# 2010 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 2010

## J.League Division 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nagoya Grampus (C) | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 72 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 61 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 54 | |
| 6 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 54 | |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 | |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 51 | |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 48 | |
| 11 | Júbilo Iwata | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 44 | |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 42 | |
| 14 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 39 | |
| 15 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 38 | |
| 16 | FC Tokyo (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 36 | Relegation to 2011 J.League Division 2 |
| 17 | Kyoto Sanga (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 19 | Relegation to 2011 J.League Division 2 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 82 | −51 | 16 | Relegation to 2011 J.League Division 2 |
* ↑ Kashima Antlers qualified as 2010 Emperor's Cup winners.

## J.League Division 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 80 | Promotion to 2011 J. League Division 1 |
| 2 | Ventforet Kofu (P) | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 70 | Promotion to 2011 J. League Division 1 |
| 3 | Avispa Fukuoka (P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 69 | Promotion to 2011 J. League Division 1 |
| 4 | JEF United Chiba | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 61 | |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 58 | |
| 6 | Yokohama FC | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 54 | |
| 7 | Roasso Kumamoto | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 54 | |
| 8 | Tokushima Vortis | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 51 | |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 51 | |
| 10 | Tochigi SC | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |
| 11 | Ehime FC | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 48 | |
| 12 | Thespa Kusatsu | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 48 | |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 46 | |
| 14 | FC Gifu | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 45 | |
| 15 | Oita Trinita | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 41 | |
| 16 | Mito HollyHock | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 38 | |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 32 | |
| 18 | Kataller Toyama | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 28 | |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 36 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 65 | −45 | 15 | |

## Japan Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Gainare Tottori (C, P) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 77 | Promotion to 2011 J.League Division 2 |
| 2 | Sagawa Shiga | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 62 | |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 61 | |
| 4 | Honda FC | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 59 | |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 53 | |
| 6 | SP Kyoto | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 53 | |
| 7 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 52 | |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 51 | |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 48 | |
| 10 | FC Ryukyu | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 46 | |
| 12 | Yokogawa Musashino | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 45 | |
| 13 | Honda Lock | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 42 | |
| 14 | Sony Sendai | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Tochigi Uva | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 75 | −34 | 31 | |
| 16 | JEF Reserves | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 30 | |
| 17 | Arte Takasaki | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 29 | Promotion/relegation Series |
| 18 | Ryutsu Keizai University (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 33 | 80 | −47 | 19 | Relegation to Regional Leagues |
* 1 2 J. League Associate Membership and passed a final inspection by J. League.
* 1 2 3 Occupied one of the top 3 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2010 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
* ↑ Must hold J. League Associate Membership, pass a final inspection by J. League and finish no less than in fourth place to be promoted. Machida Zelvia have announced that their stadium is not meeting the J. League standards so they are not eligible for the promotion till 2012 season. Later the announcement of the same kind was made by V-Varen Nagasaki, although their eligibility date is as far as 2013 season.
* 1 2 Play-off series' and direct relegation occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.

## National team (Men)
### Results
### Players statistics

| Player | -2009 | 01.06 | 02.02 | 02.06 | 02.11 | 02.14 | 03.03 | 04.07 | 05.24 | 05.30 | 06.04 | 06.14 | 06.19 | 06.24 | 06.29 | 09.04 | 09.07 | 10.08 | 10.12 | 2010 | Total |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 96(17) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 14(0) | 110(17) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 93(24) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 98(24) |
| Yasuhito Endō | 85(7) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | O | O | 15(2) | 100(9) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 74(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 82(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 69(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 8(0) | 77(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 63(14) | - | - | O | O(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | 9(2) | 72(16) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 53(7) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 55(7) |
| Yūichi Komano | 49(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 11(0) | 60(0) |
| Yoshito Ōkubo | 42(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 11(0) | 53(5) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 41(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 52(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 41(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | 9(0) | 50(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 33(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | 7(0) | 40(0) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 32(6) | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 11(2) | 43(8) |
| Hisato Satō | 28(4) | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 31(4) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 27(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | 10(0) | 37(1) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 27(1) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 34(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 21(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | 8(0) | 29(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 20(15) | - | O | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | - | 15(3) | 35(18) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 18(3) | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 16(0) | 34(3) |
| Kisho Yano | 16(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 19(2) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 13(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 15(0) |
| Koji Yamase | 12(5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 13(5) |
| Keisuke Honda | 11(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 12(3) | 23(6) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 10(2) | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | 7(1) | 17(3) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 10(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 11(0) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | 8(0) | 16(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 5(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 7(2) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 5(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O | - | 7(2) | 9(3) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 1(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 4(0) | 5(0) |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 4(0) | 5(0) |
| Daiki Iwamasa | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Naoki Yamada | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Sota Hirayama | 0(0) | O(3) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(3) | 4(3) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoya Kikuchi | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kosuke Ota | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kazuya Yamamura | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Takuji Yonemoto | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yōsuke Kashiwagi | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kazuma Watanabe | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kensuke Nagai | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mitsuru Nagata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kunimitsu Sekiguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

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

| Player | -2009 | 01.13 | 01.15 | 01.21 | 01.23 | 02.06 | 02.11 | 02.13 | 05.08 | 05.11 | 05.20 | 05.22 | 05.24 | 05.27 | 05.30 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 11.20 | 11.22 | 2010 | Total |
| Homare Sawa | 146(72) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(2) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 15(3) | 161(75) |
| Nozomi Yamago | 88(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 7(0) | 95(0) |
| Kozue Ando | 71(11) | - | O | O(2) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | 8(6) | 79(17) |
| Aya Miyama | 69(20) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 17(2) | 86(22) |
| Shinobu Ono | 68(27) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O(2) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | 12(6) | 80(33) |
| Yuki Nagasato | 55(28) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 58(29) |
| Kyoko Yano | 52(1) | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 65(1) |
| Miho Fukumoto | 47(0) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 51(0) |
| Azusa Iwashimizu | 44(5) | - | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 13(3) | 57(8) |
| Yukari Kinga | 40(2) | O | O | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 15(2) | 55(4) |
| Mizuho Sakaguchi | 29(14) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | 4(1) | 33(15) |
| Rumi Utsugi | 29(4) | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 9(1) | 38(5) |
| Nayuha Toyoda | 19(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 22(0) |
| Ayako Kitamoto | 12(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | 5(1) | 17(4) |
| Akiko Sudo | 8(2) | O | - | O(1) | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 7(1) | 15(3) |
| Ayumi Kaihori | 6(0) | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 13(0) |
| Aya Sameshima | 5(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 15(1) | 20(2) |
| Nahomi Kawasumi | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | 7(0) | 10(0) |
| Mami Yamaguchi | 2(1) | O(1) | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 14(5) | 16(6) |
| Saki Kumagai | 2(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 15(0) | 17(0) |
| Megumi Kamionobe | 1(0) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | 10(1) | 11(1) |
| Megumi Takase | 0(0) | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 12(4) | 12(4) |
| Manami Nakano | 0(0) | O | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 10(2) | 10(2) |
| Yuika Sugasawa | 0(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Chiaki Minamiyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(2) | 4(2) |
| Mana Iwabuchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(2) | 3(2) |
| Kana Osafune | 0(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Nanase Kiryu | 0(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Natsuko Hara | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuri Kawamura | 0(0) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Sawako Yasumoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Erina Yamane | 0(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Asako Ideue | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yuiko Konno | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |