2022 J1 League

The 2022 J1 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993.

J1 League
Season2022
Dates18 February – 5 November
Matches played96
Goals scored214 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorerPeter Utaka
(8 goals)
Biggest home winSagan Tosu 5–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(19 March 2022)
Biggest away winKyoto Sanga 1–4 Júbilo Iwata
(5 March 2022)
Kawasaki Frontale 1–4 Cerezo Osaka
(2 April 2022)
Kashima Antlers 0–3 Yokohama F. Marinos
(10 April 2022)
Kashiwa Reysol 1–4 Sagan Tosu
(29 April 2022)
Cerezo Osaka 0–3 Kashima Antlers
(29 April 2022)
Highest scoringYokohama F. Marinos 4–2 Kawasaki Frontale
(23 February 2022)
Avispa Fukuoka 5–1 FC Tokyo
(3 May 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
Kashima Antlers
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Sagan Tosu
Longest winless run10 matches
Vissel Kobe
Longest losing run3 matches
Kashiwa Reysol
Shonan Bellmare
Vissel Kobe
Highest attendance43,125[1]
FC Tokyo 2–0 Gamba Osaka
(29 April 2022)
Lowest attendance3,988[1]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
(6 April 2022)
Total attendance1,188,143[1]
Average attendance12,376[1]
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 3 May 2022.

Kawasaki Frontale are the defending champions, having won their fourth title in 2021 with four rounds to play.[2]

Changes from the previous season

There were four teams instead of two relegated last season due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic to made up the decision of no relegation in the 2020 season,[3] which saw the number of teams rise to 20.[4] They were Tokushima Vortis, Oita Trinita, Vegalta Sendai, and Yokohama FC.

Two teams were promoted from the 2021 J2 League: Júbilo Iwata, who won the title and return to J1 after two year's absence, and Kyoto Sanga who finished second, returning to J1 after 11 seasons.

Clubs
Locations of the 2022 J1 League teams
2022 J1 League teams in Greater Tokyo Area
2022 J1 League teams in Keihanshin
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityPrevious season rank
Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHokkaidoSapporo Dome41,484J1 (10th)
Kashima AntlersIbaraki PrefectureKashima Soccer Stadium40,728J1 (4th)
Urawa Red DiamondsSaitama PrefectureSaitama Stadium 200263,700J1 (6th)
Kashiwa ReysolChiba PrefectureHitachi Kashiwa Stadium15,900J1 (15th)
FC TokyoTokyoAjinomoto Stadium49,970J1 (9th)
Yokohama F. MarinosKanagawa PrefectureNissan Stadium72,327J1 (2nd)
Kawasaki FrontaleTodoroki Stadium26,232J1 (1st)
Shonan BellmareLemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka18,500J1 (16th)
Shimizu S-PulseShizuoka PrefectureIAI Stadium20,339J1 (14th)
Júbilo IwataYamaha Stadium15,165 J2 (1st)
Nagoya GrampusAichi PrefectureToyota Stadium45,000J1 (5th)
Kyoto SangaKyotoSanga Stadium by Kyocera21,600 J2 (2nd)
Gamba OsakaOsaka PrefecturePanasonic Stadium Suita39,694J1 (13th)
Cerezo OsakaYanmar Stadium47,853J1 (12th)
Vissel KobeHyōgo PrefectureNoevir Stadium30,132J1 (3rd)
Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima PrefectureEdion Stadium36,894J1 (11th)
Avispa FukuokaFukuoka PrefectureBest Denki Stadium21,562J1 (8th)
Sagan TosuSaga PrefectureEkimae Stadium24,130J1 (7th)

Personnel and kits
ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturer
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Mihailo Petrović Hiroki Miyazawa Mizuno
Kashima Antlers René Weiler Shoma Doi Nike
Urawa Red Diamonds Ricardo Rodriguez Shusaku Nishikawa Nike
Kashiwa Reysol Nelsinho Baptista Hidekazu Otani Yonex
FC Tokyo Albert Puig Masato Morishige New Balance
Yokohama F. Marinos Kevin Muscat Takuya Kida Adidas
Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki Shogo Taniguchi Puma
Shonan Bellmare Satoshi Yamaguchi Kazuki Oiwa Penalty
Shimizu S-Pulse Hiroaki Hiraoka Valdo Puma
Júbilo Iwata Akira Ito Kosuke Yamamoto Admiral
Nagoya Grampus Kenta Hasegawa Sho Inagaki Mizuno
Kyoto Sanga Cho Kwi-jae Temma Matsuda Puma
Gamba Osaka Tomohiro Katanosaka Shu Kurata Umbro
Cerezo Osaka Akio Kogiku Hiroshi Kiyotake Puma
Vissel Kobe Miguel Ángel Lotina Andrés Iniesta Asics
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Michael Skibbe Sho Sasaki Nike
Avispa Fukuoka Shigetoshi Hasebe Hiroyuki Mae Yonex
Sagan Tosu Kenta Kawai Naoyuki Fujita New Balance

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kentaro Sawada[5] End of interim spell 5 December 2021 Pre-season Michael Skibbe[6] 25 November 2021
Gamba Osaka Masanobu Matsunami[7] Tomohiro Katanosaka[8] 23 December 2021
Kashima Antlers Naoki Soma[9] End of contract René Weiler[10] 10 December 2021
FC Tokyo Shinichi Morishita[11] End of interim spell Albert Puig[12]
Nagoya Grampus Massimo Ficcadenti[13] End of contract 9 December 2021 Kenta Hasegawa[14] 9 December 2021
Sagan Tosu Kim Myung-hwi[15] Resigned 20 December 2021 Kenta Kawai[16] 24 December 2021
Júbilo Iwata Masakazu Suzuki[17] 25 December 2021 Akira Ito[18] 25 December 2021
Vissel Kobe Atsuhiro Miura[19] Sacked 20 March 2022 16th Lluís Planagumà (caretaker)[20] 21 March 2022
Lluís Planagumà End of caretaker spell 8 April 2022 17th Miguel Ángel Lotina[21] 8 April 2022

Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[22] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the offseason 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.[23]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Former players
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Douglas Oliveira Lucas Fernandes Gabriel Xavier Milan Tučić
Kyoto Sanga Mendes Origbaajo Ismaila Peter Utaka Quenten Martinus Michael Woud
Kashima Antlers Arthur Caíke Bueno Diego Pituca Everaldo Juan Alano Kim Min-tae Kwoun Sun-tae
Urawa Red Diamonds Alexander Scholz Kasper Junker David Moberg Karlsson Alex Schalk
Kashiwa Reysol Douglas Dodi Emerson Santos Matheus Sávio Rodrigo Angelotti Kim Seung-gyu
FC Tokyo Adaílton Bruno Uvini Diego Oliveira Leandro Henrique Trevisan Jakub Słowik
Kawasaki Frontale Jesiel João Schmidt Leandro Damião Marcinho Jung Sung-ryong Chanathip Songkrasin
Yokohama F. Marinos Marcos Júnior Élber Léo Ceará Anderson Lopes Eduardo
Shonan Bellmare Wellington Tarik Elyounoussi
Shimizu S-Pulse Carlinhos Júnior Thiago Santana Renato Augusto Ronaldo Valdo Benjamin Kololli Oh Se-hun
Nagoya Grampus Léo Silva Tiago Pagnussat Mateus Jakub Świerczok Mitchell Langerak
Gamba Osaka Leandro Pereira Patric Wellington Silva Dawhan Kwon Kyung-won Ju Se-jong Shin Won-ho
Cerezo Osaka Bruno Mendes Jean Patric Matej Jonjić Adam Taggart Kim Jin-hyeon Đặng Văn Lâm
Vissel Kobe Lincoln Andrés Iniesta Bojan Krkić Sergi Samper
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Douglas Vieira Ezequiel Júnior Santos Nassim Ben Khalifa
Sagan Tosu Diego Joan Oumari Hwang Seok-ho Park Il-gyu Ueom Ye-hoon Taiga Son
Avispa Fukuoka Lukian Douglas Grolli Juanma Jordy Croux
Júbilo Iwata Ricardo Graça Dudu Pacheco Fabián González Alexei Koșelev

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers 11 8 1 2 17 9 +8 25 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2 Kawasaki Frontale 10 6 2 2 15 12 +3 20
3 Kashiwa Reysol 11 6 1 4 13 11 +2 19 Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 10 5 3 2 17 11 +6 18
5 FC Tokyo 11 5 3 3 11 10 +1 18
6 Sagan Tosu 11 3 7 1 14 7 +7 16
7 Kyoto Sanga 11 4 4 3 14 12 +2 16
8 Avispa Fukuoka 11 3 5 3 10 7 +3 14
9 Cerezo Osaka 11 3 5 3 14 13 +1 14
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 3 5 3 12 12 0 14
11 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 10 2 7 1 9 11 −2 13
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 11 2 6 3 13 14 −1 12
13 Nagoya Grampus 11 2 5 4 9 12 −3 11
14 Júbilo Iwata 11 2 5 4 14 18 −4 11
15 Urawa Red Diamonds 10 2 4 4 11 10 +1 10
16 Gamba Osaka 10 2 4 4 12 15 −3 10 Qualification for relegation playoffs
17 Shonan Bellmare 11 1 3 7 6 16 −10 6 Relegation to the J2 League
18 Vissel Kobe 10 0 4 6 5 16 −11 4
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2022. Source: Meiji Yasuda 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 table
    Home \ Away ANT AVI BEL CER CON FMA FRO GAM GRA JBI KSA RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VIS
    Kashima Antlers — 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1
    Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–1
    Shonan Bellmare — 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–4
    Cerezo Osaka 0–3 — 2–2 a 1–1 0–1 0–1
    Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
    Yokohama F. Marinos 2–2 — 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
    Kawasaki Frontale 1–4 — 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
    Gamba Osaka 1–3 2–3 0–1 a 2–2 — 3–1
    Nagoya Grampus 2–1 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
    Júbilo Iwata 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 1–2
    Kyoto Sanga 0–1 1–1 1–4 — 1–0 3–1 0–1
    Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 0–1 4–1 — 1–1 2–2
    Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 — 1–4
    Sagan Tosu 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 — 0–0
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 — 1–1
    Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0
    FC Tokyo 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 3–1
    Vissel Kobe 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2022. Source: J1 League
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Promotion–relegation playoffs

    The 16th-placed team will participate in the final round of the J2 League promotion playoffs. If they lose, the J2 team will be promoted in their place for the 2023 J1 League.

    Season statistics

    Scoring
    As of 3 May 2022

    Top scorers
    RankPlayerClubGoals[24][25]
    1 Peter Utaka Kyoto Sanga 8
    2 Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers 7
    3 Yuto Suzuki Júbilo Iwata 5
    4 Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 4
    Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos
    Tsukasa Morishima Sanfrecce Hiroshima
    Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos
    Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
    9 Adaílton FC Tokyo 3
    Kei Chinen Kawasaki Frontale
    Leandro Damião Kawasaki Frontale
    Takashi Inui Cerezo Osaka
    Yuki Kakita Sagan Tosu
    Mateus Nagoya Grampus
    Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos
    Kosuke Onose Gamba Osaka
    Yūki Ōtsu Júbilo Iwata
    Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol
    Yuito Suzuki Shimizu S-Pulse
    Hiroto Yamada Cerezo Osaka
    Yuya Yamagishi Avispa Fukuoka

    Top assists
    RankPlayerClubAssists[26][25]
    1 Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers 4
    2 Riki Harakawa Cerezo Osaka 3
    Yuta Kamiya Shimizu S-Pulse
    Yuto Suzuki Júbilo Iwata
    Reon Yamahara Shimizu S-Pulse
    6 Takahiro Akimoto Urawa Red Diamonds 2
    Jordy Croux Avispa Fukuoka
    Élber Yokohama F. Marinos
    Yasuhito Endō Júbilo Iwata
    Akito Fukuta Sagan Tosu
    Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers
    Yuki Horigome Sagan Tosu
    Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol
    Ryuji Izumi Nagoya Grampus
    Juanma Avispa Fukuoka
    Marcos Júnior Yokohama F. Marinos
    Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale
    Tomoya Koyamatsu Kashiwa Reysol
    Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos
    Temma Matsuda Kyoto Sanga
    Masaya Matsumoto Júbilo Iwata
    Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima
    Katsuya Nagato Yokohama F. Marinos
    Yuji Ono Sagan Tosu
    Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo
    Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol
    Tsukasa Shiotani Sanfrecce Hiroshima
    Kosuke Shirai Kyoto Sanga
    Daiki Sugioka Shonan Bellmare
    Yuito Suzuki Shimizu S-Pulse
    Kosuke Taketomi Kyoto Sanga
    Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale
    Hotaru Yamaguchi Vissel Kobe
    Ryosuke Yamanaka Cerezo Osaka

    Clean sheets
    As of 3 May 2022
    RankPlayerClubClean sheets[27]
    1 Kwoun Sun-tae Kashima Antlers 6
    Park Il-gyu Sagan Tosu
    3 Jung Sung-ryong Kawasaki Frontale 5
    Jakub Słowik FC Tokyo
    5 Kim Seung-gyu Kashiwa Reysol 4
    Masaaki Murakami Avispa Fukuoka
    Takanori Sugeno Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
    Yohei Takaoka Yokohama F. Marinos
    9 Mitchell Langerak Nagoya Grampus 3
    Keisuke Osako Sanfrecce Hiroshima

    Player

    Club
    • Most yellow cards: 17[30]
      • Kawasaki Frontale
    • Most red cards: 3[31]
      • Urawa Red Diamonds

    Awards

    Monthly awards
    Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month References
    ManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
    February/March Toru Oniki Kawasaki Frontale Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers Yuki Saneto Yokohama F. Marinos [32][33][34]

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