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.
Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 23 February – 8 December |
Relegated | Sagan Tosu |
Matches played | 357 |
Goals scored | 947 (2.65 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Léo Ceará (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Vissel 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 win | Kyoto Sanga 0–5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (19 May 2024) |
Highest scoring | Kawasaki Frontale 4–5 Jubilo Iwata (1 March 2024) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Kashima Antlers Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tokyo Verdy |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Sagan Tosu |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo |
Highest attendance | 57,885 FC Tokyo 2–0 Albirex Niigata (13 July 2024)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 5,240 Machida Zelvia 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3 April 2024)[1] |
Total attendance | 7,182,314[1] |
Average attendance | 20,119[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
editFor 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
editOnly 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 They have been replaced by three teams promoted from the 2023 J2 League.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
editThe 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
editPersonnel and kits
editManagerial changes
editTeam | 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
editFrom 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]
League table
editPos | 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 |
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
editSeason statistics
editTop scorers
edit- 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
editPlayer | 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
editMonthly awards
editMonth | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | Young Player of the Month | References | ||||
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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
editReferences
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External links
edit- English official website
- Japanese official website
- J.League Data Site (in English)
- J.League Data Site (in Japanese)