2018 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2018 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2018, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2018) was the 30th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 9th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.[1]

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2018
Dates7 April – 9 December
ChampionsSanfrecce Hiroshima
(4th title)
RelegatedFC Tokyo
Toyama Daiichi
Hannan
Yonago Kita
Matches played180
Goals scored585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Riku Danzaki (16 goals)
West: Kohei Hattori (15 goals)
Biggest home winEast: Aomori Yamada 5–0 Toyama Daiichi
(15 April)
Aomori Yamada 6–1 Júbilo Iwata
(24 June)
West: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–0 Yonago Kita
(1 July)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–1 Kyoto Sanga
(9 December)
Biggest away winEast: RKU Kashiwa 0–4 Aomori Yamada
(9 September)
West: Vissel Kobe 0–4 Kyoto Sanga
(23 June)
Vissel Kobe 0–4 Nagoya Grampus
(15 July)
Hannan 1–5 Gamba Osaka
(16 July)
Yonago Kita 0–4 Nagoya Grampus
(14 November)
Highest scoringEast: FC Tokyo 1–6 Kashiwa Reysol
(16 July)
Kashiwa Reysol 2–5 Kashima Antlers
(2 September)
West: Gamba Osaka 5–5 Nagoya Grampus
(8 April)
← 2017
2019 →

Kashima Antlers won the Premier League East, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Premier League West. The teams met in the final, which Sanfrecce won by 2–1, being then crowned champions.[2][3][4]

Changes from the previous season
Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated to the Prince Leagues (East) Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)
RKU Kashiwa
Júbilo Iwata
Toyama Daiichi
Nagoya Grampus		 Omiya Ardija
Yokohama F. Marinos		 Kobe Koryo Gakuen
Ohzu

Participating clubs

Premier League East
Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School Chiba
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Toyama Daiichi High School Toyama
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka

Premier League West
Team Prefecture
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto
Hannan University High School Osaka
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Yonago Kita High School Tottori
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka

League table

Premier League East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers 18 13 3 2 27 12 +15 42 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Aomori Yamada 18 10 7 1 47 14 +33 37
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 9 4 5 26 15 +11 31
4 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 18 8 4 6 16 16 0 28
5 Kashiwa Reysol 18 5 6 7 28 25 +3 21
6 Ichiritsu Funabashi 18 6 3 9 21 27 −6 21
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 4 8 6 14 19 −5 20
8 Júbilo Iwata 18 6 2 10 14 26 −12 20
9 FC Tokyo 18 4 7 7 19 29 −10 19 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Toyama Daiichi 18 1 4 13 11 40 −29 7
Source: soccer-db.net
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Premier League West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 11 4 3 47 19 +28 37 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Gamba Osaka 18 10 5 3 56 37 +19 35
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 10 4 4 48 28 +20 34
4 Kyoto Sanga 18 10 3 5 31 31 0 33
5 Higashi Fukuoka 18 9 4 5 43 34 +9 31
6 Cerezo Osaka 18 9 2 7 28 22 +6 29
7 Vissel Kobe 18 7 0 11 25 39 −14 21
8 Avispa Fukuoka 18 6 2 10 28 38 −10 20
9 Hannan 18 4 2 12 27 43 −16 14 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Yonago Kita 18 1 0 17 15 57 −42 3
Source: soccer-db.net
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

As usual, the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions entered the play-offs. They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League.[5]

Block A
14 December 1st roundYaita Chuo HS1–0Rissho University Shonan HSHiroshima
11:00
  • Keisuke Ito 35'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru
14 December 1st roundShizuoka Gakuen HS1–3Ohzu HSHiroshima
11:00
Report
  • Yusei Otake 3'
  • Rei Okuhara 40'
  • Koki Matsubara 89'
 Stadium: Mitsutoyo Sports Park Gohara
Attendance: 210
Referee: Daisuke Yamaguchi
16 December 2nd roundYaita Chuo HS1–3 Ohzu HS Hiroshima
11:00
  • Tsubasa Iijima 56'
 Report
  • Yusei Otake 43'
  • Shun Osaki 54', 89'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru

Block B
14 December 1st roundTokai University Osaka Gyosei HS2–2 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		Vegalta SendaiHiroshima
11:00
  • Shuta Yano 47'
  • Itsuki Nakamoto 57'
 Report
Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masaki Kuniyoshi
Penalties
  • Tatsuki Nakayashiki
  • Itsuki Nakamoto
  • Seiya Fujita
  • Shohei Yukawa
  • Rin Mito
  • Takumi Maejima
  • Kohei Shoji
  • Takeru Masuzawa
  • Sora Tono
  • Kakeru Setoyama
14 December 1st roundSagan Tosu0–3Omiya ArdijaHiroshima
11:00 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi
16 December 2nd roundTokai University Osaka Gyosei HS1–3 Omiya Ardija Hiroshima
11:00
  • Takumi Maejima 59'
 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Masakazu Kato

Block C
14 December 1st roundShoshi HS1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		JFA Academy FukushimaHiroshima
13:30
  • Taiju Yoshida 38'
 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Shunta Uchiyama
Penalties
  • Sukai Numata
  • Shunsuke Ishikawa
  • Takumi Kawamura
  • Takeru Okawa
  • Kota Nakakawaji
  • Kensuke Sakashita
14 December 1st roundAsahikawa Jitsugyo HS0–7Yokohama F. MarinosHiroshima
13:30 Report
Stadium: Mitsutoyo Sports Park Gohara
Attendance: 93
Referee: Kentaro Uematsu
16 December 2nd round Shoshi HS 2–1Yokohama F. MarinosHiroshima
13:30
Report
  • Keigo Sakakibara 29'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Akifumi Kawakatsu

Block D
14 December 1st roundSakuyo HS0–1Ehime FCHiroshima
13:30 Report
  • Masaya Yanashita 76'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Akitsugu Funabashi
14 December 1st roundNiigata Meikun HS2–0Konko Osaka HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Naoya Inami 13'
  • Taketo Ochiai 31'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Takahiro Ogata
16 December 2nd round Ehime FC 1–0Niigata Meikun HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Aoi Okada 9'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa

Final
Kashima Antlers1–2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Manato Sugiyama 64'
 Report
Attendance: 9,818
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
GK1 Taiki Yamada
DF2 Yuki Masataka
DF3 Daigo Masuzaki
DF5 Takatoshi Sato
DF6 Shuto Kumada 57'
DF7 Shogo Sasaki
DF15 Yohan Namaizawa 57'
MF8 Tatsuki Onuma
MF10 Taira Maeda (c)
FW9 Kotaro Arima 90'
FW19 Mikhael Akatsuka
Substitutes:
GK16 Koki Matsuzaki
DF14 Kotaro Kobari 90'
DF23 Soshi Koda
DF34 Kenta Nemoto
MF28 Kaiyo Yanagimachi 57' 86'
MF30 Sora Okita 86'
FW11 Manato Sugiyama 57'
Manager:
Koji Kumagai
GK1 Kaito Sato
DF5 Naoki Suzu
DF8 Taichi Yamasaki
MF4 Hiroya Matsumoto (c)
MF7 Chota Nakatani
MF10 Rikuto Katsura
MF11 Shunki Higashi
MF12 Kodai Dohi
MF14 Ryonosuke Ohori 90+2'
FW9 Kaito Watanabe
FW19 Shun Ayukawa 86'
Substitutes:
GK16 Kota Ono
DF6 Hiroto Okoshi 86'
DF33 Taichi Matsumoto
MF24 Kohei Hosoya 90+2'
MF36 Takato Takeuchi
FW20 Hayate Tanada
FW23 Ryosei Fukuzaki
Manager:
Kentaro Sawada

Assistant referees:
Takeshi Asada
Yusuke Shiotsu
Fourth official:
Takuma Yanaoka

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

East
RankPlayerClubGoals[6]
1 Riku Danzaki Aomori Yamada 16
2 Mikhael Akatsuka Kashima Antlers 7
Kaito Mori Kashiwa Reysol
4 Byron Vásquez Aomori Yamada 6
Taira Maeda Kashima Antlers
Hisatoshi Nishido Ichiritsu Funabashi
Sena Saito Shimizu S-Pulse
Norihiro Shoda Kashiwa Reysol
9 Rikuto Sano Shimizu S-Pulse 5
Ginji Sasaki Aomori Yamada
Ryosuke Yamazaki Shimizu S-Pulse

West
RankPlayerClubGoals[7]
1 Retsushi Harada Gamba Osaka 15
Kohei Hattori Kyoto Sanga
3 Ryonosuke Ohori Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14
4 Kento Hyodo Nagoya Grampus 11
5 Tsubasa Adachi Gamba Osaka 10
6 Hagumi Wada Hannan 9
7 Rikuto Katsura Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8
Yuto Otani Gamba Osaka
9 Hiroya Matsumoto Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7
Shingo Omori Higashi Fukuoka

See also
League

References
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