2019 J3 League

The 2019 J3 League, referred to as the 2019 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2019 明治安田生命J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 6th season of J3 League under its current name.

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2019
Dates9 March – 8 December 2019
ChampionsGiravanz Kitakyushu
PromotedGiravanz Kitakyushu
Thespakusatsu Gunma
Matches played306
Goals scored813 (2.66 per match)
Highest attendance16,027
Roasso Kumamoto - Gamba Osaka U-23
(7 September)
Lowest attendance267
FC Tokyo U-23 - SC Sagamihara
(20 October)
Average attendance2,396
← 2018
2020 →

2019 season Clubs
Locations of the 2019 J3 League teams
Greater Tokyo Area J3 League teams

2018 season saw two teams promoted to J2 League: FC Ryukyu won the championship by nine points over second-placed Kagoshima United FC, which confirmed their promotion to the 2019 J2 League season with still one game to play. From second division, there was a double automatic relegation for the first time: Kamatamare Sanuki are back to third tier after five seasons, but they were promoted in 2013 from Japan Football League, when J3 League was planned.[1] The same goes for Roasso Kumamoto, who are back in the third level of Japanese football after more than a decade.

Also, Japan Football League saw the promotion of Vanraure Hachinohe, who came third in JFL and they booked their first professional season in their history.

Club Location Venue Capacity Last season
Azul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000J3（4th）
Blaublitz AkitaAkitaSoyu Stadium20,125J3（8th）
Fukushima United FCFukushimaToho Stadium21,000J3（12th）
Gainare TottoriTottoriTorigin Bird Stadium16,033J3（3rd）
Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuMikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu15,066J3（17th）
Iwate Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946J3（13th）
Kamatamare SanukiTakamatsu, KagawaPikara Stadium30,099Relegated from J2 J2（22nd）
Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251J3（11th）
Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000J3（16th）
Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491J3（10th）
Roasso KumamotoKumamoto, KumamotoEgao Kenko Stadium32,000Relegated from J2 J2（21st）
SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300J3（9th）
Thespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in GunmaShoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma15,253J3（5th）
FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137J3（14th）
Vanraure HachinoheEastern cities/towns in Aomori[lower-alpha 1]Daihatsu Stadium5,200Promoted from JFL JFL（3rd）
YSCC YokohamaYokohamaNippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium15,454J3（15th）
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Osaka & Sakai, Osaka Kincho Stadium 19,904J3（7th）
Gamba Osaka U-23 North cities in Osaka Panasonic Stadium Suita

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

 39,694

21,000

 J3（6th）
  1. Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Japan Ken Yoshida Japan Takuya Sugai Puma
Blaublitz Akita Japan Shuichi Mase Japan Hiroki Kotani ATHLETA
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Japan Yuji Okuma none Puma
Fukushima United Japan Takeo Matsuda Japan Akihiro Sakata hummel
Gainare Tottori Japan Riki Takagi Brazil Fernandinho Puma
Gamba Osaka U-23 Japan Hitoshi Morishita none Umbro
Giravanz Kitakyushu Japan Shinji Kobayashi Japan Yohei Naito bonera
Grulla Morioka Japan Toshimi Kikuchi TBD Under Armour
Kamatamare Sanuki Japan Kenichi Uemura Japan Akira Takeuchi ATHLETA
Kataller Toyama Japan Ryo Adachi Japan Junya Imase Goldwin
Fujieda MYFC Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan Takuya Sugimoto gol.
Nagano Parceiro Japan Yuji Yokoyama Japan Takahiro Oshima Penalty
Roasso Kumamoto Japan Hiroki Shibuya Japan Shoto Suzuki Puma
SC Sagamihara Japan Fumitake Miura Japan Seitaro Tomisawa gol.
Thespakusatsu Gunma Japan Keiichiro Nuno Japan Tetsuya Funatsu Finta
FC Tokyo U-23 Japan Tetsu Nagasawa none Umbro
Vanraure Hachinohe Japan Atsuto Oishi Japan Takafumi Sudo ATHLETA
YSCC Yokohama Japan Yuki Stalph Japan Koichi Miyao YOUNGER

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (C, P) 34 19 9 6 51 27 +24 66 Promotion to 2020 J2 League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Thespakusatsu Gunma (P) 34 18 9 7 59 34 +25 63
3 Fujieda MYFC 34 18 9 7 42 31 +11 63 Ineligible for promotion
4 Kataller Toyama 34 16 10 8 54 31 +23 58
5 Roasso Kumamoto 34 16 9 9 45 39 +6 57
6 Cerezo Osaka U-23 34 16 4 14 49 56 −7 52 Ineligible for promotion
7 Gainare Tottori 34 14 8 12 49 59 −10 50
8 Blaublitz Akita 34 13 10 11 45 35 +10 49
9 Nagano Parceiro 34 13 10 11 35 34 +1 49
10 Vanraure Hachinohe 34 14 6 14 49 42 +7 48
11 Fukushima United 34 13 4 17 45 53 −8 43 Ineligible for promotion
12 Azul Claro Numazu 34 11 6 17 35 43 −8 39
13 YSCC Yokohama 34 12 3 19 53 65 −12 39
14 Kamatamare Sanuki 34 10 9 15 33 49 −16 39
15 SC Sagamihara 34 10 8 16 36 45 −9 38 Ineligible for promotion
16 FC Tokyo U-23 34 9 9 16 43 52 −9 36
17 Gamba Osaka U-23 34 9 8 17 54 55 −1 35
18 Iwate Grulla Morioka 34 7 5 22 36 63 −27 26
Source: 2019 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Giravanz Kitakyushu1111123112212222334444322211111111
Thespakusatsu Gunma6671181213161310964655653211111133333322
Fujieda MYFC4324441356355443211122433322222233
Kataller Toyama121610101167864547881099101086555555555554
Roasso Kumamoto61114913115541121111122333244444444445
Cerezo Osaka U-2332323124356867644665557988108777676
Gainare Tottori29131415171611141116121411107545667666666666767
Blaublitz Akita6111716129991217121416131412141012121413979979998988
Nagano Parceiro615161516141712101312141718181818161515151515141415151212111110109
Vanraure Hachinohe656578121517161713101213111113139121012101010878898910
Fukushima United167116101510131512111618161715131411711810877910101010111111
Azul Claro Numazu1513913141015109141411129121312111414101181111111113141416131212
YSCC Yokohama14171217171611141615151713151517171818181817161616161617171517171513
Kamatamare Sanuki434323422343333677911912131212141414151613151314
SC Sagamihara121381191314171181079109910128131314141515121211131314121415
FC Tokyo U-2318181818181818181818181815171616161717171718181818181716161715161716
Gamba Osaka U-23610148678787798578887879111313131315111212141617
Iwate Grulla Morioka1685755667981011141114151516161616171717171818181818181818
Leader and promotion to J2
Promotion to J2
Source:

Top scorers
As of matches played December 1st, 2019.[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
Japan Taichi Hara FC Tokyo U-23
19
2
Japan Yuya Takazawa Thespakusatsu Gunma
17
3
Japan Yasuhito Morishima Fujieda MYFC
16
4
Japan Hayate Take Fukushima United FC
15
Japan Kohei Shin YSCC Yokohama
6
Japan Hayato Asakawa
13
7
Japan Akito Takagi Gamba Osaka U-23
11
Japan Mizuki Ando Cerezo Osaka U-23
Japan Tsugutoshi Oishi SC Sagamihara
Japan Tomoya Kitamura Roasso Kumamoto
Japan Yosuke Kamigata Vanraure Hachinohe
Japan Ryota Nakamura Blaublitz Akita
Japan Masamichi Hayashi Gainare Tottori

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 102,831 12,270 3,744 6,049 +34.4%†
2 Roasso Kumamoto 94,065 16,027 3,085 5,533 +5.0%†
3 Thespakusatsu Gunma 61,098 5,881 1,875 3,594 +7.4%†
4 Nagano Parceiro 51,006 4,247 1,434 3,000 −15.6%†
5 SC Sagamihara 48,940 5,504 1,609 2,879 −16.7%†
6 Kataller Toyama 46,535 5,254 1,774 2,737 +2.5%†
7 Azul Claro Numazu 41,992 5,315 932 2,470 −13.5%†
8 Gainare Tottori 37,889 4,011 946 2,229 −16.1%†
9 Kamatamare Sanuki 35,906 3,339 1,120 2,112 −31.3%†
10 Vanraure Hachinohe 29,919 2,797 907 1,760 −20.3%‡
11 Fujieda MYFC 29,581 3,973 748 1,740 +39.6%†
12 Blaublitz Akita 26,793 3,858 736 1,576 −44.5%†
13 Iwate Grulla Morioka 23,249 3,212 516 1,368 +12.5%†
14 FC Tokyo U-23 21,684 2,072 267 1,276 −25.9%†
15 Gamba Osaka U-23 21,472 2,662 700 1,263 −8.6%†
16 Fukushima United 21,115 3,406 436 1,242 −21.2%†
17 Cerezo Osaka U-23 20,340 4,755 647 1,196 +7.6%†
18 YSCC Yokohama 18,617 1,610 337 1,095 +9.0%†
League total 733,032 16,027 267 2,396 −3.8%†

Updated to games played on 8 December 2019
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Relegated from J2。‡Promoted from JFL.

References
  1. "カマタマーレ讃岐、最下位でJ3降格 最後にチームが崩壊". Soccer-time.net. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "STATS : J.LEAGUE.JP". Jleague.jp. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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