List of Japanese football champions
J.League Division 1 (1999–2014)
Top flight becomes J.League Division 1 in 1999.

List of Japanese football champions

Section Title: J.League Division 1 (1999–2014)
Table Section Text: Top flight becomes J.League Division 1 in 1999.

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals

1999	Júbilo Iwata (3)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashiwa Reysol	South Korea Hwang Sun-Hong (Cerezo Osaka)	24

2000	Kashima Antlers (3)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata)	20

2001	Kashima Antlers (4)	Júbilo Iwata	JEF United Ichihara	Brazil Will (Consadole Sapporo)	20

2002	Júbilo Iwata (4)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Gamba Osaka	Japan Naohiro Takahara (Júbilo Iwata)	26

2003	Yokohama F. Marinos (4)	Júbilo Iwata	JEF United Chiba	Brazil Ueslei (Nagoya Grampus Eight)	22

2004	Yokohama F. Marinos (5)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka	Brazil Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds)	27

2005	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Antlers	Brazil Araújo (Gamba Osaka)	33

2006	Urawa Red Diamonds (5)	Kawasaki Frontale	Gamba Osaka	Brazil Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds) Brazil Magno Alves (Gamba Osaka)	26

2007	Kashima Antlers (5)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka	Brazil Juninho (Kawasaki Frontale)	22

2008	Kashima Antlers (6)	Kawasaki Frontale	Nagoya Grampus	Brazil Marquinhos (Kashima Antlers)	21

2009	Kashima Antlers (7)	Kawasaki Frontale	Gamba Osaka	Japan Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata)	20

2010	Nagoya Grampus	Gamba Osaka	Cerezo Osaka	Australia Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus) Japan Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata)	17

2011	Kashiwa Reysol (2)	Nagoya Grampus	Gamba Osaka	Australia Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus)	19

2012	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6)	Vegalta Sendai	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)	22

2013	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (7)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale)	26

2014	Gamba Osaka (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Antlers	Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale)	18

Sentence(s)

Kawasaki Frontale had two second-place finishes in 2008 and 2009.

final_sentence: Kawasaki Frontale had two second-place finishes in 2008 and 2009.