla Morioka	All cities/towns in Iwate	Kitakami Stadium	4,946	J3 (2nd)	J1
JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena	18,500	J2 (8th)	J1
Machida Zelvia	Machida, Tokyo	Machida Athletic Stadium	10,600	J2 (5th)	J1
Mito HollyHock	Cities/towns in Ibaraki^[b]	K's denki Stadium Mito	12,000	J2 (10th)	J1
Montedio Yamagata	All cities/towns in Yamagata^[c]	ND Soft Stadium	20,315	J2 (7th)	J1
Oita Trinita	Ōita Prefecture	Showa Denko Dome Oita	40,000	J1 (18th)	J1
Omiya Ardija	Saitama, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium Omiya	15,500	J2 (16th)	J1
Renofa Yamaguchi	All cities/towns in Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi Ishin Park Stadium	20,000	J2 (15th)	J1
Roasso Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	Egao Kenko Stadium	32,000	J3 (1st)	J1
FC Ryukyu	All cities/towns in Okinawa^[d]	Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium	25,000	J2 (9th)	J1
Thespakusatsu Gunma	All cities/towns in Gunma^[e]	Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma	15,253	J2 (18th)	J1
Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya, Tochigi	Kanseki Stadium Tochigi	25,244	J2 (14th)	J1
Tokushima Vortis	Tokushima Prefecture	Pocarisweat Stadium	20,441	J1 (17th)	J1
Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970	J2 (12th)	J1
V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki Prefecture^[f]	Nagasaki Athletic Stadium	20,246	J2 (4th)	J1
Vegalta Sendai	Miyagi Prefecture	Yurtec Stadium Sendai	19,694	J1 (19th)	J1
Ventforet Kofu	All cities/towns in Yamanashi Prefecture^[g]	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000	J2 (3rd)	J1
Yokohama FC	Kanagawa Prefecture	Mitsuzawa Stadium	15,046	J1 (20th)	J1
Zweigen Kanazawa	All cities/towns in Ishikawa^[h]	Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium	20,000	J2 (17th)	J1

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Albirex Niigata	Rikizo Matsuhashi	Yuto Horigome	Adidas
Blaublitz Akita	Ken Yoshida^[1]	Shuto Inaba	ATHLETA
Fagiano Okayama	Takashi Kiyama	Junki Kanayama	Penalty
Iwate Grulla Morioka	Yutaka Akita	Yusuke Muta	Kelme
JEF United Chiba	Yoon Jong-hwan	Daisuke Suzuki	Hummel
Machida Zelvia	Ranko Popović	Taiki Hirato	SVOLME
Mito HollyHock	Tadahiro Akiba^[2]	Ryo Niizato	soccer junky
Montedio Yamagata	Peter Cklamovski	Shuto Minami	Penalty
Oita Trinita	Takahiro Shimotaira	Hokuto Shimoda	Puma
Omiya Ardija	Naoki Soma	Yuta Mikado	Under Armour
Renofa Yamaguchi	Yoshihiro Natsuka	Joji Ikegami	Finta
Roasso Kumamoto	Takeshi Oki	So Kawahara	Puma
FC Ryukyu	Nacho Fernández	Ryohei Okazaki	sfida
Thespakusatsu Gunma	Tsuyoshi Otsuki	Hajime Hosogai	Kelme
Tochigi SC	Yu Tokisaki	Yuki Nishiya	ATHLETA
Tokushima Vortis	Dani Poyatos	Hidenori Ishii	Mizuno
Tokyo Verdy	Hiroshi Jofuku	Tomohiro Taira	ATHLETA
V-Varen Nagasaki	Fábio Carille	Caio César	Umbro
Vegalta Sendai	Akira Ito	Ryang Yong-gi	Adidas
Ventforet Kofu	Tatsuma Yoshida	Sho Araki	Mizuno
Yokohama FC	Shuhei Yomoda	Tatsuya Hasegawa	Soccer Junky
Zweigen Kanazawa	Masaaki Yanagishita	Tomonobu Hiroi	Hummel

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
Team	Outgoing	Manner	Announced on	Departed on	Position in table	Incoming	Announced on	Arrived on	Ref.
Omiya Ardija	Masahiro Shimoda	Sacked	26 May 2022	26 May 2022	20th	Naoki Soma	26 May 2022	28 May 2022	^[3]
FC Ryukyu	Tetsuhiro Kina	Sacked	8 June 2022	8 June 2022	22nd	Kazuki Kuranuki (caretaker)	9 June 2022	9 June 2022	^[4]
V-Varen Nagasaki	Hiroshi Matsuda	Sacked	12 June 2022	12 June 2022	5th	Takeo Harada (caretaker)	12 June 2022	12 June 2022	^[5]
V-Varen Nagasaki	Takeo Harada	End of caretaker spell	12 June 2022	1 July 2022	TBD	Fábio Carille	12 June 2022	2 July 2022	^[5]
FC Ryukyu	Kazuki Kuranuki	End of caretaker spell	13 June 2022	13 June 2022	22nd	Nacho Fernández	13 June 2022	14 June 2022	^[6]
Tokyo Verdy	Takafumi Hori	Sacked	13 June 2022	13 June 2022	14th	Hiroshi Jofuku	13 June 2022	14 June 2022	^[7]^[8]
Vegalta Sendai	Masato Harasaki	Sacked	6 September 2022	6 September 2022	4th	Akira Ito	6 September 2022	6 September 2022	^[9]^[10]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Left midseason
Albirex Niigata	Thomas Deng	Kazuyoshi Shimabuku	Alexandre Guedes	Ippei Shinozuka
Blaublitz Akita
Fagiano Okayama	Tiago Alves	Han Eui-kwon	Mitchell Duke	Stefan Mauk	Jordy Buijs				Yu Yong-hyeon
Iwate Grulla Morioka	Brenner	Cristiano	Lucas Morelatto	Kim Jong-min	Jang Hyun-soo	Paul Tabinas	Han Yong-thae	Kenneth Otabor
JEF United Chiba	Daniel	Ricardo Lopes	Tiago Leonço	Jang Min-gyu					Saldanha
Machida Zelvia	Dudu	Vinícius Araújo	Jong Tae-se
Mito HollyHock	Leonard Brodersen	Jefferson Tabinas
Montedio Yamagata	Dellatorre	Tiago Alves
Oita Trinita	Eduardo Neto	Matheus Pereira	Samuel
Omiya Ardija
Renofa Yamaguchi	Renan
Roasso Kumamoto	Leo Kenta	Thales
FC Ryukyu	Kelvin	Álex Barrera	Danny Carvajal	Ri Yong-jik	Sittichok Paso	Phạm Văn Luân	Vũ Hồng Quân	Sadam Sulley	Vinícius Faria
Thespakusatsu Gunma
Tochigi SC	Juninho	Carlos Gutiérrez							Ömer Tokaç
Tokushima Vortis	Cacá	Elsinho	Rio Hyon	Oriola Sunday	Mushaga Bakenga	José Aurelio Suárez
Tokyo Verdy	Matheus Vidotto	Pratama Arhan	Byron Vásquez
V-Varen Nagasaki	Caio César	Cristiano	Edigar Junio	Kaique	Clayson	Víctor Ibarbo
Vegalta Sendai	Felippe Cardoso	Foguinho	Kim Tae-hyeon	Ryang Yong-gi	Leandro Desábato	Nedeljko Stojisic
Ventforet Kofu	Renato	Willian Lira	Eduardo Mancha	Foguete	Getúlio	Igor Sartori			Bruno Paraíba
Yokohama FC	Gabriel	Kléber	Rhayner	Saulo Mineiro	Marcelo Ryan	Mateus Moraes	Svend Brodersen		Felipe Vizeu
Zweigen Kanazawa	Taiga Son

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (C, P)	42	25	9	8	73	35	+38	84	Promotion to the J1 League
2	Yokohama FC (P)	42	23	11	8	66	49	+17	80	Promotion to the J1 League
3	Fagiano Okayama	42	20	12	10	61	42	+19	72	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Roasso Kumamoto	42	18	13	11	58	48	+10	67
5	Oita Trinita	42	17	15	10	62	52	+10	66
6	Montedio Yamagata	42	17	13	12	62	40	+22	64
7	Vegalta Sendai	42	18	9	15	67	59	+8	63
8	Tokushima Vortis	42	13	23	6	48	35	+13	62
9	Tokyo Verdy	42	16	13	13	62	55	+7	61
10	JEF United Chiba	42	17	10	15	44	42	+2	61
11	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	15	11	16	50	54	−4	56
12	Blaublitz Akita	42	15	11	16	39	46	−7	56
13	Mito HollyHock	42	14	12	16	47	46	+1	54
14	Zweigen Kanazawa	42	13	13	16	56	69	−13	52
15	Machida Zelvia	42	14	9	19	51	50	+1	51
16	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	13	11	18	51	54	−3	50
17	Tochigi SC	42	11	16	15	32	40	−8	49
18	Ventforet Kofu (X)	42	11	15	16	47	54	−7	48	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
19	Omiya Ardija	42	10	13	19	48	64	−16	43
20	Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	11	9	22	36	57	−21	42
21	FC Ryukyu (R)	42	8	13	21	41	65	−24	37	Relegation to J3 League
22	Iwate Grulla Morioka (R)	42	9	7	26	35	80	−45	34	Relegation to J3 League

2022 J2 League

Clubs

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Promotion–relegation playoffs

Results table

Season statistics

Goal contributions

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

References

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