2023 J1 League

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Season2023
Dates17 February – 3 December 2023
ChampionsVissel Kobe
1st J1 title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedYokohama FC
J1 League
Season2023
Dates17 February – 3 December 2023
ChampionsVissel Kobe
1st J1 title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedYokohama FC
Champions League EliteVissel Kobe
Yokohama F. Marinos
Champions League TwoSanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches306
Goals777 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerAnderson Lopes
Yuya Osako
(22 goals each)
Biggest home winYokohama F. Marinos 5–0 Yokohama FC
(8 April 2023)
Biggest away winShonan Bellmare 0–6 Sagan Tosu
(24 June 2023)
Highest scoringKashiwa Reysol 4–5 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(3 June 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers
Nagoya Grampus
Urawa Red Diamonds
Longest winless run15 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run7 matches
Gamba Osaka
Highest attendance57,058[1]
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Albirex Niigata
(5 August 2023)
Lowest attendance3,935[1]
Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(15 April 2023)
Total attendance5,811,987[1]
Average attendance18,993[1]
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 J1 League, also known as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the ninth season of J1 League after being renamed from J. League Division 1.

Yokohama F. Marinos were the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title previous season.[2][3] Vissel Kobe won their first ever league title with one game to go.[4]

This season was the last as an 18 team-competition. At the end of season, only one club would be relegated to the J2 League as the number of clubs was expanded from 18 to 20 clubs from the 2024 season.[5]

Changes from the previous season

There were two teams relegated last season to the 2023 J2 League. Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata, both from Shizuoka Prefecture, were relegated due to them finishing 17th and 18th respectively the previous season. Thus, this was the first Japanese top-flight season to not feature any team from the region.

Kyoto Sanga finished on 16th place, but won the promotion/relegation playoffs against Roasso Kumamoto and thus retained their top league status. Had Roasso won, it would have been their first ever promotion to the top-flight.

Two teams were promoted from the 2022 J2 League: Albirex Niigata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a five-year absence, and Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing on the J2 League.

Participating clubs

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity[6]Previous season rank
Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHokkaidoSapporo Dome38,794J1 (10th)
Kashima AntlersIbaraki PrefectureKashima Soccer Stadium39,170J1 (4th)
Urawa Red DiamondsSaitama PrefectureSaitama Stadium 200262,010J1 (9th)
Kashiwa ReysolChiba PrefectureHitachi Kashiwa Stadium15,109J1 (7th)
FC TokyoTokyoAjinomoto Stadium47,851J1 (6th)
Kawasaki FrontaleKanagawa PrefectureTodoroki Stadium26,827J1 (2nd)
Yokohama F. MarinosNissan Stadium71,822J1 (1st)
Yokohama FCMitsuzawa Stadium15,444 J2 (2nd)
Shonan BellmareLemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka15,380J1 (12th)
Albirex NiigataNiigata PrefectureDenka Big Swan Stadium41,684 J2 (1st)
Nagoya GrampusAichi PrefectureToyota Stadium43,739J1 (8th)
Kyoto SangaKyoto PrefectureSanga Stadium by Kyocera21,623J1 (16th)
Gamba OsakaOsaka PrefecturePanasonic Stadium Suita39,694J1 (15th)
Cerezo OsakaYodoko Sakura Stadium24,481J1 (5th)
Vissel KobeHyōgo PrefectureNoevir Stadium28,996J1 (13th)
Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima PrefectureEdion Stadium35,909J1 (3rd)
Avispa FukuokaFukuoka PrefectureBest Denki Stadium21,562J1 (14th)
Sagan TosuSaga PrefectureEkimae Real Estate Stadium24,130J1 (11th)

Personnel and kits

ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturerFront shirt sponsor
Albirex Niigata Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi Japan Yuto Horigome Germany Adidas Kameda Seika
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan Tatsuki Nara Japan Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku
Cerezo Osaka Japan Akio Kogiku Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake Germany Puma Yanmar
FC Tokyo Australia Peter Cklamovski Japan Masato Morishige United States New Balance Mixi
Gamba Osaka Spain Dani Poyatos Japan Takashi Usami Denmark Hummel Panasonic
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Serbia Mihailo Petrović Japan Hiroki Miyazawa Japan Mizuno Ishiya
Kashima Antlers Japan Daiki Iwamasa Japan Shoma Doi United States Nike LIXIL
Kashiwa Reysol Japan Masami Ihara Japan Taiyo Koga Japan Yonex Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Toru Oniki Japan Kento Tachibanada Germany Puma Fujitsu
Kyoto Sanga South Korea Cho Kwi-jae Japan Temma Matsuda Germany Puma Kyocera
Nagoya Grampus Japan Kenta Hasegawa Japan Sho Inagaki Japan Mizuno Toyota
Sagan Tosu Japan Kenta Kawai Japan Naoyuki Fujita United States New Balance Kimura Information Technology
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Michael Skibbe Japan Sho Sasaki United States Nike EDION
Shonan Bellmare Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi Japan Kazuki Oiwa Brazil Penalty RiPTy
Urawa Red Diamonds Poland Maciej Skorża Japan Hiroki Sakai United States Nike Polus
Vissel Kobe Japan Takayuki Yoshida Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi Japan Asics Rakuten Mobile
Yokohama FC Japan Shuhei Yomoda Brazil Gabriel Germany Puma Onodera Group
Yokohama F. Marinos Australia Kevin Muscat Japan Takuya Kida Germany Adidas Nissan

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Urawa Red Diamonds Spain Ricardo Rodríguez[7] Resigned 5 November 2022 Pre-season Poland Maciej Skorża[8] 10 November 2022
Gamba Osaka Japan Hiroshi Matsuda[9] 23 November 2022 Spain Dani Poyatos[10] 23 November 2022
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Nelsinho Baptista[11] 17 May 2023 16th Japan Masami Ihara[11] 17 May 2023
FC Tokyo Spain Albert Puig[12] 14 June 2023 12th Japan Takayoshi Amma[12] 14 June 2023
Japan Takayoshi Amma End of interim spell 16 June 2023 Australia Peter Cklamovski[13][14] 16 June 2023

Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[15] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Tunisia, Egypt, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season 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.[16]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Former player (s)
Albirex Niigata Australia Thomas Deng Brazil Danilo Gomes Brazil Gustavo Nescau New Zealand Michael Fitzgerald Peru Kazuyoshi Shimabuku
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Douglas Grolli Brazil Lukian Brazil Wellington
Cerezo Osaka Belgium Jordy Croux Brazil Capixaba Brazil Léo Ceará Croatia Matej Jonjić South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon South Korea Yang Han-been
FC Tokyo Brazil Adaílton Brazil Diego Oliveira Brazil Henrique Trevisan Brazil Jajá Silva Brazil Pedro Perotti Poland Jakub Słowik Brazil Leandro
Gamba Osaka Brazil Dawhan Brazil Juan Alano China Zhang Aolin Israel Neta Lavi South Korea Kwon Kyung-won Tunisia Issam Jebali
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Brazil Lucas Fernandes South Korea Kim Gun-hee Slovenia Milan Tučić Thailand Supachok Sarachat South Korea Gu Sung-yun
Kashima Antlers Brazil Arthur Caíke Brazil Diego Pituca Nigeria Blessing Eleke South Korea Kwoun Sun-tae South Korea Park Eui-jeong South Korea Kim Min-tae
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Bueno Brazil Diego Brazil Douglas Brazil Matheus Sávio Netherlands Jay-Roy Grot
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Jesiel Brazil João Schmidt Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Marcinho France Bafétimbi Gomis South Korea Jung Sung-ryong Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Kyoto Sanga Brazil Patric South Korea Gu Sung-yun Suriname Warner Hahn Brazil Alan Cariús
Brazil Paulinho Bóia
New Zealand Michael Woud
Nagoya Grampus Australia Mitchell Langerak Brazil Thales Denmark Kasper Junker Brazil Mateus
Brazil Naldinho
Sagan Tosu Kenya Teddy Akumu South Korea Hwang Seok-ho South Korea Koh Bong-jo South Korea Ueom Ye-hoon
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Douglas Vieira Brazil Ezequiel Brazil Marcos Júnior Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa United States Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
Shonan Bellmare Norway Tarik Elyounoussi South Korea Kim Min-tae South Korea Song Bum-keun Nigeria Mikel Agu
Urawa Red Diamonds Denmark Alexander Scholz Guinea José Kanté Netherlands Alex Schalk Netherlands Bryan Linssen Norway Marius Høibråten Thailand Ekanit Panya Sweden David Moberg Karlsson
Vissel Kobe Brazil Jean Patric Brazil Lincoln Brazil Matheus Thuler Brazil Phelipe Hungary Bálint Vécsei Spain Juan Mata Montenegro Stefan Mugoša
Spain Andrés Iniesta
Spain Sergi Samper
Yokohama FC Brazil Gabriel Brazil Marcelo Ryan Brazil Mateus Moraes Brazil Mauricio Caprini Brazil Yuri Lara Germany Svend Brodersen Vietnam Nguyễn Công Phượng Brazil Saulo Mineiro
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Anderson Lopes Brazil Eduardo Brazil Élber Brazil Yan Matheus South Korea Nam Tae-hee Brazil Marcos Júnior

League table

Results table

Home \ Away ALB ANT AVI BEL CER CON GAM GRA KWF KSA RED REY SAG SFR TOK VIS YFC YFM
Albirex Niigata — 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1
Kashima Antlers 2–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–2
Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 0–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–4
Shonan Bellmare 2–2 2–2 0–1 — 0–2 2–4 4–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–6 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Cerezo Osaka 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 — 4–0 1–2 3–4 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–0
Gamba Osaka 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2
Kawasaki Frontale 2–3 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–4 1–2 — 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2
Kyoto Sanga 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–0 2–3 4–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–5 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 — 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Sagan Tosu 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–5 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
FC Tokyo 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 — 2–2 3–1 2–3
Vissel Kobe 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 — 3–0 2–3
Yokohama FC 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 — 4–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 5–0 —
Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[17][18]
1 Brazil Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 22
Japan Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe
3 Denmark Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus 16
4 Brazil Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo 15
5 Japan Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 14
Japan Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
7 Japan Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare 13
8 Japan Yuya Asano Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 12
9 Brazil Léo Ceará Cerezo Osaka 11
10 Brazil Patric Kyoto Sanga 10
Japan Yoichi Naganuma Sagan Tosu
Japan Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
Japan Yuta Toyokawa Kyoto Sanga
Japan Yuya Yamagishi Avispa Fukuoka

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Japan Yuki OhashiShonan BellmareSagan Tosu5–1 (A)18 February 2023[19]
Japan Shuto Machino4Gamba Osaka4–1 (H)1 April 2023[20]
Japan Ryotaro ItoAlbirex NiigataAvispa Fukuoka3–2 (H)15 April 2023[21]
Japan Yuji OnoSagan TosuShonan Bellmare6–0 (A)24 June 2023[22]
Notes
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • (H) – Home team
  • (A) – Away team

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[18][23]
1 Brazil Élber Yokohama F. Marinos 11
Brazil Yan Matheus
3 Brazil Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol 10
Japan Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe
Japan Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers
6 Japan Ryo Hatsuse Vissel Kobe 8
Japan Yuya Osako
8 Japan Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos 7
9 Brazil Adaílton FC Tokyo 6
Japan Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[24]
1 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds 15
Japan Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers
3 Japan Daiya Maekawa Vissel Kobe 14
4 Japan Keisuke Osako Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13
5 Australia Mitchell Langerak Nagoya Grampus 10
Japan Masaaki Murakami Avispa Fukuoka
Japan Ryosuke Kojima Albirex Niigata
8 South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon Cerezo Osaka 7
9 Japan Jun Ichimori Yokohama F. Marinos 6
Japan Kenta Matsumoto Kashiwa Reysol
Poland Jakub Słowik FC Tokyo
South Korea Jung Sung-ryong Kawasaki Frontale
South Korea Park Il-gyu Sagan Tosu

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 64[27]
    • FC Tokyo
  • Most red cards: 6[28]
    • Kawasaki Frontale

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month References
ManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
February/March Japan Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe Japan Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata Japan Ryonosuke Kabayama Sagan Tosu [29][30][31]
April Germany Michael Skibbe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan Ryoma Watanabe FC Tokyo [32][33][34]
May Japan Shuhei Yomoda Yokohama FC Japan Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe Japan Shunsuke Mito Albirex Niigata [35][36][37]
June Spain Dani Poyatos Gamba Osaka Japan Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe Japan Takumu Kawamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima [38][39][40]
July Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Avispa Fukuoka Japan Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe Japan Ken Iwao Urawa Red Diamonds [41][42][43]
August Japan Daiki Iwamasa Kashima Antlers Japan Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers Brazil Marcos Júnior Sanfrecce Hiroshima [44][45][46]
September Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Avispa Fukuoka Japan Kazuya Konno Avispa Fukuoka Japan Shunsuke Mito Albirex Niigata [47][48][49]
October Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi Shonan Bellmare Japan Daiki Tomii Shonan Bellmare Japan Kota Tawaratsumida FC Tokyo [50][51][52]
November/December Japan Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe Japan Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe Japan Yuta Toyokawa Kyoto Sanga [53][54][55]

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Year Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe[56] Avispa Fukuoka
Player of the Year Japan Yuya Osako[57] Vissel Kobe
Best Young Player Japan Shunsuke Mito[58] Albirex Niigata
Goal of the Year Japan Ryoma Watanabe[59] FC Tokyo
Best XI[60]
Goalkeeper Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Defenders Denmark Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) Norway Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka) Japan Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe)
Midfielders Japan Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe)
Forwards Brazil Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) Japan Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Japan Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe)

See also

References

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