2022 Nadeshiko League

The 2022 Nadeshiko League was the 34th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It was also the 18th season in its current format.

Nadeshiko League Division 1

Season	2022
Dates	19 March – 16 October 2022[1][2]
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.

Nadeshiko League Division 2

Season	2022
Dates	26 March – 9 October 2022[1][2]
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.

Teams

Division 1

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2021 season
Bunnys Gunma FC White Star	Maebashi	Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium		Div.2 2nd
Orca Kamogawa FC	Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena		9th
Sfida Setagaya FC	Setagaya, Tokyo	Komazawa Olympic Park		2nd
Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama	Sagamihara	Sagamihara Gion Stadium		4th
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	Saitama	NACK5 Stadium Omiya		6th
NGU Loveledge Nagoya	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium		8th
Iga Kunoichi	Iga	Ueno Athletic Park		1st
Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki	Takahashi, Okayama	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka		10th
Cerezo Osaka	Osaka	Kumagaya Athletic Stadium		3rd
AS Harima Albion	Saitama	Urawa Komaba Stadium		7th
Ange Violet Hiroshima	Saitama	Urawa Komaba Stadium		11th
Ehime FC	Matsuyama	Ningineer Stadium		5th

Division 2

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2021 season
Norddea Hokkaido	Sapporo, Hokkaido	Nagano U Stadium		5th
Tsukuba FC Ladies	Tsukuba, Ibaraki	Denka Big Swan Stadium		6th
Yamato Sylphid	Kumagaya	Kumagaya Athletic Stadium		Div.1 12nd
JFA Academy Fukushima	Kobe	Noevir Stadium Kobe		1st
Shizuoka SSU Asregina	Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena		3rd
Veertien Mie Ladies	Sendai	Yurtec Stadium Sendai		Tōkai Div.1 5th
Okayama Yunogo Belle	Mimasaka, Okayama	Sagamihara Gion Stadium		8th
Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi	Takahashi, Okayama	NACK5 Stadium Omiya		7th
Diavorosso Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium		Chūgoku Div.2 1st
Fukuoka J. Anclas	Fukuoka	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka		4th

League table

Division 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sfida Setagaya FC (C)	22	16	2	4	45	16	+29	50
2	Iga Kunoichi	22	14	4	4	37	18	+19	46
3	AS Harima Albion	22	13	4	5	46	23	+23	43
4	Cerezo Osaka (P)	22	11	5	6	46	25	+21	38	Promoted to 2023–24 WE League[3][4]
5	Orca Kamogawa FC	22	11	3	8	26	20	+6	36
6	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	22	10	6	6	27	24	+3	36
7	Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama	22	9	2	11	19	28	−9	29
8	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	22	7	6	9	24	26	−2	27
9	Bunnys Gunma FC White Star	22	7	4	11	21	40	−19	25
10	Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki	22	3	7	12	13	34	−21	16
11	Ehime FC Ladies	22	2	7	13	18	32	−14	13
12	Ange Violet Hiroshima	22	3	2	17	10	46	−36	11	Disbanding after this season[5]

Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shizuoka SSU Asregina (C, P)	18	13	4	1	37	15	+22	43	Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
2	JFA Academy Fukushima[lower-alpha 1]	18	12	5	1	47	17	+30	41
3	Yamato Sylphid[lower-alpha 1] (P)	18	10	5	3	37	20	+17	35	Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
4	Diavorosso Hiroshima	18	7	6	5	24	18	+6	27
5	Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi	18	4	6	8	13	22	−9	18
6	Fukuoka J. Anclas	18	4	6	8	14	29	−15	18
7	Norddea Hokkaido	18	3	7	8	16	28	−12	16
8	Tsukuba FC Ladies	18	2	8	8	12	28	−16	14
9	Veertien Mie Ladies	18	2	7	9	14	21	−7	13
10	Okayama Yunogo Belle (O)	18	1	10	7	14	30	−16	13	Qualification for the promotion relegation play-offs

Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. After two teams are leaving from Division 1, a promotion-relegation playoff between Divisions 1 and 2 has been cancelled, no team from Division 1 will be relegated, and top two teams from Division 2 will promote to Division 1. However, since the second-placed team (JFA Academy Fukushima) is not eligible for promoting to Division 1, the third-placed team (Yamato Sylphid) is to promote to Division 1 instead.^[6]

Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs

The top three teams from regional league qualifiers (1st: FC Fujizakura Yamanashi, 2nd: Diosa Izumo FC, 3rd: Viamaterras Miyazaki) and the lowest-ranked team from Division 2 (Okayama Yunogo Belle) played a round-robin tournament. The top three teams of the round-robin were to join Division 2 next year.^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viamaterras Miyazaki (P)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Promotion to 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 2
2	FC Fujizakura Yamanashi (P)	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Okayama Yunogo Belle	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3	Remained in Nadeshiko League Division 2
4	Diosa Izumo FC	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: Nadeshiko League (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Number of goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points for yellow and red cards^[7]
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

Division 1

As of 11 October 2022.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sonoko Chiba (千葉 園子)	AS Harima Albion	14
2	Mayu Otake (大竹 麻友)	Sfida Setagaya FC	13
3	Niina Yamada (山田 仁衣奈)	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	10
	Sinomi Koyama (小山 史乃観)	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
5	Mao Murakami (村上 真生)	Sfida Setagaya FC	8
	Fumina Katsurama (葛馬 史奈)	AS Harima Albion
	Sari Kaneshige (兼重 紗里)	Orca Kamogawa FC
8	Kanami Sinbori (新堀 華波)	AS Harima Albion	7
	Asuka Mitsuhashi (三橋 明香)	Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
10	Miyuka Momono (百濃 実結香)	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	6

Division 2

As of 9 October 2022.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mao Itamura (板村 真央)	JFA Academy Fukushima	13
	Marin Hamamoto (濱本 まりん)	Yamato Sylphid
3	Eriko Adachi (足立 英梨子)	Diavorosso Hiroshima	9
4	Momoko Tanikawa (谷川 萌々子)	JFA Academy Fukushima	8
5	Rika Kojima (幸嶋 里佳)	Yamato Sylphid	7
6	Hibari Hara (原 ひばり)	JFA Academy Fukushima	6
	Arisa Nakamura (中村 有沙)	Okayama Yunogo Belle
8	Yukiko Sue (須恵 裕貴子)	Yamato Sylphid	5
	Manaka Matsukubo (松窪 真心)	JFA Academy Fukushima
	Yuzuki Tsuchiya (土屋 佑津季)	Shizuoka SSU Asregina
	Mizuki Akamine (赤嶺 美月)	Diavorosso Hiroshima

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• 2022 in Japanese football
• 2021–22 WE League season

References

1. "2022 プレナスなでしこリーグ 開幕日決定" [2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League opening date decided]. Japan Women's Football League (Nadeshiko League) (in Japanese). Tokyo. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
2. "Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women". Sofascore. Retrieved 3 October 2022. #7 When does the Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women start and when does it finish? The Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women usually starts in March and ends in November.
3. "セレッソ大阪堺レディース WE リーグ参入決定" [Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League]. Cerezo Osaka co.,LTD. (in Japanese). Osaka. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. We are pleased to announce that Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies will join the Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League) from the 2023-24 season.
4. "セレッソ大阪堺レディース、２３年シーズンからＷＥリーグ入会へ" ["Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League from the 2023-24 season]. Sankei Digital Inc. (in Japanese). Tokyo. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. The WE League, a professional women's soccer league, announced on the 14th that it has approved Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the league from the 2023 season. WE League Chair Okajima said, The club is expected to play an active role in the WE League because it was evaluated as meeting the entry criteria and has produced many top-level players, especially in the development age group. commented. The number of teams in the league will be expanded to 12.
5. "アンジュヴィオレ広島 2022シーズンをもって解散のお知らせ" [Ange Violet Hiroshima disbands after 2022 season] (in Japanese). Ange Violet Hiroshima. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
6. "2023シーズン なでしこリーグ チーム編成について" [Teams of Nadeshiko League 2023 season] (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
7. "2022プレナスなでしこリーグ2部入替戦日程決定のお知らせ" [Schedule of 2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs]. Nadeshiko League. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

External links

• Official website (in English)