2016 in Japanese football

2016 season
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Japanese football in 2016.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from J1 League

Teams promoted to J1 League

Teams relegated from J2 League

Teams promoted to J2 League

Teams relegated from J3 League

No relegation to the Japan Football League

Teams promoted to J3 League

J1 League

Main article: 2016 J1 League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 23 5 6 61 28 +33 74 Champions League group stage and J. League Championship Final
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 22 6 6 68 39 +29 72 Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round
3 Kashima Antlers (C) 34 18 5 11 53 34 +19 59 Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round
4 Gamba Osaka 34 17 7 10 53 42 +11 58 Champions League play-off round[a]
5 Omiya Ardija 34 15 11 8 41 36 +5 56
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 16 7 11 58 40 +18 55
7 Vissel Kobe 34 16 7 11 56 43 +13 55
8 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54
9 FC Tokyo 34 15 7 12 39 39 0 52
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 12 9 53 38 +15 51
11 Sagan Tosu 34 12 10 12 36 37 −1 46
12 Vegalta Sendai 34 13 4 17 39 48 −9 43
13 Júbilo Iwata 34 8 12 14 37 50 −13 36
14 Ventforet Kofu 34 7 10 17 32 58 −26 31
15 Albirex Niigata 34 8 6 20 33 49 −16 30
16 Nagoya Grampus (R) 34 7 9 18 38 58 −20 30 Relegation to 2017 J2 League
17 Shonan Bellmare (R) 34 7 6 21 30 56 −26 27
18 Avispa Fukuoka (R) 34 4 7 23 26 66 −40 19
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The winner of the 2016 Emperor's Cup qualified for the Group Stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner Kashima Antlers had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

J2 League

Main article: 2016 J2 League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Consadole Sapporo (C, P) 42 25 10 7 65 33 +32 85 Promotion to 2017 J1 League
2 Shimizu S-Pulse (P) 42 25 9 8 85 37 +48 84
3 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 24 12 6 62 32 +30 84 Qualification for promotion playoffs[a]
4 Cerezo Osaka (O, P) 42 23 9 10 62 46 +16 78
5 Kyoto Sanga 42 18 15 9 50 37 +13 69
6 Fagiano Okayama 42 17 14 11 58 44 +14 65
7 Machida Zelvia 42 18 11 13 53 44 +9 65
8 Yokohama FC 42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59
9 Tokushima Vortis 42 16 9 17 46 42 +4 57
10 Ehime FC 42 12 20 10 41 40 +1 56
11 JEF United Chiba 42 13 14 15 52 53 −1 53
12 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 14 11 17 55 63 −8 53
13 Mito HollyHock 42 10 18 14 45 49 −4 48
14 Montedio Yamagata 42 11 14 17 43 49 −6 47
15 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 10 17 15 39 51 −12 47
16 Roasso Kumamoto 42 12 10 20 38 53 −15 46
17 Thespakusatsu Gunma 42 11 12 19 52 66 −14 45
18 Tokyo Verdy 42 10 13 19 43 61 −18 43
19 Kamatamare Sanuki 42 10 13 19 43 62 −19 43
20 FC Gifu 42 12 7 23 47 71 −24 43
21 Zweigen Kanazawa (X) 42 8 15 19 36 60 −24 39 Qualification for relegation playoffs[b]
22 Giravanz Kitakyushu (R) 42 8 14 20 43 64 −21 38 Relegation to 2017 J3 League
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Relegation play-off winner
Notes:
  1. ^ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
  2. ^ The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2016 J3 League.

J3 League

Main article: 2016 J3 League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oita Trinita (C, P) 30 19 4 7 50 24 +26 61 Promotion to 2017 J2 League
2 Tochigi SC 30 17 8 5 38 20 +18 59 Qualification to J2 promotion playoffs[a]
3 Nagano Parceiro 30 15 7 8 33 22 +11 52
4 Blaublitz Akita 30 14 8 8 37 26 +11 50
5 Kagoshima United 30 15 5 10 39 29 +10 50
6 Kataller Toyama 30 13 10 7 37 29 +8 49
7 Fujieda MYFC 30 14 3 13 48 42 +6 45
8 FC Ryukyu 30 12 8 10 46 46 0 44
9 Gamba Osaka U-23 30 10 8 12 42 41 +1 38
10 FC Tokyo U-23 30 9 9 12 32 31 +1 36
11 SC Sagamihara 30 9 8 13 29 46 −17 35
12 Cerezo Osaka U-23 30 8 8 14 38 47 −9 32
13 Grulla Morioka 30 6 12 12 43 47 −4 30
14 Fukushima United 30 7 9 14 35 44 −9 30
15 Gainare Tottori 30 8 6 16 30 47 −17 30
16 YSCC Yokohama 30 5 5 20 15 51 −36 20
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

Japan Football League

Main article: 2016 Japan Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Honda FC (C) 30 18 7 5 52 29 +23 61
2 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 30 16 6 8 53 38 +15 54
3 Azul Claro Numazu (P) 30 18 5 7 47 24 +23 59 Promotion to 2017 J3 League[a]
4 Honda Lock 30 17 8 5 46 23 +23 59
5 FC Osaka 30 18 4 8 52 31 +21 58
6 Sony Sendai 30 17 6 7 56 27 +29 57
7 Vanraure Hachinohe 30 13 7 10 34 27 +7 46
8 ReinMeer Aomori 30 13 6 11 35 33 +2 45
9 MIO Biwako Shiga 30 11 7 12 38 45 −7 40
10 Nara Club 30 10 7 13 41 48 −7 37
11 Briobecca Urayasu 30 11 3 16 39 47 −8 36
12 Tokyo Musashino City 30 9 8 13 29 38 −9 35
13 Verspah Oita 30 6 13 11 30 42 −12 31
14 Maruyasu Okazaki 30 7 9 14 23 38 −15 30
15 Tochigi Uva 30 5 1 24 34 77 −43 16
16 Fagiano Okayama Next 30 2 1 27 19 61 −42 7 Withdrew after the season[1]
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2016. Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

Regional Leagues

Main article: 2016 Japanese Regional Leagues

National team (Men)

Results

24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  5–0  Afghanistan Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Okazaki 43'
Kiyotake 58'
Mukhammad 63' (o.g.)
Yoshida 74'
Kanazaki 78'		 JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 48,967
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
29 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  5–0  Syria Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Al Masri 17' (o.g.)
Kagawa 66', 90'
Honda 86'
Haraguchi 90+3'		 AFC Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,475
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
3 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) Japan  7–2  Bulgaria Japan Toyota, Japan
19:42 JST Okazaki 4'
Kagawa 27', 35'
Yoshida 38', 53'
Usami 57'
Asano 87' (pen.)		 JFA Report Aleksandrov 59'
Chochev 82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 41,940
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
7 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) Japan  1–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Japan Suita, Japan
19:34 JST Kiyotake 28' JFA Report Đurić 29', 66' Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 35,589
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
1 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  1–2  United Arab Emirates Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Honda 11' JFA Report Khalil 20', 54' (pen.) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 58,895
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
6 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Thailand  0–2  Japan Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
19:15 UTC+7 AFC Report Haraguchi 19'
Asano 75'		 Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  2–1  Iraq Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Haraguchi 26'
Yamaguchi 90+5'		 JFA Report Abdul-Amir 60' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,768
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
11 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Australia  1–1  Japan Australia Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Jedinak 52' (pen.) AFC Report Haraguchi 5' Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 48,460
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
11 November Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016) Japan  4–0  Oman Japan Kashima, Japan
19:23 JST Osako 32', 42'
Kiyotake 64' (pen.)
Kobayashi 90+4'		 JFA Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 33,709
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
15 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  2–1  Saudi Arabia Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Kiyotake 45' (pen.)
Haraguchi 80'		 JFA Report Om. Hawsawi 90' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 58,420
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

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Players statistics

Player -2015 03.24 03.29 06.03 06.07 09.01 09.06 10.06 10.11 11.11 11.15 2016 Total
Shinji Okazaki 98(47) O(1) O O(1) O O - O - O O 8(2) 106(49)
Makoto Hasebe 95(2) O O O O O O O O - O 9(0) 104(2)
Yuto Nagatomo 86(3) O O O O - - - - - O 5(0) 91(3)
Keisuke Honda 79(34) - O(1) - - O(1) O O O O O 7(2) 86(36)
Shinji Kagawa 77(23) O O(2) O(2) - O O - O - O 7(4) 84(27)
Eiji Kawashima 71(0) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 72(0)
Maya Yoshida 61(6) O(1) O O(2) O O O O O O O 10(3) 71(9)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 33(1) O(1) O O O(1) O - O O O(1) O(1) 9(4) 42(5)
Masato Morishige 29(2) O O O O O O O O O O 10(0) 39(2)
Hiroki Sakai 25(0) O - O - O O O - O O 7(0) 32(0)
Gotoku Sakai 25(0) - O - O O O O O O - 7(0) 32(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 24(1) - O - - - O O(1) O O O 6(1) 30(2)
Shusaku Nishikawa 23(0) - O - O O O O O O O 8(0) 31(0)
Tomoaki Makino 22(2) - - - O - - - O - - 2(0) 24(2)
Yoshinori Muto 18(2) - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 19(2)
Mike Havenaar 17(4) O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 18(4)
Yuya Osako 15(3) - - - - - - - - O(2) O 2(2) 17(5)
Takashi Usami 13(2) - O O(1) O O O - - - - 5(1) 18(3)
Genki Haraguchi 11(1) O O(1) O - O O(1) O(1) O(1) O O(1) 9(5) 20(6)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 7(0) O - O O - - O - - - 4(0) 11(0)
Mu Kanazaki 6(1) O(1) O O O - - - - - - 4(1) 10(2)
Manabu Saito 5(1) - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 6(1)
Wataru Endo 5(0) - - O O - - - - - - 2(0) 7(0)
Takuma Asano 3(0) - - O(1) O O O(1) O O O - 7(2) 10(2)
Yu Kobayashi 2(0) O - O O - O O O - - 6(0) 8(0)
Masaaki Higashiguchi 1(0) O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Gen Shoji 1(0) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yuki Kobayashi 0(0) - - - O - - - - O(1) - 2(1) 2(1)
Yuichi Maruyama 0(0) - - - - - - - O O - 2(0) 2(0)
Yuya Kubo 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Ryota Oshima 0(0) - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ryota Nagaki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

2016.02.29 Japan 1–3 Australia Osaka, Japan
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2016.03.02 Japan 1–1 South Korea Osaka, Japan
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2016.03.04 Japan 1–2 China Osaka, Japan
Yokoyama ?' ? ?'
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2016.03.07 Japan 6–1 Vietnam Osaka, Japan
Iwabuchi ?'
Ono ?'
Kawasumi ?'
Nakajima ?'
Yokoyama ?'
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2016.03.09 Japan 1–0 North Korea Osaka, Japan
Iwabuchi ?' Stadium: Nagai Football Stadium
2016.06.02 Japan 3–3 United States United States
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2016.06.05 Japan 0–2 United States United States
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2016.07.21 Japan 0–3 Sweden Sweden
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Players statistics

Player -2015 02.29 03.02 03.04 03.07 03.09 06.02 06.05 07.21 2016 Total
Aya Miyama 157(38) O O O O O - - - 5(0) 162(38)
Shinobu Ono 137(39) O - - O(1) - - - - 2(1) 139(40)
Yuki Nagasato 125(55) O(1) O O O(1) O O(1) - O 7(3) 132(58)
Azusa Iwashimizu 119(11) O - - O O - - - 3(0) 122(11)
Mizuho Sakaguchi 97(28) O - O - O O O O 6(0) 103(28)
Yukari Kinga 97(5) - O O - O - - - 3(0) 100(5)
Rumi Utsugi 87(5) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 90(5)
Miho Fukumoto 79(0) - O O - - - - - 2(0) 81(0)
Nahomi Kawasumi 78(19) O O O O(1) - - - - 4(1) 82(20)
Saki Kumagai 74(0) O O O - O O O O 7(0) 81(0)
Aya Sameshima 69(4) O - O - O - - - 3(0) 72(4)
Megumi Takase 58(9) - - O O O - - - 3(0) 61(9)
Saori Ariyoshi 42(1) O O - O O O O O 7(0) 49(1)
Yuika Sugasawa 38(10) - - - - - - O - 1(0) 39(10)
Asuna Tanaka 36(3) - O O O - - - - 3(0) 39(3)
Megumi Kamionobe 32(2) - O - O - - - - 2(0) 34(2)
Mana Iwabuchi 30(4) O O(1) O O(1) O(1) O(1) O - 7(4) 37(8)
Emi Nakajima 24(6) O O O O(1) O O O - 7(1) 31(7)
Yuri Kawamura 21(2) O O O O O O O O 8(0) 29(2)
Erina Yamane 18(0) O - - - O - O - 3(0) 21(0)
Rika Masuya 10(3) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 13(3)
Kumi Yokoyama 5(2) O O O(1) O(1) O O(1) O O 8(3) 13(5)
Saori Arimachi 5(0) - - - - - - - O 1(0) 6(0)
Ami Sugita 4(2) - - - - - - O - 1(0) 5(2)
Ayaka Yamashita 3(0) - - - O - O - O 3(0) 6(0)
Tomoko Muramatsu 2(0) - - - - - O - O 2(0) 4(0)
Mayu Sasaki 0(0) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Sonoko Chiba 0(0) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Yu Nakasato 0(0) - - - - - O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Hikari Takagi 0(0) - - - - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)

References

  1. ^ "ファジアーノ岡山ネクスト、JFLからの退会について" (in Japanese). JFL. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-08-31.