2018 J1 League

Season2018

Dates23 February – 1 December

RelegatedKashiwa Reysol
V-Varen Nagasaki

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season	2018
Dates	23 February – 1 December
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale (2nd title)
Relegated	Kashiwa Reysol V-Varen Nagasaki
AFC Champions League	Kawasaki Frontale Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches	306
Goals	813 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jô (Nagoya Grampus) (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Frontale v Consadole 7–0 (15 September)
Biggest away win	Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July)
Highest scoring	Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July)
Longest winning run	9 – Gamba Osaka (Matchday 25–33)
Longest unbeaten run	12 – Consadole Sapporo (Matchday 25–34)
Longest winless run	15 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 3–17)
Longest losing run	8 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 4–11)
Highest attendance	55,689 – Reds v Vissel (23 September, Matchday 27)
Lowest attendance	6,189 – S-Pulse v V-Varen (11 April, Matchday 7)
Total attendance	5,833,538
Average attendance	19,064
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 J1 League, also known as the 2018 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2018 明治安田生命Ｊ１リーグ, 2018 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was fourth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.

Personnel and kits

Club	Location	Stadium	Last season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido	Sapporo Dome	J1 (11th)
Vegalta Sendai	Miyagi Prefecture	Yurtec Stadium Sendai	J1 (12th)
Kashima Antlers	Ibaraki Prefecture	Kashima Soccer Stadium	J1 (2nd)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Prefecture	Saitama Stadium 2002	J1 (7th)
Kashiwa Reysol	Chiba Prefecture	Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium	J1 (4th)
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	J1 (13th)
Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa Prefecture	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	J1 (champions)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Nissan Stadium Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium	J1 (5th)
Shonan Bellmare	Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka	J2 (champions)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka Prefecture	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	J1 (14th)
Júbilo Iwata	Yamaha Stadium	J1 (6th)
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi Prefecture	Paloma Mizuho Stadium Toyota Stadium	J2 (3rd)
Gamba Osaka	Osaka Prefecture	Panasonic Stadium Suita	J1 (10th)
Cerezo Osaka	Yanmar Stadium Kincho Stadium	J1 (3rd)
Vissel Kobe	Hyōgo Prefecture	Noevir Stadium Kobe	J1 (9th)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima Prefecture	Edition Stadium Hiroshima	J1 (15th)
Sagan Tosu	Saga Prefecture	Best Amenity Stadium	J1 (8th)
V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagasaki Prefecture	Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki	J2 (2nd)

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Cerezo Osaka	Yoon Jong-hwan^[1]	Hotaru Yamaguchi	Puma	Yanmar
FC Tokyo	Kenta Hasegawa^[2]	Jang Hyun-soo	Umbro	Lifeval
Gamba Osaka	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto^[3]	Yasuhito Endō	Umbro	Panasonic
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Mihailo Petrović^[4]	Hiroki Miyazawa	Kappa	Shiroi Koibito
Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshi Nanami^[5]	Nagisa Sakurauchi	Puma	Yamaha
Kashima Antlers	Go Oiwa^[6]	Mitsuo Ogasawara	Nike	Lixil
Kashiwa Reysol	Nozomu Kato	Hidekazu Otani	Yonex	Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale	Toru Oniki^[7]	Yu Kobayashi	Puma	Fujitsu
Nagoya Grampus	Yahiro Kazama^[8]	Hisato Satō	Mizuno	Toyota
Sagan Tosu	Kim Myung-hwi	Yutaka Yoshida	New Balance	DHC
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshi Jofuku^[9]	Toshihiro Aoyama	Nike	EDION
Shimizu S-Pulse	Jan Jönsson^[10]	Ryo Takeuchi	Puma	Suzuyo
Shonan Bellmare	Cho Kwi-jae^[11]	Kaoru Takayama	Penalty	Meldia
Urawa Red Diamonds	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	Nike	Polus
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe^[12]	Shingo Tomita	Adidas	Iris Ohyama
Vissel Kobe	Juan Manuel Lillo^[13]	Lukas Podolski	Asics	Rakuten
V-Varen Nagasaki	Takuya Takagi^[14]	Jordy Buijs	Hummel	Japanet
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ange Postecoglou^[15]	Yuji Nakazawa	Adidas	Nissan

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Yokohama F. Marinos	Erick Mombaerts	1 January 2018^[16]	Ange Postecoglou	19 December 2017^[17]
Urawa Red Diamonds	Takafumi Hori	2 April 2018^[18]	Oswaldo de Oliveira	19 April 2018^[19]
Kashiwa Reysol	Takahiro Shimotaira	13 May 2018	Nozomu Kato	13 May 2018^[20]
Gamba Osaka	Levir Culpi	23 July 2018^[21]	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	23 July 2018
Vissel Kobe	Takayuki Yoshida	17 Sep 2018^[22]	Juan Manuel Lillo	4 Oct 2018^[23]
Sagan Tosu	Massimo Ficcadenti	17 Oct 2018	Kim Myung-hwi	17 Oct 2018

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Other	Former players
Cerezo Osaka	Souza	Matej Jonjić	Kim Jin-hyeon	Yang Dong-hyun	Osmar	Pierce Waring Chaowat Veerachat
FC Tokyo	Diego Oliveira	Lins	Lipe Veloso	Jang Hyun-soo		Jakkit Wachpirom
Gamba Osaka	Ademilson	Fábio	Hwang Ui-jo	Oh Jae-suk			Matheus Jesus
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Jay Bothroyd	Gu Sung-yun	Kim Min-tae			Chanathip Songkrasin	Jonathan Reis Julinho
Júbilo Iwata	Adaílton	Krzysztof Kamiński	Eren Albayrak	Fozil Musaev			Gabriel Morbeck Guilherme
Kashima Antlers	Leandro	Léo Silva	Serginho	Jung Seung-hyun	Kwoun Sun-tae		Pedro Júnior
Kashiwa Reysol	Cristiano	Nathan	Michael Olunga	Kim Bo-kyung	Park Jeong-su		Ramon Lopes Yun Suk-young
Kawasaki Frontale	Caio César	Eduardo	Elsinho	Jung Sung-ryong		Jefferson Tabinas	Eduardo Neto
Nagoya Grampus	Mitchell Langerak	Eduardo Neto	Gabriel Xavier	Jô	Willian Rocha		Washington
Sagan Tosu	Joan Oumari	Cho Dong-geon	Kim Min-hyeok	Fernando Torres			Víctor Ibarbo An Yong-woo Jung Seung-hyun
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Besart Berisha	Felipe	Patric			Teerasil Dangda
Shimizu S-Pulse	Mitch Duke	Crislan	Douglas	Freire	Hwang Seok-ho	Jong Tae-se	Wu Shaocong
Shonan Bellmare	André Bahia	Mihael Mikić	Lee Jeong-hyeop				Alen Stevanović
Urawa Red Diamonds	Andrew Nabbout	Fabrício	Maurício Antônio	Quenten Martinus	Zlatan Ljubijankič
Vegalta Sendai	Rafaelson	Ramon Lopes	Lee Yun-oh			Ryang Yong-gi Kim Jung-ya
Vissel Kobe	Wellington	Lukas Podolski	Kim Seung-gyu	Andrés Iniesta		Ahmed Yasser Theerathon Bunmathan	Leandro Jung Woo-young
V-Varen Nagasaki	Jordy Buijs	Choi Kyu-baek	Jairo Morillas	Juanma			Ben Halloran
Yokohama F. Marinos	Thiago Martins	Olivier Boumal	Hugo Vieira	Dušan Cvetinović	Yun Il-lok	Ippey Shinozuka	Milos Degenek David Babunski

Results

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	34	21	6	7	57	27	+30	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	17	6	11	47	35	+12	57	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3	Kashima Antlers	34	16	8	10	50	39	+11	56	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	15	10	9	48	48	0	55
5	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	14	9	11	51	39	+12	51	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
6	FC Tokyo	34	14	8	12	39	34	+5	50
7	Cerezo Osaka	34	13	11	10	39	38	+1	50
8	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	14	7	13	56	48	+8	49
9	Gamba Osaka	34	14	6	14	41	46	−5	48
10	Vissel Kobe	34	12	9	13	45	52	−7	45
11	Vegalta Sendai	34	13	6	15	44	54	−10	45
12	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	12	5	17	56	56	0	41
13	Shonan Bellmare	34	10	11	13	38	43	−5	41
14	Sagan Tosu	34	10	11	13	29	34	−5	41
15	Nagoya Grampus	34	12	5	17	52	59	−7	41
16	Júbilo Iwata (O)	34	10	11	13	35	48	−13	41	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Kashiwa Reysol (R)	34	12	3	19	47	54	−7	39	Relegation to J2 League
18	V-Varen Nagasaki (R)	34	8	6	20	39	59	−20	30	Relegation to J2 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Emperor's Cup winners.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Kawasaki Frontale	1	4	2	1	3	2	5	6	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kashima Antlers	12	7	9	6	8	12	13	8	12	14	15	13	8	10	11	13	10	7	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	4	3	3	5	5	3	3	3
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	16	11	15	11	15	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	4	4	5	6	6	4	4	5	7	4	5	3	3	4	4	4
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	13	13	17	17	16	11	10	9	12	14	11	12	13	14	11	12	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
FC Tokyo	6	14	17	13	9	4	3	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	6
Cerezo Osaka	6	9	10	15	12	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	8	7	8	8	9	7
Shimizu S-Pulse	12	5	3	3	4	5	8	12	13	11	7	10	11	9	10	9	8	10	8	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8
Gamba Osaka	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	13	12	10	9	9	8	9
Vissel Kobe	6	15	14	8	13	10	9	9	7	6	8	8	10	7	6	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	10
Vegalta Sendai	4	3	5	4	2	3	2	2	6	7	6	9	7	8	7	8	7	8	10	12	8	8	8	8	6	4	6	8	7	9	10	10	10	11
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	16	16	12	10	13	14	16	15	15	13	16	15	15	13	10	13	13	13	15	13	14	15	15	14	14	12	11	10	11	13	11	12	12
Shonan Bellmare	3	6	7	10	14	11	12	15	14	13	10	12	13	14	12	14	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13
Sagan Tosu	6	10	6	9	6	9	9	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	14
Nagoya Grampus	2	1	4	5	7	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	11	12	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	15
Júbilo Iwata	18	18	11	13	10	14	15	11	8	10	9	6	6	6	8	7	9	11	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	15	13	12	13	13	16
Kashiwa Reysol	16	8	8	7	5	8	7	7	10	8	11	7	9	11	9	12	14	15	15	13	14	13	13	11	15	16	16	17	14	17	17	17	17	17
V-Varen Nagasaki	15	11	12	16	16	17	17	13	11	9	12	14	14	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Qualification to Relegation play-off
	Relegation to J2 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Results table

Home \ Away	ANT	BEL	CER	CON	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	JUB	RED	REY	SSP	SAG	SFR	TOK	VVN	VEG	VIS
Kashima Antlers	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	6–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1
Shonan Bellmare	2–1	—	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–2
Cerezo Osaka	0–2	2–1	—	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–2	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	4–4	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–4	0–1	5–2	5–2	1–2
Kawasaki Frontale	4–1	1–1	1–2	7–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–3
Gamba Osaka	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Nagoya Grampus	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–4	2–3	1–2
Júbilo Iwata	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–6	—	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–2
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	4–0
Kashiwa Reysol	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	5–1	0–2	2–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	5–1	3–3	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–3
Sagan Tosu	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–3	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
FC Tokyo	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	5–2	0–2	3–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	—	0–1	0–1	1–0
V-Varen Nagasaki	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–5	—	1–0	0–1
Vegalta Sendai	0–3	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–8	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	—	1–1
Vissel Kobe	0–5	0–3	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	—

Source: 2018 J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion–Relegation Playoff

2018 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2018 J1参入プレーオフ)

8 December 2018

14:00

Júbilo Iwata	2–0	Tokyo Verdy
Ogawa 41' (pen.) Taguchi 80'	Report

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

Attendance: 14,588

Júbilo Iwata stays in J1 League and Tokyo Verdy remains in J2 League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 1 December 2018.^[24]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jô	Nagoya Grampus	24
2	Patric	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	20
3	Hwang Ui-jo	Gamba Osaka	16
4	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	15
4	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	15
6	Diego Oliveira	FC Tokyo	13
	Koya Kitagawa	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Hugo Vieira	Yokohama F. Marinos
9	Ken Tokura	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	12
10	Douglas	Shimizu S-Pulse	11
	Kengo Kawamata	Júbilo Iwata
	Musashi Suzuki	V-Varen Nagasaki
	Takuma Nishimura	Vegalta Sendai
	Yuma Suzuki	Kashima Antlers

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	Urawa Red Diamonds	12
2	Junya Ito	Kashiwa Reysol	11
3	Kosei Shibasaki	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	9
3	Yuma Suzuki	Kashima Antlers	9
4	Gabriel Xavier	Nagoya Grampus	8
	Hideki Ishige	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Koya Kitagawa	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Yuki Muto	Urawa Red Diamonds

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Diego Oliveira	FC Tokyo	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–5 (A)	8 April 2018
Hugo Vieira	Yokohama F. Marinos	Shonan Bellmare	4–4 (H)	21 April 2018
Sho Ito	Yokohama F. Marinos	Vegalta Sendai	2–8 (A)	18 July 2018
Jô	Nagoya Grampus	Gamba Osaka	4–1 (H)	5 August 2018
Fabrício	Urawa Red Diamonds	Júbilo Iwata	4–0 (H)	15 August 2018
Jô	Nagoya Grampus	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1 (H)	26 August 2018
Musashi Suzuki	V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagoya Grampus	4–3 (A)	15 September 2018

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	603,534	55,689	21,250	35,502	+5.8%^†
2	FC Tokyo	449,388	44,801	13,425	26,432	−0.2%^†
3	Nagoya Grampus	419,218	43,579	9,297	24,660	+60.5%^†
4	Gamba Osaka	399,242	35,242	11,824	23,485	−3.3%^†
5	Kawasaki Frontale	394,709	24,677	17,113	23,218	+5.0%^†
6	Yokohama F. Marinos	370,401	41,686	8,688	21,788	−9.9%^†
7	Vissel Kobe	367,716	26,603	9,015	21,630	+18.4%^†
8	Kashima Antlers	330,376	33,647	7,672	19,434	−5.0%^†
9	Cerezo Osaka	319,782	34,303	8,165	18,811	−10.3%^†
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	309,798	34,250	6,729	18,223	−1.1%^†
11	Júbilo Iwata	263,060	31,375	8,047	15,474	−5.2%^†
12	Vegalta Sendai	261,943	19,152	13,158	15,408	+4.5%^†
13	Sagan Tosu	255,004	22,669	7,138	15,000	+5.7%^†
14	Shimizu S-Pulse	254,844	20,109	6,193	14,991	−0.8%^†
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	243,874	21,997	7,344	14,346	+2.2%^†
16	Shonan Bellmare	206,039	15,351	8,002	12,120	+43.4%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol	193,833	14,208	9,255	11,402	+6.3%^†
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	190,827	15,975	6,579	11,225	+88.9%^†
	League total	5,833,538	55,689	6,193	19,064	+1.0%^†

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Year	Mihailo Petrović	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Most Valuable Player	Akihiro Ienaga	Kawasaki Frontale
Rookie of the Year	Hiroki Abe	Kashima Antlers

J.League Best XI
Attack	Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka)		Jô (Nagoya Grampus)
Midfield	Chanathip Songkrasin (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)	Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)	Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale)	Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Defence	Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers)	Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale)	Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)	Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale)
Goalkeeper	Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale)

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '17–'18 '18–'19 Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India I-League '17–'18 '18–'19 ISL '17–'18 '18–'19 Indonesia Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '17–'18 '18–'19 Japan Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '18–'19 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan '18–'19 Palestine West Bank '17–'18 '18–'19 Gaza Strip '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 '18–'19 Singapore Sri Lanka '17–'18 '18–'19 Syria '17–'18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Superleague Pro League Vietnam Yemen
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India Indonesia '18–'19 Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '18–'19 Japan '17 (final) '18 Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan Palestine '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria '18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong Shield '17–'18 '18–'19 Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Fed Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Lebanon Malaysia Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup Qualifying play-offs Knockout stage Final
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship 2018 AFC Futsal Championship 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Football at the 2018 Asian Games (Men - Women) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship 2018 AFC U-16 Championship 2018 AFF Championship 2018 CAFA Championship 2018 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players