2014 J3 League

J3 League
Season 2014
Champions Zweigen Kanazawa
1st J3 title
1st D3 title
Promoted Zweigen Kanazawa
Matches played 198
Goals scored 495 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Koji Suzuki (19 goals)
Highest attendance 8,115
Zweigen vs MYFC
Lowest attendance 504
Fukushima vs Gainare
Average attendance 2,247
2015

The 2014 J3 League is the 18th season of the third tier of the Japanese football, and the inaugural season of the professional J3 League. The season commenced on 9 March and will finish on November 23,[1] with a 3-week break after the 17th week matches on 21 and 22 June (except one on 25 June), then will resume from 19 and 20 July, due to prefectural qualifiers, followed by the 1st and 2nd round matches of the 2014 Emperor's Cup scheduled during the intermission.

Establishment

After the discussion on J1-J2 Joint Committee on 16 January 2013, all J. League clubs agreed in principle with an establishment of the new league starting 2014.[2] This decision was formally put into force by J. League Council on 26 February executive meeting.[3] The league was planned to launch with 10 teams, but another session of J. League Council in July decided that inaugural season of J3 will feature 12 teams.[4]

Clubs

Greater Tokyo Area
Machida, Sagamihara, YSCC
Locations of the 2014 J3 League teams

In order to participate, a club must have held an associate membership, or had submitted an application before 30 June 2013, and then passed an inspection in order to obtain a participation licence issued by J. League Council.[5] On November 19, J. League has confirmed the following clubs to participate in the inaugural J3 season:[6]

Club Name Home Town Notes
Blaublitz Akita All cities/towns in Akita
Fukushima United Fukushima, Fukushima
Gainare Tottori All cities/towns in Tottori Relegated from 2013 J2, eligible for J2 promotion
Grulla Morioka Morioka, Iwate The only club promoted from Regional Leagues
Fujieda MYFC Fujieda, Shizuoka
Nagano Parceiro Nagano, Nagano Eligible for J2 promotion
FC Ryukyu All cities/towns in Okinawa
SC Sagamihara Sagamihara, Kanagawa
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama, Kanagawa
Machida Zelvia Machida, Tokyo Eligible for J2 promotion
Zweigen Kanazawa Kanazawa, Ishikawa Eligible for J2 promotion
J.League U-22 Selection n/a A special team, composed of best J1 and J2 youngsters in order to prepare them for 2016 Olympics

On 29 September the J. League licensing board issued J2 licenses to the following clubs: Machida Zelvia, Nagano Parceiro, Zweigen Kanazawa, and Gainare Tottori.[7] Tottori's license was issued provisionally, under conditions of financial improvement before 30 October when the league re-assessed the club's financial stance and confirmed the passage of the licensing.

Competition rules

The league will be played in three rounds, each team playing a total of 33 matches. J.League U-22 Selection will play all their matches on the road.[1]

Each team must feature at least 3 players holding professional contracts. Two foreign players are allowed per team, plus 1 more from the ASEAN partner country of J. League. The matchday roster will consist of 16 players, and up to 5 substitutes will be allowed in a game.[1]

Promotion and relegation

Rules for promotion to J2 will be largely similar to those of Japan Football League in the recent seasons: in order to be promoted, a club must hold a J2 license and finish in top 2 of the league. The U-22 team is not eligible for promotion regardless of their final position. The champions will be promoted directly, in exchange to 22nd-placed J2 club; and the runners-up will participate in the playoffs with 21st J2 club. If either or both top 2 finishers are ineligible for promotion, the playoffs and/or direct exchange will not be held in accordance to the exact positions of promotion-eligible clubs.[1]

No relegation to JFL is planned. Up to 2 clubs may be promoted if they are licensed by J. League for J3 participation and finish in top-4 of JFL.

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Non-Visa Foreign Type-C Contract
Blaublitz Akita Brazil Leonardo South Korea Lee Keun-Ho
Fukushima United South Korea Kim Kong-Chyong North Korea Kim Hong-Yeon
Gainare Tottori
Grulla Morioka
Fujieda MYFC South Korea Park Il-Kyu
Nagano Parceiro South Korea Kim Yeong-Gi
FC Ryukyu
SC Sagamihara Brazil Weslley United States Mobi Fehr
YSCC Yokohama Egypt Osama Elsamni
Machida Zelvia South Korea Bae Dae-Won
Zweigen Kanazawa South Korea Choi Ji-Hoon
J.League U-22 Selection1

Note:
^1 A special team, composed of best J1 and J2 youngsters in order to prepare them to 2016 Olympics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Zweigen Kanazawa (C) (P) 33 23 6 4 56 20+36 75 Promotion to 2015 J2 League 1
2 Nagano Parceiro 33 20 9 4 58 23+35 69 Qualification to J2 promotion playoffs 1
3 Machida Zelvia 33 20 8 5 59 22+37 68
4 Gainare Tottori 33 14 11 8 34 25+9 53
5 Grulla Morioka 33 12 9 12 43 39+4 45
6 SC Sagamihara 33 12 7 14 44 484 43
7 Fukushima United 33 9 9 15 30 388 36
8 Blaublitz Akita 33 10 4 19 38 5719 34
9 FC Ryukyu 33 8 10 15 31 5019 34
10 J.League U-22 Selection 33 9 6 18 37 6326 33
11 Fujieda MYFC 33 7 9 17 36 5216 30
12 YSCC Yokohama 33 4 12 17 29 5829 24

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014.
Source: J.League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
1Only clubs that hold J2 licence are eligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Rounds 1–11

Home ╲ Away BLA FUK GAIGRUMYFPARRYUSGMYSCZELZWEJ22
Blaublitz Akita 22 10 21 21 12 12
Fukushima United 01 02 12 10 01 01
Gainare Tottori 00 11 00 10 01 10
Grulla Morioka 41 00 23 30 14 61
Fujieda MYFC 00 02 22 12 00 24
Nagano Parceiro 10 14 10 00 21 10
FC Ryukyu 20 13 01 00 17 30
SC Sagamihara 30 21 22 20 04 01
YSCC Yokohama 11 01 02 14 11 02
Machida Zelvia 41 30 00 20 00 40
Zweigen Kanazawa 10 11 20 21 40 20

Updated to games played on 11 May 2014.
Source: J. League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Rounds 12–22

Home ╲ Away BLA FUK GAIGRUMYFPARRYUSGMYSCZELZWEJ22
Blaublitz Akita 01 22 10 34 14 40
Fukushima United 20 23 22 22 02 00
Gainare Tottori 14 10 00 00 42 10
Grulla Morioka 30 12 21 11 01 31
Fujieda MYFC 01 01 10 21 12 31
Nagano Parceiro 20 30 11 32 12 40
FC Ryukyu 20 03 02 11 10 06
SC Sagamihara 01 00 22 01 40 23
YSCC Yokohama 00 11 23 01 03 21
Machida Zelvia 11 11 10 01 21 11
Zweigen Kanazawa 10 22 31 21 01 00

Updated to games played on 26 October 2014.
Source: J. League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Rounds 23–33

Home ╲ Away BLA FUK GAIGRUMYFPARRYUSGMYSCZELZWEJ22
Blaublitz Akita 13 01 21 21 12 11
Fukushima United 20 01 01 21 22 00
Gainare Tottori 12 20 21 11 01 12
Grulla Morioka 11 02 03 11 02 21
Fujieda MYFC 12 02 22 11 01 21
Nagano Parceiro 30 30 20 61 20 50
FC Ryukyu 00 11 00 01 01 42
SC Sagamihara 21 10 10 11 12 15
YSCC Yokohama 12 00 20 00 24 11
Machida Zelvia 20 12 41 21 00 30
Zweigen Kanazawa 21 20 32 40 21 30

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014.
Source: J. League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

J2 promotion playoffs

J3 runners-up Nagano Parceiro will face the 21st-placed J2 club Kamatamare Sanuki in a two-legged playoffs. The winning club will play in J2 in 2015 season.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kamatamare Sanuki 1–0 Nagano Parceiro 0–0 1–0

30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)
12:30
Nagano Parceiro 0–0 Kamatamare Sanuki
Report
Nagano Athletic Stadium, Nagano, Nagano
Attendance: 8,944
Referee: Itaru Hirose

7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
12:30
Kamatamare Sanuki 1–0 Nagano Parceiro

Nagano Parceiro remains in J3 League.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Koji Suzuki Machida Zelvia
19
2 Japan Tsugutoshi Oishi Fujieda MYFC
17
3 Japan Yuji Unozawa Nagano Parceiro
16
4 Japan Ryota Doi Grulla Morioka
11
Japan Hirochika Miyoshi Blaublitz Akita
11
6 Japan Akio Yoshida YSCC Yokohama
10
7 Japan Yoshinori Katsumata Nagano Parceiro
9
Japan Shohei Kiyohara Zweigen Kanazawa
9
Japan Yuki Sato Nagano Parceiro
9
Japan Takafumi Suzuki Machida Zelvia
9

Updated per games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nagano Parceiro 64,701 8,011 1,655 3,595 0.53698161607525+53.6%
2 Zweigen Kanazawa 61,920 8,115 658 3,440 0.66747455162385+66.7%
3 Machida Zelvia 56,404 4,569 2,012 3,134 -0.987397605545051.2%
4 SC Sagamihara 56,388 7,860 921 3,133 0.62837837837838+62.8%
5 Gainare Tottori 55,242 5,892 1,832 3,069 -0.7490846961191125.0%
6 Blaublitz Akita 31,921 2,488 1,057 1,773 0.0028280542986425+0.2%
7 Grulla Morioka 27,403 3,048 741 1,522 1.0347593582888+103.4%
8 FC Ryukyu 25,162 5,163 520 1,398 -0.6756887385210232.4%
9 Fukushima United 23,769 4,163 504 1,321 0.28627069133398+28.6%
10 Fujieda MYFC 23,733 3,302 612 1,319 0.38405036726128+38.4%
11 YSCC Yokohama 18,323 1,819 512 1,018 0.30012771392082+30.0%
League total 444,966 8,115 504 2,247+69.9%

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data

Notes:
League average is compared to JFL average of 2013.
Team played previous season in J2.
Team played previous season in the Regional Leagues.

References

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