2024 J1 League

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
Matches played202
Goals scored525 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará (14 goals)
Biggest home winVissel Kobe 6–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(30 March 2024)
Machida Zelvia 5–0 Tokyo Verdy
(19 May 2024)
Biggest away winKyoto Sanga 0–5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(19 May 2024)
Highest scoringKawasaki Frontale 4–5 Jubilo Iwata
(1 March 2024)
Longest winning run5 matches
Gamba Osaka
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Kashima Antlers
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Tokyo Verdy
Longest winless run9 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run7 matches
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Highest attendance53,026
Tokyo Verdy 1–2 Yokohama F. Marinos
(25 February 2024)[1]
Lowest attendance6,222
Sagan Tosu 5–2 Kawasaki Frontale
(15 May 2024)[1]
Total attendance3,952,854[1]
Average attendance19,569[1]
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 29 June 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

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

Only one club was relegated to the 2024 J2 League. Due to the re-introduction of 20 clubs league format, Yokohama FC, being the sole team going down to the second division, after just one season in the J1 League, have been replaced by three teams promoted from the 2023 J2 League.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

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
Locations of the 2024 J1 League teams
ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHokkaidoSapporo Dome38,794
Kashima AntlersIbaraki PrefectureKashima Soccer Stadium39,170
Urawa Red DiamondsSaitama PrefectureSaitama Stadium 200262,010
Kashiwa ReysolChiba PrefectureSankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium15,109
FC TokyoTokyoAjinomoto Stadium49,970
Tokyo Verdy
Machida ZelviaMachida GION Stadium15,489
Kawasaki FrontaleKanagawa PrefectureUvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu26,827
Yokohama F. MarinosNissan Stadium71,822
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380
Albirex NiigataNiigata PrefectureDenka Big Swan Stadium41,684
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka Prefecture Yamaha Stadium 15,156
Nagoya GrampusAichi PrefectureToyota Stadium43,739
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,623
Gamba OsakaOsaka PrefecturePanasonic Stadium Suita39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel KobeHyōgo PrefectureNoevir Stadium Kobe28,996
Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima PrefectureEdion Peace Wing Hiroshima28,520
Avispa FukuokaFukuoka PrefectureBest Denki Stadium21,562
Sagan TosuSaga PrefectureEkimae Real Estate Stadium24,130

Personnel and kits
ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Mihailo Petrović Takuma Arano Mizuno Ishiya
Kashima Antlers Ranko Popović Gaku Shibasaki Nike LIXIL
Urawa Red Diamonds Per-Mathias Høgmo Hiroki Sakai 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 Harry Kewell 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 Kenta Kawai Naoyuki Fujita New Balance Kimura Information Technology

Managerial changes
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

Foreign players

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.[16] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Tunisia, Egypt, and Qatar) 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.[17]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Left mid-season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Kim Gun-hee Supachok Sarachat
Kashima Antlers Guilherme Parede Aleksandar Čavrić Radomir Milosavljević Park Eui-jeong
Urawa Red Diamonds Thiago Santana Alexander Scholz Bryan Linssen Marius Høibråten Ola Solbakken Samuel Gustafson Ekanit Panya
Kashiwa Reysol Diego Matheus Sávio Jay-Roy Grot
FC Tokyo Diego Oliveira Henrique Trevisan Jája Silva
Tokyo Verdy Matheus Vidotto Tiago Alves
Machida Zelvia Mitchell Duke Erik Byron Vásquez Ibrahim Drešević Jang Min-gyu Na Sang-ho Oh Se-hun
Kawasaki Frontale Erison Jesiel Marcinho Patrick Verhon Zé Ricardo Bafétimbi Gomis Jung Sung-ryong
Yokohama F. Marinos Anderson Lopes Eduardo Élber Yan Matheus Nam Tae-hee
Shonan Bellmare Lukian Kim Min-tae Song Bum-keun
Albirex Niigata Thomas Deng Danilo Gomes Michael Fitzgerald
Júbilo Iwata Bruno José Léo Gomes Matheus Peixoto Ricardo Graça Weverton Ri Kyong-su Park Se-gi
Nagoya Grampus Mitchell Langerak Patric Thales Paula Kasper Junker Ha Chang-rae
Kyoto Sanga Marco Túlio Rafael Elias Gu Sung-yun Warner Hahn
Gamba Osaka Dawhan Juan Alano Welton Felipe Neta Lavi Issam Jebali
Cerezo Osaka Jordy Croux Capixaba Léo Ceará Lucas Fernandes Vitor Bueno Justin Hubner Kim Jin-hyeon Yang Han-been
Vissel Kobe Jean Patric Matheus Thuler
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Douglas Vieira Ezequiel Marcos Júnior Pieros Sotiriou
Avispa Fukuoka Douglas Grolli Wellington Shahab Zahedi Nassim Ben Khalifa
Sagan Tosu Marcelo Ryan Vinícius Araújo Vykintas Slivka Kim Tae-hyeon Koh Bong-jo Lee Yoon-sung Arnau Riera

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Machida Zelvia 20 12 4 4 31 16 +15 40 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Kashima Antlers 20 11 5 4 33 22 +11 38
3 Gamba Osaka 20 11 5 4 21 14 +7 38 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 8 10 3 37 21 +16 34
5 Vissel Kobe 20 10 4 6 27 15 +12 34
6 FC Tokyo 20 9 6 5 30 26 +4 33
7 Cerezo Osaka 20 8 8 4 26 20 +6 32
8 Avispa Fukuoka 20 8 8 4 22 19 +3 32
9 Tokyo Verdy 21 7 9 5 30 34 −4 30
10 Urawa Red Diamonds 20 8 5 7 31 27 +4 29
11 Nagoya Grampus 20 8 3 9 21 22 −1 27
12 Yokohama F. Marinos 20 7 5 8 31 30 +1 26
13 Albirex Niigata 21 6 7 8 27 30 −3 25
14 Júbilo Iwata 20 6 5 9 27 28 −1 23
15 Kawasaki Frontale 21 5 8 8 29 30 −1 23
16 Kashiwa Reysol 20 5 8 7 20 28 −8 23
17 Sagan Tosu 19 5 2 12 24 31 −7 17
18 Shonan Bellmare 20 3 7 10 25 35 −10 16 Relegation to the J2 League
19 Kyoto Sanga 20 3 6 11 17 36 −19 15
20 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 21 2 5 14 16 41 −25 11
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 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.

Results
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 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–4 3–1
Avispa Fukuoka — 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1
Cerezo Osaka — a 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–4 2–2
Gamba Osaka 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–1
Júbilo Iwata 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–2
Kashima Antlers 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–2
Kashiwa Reysol 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 4–5 1–1 — 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1
Kyoto Sanga 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 — 0–3 0–5 1–2 2–3
Machida Zelvia 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 — 3–1 1–2 5–0 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1
Sagan Tosu 1–2 0–2 4–0 4–2 5–2 3–0 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 0–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 4–0 — 2–0 4–1 2–0
Shonan Bellmare 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 — 0–1 1–2 4–4 0–1
FC Tokyo 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 — a 2–1 1–2 1–1
Tokyo Verdy 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 — 1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
Vissel Kobe 3–2 1–0 6–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2024. Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 29 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[18][19][20]
1 Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 14
2 Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 12
3 Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata 11
4 Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers 10
5 Yudai Kimura Tokyo Verdy 9
Yuki Ohashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Marcelo Ryan Sagan Tosu
8 Shota Fujio Machida Zelvia 7
Lukian Shonan Bellmare
Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe
Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds
Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka
Shahab Zahedi Avispa Fukuoka

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Ryo Germain4Jubilo IwataKawasaki Frontale5–4 (A)1 March 2024[21]
Bafétimbi GomisKawasaki FrontaleHokkaido Consadole Sapporo3–0 (H)11 May 2024[22]
Kasper JunkerNagoya GrampusFC Tokyo3–1 (H)15 May 2024[23]
Naoto AraiSanfrecce HiroshimaKyoto Sanga5–0 (A)19 May 2024[24]
Anderson LopesYokohama F. MarinosKashiwa Reysol4–0 (H)29 May 2024[25]
Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month References
ManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
February/March Go Kuroda Machida Zelvia Yu Hirakawa Machida Zelvia Kaito Taniguchi Albirex Niigata Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare [26][27][28][29]
April Akio Kogiku Cerezo Osaka Ryo Germain Júbilo Iwata Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds Isa Sakamoto Gamba Osaka [30][31][32][33]
May Ranko Popović Kashima Antlers Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers Tomoya Inukai Kashiwa Reysol Kota Tawaratsumida FC Tokyo [34][35][36][37]

See also

References
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