2023 J3 League
The 2023 J3 League, referred to as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the J3 League under its current name.
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 4 March – 2 December |
Matches played | 320 |
Goals scored | 775 (2.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ren Komatsu (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Nagano Parceiro 4–0 Kamatamare Sanuki (9 April) Vanraure Hachinohe 4–0 Nagano Parceiro (8 July) Azul Claro Numazu 4–0 FC Ryukyu (30 July) |
Biggest away win | Fukushima United 0–5 Nara Club (1 July) |
Highest scoring | Matsumoto Yamaga 5–3 SC Sagamihara (3 June) |
Longest winning run | Kagoshima United Nara Club (4 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Ehime FC (14 matches) |
Longest winless run | SC Sagamihara (15 matches) |
Longest losing run | 4 teams (4 matches) |
Highest attendance | 12,458 Nagano Parceiro 2–1 Matsumoto Yamaga (13 May) |
Lowest attendance | 650 Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 Vanraure Hachinohe (18 March) |
Total attendance | 942,866 [1] |
Average attendance | 2,946 |
← 2022 2024 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023. |
Changes from the previous season
Promoted from 2022 JFL | Promoted to 2023 J2 League | Relegated from 2022 J2 League |
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Nara Club FC Osaka |
Iwaki FC Fujieda MYFC |
FC Ryukyu Iwate Grulla Morioka |
Iwaki FC and Fujieda MYFC were promoted to the J2 League after being champions and runners-up of last season's J3.
FC Ryukyu and Iwate Grulla Morioka were relegated from the J2 League after relatively short stints at the 2nd division, with Ryukyu spending four seasons, and Iwate spending just a single season. The clubs finished as 21st and 22nd-placed team at the 2022 J2 League, respectively.
Nara Club and FC Osaka were promoted to the J3 League after being respectively, champions and runners-up of last season's JFL. Both teams are making their debut in the J3 League after obtaining a J.League License, to enable their promotion from the JFL.
This season is the first of the J3 League to have 20 teams, seeing an increase from last season's 18 teams. About the number of teams, there will be no future changes, as the J.League confirmed that from 2024, all the three professional leagues would have 20 teams in each.
Overview
Promotion and relegation
This season will be the first to feature promotion/relegation from the Japan Football League, enabling the possibility for teams to be relegated from the J3.[2] The system of promotion/relegation between the leagues can be determined by the eligibility (Promotion to J3 requires a J.League license) of the JFL's champions and runners-up for the season.
- If only the JFL champions holds a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation with the J3's 20th-placed team.
- If only the JFL runners-up holds a license, there will be promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 20th-placed team.
- If both the JFL champions and runners-up hold a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation between the JFL champions and the J3's 20th-placed team, and promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 19th-placed team.
- If both the JFL champions and runners-up do not hold a license, no promotion/relegation between J3 and JFL will take place.
The dates and the host teams of the promotion/relegation play-off were pre-determined by the J.League. In case it happens, it will be played in two legs on 9 and 16 December, with the J3 team hosting the second leg.
Participating clubs
- centering on Matsuyama
- centering on Tottori, Yonago, Kurayoshi, Sakaiminato
- centering on Gifu
- centering on Takamatsu, Marugame
- centering on Toyama
- Matsumoto, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Omachi, Ikeda, Ikusaka, Minowa, Asahi
- Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
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Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
Azul Claro Numazu | Kazuhito Mochizuki | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Masashi Nakayama | Pre-season | [3] | ||
FC Gifu | Yuji Yokoyama | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Yusaku Ueno | Pre-season | [4] | ||
Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kenichi Amano | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Kazuaki Tasaka | Pre-season | [5] | ||
FC Imabari | Kazuaki Hashikawa | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Riki Takagi | Pre-season | [6] | ||
Kamatamare Sanuki | Toshihiro Nishimura | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Atsushi Yoneyama | Pre-season | [7] | ||
Matsumoto Yamaga | Hiroshi Nanami | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Masahiro Shimoda | Pre-season | [8] | ||
FC Osaka | Shinya Tsukahara | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Ryo Shigaki | Pre-season | [9] | ||
SC Sagamihara | Norihiro Satsukawa | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Kazuyuki Toda | Pre-season | [10] | ||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Yasushi Takasaki | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Hiroshi Matsuda | Pre-season | [11] | ||
Vanraure Hachinohe | Ryo Shigaki | Contract expiration | Pre-season | — | Nobuhiro Ishizaki | Pre-season | [12] | ||
FC Ryukyu | Kazuki Kuranuki | Sacked | 16 May | 17th | Tetsuhiro Kina | 16 May | [13] | ||
Gainare Tottori | Kim Jong-song | Sacked | 19 June | 18th | Kohei Masumoto (interim) | 20 June | [14] | ||
Fukushima United | Toshihiro Hattori | Sacked | 12 July | 18th | Mitsumasa Yoda | 18 July | [15] | ||
FC Imabari | Riki Takagi | Sacked | 15 August | 6th | Naoto Kudo | 16 August | [16] | ||
Kagoshima United | Naoto Otake | Sacked | 22 August | 5th | Yasuaki Oshima | 23 August | [17] | ||
Nagano Parceiro | Yuki Richard Stalph | Sacked | 27 August | 15th | Riki Takagi | 30 August | [18] | ||
YSCC Yokohama | Kei Hoshikawa | Sacked | 28 August | 18th | Kazuki Kuranuki | 30 August | [19] | ||
FC Ryukyu | Tetsuhiro Kina | Sacked | 15 September | 18th | Kim Jong-song | 15 September | [20] | ||
Iwate Grulla Morioka | Yoshika Matsubara | Sacked | 19 September | 14th | Tetsuji Nakamikawa | 20 September | [21] | ||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Hiroshi Matsuda | Sacked | 26 September | 17th | Mitsuo Kato | 27 September | [22] | ||
Foreign players
From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[23] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.
- Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.
- Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.[24]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Left mid-season |
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Azul Claro Numazu | Igor Gabriel | Mikhael Akatsuka | Raul Sudati | Shunkun Tani | |||
Ehime FC | Ben Duncan | ||||||
Fukushima United | |||||||
Gainare Tottori | Mun In-ju | ||||||
FC Gifu | Ono Cholhwan | ||||||
Giravanz Kitakyushu | Koh Seung-jin | Mikel Agu | Ikechukwu Eboko | ||||
FC Imabari | Marcus Índio | Jon Ander Serantes | Park Soo-bin | Ralf Seuntjens | Filip Piszczek | Dudu | |
Iwate Grulla Morioka | Cristiano | Douglas Oliveira | Au Yeung Yiu Chung | Jang Hyun-soo | Kenneth Otabor | Ri Yong-jik | |
Kagoshima United | Weslley | ||||||
Kamatamare Sanuki | |||||||
Kataller Toyama | Arthur Silva | Gabriel Nascimento | Matheus Leiria | ||||
Matsumoto Yamaga | Lucas Rian | Paulinho | Víctor Ibáñez | ||||
Nagano Parceiro | Ryu Nugraha | Kim Min-ho | |||||
Nara Club | Arnau Riera | ||||||
FC Osaka | Woo Sang-ho | Efrain Rintaro João Victor Maykon Douglas Jean Marie Dongou | |||||
FC Ryukyu | Kelvin | Cho Eun-su | Jeon Ji-wan | Danny Carvajal | Sadam Sulley | ||
SC Sagamihara | |||||||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | |||||||
Vanraure Hachinohe | Oriola Sunday | ||||||
YSCC Yokohama | Carlos Arroyo | Loris Tinelli | Promise Ugochukwu |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Ehime FC | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 61 | Promotion to the J2 League[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Kagoshima United | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 54 | |
3 | Kataller Toyama | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 52 | |
4 | FC Imabari | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 50 | |
5 | FC Osaka[lower-alpha 2] | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 48 | |
6 | Azul Claro Numazu | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 48 | |
7 | Nara Club | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 47 | |
8 | Gainare Tottori | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 47 | |
9 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 46 | |
10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 45 | |
11 | YSCC Yokohama | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 45 | |
12 | FC Gifu | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 44 | |
13 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 43 | |
14 | Fukushima United | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 39 | |
15 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 39 | |
16 | Nagano Parceiro | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 38 | |
17 | FC Ryukyu | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 36 | |
18 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 34 | |
19 | SC Sagamihara | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 33 | Possible qualification for promotion/relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 3] |
20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 24 | Possible relegation to the JFL[lower-alpha 3] |
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.
Notes:
- Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.
- The team does not hold neither a J1 nor J2 license, and so are ineligible for promotion to the J2 League.
- Promotion from the JFL is conditional on holding a valid J3 license. If the JFL champions hold a license, the club will be automatically promoted and the J3's 20th-placed team will be automatically relegated. If the JFL runners-up hold a license, the club will need to play promotion/relegation play-offs against J3's 19th or 20th-placed team for the season, depending on whether the JFL champions hold the J3 license. The club(s) who does not hold a license can not be promoted.
Stadiums
Primary venues to be used in the 2023 J3 League season:
Season statistics
- As of 22 October 2023.
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[25] |
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1 | Ren Komatsu | Matsumoto Yamaga | 18 |
2 | Hayato Asakawa | Nara Club | 15 |
3 | Riki Matsuda | Ehime FC | 12 |
4 | Noah Kenshin Browne | Azul Claro Numazu | 11 |
Sho Fukuda | YSCC Yokohama | ||
Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[26] |
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1 | Shunsuke Motegi | Ehime FC | 9 |
2 | Yusuke Kikui | Matsumoto Yamaga | 8 |
Kaili Shimbo | Iwate Grulla Morioka | ||
4 | Marcus Índio | FC Imabari | 7 |
5 | Noah Kenshin Browne | Azul Claro Numazu | 6 |
Hiroto Domoto | YSCC Yokohama | ||
Nao Eguchi | Kamatamare Sanuki | ||
Yusei Kayanuma | YSCC Yokohama | ||
Daichi Matsuoka | Kataller Toyama | ||
Hiroto Sese | Gainare Tottori | ||
Clean sheets
As of 17 October 2023.
Rank | Player | Club | C.S.[27] |
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1 | Tatsunari Nagai | FC Osaka | 14 |
2 | Hiromu Musha | Azul Claro Numazu | 9 |
Shinji Okada | Nara Club | ||
Kenta Tanno | Iwate Grulla Morioka | ||
5 | Shu Mogi | FC Gifu | 8 |
Tomoki Tagawa | Kataller Toyama | ||
Yusuke Taniguchi | Vanraure Hachinohe | ||
Kaito Yamamoto | Fukushima United | ||
Player
- Most yellow cards: 9[28]
- Takahiro Nakazato (YSCC Yokohama)
- Most red cards: 2 [29]
- Ayumu Matsumoto (FC Gifu)
- Marcus Índio (FC Imabari)
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | References | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
February/March | Yoshika Matsubara | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Tsuyoshi Miyaichi | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Kelvin | FC Ryukyu | [32] |
April | Julián Marín Bazalo | Nara Club | Hayato Asakawa | Nara Club | Ren Komatsu | Matsumoto Yamaga | [33][34][35] |
May | Naoto Otake | Kagoshima United | Sho Fukuda | YSCC Yokohama | Rio Yoshitake | SC Sagamihara | [36] |
June | Yusako Ueno | FC Gifu | Yoji Sasaki | Kataller Toyama | Haruto Shirai | FC Ryukyu | [37][38][39] |
July | Kiyotaka Ishimaru | Ehime FC | Shumpei Fukahori | Ehime FC | Takahiro Kitsui | FC Osaka | [40][41][42] |
August | Mitsumasa Yoda | Fukushima United | Charles Nduka | FC Gifu | Shunsuke Tanimoto | Ehime FC | [43][44][45] |
September | Yasuaki Oshima | Kagoshima United | Takahiro Kitsui | FC Osaka | Nobuyuki Shiina | Kataller Toyama | [46][47][48] |
See also
- National association
- League
- Cup
- 2023 Emperor's Cup (national open cup)
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