2014 J.League Division 1

22nd season of J1 League J.League Division 1 2014 Gamba Osaka2nd J.League title2nd Japanese title Champions League Gamba OsakaUrawa Red DiamondsKashima Antlers Omiya ArdijaCerezo OsakaTokushima Vortis Yoshito Ōkubo (18 goals) 306 774 56,758Reds vs Gamba 0Reds vs S-Pulse 17,240 2013 2015 The 2014 J.League Division 1 season was the 49th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 22nd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. The season began on 1 March and ended on 8 December. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were the defending champions. Due to Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, there was an extended break to allow for preparation after the 14th-week matches on 17 and 18 May, with the league resuming on 15 July for four clubs who participated in the 2014 AFC Champions League to play rescheduled 12th-week matches, and 19 July for other 14 clubs.J.League season to begin on March 1 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/12/17/soccer/j-league-season-to-begin-on-march-1/ Japan Times 2013-12-17 This season saw the league played via a home and away system over a single season for the last time until at least 2020. From 2015, the league would revert to an Apertura and Clausura system, with a multi-team play-off 'super stage' to decide the champions, similar to the format used when the J.League began.J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/13289-j-league-switches-to-two-stage-season-in-bid-to-boost-fans-and-revenue Inside World Football.com 2013-09-20 2013-12-17 2014-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20140220170734/http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/13289-j-league-switches-to-two-stage-season-in-bid-to-boost-fans-and-revenue dead The league was won by Gamba Osaka, who won their second J.League title following a 0–0 away draw against Tokushima Vortis. They became the second league champions (after Kashiwa Reysol) to win the first division after being promoted as second division champions. Clubs 18 teams competed in this year's competition. Both Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe returned to J1 after a single season outside the top flight; they finished as the 2013 J.League Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively. Tokushima Vortis, who finished fourth in the regular season and won the promotion playoff, will make their top-flight debut, becoming the first club from Shikoku to do so. Those three teams replaced Oita Trinita, Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata; Júbilo were relegated from J1 for the first time after twenty seasons in the top tier, while Bellmare and Trinita were bumped down after cameo appearances in J1. Japan right 450 Locations of the 2014 J.League 1 teams Japan 37.882686 139.059288 Albirex Niigata bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan 35.664257 139.657137 Greater Tokyo Area† top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 34.810350 135.542732 Keihanshin Area‡ bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan 35.084471 137.170891 Nagoya Grampus top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 34.440781 132.394287 Sanfrecce Hiroshima top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 34.984706 138.481244 Shimizu S-Pulse right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 34.168251 134.618053 Tokushima Vortis bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan 38.319143 140.881780 Vegalta Sendai top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan TransparentPlaceholder.svg 1 45 128.3 † Greater Tokyo teams FC Tokyo Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Omiya Ardija Urawa Red Diamonds Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F. Marinos right Japan TransparentPlaceholder.svg 1 45 135 ‡ Keihanshin teams Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe right Club nameHometown(s)StadiumCapacityNote(s) Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300 Cerezo Osaka Osaka Nagai Stadium 47,816 2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Division 1 fourth-place team) FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 Gamba Osaka Suita, Osaka Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium 21,000 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013 (as champions) Kashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900 Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Division 1 third-place team) Nagoya Grampus Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Stadium 27,000 Omiya Ardija Ōmiya, Saitama NACK5 Stadium 15,500 Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Tosu Stadium 24,490 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch 50,000 2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Division 1 winners) Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka IAI Stadium Nihondaira 20,339 Tokushima Vortis All cities/towns in Tokushima Pocarisweat Stadium 20,441 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013 (through a play-off system) Urawa Red Diamonds Urawa, Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700 Vegalta Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Yurtec Stadium 19,694 Ventforet Kofu Kōfu, Yamanashi Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium 17,000 Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo Misaki Park Stadium 30,132 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013 (as runners-up) Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama, Kanagawa & Yokosuka, Kanagawa Nissan Stadium 72,327 2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Division 1 runners-up) Personnel and kits Club nameHead coachKit manufacturerFront shirt sponsor Albirex Niigata JPN Masaaki Yanagishita Adidas Kameda Seika Cerezo Osaka JPN Yuji Okuma Mizuno Yanmar FC Tokyo ITA Massimo Ficcadenti Adidas Lifeval Gamba Osaka JPN Kenta Hasegawa Umbro Panasonic Kashima Antlers BRA Toninho Cerezo Nike Lixil Kashiwa Reysol BRA Nelsinho Baptista Yonex Hitachi Kawasaki Frontale JPN Yahiro Kazama Puma Fujitsu Nagoya Grampus JPN Akira Nishino Le Coq Sportif Toyota Omiya Ardija JPN Hiroki Shibuya Under Armour NTT Docomo Sagan Tosu JPN Megumu Yoshida Warrior DHC Sanfrecce Hiroshima JPN Hajime Moriyasu Nike EDION Shimizu S-Pulse JPN Katsumi Oenoki Puma Suzuyo Tokushima Vortis JPN Shinji Kobayashi Mizuno Pocari Sweat Urawa Red Diamonds SRB Mihailo Petrović Nike Polus Vegalta Sendai JPN Susumu Watanabe Asics Iris Ohyama Ventforet Kofu JPN Hiroshi Jofuku Mizuno Hakubaku Vissel Kobe JPN Ryo Adachi Asics Rakuten Yokohama F. Marinos JPN Yasuhiro Higuchi Adidas Nissan Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureIncoming manager Vegalta Sendai Australia Graham ArnoldMutual consent Japan Susumu Watanabe Cerezo Osaka Serbia Ranko Popović Germany Marco Pezzaiuoli Shimizu S-Pulse Iran Afshin Ghotbi Japan Katsumi Oenoki Sagan Tosu South Korea Yoon Jong-hwanSacked Japan Megumu Yoshida Omiya Ardija Japan Kiyoshi Okuma Japan Hiroki Shibuya Cerezo Osaka Germany Marco Pezzaiuoli Japan Yuji Okuma Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Non-visa foreign Type-C contractPlayer registration and contracts http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/p_registration/ J.League 28 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140911021600/http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/p_registration/ 2014-09-11 dead Former player(s) Albirex Niigata Brazil Léo Silva Brazil Rafael Silva South Korea Lee Myung-jae South Korea Song Ju-hun New Zealand Michael Fitzgerald Brazil Roger Gaúcho South Korea Kim Jin-su Cerezo Osaka Germany Cacau South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon Uruguay Diego Forlán South Korea Kim Sung-joon South Korea Gu Sung-yun Australia Mitch Nichols Serbia Gojko Kačar FC Tokyo Brazil Edu Italy Michele Canini Brazil Matheus Ferraz South Korea Kwak Hee-ju Gamba Osaka Brazil Lins Brazil Patric South Korea Oh Jae-suk Brazil Evson Kashima Antlers Brazil Davi Brazil Jorge Wagner Brazil Luís Alberto Brazil Caio Brazil Jair Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Dudu Brazil Eduardo Brazil Leandro South Korea Kim Chang-soo New Zealand Michael den Heijer Brazil Leandro DominguesSouth Korea Han Kook-young Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Jeci Brazil Paulinho Brazil Renatinho North Korea An Byong-jun Nagoya Grampus Brazil Leandro Domingues Brazil Régis Colombia Danilson Córdoba Australia Joshua Kennedy Brazil Gustavo Omiya Ardija Brazil Carlinhos Paraíba Serbia Dragan Mrđa Slovenia Zlatan Ljubijankić South Korea Cho Won-hee Brazil Mateus Montenegro Dženan Radončić Sagan Tosu South Korea Choi Sung-keun South Korea Kim Min-hyeok South Korea Kim Min-woo Sanfrecce Hiroshima Croatia Mihael Mikić South Korea Byeon Jun-byum South Korea Hwang Seok-ho South Korea Park Hyung-jin Shimizu S-Pulse Canada Dejan Jaković Netherlands Calvin Jong-a-Pin Slovenia Milivoje Novaković South Korea Lee Ki-je Brazil Bueno Tokushima Vortis Brazil Adriano Brazil Alex Colombia Julián Estiven Vélez South Korea Kim Jong-min North Korea Ri Yong-jik South Korea Son Se-hwan Brazil Douglas Brazil Kleiton Domingues Urawa Red Diamonds Brazil Márcio Richardes Vegalta Sendai Brazil Ramon Lopes Brazil Wilson North Korea Ryang Yong-giUnited States Daniel Schmidt Australia Danny Vukovic New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Ventforet Kofu Brazil Cristiano Brazil Marquinhos Paraná Brazil Thiago Quirino Indonesia Irfan Bachdim Brazil Gilsinho Vissel Kobe Brazil Fábio Simplício Brazil Marquinhos Brazil Pedro Júnior South Korea Jung Woo-young Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Fábio Brazil Rafinha League table Positions by round table y br Gamba Osaka 14/5/9/11/14/16/15/13/14/15/16/15/11/16/13/11/8/6/5/7/8/7/5/5/5/4/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/1 Urawa Red Diamonds 6/9/5/5/11/6/4/3/5/4/1/2/2/1/1/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2 Kashima Antlers 2/1/1/1/1/1/2/4/1/1/2/3/7/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/3/4/4/3/2/3/4/4/3/3/3/3/3 Kashiwa Reysol 10/12/14/10/12/9/9/10/9/6/6/7/4/5/6/7/9/8/9/6/7/6/8/9/8/9/9/8/7/6/6/5/5/4 Sagan Tosu 1/1/4/9/4/8/5/5/3/5/3/1/1/2/2/2/2/1/1/3/2/2/3/3/4/5/5/3/5/5/4/4/4/5 Kawasaki Frontale 8/14/16/14/9/4/7/8/8/9/7/8/6/8/3/3/3/3/3/2/4/4/2/2/2/3/4/5/3/4/5/6/6/6 Yokohama F. Marinos 3/3/2/3/5/7/10/11/13/14/11/12/15/12/9/8/10/11/11/11/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/8/10/10/7/7/7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6/4/7/6/3/2/1/2/4/2/4/4/5/6/7/5/5/7/6/8/9/9/9/7/9/8/8/7/9/8/8/9/9/8 FC Tokyo 10/12/13/16/15/12/13/12/10/10/12/13/12/10/10/9/7/5/7/5/5/8/7/8/6/6/6/6/6/7/7/8/8/9 Nagoya Grampus 12/7/6/4/6/11/12/15/15/13/14/11/13/15/15/14/14/15/16/14/14/14/12/12/11/12/12/12/12/12/11/12/11/10 Vissel Kobe 8/11/8/12/7/3/3/1/2/3/5/6/3/3/5/6/6/9/8/9/6/5/6/6/7/7/7/9/10/9/9/10/10/11 Albirex Niigata 5/10/10/6/8/10/6/7/7/7/8/5/8/7/8/10/11/10/10/10/11/11/11/11/12/11/11/11/11/11/12/11/12/12 Ventforet Kofu 17/15/15/13/13/15/16/14/12/12/13/14/16/14/16/16/16/14/14/15/15/15/15/15/13/13/14/15/16/13/13/13/13/13 Vegalta Sendai 13/16/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/14/11/11/12/13/13/13/12/12/13/14/14/14/15/13/13/13/14/14/14/14/14 Shimizu S-Pulse 4/8/12/15/16/14/11/6/6/8/10/10/9/9/12/15/12/12/12/13/13/12/13/13/15/17/16/16/15/16/15/15/15/15 Omiya Ardija 16/16/11/8/10/13/14/16/16/16/15/16/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/16/15/14/14/15/16/16/16/16 Cerezo Osaka 15/5/3/2/2/5/8/9/11/11/9/9/10/13/14/13/15/16/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/14/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17 Tokushima Vortis 18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18 gold Leader and qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage #D0F0C0 Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage #DDFCDD Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off #fcc Relegation to 2015 J2 League 8 December 2014 J. League data siteNote 1: Matchday 12 results for 2014 AFC Champions League Participants (Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, Cerezo Osaka vs. Kawasaki Frontale), held on 15 July 2014, are included in Matchday 15 ranking. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka qualified to the Round of 16 of the 2014 AFC Champions League, in which the First Leg matches overlap with matches for Matchday 12 Results main FBR grey ALB ANT ARD CER FMA FRO GAM GRA RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VEG VEN VIS VOR Albirex Niigata 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 Kashima Antlers 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 Omiya Ardija 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 3–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 Cerezo Osaka 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 4–1 3–4 5–4 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 Gamba Osaka 5–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–5 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 Sagan Tosu 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 FC Tokyo 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 3–0 0–1 4–4 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–1 Ventforet Kofu 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 Vissel Kobe 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–5 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 Tokushima Vortis 1–2 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 8 December 2014 J. League Data Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1JPN Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale 18 2JPN Yohei ToyodaSagan Tosu 15 3BRA MarquinhosVissel Kobe 14 4BRA Pedro JúniorVissel Kobe 13JPN Yoshinori MutoFC TokyoSLO Milivoje NovakovićShimizu S-Pulse 8JPN Kensuke NagaiNagoya Grampus 12JPN Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red DiamondsJPN Yu KobayashiKawasaki Frontale 11BRA EduFC Tokyo 11BRA LeandroKashiwa ReysolJPN Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima Updated to games played on 8 December 2014 Source: J. League Data Awards Individual AwardRecipientClubMost Valuable PlayerJPN Yasuhito EndōGamba OsakaRookie of the YearBRA CaioKashima AntlersManager of the YearJPN Kenta HasegawaGamba OsakaTop ScorerJPN Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale Best Eleven PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKShusaku Nishikawa (3)Urawa Red DiamondsJPNDFKosuke Ota (1)FC TokyoJPNDFMasato Morishige (2)FC TokyoJPNDFTsukasa Shiotani (1)Sanfrecce HiroshimaJPNMFLéo Silva (1)Albirex NiigataBRAMFGaku Shibasaki (1)Kashima AntlersJPNMFYasuhito Endō (11)Gamba OsakaJPNMFYoshinori Muto (1)FC TokyoJPNFWPatric (1)Gamba OsakaBRAFWTakashi Usami (1)Gamba OsakaJPNFWYoshito Ōkubo (2)Kawasaki FrontaleJPN * The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11. Attendances 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 603770 56758 0 35516 37100 2 FC Tokyo 428184 42059 13048 25187 25073 3 Yokohama F. Marinos 392496 40571 11088 23088 27496 4 Albirex Niigata 390648 35533 2104 22979 26112 5 Cerezo Osaka 367651 42723 10262 21627 18819 6 Kashima Antlers 300310 32099 8840 17665 16419 7 Nagoya Grampus 284474 38966 5599 16733 16135 8 Kawasaki Frontale 283241 19668 10609 16661 16644 9 Vegalta Sendai 257949 18914 11144 15173 14866 10 Vissel Kobe 255185 25382 9375 15010 11516 † 11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 254951 24734 9515 14997 16209 12 Gamba Osaka 250738 19569 10898 14749 12286 † 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 241577 19824 8539 14210 14137 14 Sagan Tosu 240323 23277 8276 14137 11515 15 Ventforet Kofu 206904 36505 5416 12170 12614 16 Omiya Ardija 183791 14182 7001 10811 11138 17 Kashiwa Reysol 182161 14623 6115 10715 12553 18 Tokushima Vortis 151034 17274 3594 8884 4348 † 5275387 56758 0 17240 17226 8 December 2014 J. League Data † Team played previous season in J2. December 2014 References first 1 2014 Japan