# 2017 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 2017.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from J1 League
* Nagoya Grampus
* Shonan Bellmare
* Avispa Fukuoka
Teams promoted to J1 League
* Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
* Shimizu S-Pulse
* Cerezo Osaka
Teams relegated from J2 League
* Giravanz Kitakyushu
Teams promoted to J2 League
* Oita Trinita
Teams relegated from J3 League
    No relegation to the Japan Football League
Teams promoted to J3 League
* Azul Claro Numazu
Teams promoted to Japan Football League
* FC Imabari
* Veertien Mie

## J1 League

| 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.

## J2 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 83 | Promotion to 2018 J1 League |
| 2 | V-Varen Nagasaki (P) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 80 | Promotion to 2018 J1 League |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 85 | 65 | +20 | 75 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 74 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 70 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 6 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 68 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 7 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 67 | |
| 8 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 66 | |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 64 | |
| 10 | Yokohama FC | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 63 | |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 59 | |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 57 | |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 55 | |
| 14 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 54 | |
| 15 | Ehime FC | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 51 | |
| 16 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 50 | |
| 17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 49 | |
| 18 | FC Gifu | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 46 | |
| 19 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 38 | |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 38 | |
| 21 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 37 | Spared from relegation |
| 22 | Thespakusatsu Gunma (R) | 42 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 88 | −56 | 20 | Relegation to 2018 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.
* ↑ Direct exchange between J2 and J3 is subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2017 J3 League.

## J3 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Blaublitz Akita (C) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 61 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 2 | Tochigi SC (P) | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 60 | Promotion to 2018 J2 League |
| 3 | Azul Claro Numazu | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 59 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 4 | Kagoshima United | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 55 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Nagano Parceiro | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 50 | |
| 6 | FC Ryukyu | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 50 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 47 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 8 | Kataller Toyama | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 46 | |
| 10 | Fukushima United | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 11 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 43 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 12 | SC Sagamihara | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 39 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 35 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 14 | YSCC Yokohama | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 15 | Grulla Morioka | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 29 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 26 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 21 | |
* ↑ 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 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 20 | +52 | 70 | |
| 2 | ReinMeer Aomori | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 61 | |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 59 | |
| 4 | FC Osaka | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 55 | |
| 5 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | FC Imabari | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 48 | |
| 7 | Nara Club | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 40 | |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 34 | |
| 9 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 34 | |
| 10 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 34 | |
| 11 | Tokyo Musashino City | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 33 | |
| 12 | Veertien Mie | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 27 | |
| 14 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 27 | |
| 15 | Briobecca Urayasu (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues |
| 16 | Tochigi Uva (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 24 | Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues |
* ↑ 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 | -2016 | 03.23 | 03.28 | 06.07 | 06.13 | 08.31 | 09.05 | 10.06 | 10.10 | 11.10 | 11.14 | 12.09 | 12.12 | 12.16 | 2017 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 106(49) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 111(50) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 104(2) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 106(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 91(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 10(0) | 101(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 87(2) | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 6(2) | 93(4) |
| Keisuke Honda | 86(36) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 91(36) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 84(27) | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 5(2) | 89(29) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 72(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 81(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 71(9) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(1) | 80(10) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 42(5) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 43(5) |
| Masato Morishige | 39(2) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 41(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 32(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 41(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 32(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 36(0) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 30(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 8(0) | 38(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 24(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | 4(1) | 28(3) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 20(6) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 29(6) |
| Takashi Inui | 19(2) | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 6(0) | 25(2) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 19(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 21(2) |
| Takashi Usami | 18(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(3) |
| Yuya Osako | 17(5) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | 8(2) | 25(7) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 13(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 14(3) |
| Takuma Asano | 10(2) | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(1) | 17(3) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 10(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 11(2) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | 3(2) | 11(2) |
| Wataru Endo | 7(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 8(1) |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(1) |
| Yuya Kubo | 2(0) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(2) | 11(2) |
| Gen Shoji | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | 8(1) | 10(1) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Yojiro Takahagi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Shu Kurata | 1(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | 8(2) | 9(2) |
| Ryota Oshima | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 11(2) | 11(2) |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Shintaro Kurumaya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Junya Ito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Hiroyuki Abe | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Kosuke Nakamura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Naomichi Ueda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Genta Miura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Shoma Doi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Kazuki Nagasawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Sei Muroya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shuto Yamamoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kento Misao | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

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

| Player | -2016 | 03.01 | 03.03 | 03.06 | 03.08 | 04.09 | 06.09 | 06.13 | 07.27 | 07.30 | 08.03 | 10.22 | 11.24 | 12.08 | 12.11 | 12.15 | 2017 | Total |
| Mizuho Sakaguchi | 103(28) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 116(28) |
| Rumi Utsugi | 90(5) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 103(5) |
| Saki Kumagai | 81(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 90(0) |
| Aya Sameshima | 72(4) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 85(4) |
| Yuika Sugasawa | 39(10) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 4(1) | 43(11) |
| Mana Iwabuchi | 37(8) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | O | 6(3) | 43(11) |
| Emi Nakajima | 31(7) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | 15(2) | 46(9) |
| Yuri Kawamura | 29(2) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 32(2) |
| Erina Yamane | 21(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 23(0) |
| Kumi Yokoyama | 13(5) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 11(6) | 24(11) |
| Rika Masuya | 13(3) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 15(3) |
| Hikaru Naomoto | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | 7(0) | 15(0) |
| Mina Tanaka | 6(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | 14(5) | 20(6) |
| Ayaka Yamashita | 6(0) | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 11(0) |
| Ami Sugita | 5(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(2) |
| Yu Nakasato | 3(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 13(0) | 16(0) |
| Mayu Sasaki | 3(0) | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 8(0) |
| Sonoko Chiba | 3(0) | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Hikari Takagi | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | 12(0) | 13(0) |
| Shiori Miyake | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 6(0) |
| Yuka Momiki | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | 14(3) | 14(3) |
| Yui Hasegawa | 0(0) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | 13(2) | 13(2) |
| Sakiko Ikeda | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 8(0) |
| Ayumi Oya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | 8(0) | 8(0) |
| Rin Sumida | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 7(0) |
| Miho Manya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 7(0) |
| Nana Ichise | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Madoka Haji | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Hikaru Kitagawa | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Kaede Nakamura | 0(0) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Mami Ueno | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shiho Tomari | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Riho Sakamoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |