# 2016 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 2016.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from J1 League
* Matsumoto Yamaga
* Shimizu S-Pulse
* Montedio Yamagata
Teams promoted to J1 League
* Omiya Ardija
* Júbilo Iwata
* Avispa Fukuoka
Teams relegated from J2 League
* Oita Trinita
* Tochigi SC
Teams promoted to J2 League
* FC Machida Zelvia
* Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Teams relegated from J3 League
    No relegation to the Japan Football League
Teams promoted to J3 League
* Kagoshima United

## J1 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 74 | Champions League group stage and J. League Championship Final |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 72 | Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers (C) | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 59 | Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 58 | Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 56 | |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 55 | |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 55 | |
| 8 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 | |
| 9 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 52 | |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 51 | |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 46 | |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 43 | |
| 13 | Júbilo Iwata | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | Ventforet Kofu | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 31 | |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | |
| 16 | Nagoya Grampus (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 30 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 19 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
* ↑ The winner of the 2016 Emperor's Cup qualified for the Group Stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Kashima Antlers had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

## J2 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Consadole Sapporo (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 85 | Promotion to 2017 J1 League |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse (P) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 84 | Promotion to 2017 J1 League |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 84 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 78 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 69 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 65 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 65 | |
| 8 | Yokohama FC | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 59 | |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 57 | |
| 10 | Ehime FC | 42 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 56 | |
| 11 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 53 | |
| 12 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 53 | |
| 13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 48 | |
| 14 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 47 | |
| 15 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 47 | |
| 16 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 46 | |
| 17 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 45 | |
| 18 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 | |
| 19 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 43 | |
| 20 | FC Gifu | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 43 | |
| 21 | Zweigen Kanazawa (X) | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 39 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
| 22 | Giravanz Kitakyushu (R) | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 38 | Relegation to 2017 J3 League |
* ↑ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
* ↑ The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2016 J3 League.

## J3 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Oita Trinita (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 61 | Promotion to 2017 J2 League |
| 2 | Tochigi SC | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to J2 promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Nagano Parceiro | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 52 | |
| 4 | Blaublitz Akita | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 50 | |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 50 | |
| 6 | Kataller Toyama | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 49 | |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 45 | |
| 8 | FC Ryukyu | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 44 | |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 38 | |
| 10 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | SC Sagamihara | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 35 | |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | |
| 13 | Grulla Morioka | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 30 | |
| 14 | Fukushima United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 30 | |
| 15 | Gainare Tottori | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 30 | |
| 16 | YSCC Yokohama | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 51 | −36 | 20 | |
* ↑ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

## Japan Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Honda FC (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 61 | |
| 2 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 54 | |
| 3 | Azul Claro Numazu (P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 59 | Promotion to 2017 J3 League |
| 4 | Honda Lock | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 59 | |
| 5 | FC Osaka | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 58 | |
| 6 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 57 | |
| 7 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 46 | |
| 8 | ReinMeer Aomori | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 45 | |
| 9 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 40 | |
| 10 | Nara Club | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | Briobecca Urayasu | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Tokyo Musashino City | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 35 | |
| 13 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 31 | |
| 14 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 30 | |
| 15 | Tochigi Uva | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 34 | 77 | −43 | 16 | |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama Next | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 61 | −42 | 7 | Withdrew after the season |
* ↑ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

## National team (Men)
### Results

Win Draw Loss

### Players statistics

| Player | -2015 | 03.24 | 03.29 | 06.03 | 06.07 | 09.01 | 09.06 | 10.06 | 10.11 | 11.11 | 11.15 | 2016 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 98(47) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | 8(2) | 106(49) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 95(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 9(0) | 104(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 86(3) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 91(3) |
| Keisuke Honda | 79(34) | - | O(1) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 7(2) | 86(36) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 77(23) | O | O(2) | O(2) | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | 7(4) | 84(27) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 71(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 72(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 61(6) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(3) | 71(9) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 33(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 9(4) | 42(5) |
| Masato Morishige | 29(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 39(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 25(0) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 32(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 25(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 32(0) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 24(1) | - | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 30(2) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 23(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 31(0) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 22(2) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 24(2) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 18(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(2) |
| Mike Havenaar | 17(4) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 18(4) |
| Yuya Osako | 15(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | 2(2) | 17(5) |
| Takashi Usami | 13(2) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 18(3) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 11(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | 9(5) | 20(6) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 7(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 6(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
| Manabu Saito | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 6(1) |
| Wataru Endo | 5(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Takuma Asano | 3(0) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 7(2) | 10(2) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 2(0) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | 6(0) | 8(0) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Gen Shoji | 1(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Yuichi Maruyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuya Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Ryota Oshima | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Ryota Nagaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## National team (Women)
### Players statistics

| Player | -2015 | 02.29 | 03.02 | 03.04 | 03.07 | 03.09 | 06.02 | 06.05 | 07.21 | 2016 | Total |
| Aya Miyama | 157(38) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 5(0) | 162(38) |
| Shinobu Ono | 137(39) | O | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | 2(1) | 139(40) |
| Yuki Nagasato | 125(55) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | O | 7(3) | 132(58) |
| Azusa Iwashimizu | 119(11) | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 122(11) |
| Mizuho Sakaguchi | 97(28) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | 6(0) | 103(28) |
| Yukari Kinga | 97(5) | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 100(5) |
| Rumi Utsugi | 87(5) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 90(5) |
| Miho Fukumoto | 79(0) | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 81(0) |
| Nahomi Kawasumi | 78(19) | O | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 82(20) |
| Saki Kumagai | 74(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 81(0) |
| Aya Sameshima | 69(4) | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 72(4) |
| Megumi Takase | 58(9) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 61(9) |
| Saori Ariyoshi | 42(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 49(1) |
| Yuika Sugasawa | 38(10) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 39(10) |
| Asuna Tanaka | 36(3) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 39(3) |
| Megumi Kamionobe | 32(2) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 34(2) |
| Mana Iwabuchi | 30(4) | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | 7(4) | 37(8) |
| Emi Nakajima | 24(6) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 7(1) | 31(7) |
| Yuri Kawamura | 21(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 29(2) |
| Erina Yamane | 18(0) | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 21(0) |
| Rika Masuya | 10(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 13(3) |
| Kumi Yokoyama | 5(2) | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | 8(3) | 13(5) |
| Saori Arimachi | 5(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 6(0) |
| Ami Sugita | 4(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 5(2) |
| Ayaka Yamashita | 3(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Tomoko Muramatsu | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Mayu Sasaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Sonoko Chiba | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yu Nakasato | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Hikari Takagi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |