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Founded | 1992 |
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Country | Japan |
Confederation | AFC |
Number of teams | 18 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | J2 League (since 1998) |
Domestic cup(s) | Emperor’s Cup Fuji Xerox Super Cup |
League cup(s) | YBC Levain Cup |
International cup(s) | AFC Champions League |
Current champions | Kawasaki Frontale (3rd title) (2020) |
Most championships | Kashima Antlers (8 titles) |
Top goalscorer | Yoshito Ōkubo (179 goals) |
TV partners | DAZN (all matches), NHK BS1 (some matches) |
Website | www.jleague.jp |
2020 J1 League |
Team | Winner |
Kashima Antlers | 8 |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 4 |
Júbilo Iwata | 3 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 3 |
Gamba Osaka | 2 |
Tokyo Verdy | 2 |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 |
Nagoya Grampus | 1 |
Kashiwa Reysol | 1 |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 0 |
Vegalta Sendai | 0 |
FC Tokyo | 0 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Leading goalscorer | Goals |
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Japan Soccer League (1965–1971) | ||||
1965 | Toyo Industries | Yawata Steel | Mutsuhiko Nomura (Hitachi) | 15 |
1966 | Toyo Industries | Yawata Steel | Aritatsu Ogi (Toyo Industries) | 14 |
1967 | Toyo Industries | Furukawa Electric | Takeo Kimura (Furukawa Electric) | 15 |
1968 | Toyo Industries | Yanmar Diesel | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 14 |
1969 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Toyo Industries | Hiroshi Ochiai (Mitsubishi Motors) | 12 |
1970 | Toyo Industries | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 16 |
1971 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 11 |
Japan Soccer League Division 1 (1972–1992) | ||||
1972 | Hitachi SC | Yanmar Diesel | Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi) | 12 |
1973 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Hitachi SC | Akira Matsunaga (Hitachi) | 11 |
1974 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 21 |
1975 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 17 |
1976 | Furukawa Electric | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) | 15 |
1977 | Fujita Industries | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Carvalho (Fujita Industries) | 23 |
1978 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Yanmar Diesel | Kunishige Kamamoto (Yanmar Diesel) Carvalho (Fujita Industries) | 15 |
1979 | Fujita Industries | Yomiuri SC | Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri) | 14 |
1980 | Yanmar Diesel | Fujita Industries | Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi) | 14 |
1981 | Fujita Industries | Yomiuri SC | Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric) | 14 |
1982 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Yanmar Diesel | Hiroyuki Usui (Hitachi) | 13 |
1983 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors | Ruy Ramos (Yomiuri) | 10 |
1984 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors | Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri) | 14 |
1985–86 | Furukawa Electric | NKK SC | Hiroshi Yoshida (Furukawa Electric) | 16 |
1986–87 | Yomiuri SC | NKK SC | Toshio Matsuura (NKK) | 17 |
1987–88 | Yamaha Motors | NKK SC | Toshio Matsuura (NKK) | 11 |
1988–89 | Nissan Motors | ANA SC | Adílson (Yamaha Motors) | 11 |
1989–90 | Nissan Motors | Yomiuri SC | Renato (Nissan Motors) | 17 |
1990–91 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors | Tetsuya Totsuka (Yomiuri) Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Honda Motor) Renato (Nissan Motors) | 10 |
1991–92 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors | Toninho (Yomiuri) | 18 |
J.League (1993–1998) | ||||
1992 | Transition period; top flight clubs only play the J.League Cup , but Japan Football League plays inaugural season | |||
1993 | Verdy Kawasaki Yasutaro Matsuki | Kashima Antlers | Ramón Díaz (Yokohama Marinos) | 28 |
1994 | Verdy Kawasaki Yasutaro Matsuki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Frank Ordenewitz (JEF United Ichihara) | 30 |
1995 | Yokohama F. Marinos Hiroshi Hayano | Verdy Kawasaki | Masahiro Fukuda (Urawa Red Diamonds) | 32 |
1996 | Kashima Antlers João Carlos da Silva | Nagoya Grampus Eight | Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki) | 23 |
1997 | Júbilo Iwata Takashi Kuwahara | Kashima Antlers | Patrick Mboma (Gamba Osaka) | 25 |
1998 | Kashima Antlers José Mário de Almeida Barros | Júbilo Iwata | Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) | 36 |
J.League Division 1 (1999–2014) | ||||
1999 | Júbilo Iwata Takashi Kuwahara | Shimizu S-Pulse | Hwang Sun-Hong (Cerezo Osaka) | 24 |
2000 | Kashima Antlers Toninho Cerezo | Yokohama F. Marinos | Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) | 20 |
2001 | Kashima Antlers Toninho Cerezo | Júbilo Iwata | Will (Consadole Sapporo) | 20 |
2002 | Júbilo Iwata Takeshi Okada | Yokohama F. Marinos | Naohiro Takahara (Júbilo Iwata) | 26 |
2003 | Yokohama F. Marinos Takeshi Okada | Júbilo Iwata | Ueslei (Nagoya Grampus Eight) | 22 |
2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos Takeshi Okada | Urawa Red Diamonds | Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds) | 27 |
2005 | Gamba Osaka Akira Nishino | Urawa Red Diamonds | Araújo (Gamba Osaka) | 33 |
2006 | Urawa Red Diamonds Guido Ulrich Buchwald | Kawasaki Frontale | Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds) Magno Alves (Gamba Osaka) | 26 |
2007 | Kashima Antlers Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho | Urawa Red Diamonds | Juninho (Kawasaki Frontale) | 22 |
2008 | Kashima Antlers Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho | Kawasaki Frontale | Marquinhos (Kashima Antlers) | 21 |
2009 | Kashima Antlers Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho | Kawasaki Frontale | Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata) | 20 |
2010 | Nagoya Grampus Dragan Stojković | Gamba Osaka | Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus) Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata) | 17 |
2011 | Kashiwa Reysol Nélson "Nelsinho" Baptista | Nagoya Grampus | Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus) | 19 |
2012 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu | Vegalta Sendai | Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | 22 |
2013 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) | 26 |
2014 | Gamba Osaka Kenta Hasegawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) | 18 |
J1 League (2015–present) | ||||
2015 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu | Gamba Osaka | Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) | 23 |
2016 | Kashima Antlers Masatada Ishii | Urawa Red Diamonds | Leandro ( Vissel Kobe ) Peter Utaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | 19 |
2017 | Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki | Kashima Antlers | Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) | 23 |
2018 | Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Jô (Nagoya Grampus) | 24 |
2019 | Yokohama F. Marinos Ange Postecoglou | FC Tokyo | Teruhito Nakagawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos) | 15 |
2020 | Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki | Gamba Osaka | Michael Olunga (Kashiwa Reysol) | 25 |
2021 |