2017 J1 League

The 2017 J1 League (known as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2017 明治安田生命J1リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 26 January 2017.[3]

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season2017
ChampionsKawasaki Frontale (1st title)
RelegatedVentforet Kofu
Albirex Niigata
Omiya Ardija
AFC Champions LeagueKawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers
Cerezo Osaka
Kashiwa Reysol
Matches played306
Goals scored793 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerYū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale)
(23 goals)[1]
Biggest home winUrawa 7-0 Sendai
(7 April 2017)
Biggest away winNiigata 1-6 Urawa
(14 May 2017)
Highest scoringUrawa 7-0 Sendai
(7 April 2017)
Niigata 1-6 Urawa
(14 May 2017)
Urawa 4-3 Hiroshima
(1 July 2017)
Kawasaki 2-5 Iwata
(29 July 2017)
Longest winning runKashiwa Reysol
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKawasaki Frontale
(15 matches)
Longest winless runAlbirex Niigata
(16 matches)
Longest losing runOmiya Ardija
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Albirex Niigata
(6 matches each)
Highest attendance57,447[2]
Urawa 0-1 Kashima
(4 May 2017)
Lowest attendance4,692[2]
Kofu 2-3 Kobe
(29 October 2017)
Total attendance5,778,178[2]
Average attendance18,883[2]
← 2016
2018 →

Kashima Antlers were the defending champions. Consadole Sapporo, Shimizu S-Pulse and Cerezo Osaka entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 J2 League.

The league was won by Kawasaki Frontale, winning their first major title while in J1, and 40 years after their first season in the Japanese top division.

Clubs
Locations of the 2017 J1 League teams
Greater Tokyo Area J1 League teams

A total of 18 clubs will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016 season and three promoted from the 2016 J2 League. This will include the two top teams; Consadole Sapporo and Shimizu S-Pulse from the J2 League, and the winners of the play-offs; Cerezo Osaka.

The three promoted clubs replace Nagoya Grampus, Shonan Bellmare and Avispa Fukuoka. Former J1 League champion Nagoya Grampus were relegated to the J2 League for the first time in their history.

Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seiro Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300
Kashima Antlers Southeast Ibaraki Prefecture[lower-alpha 1] Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728
Omiya Ardija Saitama NACK5 Stadium 15,500
Cerezo Osaka Osaka & Sakai Yanmar Stadium Nagai 47,816
Consadole Sapporo All Hokkaido[lower-alpha 2] Sapporo Dome 41,484
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka Nissan Stadium 72,327
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232
Gamba Osaka Northern Osaka Prefecture[lower-alpha 3] Suita City Football Stadium 39,694
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Yamaha Stadium 15,165
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700
Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka IAI Stadium Nihondaira 20,339
Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Tosu Stadium 24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch 50,000
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970
Vegalta Sendai Sendai Yurtec Stadium 19,694
Ventforet Kofu All Yamanashi Prefecture[lower-alpha 4] Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium 17,000
Vissel Kobe Kobe Noevir Stadium Kobe 30,132
  1. Kashima, Ibaraki, Kamisu, Itako, Hokota, Namegata
  2. centering on Sapporo
  3. Suita, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh
  4. centering on Kofu and Nirasaki

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Albirex Niigata Fumitake Miura Kazunari Ono Adidas
Kashima Antlers Masatada Ishii Mitsuo Ogasawara Nike
Omiya Ardija Hiroki Shibuya Kosuke Kikuchi Under Armour
Cerezo Osaka Yoon Jung-hwan Yoichiro Kakitani Puma
Consadole Sapporo Shuhei Yomoda Hiroki Miyazawa Kappa
Yokohama F. Marinos Erick Mombaerts Manabu Saitō[4] Adidas
Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki Yū Kobayashi Puma
Gamba Osaka Kenta Hasegawa Yasuhito Endō Umbro
Júbilo Iwata Hiroshi Nanami Kota Ueda Puma
Urawa Red Diamonds Mihailo Petrović Yuki Abe Nike
Kashiwa Reysol Takahiro Shimotaira Hidekazu Otani Yonex
Shimizu S-Pulse Shinji Kobayashi Jong Tae-se Puma
Sagan Tosu Massimo Ficcadenti Yohei Toyoda New Balance
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu Toshihiro Aoyama Nike
FC Tokyo Yoshiyuki Shinoda Masato Morishige Umbro
Vegalta Sendai Susumu Watanabe Shingo Tomita Adidas
Ventforet Kofu Tatsuma Yoshida Hideomi Yamamoto Mizuno
Vissel Kobe Nelsinho Baptista Kazuma Watanabe ASICS

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner of
    departure    		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
    appointment
    Albirex Niigata Fumitake Miura Resigned 7 May 2017[5] 17th Wagner Lopes 11 May 2017[5]
    Omiya Ardija Hiroki Shibuya Sacked 28 May 2017[6] 18th Akira Ito 28 May 2017[6]
    Kashima Antlers Masatada Ishii Sacked 31 May 2017[7] 7th Go Oiwa 31 May 2017[7]
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu Resigned 4 July 2017[8] 17th Jan Jönsson 10 July 2017[8]
    Urawa Red Diamonds Mihailo Petrović Sacked 31 July 2017[9] 8th Takafumi Hori 31 July 2017[9]
    Vissel Kobe Nelsinho Baptista Sacked 16 August 2017[10] 11th Takayuki Yoshida 16 August 2017[10]
    FC Tokyo Yoshiyuki Shinoda Sacked 10 September 2017[11] 10th Takayoshi Amma 10 September 2017[11]
    Omiya Ardija Akira Ito Sacked 5 November 2017[12] 17th Masatada Ishii 5 November 2017[12]

    Foreign players

    The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. For matchday squad registration, a club can register up to four foreign players, but a maximum of three can be from outside the AFC. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and Qatar) are exempt from these club registration and matchday squad registration restrictions.[13]

    Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.

    Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Other Former
    Albirex Niigata Douglas Tanque Roni Thiago Galhardo Romero Frank Song Ju-hun Jean Patrick
    Kashima Antlers Bueno Leandro Moura Léo Silva Pedro Júnior Kwoun Sun-tae
    Omiya Ardija Cauê Cecilio Marcelo Toscano Mateus Kim Dongsu Dragan Mrđa
    Nejc Pecnik
    Cerezo Osaka Ricardo Santos Souza Matej Jonjić Ahn Joon-soo Kim Jin-hyeon
    Consadole Sapporo Macedo Reis Jay Bothroyd Gu Sung-yun Kim Min-tae Chanathip Songkrasin Julinho
    Yokohama F. Marinos Miloš Degenek Quenten Martinus David Babunski Hugo Vieira Park Jeong-su Ippey Sinodzuka
    Kawasaki Frontale Eduardo Eduardo Neto Elsinho Rhayner Jung Sung-ryong Jefferson Tabinas
    Gamba Osaka Ademilson Fabio Hwang Ui-jo Oh Jae-suk Bae Soo-yong Kim Jung-ya
    Júbilo Iwata Adaílton Krzysztof Kaminski Fozil Musaev
    Urawa Red Diamonds Maurício Antônio Rafael Silva Zlatan Ljubijankič
    Kashiwa Reysol Cristiano Diego Oliveira Ramon Lopes Kim Bo-kyung Yun Suk-young Dudu
    Sagan Tosu Víctor Ibarbo An Yong-woo Cho Dong-geon Jeong Seung-hyun Kim Min-hyeok Franco Sbuttoni
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima Anderson Lopes Felipe Patric Mihael Mikić Nathan Burns
    Shimizu S-Pulse Mitchell Duke Freire Kanu Tiago Alves Jong Tae-se Byeon Jun-byum
    FC Tokyo Lipe Veloso Peter Utaka Jang Hyun-soo Yu In-soo Jakkit Wechpirom Nathan Burns
    Ventforet Kofu Billy Konstantinidis Dudu Éder Lima Lins Gabriel Rodrigues
    Junior Barros
    Wilson
    Oliver Bozanic
    Vegalta Sendai Crislan Vinícius Lee Yunoh Ryang Yong-gi Pablo Diogo
    Vissel Kobe Leandro Nílton Wescley Lukas Podolski Kim Seung-gyu

    Results

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Kawasaki Frontale (C) 34 21 9 4 71 32 +39 72 Champions League group stage
    2 Kashima Antlers 34 23 3 8 53 31 +22 72
    3 Cerezo Osaka 34 19 6 9 65 43 +22 63
    4 Kashiwa Reysol 34 18 8 8 49 33 +16 62 Champions League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 17 8 9 45 36 +9 59
    6 Júbilo Iwata 34 16 10 8 50 30 +20 58
    7 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 14 7 13 64 54 +10 49
    8 Sagan Tosu 34 13 8 13 41 44 −3 47
    9 Vissel Kobe 34 13 5 16 40 45 −5 44
    10 Gamba Osaka 34 11 10 13 48 41 +7 43
    11 Consadole Sapporo 34 12 7 15 39 47 −8 43
    12 Vegalta Sendai 34 11 8 15 44 53 −9 41
    13 FC Tokyo 34 10 10 14 37 42 −5 40
    14 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 8 10 16 36 54 −18 34
    15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 8 9 17 32 49 −17 33
    16 Ventforet Kofu (R) 34 7 11 16 23 39 −16 32 Relegation to 2018 J2 League
    17 Albirex Niigata (R) 34 7 7 20 28 60 −32 28
    18 Omiya Ardija (R) 34 5 10 19 28 60 −32 25
    Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
    (C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. The winner of the 2017 Emperor's Cup qualified for the Group Stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Cerezo Osaka had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

    Positions by round
    Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    Kawasaki Frontale2638656796755966634544332222222221
    Kashima Antlers14973232431467543322211111111111112
    Cerezo Osaka11161310867857643222111122254445543333
    Kashiwa Reysol1812151215111065321111245355443333354444
    Yokohama F. Marinos315798491011998755557433525554435565
    Júbilo Iwata1114101110131068910101211107776776666666666656
    Urawa Red Diamonds13746421112134689888888788877777777
    Sagan Tosu171511121411131113101111101212101011109910999998989888
    Vissel Kobe4311113378888891111991011111111111110108108999
    Gamba Osaka752534522321233446366787778910910101010
    Consadole Sapporo14171713151415151515151515151516151514151515151414141414131313131211
    Vegalta Sendai449471012131113141311101112121313131312121212121212121212111112
    FC Tokyo42825785445764789101111109101010101111111111121313
    Shimizu S-Pulse149691399111414121213131313131212121213131313131313141414141514
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima7121417171617161616171616161717171717171717171716151515161616151415
    Ventforet Kofu7121613111214141212131414141414141415141414141515161616151515161616
    Albirex Niigata7111516161716171717181717181818181818181818181818181818181818181817
    Omiya Ardija18171818181818181818161818171615161616161616161617171717171717171718
    Leader and Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
    Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
    Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
    Relegation to 2018 J2 League
    Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

    Results table
    Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD CER CON FMA FRO GAM JUB RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VEG VEN VIS
    Albirex Niigata — 2–4 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–6 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–2
    Kashima Antlers 2–0 — 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–2
    Omiya Ardija 1–0 0–1 — 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2
    Cerezo Osaka 4–0 0–1 2–1 — 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–0 3–1
    Consadole Sapporo 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
    Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 3–0 — 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
    Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 3–1 5–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 — 1–0 2–5 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–0
    Gamba Osaka 0–1 0–1 6–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
    Júbilo Iwata 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
    Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 2–4 — 1–2 2–2 4–3 3–3 2–1 7–0 4–1 1–1
    Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 3–1
    Sagan Tosu 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 — 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1
    Shimizu S-Pulse 2–3 2–3 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–3 — 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–1
    FC Tokyo 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–0
    Vegalta Sendai 2–1 1–4 3–0 2–4 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 — 3–0 0–2
    Ventforet Kofu 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–3
    Vissel Kobe 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2017. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top scorers

    As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.

    RankPlayerClubGoals
    1 Yū KobayashiKawasaki Frontale23
    2 Kenyu SugimotoCerezo Osaka22
    3 Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red Diamonds20
    4 Kengo KawamataJúbilo Iwata14
    5 Mu KanazakiKashima Antlers12
    Rafael SilvaUrawa Red Diamonds
    CristianoKashiwa Reysol
    8 LeandroKashima Antlers11

    Top assists

    As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.

    RankPlayerClubAssists
    1 Kengo NakamuraKawasaki Frontale12
    2 CristianoKashiwa Reysol10
    Yusuke MaruhashiCerezo Osaka
    4 Yōsuke KashiwagiUrawa Red Diamonds9
    Shintaro KurumayaKawasaki Frontale
    Kota MizunumaCerezo Osaka
    Kosuke OtaFC Tokyo
    8 Yū KobayashiKawasaki Frontale8
    Shunsuke NakamuraJúbilo Iwata
    Manabu SaitōYokohama F. Marinos

    Hat-tricks
    PlayerForAgainstResultDate
    Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red DiamondsVegalta Sendai7–0 (H)7 April 2017
    Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red DiamondsShimizu S-Pulse3–3 (H)20 May 2017
    LeandroKashima AntlersAlbirex Niigata4–2 (A)16 September 2017
    Yū KobayashiKawasaki FrontaleOmiya Ardija5–0 (H)2 December 2017
    Note

    (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

    Attendances
    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Urawa Red Diamonds 570,215 57,447 21,603 33,542 −9.2%†
    2 FC Tokyo 450,331 42,979 13,417 26,490 +10.2%†
    3 Gamba Osaka 412,710 36,177 13,074 24,277 −4.2%†
    4 Yokohama F. Marinos 386,875 42,483 11,036 24,180 +0.7%†
    5 Kawasaki Frontale 375,910 25,904 17,358 22,112 −0.1%†
    6 Albirex Niigata 374,585 31,014 16,461 22,034 +4.0%†
    7 Cerezo Osaka 356,491 42,438 8,998 20,970 +67.6%†
    8 Kashima Antlers 347,942 36,080 10,838 20,467 +7.1%†
    9 Consadole Sapporo 313,100 33,353 9,535 18,418 +26.5%†
    10 Vissel Kobe 310,625 25,278 7,911 18,272 +7.4%†
    11 Júbilo Iwata 277,450 40,491 11,762 16,321 +11.7%†
    12 Shimizu S-Pulse 256,965 18,556 11,007 15,116 +34.1%†
    13 Vegalta Sendai 250,677 18,059 11,500 14,746 −4.7%†
    14 Sagan Tosu 241,295 21,245 7,381 14,194 +12.3%†
    15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 238,720 22,333 8,319 14,042 −9.2%†
    16 Kashiwa Reysol 200,936 14,096 9,432 11,820 +10.2%†
    17 Omiya Ardija 194,887 13,364 9,598 11,464 −3.0%†
    18 Ventforet Kofu 184,311 14,680 4,692 10,842 +0.1%†
    League total 5,778,178 57,447 4,692 18,883 +5.1%†

    Updated to games played on 2017年12月2日
    Source: J. League Data
    Notes:
    † Promoted from J2.

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