2014 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2014 Shonan Bellmare1st J2 title3rd D2 title Shonan BellmareMatsumoto YamagaMontedio Yamagata Kataller Toyama Masashi Oguro (26 goals) 462 1124 20,636Trinita vs Roasso 1,450Kamatamare vs Tochigi SC 6,589 2013 2015 The 2014 J.League Division 2 season was the 43rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season commenced on 2 March and ended on 23 November. Post-season promotion and relegation playoffs were played until 7 December. Clubs Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning a promotion as champions and runners-up respectively. Fourth-placed Tokushima Vortis won the promotion playoffs and become the very first Shikoku club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Japan Soccer League, the first amateur nationwide football league in Japan. Shonan Bellmare and Oita Trinita were relegated from the first division immediately after promotion, and Júbilo Iwata have suffered their debut relegation after 20 years in the first division. On the other end of the table, Kamatamare Sanuki have been promoted from 2013 Japan Football League, replacing Gainare Tottori whom they defeated in the J2–JFL playoffs. On 29 September the J.League licensing board issued J1 licenses to all J2 clubs except Mito HollyHock, FC Gifu, and Giravanz Kitakyushu.ja:クラブライセンス交付第一審機関（FIB）決定による 2015シーズン Jリーグクラブライセンス交付について J.League licensing for 2015 season. http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00006061.html J.League 9 October 2014 ja 29 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092716/http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00006061.html 2014-10-06 dead This means these three clubs are not eligible to play in J1 for 2015 season and therefore cannot be promoted directly or via playoffs. Japan right 450 Locations of the 2014 J.League 2 teams Japan 33.585803 130.461066 Fukuoka right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 43.015100 141.409816 Sapporo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 33.768249 132.797550 Ehime right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 34.680658 133.919631 Okayama left Arrows 12x12 se.svg Japan 35.441359 136.766090 Gifu right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 34.725327 137.874906 Iwata right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 33.890407 130.731746 Kitakyushu top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 34.310407 133.919631 Sanuki right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 36.625003 137.195638 Toyama top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 34.993496 135.714014 Kyoto top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 36.014892 137.994226 Matsumoto left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan 36.345278 140.412222 Mito right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 38.335547 140.378445 Yamagata right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 33.200783 131.657435 Oita right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 32.836872 130.800095 Kumamoto right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 36.411612 139.053255 Gunma left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan 36.510492 139.857194 Tochigi top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan 32.750323 129.877253 Nagasaki bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan 35.664257 139.657137 Greater Tokyo AreaChiba, Shonan, Tokyo, Yokohama right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg The participating clubs are listed in the following table: Club nameHome town(s)Note(s)Avispa FukuokaFukuoka Bellmare Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Relegated from J1 League in 2013 Consadole Sapporo Sapporo, HokkaidōEhime FCAll cities/towns in EhimeFagiano OkayamaAll cities/towns in OkayamaGifu FC GifuAll cities/towns in GifuNot eligible for J1 promotionGiravanz KitakyushuKitakyushu, FukuokaNot eligible for J1 promotionHollyHock Mito HollyHockMito, IbarakiNot eligible for J1 promotionJEF United ChibaChiba & Ichihara, Chiba Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Relegated from J1 League in 2013Kamatamare Sanuki Takamatsu, Kagawa Promoted from JFL in 2013Kataller ToyamaAll cities/towns in ToyamaMontedio YamagataAll cities/towns in YamagataRoasso KumamotoKumamotoSanga Kyoto SangaSouthwestern cities/towns in KyotoThespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in GunmaTochigi SCUtsunomiya, Tochigi Oita Trinita Ōita Relegated from J1 League in 2013Verdy Tokyo VerdyAll cities/towns in TokyoV-Varen NagasakiAll cities/towns in NagasakiYamaga Matsumoto YamagaMatsumoto, NaganoYokohama FCYokohama, Kanagawa Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian player Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Avispa Fukuoka South Korea Lee Kwang-seon South Korea Oh Chang-hyun South Korea Park Kun Malaysia Tam Sheang Tsung Bellmare Shonan Bellmare Brazil Wellington Consadole Sapporo Brazil Paulão Brazil Renan South Korea Jeong Shung-hoon South Korea Lee Ho-seung Indonesia Stefano Lilipaly Ehime FC Brazil Ricardo Lobo South Korea Kim Min-je South Korea Moon Dong-ju South Korea Han Hee-hoon Fagiano Okayama Brazil Hugo United States Piakai Henkel Gifu FC Gifu Brazil Henik Brazil Kleiton Domingues Colombia Cristian Nazarit Brazil Tiago Pereira Giravanz Kitakyushu HollyHock Mito HollyHock Brazil Osmar South Korea Yun Yeong-seung North Korea Kim Song-gi JEF United Chiba Brazil Jair Brazil Kempes South Korea Kim Hyun-hun South Korea Nam Seung-woo Júbilo Iwata Brazil Ferdinando Brazil Popó Brazil Tinga South Korea Baek Sung-dong Kamatamare Sanuki Brazil Allan Brazil Evson France Andrea Blede South Korea Song Han-Ki Kataller Toyama South Korea Park Tae-Hong South Korea Kim Young-keun China Gao Zhunyi Montedio Yamagata Brazil Diego Souza South Korea Kim Byeom-yong South Korea Lee Joo-young Peru Romero Frank Roasso Kumamoto Brazil Anderson Brazil Fábio South Korea Kim Byeong-yeon South Korea Kim Jeong-seok Brazil Pablo Sanga Kyoto Sanga Brazil Douglas Brazil Jairo Serbia Miloš Bajalica South Korea Oh Seung-hoon South Korea Hwang Te-song Thespakusatsu Gunma Brazil Daniel Lovinho Brazil Eder South Korea Kweon Han-jin North Korea Hwang Song-su South Korea Hwang Tae-jun Brazil Kaique Tochigi SC South Korea Lee Min-soo South Korea Cha Young-hwan Oita Trinita Brazil Daniel Montenegro Dzenan Radoncic South Korea Gang Yoon-goo South Korea Kim Jeong-hyun Colombia Jonathan Verdy Tokyo Verdy Brazil Abuda Brazil Nildo South Korea Kim Jong-pil V-Varen Nagasaki Croatia Stipe Serbia Knez South Korea Lee Yong-Jae South Korea Lee Dae-heon South Korea Jung Hoon-sung Yamaga Matsumoto Yamaga Brazil Sabia South Korea Lee Jun-Hyeob South Korea Yoon Sung-yeul Yokohama FC Brazil Douglas Brazil Ronaldo South Korea Park Sung-ho South Korea Na Sung-soo North Korea An Yong-hak Brazil Felipe League table main WDL PR BEL Shonan Bellmare YAM Matsumoto Yamaga JEF JEF United Chiba JÚB Júbilo Iwata GIR Giravanz Kitakyushu MON Montedio Yamagata TRI Oita Trinita FAG Fagiano Okayama SAN Kyoto Sanga CON Consadole Sapporo YFC Yokohama FC TOC Tochigi SC ROS Roasso Kumamoto VVN V-Varen Nagasaki HOL Mito HollyHock AVI Avispa Fukuoka GIF FC Gifu SPA Thespakusatsu Gunma EHI Ehime FC VER Tokyo Verdy KAM Kamatamare Sanuki KAT Kataller Toyama 31 8 3 86 25 C,P 24 11 7 65 35 P 18 14 10 55 44 18 13 11 67 55 18 11 13 50 50 18 10 14 57 44 P 17 12 13 52 55 15 16 11 52 48 14 18 10 57 52 15 14 13 48 44 14 13 15 49 47 15 10 17 52 58 13 15 14 45 53 12 16 14 45 42 12 14 16 46 46 13 11 18 52 60 13 10 19 54 61 14 7 21 45 54 12 12 18 54 58 9 15 18 31 48 7 12 23 34 71 5 8 29 28 74 R #D0F0C0 Qualification for 2015 J1 League J1L J1L #FFFF88 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs 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. QPP QPP QPP #FFE6E6 Qualification for Relegation Playoffs The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League QRP #FFCCCC Relegation to 2015 J3 League QRP REL inherit Ineligible for promotion IFP IFP IFP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 23 November 2014 J.League data Results main FBR grey AVI BEL CON EHI FAG GIF GIR HOL JEF JÚB KAM KAT MON ROS SAN SPA TOC TRI VVN VER YAM YFC Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–5 0–1 1–2 1–0 Shonan Bellmare 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 Consadole Sapporo 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 Ehime FC 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–4 2–1 Fagiano Okayama 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 FC Gifu 1–2 2–3 1–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 Giravanz Kitakyushu 3–5 0–4 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 Mito HollyHock 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 JEF United Chiba 3–0 0–6 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 Júbilo Iwata 3–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–1 Kataller Toyama 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–2 Montedio Yamagata 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–4 Roasso Kumamoto 2–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 Kyoto Sanga 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–3 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 Thespakusatsu Gunma 1–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–3 0–2 Tochigi SC 1–1 0–3 2–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 Oita Trinita 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–4 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 V-Varen Nagasaki 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 Tokyo Verdy 0–5 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 1–1 Matsumoto Yamaga 2–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 Yokohama FC 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 23 November 2014 J. League data Play-offs Promotion Playoffs to Division 1 2014 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2014 J1昇格プレーオフ) Because Giravanz Kitakyushu did not obtain J1 license for 2015 season, they were ineligible to participate in the playoffs. Thus, JEF United Chiba who finished third in the season received a bye into the final. Semifinal Final 4 Júbilo Iwata 1 6 Montedio Yamagata 2 3 JEF United Chiba 0 6 Montedio Yamagata 1 Semifinal 2014 11 30 y 13:00 Júbilo Iwata 1–2 Report Montedio Yamagata Yamazaki 45+3 Diego 26Yamagishi 90+2 Yamaha Stadium, Iwata, Shizuoka 11,239 Jumpei Iida Final 2014 12 7 y 15:30 JEF United Chiba 0–1 Montedio Yamagata Yamazaki 37 Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo 35,504 Hajime Matsuo Montedio Yamagata were promoted to J1 League. J3 Relegation Playoffs 2014 J2/J3 Play-Offs (2014 J2・J3入れ替え戦) Kamatamare Sanuki 1–0 Nagano Parceiro 0–0 1-0 2014 11 30 y 12:30 Nagano Parceiro 0–0 Report Kamatamare Sanuki Nagano Athletic Stadium, Nagano 8,944 Itaru Hirose 2014 12 7 y 12:30 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–0 Nagano Parceiro Kijima 71 Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Marugame, Kagawa 6,170 Kamatamare Sanuki remains in J2 League.Nagano Parceiro remains in J3 League. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1JPN Masashi OguroKyoto Sanga 26 2BRA WellingtonShonan Bellmare 20 3JPN Takayuki FunayamaMatsumoto Yamaga 19 4JPN Ryoichi MaedaJúbilo Iwata 17COL Cristian NazaritFC Gifu 17 6JPN Tomoki IkemotoGiravanz Kitakyushu 15 7BRA DiegoMontedio Yamagata 14BRA Daniel LovinhoThespakusatsu Gunma 14JPN Shohei OkadaShonan Bellmare 14JPN Ken TokuraConsadole Sapporo 14 Updated to games played on 23 November 2014 Source: J. League data Attendances 1 Matsumoto Yamaga 267402 18496 8608 12733 11041 2 Consadole Sapporo 232255 20633 6646 11060 10075 3 JEF United Chiba 195999 14575 5957 9333 10004 4 Júbilo Iwata 184261 13177 6108 8774 10895 † 5 Shonan Bellmare 178041 14155 5963 8478 9911 † 6 Oita Trinita 176859 20636 5028 8422 11915 † 7 Fagiano Okayama 176477 12359 6117 8404 8574 8 FC Gifu 159259 15138 3162 7584 4525 9 Kyoto Sanga 157911 12452 3680 7520 7891 10 Roasso Kumamoto 147046 12661 3580 7002 6227 11 Montedio Yamagata 133316 13344 4270 6348 7020 12 Tokyo Verdy 114023 12658 2434 5430 6343 13 Tochigi SC 111178 9131 3155 5294 4922 14 Yokohama FC 108064 8702 2577 5146 6064 15 Avispa Fukuoka 106303 7875 3444 5062 5727 16 V-Varen Nagasaki 101611 12638 3017 4839 6167 17 Mito HollyHock 99422 7033 3359 4734 4630 18 Kataller Toyama 89596 8018 2622 4266 4474 19 Ehime FC 80228 8295 2057 3820 3950 20 Thespakusatsu Gunma 78961 6407 1509 3760 3571 21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 76072 6516 1462 3622 3175 22 Kamatamare Sanuki 69664 10421 1450 3317 3125 ‡ 3043948 20636 1450 6589 6665 23 November 2014 J. League data † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL. December 2013 References second 2 2014 Japan Japan