2024 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

Season2024

Dates6 April – 15 December

ChampionsOhzu
(1st title)

RelegatedShoshi
Omiya Ardija
Yonago Kita
Kagoshima Josei

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season	2024
Dates	6 April – 15 December
Champions	Ohzu (1st title)
Relegated	Shoshi Omiya Ardija Yonago Kita Kagoshima Josei
Matches played	264
Goals scored	851 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Keiji Yamashita (22 goals)
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Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League East
Season	2024
Dates	6 April – 8 December
Champions	Yokohama FC
Relegated	Shoshi Omiya Ardija
Matches played	132
Goals scored	377 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kelly Ononoju Mohamad Sadiki Wade Minato Yoshida (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Shohei 6–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi (26 May) RKU Kashiwa 6–0 Omiya Ardija (30 November)
Biggest away win	Omiya Ardija 0–4 Kashima Antlers (16 June)
Highest scoring	RKU Kashiwa 4–3 FC Tokyo (5 May) Kashima Antlers 4–3 Kawasaki Frontale (6 July) Kashima Antlers 3–4 RKU Kashiwa (15 September)
Highest attendance	2,798 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 FC Tokyo (7 September)
Lowest attendance	60 Shohei 0–1 Yokohama FC (18 September)

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League West
Season	2024
Dates	6 April – 8 December
Champions	Ohzu
Relegated	Yonago Kita Kagoshima Josei
Matches played	132
Goals scored	474 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Keiji Yamashita (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9–0 Kagoshima Josei (6 October)
Biggest away win	Shizuoka Gakuen 1–8 Ohzu (30 June)
Highest scoring	Nagoya Grampus 9–2 Teikyo Nagaoka (19 October)
Highest attendance	3,072 Ohzu 2–1 Shizuoka Gakuen (24 November)
Lowest attendance	40 Teikyo Nagaoka 0–6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (4 December)

The 2024 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2024, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2024) was the 35th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 14th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 3rd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.^[1]

West champions Ohzu High School and East champions Yokohama FC were the zonal winners, playing each other in the final. Ohzu eventually won it by 3–0. They became the first side from Kumamoto, the second side from Kyushu, the first high school overall and the first public high school to ever reach the final and/or win the tournament since the establishment of the Premier League.

Promoted from the Prince Leagues	Relegated by bottom-league finish (East)	Relegated by bottom-league finish (West)
Kashima Antlers Teikyo Nagaoka HS Fagiano Okayama Kagoshima Josei HS	Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS Yokohama F. Marinos	Júbilo Iwata Riseisha HS

Participating clubs

As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Yokohama FC U-18s was the only team to be relocated, switching from the West to the East on 2024, a year after relocating to the West.^[2]

Premier League East

Team	Prefecture	2023 record
Aomori Yamada High School	Aomori	1st
Shoshi High School	Fukushima	2nd
Kashima Antlers	Ibaraki	Play-offs win
Maebashi Ikuei High School	Gunma	8th
Shohei High School	Saitama	7th
Omiya Ardija	Saitama	9th
RKU Kashiwa High School	Chiba	6th
Kashiwa Reysol	Chiba	4th
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School	Chiba	5th
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	10th
Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa	3rd
Yokohama FC	Kanagawa	5th (WEST)

Premier League West

Team	Prefecture	2023 record
Teikyo Nagaoka High School	Niigata	Play-offs win
Shizuoka Gakuen High School	Shizuoka	3rd
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi	8th
Vissel Kobe	Hyogo	2nd
Yonago Kita High School	Tottori	7th
Fagiano Okayama	Okayama	Play-offs win
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1st
Higashi Fukuoka High School	Fukuoka	6th
Sagan Tosu	Saga	9th
Ohzu High School	Kumamoto	4th
Kagoshima Josei High School	Kagoshima	Play-offs win
Kamimura Gakuen High School	Kagoshima	10th

League table

Premier League East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yokohama FC	22	13	2	7	32	23	+9	41	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Kashima Antlers	22	13	2	7	39	32	+7	41
3	Kashiwa Reysol	22	11	5	6	43	31	+12	38
4	RKU Kashiwa	22	10	5	7	41	33	+8	35
5	Kawasaki Frontale	22	11	2	9	35	27	+8	35
6	Maebashi Ikuei	22	10	3	9	37	33	+4	33
7	Shohei	22	9	5	8	34	32	+2	32
8	Aomori Yamada	22	9	5	8	24	24	0	32
9	Ichiritsu Funabashi	22	7	6	9	23	35	−12	27
10	FC Tokyo	22	7	5	10	31	35	−4	26
11	Shoshi	22	6	3	13	21	28	−7	21	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12	Omiya Ardija	22	2	5	15	17	44	−27	11	Relegation to the Prince Leagues

Source: JFA
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Premier League West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ohzu	22	18	1	3	66	21	+45	55	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Vissel Kobe	22	15	3	4	47	27	+20	48
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	22	12	4	6	52	21	+31	40
4	Nagoya Grampus	22	12	4	6	52	33	+19	40
5	Kamimura Gakuen	22	11	4	7	52	45	+7	37
6	Sagan Tosu	22	11	2	9	42	37	+5	35
7	Teikyo Nagaoka	22	9	3	10	44	55	−11	30
8	Higashi Fukuoka	22	6	8	8	25	28	−3	26
9	Shizuoka Gakuen	22	6	6	10	32	43	−11	24
10	Fagiano Okayama	22	6	4	12	27	44	−17	22
11	Yonago Kita	22	3	1	18	20	60	−40	10	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12	Kagoshima Josei	22	1	4	17	15	60	−45	7	Relegation to the Prince Leagues

Source: JFA
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 goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Premier League Play-offs

Qualified for the stage the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions, with each region having its amount of qualifying slots predetermined by the JFA^[a].^[3]

Kanto's Prince League was the only one to qualify three teams from, whereas Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu qualified two teams each, and just one each qualified from Hokkaido and Shikoku. They were divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (or 2nd round winners; highlighted in bold) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.

The match pairings were determined by a draw, conducted on 2 December 2024.^[4]

The play-offs slots were determined and announced on 28 February.^[5] Three teams qualified from Kanto, two from Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu, alongside one from Hokkaido, Hokushin'etsu and Shikoku Prince Leagues. The final team to qualify for the play-offs was decided on 1 December 2024, as Urawa clinched their spot on Kanto's last round.

↑ Reserve teams, however, can not participate in the play-offs. If their final league placement sat in the qualifying zone for the play-offs, their slot would be allocated to the next best-ranked team.

Block A

6 December 1st round	Tokyo Verdy	2–1	Nissho Gakuen HS	Hiroshima
11:00	Kanto Inoue 3' Sakuto Hamba 12'	Report	Rento Takaoka 67'	Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Sho Takagi

6 December 1st round	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–1	Kataller Toyama	Hiroshima
11:00		Report	Ryoki Takagawa 76'	Stadium: Hot Staff Field Hiroshima Attendance: 60 Referee: Shohei Ofuji

8 December 2nd round	Tokyo Verdy	2–1	Kataller Toyama	Hiroshima
11:00	Kanto Inoue 46' Shion Nakayama 54'	Report	Gaku Hasegawa 24'	Stadium: Balcom BMW Hiroshima General Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Taku Nagaya

Block B

6 December 1st round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima
11:00	Toshikazu Teruuchi 57' Keigo Fukata 60'	Report		Stadium: Balcom BMW Hiroshima General Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Masaaki Hiratsuka

6 December 1st round	Vegalta Sendai	1–5	Kyoto Sanga	Hiroshima
11:00	Sota Yokoyama 73'	Report	Jiei Kobayashi 17' Haruto Tatsukawa 20' Own goal 30' (o.g.) Ryoyu Shibata 65' Ryoma Abe 85'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ryu Mashio

8 December 2nd round	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Kyoto Sanga	Hiroshima
11:00	Isshin Tanaka 17'	Report	Yuma Nishioka 78'	Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Akifumi Kawakatsu
	Penalties
	Toshikazu Teruuchi Ibuki Matsuzaka Tensei Aiga Haruto Kumagai Kaito Yokoyama		Haruto Tatsukawa Yushin Matsumoto Ko Sakai Yu Masayama Ryota Sannomiya

Block C

6 December 1st round	Avispa Fukuoka	3–1	Seiwa Gakuen HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Kanta Nakamura 15' Shido Ikeda 39' Ichika Maeda 76'	Report	Tomoki Yasuhara 31'	Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Takamasa Funahashi

6 December 1st round	Okayama Gakugeikan HS	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshima
13:30	Kenshin Kozai 70'	Report	Shogo Goto 37'	Stadium: Hot Staff Field Hiroshima Attendance: 100 Referee: Masakazu Kato
	Penalties
	Kenshin Kozai Joji Okano Yamato Handai Koki Kishi		Tokumo Kawai Yuki Kawai Shota Yamamoto Shogo Goto

8 December 2nd round	Avispa Fukuoka	3–2	Okayama Gakugeikan HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Shido Ikeda 70' Ichika Maeda 77' Yuha Kabashima 90+3'	Report	Kenshin Kozai 54' Taiji Ikegami 57'	Stadium: Balcom BMW Hiroshima General Ground Attendance: 250 Referee: Yuta Oho

Block D

6 December 1st round	Gamba Osaka	2–1	Takagawa Gakuen HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Rikuto Ando 32', 73'	Report	Tsubasa Yoshioka 50'	Stadium: Balcom BMW Hiroshima General Ground Attendance: 150 Referee: Yuki Nishida

6 December 1st round	Ehime FC	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
13:30	Kaishu Hino 46'	Report	Minato Okudera 58' Shunsuke Yokoyama 70'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Hiroki Murata

8 December 2nd round	Gamba Osaka	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
13:30	Masahiro Morita 26' Rikuto Ando 85'	Report		Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Kiyoto Takeuchi

Final

15 December

12:00

Yokohama FC	0–3	Ohzu
	Report	Takumi Hata 45+2' Keiji Yamashita 76', 90+4'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 3,394

Referee: Reo Tanaka


GK	21	Tsukasa Ogame
DF	3	Kota Kosuki (c)	78'
DF	13	Rai Okawa
DF	22	Sota Tsukuda
DF	28	Ihaku Ieda
MF	10	Tomoki Asami	78'
MF	11	Shota Nakadai
MF	18	Tessei Shibakusa	45'
MF	20	Ryosuke Iwasaki	88'
MF	27	Manato Kanno
FW	9	Keitaro Shoji
Substitutes:
GK	1	Toma Sakurai
DF	5	Riku Fukazawa
DF	24	Yu Serizawa	78'
MF	7	Ayumu Sasa
MF	25	Sota Akimoto	78'
MF	37	Haruya Suzuki	88'
MF	39	Hiromu Yokka	45'
Manager:
Takumi Wada


GK	1	Yuta Bono
RB	3	Yuma Noguchi	90+1'
CB	5	Natsuki Goto (c)
CB	4	Kai Murakami
LB	2	Yuto Ogami
RM	11	Yugo Masui	90+1'
CM	8	Takumi Hata
CM	10	Yudai Shimamoto
LM	7	Kennosuke Nakamura	60'
CF	6	Tasuku Kanematsu	75'
ST	9	Keiji Yamashita
Substitutes:
GK	16	Aoi Murakami
DF	22	Hideaki Matsuno	90+1'
DF	24	Yumu Nonaka
MF	15	Kyoji Fukushima
MF	17	Kohaku Soyama	90+1'
MF	20	Akifumi Mizoguchi	60'
FW	19	Shodai Iwanaka	75'
Manager:
Tomohiro Yamashiro

Assistant referees:
Tomohiro Ota
Yusuke Ise
Fourth official:
Ryu Mashio

Match rules

90 minutes.
Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

East

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Kelly Ononoju	Maebashi Ikuei	10
	Mohamad Sadiki Wade	Kashiwa Reysol
	Minato Yoshida	Kashima Antlers
4	Kota Sato	Maebashi Ikuei	9
4	Futo Yoshihara	Kashiwa Reysol	9
6	Yutaro Onda	Kawasaki Frontale	8
6	Kansuke Ouchi	Shoshi	8
8	Hayate Cho	Kashima Antlers	7
	Yu Kasuya	RKU Kashiwa
	Kantaro Maeda	Yokohama FC
	Keitaro Shoji	Yokohama FC

West

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Keiji Yamashita	Ohzu	20
2	Aren Inoue	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17
3	Gaku Nawata	Kamimura Gakuen	14
	Ritsu Onishi	Nagoya Grampus
	Shungo Sugiura	Nagoya Grampus
6	Daichi Suzuki	Sagan Tosu	12
6	Yudai Shimamoto	Ohzu	12
8	Tasuku Kanematsu	Ohzu	11
	Takumi Yasuno	Teikyo Nagaoka
	Ran Yoshioka	Vissel Kobe

2024 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

Participating clubs

Premier League East

Premier League West

League table

Premier League East

Premier League West

Premier League Play-offs

Block A

Block B

Block C

Block D

Final

Top scorers

East

West

References

See also

External links

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