2015 J1 League

23rd season of J1 League January 2016 Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3rd J.League title8th Japanese title Champions League Sanfrecce HiroshimaUrawa Red DiamondsGamba OsakaFC Tokyo Club World Cup Sanfrecce Hiroshima Matsumoto YamagaMontedio YamagataShimizu S-Pulse Yoshito Ōkubo (23 goals) 306 820 53,148 Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka(2 May) 6,100 Montedio Yamagata vs Nagoya Grampus(29 July) 17,803 2014 2016 22 November 2015 The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2015 明治安田生命J1リーグ) seasonhttp://www.jleague.jp/sp/release/article-00006269/ 新年のご挨拶 J.League 2015-01-01 2015-01-19 ja was the 50th season of top-flight football in Japan and the 23rd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. This was first season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1. For a five-year period starting in 2015, the J.League changed to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) will qualify for the Championship Stage. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Championship Stage and advanced to the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's entrant. Clubs Japan right 450 Locations of the 2015 J1 League 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 36.014892 137.994226 80 Matsumoto Yamaga top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 38.335547 140.378445 Montedio Yamagata top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 35.084471 137.170891 Nagoya Grampus left Arrows 12x12 e.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 38.319143 140.881780 Vegalta Sendai right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 35.991744 140.640525 Kashima Antlers right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 35.622376 138.589756 80 Ventforet Kofu left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan TransparentPlaceholder.svg 1 45 128.3 80 † Greater Tokyo teams FC Tokyo Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Shonan Bellmare Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama F. Marinos right Japan TransparentPlaceholder.svg 1 45 135 80 ‡ Keihanshin teams Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe right Club nameHome town(s)StadiumCapacityNote(s) Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300 FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 Gamba Osaka Suita, Osaka Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium 21,000 2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League Division 1 winners) Kashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League Division 1 third-placed team) Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900 2015 AFC Champions League play-off participant (as 2014 J.League Division 1 fourth-placed team) Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 Matsumoto Yamaga Matsumoto, Nagano Matsumotodaira Football Stadium 20,000 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014 (as runners-up) Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata ND Soft Stadium 20,315 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014 (through a play-off system) Nagoya Grampus Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Stadium 27,000 Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Tosu Stadium 24,490 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch 50,000 Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka IAI Stadium Nihondaira 20,339 Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Shonan Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500 Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2014 (as winners) Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700 2015 AFC Champions League participant (as 2014 J.League Division 1 runners-up) 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 Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka Nissan Stadium 72,327 Personnel and kits Club nameHead coachKit manufacturerFront shirt sponsor Albirex Niigata JPN Masaaki Yanagishita Adidas Kameda Seika FC Tokyo ITA Massimo Ficcadenti Umbro Lifeval Gamba Osaka JPN Kenta Hasegawa Umbro Panasonic Kashima Antlers JPN Masatada Ishii Nike Lixil Kashiwa Reysol JPN Tatsuma Yoshida Yonex Hitachi Kawasaki Frontale JPN Yahiro Kazama Puma Fujitsu (home) Arrows (away) Matsumoto Yamaga JPN Yasuharu Sorimachi Adidas Epson Montedio Yamagata JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki New Balance ABeam Consulting Nagoya Grampus JPN Akira Nishino Le Coq Sportif Toyota Sagan Tosu JPN Hitoshi Morishita New Balance DHC Sanfrecce Hiroshima JPN Hajime Moriyasu Nike EDION Shimizu S-Pulse JPN Kazuaki Tasaka Puma Suzuyo Shonan Bellmare KOR Cho Kwi-jae Penalty ENERES Urawa Red Diamonds SRB Mihailo Petrović Nike Polus Vegalta Sendai JPN Susumu Watanabe Adidas Iris Ohyama Ventforet Kofu JPN Satoru Sakuma Mizuno Hakubaku Vissel Kobe BRA Nelsinho Baptista Asics Rakuten Yokohama F. Marinos FRA Erick Mombaerts Adidas Nissan Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of separationManner of departureIncoming managerDate of announcement Ventforet Kofu JPN Yasuhiro Higuchi 13 May Mutual consenthttps://www.ventforet.jp/news/press_release/508693 佐久間悟Gm 監督就任のお知らせ JPN Satoru Sakuma 13 May Kashima Antlers BRA Toninho Cerezo 21 July Sackedhttps://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/50018 公式サイトUrl変更のお知らせ | 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト JPN Masatada Ishii 21 July Shimizu S-Pulse JPN Katsumi Oenoki 1 August Resignedhttps://www.s-pulse.co.jp/news/detail/30231/ 大榎克己監督 辞任のお知らせ JPN Kazuaki Tasaka 11 August 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/ 11 September 2014 dead dmy-all Former players Albirex Niigata BRA Bruno Cortez BRA Léo Silva BRA Rafael Silva KOR Lim You-hwan BRA Rafael Ratão FC Tokyo SRB Vlada Avramov ESP Francisco Sandaza AUS Nathan Burns ITA Michele CaniniTUN Lassad Nouioui Gamba Osaka BRA Lins BRA Patric KOR Oh Jae-suk KOR Kim Jung-ya Kashima Antlers BRA Davi BRA Dinei KOR Hwang Seok-ho BRA Caio Kashiwa Reysol BRA Cristiano BRA Dudu BRA Éderson KOR Kim Chang-soo BRA Leandro Kawasaki Frontale BRA Arthur Maia BRA Elsinho BRA RenatinhoPRK An Byong-jun Matsumoto Yamaga BRA Eric BRA Obina BRA Willians KOR Kim Bo-kyung BRA Doriva Montedio Yamagata BRA Alceu BRA Diego Souza KOR Kim Byeom-yong PER Frank Romero Nagoya Grampus BRA Leandro Domingues COL Danilson Córdoba SLO Milivoje Novaković BRA Gustavo Sagan Tosu KOR Baek Sung-dong KOR Choi Sung-keun KOR Kim Min-hyeok KOR Kim Min-woo Sanfrecce Hiroshima BRA Douglas CRO Mihael Mikić KOR Byeon Jun-byum Shimizu S-Pulse CAN Dejan Jaković NED Calvin Jong-a-Pin NGA Peter Utaka AUS Mitch Duke PRK Jong Tae-se Shonan Bellmare BRA André Bahia BRA Thiago Quirino KOR Kim Jong-pil KOR Lee Ho-seung BRA Alison BRA Bruno CorreaBRA Fábio AmorimPOR Guima Urawa Red Diamonds SLO Zlatan Ljubijankić Vegalta Sendai BRA Felipe BRA Ramon Lopes BRA Wilson KOR Kim Min-tae PRK Ryang Yong-gi USA Daniel Schmidt Ventforet Kofu BRA Baré BRA Maranhão BRA Marquinhos Paraná BRA AdrianoBRA Bruno DybalBRA William Henrique Vissel Kobe BRA Leandro BRA Marquinhos BRA Pedro Júnior KOR Jung Woo-young BRA Bueno BRA Ferrugem Yokohama F. Marinos BRA Ademilson BRA Fábio BRA Rafinha Format changes Teams play a single round-robin in the first stage and a single round-robin in the second stage.http://www.jleague.jp/docs/aboutj/regulation/17.pdf Archived copy 2015-04-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151001153856/http://www.jleague.jp/docs/aboutj/regulation/17.pdf 1 October 2015 After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the first and second stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings advance to the championship stage. The team that finishes atop the overall table automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final. League table First stage main WDL First stage ALB ANT BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA MON RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VEG VEN VIS YAM PO 3 5 9 20 33 6 4 7 27 25 6 4 7 20 24 7 5 5 21 17 9 3 5 32 26 9 5 3 24 13 6 4 7 18 18 3 5 9 14 24 12 5 0 39 17 Q 4 6 7 22 25 5 5 7 22 32 10 4 3 29 16 3 4 10 22 32 11 2 4 24 18 6 5 6 27 20 6 2 9 12 22 4 7 6 17 19 4 3 10 17 26 Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Montedio Yamagata Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Matsumoto Yamaga 3 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored 27 June 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League Standings Q yellow1 Qualification to J.League Championship Stage Second stage main WDL Second stage SFR ANT GAM RED FMA TOK FRO REY BEL GRA ALB SAG VIS VEN YAM VEG SSP MON PO 5 5 7 21 25 12 1 4 30 16 7 5 5 20 20 8 5 4 24 15 8 3 6 30 22 9 4 4 32 24 7 3 7 26 30 1 7 9 10 29 9 4 4 30 23 8 3 6 24 18 4 8 5 15 22 13 1 3 44 14 Q 2 6 9 15 33 8 4 5 21 15 3 3 11 17 28 4 5 8 14 21 6 1 10 27 30 3 4 10 13 28 Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Montedio Yamagata Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Matsumoto Yamaga 3 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored 22 November 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2nd Stage Standings Q yellow1 Qualification to J.League Championship Stage Overall table main WDL Overall table SFR RED GAM TOK ANT FRO FMA BEL GRA REY SAG VIS VEN VEG ALB YAM SSP MON CWC CLCS CLCS CS R R R 8 10 16 41 58 18 5 11 57 41 13 9 12 40 44 15 10 9 45 32 17 6 11 62 48 18 9 7 56 37 13 7 14 44 48 4 12 18 24 53 R 21 9 4 69 40 12 9 13 46 43 9 13 12 37 54 23 5 6 73 30 C 5 10 19 37 65 R 19 6 9 45 33 9 8 17 44 48 10 7 17 26 43 10 8 16 44 49 7 7 20 30 54 R Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Montedio Yamagata Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Matsumoto Yamaga 3 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored 28 November 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League Standings QR orange1 Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final green1 Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round green2 Champions League qualifying play-off red1 Relegation to 2016 J2 League The winner of the 2015 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner was Gamba Osaka who were the third-placed team, the qualifying play-off spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team. Positions by round First stage table y br Urawa Red Diamonds 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 FC Tokyo 10/10/4/2/1/5/4/3/2/2/2/4/5/3/3/3/2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4/1/1/6/10/6/6/4/4/3/4/3/2/2/2/2/3 Gamba Osaka 10/13/7/5/3/2/2/2/3/4/3/2/3/4/4/4/4 Kawasaki Frontale 1/4/6/4/6/4/3/5/5/6/5/7/6/6/6/5/5 Yokohama F. Marinos 14/16/13/8/7/11/8/11/11/8/6/5/4/5/5/6/6 Vegalta Sendai 4/5/5/2/4/7/9/13/13/15/15/12/13/11/7/9/7 Kashima Antlers 14/17/17/11/12/8/10/8/10/11/9/8/11/9/9/7/8 Nagoya Grampus 8/12/16/18/12/8/11/9/6/7/8/11/9/10/8/8/9 Shonan Bellmare 14/8/12/7/11/13/14/12/12/13/10/10/8/7/10/10/10 Sagan Tosu 6/3/3/9/5/3/5/6/7/5/7/6/7/8/11/11/11 Ventforet Kofu 17/9/15/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/16/14/13/12/12 Vissel Kobe 13/13/18/14/9/10/7/10/9/9/11/14/10/12/12/13/13 Kashiwa Reysol 7/7/10/12/8/12/12/7/8/10/12/13/14/15/15/15/14 Matsumoto Yamaga 8/11/9/12/16/15/13/14/15/12/14/9/12/13/14/14/15 Montedio Yamagata 17/18/14/16/17/17/17/17/16/16/13/15/15/16/16/16/16 Albirex Niigata 12/15/10/15/14/14/15/15/14/14/17/17/18/18/18/17/17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1/5/8/10/15/16/16/16/17/17/16/16/17/17/17/18/18 gold Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 27 June 2015 J. League data siteNote 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 3 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking. Second stage table y br Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Kashima Antlers 4/5/11/7/4/2/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2 Gamba Osaka 6/8/6/3/5/8/10/8/5/5/5/4/8/4/4/4/3 Urawa Red Diamonds 6/7/9/13/14/9/8/4/9/6/4/3/4/6/5/5/4 Yokohama F. Marinos 9/14/16/16/17/14/12/9/6/7/6/8/7/3/3/3/5 FC Tokyo 17/10/9/13/9/6/4/6/4/4/7/5/3/5/7/6/6 Kawasaki Frontale 2/3/4/5/3/4/6/10/11/9/8/6/5/7/8/9/7 Kashiwa Reysol 12/10/3/2/6/3/3/3/3/3/3/7/6/8/6/7/8 Shonan Bellmare 6/5/11/11/7/5/6/4/7/8/9/9/9/9/9/8/9 Nagoya Grampus 14/8/6/6/2/7/5/7/8/10/11/10/10/11/10/10/10 Albirex Niigata 12/17/14/8/10/10/13/14/12/12/10/11/11/10/11/12/11 Sagan Tosu 4/4/8/9/11/12/11/12/14/13/13/14/14/14/14/13/12 Vissel Kobe 1/2/2/4/8/11/9/11/10/11/12/12/12/13/12/11/13 Ventforet Kofu 14/14/4/12/13/15/16/13/13/14/14/13/13/12/13/14/14 Matsumoto Yamaga 14/18/15/10/12/13/15/16/16/17/17/16/15/16/16/16/15 Vegalta Sendai 11/13/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/16/15/15/17/15/15/15/16 Shimizu S-Pulse 18/16/17/17/15/16/14/15/15/15/16/17/18/18/18/17/17 Montedio Yamagata 9/12/13/15/16/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/16/17/17/18/18 gold Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 22 November 2015 J. League data siteNote 1: Matchday 6 results for Gamba Osaka vs. Sagan Tosu, held on 22 July 2015, are included in Matchday 4 ranking. Gamba Osaka is a finalist in 2015 Suruga Bank Championship, scheduled on 11 August 2015.Note 2: Matchday 9 results for Matsumoto Yamaga vs. Montedio Yamagata, held on 23 September 2015, are included on Matchday 12 ranking. Overall table y br Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4/1/1/6/10/6/6/4/4/3/4/3/2/2/2/2/3/2/2/2/1/1/1/2/2/1/1/2/2/2/1/1/1/1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/1/1/2/2/1/1/1/2/2/2/2 Gamba Osaka 10/13/7/5/3/2/2/2/3/4/3/2/3/4/4/4/4/3/4/4/3/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/4/3 FC Tokyo 10/10/4/2/1/5/4/3/2/2/2/4/5/3/3/3/2/4/3/3/4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/4/3/4 Kashima Antlers 14R/17/17/11/12/8/10/8/10/11/9/8/11/9/9/7/8/7/7/8/6/6/6/6/5/5/5/6/6/6/6/7/5/5 Kawasaki Frontale 1/4/6/4/6/4/3/5/5/6/5/7/6/6/6/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/6/6/6/5/5/5/5/6/6/6 Yokohama F. Marinos 14R/16/13/8/7/11/8/11/11/8/6/5/4/5/5/6/6/6/6/6/8/9/9/8/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/5/7/7 Shonan Bellmare 14R/8/12/7/11/13/14/12/12/13/10/10/8/7/10/10/10/8/8/10/10/8/7/10/10/10/9/9/8/9/8/8/8/8 Nagoya Grampus 8/12/16/18/12/8/11/9/6/7/8/11/9/10/8/8/9/12/9/9/7/7/8/7/9/9/10/10/9/10/10/10/9/9 Kashiwa Reysol 7/7/10/12/8/12/12/7/8/10/12/13/14/15/15/15/14/14/13/12/9/10/10/9/8/8/8/8/10/8/9/9/10/10 Sagan Tosu 6/3/3/9/5/3/5/6/7/5/7/6/7/8/11/11/11/10/11/14/12/12/13/12/12/13/13/13/14/14/14/12/11/11 Vissel Kobe 13/13/18/14/9/10/7/10/9/9/11/14/10/12/12/13/13/11/12/7/11/11/12/11/11/11/11/11/12/13/15/14/12/12 Ventforet Kofu 17/9/15/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/16/14/13/12/12/13/14/13/14/13/14/14/13/12/14/15/13/11/11/11/13/13 Vegalta Sendai 4/5/5/2/4/7/9/13/13/15/15/12/13/11/7/9/7/9/10/11/13/14/11/13/14/14/12/12/11/12/12/13/14/14 Albirex Niigata 12/15/10/15/14/14/15/15/14/14/17/17/18/18/18/17/17/17/18/17/16/15/15/15/15/15/15/14/15/15/13/15/15/15 Matsumoto Yamaga 8/11/9/12/16/15/13/14/15/12/14/9/12/13/14/14/15/15/16/15/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16 Shimizu S-Pulse 1/5/8/10/15/16/16/16/17/17/16/16/17/17/17/18/18/18/17/18/18/17/18/17/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/17 Montedio Yamagata 17/18/14/16/17/17/17/17/16/16/13/15/15/16/16/16/16/16/15/16/17/18/17/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/18 gold Leader, qualification to 2015 J.League Championship Final and 2016 AFC Champions League group stage #D0F0C0 Qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2015 AFC Champions League group stage / qualifying play-off #fcc #fcc Relegation to 2016 J2 League 22 November 2015 J. League data siteNote 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 3 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking.Note 3: Matchday 23 results for Gamba Osaka vs. Sagan Tosu, held on 22 July 2015, are included in Matchday 21 ranking. Gamba Osaka is a finalist in 2015 Suruga Bank Championship, scheduled on 11 August 2015.Note 4: Matchday 26 results for Matsumoto Yamaga vs. Montedio Yamagata, held on 23 September 2015, are included on Matchday 29 ranking. Championship stage Meiji Yasuda 2015 J.League Championship (明治安田生命 2015 Jリーグチャンピオンシップ) The Championship stage consisted of a knockout tournament involving the champions of the First and Second Stages, and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall table. The team with the best aggregate record earned a bye to the final. The remaining teams playoff for the other spot in the final. 1/2 yes 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 3 Gamba Osaka 3 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 1 4 3 Gamba Osaka 2 1 3 28 November 2015 14:00 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–3 yes Report Gamba Osaka Ljubijankić 72 Konno 47Fujiharu 117Patric 120 Saitama Stadium 2002, Midori-ku, Saitama 40,696 Hajime Matsuo 2 December 2015 19:30 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Report Sanfrecce Hiroshima Nagasawa 60Konno 82 Douglas 80Sasaki 90+1Kashiwa 90+6 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita 17,844 Kenji Ogiya 5 December 2015 19:30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Report Gamba Osaka Asano 76 Konno 28 Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima 36,609 Yuichi Nishimura Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 4–3 on aggregate. Results First stage main FBR grey ALB ANT BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA MON RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VEG VEN VIS YAM Albirex Niigata null null null null null 1–1 1–1 null 3–2 null null 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 2–2 null Kashima Antlers 1–1 1–2 null 2–3 null null null null null 3–1 2–2 null null null 0–1 1–2 3–1 Shonan Bellmare 1–3 null null null 0–2 null null 1–3 null 4–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 null 1–1 null Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 null null null 1–0 1–2 null null 1–1 null null null Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 null 2–1 null null null null 1–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 null null null 3–0 2–2 2–0 Gamba Osaka 2–1 2–0 null null 1–1 3–1 null null null null null null 2–2 1–1 null 0–0 1–0 Nagoya Grampus null 1–1 3–0 null 0–1 null 0–0 null 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 null null null null 3–3 Montedio Yamagata null 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 null null 3–0 null null null 0–1 null null 0–1 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 5–2 2–1 null 2–1 null 1–0 2–1 1–0 null null null 1–0 4–1 null null null 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol null 1–3 0–0 1–2 null 1–0 null null 3–3 null 2–3 0–0 null 1–1 null null null Sagan Tosu 2–1 null null null null 1–0 null 1–0 1–6 1–1 2–2 null 1–2 null null 1–1 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–2 null null null null 0–1 null 5–1 0–0 null null 2–0 null 2–0 2–0 0–1 null Shimizu S-Pulse null 3–1 null 1–2 5–2 2–3 null 3–3 null null 2–2 null null null 0–2 null 0–1 FC Tokyo null 0–1 null 0–0 2–1 null 0–1 null null 2–1 null 1–2 3–2 null 1–0 null null Vegalta Sendai null 1–2 null null 2–3 null 2–0 2–0 4–4 null 5–0 null 2–1 2–3 0–1 null null Ventforet Kofu null null 0–1 1–1 null 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 null null null null null null Vissel Kobe null null null 1–1 null null 0–1 null 1–1 0–1 null null 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–1 null Matsumoto Yamaga 1–2 null 2–3 0–3 null null null null null 3–0 null 1–2 null 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 27 June 2015 J. League Data Second stage main FBR grey ALB ANT BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA MON RED REY SAG SFR SSP TOK VEG VEN VIS YAM Albirex Niigata 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 null null 1–2 null 1–0 0–2 null null null null null 2–0 Kashima Antlers null null 2–0 null 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 null null 0–0 2–1 3–2 null null null Shonan Bellmare null 2–1 1–1 2–1 null 2–1 0–1 null 3–0 null null null null null 0–2 null 1–1 Yokohama F. Marinos null null null null null null 1–1 4–0 0–1 null null 1–2 1–0 null 2–0 2–1 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale null 1–3 null 0–1 5–3 6–1 0–0 null null null null 3–2 2–0 1–0 null null null Gamba Osaka null null 1–0 2–2 null null 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 null null 2–1 null null Nagoya Grampus 4–2 null null 0–3 null 3–2 null 2–1 null null null null 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 null Montedio Yamagata 1–3 null null null null null 0–3 0–0 null 1–3 1–3 1–2 null 1–1 0–1 null null Urawa Red Diamonds null null 1–0 null 1–1 null null null 1–0 1–1 1–2 null null 3–1 1–1 5–2 null Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 null null null 1–0 null 3–1 0–0 null 2–3 null null 0–1 null 2–2 2–0 2–0 Sagan Tosu null 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 null 0–0 null null null null 0–0 null 1–0 0–1 null null Sanfrecce Hiroshima null 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 null 5–2 null null 0–3 0–0 null 0–1 null null null 6–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 null 1–2 null null null 2–2 null 1–4 0–3 null 1–5 1–1 0–1 null 0–5 null FC Tokyo 3–1 null 1–2 null null 2–1 null 0–0 3–4 null 0–0 null null 3–1 null 3–0 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 null 1–1 1–3 null 1–3 null null null 0–1 null 3–4 null null null 1–2 3–1 Ventforet Kofu 0–0 0–1 null null 1–3 null null null null null null 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 Vissel Kobe 1–2 0–2 1–1 null 2–0 1–2 null 3–1 null null 7–1 0–4 null null null null 2–1 Matsumoto Yamaga null 2–0 null null 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 null 1–2 null 1–0 null null null null 22 November 2015 J. League Data Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1JPN Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale 232BRA DouglasSanfrecce Hiroshima 213JPN Takashi UsamiGamba Osaka 194JPN Yohei ToyodaSagan Tosu 165BRA CristianoKashiwa Reysol 146JPN Yuki MutoUrawa Red Diamonds 13 7BRA PatricGamba Osaka 12JPN Hisato SatoSanfrecce HiroshimaJPN Shinzo KorokiUrawa Red Diamonds10JPN Genki OmaeShimizu S-Pulse 11 Updated to games played on 22 November 2015 Source: J.League Datahttp://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J1 J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League 29 May 2015 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162217/https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J1 dead Awards Individual AwardRecipientClubMost Valuable PlayerJPN Toshihiro AoyamaSanfrecce HiroshimaRookie of the YearJPN Takuma AsanoSanfrecce HiroshimaManager of the YearJPN Hajime MoriyasuSanfrecce HiroshimaTop ScorerJPN Yoshito ŌkuboKawasaki Frontale Best Eleven PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKShusaku Nishikawa (4)Urawa Red DiamondsJPNDFKosuke Ota (2)FC TokyoJPNDFMasato Morishige (3)FC TokyoJPNDFTomoaki Makino (2)Urawa Red DiamondsJPNDFTsukasa Shiotani (2)Sanfrecce HiroshimaJPNMFMu Kanazaki (1)Kashima AntlersJPNMFToshihiro Aoyama (3)Sanfrecce HiroshimaJPNMFYasuhito Endō (12)Gamba OsakaJPNFWDouglas (1)Sanfrecce HiroshimaBRAFWTakashi Usami (2)Gamba OsakaJPNFWYoshito Ōkubo (3)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 658668 53148 22363 38745 35516 2 FC Tokyo 489336 42604 12727 28784 25187 3 Yokohama F. Marinos 411759 44226 8038 24221 23088 4 Albirex Niigata 398545 31324 16068 23444 22979 5 Kawasaki Frontale 356976 24992 14881 20999 16661 6 Matsumoto Yamaga 285992 18906 11743 16823 12733 † 7 Kashima Antlers 279185 29030 6923 16423 17665 8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 278499 33210 7966 16382 14997 9 Vissel Kobe 276512 24027 7696 16265 15010 10 Nagoya Grampus 276082 33558 9986 16240 16733 12 Gamba Osaka 271984 18842 10702 15999 14749 11 Shimizu S-Pulse 239406 19736 11348 14083 14210 13 Vegalta Sendai 234442 19375 12488 13791 15173 14 Sagan Tosu 228644 20792 7524 13450 14137 15 Shonan Bellmare 207539 14581 9157 12208 8478 † 16 Ventforet Kofu 192042 14176 7015 11297 12170 17 Kashiwa Reysol 185609 14055 6701 10918 10715 18 Montedio Yamagata 170518 13737 6100 10030 6348 † 5447602 53148 6100 17803 17240 22 November 2015 J. League Data † Team played previous season in J2. April 2015 References first 1 2015 Japan