2015 in Japanese football
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| 2015 season | |
|---|---|
Japanese football in 2015.
J2 League
J3 League
Japan Football League
Vanraure Hachinohe won the Apertura title and an entry to the 2015 Emperor's Cup but fell in the Clausura stage to eventual winner Sony Sendai as well as to Kagoshima United, who won fourth-place overall, good enough for promotion to the J3 League.
There was no relegation, but SP Kyoto FC withdrew after the season. They will be replaced by Regional Promotion Series finalists ReinMeer Aomori and Briobecca Urayasu.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony Sendai (C) | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 71 | |
| 2 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 59 | |
| 3 | Honda FC | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 68 | |
| 4 | Kagoshima United (P) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 60 | Promotion to 2016 J3 League |
| 5 | Azul Claro Numazu | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 54 | |
| 6 | SP Kyoto FC | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 50 | Withdrawn |
| 7 | Nara Club | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 46 | |
| 8 | FC Osaka | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 44 | |
| 9 | Honda Lock | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 40 | |
| 10 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Yokogawa Musashino | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 30 | |
| 13 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 21 | |
| 14 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 62 | −35 | 21 | |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama Next | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 20 | |
| 16 | Tochigi Uva | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 19 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2015. Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) disciplinary points; 6) draw
Winners of each stage will be ranked 1st and 2nd based on the championship results regardless of their total points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) disciplinary points; 6) draw
Winners of each stage will be ranked 1st and 2nd based on the championship results regardless of their total points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Regional Leagues
National team (Men)
Results
| 12 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 4–0 | | |
| 18:00 UTC+11 | Endo Okazaki Honda Yoshida |
AFC Report | Stadium: Newcastle Stadium Attendance: 17,147 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) |
| 16 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Iraq | 0–1 | | |
| 19:00 UTC+10 | AFC Report | Honda |
Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 22,941 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 20 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 2–0 | | |
| 20:00 UTC+11 | Honda Kagawa |
AFC Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 25,016 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 23 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | | |
| 20:30 UTC+11 | Shibasaki |
AFC Report | Mabkhout |
Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 19,094 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| Penalties | ||||
| Honda Hasebe Shibasaki Toyoda Morishige Kagawa |
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| 27 March International Friendly | Japan | 2–0 | | |
| 19:37 JST | Okazaki Honda |
JFA Report | Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) |
| 31 March International Friendly | Japan | 5–1 | | |
| 19:26 JST | Aoyama Okazaki Shibasaki Usami Kawamata |
JFA Report | Tukhtakhodjaev |
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 46,007 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) |
| 11 June International Friendly | Japan | 4–0 | | |
| 19:03 JST | Honda Makino Okazaki Haraguchi |
JFA Report | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 63,877 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
| 16 June 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 0–0 | | |
| 19:34 JST | JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,533 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) |
| 2 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | North Korea | 2–1 | | |
| 18:20 UTC+8 | Ri Hyok-chol Pak Hyon-il |
EAFF Report | Muto |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 5 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | Japan | 1–1 | | |
| 18:20 UTC+8 | Yamaguchi |
EAFF Report | Jang Hyun-soo |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore) |
| 9 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | China | 1–1 | | |
| 20:10 UTC+8 | Wu Lei |
EAFF Report | Muto |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 3 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 3–0 | | |
| 19:26 JST | Honda Yoshida Kagawa |
JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 54,716 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) |
| 8 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Afghanistan | 0–6 | | |
| 16:55 UTC+4:30 | FIFA Report | Kagawa Morishige Okazaki Honda |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar) |
| 8 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Syria | 0–3 | | |
| 17:00 UTC+4:00 | AFC Report | Honda Okazaki Usami |
Stadium: Seeb Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 13 October International Friendly | Iran | 1–1 | | |
| 17:00 UTC+4:30 | Torabi |
FIFA Report | Muto |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman) |
| 12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Singapore | 0–3 | | |
| 19:15 UTC+8:00 | AFC Report | Kanazaki Honda Yoshida |
Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 17 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Cambodia | 0–2 | | |
| 19:14 UTC+7:00 | AFC Report | Laboravy Honda |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,871 Referee: Fu Ming (China) |
Win
Draw
Loss
Players statistics
| Player | -2014 | 01.12 | 01.16 | 01.20 | 01.23 | 03.27 | 03.31 | 06.11 | 06.16 | 08.02 | 08.05 | 08.09 | 09.03 | 09.08 | 10.08 | 10.13 | 11.12 | 11.17 | 2015 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 148(14) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 152(15) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 85(40) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | 13(7) | 98(47) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 84(2) | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 87(2) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 83(2) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | 12(0) | 95(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 76(3) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 10(0) | 86(3) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 72(2) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 74(2) |
| Keisuke Honda | 65(24) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | 14(10) | 79(34) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 64(0) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 71(0) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 63(19) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | 14(4) | 77(23) |
| Maya Yoshida | 48(3) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | 13(3) | 61(6) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 26(1) | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 33(1) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 19(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | 6(0) | 25(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 18(0) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 7(0) | 25(0) |
| Masato Morishige | 17(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | - | 12(1) | 29(2) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 15(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | 9(1) | 24(1) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 15(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 23(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 14(2) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 19(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 14(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 22(2) |
| Yuya Osako | 12(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 15(3) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 12(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 16(0) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 7(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 8(1) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 6(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | 12(1) | 18(2) |
| Yohei Toyoda | 6(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 8(1) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 6(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 7(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 5(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | 1(1) | 6(1) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 4(1) | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 9(2) | 13(3) |
| Kosuke Ota | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(1) | 11(1) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Kensuke Nagai | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 6(0) |
| Takashi Usami | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 13(2) | 13(2) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Wataru Endo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Hiroki Fujiharu | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Takuma Asano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yuki Muto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(2) | 2(2) |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Daiki Niwa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Koki Yonekura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takumi Minamino | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Gen Shoji | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoyuki Fujita | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shu Kurata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |