2015 J1 League

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season	2015
Champions	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3rd J. League title 8th Japanese title
Relegated	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse
Champions League	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo
Club World Cup	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played	306
Goals scored	820 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Okubo (23 goals)
Highest attendance	53,148 Urawa vs Gamba Osaka (2 May)
Lowest attendance	6,100 Yamagata vs Nagoya (29 July)
Average attendance	17,803
← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 22 November 2015.

The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League season^[1] was the 50th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 23rd since the establishment of the J.League in 1993.

For a five year period starting in 2015, the J.League changed to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) will qualify for the Championship Stage. The winner of the Championship Stage will advance to the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's entrant.

Clubs

Albirex Niigata

Greater Tokyo Area†

Keihanshin Area‡

† Greater Tokyo teams

FC Tokyo
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale
Shonan Bellmare
Urawa Red Diamonds
Yokohama F. Marinos

‡ Keihanshin teams

Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe

Locations of the 2015 J1 League teams

Club Name	Coach	Home Town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	Masaaki Yanagishita	Niigata & Seiro, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Antlers !Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	Masatada Ishii	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J. League Third placed team)
Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	Cho Kwi-jea	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	Shonan Stadium Hiratsuka	18,500	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2014
F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	Erick Mombaerts	Yokohama & Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Nissan Stadium	72,327
Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	Yahiro Kazama	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Suita, Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	21,000	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J. League winners)
Grampus !Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	Akira Nishino	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	Nobuhiro Ishizaki	All cities/towns in Yamagata	ND Soft Stadium	20,315	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2014 (through a play-off system)
Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Saitama, Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700	2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J. League runners-up)
Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Tatsuma Yoshida	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900	2015 AFC Champions League play-off participant (as 2014 J. League Fourth placed team)
S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Kazuaki Tasaka	Shizuoka, Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	Hitoshi Morishita	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000
Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	Massimo Ficcadenti	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Satoru Sakuma	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel !Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Nelsinho Baptista	Kobe, Hyōgo	Misaki Park Stadium	30,132
Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	Yasuharu Sorimachi	Matsumoto, Nagano	Matsumoto Stadium	20,000	Promoted from J. League Division 2 in 2014

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of separation	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Ventforet Kofu	Yasuhiro Higuchi	13 May	Mutual consent^[2]	Satoru Sakuma	13 May
Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo	21 July	Sacked^[3]	Masatada Ishii	21 July
Shimizu S-Pluse	Katsumi Oenoki	1 August	Resigned^[4]	Kazuaki Tasaka	11 August

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract^[5]
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	Cortês	Léo Silva	Rafael Silva	Lim You-hwan		Rafael Ratão
Antlers !Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	Caio	Davi	Dinei	Hwang Seok-ho
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	André Bahia	Thiago Quirino	Kim Jong-pil	Lee Ho-seung		Alison
F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	Ademilson	Fabio	Rafinha
Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	Arthur Maia	Elsinho
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Lins	Patric		Oh Jae-suk	Kim Jung-ya
Grampus !Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	Leandro Domingues	Danilson Córdoba	Milivoje Novaković			Gustavo
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	Alceu	Diego	Romero Frank	Kim Byeom-yong
Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Zlatan Ljubijankić
Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Cristiano	Ederson	Eduardo	Kim Chang-soo
S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Dejan Jaković	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Peter Utaka	Mitchell Duke	Jong Tae-se
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	Baek Sung-dong	Choi Sung-keun	Kim Min-hyeok	Kim Min-woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Douglas	Mihael Mikić		Byeon Jun-byum
Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	Vlada Avramov	Francisco Sandaza		Nathan Burns
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	Baré	Maranhão	Marquinhos Paraná
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	Felipe	Ramon Lopes	Wilson	Kim Min-tae	Ryang Yong-gi
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	Leandro	Marquinhos	Pedro Júnior	Jung Woo-young		Bueno
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	Eric	Obina	Willians	Kim Bo-kyung

Format changes

Teams play a single round-robin in the first stage and a single round-robin in the second stage.^[6] After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the first and second stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings advance to the championship stage. The team that finishes atop the overall table automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final.

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds (Q)	17	12	5	0	39	17	+22	41	Qualification to J.League Championship Stage
2	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	17	11	2	4	24	18	+6	35
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	10	4	3	29	16	+13	34
4	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	17	9	5	3	24	13	+11	32
5	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	17	9	3	5	32	26	+6	30
6	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	17	7	5	5	21	17	+4	26
7	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	17	6	5	6	27	20	+7	23
8	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	17	6	4	7	27	25	+2	22
9	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	17	6	4	7	18	18	0	22
10	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	17	6	4	7	20	24	−4	22
11	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	17	5	5	7	22	32	−10	20
12	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	17	6	2	9	12	22	−10	20
13	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	17	4	7	6	17	19	−2	19
14	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	17	4	6	7	22	25	−3	18
15	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	17	4	3	10	17	26	−9	15
16	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	17	3	5	9	14	24	−10	14
17	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	17	3	5	9	20	33	−13	14
18	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	17	3	4	10	22	32	−10	13

Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2015. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Q)	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Qualification to J.League Championship Stage
2	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	17	12	1	4	30	16	+14	37
3	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	17	9	4	4	32	24	+8	31
4	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	17	9	4	4	30	23	+7	31
5	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	17	8	5	4	24	15	+9	29
6	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	17	8	4	5	21	15	+6	28
7	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	17	8	3	6	30	22	+8	27
8	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	17	8	3	6	24	18	+6	27
9	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	17	7	5	5	20	20	0	26
10	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	17	7	3	7	26	30	−4	24
11	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	17	5	5	7	21	25	−4	20
12	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	17	4	8	5	15	22	−7	20
13	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	17	6	1	10	27	30	−3	19
14	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	17	4	5	8	14	21	−7	17
15	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	17	3	4	10	13	28	−15	13
16	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	17	3	3	11	17	28	−11	12
17	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	17	2	6	9	15	33	−18	12
18	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	17	1	7	9	10	29	−19	10

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2nd Stage Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	23	5	6	73	30	+43	74	Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final
2	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	21	9	4	69	40	+29	72	Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round
3	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	34	18	9	7	56	37	+19	63
4	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	34	19	6	9	45	33	+12	63	Champions League qualifying play-off¹
5	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	57	41	+16	59
6	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	17	6	11	62	48	+14	57
7	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	15	10	9	45	32	+13	55
8	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	34	13	9	12	40	44	−4	48
9	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	34	13	7	14	44	48	−4	46
10	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	34	12	9	13	46	43	+3	45
11	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	34	9	13	12	37	54	−17	40
12	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	34	10	8	16	44	49	−5	38
13	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	34	10	7	17	26	43	−17	37
14	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	34	9	8	17	44	48	−4	35
15	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	8	10	16	41	58	−17	34
16	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga (R)	34	7	7	20	30	54	−24	28	Relegation to 2016 J2 League
17	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse (R)	34	5	10	19	37	65	−28	25
18	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata (R)	34	4	12	18	24	53	−29	24

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

¹ The winner of the 2015 Emperor's Cup will also qualify for the Group Stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner will have already qualified to the Group Stage as the league champion or runners-up - the final Group Stage spot will be awarded to the third-placed team, and the Qualifying Play-off spot will be awarded to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by round

First stage

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team \ Round
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	10	10	4	2	1	5	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	3	3	3	2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	1	1	6	10	6	6	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	10	13	7	5	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	1	4	6	4	6	4	3	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	5	5
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	14	16	13	8	7	11	8	11	11	8	6	5	4	5	5	6	6
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	4	5	5	2	4	7	9	13	13	15	15	12	13	11	7	9	7
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	14	17	17	11	12	8	10	8	10	11	9	8	11	9	9	7	8
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	8	12	16	18	12	8	11	9	6	7	8	11	9	10	8	8	9
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	14	8	12	7	11	13	14	12	12	13	10	10	8	7	10	10	10
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	6	3	3	9	5	3	5	6	7	5	7	6	7	8	11	11	11
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	17	9	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	12	12
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	13	13	18	14	9	10	7	10	9	9	11	14	10	12	12	13	13
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	7	7	10	12	8	12	12	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	14
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	8	11	9	12	16	15	13	14	15	12	14	9	12	13	14	14	15
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	17	18	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	15	15	16	16	16	16
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	12	15	10	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	17	17
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	1	5	8	10	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18

Last updated: 27 June 2015
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 03 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.
Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking.

	Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship

Second stage

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team \ Round
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	4	5	11	7	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	6	8	6	3	5	8	10	8	5	5	5	4	8	4	4	4	3
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	6	7	9	13	14	9	8	4	9	6	4	3	4	6	5	5	4
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	9	14	16	16	17	14	12	9	6	7	6	8	7	3	3	3	5
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	17	10	9	13	9	6	4	6	4	4	7	5	3	5	7	6	6
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	2	3	4	5	3	4	6	10	11	9	8	6	5	7	8	9	7
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	12	10	3	2	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	6	8	6	7	8
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	6	5	11	11	7	5	6	4	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	14	8	6	6	2	7	5	7	8	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	12	17	14	8	10	10	13	14	12	12	10	11	11	10	11	12	11
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	4	4	8	9	11	12	11	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	1	2	2	4	8	11	9	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	13
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	14	14	4	12	13	15	16	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	14	18	15	10	12	13	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	15
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	11	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	16
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	18	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	9	12	13	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	18	18

Last updated: 22 November 2015
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Matchday 6 results for Gamba Osaka vs. Sagan Tosu, held on 22 July 2015, are included in Matchday 4 ranking. Gamba Osaka is a finalist in 2015 Suruga Bank Championship, scheduled on 11 August 2015.
Note 2: Matchday 9 results for Matsumoto Yamaga vs. Montedio Yamagata, held on 23 September 2015, are included on Matchday 12 ranking.

	Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship

Overall

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
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	1	1	6	10	6	6	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	10	13	7	5	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	10	10	4	2	1	5	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	14	17	17	11	12	8	10	8	10	11	9	8	11	9	9	7	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	5
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	1	4	6	4	6	4	3	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	14	16	13	8	7	11	8	11	11	8	6	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	14	8	12	7	11	13	14	12	12	13	10	10	8	7	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	7	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	8	12	16	18	12	8	11	9	6	7	8	11	9	10	8	8	9	12	9	9	7	7	8	7	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	7	7	10	12	8	12	12	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	9	10	10
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	6	3	3	9	5	3	5	6	7	5	7	6	7	8	11	11	11	10	11	14	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	11	11
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	13	13	18	14	9	10	7	10	9	9	11	14	10	12	12	13	13	11	12	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	15	14	12	12
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	17	9	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	14	15	13	11	11	11	13	13
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	4	5	5	2	4	7	9	13	13	15	15	12	13	11	7	9	7	9	10	11	13	14	11	13	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	14
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	12	15	10	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	15	15	15
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	8	11	9	12	16	15	13	14	15	12	14	9	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	1	5	8	10	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	17	18	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18

Last updated: 22 November 2015
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 03 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.
Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking.
Note 3: Matchday 23 results for Gamba Osaka vs. Sagan Tosu, held on 22 July 2015, are included in Matchday 21 ranking. Gamba Osaka is a finalist in 2015 Suruga Bank Championship, scheduled on 11 August 2015.
Note 4: Matchday 26 results for Matsumoto Yamaga vs. Montedio Yamagata, held on 23 September 2015, are included on Matchday 29 ranking.

	Leader, qualification to 2015 J.League Championship Final and 2016 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2015 AFC Champions League group stage / qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2016 J2 League

Championship stage

The Championship stage consisted of a knockout tournament involving the champions of the First and Second Stages, and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall table. The team with the best aggregate record earned a bye to the final. The remaining teams playoff for the other spot in the final.

Semifinal		Final

		Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	1	4
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	2	1	3
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.)	3

28 November 2015
14:00

Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
Ljubijankić 72'	Report	Konno 47' Fujiharu 117' Patric 120'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Midori-ku, Saitama
Attendance: 40,696
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

2 December 2015
19:30

Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	2 – 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nagasawa 60' Konno 82'	Report	Douglas 80' Sasaki 90+1' Kashiwa 90+6'

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 17,844
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

5 December 2015
19:30

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
Asano 76'	Report	Konno 28'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
Attendance: 36,609
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Results

First stage

Home ╲ Away	Albirex Niigata !ALB	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Shonan Bellmare !BEL	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA	Kawasaki Frontale !FRO	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus !GRA	Montedio Yamagata !MON	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Sagan Tosu !SAG	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !SFR	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	F.C. Tokyo !TOK	Vegalta Sendai !VEG	Ventforet Kofu !VEN	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Matsumoto Yamaga !YAM
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata							1–1	1–1		3–2			0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–2
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	1–1		1–2		2–3						3–1	2–2				0–1	1–2	3–1
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	1–3					0–2			1–3		4–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–0		1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	0–3	3–0		1–3	1–1	2–0				1–0	1–2			1–1
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	4–1		2–1						1–1	1–4	3–2	0–1				3–0	2–2	2–0
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	2–1	2–0			1–1		3–1							2–2	1–1		0–0	1–0
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus		1–1	3–0		0–1			0–0		1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1					3–3
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3				3–0				0–1			0–1	0–0
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	5–2	2–1		2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0					1–0	4–1				1–0
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol		1–3	0–0	1–2		1–0			3–3			2–3	0–0		1–1
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	2–1					1–0		1–0	1–6	1–1		2–2		1–2			1–1	1–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–2					0–1		5–1	0–0				2–0		2–0	2–0	0–1
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse		3–1		1–2	5–2	2–3		3–3			2–2					0–2		0–1
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo		0–1		0–0	2–1		0–1			2–1		1–2	3–2			1–0
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai		1–2			2–3		2–0	2–0	4–4		5–0		2–1	2–3		0–1
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu			0–1	1–1		0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe				1–1			0–1		1–1	0–1			1–2	0–2	0–1	4–1
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	1–2		2–3	0–3						3–0		1–2		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0

Updated to games played on 27 June 2015.
Source: J. League Data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Home ╲ Away	Albirex Niigata !ALB	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Shonan Bellmare !BEL	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA	Kawasaki Frontale !FRO	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus !GRA	Montedio Yamagata !MON	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Sagan Tosu !SAG	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !SFR	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	F.C. Tokyo !TOK	Vegalta Sendai !VEG	Ventforet Kofu !VEN	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Matsumoto Yamaga !YAM
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata		2–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2			1–2		1–0	0–2						2–0
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers				2–0		1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–2			0–0	2–1	3–2
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare		2–1		1–1	2–1		2–1	0–1		3–0						0–2		1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos								1–1	4–0	0–1			1–2	1–0		2–0	2–1	0–0
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale		1–3		0–1		5–3	6–1	0–0					3–2	2–0	1–0
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka			1–0	2–2				4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0			2–1
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	4–2			0–3		3–2			2–1					0–0	0–1	4–2	2–0
Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	1–3						0–3		0–0		1–3	1–3	1–2		1–1	0–1
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds			1–0		1–1					1–0	1–1	1–2			3–1	1–1	5–2
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	1–1				1–0		3–1	0–0			2–3			0–1		2–2	2–0	2–0
Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu		0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1		0–0						0–0		1–0	0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima		0–1	5–0	2–0	2–1		5–2			0–3	0–0			0–1				6–0
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1		1–2				2–2		1–4	0–3		1–5		1–1	0–1		0–5
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	3–1		1–2			2–1		0–0	3–4		0–0				3–1		3–0	1–0
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	0–1		1–1	1–3		1–3				0–1		3–4					1–2	3–1
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	0–0	0–1			1–3							0–2	2–2	0–1	0–0		1–0	0–1
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	1–2	0–2	1–1		2–0	1–2		3–1			7–1	0–4						2–1
Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga		2–0			1–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2		1–2		1–0

Updated to games played on 22 November 2015.
Source: J. League Data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	23
2	Douglas	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	21
3	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	19
4	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	16
5	Cristiano	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	14
6	Yuki Muto	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	13
7	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	12
	Patric	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
	Hisato Sato	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima
10	Genki Omae	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	11

Updated to games played on 22 November 2015

Source: J. League Data^[7]

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Toshihiro Aoyama	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Rookie of the Year	Takuma Asano	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Manager of the Year	Hajime Moriyasu	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Top scorer	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	23 goals.

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Kosuke Ota (2)	F.C. Tokyo	Japan
DF	Masato Morishige (3)	F.C. Tokyo	Japan
DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (2)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
DF	Tomoaki Makino (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
MF	Mu Kanazaki (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Toshihiro Aoyama (3)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endō (12)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo (3)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
FW	Takashi Usami (2)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Douglas (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	658,668	53,148	22,363	38,745	0.090916769906521+9.0%^†
2	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	489,336	42,604	12,727	28,784	0.14281176797554+14.2%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	411,759	44,226	8,038	24,221	0.049073111573112+4.9%^†
3	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	398,545	31,324	16,068	23,444	0.020235867531224+2.0%^†
5	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	356,976	24,992	14,881	20,999	0.2603685252986+26.0%^†
6	Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga	285,992	18,906	11,743	16,823	0.32121259718841+32.1%^†
7	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	279,185	29,030	6,923	16,423	-0.92969148032833−7.0%^†
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	278,499	33,210	7,966	16,382	0.092351803694072+9.2%^†
9	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	276,512	24,027	7,696	16,265	0.083610926049301+8.3%^†
10	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	276,082	33,558	9,986	16,240	-0.97053726169844−2.9%^†
12	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	271,984	18,842	10,702	15,999	0.084751508576853+8.4%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	239,406	19,736	11,348	14,083	-0.99106263194933−0.8%^†
13	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	234,442	19,375	12,488	13,791	-0.90891715547354−9.1%^†
14	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	228,644	20,792	7,524	13,450	-0.95140411685648−4.8%^†
15	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare	207,539	14,581	9,157	12,208	0.43996225524888+43.9%^†
16	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	192,042	14,176	7,015	11,297	-0.92826622843057−7.1%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	185,609	14,055	6,701	10,918	0.018945403639757+1.8%^†
18	Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata	170,518	13,737	6,100	10,030	0.58002520478891+58.0%^†
	League total	5,447,602	53,148	6,100	17,803	+3.2%^†

Updated to games played on 22 November 2015
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

References

↑ "新年のご挨拶" (Press release) (in Japanese). J League (Official). 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-01-19. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ http://www.ventforet.jp/news/press_release/508693
↑ http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/50018
↑ http://www.s-pulse.co.jp/news/detail/30231/
↑ "Player registration and contracts". J. League. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ http://www.jleague.jp/docs/aboutj/regulation/17.pdf
↑ http://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J1

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J1 League champions

7 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2009)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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