2019 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2019 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 2019, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2019) was the 31st season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 10th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2019
Dates6 April – 8 December
ChampionsAomori Yamada
(2nd title)
RelegatedKashima Antlers
Shoshi
Avispa Fukuoka
Ehime FC
Matches played180
Goals scored577 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Hiryu Okuda (13 goals)
West: Ryoma Ishii (13 goals)
Biggest home winEast: Aomori Yamada 4–0 Shoshi
(14 April)
Aomori Yamada 4–0 Kashima Antlers
(30 June)

West: Gamba Osaka 8–0 Ehime FC
(25 August)
Biggest away winEast: Ichiritsu Funabashi 0–4 Aomori Yamada
(8 December)

West: Avispa Fukuoka 1–8 Gamba Osaka
(1 September)
Highest scoringEast: Kashiwa Reysol 7–4 RKU Kashiwa
(11 April)

West: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–5 Vissel Kobe
(13 July)
Avispa Fukuoka 1–8 Gamba Osaka
(1 September)
2018
2021

Aomori Yamada High School won the Premier League East, and Nagoya Grampus won the Premier League West. The teams' meeting in the final resulted with Aomori Yamada winning the competition for the second time.[1][2][3]

Changes from the previous season

Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated to the Prince Leagues (East) Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)
Shoshi
Omiya Ardija
Ehime FC
Ohzu
FC Tokyo
Toyama Daiichi
Hannan
Yonago Kita

Participating clubs

Premier League East

Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
Shoshi High School Fukushima
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School Chiba
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka

Premier League West

Team Prefecture
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Ehime FC Ehime
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka
Ohzu High School Kumamoto

League table

Premier League East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aomori Yamada 18 11 4 3 42 20 +22 37 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Kashiwa Reysol 18 8 4 6 33 26 +7 28
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 7 7 4 16 15 +1 28
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 6 7 5 26 20 +6 25
5 Ichiritsu Funabashi 18 7 3 8 20 25 5 24
6 Omiya Ardija 18 5 6 7 19 22 3 21
7 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 18 5 6 7 29 34 5 21
8 Júbilo Iwata 18 4 8 6 23 28 5 20
9 Kashima Antlers 18 5 5 8 18 23 5 20 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Shoshi 18 5 4 9 26 39 13 19
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 Nagoya Grampus 18 13 2 3 52 22 +30 41 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Kyoto Sanga 18 11 2 5 39 27 +12 35
3 Gamba Osaka 18 10 4 4 47 22 +25 34
4 Ohzu 18 9 3 6 25 26 1 30
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 9 2 7 38 26 +12 29
6 Vissel Kobe 18 7 1 10 32 41 9 22
7 Cerezo Osaka 18 5 4 9 19 26 7 19
8 Higashi Fukuoka 18 6 1 11 24 40 16 19
9 Avispa Fukuoka 18 5 4 9 34 54 20 19 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Ehime FC 18 3 1 14 15 41 26 10
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.[1] They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League, as the 2020 edition was not held due to problems related to the COVID-19 outbreak.[4]

Block A

13 December 1st roundFC Tokyo5–0Asahikawa Jitsugyo HSHiroshima
11:00
Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Taku Nagaya
13 December 1st roundMontedio Yamagata1–0 (a.e.t.)Oita TrinitaHiroshima
11:00
  • Kaisei Kano 109'
Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
15 December 2nd round FC Tokyo 1–0Montedio YamagataHiroshima
11:00 Report Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 385
Referee: Koki Nagamine

Block B

13 December 1st roundTeikyo Nagaoka HS1–4Yokohama F. MarinosHiroshima
11:00
  • Gakuto Yaoita 11'
Report
Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Yasuyuki Matsumoto
13 December 1st roundHokkaido Consadole Sapporo1–0Yonago Kita HSHiroshima
11:00
  • Yohei Homma 57'
Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shota Uchiyama
15 December 2nd round Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHiroshima
11:00
  • Keifu Kimura 44'
Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

Block C

13 December 1st roundSagan Tosu1–0Tokushima VortisHiroshima
13:30 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kohei Yano
13 December 1st roundHannan University HS0–1Vegalta SendaiHiroshima
13:30 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Takuya Yokoyama
15 December 2nd round Sagan Tosu 2–1 (a.e.t.)Vegalta SendaiHiroshima
13:30
Report Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Satoshi Michiyama

Block D

13 December 1st roundOkayama Gakugeikan HS0–4Yokohama FCHiroshima
13:30 Report
  • Tsubasa Sasaki 35', 78', 85'
  • Shuta Okumura 49'
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 150
Referee: Masaki Kuniyoshi
13 December 1st roundJFA Academy Fukushima0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Toyama Daiichi HSHiroshima
13:30 Report Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 183
Referee: Daisuke Yamaguchi
Penalties
  • Toshiki Takagi
  • Kota Sanada
  • Shosei Usui
  • Kanata Makino
15 December 2nd round Yokohama FC 2–1 (a.e.t.)Toyama Daiichi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Hikaru Miyahara 51'
  • Tsubasa Sasaki 94'
Report
  • Shosei Usui 89'
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yuta Tashiro

Final

Aomori Yamada3–2Nagoya Grampus
Report
  • Yukito Murakami 41', 59'
Attendance: 15,223
Referee: Toshihiro Nakai
GK1 Shibuki Sato
DF2 Yosuke Uchida
DF3 Yusei Kanda
DF4 Hiraku Hakozaki
DF5 Yudai Fujiwara
MF6 Riku Furuyado
MF7 Kuryu Matsuki
MF8 Rukia Urakawa 59'
MF10 Hidetoshi Takeda (c) 87'
MF11 Kenta Goto 80'
FW9 Shota Tanaka 87'
Substitutes:
GK30 Shonosuke Yamada
DF16 Ryusei Suzuki
MF13 Soki Tokuno 80'
MF14 Kim Hyeon-woo 87'
MF15 Soma Anzai 59'
MF18 Paul Tabinas
MF24 Shogo Matsumoto 87'
Manager:
Go Kuroda
GK1 John Higashi
DF3 Takeshi Ushizawa
DF6 Eiru Aratama
DF15 Seiga Sumi
MF10 Kohei Tanabe (c)
MF18 Shuto Mitsuda
MF19 Daichi Ichimaru 80'
MF25 Yota Saito
FW8 Kyota Sakakibara
FW11 Yukito Murakami
FW17 Suiju Takeuchi 52'
Substitutes:
GK1 Daiki Mitsui
DF2 Ryuya Okazaki 80'
DF20 Shinma Ishikawa
MF7 Ken Masui 52'
MF29 Gen Kato
FW27 Kosei Matsumoto
FW36 Hayato Manabe
Manager:
Satoshi Koga

Assistant referees:
Seiichi Kanai
Soichi Iwasaki
Fourth official:
Masashi Harada

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[5]
1 Hiryu Okuda Kashiwa Reysol 13
2 Hidetoshi Takeda Aomori Yamada 12
3 Itsuki Someno Shoshi 11
4 Taichi Aoshima Shimizu S-Pulse 9
Itto Moriyama RKU Kashiwa
6 Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 8
7 Yusuke Onishi RKU Kashiwa 7
8 Kim Hyun-woo Aomori Yamada 8
Shoichi Kurimata Kashima Antlers
Erick Noriega Shimizu S-Pulse
Yuito Suzuki Ichiritsu Funabashi
Shota Tanaka Aomori Yamada

West

RankPlayerClubGoals[6]
1 Ryoma Ishii Avispa Fukuoka 13
2 Shun Ayukawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11
3 Yuto Otani Gamba Osaka 10
Shoji Toyama Gamba Osaka
5 Yukito Murakami Nagoya Grampus 9
Yoshiki Shigeno Vissel Kobe
Hayate Tanada Sanfrecce Hiroshima
8 Ryotaro Araki Higashi Fukuoka 7
Sota Kawasaki Kyoto Sanga
Shuto Mitsuda Nagoya Grampus
Suiju Takeuchi Nagoya Grampus

See also

League

References

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