2023 Nadeshiko League

The 2023 Nadeshiko League is the 35th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It is also the 19th season in its current format.

Nadeshiko League Division 1

Season	2023
Dates	18 March – 9 October 2023[1]
Champions	Orca Kamogawa FC (1st title)
Matches played	22
Top goalscorer	Chiina Kamiya (14 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

Nadeshiko League Division 2

Season	2023
Dates	1 April – 15 October 2023[1]
Champions	Viamaterras Miyazaki (1st title)
Matches played	18
Top goalscorer	Akane Saito (23 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

Teams

Division 1

Team	Coach	Location	2022 season
Bunnys Gunma	Tsutomu Kobayashi	Maebashi, Gunma	Div.1 9th
Orca Kamogawa	Akemi Noda	Chiba, Chiba	Div.1 5th
Sfida Setagaya	Akihiko Kamikawa	Setagaya, Tokyo	Div.1 1st
Nittaidai	Shigehisa Otsuki	Sagamihara, Kanagawa	Div.1 7th
Yokohama FC Seagulls	Mihoko Ishida [ja]	Yokohama, Kanagawa	Div.1 8th
Yamato Sylphid	Kazuyuki Takahashi [ja]	Yamato, Kanagawa	Div.2 3rd (promoted)
Shizuoka SSU Bonita	Takashi Ogawa [ja]	Iwata, Shizuoka	Div.2 1st (promoted)
NGU Loveledge Nagoya	Yasuyuki Moriyama	Nagoya, Aichi	Div.1 6th
Iga FC	Ryuji Kitamura	Iga, Mie	Div.1 2nd
Speranza Osaka	Kaori Taneda	Takahashi, Okayama	Div.1 10th
AS Harima Albion	Suzuka Ono	Himeji, Hyōgo	Div.1 3rd
Ehime FC	Takanobu Tokunaga	Matsuyama, Ehime	Div.1 11th

Division 2

Team	Coach	Location	2022 season
Norddea Hokkaido	Ryuichi Yoneyama (footballer) [ja]	Sapporo, Hokkaido	5th
Tsukuba FC Ladies	Sou Hakuba	Tsukuba, Ibaraki	6th
FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja]	Kai Watanabe	Narusawa, Yamanashi	Tōkai Div.1 5th
JFA Academy Fukushima	Takafumi Yamaguchi [ja]	Kobe, Hyōgo	1st
Veertien Mie Ladies	Kenichi Sadakiyo	Sendai, Miyagi	Tōkai Div.1 5th
Okayama Yunogo Belle	Hiroshi Taniguchi	Mimasaka, Okayama	8th
KIU Charme	Shinji Ota	Takahashi, Okayama	7th
Diavorosso Hiroshima	Junji Iwata	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	Chūgoku Div.2 1st
Fukuoka J. Anclas	Mie Kawashima	Fukuoka, Fukuoka	4th
Viamaterras Miyazaki	Shoma Mizunaga	Shintomi, Miyazaki	4th

League table

Division 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yokohama FC Seagulls	11	8	2	1	22	11	+11	26
2	Orca Kamogawa	11	7	2	2	20	9	+11	23
3	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	11	6	2	3	18	10	+8	20
4	Iga Kunoichi Mie	11	5	4	2	20	7	+13	19
5	AS Harima Albion	11	5	4	2	16	14	+2	19
6	Sfida Setagaya	11	4	5	2	16	11	+5	17
7	Nittaidai	11	4	3	4	18	15	+3	15
8	Ehime FC	11	2	5	4	12	16	−4	11
9	Bunnys Gunma	11	2	5	4	12	17	−5	11
10	Shizuoka SSU Bonita	11	2	2	7	12	22	−10	8
11	Yamato Sylphid	11	2	2	7	11	33	−22	8
12	Speranza Osaka	11	1	0	10	9	21	−12	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. 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

Division 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Viamaterras Miyazaki	10	8	2	0	44	4	+40	26
2	JFA Academy Fukushima [ja]	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20
3	Fukuoka J. Anclas	10	6	2	2	10	13	−3	20
4	Okayama Yunogo Belle	10	4	3	3	28	16	+12	15
5	Tsukuba FC	10	4	2	4	13	14	−1	14
6	FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja]	10	3	4	3	10	10	0	13
7	Veertien Mie	10	3	3	4	7	9	−2	12
8	KIU Charme	10	2	4	4	12	15	−3	10
9	Diavorosso Hiroshima	10	1	3	6	3	31	−28	6
10	Norddea Hokkaido	10	0	1	9	2	28	−26	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. 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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Division 1

As of 28 May 2023.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Yuna Katayama	Yokohama FC Seagulls	10
2	Misuzu Uchida	AS Harima Albion	9
3	Kana Shinbori	Sfida Setagaya	6
	Hinano Hirata	Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
5	Chiina Kamiya	Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya	5
	Shiho Ogawa	Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
7	Risa Urashima	Orca Kamogawa	4
	Haruhi Suzuki	Orca Kamogawa
	Ami Kitazawa	Nittaidai SMG Yokohama
	Mayu Kaneko	Nittaidai SMG Yokohama
	Akari Kurata	Yokohama FC Seagulls
	Runa Shioya	Bunnys Gunma

Division 2

As of 4 June 2023.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Akane Saito	Viamaterras Miyazaki	18
2	Kumi Yokoyama	Okayama Yunogo Belle	11
3	Mao Itamura	JFA Academy Fukushima [ja]	7
4	Miyuu Sakata	Viamaterras Miyazaki	6
	Konomi Uchida	Okayama Yunogo Belle
6	Saya Wakita	FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja]	5
	Riho Sakamoto	Viamaterras Miyazaki
8	Mizuki Akamine	Tsukuba FC	4
9	Karin Naito	Tsukuba FC	3
	Momoko Tanikawa	JFA Academy Fukushima [ja]
	Suzu Katanoda	Veertien Mie
	Yurina Furutani	KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi
	Kaede Itakura	KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi
	Rina Koyama	Fukuoka J. Anclas
	Shiori Yanagita	Fukuoka J. Anclas
	Ayako Shimada	Viamaterras Miyazaki
	Yuka Toriumi	Okayama Yunogo Belle

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
  • 2023 in Japanese football
    • 2022–23 WE League season
    • 2023 Empress's Cup
    • 2022–23 WE League Cup

References

1. "2023シーズン 開幕日 および なでしこリーグチーム編成　決定" [2023 Plenus Nadeshiko League opening date decided]. Nadeshiko League (in Japanese). 16 December 2022.
2. "ランキング(2023)" [Ranking (2023)]. www.nadeshikoleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Women's Football League. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
3. "ランキング(2023)" [Ranking (2023)]. www.nadeshikoleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Women's Football League. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Japanese)