2025 J1 League

J1 League
Season2025
Dates14 February – 6 December
Matches played260
Goals scored598 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará
(14 goals)
Biggest home winKawasaki Frontale 4–0 Nagoya Grampus
(15 February 2025)
Kashima Antlers 4–0 Tokyo Verdy
(22 February 2025)
Gamba Osaka 4–0 Shonan Bellmare
(3 May 2025)
Vissel Kobe 4–0 Shonan Bellmare
(5 July 2025)
Biggest away winYokohama FC 0–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(22 June 2025)
Albirex Niigata 0–4 Machida Zelvia
(29 June 2025)
Highest scoringGamba Osaka 2–5 Cerezo Osaka
(14 February 2025)

Kashima Antlers 3–4 Kyoto Sanga
(6 April 2025)

Kawasaki Frontale 2–5 Avispa Fukuoka
(9 August 2025)
Longest winning run7 matches
Kashima Antlers
Machida Zelvia
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Kashiwa Reysol
Shonan Bellmare
Longest winless run11 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest losing run7 matches
Yokohama FC
Yokohama F. Marinos
Highest attendance59,574
Kashima Antlers 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale
(11 May 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance6,157
Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Fagiano Okayama
(25 April 2025)[1]
Total attendance5,378,977[1]
Average attendance20,688[1]
2024
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 17 August 2025.

The 2025 J1 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This is the 11th season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1.

Vissel Kobe are the defending champions, having won their second league title in a row on the last matchday of the 2024 season.[2]

Overview

This is the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards played from summer to spring.[3]

The tournament format and match format was announced on 25 November 2024, with the season starting on 14 February 2025 and concluding on 6 December 2025.[4]

This season is also the last with an annual format; starting with the 2026–27 season, the league will adopt the European calendar of September to May, with a special tournament held during the first half of 2026.[5]

Changes from the previous season

There were three teams relegated to the 2025 J2 League. Júbilo Iwata, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and Sagan Tosu, were relegated as they finished 18th, 19th, and 20th respectively in the previous season, ending their one, eight, and 13-year stays in the top flight respectively.

Three teams were promoted from the 2024 J2 League: Shimizu S-Pulse, who won the title and returned to J1 after a two-year absence, Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing in the J2 League, and Fagiano Okayama, who finished fifth and won the play-offs; they are playing in the top flight for the first time in their history.

Clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,095
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,040
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 47,851
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,489
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,624
Yokohama FC NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 15,442
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 41,684
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka Prefecture IAI Stadium Nihondaira 19,594
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 42,753
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,623
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 29,643
Fagiano Okayama Okayama Prefecture JFE Harenokuni Stadium 15,479
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,347
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
Albirex Niigata Japan Toru Irie (interim) Japan Yuto Horigome Germany Adidas Kameda Seika
Avispa Fukuoka South Korea Kim Myung-hwi Japan Tatsuki Nara Japan Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku
Cerezo Osaka Australia Arthur Papas Japan Shunta Tanaka Japan Mizuno Yanmar
Fagiano Okayama Japan Takashi Kiyama Japan Ryo Takeuchi Brazil Penalty GROP
FC Tokyo Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi Japan Kei Koizumi United States New Balance Tokyo Gas
Gamba Osaka Spain Dani Poyatos Japan Takashi Usami Denmark Hummel Panasonic
Kashima Antlers Japan Toru Oniki Japan Gaku Shibasaki United States Nike LIXIL
Kashiwa Reysol Spain Ricardo Rodríguez Japan Tomoya Inukai Japan Yonex Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan Yasuto Wakizaka Germany Puma Fujitsu
Kyoto Sanga South Korea Cho Kwi-jae Japan Sota Kawasaki Germany Puma Kyocera
Machida Zelvia Japan Go Kuroda Japan Gen Shoji Germany Adidas CyberAgent
Nagoya Grampus Japan Kenta Hasegawa Japan Ryuji Izumi Japan Mizuno Toyota
GR Yaris
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Michael Skibbe Japan Sho Sasaki United States Nike EDION
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan Tadahiro Akiba Japan Koya Kitagawa Germany Puma Suzuyo
Shonan Bellmare Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi Japan Akito Suzuki Brazil Penalty Meldia
Tokyo Verdy Japan Hiroshi Jofuku Japan Koki Morita Brazil Athleta Nicigas
Urawa Red Diamonds Poland Maciej Skorża Japan Takahiro Sekine United States Nike Polus
Vissel Kobe Japan Takayuki Yoshida Japan Tetsushi Yamakawa Japan Asics Rakuten Mobile
Yokohama FC Japan Fumitake Miura Japan Yoshiaki Komai Germany Puma Onodera Group
Yokohama F. Marinos Japan Hideo Ōshima Japan Takuya Kida Germany Adidas Nissan

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kashiwa Reysol Japan Masami Ihara[6][7] End of contract 9 December 2024 Pre-season Spain Ricardo Rodríguez[8] 11 December 2024
FC Tokyo Australia Peter Cklamovski[9] Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi[10] 21 December 2024
Cerezo Osaka Japan Akio Kogiku[11] Australia Arthur Papas[12] 17 December 2024
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe[13] South Korea Kim Myung-hwi[14] 13 December 2024
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Toru Oniki[15] Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe[16] 12 December 2024
Kashima Antlers Japan Masaki Chugo End of interim spell Japan Toru Oniki[17] 12 December 2024
Yokohama F. Marinos Malta John Hutchinson England Steve Holland[18] 17 December 2024
Albirex Niigata Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi[19] Resigned 13 December 2024 Japan Daisuke Kimori[20] 19 December 2024
Yokohama F. Marinos England Steve Holland[21] Sacked 18 April 2025 19th Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[22][a] 18 April 2025
Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[24] Resigned 19 June 2025 20th Japan Hideo Ōshima[24][b] 19 June 2025
Albirex Niigata Japan Daisuke Kimori[26] Sacked 23 June 2025 18th Japan Toru Irie (interim)[26] 23 June 2025
Yokohama FC Japan Shuhei Yomoda[27] Sacked 23 July 2025 19th Japan Fumitake Miura[28] 23 July 2025
  1. ^ Kisnorbo was initially appointed as interim manager, but he was made permanent on 5 May 2025.[23]
  2. ^ Ōshima was initially appointed as interim manager, but he was made permanent on 24 June 2025.[25]

Foreign players

From the 2019 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[29] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.[30]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former player (s)
Albirex Niigata Australia Jason Geria Brazil Danilo Gomes Brazil Matheus Moraes Brazil Miguel Silveira New Zealand Michael Fitzgerald Sweden Abdelrahman Boudah
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Wellington Iran Shahab Zahedi South Korea Kim Moon-hyeon Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa
Cerezo Osaka Brazil Lucas Fernandes Brazil Rafael Ratão Brazil Thiago Andrade Brazil Vitor Bueno Malaysia Dion Cools South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon Thailand Jaroensak Wonggorn
Fagiano Okayama Brazil Lucão Brazil Werik Popó Germany Svend Brodersen Brazil Gleyson
FC Tokyo Brazil Everton Galdino Brazil Henrique Trevisan Brazil Marcelo Ryan Denmark Alexander Scholz South Korea Kim Seung-gyu South Korea Baek In-hwan
Gamba Osaka Brazil Juan Alano Brazil Welton China Zhang Aolin Tunisia Issam Jebali Turkey Deniz Hümmet Israel Neta Lavi
Kashima Antlers Brazil Élber Brazil Léo Ceará Brazil Talles Serbia Aleksandar Čavrić South Korea Kim Tae-hyeon South Korea Park Eui-jeong
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Diego
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Erison Brazil Jesiel Brazil Marcinho Croatia Filip Uremović Serbia Lazar Romanić South Korea Jung Sung-ryong South Korea Lee Geun-hyeong Brazil Patrick Verhon
Colombia César Haydar
Kyoto Sanga Brazil Barreto Brazil João Pedro Brazil Léo Gomes Brazil Marco Túlio Brazil Patrick William Brazil Rafael Elias South Korea Yoon Sung-jun Spain Marc Vito Brazil Murilo Costa
South Korea Gu Sung-yun
Machida Zelvia Australia Mitch Duke Chile Byron Vásquez Israel Neta Lavi Kosovo Ibrahim Drešević Myanmar Kaung Zan Mara South Korea Cha Je-hoon South Korea Na Sang-ho South Korea Oh Se-hun Brazil Erik
Nagoya Grampus Brazil Mateus Denmark Kasper Junker Brazil Lelê
Togo Yves Avelete
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Marcos Júnior France Valère Germain Germany Tolgay Arslan South Korea Jeong Min-ki South Korea Kim Ju-sung
Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil Capixaba Brazil Mateus Brunetti Brazil Matheus Bueno Bulgaria Ahmed Ahmedov Panama Alfredo Stephens South Korea Kim Min-tae United States Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi Brazil Douglas Tanque
Shonan Bellmare Brazil Luiz Phellype Brazil Zé Ricardo Brazil Lukian
South Korea Kim Min-tae
Tokyo Verdy Brazil Matheus Vidotto
Urawa Red Diamonds Brazil Danilo Boza Brazil Matheus Sávio Brazil Thiago Santana Norway Marius Høibråten Sweden Samuel Gustafson
Vissel Kobe Brazil Caetano Brazil Erik Brazil Gustavo Klismahn Brazil Jean Patric Brazil Matheus Thuler Nigeria Richard Monday Ubong
Yokohama FC Brazil Adaílton Brazil João Paulo Brazil Léo Bahia Brazil Lukian Brazil Phelipe Brazil Yuri Lara Poland Jakub Słowik Brazil Michel
Yokohama F. Marinos Australia Thomas Deng Brazil Yan Matheus Brazil Yuri Araujo Colombia Jeison Quiñones Israel Dean David South Korea Park Il-gyu Togo Kodjo Aziangbe Brazil Anderson Lopes
Brazil Élber
Indonesia Sandy Walsh

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kyoto Sanga 26 14 6 6 43 30 +13 48 Qualification for the
AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Kashima Antlers 26 15 3 8 38 25 +13 48
3 Kashiwa Reysol 26 13 8 5 36 25 +11 47
4 Machida Zelvia 26 14 4 8 39 25 +14 46
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 14 4 8 30 18 +12 46
6 Vissel Kobe 26 14 4 8 34 25 +9 46
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 26 12 8 6 36 26 +10 44
8 Kawasaki Frontale 26 10 9 7 41 32 +9 39
9 Cerezo Osaka 26 10 7 9 40 37 +3 37
10 Fagiano Okayama 26 10 6 10 25 23 +2 36
11 Avispa Fukuoka 26 9 9 8 27 26 +1 36
12 Gamba Osaka 26 10 4 12 29 35 −6 34
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 8 7 11 30 35 −5 31
14 Tokyo Verdy 26 8 7 11 16 25 −9 31
15 FC Tokyo 26 8 6 12 29 37 −8 30
16 Nagoya Grampus 26 7 7 12 30 37 −7 28
17 Shonan Bellmare 26 6 7 13 22 41 −19 25
18 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 6 6 14 26 34 −8 24 Relegation to the J2 League
19 Yokohama FC 26 6 4 16 16 32 −16 22
20 Albirex Niigata 26 4 8 14 26 45 −19 20
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results

Home \ Away ANI AFU COS FOK GOS KSA KSR KWF KYS MCZ NGR SHI SHB SSP TOK TOV URD VKO YOK YFM
Albirex Niigata 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Avispa Fukuoka 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Cerezo Osaka 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Fagiano Okayama 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Gamba Osaka 2–1 2–5 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Kashima Antlers 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3
Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 2–5 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–3
Kyoto Sanga 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Machida Zelvia 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–3
Nagoya Grampus 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Shonan Bellmare 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–3
FC Tokyo 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 a 3–2 1–0 2–1
Tokyo Verdy 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1
Vissel Kobe 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–1
Yokohama FC 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 17 August 2025

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[31][32][33]
1 Brazil Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers 14
2 Brazil Rafael Ratão Cerezo Osaka 11
3 Brazil Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga 10
4 Japan Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse 9
Japan Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe
6 Japan Yuki Soma Machida Zelvia 8
7 Brazil Erik Vissel Kobe 7
Japan Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus
Brazil Marcelo Ryan FC Tokyo
Japan Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
Japan Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Brazil Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 (A) 8 March 2025 [34]
Brazil Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Kashima Antlers 4–3 (A) 6 April 2025 [35]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month Save of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
February/March Japan Toru Oniki Kashima Antlers Brazil Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Japan Shunki Higashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan Sōta Kitano Cerezo Osaka Japan Ryosuke Kojima Kashiwa Reysol [36]
April Poland Maciej Skorża Urawa Red Diamonds Brazil Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Japan Ryo Tabei Fagiano Okayama Japan Ryunosuke Sato Fagiano Okayama Japan Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers [37]
May Australia Arthur Papas Cerezo Osaka Brazil Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka Japan Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe Japan Alexandre Pisano Nagoya Grampus Japan Kōki Fukui Cerezo Osaka [38]
June Spain Ricardo Rodríguez Kashiwa Reysol Japan Tojiro Kubo Kashiwa Reysol Japan Motoki Nagakura FC Tokyo Japan Kota Takai Kawasaki Frontale Germany Svend Brodersen Fagiano Okayama [39]
July Japan Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe Japan Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe Japan Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Japan Ryūnosuke Satō Fagiano Okayama Japan William Popp Shonan Bellmare [40]

See also

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