The 2024 J1 League, also known as the 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2024 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This is the tenth season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1.

J1 League
Season2024
Dates23 February – 8 December
RelegatedSagan Tosu
Matches played357
Goals scored947 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará
(21 goals)
Biggest home winVissel Kobe 6–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(30 March 2024)
Machida Zelvia 5–0 Tokyo Verdy
(19 May 2024)
Shonan Bellmare 5–0 Jubilo Iwata
(14 July 2024)
Biggest away winKyoto Sanga 0–5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(19 May 2024)
Highest scoringKawasaki Frontale 4–5 Jubilo Iwata
(1 March 2024)
Longest winning run7 matches
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Kashima Antlers
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Tokyo Verdy
Longest winless run12 matches
Sagan Tosu
Longest losing run8 matches
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Highest attendance57,885
FC Tokyo 2–0 Albirex Niigata
(13 July 2024)[1]
Lowest attendance5,240
Machida Zelvia 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(3 April 2024)[1]
Total attendance7,182,314[1]
Average attendance20,119[1]
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

Vissel Kobe are the defending champions, having won their first ever league title with one match to spare in the previous season.[2]

Overview

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For the first time since 2021, the number of the clubs in the league increased from 18 to 20. At the end of season, three clubs will be relegated to the J2 League for the 2025 season, without relegation play-offs between J1 and J2 clubs.[3]

Changes from the previous season

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Only one club was relegated to the 2024 J2 League. Due to the re-introduction of 20 clubs league format, Yokohama FC became the sole team going down to the second division, after just one season in the J1 League. They have been replaced by three teams promoted from the 2023 J2 League. The first club promoted was Tokyo-based Machida Zelvia, debuting in the J1 as the J2 champions following a seven-year run in the Japanese second tier.[4][5] Another automatic promotion spot was obtained by Júbilo Iwata, who made a swift comeback after just a single season absence by finishing second, thus marking the return of a team from Shizuoka in the Japanese first division since 2022.[6] The last promotion spot was earned by Tokyo Verdy, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2008 by finishing third in the J2 League and later won the promotion play-offs. This brings back the Tokyo derby between Verdy and FC Tokyo in the J1 for the first time since that season as well as the first season in which three clubs from the capital city are competing at the highest tier of Japanese football system.[7][8]

Schedule

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The league and match format was announced on 19 December 2023. The league began on 23 February and is scheduled to end on 8 December; it is played in a double round-robin format with 38 fixtures in total.[9]

Participating clubs

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Club Location Stadium Capacity
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome 38,794
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,170
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,010
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,489
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,822
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 41,684
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka Prefecture Yamaha Stadium 15,156
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 43,739
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,623
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 28,996
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,520
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562
Sagan Tosu Saga Prefecture Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 24,130

Personnel and kits

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Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Mihailo Petrović   Takuma Arano   Mizuno Ishiya
Kashima Antlers   Masaki Chugo   Gaku Shibasaki   Nike LIXIL
Urawa Red Diamonds   Maciej Skorża   Shusaku Nishikawa   Nike Polus
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kashiwa Reysol   Masami Ihara   Taiyo Koga   Yonex Hitachi
FC Tokyo   Peter Cklamovski   Masato Morishige   New Balance Tokyo Gas
Tokyo Verdy   Hiroshi Jofuku   Koki Morita   Athleta Nicigas
Machida Zelvia   Go Kuroda   Gen Shoji   Adidas CyberAgent
Kawasaki Frontale   Toru Oniki   Yasuto Wakizaka   Puma Fujitsu
Yokohama F. Marinos   John Hutchinson (interim)   Takuya Kida   Adidas Nissan
Shonan Bellmare   Satoshi Yamaguchi   Kim Min-tae   Penalty Meldia
Albirex Niigata   Rikizo Matsuhashi   Yuto Horigome   Adidas Kameda Seika
Júbilo Iwata   Akinobu Yokouchi   Hiroki Yamada   Admiral Yamaha
Nagoya Grampus   Kenta Hasegawa   Sho Inagaki   Mizuno Toyota
GR Yaris
Kyoto Sanga   Cho Kwi-jae   Temma Matsuda   Puma Kyocera
Gamba Osaka   Dani Poyatos   Takashi Usami   Hummel Panasonic
Cerezo Osaka   Akio Kogiku   Tatsuya Yamashita   Puma Yanmar
Vissel Kobe   Takayuki Yoshida   Hotaru Yamaguchi   Asics Rakuten Mobile
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Michael Skibbe   Sho Sasaki   Nike EDION
Avispa Fukuoka   Shigetoshi Hasebe   Tatsuki Nara   Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku
Sagan Tosu   Kosuke Kitani   Naoyuki Fujita   New Balance Kimura Information Technology

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kashima Antlers   Daiki Iwamasa[10] End of contract 4 December 2023 Pre-season   Ranko Popović[11] 21 December 2023
Yokohama F. Marinos   Kevin Muscat[12] Resigned 6 December 2023   Harry Kewell[13] 31 December 2023
Urawa Red Diamonds   Maciej Skorża[14] 23 December 2023   Per-Mathias Høgmo[15] 23 December 2023
Yokohama F. Marinos   Harry Kewell[16] Sacked 16 July 2024 12th   John Hutchinson (interim)[16] 16 July 2024
Sagan Tosu   Kenta Kawai[17] 9 August 2024 19th   Kosuke Kitani[17] 9 August 2024
Urawa Red Diamonds   Per-Mathias Høgmo 26 August 2024[18] 13th   Nobuyasu Ikeda (interim)[19] 27 August 2024
Urawa Red Diamonds   Nobuyasu Ikeda (interim) End of interim spell 1 September 2024 12th   Maciej Skorża[20] 1 September 2024
Kashima Antlers   Ranko Popović Sacked 6 October 2024[21][22] 4th   Masaki Chugo[23] 9 October 2024

Foreign players

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From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[24] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.[25]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Left mid-season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo   Francis Cann   Kinglord Safo   Amadou Bakayoko   Kim Gun-hee   Park Min-gyu   Jordi Sánchez   Supachok Sarachat
Kashima Antlers   Guilherme Parede   Talles   Aleksandar Čavrić   Radomir Milosavljević   Park Eui-jeong
Urawa Red Diamonds   Thiago Santana   Bryan Linssen   Marius Høibråten   Samuel Gustafson   Ekanit Panya   Alexander Scholz
  Ola Solbakken
Kashiwa Reysol   Diego   Matheus Sávio   Jay-Roy Grot
FC Tokyo   Diego Oliveira   Everton Galdino   Henrique Trevisan   Jája Silva
Tokyo Verdy   Matheus Vidotto   Tiago Alves
Machida Zelvia   Mitch Duke   Erik   Byron Vásquez   Ibrahim Drešević   Jang Min-gyu   Na Sang-ho   Oh Se-hun
Kawasaki Frontale   Erison   Jesiel   Marcinho   Patrick Verhon   Zé Ricardo   César Haydar   Jung Sung-ryong   Bafétimbi Gomis
Yokohama F. Marinos   Anderson Lopes   Eduardo   Élber   Yan Matheus   Kodjo Aziangbe   Nam Tae-hee
Shonan Bellmare   Luiz Phellype   Lukian   Kim Min-tae   Song Bum-keun
Albirex Niigata   Thomas Deng   Danilo Gomes   Michael Fitzgerald
Júbilo Iwata   Jordy Croux   Bruno José   Léo Gomes   Matheus Peixoto   Ricardo Graça   Weverton   Hassan Hilu   Park Se-gi
Nagoya Grampus   Mitchell Langerak   Patric   Kasper Junker   José Carabalí   Ha Chang-rae   Yves Avelete   Thales Paula
Kyoto Sanga   Lucas Oliveira   Marco Túlio   Murilo Costa   Rafael Elias   Gu Sung-yun   Yoon Sung-jun   Warner Hahn
Gamba Osaka   Dawhan   Juan Alano   Welton   Neta Lavi   Issam Jebali
Cerezo Osaka   Capixaba   Léo Ceará   Lucas Fernandes   Vitor Bueno   Kim Jin-hyeon   Yang Han-been   Jordy Croux
  Justin Hubner
Vissel Kobe   Jean Patric   Matheus Thuler
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Douglas Vieira   Ezequiel   Marcos Júnior   Pieros Sotiriou   Tolgay Arslan   Gonçalo Paciência
Avispa Fukuoka   Douglas Grolli   Wellington   Shahab Zahedi   Nassim Ben Khalifa
Sagan Tosu   Jája Silva   Marcelo Ryan   Vinícius Araújo   Vykintas Slivka   Kim Tae-hyeon   Lee Yoon-sung   Arnau Riera

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vissel Kobe (X) 36 20 8 8 57 35 22 68 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (X) 36 18 11 7 66 39 27 65
3 Machida Zelvia 36 18 9 9 52 31 21 63 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4 Gamba Osaka 36 16 12 8 45 34 11 60
5 Kashima Antlers 35 16 10 9 55 40 15 58
6 Tokyo Verdy 36 14 13 9 47 46 1 55
7 Cerezo Osaka 36 13 13 10 43 43 0 52
8 FC Tokyo 36 14 9 13 49 49 0 51
9 Nagoya Grampus 36 14 5 17 42 44 −2 47
10 Avispa Fukuoka 36 11 14 11 31 35 −4 47
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 35 12 10 13 48 43 5 46
12 Yokohama F. Marinos 35 13 7 15 54 55 −1 46
13 Kawasaki Frontale 35 11 12 12 57 51 6 45
14 Shonan Bellmare 36 12 9 15 51 52 −1 45
15 Kyoto Sanga 35 12 9 14 43 54 −11 45
16 Albirex Niigata 36 10 11 15 44 58 −14 41
17 Kashiwa Reysol 36 9 13 14 38 49 −11 40
18 Júbilo Iwata 35 9 8 18 42 60 −18 35 Relegation to the J2 League
19 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 36 8 10 18 41 61 −20 34
20 Sagan Tosu (R) 36 8 5 23 42 68 −26 29
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
(R) Relegated; (X) Qualified for Champions League Two, but may still qualify for Champions League Elite.

Results

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Home \ Away ANI AFU COS GOS HCS JIW KSA KSR KWF KYS MCZ NGR STO SHI SHB TOK TOV URD VKO YFM
Albirex Niigata 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–4 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–4 2–3 3–1
Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1
Cerezo Osaka 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–5 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–4 2–2
Gamba Osaka 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 5–3 1–1 3–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1
Júbilo Iwata 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–4 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–2
Kashima Antlers 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–2
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–5 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–3
Kyoto Sanga 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 0–5 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 2–3
Machida Zelvia 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 5–0 2–2 1–2 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1
Sagan Tosu 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 4–0 4–2 1–4 5–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–3 6–2
Shonan Bellmare 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 5–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–4 0–1
FC Tokyo 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1
Tokyo Verdy 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–4 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1
Vissel Kobe 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 6–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 10 November 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[26][27][28]
1   Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 21
2   Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 20
3   Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata 17
4   Shin Yamada Kawasaki Frontale 16
5   Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers 13
6   Marcelo Ryan Sagan Tosu 12
  Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds
  Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka
9   Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga 11
  Lukian Shonan Bellmare
  Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
  Yuki Ohashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Ryo Germain4 Júbilo Iwata Kawasaki Frontale 5–4 (A) 1 March 2024 [29]
  Bafétimbi Gomis Kawasaki Frontale Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–0 (H) 11 May 2024 [30]
  Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus FC Tokyo 3–1 (H) 15 May 2024 [31]
  Naoto Arai Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kyoto Sanga 5–0 (A) 19 May 2024 [32]
  Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos Kashiwa Reysol 4–0 (H) 29 May 2024 [33]
  Lukian Shonan Bellmare Júbilo Iwata 5–0 (H) 14 July 2024 [34]
  Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Cerezo Osaka 5–3 (A) 17 August 2024 [35]
  Tolgay Arslan Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo 3–2 (H) 31 August 2024 [36]
Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
February/March   Go Kuroda Machida Zelvia   Yu Hirakawa Machida Zelvia   Kaito Taniguchi Albirex Niigata   Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare [37][38][39][40]
April   Akio Kogiku Cerezo Osaka   Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata   Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds   Isa Sakamoto Gamba Osaka [41][42][43][44]
May   Ranko Popović Kashima Antlers   Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers   Tomoya Inukai Kashiwa Reysol   Kota Tawaratsumida FC Tokyo [45][46][47][48]
June   Shigetoshi Hasebe Avispa Fukuoka   Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka   Yosuke Furukawa Júbilo Iwata   Yosuke Furukawa Júbilo Iwata [49][50][51][52]
July   Satoshi Yamaguchi Shonan Bellmare   Lukian Shonan Bellmare   Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus   Ayumu Yokoyama Sagan Tosu [53][54][55][56]
August   Cho Kwi-jae Kyoto Sanga   Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga   Eiji Miyamoto Albirex Niigata   Kota Takai Kawasaki Frontale [57][58][59][60]
September   Michael Skibbe Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Kensuke Nagai Nagoya Grampus   Homare Tokuda Kashima Antlers   Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare [61]

See also

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