2023 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2023 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2023) is the 34th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 13th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 2nd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.[1]

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2023
Dates1 April – 3 December
Matches played226
Goals scored754 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Torataro Okazaki (16 goals)
West: Asuma Ikari (18 goals)
Biggest home winEast: Shoshi HS 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS
(11 June 2023)
West: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–0 Higashi Fukuoka HS
(6 May 2023)
Biggest away winEast: Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May 2023)
West: Riseisha HS 0–6 Ohzu
(30 September 2023)
Highest scoringEast: Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May 2023)
Shoshi HS 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS
(11 June 2023)
West: Ohzu HS 6–3 Riseisha HS
(7 May 2023)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 25 October 2023.

The U-18 team of J1 League club Sagan Tosu are the defending champions. After being the "West" champion, Sagan qualified to the 2022 Premier League Final, in which they played against the "East" champions Kawasaki Frontale. The Saga-based club ended up winning the match by 3-2, earning them their first-ever Premier League title.

Changes from the previous season

The Premier League/Prince League play-offs gives an opportunity for teams to be promoted from the Prince Leagues (a conglomerate of regional leagues that forms the 2nd division of youth football in Japan).

On 2022, the number of teams that could make the jump to the top division were from four up to six. Six matches were held to determine the newcomers and/or other relegated teams of the Premier League.

The two 10th-placed teams in their respective 2022 Premier League divisions participated in the play-offs, while the 11th and 12th-placed teams of each division were directly relegated.

Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated by bottom-league finish (East) Relegated by bottom-league finish (West) Relegated through play-offs
Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS
Shohei HS
Shoshi HS
Yonago Kita HS
Kamimura Gakuen HS		 JFA Academy Fukushima
Kiryu Daiichi HS		 Shimizu S-Pulse
Gamba Osaka		 Cerezo Osaka

Participating clubs

As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Yokohama FC U-18s was the only team to be relocated, switching from the East to the West on 2023.[2]

Premier League EAST
Team Prefecture 2022 record
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School Hokkaido Play-offs win
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori 4th
Shoshi High School Fukushima Play-offs win
Maebashi Ikuei High School Gunma 6th
Shohei High School Saitama Play-offs win
Omiya Ardija Saitama 3rd
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa High School Chiba 8th
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba 9th
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba 10th
FC Tokyo Tokyo 5th
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa 1st
Yokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa 2nd

Premier League WEST
Team Prefecture Rank on 2022
Yokohama FC Kanagawa 7th (EAST)
Shizuoka Gakuen High School Shizuoka 4th
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka 3rd
Nagoya Grampus Aichi 5th
Riseisha High School Osaka 8th
Vissel Kobe Hyogo 2nd
Yonago Kita High School Tottori Play-offs win
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima 7th
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka 9th
Sagan Tosu Saga 1st
Ohzu High School Kumamoto 6th
Kamimura Gakuen High School Kagoshima Play-offs win

League table

Premier League East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aomori Yamada HS 19 14 2 3 48 22 +26 44 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Shoshi HS 19 13 4 2 40 13 +27 43
3 Kawasaki Frontale 19 12 4 3 53 15 +38 40
4 Kashiwa Reysol 19 8 6 5 39 28 +11 30
5 Ichiritsu Funabashi HS 19 6 9 4 30 26 +4 27
6 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS 19 7 4 8 29 27 +2 25
7 Maebashi Ikuei HS 19 7 2 10 23 35 −12 23
8 Shohei HS 19 6 4 9 25 29 −4 22
9 FC Tokyo 19 5 6 8 25 31 −6 21
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 19 4 5 10 20 32 −12 17 Relegation play-offs
11 Omiya Ardija 19 3 5 11 17 33 −16 14 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS 19 3 1 15 14 72 −58 10
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: JFA
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.

Premier League West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 11 4 4 44 24 +20 37 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Vissel Kobe 19 11 3 5 32 19 +13 36
3 Shizuoka Gakuen HS 18 10 4 4 35 24 +11 34
4 Yonago Kita HS 19 9 3 7 35 27 +8 30
5 Nagoya Grampus 19 7 6 6 28 26 +2 27
6 Kumamoto Ohzu HS 19 8 3 8 40 40 0 27
7 Higashi Fukuoka HS 19 7 4 8 30 29 +1 25
8 Yokohama FC 18 7 4 7 29 34 −5 25
9 Júbilo Iwata 19 7 2 10 37 41 −4 23
10 Kamimura Gakuen HS 18 6 3 9 31 40 −9 21 Relegation play-offs
11 Sagan Tosu 18 5 3 10 27 36 −9 18 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Riseisha HS 17 3 1 13 21 49 −28 10
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: JFA
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.

Promotion/relegation play-offs
As of 25 October 2023.

A total of 18 teams participate at this stage. Qualifies for the stage the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions — with each region having its amount of qualifying slots predetermined by the JFA[lower-alpha 1][3]– and the 10th-placed teams of the East and West Premier League conferences. They will be divided into six blocks, with their respective block winners qualifying for the next season's Premier League.

The first round will be played on 8 December, and the final round on 10 December. With the kick-offs evenly split, half the matches will start at 11:00, and half on 13:30 (JST +09:00), on different venues around the city of Hiroshima.[4]

Participating teams from the Prince League:

Team League Rank PPG M W D L GS GC GD
Hokkai HSHokkaido1st 2.571411304310+33
Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHokkaido3rd 2.361411033617+19
Vegalta SendaiTohoku2nd 2.221813144716+31
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  1. Reserve teams, however, can not participate in the play-offs. If their final league placement sits in the qualifying zone for the play-offs, their slot will be allocated to the next best-ranked team.

Final
10 December 2023 East winner v West winner Saitama
13:00 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

Top scorers
As of 25 October 2023.[5][6]

East
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Japan Torataro Okazaki Kawasaki Frontale 16
2 Japan Soji Yoneya Aomori Yamada HS 14
3 Japan Riku Gunji Ichiritsu Funabashi HS 12
4 Japan Nobuhiro Konno Kashiwa Reysol 10
Japan Taiyo Yamaguchi FC Tokyo
6 Japan Asahi Nakada Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS 7
Japan Junki Osa Shohei HS
Japan Akito Toda Kashiwa Reysol
Japan Tora Yamamoto Aomori Yamada HS
10 Japan Shun Sakuramatsu Shoshi HS 6
Japan Kento Shirasu Yokohama F. Marinos

West
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Japan Asuma Ikari Ohzu HS 18
2 Japan Kyota Funahashi Júbilo Iwata 13
Japan Minto Nishimaru Kamimura Gakuen HS
4 Japan Soma Kanda Shizuoka Gakuen HS 12
5 Japan Hagumu Nakagawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11
6 Japan Tsubasa Inada Ohzu HS 9
7 Japan Aren Inoue Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8
Japan Ryusei Sakita Sagan Tosu
9 Japan Ryusei Aisu Yonago Kita HS 7
Japan Naoto Morita Yonago Kita HS
Japan Takumi Yoshioka Higashi Fukuoka HS

See also
League

References
  1. "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023の大会概要が発表". news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023 ファイナルおよびプレーオフ大会概要、ビジュアル「アオアシ」のお知らせ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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