2017 J2 League

The 2017 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2017 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season was the 46th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 19th season since the establishment of J2 League.

Meiji Yasuda J2 League
Season2017
ChampionsShonan Bellmare
2nd J2 title
4th D2 title
PromotedShonan Bellmare
V-Varen Nagasaki
Nagoya Grampus
RelegatedThespakusatsu Gunma
Matches played462
Goals scored1,198 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerIbba Laajab (Yokohama FC)
(25 goals)[1]
Highest attendance36,755[2]
Nagoya 1–1 Kyoto
(3 May 2017)
Lowest attendance1,191[2]
Sanuki 0-0 Yamagata
(22 Oct 2017)
Average attendance6,970
← 2016
2018 →

Clubs
Locations of the 2017 J2 League teams
Greater Tokyo Area J2 League Teams

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name Home Town(s) Note(s)
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Ehime FC All cities/towns in Ehime[lower-alpha 1]
Fagiano Okayama All cities/towns in Okayama[lower-alpha 2]
FC Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu[lower-alpha 3]
JEF United Chiba Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kamatamare Sanuki Takamatsu, Kagawa
Kyoto Sanga Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto[lower-alpha 4]
Machida Zelvia Machida, Tokyo
Matsumoto Yamaga Central cities/towns in Nagano[lower-alpha 5]
Mito HollyHock Mito, Ibaraki
Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata[lower-alpha 6]
Nagoya Grampus All Aichi Prefecture[lower-alpha 7] Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Oita Trinita Ōita Promoted from J3 League in 2016
Renofa Yamaguchi All cities/towns in Yamaguchi[lower-alpha 8]
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto
Shonan Bellmare Shonan part of Kanagawa[lower-alpha 9] Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Thespakusatsu Gunma All cities/towns in Gunma[lower-alpha 10]
Tokushima Vortis All cities/towns in Tokushima[lower-alpha 11]
Tokyo Verdy All cities/towns in Tokyo
V-Varen Nagasaki All cities/towns in Nagasaki[lower-alpha 12]
Yokohama FC Yokohama, Kanagawa
Zweigen Kanazawa Kanazawa Won J2-J3 Relegation Playoff
  1. centering on Matsuyama
  2. centering on Okayama, Kurashiki, Tsuyama
  3. centering on Gifu
  4. Kyoto, Uji, Joyo, Kyōtanabe, Mukō, Nagaokakyō, Kizugawa, Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotanba
  5. Matsumoto, Nagano, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Ōmachi, Ikeda
  6. centering on Yamagata, Tendō, Tsuruoka
  7. centering on Nagoya, Toyota, Miyoshi
  8. centering on Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki, Sanyoonoda, Ube
  9. Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Atsugi, Isehara, Odawara, Chigasaki, Hadano, Fujisawa, Ōiso, Samukawa, Ninomiya, Kamakura, Minamiashigara, Oi, Kaisei, Nakai, Hakone, Matsuda, Manazuru, Yamakita, Yugawara
  10. centering on Kusatsu, Maebashi
  11. centering on Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima
  12. centering on Nagasaki, Isahaya

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Avispa Fukuoka Masami Ihara Yuta Mikado ATHLETA
Ehime FC Shuichi Mase Shuto Kojima Mizuno
Fagiano Okayama Tetsu Nagasawa Kohei Kiyama Penalty
FC Gifu Takeshi Oki Yoshihiro Shoji New Balance
JEF United Chiba Juan Esnáider Naoya Kondo Kappa
Kamatamare Sanuki Makoto Kitano Kenta Shimizu ATHLETA
Kyoto Sanga Takanori Nunobe Takanori Sugeno Wacoal
Machida Zelvia Naoki Soma Ri Han-jae SVOLME
Matsumoto Yamaga Yasuharu Sorimachi Masaki Iida Adidas
Mito HollyHock Takayuki Nishigaya Keisuke Funatani GAViC
Montedio Yamagata Takashi Kiyama Takuya Honda New Balance
Nagoya Grampus Yahiro Kazama Hisato Sato Mizuno
Oita Trinita Tomohiro Katanosaka Satoru Yamagishi Puma
Renofa Yamaguchi Carlos Mayor Yuya Torikai Finta
Roasso Kumamoto Hiroyuki Kiyokawa Takuya Sonoda Puma
Shonan Bellmare Cho Kwi-jea Kaoru Takayama Penalty
Thespakusatsu Gunma Hitoshi Morishita Yuya Yamagishi Finta
Tokushima Vortis Ricardo Rodríguez Ken Iwao Mizuno
Tokyo Verdy Miguel Ángel Lotina Akira Ibayashi ATHLETA
V-Varen Nagasaki Takuya Takagi Yusuke Murakami hummel
Yokohama FC Hitoshi Nakata Kensuke Sato SOCCER JUNKY
Zweigen Kanazawa Masaaki Yanagishita Tomonobu Hiroi Adidas

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Date of separation Manner of departure Incoming manager Date of announcement
    Nagoya Grampus Boško Gjurovski 6 November 2016[3] End of caretaker spell Yahiro Kazama 4 January 2017[4]
    Renofa Yamaguchi Nobuhiro Ueno 23 May 2017[5] Sacked Carlos Mayor 5 June 2017[6]
    Roasso Kumamoto Hiroyuki Kiyokawa 14 June 2017[7] Sacked Tomoyoshi Ikeya 14 June 2017
    Yokohama FC Hitoshi Nakata 15 October 2017[8] Sacked Edson Tavares 24 October 2017[9]

    Foreign players

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

    Clubs Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Other Former
    Nagoya Grampus Felipe Garcia Gabriel Xavier Washington Lim Seung-gyeom Robin Simović Charles
    Shonan Bellmare Tando Velaphi André Bahia Dinei Dragan Mrđa Chiquinho
    Avispa Fukuoka Euller Gilsinho Wellington Willian Popp Won Du-jae Danilson Córdoba
    Ehime FC Ju Feng Park Seung-su
    Fagiano Okayama Nicolás Orsini Jang Suk-won Kim Jong-min Lee Kyung-tae Park Hyung-jin
    FC Gifu Cristian Henik Sisinio Víctor Ibáñez
    Oita Trinita Chiquinho
    Mito HollyHock Paulão Kwon Young-jin
    JEF United Chiba Joaquín Larrivey Luis Ojeda Eduardo Aranda Jorge Salinas Kim Byeom-yong Lee Joo-young
    Kamatamare Sanuki Alex Allan Evson Lee Joo-young Yoon Seon-ho Ri Yong-jik
    Montedio Yamagata Lee Je-seung Koo Bon-hyeok
    Renofa Yamaguchi Abel Luciatti Leonardo Ramos Marcelo Vidal Park Chan-yong
    Roasso Kumamoto Gustavo Júnior Fell Morbeck Lim Jin-woo Yang Sang-jun An Byong-jun
    Kyoto Sanga Kevin Oris Ha Sung-min Lee Yong-jae
    Thespakusatsu Gunma Matheus Choi Joon-gi Kang Su-il Yeo Sung-hye Park Gon Park Seung-ri Han Ho-dong
    Tokyo Verdy Alan Pinheiro Douglas Carlos Martínez
    V-Varen Nagasaki Juanma Miguel Pallardó Song Young-Min
    Tokushima Vortis Carlinhos Nikola Vasiljević Kim Jong-pil Nikola Ašćerić
    Matsumoto Yamaga Davi Diego Paulinho Serginho Goh Dong Min Yeo Sung-hye
    Yokohama FC Leandro Domingues Calvin Jong-a-Pin Ibba Laajab Jeong Chung-geun
    Machida Zelvia Boris Tatar Kim Song-gi Ri Han-jae
    Zweigen Kanazawa Byeon Jun-byum Kim Tea-sung Mendes

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
    1 Shonan Bellmare (C, P) 42 24 11 7 58 36 +22 83 Promotion to 2018 J1 League
    2 V-Varen Nagasaki (P) 42 24 8 10 59 41 +18 80
    3 Nagoya Grampus (O, P) 42 23 6 13 85 65 +20 75 Qualification to promotion playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
    4 Avispa Fukuoka 42 21 11 10 54 36 +18 74
    5 Tokyo Verdy 42 20 10 12 64 49 +15 70
    6 JEF United Chiba 42 20 8 14 70 58 +12 68
    7 Tokushima Vortis 42 18 13 11 71 45 +26 67
    8 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 19 9 14 61 45 +16 66
    9 Oita Trinita 42 17 13 12 58 50 +8 64
    10 Yokohama FC 42 17 12 13 60 49 +11 63
    11 Montedio Yamagata 42 14 17 11 45 47 −2 59
    12 Kyoto Sanga 42 14 15 13 55 47 +8 57
    13 Fagiano Okayama 42 13 16 13 44 49 −5 55
    14 Mito HollyHock 42 14 12 16 45 48 −3 54
    15 Ehime FC 42 14 9 19 54 68 −14 51
    16 Machida Zelvia 42 11 17 14 53 53 0 50
    17 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 13 10 19 49 67 −18 49
    18 FC Gifu 42 11 13 18 56 68 −12 46
    19 Kamatamare Sanuki 42 8 14 20 41 61 −20 38
    20 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 11 5 26 48 69 −21 38
    21 Roasso Kumamoto 42 9 10 23 36 59 −23 37
    22 Thespakusatsu Gunma (R) 42 5 5 32 32 88 −56 20 Relegation to 2018 J3 League
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE League table
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
    (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.

    Results
    Home \ Away AVI BEL EHI FAG GIF GRA HOL JEF KAM MON REN ROS SAN SPA TRI VVN VER VOR YAM YFC ZEL ZWE
    Avispa Fukuoka 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2
    Shonan Bellmare 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–2
    Ehime FC 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–0
    Fagiano Okayama 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
    FC Gifu 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–6 2–1 4–6 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 4–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0
    Nagoya Grampus 3–1 3–2 7–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 5–2 2–3 2–1 2–3
    Mito HollyHock 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–0
    JEF United Chiba 0–0 0–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
    Kamatamare Sanuki 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
    Montedio Yamagata 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–6 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1
    Renofa Yamaguchi 1–2 3–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1
    Roasso Kumamoto 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–1 1–4
    Kyoto Sanga 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–3
    Thespakusatsu Gunma 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
    Oita Trinita 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0
    V-Varen Nagasaki 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
    Tokyo Verdy 0–0 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
    Tokushima Vortis 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1
    Matsumoto Yamaga 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–0
    Yokohama FC 1–3 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–0
    Machida Zelvia 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
    Zweigen Kanazawa 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–4 3–2 2–2
    Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2017. Source: J.League Data
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Playoffs

    J1 League Promotion Playoffs
    Semifinals Final
          
    3 Nagoya Grampus 4
    6 JEF United Chiba 2
    3 Nagoya Grampus 0
    4 Avispa Fukuoka 0
    4 Avispa Fukuoka 1
    5 Tokyo Verdy 0

    Semifinals
    Avispa Fukuoka1–0Tokyo Verdy
    Yamase  14' Report
    Egao Kenkō Stadium, Kumamoto
    Attendance: 9,019
    Nagoya Grampus4–2JEF United
    Taguchi  61'
    Simović  66', 86', 90+6'    		 Report Larrivey  45+2', 90'
    Attendance: 18,350

    Final
    Nagoya Grampus0–0Avispa Fukuoka
    Report
    Attendance: 37,959

    Season statistics

    Top scorers
    As of match played 19 November 2017.[1]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1
    		 Ibba Laajab Yokohama FC
    25
    2
    		 Daiki Watari Tokushima Vortis
    23
    3
    		 Wellington Avispa Fukuoka
    19
    Hiroyuki Takasaki Matsumoto Yamaga
    Joaquin Larrivey JEF United Chiba
    6
    		 Alan Pinheiro Tokyo Verdy
    14
    Yusuke Goto Oita Trinita
    8
    		 Tulio Kyoto Sanga
    13
    Robin Simovic Nagoya Grampus
    Douglas Vieira Tokyo Verdy
    Daizen Maeda Mito HollyHock

    Attendances
    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Nagoya Grampus 322,672 36,755 7,046 15,365 −13.3%†
    2 Matsumoto Yamaga 255,076 15,872 8,982 12,146 −10.9%†
    3 JEF United Chiba 209,637 15,994 6,230 9,983 −3.0%†
    4 Avispa Fukuoka 200,546 16,336 6,021 9,550 −25.7%†
    5 Fagiano Okayama 198,883 12,286 6,275 9,471 −5.5%†
    6 Shonan Bellmare 177,527 12,480 4,453 8,454 −26.7%†
    7 Oita Trinita 169,328 11,370 6,136 8,063 +3.8%‡
    8 FC Gifu 146,518 17,027 3,650 6,977 +23.2%†
    9 Kyoto Sanga 141,705 10,750 4,896 6,748 +3.4%†
    10 Montedio Yamagata 138,232 12,743 3,707 6,582 +5.2%†
    11 Roasso Kumamoto 137,698 13,990 3,944 6,557 +18.3%†
    12 Tokyo Verdy 130,334 14,541 2,786 6,206 +14.9%†
    13 Yokohama FC 125,301 13,244 2,284 5,967 +22.0%†
    14 V-Varen Nagasaki 124,756 22,407 3,189 5,941 +13.7%†
    15 Renofa Yamaguchi 114,538 9,651 3,369 5,454 −18.0%†
    16 Tokushima Vortis 104,577 7,583 3,106 4,979 +9.1%†
    17 Mito HollyHock 103,549 9,240 3,023 4,931 −8.1%†
    18 Zweigen Kanazawa 92,336 11,173 2,780 4,397 +5.2%†
    19 Machida Zelvia 85,177 8,124 2,383 4,056 −20.8%†
    20 Ehime FC 81,193 7,117 1,958 3,866 −5.5%†
    21 Thespakusatsu Gunma 80,465 6,828 1,402 3,832 −19.2%†
    22 Kamatamare Sanuki 79,908 7,994 1,191 3,805 +3.2%†
    League total 3,219,936 36,755 1,191 6,970 0.0%†

    Updated to games played on 19 November 2017
    Source: J. League Data
    Notes:
    † Last year in J1 League.‡ Last year in J3 League.

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