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The 2022 J1 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was eighth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.
Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 18 February – 5 November |
Champions | Yokohama F. Marinos 5th J1 title 7th Japanese title |
Relegated | Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata |
Champions League | Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Red Diamonds |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 769 (2.51 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Thiago Santana (14 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sagan Tosu 5–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (19 March 2022) Sagan Tosu 5–0 FC Tokyo (26 June 2022) |
Biggest away win | Júbilo Iwata 0–6 Urawa Red Diamonds (13 August 2022) |
Highest scoring | Kashiwa Reysol 3–6 FC Tokyo (27 August 2022) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Yokohama F. Marinos |
Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches Yokohama F. Marinos |
Longest winless run | 11 matches Vissel Kobe |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Vissel Kobe |
Highest attendance | 56,131[1] Shimizu S-Pulse 3–5 Yokohama F. Marinos (2 July 2022) |
Lowest attendance | 3,988[1] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos (6 April 2022) |
Total attendance | 4,384,401[1] |
Average attendance | 14,328[1] |
← 2021 2023 → |
Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions, having won their fourth and second consecutive title in 2021 with four rounds to play.[2] Yokohama F. Marinos reclaimed the trophy, winning its fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title on the final day of the season.[3][4] Brazilian forward Thiago Santana scored 14 goals for Shimizu S-Pulse, the least number of goals from a player who became the league top scorer and the first to also suffer relegation in the same season.
Due to 2022 FIFA World Cup, the league begin from February to November 2022.
There were four teams instead of two relegated last season to 2022 J2 League due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic to made up the decision of no relegation in the 2020 season,[5] which saw the number of teams rise to 20.[6] They were Tokushima Vortis, Oita Trinita, Vegalta Sendai, and Yokohama FC.
Two teams were promoted from the 2021 J2 League: Júbilo Iwata, who won the title and returned to J1 after an two-year absence, and Kyoto Sanga who finished second, returning to J1 after 11 seasons.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ![]() |
End of interim spell | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | ![]() |
25 November 2021 |
Gamba Osaka | ![]() |
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23 December 2021 | |||
Kashima Antlers | ![]() |
End of contract | ![]() |
10 December 2021 | ||
FC Tokyo | ![]() |
End of interim spell | ![]() | |||
Nagoya Grampus | ![]() |
End of contract | 9 December 2021 | ![]() |
9 December 2021 | |
Sagan Tosu | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 December 2021 | ![]() |
24 December 2021 | |
Júbilo Iwata | ![]() |
25 December 2021 | ![]() |
25 December 2021 | ||
Vissel Kobe | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 March 2022 | 16th | ![]() |
21 March 2022 |
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End of caretaker spell | 8 April 2022 | 17th | ![]() |
8 April 2022 | |
Shimizu S-Pulse | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 May 2022 | 16th | ![]() |
30 May 2022 |
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End of caretaker spell | 7 June 2022 | ![]() |
7 June 2022 | ||
Vissel Kobe | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 June 2022 | 18th | ![]() |
29 June 2022 |
Kashima Antlers | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 7 August 2022 | 4th | ![]() |
8 August 2022 |
Gamba Osaka | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 August 2022 | 17th | ![]() |
17 August 2022 |
Júbilo Iwata | ![]() |
Sacked | 18th | ![]() |
From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[34] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Yokohama F. Marinos (C) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 66 | |
3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 55 | |
4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 52 | |
5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 51 | |
6 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | |
7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
8 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 46 | |
9 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] |
10 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 45 | |
11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 42 | |
12 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 41 | |
13 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 40 | |
14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 38 | |
15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
16 | Kyoto Sanga (O) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 36 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
17 | Shimizu S-Pulse (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to the J2 League |
18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 30 |
Home \ Away | ANT | AVI | BEL | CER | CON | FMA | FRO | GAM | GRA | JBI | KSA | RED | REY | SAG | SFR | SSP | TOK | VIS |
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Kashima Antlers | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Avispa Fukuoka | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
Shonan Bellmare | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Cerezo Osaka | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Gamba Osaka | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Nagoya Grampus | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Júbilo Iwata | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Kyoto Sanga | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
Kashiwa Reysol | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 |
Sagan Tosu | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 |
FC Tokyo | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
Vissel Kobe | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
In the playoffs, officially called the 2022 J.League J1/J2 Play-offs (Japanese: 2022 J1参入プレーオフ), the 16th-placed team of the J1 League (Kyoto Sanga) faced the winners of the J2 League promotion playoffs. Should they lose, the J2 team would be promoted in their place for the 2023 J1 League. Fagiano Okayama, Roasso Kumamoto, Oita Trinita, and Montedio Yamagata qualified for the promotion playoffs as they finished between third and sixth in the 2022 J2 League.
In the first two rounds of the playoffs, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time was played and the winners were the team with the higher finish in the J2 League (i.e. the home team). In the final match at the J1 team's home, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time would be played, and both teams stay at their respective leagues.[36]
First round 30 October | Second round 6 November | Final 13 November | |||||||||||
J2 (3) | Fagiano Okayama | 0 | |||||||||||
J1 (16) | Kyoto Sanga | 1 | |||||||||||
J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | |||||||||||
J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 2 | J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 1 | ||||||||
J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | |||||||||||
J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | |||||||||||
J2 (5) | Oita Trinita | 2 | |||||||||||
30 October 2022 | Roasso Kumamoto | 2–2 | Oita Trinita | Kumamoto |
13:07 | Report (EN) Report (JA) |
Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 13,818 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
30 October 2022 | Fagiano Okayama | 0–3 | Montedio Yamagata | Okayama |
14:03 | Report (EN) Report (JA) |
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Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 11,854 Referee: Hayato Shimizu |
6 November 2022 | Roasso Kumamoto | 2–2 | Montedio Yamagata | Kumamoto |
13:09 | Report (EN) Report (JA) |
Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 11,429 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
13 November 2022 | Kyoto Sanga | 1–1 | Roasso Kumamoto | Kameoka |
13:06 | Toyokawa ![]() |
Report (EN) Report (JA) |
Iyoha ![]() |
Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 18,207 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
Kyoto Sanga remained in J1 League. Roasso Kumamoto remained in J2 League.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[37][38] |
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1 | ![]() |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Shonan Bellmare | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Tokyo | 12 |
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Kawasaki Frontale | ||
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Kawasaki Frontale | ||
6 | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
8 | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 |
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Kashima Antlers | ||
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Urawa Red Diamonds | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–3 (H)[39][40] | 18 May 2022 |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–3 (A)[41][42] | 2 July 2022 |
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Kawasaki Frontale | Avispa Fukuoka | 4–1 (A)[43][44] | 20 August 2022 |
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FC Tokyo | Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 (H)[45][46] | 12 October 2022 |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[47][38] |
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1 | ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | 10 |
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Kawasaki Frontale | ||
3 | ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | 8 |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sagan Tosu | 7 |
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Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
8 | ![]() |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 |
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Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
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Kashiwa Reysol | ||
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
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Kawasaki Frontale | ||
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[48] |
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1 | ![]() |
FC Tokyo | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Nagoya Grampus | 13 |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
4 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | 12 |
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Sagan Tosu | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 |
7 | ![]() |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 10 |
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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | ||
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Shonan Bellmare | ||
10 | ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka | 9 |
Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | References | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
February/March | ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | [53][54][55] |
April | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ![]() |
Kyoto Sanga | ![]() |
Gamba Osaka | [56][57][58] |
May | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka | ![]() |
Kashiwa Reysol | [59][60][61] |
June | ![]() |
Shonan Bellmare | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | [62][63][64] |
July | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | [65][66][67] |
August | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | ![]() |
Nagoya Grampus | [68][69][70] |
September | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | [71][72] |
October/November | ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | ![]() |
Vissel Kobe | [73] |
Award | Winner | Club |
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Manager of the Year | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
Best Young Player | ![]() |
Kashiwa Reysol |
Goal of the Year | ![]() |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Best XI[74] | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | ![]() | |||||||||||
Defenders | ![]() |
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Midfielders | ![]() |
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Forwards | ![]() |
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