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Japanese League (2nd tier)
Japan Soccer League Second Division (1972–1992) (former) Japan Football League Division 1 (1992–1993) (former) Japan Football League (1994–1998) J.League Division 2 (1999–2014) J2 League (2015–present)
Country
Japan
Founded
1972
Number of teams
20 (2024)
Current champions
FC Machida Zelvia (2023)
Most successful club
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (6 titles)

A national second tier of Japanese league football was first established in 1972, as the Japan Soccer League Second Division. In 1992, with the breakup of the JSL and restructuring of the top flight into the J.League, the (former) Japan Football League became the second tier. In 1999 the J.League has established a second division (officially known as J2 League).

Japan Soccer League Second Division (1972–1992)

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of wins at the date.

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1972	Toyota Motors	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
1973	Eidai Industries	Kofu SC^†
1974	Yomiuri SC^†	Fujitsu^†
1975	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals^†	Yomiuri SC^†
1976	Fujitsu	Yomiuri SC^†
1977	Yomiuri SC (2)	Nissan Motors^†
1978	Honda Motors^†	Nissan Motors
1979	Toshiba Horikawacho^†	Yamaha Motors
1980	Honda Motors (2)	Fujitsu^†
1981	Nippon Kokan	Nissan Motors
1982	Yamaha Motors	Toshiba SC^†
1983	Nippon Kokan (2)	Sumitomo Metal Industries^†
1984	Sumitomo Metal Industries	ANA Yokohama
1985	Matsushita Electric	Mazda SC
1986–87	Sumitomo Metal Industries (2)	Toyota Motors
1987–88	ANA Yokohama	Matsushita Electric
1988–89	Toshiba SC (2)	Hitachi
1989–90	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Toyota Motors
1990–91	Hitachi	Mazda SC
1991–92	Fujita SC^‡	Sumitomo Metal Industries

^† Not promoted to Division 1 due to losing promotion/relegation series
^‡ Not promoted to the newly formed J.League

(former) Japan Football League Division 1 (1992–1993)

An extra season of Japanese football was done by the Japan Football League in late 1992, as the top flight clubs were still re-organizing and adopting new identities before the J.League kicked off in 1993.

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1992	Yamaha Motors^† (2)	Hitachi^†
1993	Shonan Bellmare (2)	Júbilo Iwata

^† Not promoted to J.League

(former) Japan Football League (1994–1998)

In 1994, the Japan Football League Division 2 was abolished.

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1994	Cerezo Osaka	Kashiwa Reysol
1995	Fukuoka Blux	Kyoto Purple Sanga
1996	Honda Motors^† (3)	Vissel Kobe
1997	Consadole Sapporo (3)	Tokyo Gas^†
1998	Tokyo Gas^†	Kawasaki Frontale^†

^† Not promoted to J.League (J1 after 1998)

J2 League (1999–present)

From 1999 to 2014 the league was known as J.League Division 2.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Playoff winners
1999	Kawasaki Frontale (2)	FC Tokyo	Oita Trinita^†
2000	Consadole Sapporo (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Oita Trinita^†
2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Vegalta Sendai	Montedio Yamagata^†
2002	Oita Trinita	Cerezo Osaka	Albirex Niigata^†
2003	Albirex Niigata	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale^†
2004	Kawasaki Frontale (3)	Omiya Ardija	Avispa Fukuoka^‡
2005	Kyoto Purple Sanga (2)	Avispa Fukuoka	Ventforet Kofu
2006	Yokohama FC	Kashiwa Reysol	Vissel Kobe
2007	Consadole Sapporo (5)	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Kyoto Sanga
2008	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Montedio Yamagata	Vegalta Sendai^‡
2009	Vegalta Sendai	Cerezo Osaka	Shonan Bellmare
2010	Kashiwa Reysol (2)	Ventforet Kofu	Avispa Fukuoka
2011	FC Tokyo (2)	Sagan Tosu	Consadole Sapporo
2012	Ventforet Kofu	Shonan Bellmare	Kyoto Sanga^†	Oita Trinita (6th)
2013	Gamba Osaka (2)	Vissel Kobe	Kyoto Sanga^†	Tokushima Vortis (4th)
2014	Shonan Bellmare (3)	Matsumoto Yamaga	JEF United Chiba^†	Montedio Yamagata (6th)
2015	Omiya Ardija	Júbilo Iwata	Avispa Fukuoka	Avispa Fukuoka (3rd)
2016	Consadole Sapporo (6)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Matsumoto Yamaga^†	Cerezo Osaka (4th)
2017	Shonan Bellmare (4)	V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus (3rd)
2018	Matsumoto Yamaga	Oita Trinita	Yokohama FC^†
2019	Kashiwa Reysol (3)	Yokohama FC	Omiya Ardija^†
2020	Tokushima Vortis	Avispa Fukuoka	V-Varen Nagasaki^†
2021	Júbilo Iwata (3)	Kyoto Sanga	Ventforet Kofu^†
2022	Albirex Niigata (2)	Yokohama FC	Fagiano Okayama^†
2023	Machida Zelvia	Júbilo Iwata	Tokyo Verdy	Tokyo Verdy (3rd)
2024	Shimizu S-Pulse	Yokohama FC	V-Varen Nagasaki

^† Not promoted to J1
^‡ Not promoted to J1 due to losing promotion/relegation series
For play-off winners, the number in parentheses indicates their position after the end of the season.

Total wins

Clubs in bold compete in J2 as of 2024 season. Clubs in italic no longer exist.
Years in italic indicate seasons of amateur football (Japan Soccer League D2 and former Japan Football League).

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons
Consadole Sapporo	6	1	1979, 1988–89, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2016	1982
Shonan Bellmare	4	1	1991–92, 1993, 2014, 2017	2012
Kashiwa Reysol	3	4	1990–91, 2010, 2019	1988–89, 1992, 1994, 2006
Júbilo Iwata	3	4	1982, 1992, 2021	1979, 1993, 2015, 2023
Kawasaki Frontale	3	3	1976, 1999, 2004	1974, 1980, 1998
Honda FC	3	0	1978, 1980, 1996
Tokyo Verdy	2	3	1974, 1977	1975, 1976, 2007
Kashima Antlers	2	2	1984, 1986–87	1983, 1991–92
FC Tokyo	2	2	1998, 2011	1997, 1999
Kyoto Sanga	2	2	2001, 2005	1995, 2021
Gamba Osaka	2	1	1985, 2013	1987–88
NKK SC	2	0	1981, 1983
Albirex Niigata	2	0	2003, 2022
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	3	2008	1985, 1990–91, 2003
Yokohama FC	1	3	2006	2019, 2022, 2024
Nagoya Grampus	1	2	1972	1986–87, 1989–90
Cerezo Osaka	1	2	1994	2002, 2009
Ventforet Kofu	1	2	2012	1973, 2010
Avispa Fukuoka	1	2	1995	2005, 2020
Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	1	1	1975	1972
Yokohama Flügels	1	1	1987–88	1984
Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	1989–90	2000
Vegalta Sendai	1	1	2009	2001
Omiya Ardija	1	1	2015	2004
Oita Trinita	1	1	2002	2018
Matsumoto Yamaga	1	1	2018	2014
Shimizu S-Pulse	1	1	2024	2016
Eidai Industries	1	0	1973
Tokushima Vortis	1	0	2020
Machida Zelvia	1	0	2023
Yokohama F. Marinos	0	3		1977, 1978, 1981
Vissel Kobe	0	2		1996, 2013
Montedio Yamagata	0	1		2008
Sagan Tosu	0	1		2011
V-Varen Nagasaki	0	1		2017

J1 League seasons (1993–present)	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
J2 League seasons (1999–present)	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
J3 League seasons (2014–present)	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Clubs

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama Fujieda MYFC Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Kagoshima United FC Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse Thespa Gunma Tochigi SC Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu FC Imabari Iwate Grulla Morioka Kamatamare Sanuki Kataller Toyama Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club Omiya Ardija FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Vanraure Hachinohe YSCC Yokohama Zweigen Kanazawa
Former	Yokohama Flügels J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23

Players

Managers

J.League managers
- current

Referees

J.League referees

Awards (Monthly MVP · MVP Award · Best XI · Top Scorer · Rookie of the Year · Manager of the Year)

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
J.League 1993–present J.League Division 1/J1 League since 1999	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of champions J.League Championship Promotion / Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
(former) Japan Football League 1992–1998 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–1993	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of champions Promotion / Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–93	1992 1993
No national third tier, 1994–1998
Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

Japanese Regional Leagues 1966–present	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Regional Champions League Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup
1921–present

Super Cup

League Cup seasons, 1976–present

JSL Cup 1976–1991	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
J.League Cup 1992–present	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2024

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama Fujieda MYFC Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Kagoshima United FC Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu FC Imabari Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Iwate Grulla Morioka Kamatamare Sanuki Kataller Toyama Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club Omiya Ardija FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Vanraure Hachinohe YSCC Yokohama Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Atletico Suzuka Club Briobecca Urayasu Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Kochi United Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori Sony Sendai FC Tiamo Hirakata Tochigi City Veertien Mie Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 Kagura Shimane

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Japan Soccer League Second Division (1972–1992)

(former) Japan Football League Division 1 (1992–1993)

(former) Japan Football League (1994–1998)

J2 League (1999–present)

Total wins

See also