2013 J.League Division 1
Season | 2013 |
---|---|
Champions | Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2nd J. League title 7th Japanese title |
Relegated | Oita Trinita Júbilo Iwata Shonan Bellmare |
Champions League | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Cerezo Osaka |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 879 (2.87 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yoshito Ōkubo (26 goals) |
Highest attendance | 62,632 F. Marinos vs Albirex |
Lowest attendance | 5,698 Júbilo vs Albirex |
Average attendance | 17,226 |
← 2012 2014 → |
The 2013 J.League Division 1 season was the 48th season of Japanese top-flight football and the 21st since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. The season began on 2 March and finished on 7 December.[1]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the defending champions.
Clubs
[edit]Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Consadole Sapporo returned to J2 after only one season in the top flight, while Vissel Kobe was relegated after six seasons in the top flight. Gamba Osaka, instead, was relegated for the first time since the creation of J. League in 1993 and the first time since their forerunners, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated to the second Division of the Japan Soccer League after the 1986–87 season.
The three relegated teams were replaced by 2012 J.League Division 2 champions Ventforet Kofu, runners-up Shonan Bellmare and sixth-placed and play-off winner team Oita Trinita. Kofu made an immediate return to the top division, while Shonan after a two-year absence. In the end, Oita beat JEF United Chiba in the playoff final and returned in J1 after three seasons in the second division. Due to Oita's promotion, it will be the first time to have 2 clubs in the top-flight league competitions from Kyushu since 2006, and Kansai region will have only one club competing in the top flight first time since 1994 season due to Kobe and Gamba's relegations.
Foreign players
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage[a] |
2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 62 | |
3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 60 | |
4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 59 | |
5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 59 | |
6 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 58 | |
7 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 55 | |
8 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 54 | |
9 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 50 | |
10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 48 | |
11 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 47 | |
12 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | |
13 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 45 | |
14 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 45 | |
15 | Ventforet Kofu | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 37 | |
16 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to 2014 J.League Division 2 |
17 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 23 | |
18 | Oita Trinita (R) | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
Results
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Yoshito Ōkubo | Kawasaki Frontale | 26
|
2 | Kengo Kawamata | Albirex Niigata | 23
|
3 | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka | 21
|
4 | Yohei Toyoda | Sagan Tosu | 20
|
5 | Masato Kudo | Kashiwa Reysol | 19
|
Yuya Osako | Kashima Antlers | 19
| |
7 | Hisato Satō | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17
|
Kazuma Watanabe | FC Tokyo | 17
| |
9 | Marquinhos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16
|
10 | Shinzo Koroki | Urawa Red Diamonds | 13
|
Wilson | Vegalta Sendai | 13
|
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League
Awards
[edit]Player of the Month
[edit]Month | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
March | Shunsuke Nakamura[2] | Yokohama F. Marinos |
April | Zlatan Ljubijankič[2] | Omiya Ardija |
May | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka |
June | N/A[3] | |
July | Shusaku Nishikawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
August | Yuya Osako | Kashima Antlers |
September | Aria Jasuru Hasegawa | FC Tokyo |
October | Tetsuya Enomoto | Yokohama F. Marinos |
November | Yoshito Ōkubo | Kawasaki Frontale |
Best XI
[edit]Attendances
[edit]Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 630,701 | 54,905 | 23,295 | 37,100 | +1.3% |
2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 467,425 | 62,632 | 12,537 | 27,496 | +19.8% |
3 | Albirex Niigata | 443,906 | 33,378 | 18,919 | 26,112 | +4.4% |
4 | FC Tokyo | 426,246 | 40,371 | 12,905 | 25,073 | +4.7% |
5 | Cerezo Osaka | 319,928 | 36,361 | 9,119 | 18,819 | +11.3% |
6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 282,952 | 21,657 | 12,345 | 16,644 | −6.5% |
7 | Kashima Antlers | 279,115 | 32,305 | 6,681 | 16,419 | +6.7% |
8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 275,556 | 27,911 | 10,045 | 16,209 | −8.5% |
9 | Nagoya Grampus | 274,297 | 30,478 | 9,237 | 16,135 | −5.9% |
10 | Vegalta Sendai | 252,725 | 17,892 | 11,755 | 14,866 | −10.4% |
11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 240,324 | 21,420 | 9,238 | 14,137 | −6.5% |
12 | Ventforet Kofu | 214,441 | 28,906 | 7,754 | 12,614 | +21.2%† |
13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 213,406 | 34,021 | 7,013 | 12,553 | −8.8% |
14 | Sagan Tosu | 184,242 | 22,530 | 6,292 | 11,515 | −4.0% |
15 | Oita Trinita | 202,557 | 23,814 | 7,067 | 11,915 | +22.6%† |
16 | Omiya Ardija | 189,342 | 13,365 | 7,412 | 11,138 | +4.7% |
17 | Júbilo Iwata | 185,207 | 20,049 | 5,698 | 10,895 | −17.0% |
18 | Shonan Bellmare | 168,481 | 13,786 | 6,080 | 9,911 | +44.6%† |
League total | 5,271,047 | 62,632 | 5,698 | 17,226 | −1.9% |
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.
References
[edit]- ^ "J.League season dates (+others)". Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 「コカ・コーラ Jリーグ 月間MVP」3月・4月の受賞選手決定! Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. J-League. 16 May 2013.
- ^ No Division 1 league match scheduled due to 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup