2019 J3 League

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season	2019
Dates	9 March – 8 December 2019
Promoted	Giravanz Kitakyushu
	← 2018 2020 →

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.

2019 season Clubs

Template:J3 League map 2019 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 Numazu	Numazu	Ashitaka Stadium	10,000	J3（4th）
Blaublitz Akita	Akita	Akigin Stadium	4,992	J3（8th）
Fukushima United FC	Fukushima	Toho Stadium	21,000	J3（12th）
Gainare Tottori	Tottori	Torigin Bird Stadium	16,033	J3（3rd）
Giravanz Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu	15,066	J3（17th）
Iwate Grulla Morioka	Morioka	Iwagin Stadium	4,946	J3（13th）
Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu, Kagawa	Pikara Stadium	30,099	Relegated from J2 J2（22nd）
Kataller Toyama	Toyama	Toyama Athletic Stadium	25,251	J3（11th）
Fujieda MYFC	Fujieda	Fujieda Soccer Field	13,000	J3（16th）
Nagano Parceiro	Nagano	Nagano U Stadium	15,491	J3（10th）
Roasso Kumamoto	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	Egao Kenko Stadium	32,000	Relegated from J2 J2（21st）
SC Sagamihara	Sagamihara	Gion Stadium	15,300	J3（9th）
Thespakusatsu Gunma	All cities/towns in Gunma	Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma	15,253	J3（5th）
FC Tokyo U-23	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka	7,137	J3（14th）
Vanraure Hachinohe	Eastern cities/towns in Aomori^[a]	Daihatsu Stadium	5,200	Promoted from JFL JFL（3rd）
YSCC Yokohama	Yokohama	Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium	15,454	J3（15th）
Cerezo Osaka U-23	Osaka & Sakai, Osaka	Kincho Stadium	19,904	J3（7th）
Gamba Osaka U-23	North cities in Osaka	Panasonic Stadium Suita Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium	39,694 21,000	J3（6th）

Personnel and kits

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

^ Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
2	Thespakusatsu Gunma (P)	34	18	9	7	59	34	+25	63	Promotion to 2020 J2 League^[a]
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	Ineligible for promotion
11	Fukushima United	34	13	4	17	45	53	−8	43
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:

^ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

Positions by round

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
Giravanz Kitakyushu	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Fujieda MYFC	4	3	2	4	4	4	1	3	5	6	3	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Thespakusatsu Gunma	6	6	7	11	8	12	13	16	13	10	9	6	4	6	5	5	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3
Roasso Kumamoto	6	11	14	9	13	11	5	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Kataller Toyama	12	16	10	10	11	6	7	8	6	4	5	4	7	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cerezo Osaka U-23	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	4	3	5	6	8	6	7	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	8	8	10	8	7	7	7	6
Gainare Tottori	2	9	13	14	15	17	16	11	14	11	16	12	14	11	10	7	5	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Vanraure Hachinohe	6	5	6	5	7	8	12	15	17	16	17	13	10	12	13	11	11	13	13	9	12	10	12	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	9	8
Blaublitz Akita	6	11	17	16	12	9	9	9	12	17	12	14	16	13	14	12	14	10	12	12	14	13	9	7	9	9	7	9	9	9	8	9
Nagano Parceiro	6	15	16	15	16	14	17	12	10	13	12	14	17	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	12	12	11	11	10
Fukushima United	16	7	11	6	10	15	10	13	15	12	11	16	18	16	17	15	13	14	11	7	11	8	10	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	11
SC Sagamihara	12	13	8	11	9	13	14	17	11	8	10	7	9	10	9	9	10	12	8	13	13	14	14	15	15	12	12	11	13	13	14	12
Azul Claro Numazu	15	13	9	13	14	10	15	10	9	14	14	11	12	9	12	13	12	11	14	14	10	11	8	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	16	13
Gamba Osaka U-23	6	10	14	8	6	7	8	7	8	7	7	9	8	5	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	9	11	13	13	13	13	15	11	12	12	14
Kamatamare Sanuki	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	6	7	7	9	11	9	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	13	15
FC Tokyo U-23	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	15	16
YSCC Yokohama	14	17	12	17	17	16	11	14	16	15	15	17	13	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	17	17
Iwate Grulla Morioka	16	8	5	7	5	5	6	6	7	9	8	10	11	14	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and promotion to J2
	Promotion to J2
	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: [1]

Top scorers

As of matches played August 16, 2019.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yasuhito Morishima	Fujieda MYFC	12
2	Akito Takagi	Gamba Osaka U-23	11
2	Taichi Hara	FC Tokyo U-23	11
4	Hayato Asakawa	YSCC Yokohama	9
4	Yuya Takazawa	Thespakusatsu Gunma	9
6	Ryotaro Meshino	Gamba Osaka U-23	8
	Mizuki Ando	Cerezo Osaka U-23
	Shota Aoki	Thespakusatsu Gunma
	Tomoya Kitamura	Roasso Kumamoto
	Naoki Sanda	Vanraure Hachinohe

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Giravanz Kitakyushu	94,511	12,270	3,744	5,907	+31.2%^†
2	Roasso Kumamoto	89,343	16,027	3,085	5,584	+6.0%^†
3	Thespakusatsu Gunma	55,217	5,467	1,875	3,451	+3.1%^†
4	Nagano Parceiro	46,873	4,247	1,434	2,930	−17.6%^†
5	SC Sagamihara	45,534	5,504	1,609	2,846	−17.7%^†
6	Kataller Toyama	45,399	5,254	1,774	2,837	+6.3%^†
7	Azul Claro Numazu	38,153	5,315	932	2,385	−16.5%^†
8	Gainare Tottori	35,830	4,011	946	2,239	−15.7%^†
9	Kamatamare Sanuki	33,352	3,339	1,120	2,085	−32.2%^†
10	Vanraure Hachinohe	28,093	2,797	907	1,756	−20.5%^‡
11	Fujieda MYFC	25,608	2,974	748	1,601	+28.5%^†
12	Blaublitz Akita	25,433	3,858	736	1,590	−44.0%^†
13	Iwate Grulla Morioka	22,211	3,212	516	1,388	+14.1%^†
14	Gamba Osaka U-23	20,318	2,662	700	1,270	−8.1%^†
15	FC Tokyo U-23	19,612	1,917	267	1,226	−28.8%^†
16	Cerezo Osaka U-23	19,288	4,755	647	1,206	+8.5%^†
17	Fukushima United	18,320	3,406	436	1,145	−27.3%^†
18	YSCC Yokohama	17,238	1,610	337	1,077	+7.2%^†
	League total	680,333	16,027	267	2,362	−5.2%^†

Updated to games played on 24 November 2019
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Relegated from J2。^‡Promoted from JFL.

References

^ "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.
^ "STATS : J.LEAGUE.JP". Jleague.jp. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[2] Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

[table_note_res_P0.23257939668027-3] Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

[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.

[4] "STATS : J.LEAGUE.JP". Jleague.jp. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

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