# 2017 J1 League

The 2017 J1 League (known as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2017 明治安田生命J1リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was third season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 26 January 2017.
Kashima Antlers were the defending champions. Consadole Sapporo, Shimizu S-Pulse and Cerezo Osaka entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 J2 League.
The league was won by Kawasaki Frontale, winning their first major title while in J1 and 40 years after their first season in the Japanese top division.

## Clubs

* FC Tokyo
* Kashiwa Reysol
* Kawasaki Frontale
* Omiya Ardija
* Urawa Red Diamonds
* Yokohama F. Marinos
* Kashima Antlers
* Cerezo Osaka
* Gamba Osaka
* Vissel Kobe
A total of 18 clubs participated in this season, including 15 sides from the 2016 season and three promoted from the 2016 J2 League. These included the two top teams; Consadole Sapporo and Shimizu S-Pulse from the J2 League, and the winners of the play-offs; Cerezo Osaka.
The three promoted clubs replace Nagoya Grampus, Shonan Bellmare and Avispa Fukuoka. Former J1 League champion Nagoya Grampus were relegated to the J2 League for the first time in their history.

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Albirex Niigata | Niigata & Seirō | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 42,300 |
| Cerezo Osaka | Osaka & Sakai | Yanmar Stadium | 47,816 |
| Consadole Sapporo | All Hokkaido | Sapporo Dome | 41,484 |
| FC Tokyo | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 49,970 |
| Gamba Osaka | Northern Osaka Prefecture | Suita City Football Stadium | 39,694 |
| Júbilo Iwata | Iwata | Yamaha Stadium | 15,165 |
| Kashima Antlers | Southeast Ibaraki Prefecture | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 40,728 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Kashiwa | Kashiwa Soccer Stadium | 15,900 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | 26,232 |
| Omiya Ardija | Saitama | NACK5 Stadium | 15,500 |
| Sagan Tosu | Tosu | Tosu Stadium | 24,490 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Big Arch | 50,000 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shizuoka | IAI Stadium Nihondaira | 20,339 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 63,700 |
| Vegalta Sendai | Sendai | Yurtec Stadium | 19,694 |
| Ventforet Kofu | All Yamanashi Prefecture | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium | 17,000 |
| Vissel Kobe | Kobe | Noevir Stadium | 30,132 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama & Yokosuka | Nissan Stadium | 72,327 |
* ↑ centering on Sapporo
* ↑ Suita, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh
* ↑ Kashima, Kamisu, Itako, Hokota, Namegata
* ↑ centering on Kōfu and Nirasaki

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front shirt sponsor |
| Albirex Niigata | Wagner Lopes | Kazunari Ono | Adidas | HAPPY Turn's |
| Cerezo Osaka | Yoon Jong-hwan | Yoichiro Kakitani | Puma | Yanmar |
| Consadole Sapporo | Shuhei Yomoda | Hiroki Miyazawa | Kappa | Shiroi Koibito |
| FC Tokyo | Takayoshi Amma | Masato Morishige | Umbro | Lifeval |
| Gamba Osaka | Kenta Hasegawa | Yasuhito Endō | Umbro | Panasonic |
| Júbilo Iwata | Hiroshi Nanami | Kota Ueda | Puma | Yamaha |
| Kashima Antlers | Go Oiwa | Mitsuo Ogasawara | Nike | Lixil |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Takahiro Shimotaira | Hidekazu Otani | Yonex | Hitachi |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Toru Oniki | Yu Kobayashi | Puma | Fujitsu (home) Arrows (away) |
| Omiya Ardija | Masatada Ishii | Kosuke Kikuchi | Under Armour | D-point |
| Sagan Tosu | Massimo Ficcadenti | Yohei Toyoda | New Balance | DHC |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Jan Jönsson | Toshihiro Aoyama | Nike | EDION |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shinji Kobayashi | Jong Tae-se | Puma | Suzuyo |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Takafumi Hori | Yuki Abe | Nike | Polus |
| Vegalta Sendai | Susumu Watanabe | Shingo Tomita | Adidas | Iris Ohyama |
| Ventforet Kofu | Tatsuma Yoshida | Hideomi Yamamoto | Mizuno | Hakubaku |
| Vissel Kobe | Takayuki Yoshida | Kazuma Watanabe | Asics | Rakuten |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Erick Mombaerts | Manabu Saitō | Adidas | Nissan |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Albirex Niigata | Fumitake Miura | Resigned | 7 May 2017 | 17th | Wagner Lopes | 11 May 2017 |
| Omiya Ardija | Hiroki Shibuya | Sacked | 28 May 2017 | 18th | Akira Ito | 28 May 2017 |
| Kashima Antlers | Masatada Ishii | Sacked | 31 May 2017 | 7th | Go Oiwa | 31 May 2017 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hajime Moriyasu | Resigned | 4 July 2017 | 17th | Jan Jönsson | 10 July 2017 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Mihailo Petrović | Sacked | 31 July 2017 | 8th | Takafumi Hori | 31 July 2017 |
| Vissel Kobe | Nelsinho Baptista | Sacked | 16 August 2017 | 11th | Takayuki Yoshida | 16 August 2017 |
| FC Tokyo | Yoshiyuki Shinoda | Sacked | 10 September 2017 | 10th | Takayoshi Amma | 10 September 2017 |
| Omiya Ardija | Akira Ito | Sacked | 5 November 2017 | 17th | Masatada Ishii | 5 November 2017 |

### Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. For matchday squad registration, a club can register up to four foreign players, but a maximum of three can be from outside the AFC. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and Qatar) are exempt from these club registration and matchday squad registration restrictions.
* Players name in bold indicate players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* Players name in ITALICS indicate players that were out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Other | Former players |
| Albirex Niigata | Douglas Tanque | Rony | Thiago Galhardo | Song Ju-hun | | Frank Romero | Jean Patrick |
| Cerezo Osaka | Ricardo Santos | Souza | Matej Jonjić | Ahn Joon-soo | Kim Jin-hyeon | | |
| Consadole Sapporo | Diego Macedo | Jonathan Reis | Jay Bothroyd | Gu Sung-yun | Kim Min-tae | Chanathip Songkrasin | Julinho |
| FC Tokyo | Lipe Veloso | Peter Utaka | Jang Hyun-soo | Yu In-soo | | Jakkit Wachpirom | Nathan Burns |
| Gamba Osaka | Ademilson | Fábio | Bae Soo-yong | Hwang Ui-jo | Oh Jae-suk | Kim Jung-ya | |
| Júbilo Iwata | Adaílton | Krzysztof Kamiński | Fozil Musaev | | | | |
| Kashima Antlers | Leandro | Léo Silva | Pedro Júnior | Kwoun Sun-tae | | Bueno | |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Cristiano | Diego Oliveira | Ramon Lopes | Kim Bo-kyung | Yun Suk-young | | Dudu |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Eduardo | Eduardo Neto | Elsinho | Rhayner | Jung Sung-ryong | Jefferson Tabinas | |
| Omiya Ardija | Cauê | Marcelo Toscano | Mateus | Kim Dong-su | | | Dragan Mrđa Nejc Pecnik |
| Sagan Tosu | Víctor Ibarbo | An Yong-woo | Cho Dong-geon | Jung Seung-hyun | Kim Min-hyeok | | Franco Sbuttoni |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Nathan Burns | Anderson Lopes | Felipe | Patric | Mihael Mikić | | |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Mitch Duke | Freire | Kanu | Tiago Alves | | Jong Tae-se | Byeon Jun-byum |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Maurício Antônio | Rafael Silva | Zlatan Ljubijankič | | | | |
| Ventforet Kofu | Billy Konstantinidis | Dudu | Éder Lima | Lins | | | Oliver Bozanic Gabriel Rodrigues Junior Barros Wilson |
| Vegalta Sendai | Crislan | Vinícius | Lee Yun-oh | | | Ryang Yong-gi | Pablo Diogo |
| Vissel Kobe | Leandro | Nílton | Wescley | Lukas Podolski | Kim Seung-gyu | | |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Miloš Degenek | Quenten Martinus | David Babunski | Hugo Vieira | Park Jeong-su | Ippey Shinozuka | |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 72 | Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 72 | Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 63 | Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 62 | Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 59 | |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 58 | |
| 7 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 49 | |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 47 | |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 44 | |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 43 | |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 43 | |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 41 | |
| 13 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 40 | |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 34 | |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 33 | |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 32 | Relegation to 2018 J2 League |
| 17 | Albirex Niigata (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 28 | Relegation to 2018 J2 League |
| 18 | Omiya Ardija (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 25 | Relegation to 2018 J2 League |
* ↑ The winner of the 2017 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Cerezo Osaka had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

### 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 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Sagan Tosu | 17 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Vissel Kobe | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Gamba Osaka | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| FC Tokyo | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Ventforet Kofu | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Albirex Niigata | 7 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Omiya Ardija | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
* Leader and Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
* Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
* Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
* Relegation to 2018 J2 League

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANT | ARD | CER | CON | FMA | FRO | GAM | JUB | RED | REY | SAG | SFR | SSP | TOK | VEG | VEN | VIS |
| Albirex Niigata | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Kashima Antlers | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Omiya Ardija | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Consadole Sapporo | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Gamba Osaka | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Sagan Tosu | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| FC Tokyo | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Ventforet Kofu | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 |
| Vissel Kobe | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yu Kobayashi | Kawasaki Frontale | 23 |
| 2 | Kenyu Sugimoto | Cerezo Osaka | 22 |
| 3 | Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | 20 |
| 4 | Kengo Kawamata | Júbilo Iwata | 14 |
| 5 | Cristiano | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 |
| 5 | Rafael Silva | Urawa Red Diamonds | 12 |
| 5 | Mu Kanazaki | Kashima Antlers | 12 |
| 8 | Leandro | Kashima Antlers | 11 |

### Top assists

As of matches played on December 2nd, 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Kengo Nakamura | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 |
| 2 | Cristiano | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 |
| 2 | Yusuke Maruhashi | Cerezo Osaka | 10 |
| 4 | Kosuke Ota | FC Tokyo | 9 |
| 4 | Kota Mizunuma | Cerezo Osaka | 9 |
| 4 | Shintaro Kurumaya | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 |
| 4 | Yōsuke Kashiwagi | Urawa Red Diamonds | 9 |
| 8 | Manabu Saitō | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 |
| 8 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Júbilo Iwata | 8 |
| 8 | Yu Kobayashi | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | Vegalta Sendai | 7–0 (H) | 7 April 2017 |
| Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3–3 (H) | 20 May 2017 |
| Leandro | Kashima Antlers | Albirex Niigata | 4–2 (A) | 16 September 2017 |
| Yu Kobayashi | Kawasaki Frontale | Omiya Ardija | 5–0 (H) | 2 December 2017 |

#### Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 570,215 | 57,447 | 21,603 | 33,542 | −9.2%$^†$ |
| 2 | FC Tokyo | 450,331 | 42,979 | 13,417 | 26,490 | +10.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 412,710 | 36,177 | 13,074 | 24,277 | −4.2%$^†$ |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 386,875 | 42,483 | 11,036 | 24,180 | +0.7%$^†$ |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 375,910 | 25,904 | 17,358 | 22,112 | −0.1%$^†$ |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 374,585 | 31,014 | 16,461 | 22,034 | +4.0%$^†$ |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 356,491 | 42,438 | 8,998 | 20,970 | +67.6%$^†$ |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 347,942 | 36,080 | 10,838 | 20,467 | +7.1%$^†$ |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 313,100 | 33,353 | 9,535 | 18,418 | +26.5%$^†$ |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 310,625 | 25,278 | 7,911 | 18,272 | +7.4%$^†$ |
| 11 | Júbilo Iwata | 277,450 | 40,491 | 11,762 | 16,321 | +11.7%$^†$ |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 256,965 | 18,556 | 11,007 | 15,116 | +34.1%$^†$ |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 250,677 | 18,059 | 11,500 | 14,746 | −4.7%$^†$ |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 241,295 | 21,245 | 7,381 | 14,194 | +12.3%$^†$ |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 238,720 | 22,333 | 8,319 | 14,042 | −9.2%$^†$ |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 200,936 | 14,096 | 9,432 | 11,820 | +10.2%$^†$ |
| 17 | Omiya Ardija | 194,887 | 13,364 | 9,598 | 11,464 | −3.0%$^†$ |
| 18 | Ventforet Kofu | 184,311 | 14,680 | 4,692 | 10,842 | +0.1%$^†$ |
| | League total | 5,778,178 | 57,447 | 4,692 | 18,883 | +5.1%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 2017年12月2日 Source: J. League Data Notes: $^†$ Promoted from J2.