J1 League 2020

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J1 League 2020
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Teams 18th
Games 306  (of which 9 played)
← J1 League 2019

The J1 League 2020 is the 28th season of the top division, the Japanese J. League and the sixth under the name J1 League . The season began with the first matchday on February 21, 2020.

mode

The 18 teams of the J1 League play their champions in a double round tournament in the calendar year, with each team playing against each other in a return match, so that each team has played 34 games at the end of the season. The first two teams will qualify for the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2021 , while the third-placed team will qualify for the group stage.

The last two teams will be relegated to the second-class J2 League at the end of the season . At the end of the table, the table-16 plays against the winner of the promotion playoffs of the J2 League in a round-trip game to stay in the first division.

The table is determined under the following aspects:

  1. Number of points scored
  2. Goal difference
  3. Goals scored
  4. Results of the games among themselves
  5. Decision game or coin toss

Due to the COVID-19 - pandemic in Japan that decided Japan Football Association that there will not be relegated this season and the league will be increased next season once by two teams to 20 teams.

The number of participants in the Emperor's Cup was also reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak, so that only the previous year's champions and the runner-up from the previous season take part in the cup. As these are the only two teams that meet the regulations for qualifying for the AFC Champions League, the third-placed player in the 2020 J1 League will be awarded third place in the group stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League, while the fourth will take part in the qualification.

Changes to the preseason

As early as 2018, the insurance company Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken announced that it had signed a four-year sponsorship contract with the J1 League , so that the league will start under the name Meiji Yasuda J1 League from the 2020 season .

Starting this season, the video assistant will also be used for the first time in all J1 League games.

Teams

The champions of the previous season are the Yokohama F. Marinos . The newcomers are Kashiwa Reysol as champions of the J2 League 2019 and Yokohama FC as the second-placed team. They replace Júbilo Iwata and Matsumoto Yamaga , who are relegated from the first division. Shonan Bellmare , however, remained in the top football league of the country as the winner of the relegation playoffs against the winner of the promotion playoffs of the J2 League, Tokushima Vortis .

team place prefecture Stadion capacity
Clubs from the metropolitan area of ​​Tokyo
Tokyo FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232
Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama
Yokosuka 		Nissan Stadium 72,327
Yokohama FC Yokohama NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 15,046
Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Chiba Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900
Kashima Antlers several cities Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728
Clubs from the metropolitan area of Keihanshin
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Osaka Kinchō Stadium,
Yanmar Stadium, Nagai 		18,007
47,853
Gamba Osaka Suita Suita City Football Stadium 39,694
Vissel Kobe Kobe Hyogo Noevir Stadium Kobe 30,132
Other clubs
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Stadium Hiroshima 36,894
Ōita Trinita Ōita Ōita Showa Denko Dome Oita 40,000
Sagan Tosu Tosu saga Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 24,130
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka Shizuoka IAI Stadium Nihondaira 20,339
Nagoya Grampus Nagoya Aichi Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Toyota Stadium 		27,001
45,000
Vegalta Sendai Sendai Miyagi Yurtec Stadium Sendai 19,694
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Sapporo Hokkaidō Sapporo Dome
Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium 		41,484
20,861

Season course

The 2020 J1 League season began on February 21, 2020 this year, as the league is paused for the Summer Olympics , which should have taken place in Tokyo this summer .

The season started with the game Shonan Bellmare against Urawa Red Diamonds at the Shonan BMW Stadion Hiratsuka and ended with a 3-2 win for Urawa.

On February 25, 2020, all games of the first three professional football leagues in the country were initially suspended until March 15 in the wake of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus , later this period was extended to March 29, 2020. On March 19 it was announced that there would be no relegated athletes this season and that the league will be increased to 20 teams for the coming season. This eliminates the relegation game of the sixteenth of the J1 League with the winner of the promotion playoffs of the second Japanese league.

On March 25, it was decided to suspend all games until May 6, 2020. In late April it was announced that all games would be suspended until the end of May. The league is scheduled to restart on July 4th. The city derby between Cerezo and Gamba Osaka will usher in the first game day after the corona-related interruption of the J1 League. An internal protocol shows that from July 11, 2020, the stadiums are to be partially opened to the public, with a maximum number of 5,000 spectators.

statistics

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Sanfrecce Hiroshima  1  1  0  0 003-000  +3 03
 2. Kashiwa Reysol (N)  1  1  0  0 004: 200  +2 03
 3. FC Tokyo  1  1  0  0 003: 100  +2 03
 4th Urawa Red Diamonds  1  1  0  0 003: 200  +1 03
 5. Gamba Osaka  1  1  0  0 002: 100  +1 03
 6th Cerezo Osaka  1  1  0  0 001-000  +1 03
 7th Nagoya Grampus  1  0  1  0 001: 100  ± 0 01
 8th. Vegalta Sendai  1  0  1  0 001: 100  ± 0 01
 9. Vissel Kobe  1  0  1  0 001: 100  ± 0 01
10. Yokohama FC (N)  1  0  1  0 001: 100  ± 0 01
11. Kawasaki Frontale  1  0  1  0 000-000  ± 0 01
12. Sagan Tosu  1  0  1  0 000-000  ± 0 01
13. Shonan Bellmare  1  0  0  1 002: 300  −1 00
14th Yokohama F. Marinos (M)  1  0  0  1 001: 200  −1 00
15th Ōita Trinita  1  0  0  1 000: 100  −1 00
16. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo  1  0  0  1 002: 400  −2 00
17th Shimizu S-Pulse  1  0  0  1 001: 300  −2 00
18th Kashima Antlers  1  0  0  1 000: 300  −3 00
As of May 17, 2020

Goal scorers

space Surname team Gates
01. JapanJapan Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol 2
MalawiMalawi Michael Olunga Kashiwa Reysol
03. JapanJapan Musashi Suzuki Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1
JapanJapan Takuma Arano Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
MozambiqueMozambique Simão Mate Junior Vegalta Sendai
As of May 17, 2020

Spectator table

Records

  • At 52 years and 360 days, Kazuyoshi Miura from the newly promoted Yokohama FC is the oldest active professional footballer in J1 League history at the start of the season on February 21, 2020. If he were to play, he would be the oldest player to ever play in the Japanese premier league. If a goal is scored, he could also become the oldest goalscorer in J1 League history.

Worth mentioning

Electronics company Yamaha has developed the Remote Cheering System, an app that fans can use to watch their team's games live on TV and on the radio outside of the stadiums. With the help of this app, it is also possible to transmit reactions such as cheers, applause and whistles to an empty stadium. A field test has already started at the Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa , where 58 loudspeakers that are linked to the app have been positioned in the stands.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dan Orlowitz: J. League to skip relegation as schedule threatened by coronavirus. Japan Times , March 19, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ JFA cuts most J. League clubs from 100th Emperor's Cup. Japan Times , April 24, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ サ ッ カ ー 「Ｊ リ ー グ」 と の 「Ｊ リ ー グ タ イ ト ル パ ー ー ト ナ ー 契約」 を 更新. Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken , December 14, 2018, accessed May 17, 2020 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ 2020 シ ー ズ ン の ビ デ オ ア シ ス タ ン ト レ フ ェ リ ー 導入 試 合 に つ い て. J1 League , September 24, 2019, accessed May 17, 2020 (Japanese).
  5. ^ Dan Orlowitz: J. League season to include Olympic break. Japan Times, December 18, 2019, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ MEIJI YASUDA J1 League 1st Sec. J1 League , accessed May 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ 2020Jリーグ明治安田生命J1リーグ第2節~第4節明治安田生命J2リーグ第2節~第4節明治安田生命J3リーグ第1節~第2節JリーグYBCルヴァンカップグループステージ第2節~第 3 節 開 催 延期 の お 知 ら せ. J1 League, February 25, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ J.LEAGUE to Extend Suspension of Matches. J1 League, March 12, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  9. ↑ J.LEAGUE Further Extends Suspension of Matches. J1 League, March 25, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  10. ↑ J.League extends suspension of matches. J1 League, April 20, 2020, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Kevin McCullagh: J-League sets target restart dates. Sport Business , May 28, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Krishna Sadhana: Osaka Derby to Headline J.League 1 Restart. Football-tribe.com, June 16, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  13. ^ Dan Orlowitz: J. League announces strict virus-related protocols ahead of restart. Japan Times, June 12, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  14. ↑ J1-League Standings , jleague.jp/en (English)
  15. ↑ Goalscorer. weltfussball.de
  16. ↑ "King Kazu" can't help it - the world's oldest professional footballer is on the hunt for goals. Stern.de , February 22, 2020, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Justin McCurry: Remote cheering app could boost atmosphere in Japan's empty stadiums. The Guardian , May 27, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
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