2018 J2 League

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Meiji Yasuda J2 League
Season 2018
Champions Matsumoto Yamaga
Promoted Matsumoto Yamaga
Oita Trinita
Relegated Roasso Kumamoto
Kamatamare Sanuki
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1143 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Genki Omae
Omiya Ardija, 24 goals
Highest attendance 22,465[1]
Niigata 1–1 Matsumoto
(3 March)
Lowest attendance 1,510[1]
Sanuki 1-1 Yamagata
(19 September)
Average attendance 7,049
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2018 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season was the 47th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 20th season since the establishment of J2 League.

Clubs

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name Home Town(s) Note(s)
Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata Relegated from J1
Omiya Ardija Saitama Relegated from J1
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
Ehime FC All cities/towns in Ehime[lower-alpha 1]
Fagiano Okayama All cities/towns in Okayama[lower-alpha 2]
FC Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu[lower-alpha 3]
JEF United Chiba Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kamatamare Sanuki Takamatsu, Kagawa
Kyoto Sanga Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto[lower-alpha 4]
Machida Zelvia Machida, Tokyo
Matsumoto Yamaga Central cities/towns in Nagano[lower-alpha 5]
Mito HollyHock Mito, Ibaraki
Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata[lower-alpha 6]
Oita Trinita Ōita
Renofa Yamaguchi All cities/towns in Yamaguchi[lower-alpha 7]
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto
Tochigi SC Utsunomiya, Tochigi Promoted from J3
Tokushima Vortis All cities/towns in Tokushima[lower-alpha 8]
Ventforet Kofu All Yamanashi Prefecture[lower-alpha 9] Relegated from J1
Tokyo Verdy All cities/towns in Tokyo
Yokohama FC Yokohama, Kanagawa
Zweigen Kanazawa Kanazawa
  1. ↑ centering on Matsuyama
  2. ↑ centering on Okayama, Kurashiki, Tsuyama
  3. ↑ centering on Gifu
  4. ↑ Kyoto, Uji, Joyo, Kyōtanabe, Mukō, Nagaokakyō, Kizugawa, Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotanba
  5. ↑ Matsumoto, Nagano, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Ōmachi, Ikeda
  6. ↑ centering on Yamagata, Tendō, Tsuruoka
  7. ↑ centering on Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki, Sanyoonoda, Ube
  8. ↑ centering on Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima
  9. ↑ centering on Kofu and Nirasaki

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Albirex Niigata Japan Masakazu Suzuki Japan Ryota Isomura GermanyAdidas
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Masami Ihara Japan Hisashi Jogo Yonex
Ehime FC Japan Shuichi Mase Japan Kazuhisa Kawahara Mizuno
Fagiano Okayama Japan Tetsu Nagasawa Japan Kohei Kiyama Penalty
FC Gifu Japan Takeshi Oki Japan Yuto Ono New Balance
JEF United Chiba Argentina Juan Esnáider Japan Naoya Kondo Kappa
Kamatamare Sanuki Japan Makoto Kitano Japan Kazumasa Takagi ATHLETA
Kyoto Sanga Japan Takanori Nunobe Japan Yuta Someya Wacoal
Machida Zelvia Japan Naoki Soma North Korea Ri Han-jae SVOLME
Matsumoto Yamaga Japan Yasuharu Sorimachi Japan Masaki Iida GermanyAdidas
Mito HollyHock Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan Junya Hosokawa GAViC
Montedio Yamagata Japan Takashi Kiyama Japan Takumi Yamada New Balance
Oita Trinita Japan Tomohiro Katanosaka Japan Akira Takeuchi Puma
Omiya Ardija Japan Masatada Ishii Japan Kosuke Kikuchi United States Under Armour
Renofa Yamaguchi Japan Masahiro Shimoda Japan Hidetoshi Miyuki Finta
Roasso Kumamoto Japan Hiroki Shibuya Japan Akihiro Sato Puma
Tochigi SC Japan Yuji Yokoyama Japan Koji Hirose ATHLETA
Tokushima Vortis Spain Ricardo Rodríguez Japan Ken Iwao Japan Mizuno
Tokyo Verdy Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Japan Akira Ibayashi ATHLETA
Ventforet Kofu Japan Tatsuma Yoshida Japan Hideomi Yamamoto Mizuno
Yokohama FC Brazil Edson Tavares Japan Kensuke Sato SOCCER JUNKY
Zweigen Kanazawa Japan Masaaki Yanagishita Japan Tomonobu Hiroi Germany Adidas

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Ventforet Kofu Japan Tatsuma Yoshida 30 April 2018[2] Japan Nobuhiro Ueno 30 April 2018
Kyoto Sanga Japan Takanori Nunobe 11 May 2018[3] Serbia Boško Gjurovski 11 May 2018
Ehime FC Japan Shuichi Mase 15 May 2018[4] Japan Kenta Kawai 15 May 2018
Albirex Niigata Japan Masakazu Suzuki 8 August 2018[5] Japan Koichiro Katafuchi 22 August 2018

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. Clubs can register up to four foreign players for a single match-day squad, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Other Former
Albirex Niigata Brazil Alex Muralha Brazil Cauê Brazil Jonathan Reis Brazil Thalles South Korea Song Ju-hun Brazil Bruno Meneghel
Omiya Ardija Brazil Marcelo Toscano Brazil Mateus Republic of Macedonia David Babunski Sweden Robin Simović South Korea Kim Dong-su Brazil Cauê
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Dudu Brazil Léo Mineiro South Korea Won Du-jae South Korea Yu In-soo Brazil Euller
Brazil Túlio de Melo
Ehime FC South Korea Park Seung-su South Korea Woo Sang-ho
Fagiano Okayama Brazil Ricardo Santos South Korea Choi Jung-won South Korea Jeong Chung-geun South Korea Lee Kyung-tae South Korea Lee Yong-jae
FC Gifu Argentina Ezequiel Ham Brazil Michael New Zealand Ryan De Vries South Korea Jeon San-hae Spain Víctor Ibáñez South Korea Woo Sang-ho
JEF United Chiba Argentina Joaquín Larrivey Argentina Diego Rodríguez Australia Jason Geria Brazil Hebert Paraguay Jorge Salinas
Kamatamare Sanuki Brazil Alex South Korea Park Chan-yong South Korea Song Young-min
Kyoto Sanga Brazil Juninho Brazil Kaio China Wu Shaocong South Korea Kim Cheol-ho Uruguay Renzo López Uruguay Matías Caseras
Brazil Alexandre
Machida Zelvia Republic of Macedonia Dorian Babunski Peru Romero Frank South Korea Jung Han-cheol North Korea Ri Han-jae
Matsumoto Yamaga Brazil Dinei Brazil Paulinho Brazil Serginho South Korea Goh Dong-min South Korea Jo Jin-woo Singapore Anders Aplin
Mito HollyHock Brazil Batista Brazil Diego Brazil Jefferson Baiano Costa Rica Danny Carvajal
Montedio Yamagata Brazil Álvaro Brazil Bruno Lopes Brazil Felipe Alves Brazil Jairo
Oita Trinita Brazil Willian South Korea Mun Kyung-gun North Korea Hwang Song-su South Korea Lim Seung-gyeom
Renofa Yamaguchi Brazil Julinho Brazil Renan Brazil Washington Brazil Gerson
South Korea Min Kyung-jun
Roasso Kumamoto South Korea Lim Jin-woo South Korea Yang Sang-jun North Korea An Byong-jun
Tochigi SC Brazil Alex Brazil Paulao Brazil Henik Brazil Mendes Switzerland Johnny Leoni Australia Diogo Ferreira
Slovenia Nejc Pečnik
Tokushima Vortis Brazil Bueno Nigeria Peter Utaka South Korea Kim Jong-pil Spain David Barral Spain Sisinio Brazil Nathan Júnior
Costa Rica Danny Carvajal
Ventforet Kofu Brazil Diego Brazil Éder Lima Brazil Ferrugem Brazil Junior Barros South Korea Byeon Jun-byum Brazil Dinei
Brazil Lins
Tokyo Verdy Brazil Alan Pinheiro Brazil Douglas Brazil Leandro North Korea Ri Yong-jik Spain Carlos Martínez
Yokohama FC Brazil Bruno Meneghel Brazil Leandro Domingues Netherlands Calvin Jong-a-Pin Norway Ibba Laajab South Korea Bae Seung-jin South Korea Jeong Chung-geun
Zweigen Kanazawa Brazil Allan Brazil Rodrigo Maranhão

League table

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Results

Home \ Away ALB ARD AVI EHI FAG GIF HOL JEF KAM MON REN ROS SAN TOC TRI VEN VER VOR YAM YFC ZEL ZWE
Albirex Niigata — 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–5 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1
Omiya Ardija 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 4–4 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–1
Avispa Fukuoka 0–2 3–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–2
Ehime FC 0–0 2–3 1–5 — 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2
Fagiano Okayama 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3
FC Gifu 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 4–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
Mito HollyHock 0–1 0–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
JEF United Chiba 1–2 1–3 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 — 6–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 3–4
Kamatamare Sanuki 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2
Montedio Yamagata 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 2–1
Renofa Yamaguchi 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 — 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 4–3 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–2
Roasso Kumamoto 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–4 0–1 1–3 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–5 2–3 0–1
Kyoto Sanga 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0
Tochigi SC 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–5 1–0 3–1 — 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Oita Trinita 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 5–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 — 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–2 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–3
Tokyo Verdy 4–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–1
Tokushima Vortis 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–4 — 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3
Matsumoto Yamaga 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–3 0–1 5–0
Yokohama FC 0–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 4–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 — 2–3 0–4
Machida Zelvia 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–3 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–0
Zweigen Kanazawa 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2018. Source: J.League Data

Promotion–Relegation Playoffs

2018 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2018 J1参入プレーオフ)
Because Machida Zelvia did not own a J1 license for the 2019 season, they were ineligible to participate in the play-offs. Thus, Yokohama FC, finishing third in the season, received a bye into the second round, from which the winner will play the team finishing 16th in J1.

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First Semi-Final

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)
13:00
Omiya Ardija 0–1 Tokyo Verdy
Taira Goal 71'
NACK5 Stadium Omiya, Saitama
Attendance: 11,858
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Second Semi-Final

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)
13:00
Yokohama FC 0–1 Tokyo Verdy
Douglas Vieira Goal 90+7'
Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 12,625
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Final

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)
14:00
Júbilo Iwata 2–0 Tokyo Verdy
K. Ogawa Goal 41' (pen.)
Taguchi Goal 80'		 https://www.jleague.jp/sp/en/match/j1j2playoff/2018/120801/live/#live
Yamaha Stadium, Iwata
Attendance: 14,588

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

Top scorers

As of matches played 17 November 2018.[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Japan Genki Omae Omiya Ardija
24
2
 Japan Ado Onaiwu Renofa Yamaguchi
22
3
 Japan Takayuki Funayama JEF United Chiba
19
4
 Norway Ibba Yokohama FC
17
5
 Brazil Douglas Vieira Tokyo Verdy
13
6 Japan Masashi Oguro Tochigi SC 12
Japan Seigo Kobayashi Renofa Yamaguchi
Japan Yuki Nakashima Machida Zelvia
Brazil Mateus Omiya Ardija
Japan Kenji Baba Oita Trinita
Japan Noriaki Fujimoto

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 {{fb team Albirex Niigata |oc=}} 313,080 22,465 8,614 14,913 -0.67681764545702−32.3%†
2 {{fb team Matsumoto Yamaga |oc=}} 278,948 19,066 9,490 13,283 -0.78957379777685−21.0%†
3 {{fb team JEF United Chiba |oc=}} 207,025 12,440 6,152 9,858 -0.98747871381348−1.2%†
4 {{fb team Omiya Ardija |oc=}} 193,711 12,400 6,506 9,224 -0.80460572226099−19.5%†
5 {{fb team Oita Trinita |oc=}} 187,052 15,125 4,880 8,907 0.10467567902766+10.4%†
6 {{fb team Avispa Fukuoka |oc=}} 186,323 15,331 6,684 8,873 -0.92910994764398−7.0%†
7 {{fb team Fagiano Okayama |oc=}} 180,586 13,851 5,034 8,599 -0.90792946890508−9.2%†
8 {{fb team Ventforet Kofu |oc=}} 155,054 10,192 3,130 7,384 -0.6810551558753−31.8%†
9 {{fb team FC Gifu |oc=}} 144,011 12,045 3,819 6,858 -0.98294395872151−1.7%†
10 {{fb team Montedio Yamagata |oc=}} 142,094 13,609 4,675 6,766 0.027955028866606+2.7%†
11 {{fb team Yokohama FC |oc=}} 128,959 10,978 3,051 6,141 0.029160382101558+2.9%†
12 {{fb team Renofa Yamaguchi |oc=}} 128,579 12,927 3,133 6,123 0.12266226622662+12.2%†
13 {{fb team Tokyo Verdy |oc=}} 124,654 10,529 3,048 5,936 -0.95649371575894−4.3%†
14 {{fb team Kyoto Sanga |oc=}} 118,931 9,036 2,624 5,663 -0.83921161825726−16.0%†
15 {{fb team Tochigi SC |oc=}} 118,805 11,562 3,203 5,657 0.09908684670682+9.9%‡
16 {{fb team Roasso Kumamoto |oc=}} 110,643 10,226 3,206 5,269 -0.80356870520055−19.6%†
17 {{fb team Tokushima Vortis |oc=}} 104,941 8,753 2,974 4,997 0.0036151837718417+0.3%†
18 {{fb team Mito HollyHock |oc=}} 103,698 7,858 2,736 4,938 0.0014195903467857+0.1%†
19 {{fb team Machida Zelvia |oc=}} 103,215 10,013 2,414 4,915 0.21178500986193+21.1%†
20 {{fb team Zweigen Kanazawa |oc=}} 95,093 9,645 2,108 4,528 0.029793040709575+2.9%†
21 {{fb team Ehime FC |oc=}} 66,382 5,319 2,196 3,161 -0.81764097258148−18.2%†
22 {{fb team Kamatamare Sanuki |oc=}} 64,532 5,668 1,510 3,073 -0.80762155059133−19.2%†
League total 3,256,416 22,465 1,510 7,049 +1.1%†

Updated to games played on 17 November 2018
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Relegated from J1.‡ Promoted from J3.

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