2018 J1 League

26th season of J1 League
The 2018 J1 League, besides known as the 2018 Meiji Yasuda J1 League ( 2018 明治安田生命Ｊ１リーグ, 2018 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu ) for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of J1 League, the top japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. Kawasaki Frontale were the defend champions .

2018 temper clubs [edit ]

A total of 18 clubs contested the league. The 2017 J2 League ace Shonan Bellmare and the achiever of the promotion play-offs Nagoya Grampus returned to the top flight a year after being relegated from J1 in the 2016 season. V-Varen Nagasaki, J2 runner-up in 2017, played in the J1 League for the beginning time.

Reading: 2018 J1 League

Personnel and kits [edit ]

managerial changes [edit ]

Foreign players [edit ]

The total act of foreign players is restricted to five per club. Clubs can register up to four foreign players for a single match-day police squad, of which a maximal of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ). Players from J.League collaborator nations ( Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran and Qatar ) are nontaxable from these restrictions. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window .

Results [edit ]

League table [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
( C ) Champion; ( O ) Play-off winner; ( radius ) Relegated
Notes: source : Meiji Yasuda J1 League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Goals scoredChampion ; Play-off winner ; RelegatedNotes :

Positions by orotund [edit ]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Kawasaki Frontale1421325633345433333332222221111111Sanfrecce Hiroshima4212111111111111111111111112222222Kashima Antlers127968121381214151381011131079677778743355333Consadole Sapporo161115111576444433355564456644574533444Urawa Red Diamonds6131317171611109121411121314111297899999986666665FC Tokyo6141713943522222222222223333335444556Cerezo Osaka6910151264355554544456765565657878897Shimizu S-Pulse12533458121311710119109810810111111121210109987778Gamba Osaka1417181818181818171716151616161616161617171817171717171312109989Vissel Kobe6151481310997688107666455444578910111211121110Vegalta Sendai4354232267697878781012888864687910101011Yokohama F. Marinos6161612101314161515131615151310131313151314151514141211101113111212Shonan Bellmare36710141112151413101213141214111211111212121413131414131414141413Sagan Tosu61069699141616171717171717171717161515161616151516171615151514Nagoya Grampus214571516171818181818181818181818181816141311121315161516161615Júbilo Iwata18181113101415118109666879111291010101010111112151312131316Kashiwa Reysol168875877108117911912141515131413131115161617141717171717V-Varen Nagasaki1511121616171713119121414121515151414141617181818181818181818181818

Results table [edit ]

Promotion–Relegation Playoff [edit ]

Season statistics [edit ]

lead scorers [edit ]

As of matches played on 1 December 2018.[24]

top assists [edit ]

Note

( H ) – Home ; ( A ) – Away

Attendances [edit ]

Updated to games played on 1 December 2018
Source : J. League Data
Notes:
† Promoted from J2 .