2015 in Japanese football

none August 2024 August 2024 June 2020 2015 2014 2016 Japanese football in 2015. J1 League 2015 J1 League Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Clausura title, accumulating the most points in the overall table and thus getting a bye to the Championship final, where they met third-place Gamba Osaka, who had defeated Apertura champions Urawa Red Diamonds in the semifinal. Hiroshima won the two-legged final for their eighth overall Japanese title, regaining the record position they had set in 1970 and which they had held until the old Japan Soccer League folded. Shimizu S-Pulse was relegated to the second tier for the first time, after being one of the co-founders of the J. League back in 1993 (a placement that was deemed questionable in many quarters due to their lack of JSL record). Following after cameo appearances were Montedio Yamagata, in their fourth season, and Matsumoto Yamaga, who was debuting in the top flight only four years after being promoted from what was the third tier at the time, the Japan Football League. Overall table J2 League 2015 J2 League Omiya Ardija won the title and returned to the top flight at the first attempt. Júbilo Iwata followed after two years of second-tier football. In the playoffs, Avispa Fukuoka survived the final against fourth-placed Cerezo Osaka with a draw and was promoted, putting an end to four years of second-tier wilderness. At the bottom, Tochigi SC were relegated after 6 years in the second division, while Oita Trinita had the most shocking downfall, being a former J. League Cup winner and having played first-tier football only two seasons before, and losing a test-match series to Machida Zelvia. League table J3 League 2015 J3 League Only one season after being promoted from the fourth-tier JFL, Renofa Yamaguchi won the third tier at the first attempt. Machida Zelvia settled for second place but won the test match series easily against a crestfallen Oita Trinita. There was no relegation from this division, but the Japan Football Association folded the U-22 team. League table Japan Football League 2015 Japan Football League Vanraure Hachinohe won the Apertura title and an entry to the 2015 Emperor's Cup but fell in the Clausura stage to eventual winner Sony Sendai as well as to Kagoshima United, who won fourth-place overall, good enough for promotion to the J3 League. There was no relegation, but SP Kyoto FC withdrew after the season. They will be replaced by Regional Promotion Series finalists ReinMeer Aomori and Briobecca Urayasu. Overall table Regional Leagues 2015 Japanese Regional Leagues National team (Men) Results 12 January 18:00 UTC+11 2015 AFC Asian Cup JPN 4–0 AFC Report PLE Endo 8 Okazaki 25 Honda 43 pen. Yoshida 49 Newcastle Stadium icon AUS Newcastle, Australia 17,147 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) W 16 January 19:00 UTC+10 2015 AFC Asian Cup IRQ 0–1 AFC Report JPN Honda 23 pen. Brisbane Stadium icon AUS Brisbane, Australia 22,941 Alireza Faghani (Iran) W 20 January 20:00 UTC+11 2015 AFC Asian Cup JPN 2–0 AFC Report JOR Honda 24 Kagawa 82 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium icon AUS Melbourne, Australia 25,016 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) W 23 January 20:30 UTC+11 2015 AFC Asian Cup JPN 1–1 yes AFC Report UAE Shibasaki 81 Mabkhout 7 Stadium Australia icon AUS Sydney, Australia 19,094 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Honda Hasebe Shibasaki Toyoda Morishige Kagawa 4–5 O. Abdulrahman Mabkhout Esmaeel Hassan Fardan I. Ahmed D 27 March 19:37 JST International Friendly JPN 2–0 JFA Report TUN Okazaki 78 Honda 83 Ōita Bank Dome icon JPN Ōita, Japan 34,777 Ben Williams (Australia) W 31 March 19:26 JST International Friendly JPN 5–1 JFA Report UZB Aoyama 6 Okazaki 54 Shibasaki 80 Usami 83 Kawamata 90 Tukhtakhodjaev 82 Ajinomoto Stadium icon JPN Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan 46,007 Strebre Delovski (Australia) W 11 June 19:03 JST International Friendly JPN 4–0 JFA Report IRQ Honda 5 Makino 9 Okazaki 32 Haraguchi 84 Nissan Stadium icon JPN Yokohama, Japan 63,877 Daniel Stefański (Poland) W 16 June 19:34 JST 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 JPN 0–0 JFA Report SIN Saitama Stadium 2002 icon JPN Saitama, Japan 57,533 Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) D 2 August 18:20 UTC+8 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup PRK 2–1 EAFF Report JPN Ri Hyok-chol 78 Pak Hyon-il 88 Muto 3 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium icon CHN Wuhan, China Alireza Faghani (Iran) L 5 August 18:20 UTC+8 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup JPN 1–1 EAFF Report KOR Yamaguchi 39 Jang Hyun-soo 26 pen. Wuhan Sports Center Stadium icon CHN Wuhan, China Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore) D 9 August 20:10 UTC+8 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup CHN 1–1 EAFF Report JPN Wu Lei 10 Muto 41 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium icon CHN Wuhan, China Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) D 3 September 19:26 JST 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 JPN 3–0 JFA Report CAM Honda 28 Yoshida 50 Kagawa 61 Saitama Stadium 2002 icon JPN Saitama, Japan 54,716 Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) W 8 September 16:55 UTC+4:30 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 AFG 2013 0–6 FIFA Report JPN Kagawa 10 50 Morishige 35 Okazaki 57 60 Honda 74 Azadi Stadium icon IRN Tehran, Iran 8,650 Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar) W 8 October 17:00 UTC+4:00 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 SYR 0–3 AFC Report JPN Honda 55 pen. Okazaki 70 Usami 88 Seeb Stadium icon OMA Seeb, Oman 680 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) W 13 October 17:00 UTC+4:30 International Friendly IRN 1–1 FIFA Report JPN Torabi 45+1 Muto 48 Azadi Stadium icon IRN Tehran, Iran 15,000 Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman) D 12 November 19:15 UTC+8:00 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 SIN 0–3 AFC Report JPN Kanazaki 20 Honda 26 Yoshida 87 National Stadium icon SIN Kallang, Singapore 33,868 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) W 17 November 19:14 UTC+7:00 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 CAM 0–2 AFC Report JPN Laboravy 52 o.g. Honda 90 Olympic Stadium icon CAM Phnom Penh, Cambodia 29,871 Fu Ming (China) W #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA　 #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA　 #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Players statistics Player-201401.1201.1601.2001.2303.2703.3106.1106.1608.0208.0508.0909.0309.0810.0810.1311.1211.172015TotalYasuhito Endo148(14)O(1)OOO-------------4(1)152(15)Shinji Okazaki85(40)O(1)OOOO(1)O(1)O(1)O---OO(2)O(1)O-O13(7)98(47)Yasuyuki Konno84(2)-O--OO-----------3(0)87(2)Makoto Hasebe83(2)OOOOO-OO---OOOOO-12(0)95(2)Yuto Nagatomo76(3)OOOO--O----OOO-OO10(0)86(3)Atsuto Uchida72(2)----OO-----------2(0)74(2)Keisuke Honda65(24)O(1)O(1)O(1)OO(1)OO(1)O---O(1)O(1)O(1)OO(1)O(1)14(10)79(34)Eiji Kawashima64(0)OOOO-OOO---------7(0)71(0)Shinji Kagawa63(19)OOO(1)OOOOO---O(1)O(2)OOOO14(4)77(23)Maya Yoshida48(3)O(1)OOOO-OO---O(1)OOOO(1)O13(3)61(6)Hiroshi Kiyotake26(1)OOO-O--------OOO-7(0)33(1)Hiroki Sakai19(0)----O-OO---OO--O-6(0)25(0)Gotoku Sakai18(0)OOOO-O-------OO--7(0)25(0)Masato Morishige17(1)OOOO-O--OOOOO(1)-OO-12(1)29(2)Hotaru Yamaguchi15(0)----O-O-OO(1)OOOO--O9(1)24(1)Shusaku Nishikawa15(0)--------OO-OOOOOO8(0)23(0)Takashi Inui14(2)OOOO-O-----------5(0)19(2)Tomoaki Makino14(1)----O-O(1)OOOO--O--O8(1)22(2)Yuya Osako12(3)-----OOO---------3(0)15(3)Shinzo Koroki12(0)--------OOOO-----4(0)16(0)Toshihiro Aoyama7(0)-----O(1)-----------1(1)8(1)Yoshinori Muto6(1)OOOOO-OO---OOOO(1)O-12(1)18(2)Yohei Toyoda6(1)O--O-------------2(0)8(1)Hiroki Mizumoto6(0)-----O-----------1(0)7(0)Mu Kanazaki5(0)---------------O(1)-1(1)6(1)Gaku Shibasaki4(1)--OO(1)-O(1)OOOOO---O--9(2)13(3)Kosuke Ota4(0)-----O-O-O-------3(0)7(0)Yosuke Kashiwagi4(0)--------------OOO3(0)7(0)Genki Haraguchi3(0)------O(1)O---OOOOOO8(1)11(1)Shuichi Gonda2(0)----O------------1(0)3(0)Kensuke Nagai1(0)----O-O-OOO------5(0)6(0)Takashi Usami0(0)----OO(1)OOOOOOOO(1)OOO13(2)13(2)Kengo Kawamata0(0)----OO(1)--OOO------5(1)5(1)Wataru Endo0(0)--------OOO-O---O5(0)5(0)Hiroki Fujiharu0(0)----O---O-------O3(0)3(0)Takuma Asano0(0)--------OOO------3(0)3(0)Yuki Muto0(0)--------O(1)-O(1)------2(2)2(2)Shogo Taniguchi0(0)------O-O--------2(0)2(0)Daiki Niwa0(0)----------O---O--2(0)2(0)Koki Yonekura0(0)----------O---O--2(0)2(0)Takumi Minamino0(0)--------------O-O2(0)2(0)Gen Shoji0(0)-----O-----------1(0)1(0)Naoyuki Fujita0(0)---------O-------1(0)1(0)Shu Kurata0(0)---------O-------1(0)1(0)Masaaki Higashiguchi0(0)----------O------1(0)1(0) National team (Women) Results 2015.03.04 Japan 1–2 Denmark Ando ? ? ?? ? Portugal L 2015.03.06 Japan 3–0 Portugal Kawamura ?Yokoyama ?Sugasawa ? Portugal W 2015.03.09 Japan 1–3 France Kawasumi ? ? ?? ?? ? Portugal L 2015.03.11 Japan 2–0 Iceland Miyama ? ? Portugal W 2015.05.24 Japan 1–0 New Zealand Sawa ? Kagawa, Japan Kagawa Marugame Stadium W 2015.05.28 Japan 1–0 Italy Ogimi ? Nagano, Japan Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium W 2015.06.08 Japan 1–0 Switzerland Miyama ? Canada W 2015.06.12 Japan 2–1 Cameroon Sameshima ?Sugasawa ? ? ? Canada W 2015.06.16 Japan 1–0 Ecuador Ogimi ? Canada W 2015.06.23 Japan 2–1 Netherlands Ariyoshi ?Sakaguchi ? ? ? Canada W 2015.06.27 Japan 1–0 Australia Iwabuchi ? Canada W 2015.07.01 Japan 2–1 England Miyama ?? o.g. ? ? Canada W 2015.07.05 Japan 2–5 United States Ogimi ?? o.g. ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? Canada L 2015.08.01 Japan 2–4 North Korea Masuya ?Sugita ? ? ?? ?? ?? ? China L 2015.08.04 Japan 1–2 South Korea Nakajima ? ? ?? ? China L 2015.08.08 Japan 2–0 China Yokoyama ?Sugita ? China W 2015.11.29 Japan 1–3 Netherlands Sakaguchi ? ? ?? ?? ? Netherlands L Players statistics Player-201403.0403.0603.0903.1105.2405.2806.0806.1206.1606.2306.2707.0107.0508.0108.0408.0811.292015TotalHomare Sawa197(82)----O(1)OOOOOO-O----8(1)205(83)Aya Miyama144(34)O-OO(2)OOO(1)OOOOO(1)O---O13(4)157(38)Shinobu Ono125(39)O-OOOOOOOOOOO----12(0)137(39)Kozue Ando119(18)O(1)OOOOOO----------7(1)126(19)Yuki Ogimi112(52)O-OOOO(1)OOO(1)OOOO(1)---O13(3)125(55)Azusa Iwashimizu109(11)O--OOOOO-OOOO----10(0)119(11)Yukari Kinga92(5)O-O-OO-O---------5(0)97(5)Mizuho Sakaguchi85(26)OOOO-OOO-O(1)OOO---O(1)12(2)97(28)Miho Fukumoto75(0)-O-O-O--O--------4(0)79(0)Rumi Utsugi74(5)OOOOOOOO-OOOO---O13(0)87(5)Nahomi Kawasumi67(18)OOO(1)-OOOO-OOOO----11(1)78(19)Saki Kumagai63(0)O-O-OOOO-OOOO---O11(0)74(0)Aya Sameshima57(3)O-OOOO-O(1)OOOOO---O12(1)69(4)Megumi Takase52(9)OOOO---------O-O-6(0)58(9)Ayumi Kaihori46(0)--O--O-O-OOOO----7(0)53(0)Asuna Tanaka30(3)-OOO----O-----OO-6(0)36(3)Saori Ariyoshi30(0)OOOO-OO-OO(1)OOO---O12(1)42(1)Megumi Kamionobe27(2)-O-O---OO----O---5(0)32(2)Mana Iwabuchi25(3)--------OOO(1)OO----5(1)30(4)Yuika Sugasawa24(8)OO(1)OOOOOO(1)O---OOOOO14(2)38(10)Emi Nakajima21(5)--------------O(1)OO3(1)24(6)Kana Osafune14(2)----------------O1(0)15(2)Erina Yamane13(0)O---O-O------O--O5(0)18(0)Yuri Kawamura11(1)-O(1)O-OOO-O----OOOO10(1)21(2)Rika Masuya7(2)-------------O(1)-OO3(1)10(3)Asano Nagasato7(1)OO-O----O--------4(0)11(1)Kana Kitahara7(0)--------O----O---2(0)9(0)Hikaru Naomoto6(0)-------------OO--2(0)8(0)Mina Tanaka4(1)--------------OO-2(0)6(1)Mai Kyokawa2(0)-------------OOO-3(0)5(0)Saori Arimachi1(0)-------------OOOO4(0)5(0)Ami Sugita1(0)-------------O(1)-O(1)O3(2)4(2)Yumi Uetsuji1(0)-O-O----------O--3(0)4(0)Ryoko Takara1(0)-------------O-O-2(0)3(0)Shiho Kohata1(0)-------------O---1(0)2(0)Rie Azami1(0)--------------O--1(0)2(0)Kumi Yokoyama0(0)-O(1)-----------OOO(1)O5(2)5(2)Ayaka Yamashita0(0)--------------OOO3(0)3(0)Tomoko Muramatsu0(0)--------------OO-2(0)2(0)Hanae Shibata0(0)--------------O--1(0)1(0) References External links Category:Seasons in Japanese football