2016 J1 League

In today's world, 2016 J1 League has become a highly relevant issue and its impact is reflected in different areas of society. Its influence ranges from political and economic to cultural and social aspects. It is a topic that has sparked great interest and generated debate at all levels, from academic circles to everyday conversations. In this article, we will explore different facets of 2016 J1 League and analyze its impact today, as well as the possible implications it has for the future.

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Season2016
ChampionsKashima Antlers
8th J.League title
8th Japanese title
RelegatedNagoya Grampus
Shonan Bellmare
Avispa Fukuoka
AFC Champions LeagueKashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Kawasaki Frontale
Gamba Osaka
Club World CupKashima Antlers
Matches played306
Goals scored805 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerLeandro (Vissel Kobe)
Peter Utaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
(19 goals each)
Highest attendance59,837
Urawa vs Kashima
(3 December)
Lowest attendance5,870
Fukuoka vs Nagoya
(2 July)
Average attendance17,968
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 3 November 2016.

The 2016 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2016 明治安田生命J1リーグ) season was the 51st season of top-flight football in Japan and the 24th since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. This was second season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

This season was the second since J.League changed its competition format to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) qualified for the Championship Stage. Kashima Antlers, the winner of the championship stage, advanced to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's entrant.

Clubs

2016 J1 League is located in Japan
Albirex Niigata
Avispa Fukuoka
Greater Tokyo Area†
Greater Tokyo Area†
Júbilo Iwata
Keihanshin Area‡
Keihanshin Area‡
Nagoya Grampus
Sagan Tosu
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Vegalta Sendai
Kashima Antlers
Ventforet Kofu
† Greater Tokyo teams FC Tokyo Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Omiya Ardija Shonan Bellmare Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama F. Marinos
† Greater Tokyo teams
‡ Keihanshin teams Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe
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Locations of the 2016 J1 League teams
Club name Home town(s) Stadium Capacity Note(s)
Albirex Niigata Niigata City & Seirō, Niigata Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300 15th in 2015
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Level-5 Stadium 22,563 Promoted from J2 League in 2015 (through a play-off system)
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League fourth-placed team)
Gamba Osaka Northern Osaka Prefecture[a] Suita City Football Stadium 40,000 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League third-placed team and Emperor's Cup winners)
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Yamaha Stadium 15,165 Promoted from J2 League in 2015
Kashima Antlers Southeast Ibaraki Prefecture[b] Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 5th in 2015
Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900 10th in 2015
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 6th in 2015
Nagoya Grampus All Aichi Prefecture[c] Paloma Mizuho Stadium 27,000 9th in 2015
Omiya Ardija Saitama City, Saitama NACK5 Stadium 15,500 Promoted from J2 League in 2015
Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Tosu Stadium 24,490 11th in 2015
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch 50,000 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League winners)
Shonan Bellmare Shōnan part of Kanagawa[d] Shonan Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500 8th in 2015
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama City, Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League runners-up)
Vegalta Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Yurtec Stadium 19,694 14th in 2015
Ventforet Kofu All Yamanashi Prefecture[e] Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium 17,000 13th in 2015
Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo Misaki Park Stadium 30,132 12th in 2015
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka, Kanagawa Nissan Stadium 72,327 7th in 2015
  1. ^ Suita, Ibaraki, Takatsuki, Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh
  2. ^ Kashima, Kamisu, Itako, Hokota, Namegata
  3. ^ centering on Nagoya, Toyota, Miyoshi
  4. ^ Hiratsuka, Atsugi, Isehara, Odawara, Chigasaki, Hadano, Fujisawa, Ōiso, Samukawa, Ninomiya
  5. ^ centering on Kōfu and Nirasaki

Personnel and kits

Club name Head coach Kit manufacturer Front shirt sponsor
Albirex Niigata Japan Tatsuma Yoshida Adidas HAPPY Turn's
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Masami Ihara Athleta Fukuoka Jisho
FC Tokyo Japan Yoshiyuki Shinoda Umbro Lifeval
Gamba Osaka Japan Kenta Hasegawa Umbro Panasonic
Júbilo Iwata Japan Hiroshi Nanami Puma Yamaha
Kashima Antlers Japan Masatada Ishii Nike Lixil
Kashiwa Reysol Japan Takahiro Shimotaira Yonex Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Yahiro Kazama Puma Fujitsu (home)
Arrows (away)
Nagoya Grampus North Macedonia Boško Gjurovski Le Coq Sportif Toyota
Omiya Ardija Japan Hiroki Shibuya Under Armour Docomo Hikari
Sagan Tosu Italy Massimo Ficcadenti New Balance DHC
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan Hajime Moriyasu Nike EDION
Shonan Bellmare South Korea Cho Kwi-jae Penalty Sanei Architecture Planning
Urawa Red Diamonds Serbia Mihailo Petrović Nike Polus
Vegalta Sendai Japan Susumu Watanabe Adidas Iris Ohyama
Ventforet Kofu Japan Satoru Sakuma Mizuno Hakubaku
Vissel Kobe Brazil Nelsinho Baptista Asics Rakuten
Yokohama F. Marinos France Erick Mombaerts Adidas Nissan

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of separation Manner of departure Incoming manager Date of announcement
Kashiwa Reysol Japan Tatsuma Yoshida End of 2015 season Mutual consent[1] Brazil Milton Mendes 30 October 2015
Nagoya Grampus Japan Akira Nishino Mutual consent[2] Japan Takafumi Ogura 24 November 2015
Albirex Niigata Japan Masaaki Yanagishita Mutual consent[3] Japan Tatsuma Yoshida 12 December 2015
FC Tokyo Italy Massimo Ficcadenti 27 November 2015 Signed by Sagan Tosu[4] Japan Hiroshi Jofuku 28 December 2015
Sagan Tosu Japan Hitoshi Morishita 7 January 2016 Contract terminated[5] Italy Massimo Ficcadenti[6] 7 January 2016
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Milton Mendes 12 March 2016 Resigned[7] Japan Takahiro Shimotaira 12 March 2016
FC Tokyo Japan Hiroshi Jofuku 24 July 2016 Sacked[8][9] Japan Yoshiyuki Shinoda 26 July 2016
Nagoya Grampus Japan Takafumi Ogura 23 August 2016 Sacked[10] North Macedonia Boško Gjurovski 23 August 2016

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Non-visa foreign Type-C contract[11] Former players
Albirex Niigata Brazil Bruno Cortez Brazil Léo Silva Brazil Rafael Silva Brazil Leonardo Kalil South Korea Lim You-hwan
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Wellington Colombia Danilson Córdoba South Korea Kim Hyun-hun South Korea Lee Bum-young
FC Tokyo Australia Nathan Burns Brazil Muriqui South Korea Yu In-soo South Korea Ha Dae-sung
Spain Francisco Sandaza
Gamba Osaka Brazil Ademilson Brazil Patric South Korea Oh Jae-suk South Korea Kim Jung-ya
Júbilo Iwata Brazil Adaílton England Jay Bothroyd Poland Krzysztof Kamiński Greece Avraam Papadopoulos 1
Kashima Antlers Brazil Fabrício South Korea Hwang Seok-ho Brazil Bueno Brazil Caio
Brazil Dinei
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Cristiano Brazil Diego Oliveira Brazil Dudu Brazil Éderson
Brazil Juliano Mineiro
Brazil Patrick
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Eduardo Brazil Eduardo Neto Brazil Elsinho South Korea Jung Sung-ryong
Nagoya Grampus South Korea Ha Dae-sung Sweden Ludvig Öhman Sweden Robin Simović South Korea Lee Seung-hee Brazil Gustavo
Omiya Ardija Brazil Mateus Serbia Dragan Mrđa Slovenia Nejc Pecnik
Sagan Tosu Algeria Aymen Tahar Morocco Moestafa El Kabir South Korea Kim Min-hyeok South Korea Kim Min-woo South Korea Baek Sung-dong
South Korea Choi Sung-keun
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Anderson Lopes Croatia Mihael Mikić Nigeria Peter Utaka South Korea Kim Byeom-yong
Shonan Bellmare Brazil André Bahia Brazil Dinei Brazil Weslley Australia Tando Velaphi South Korea Park Tae-hwan Brazil Paulinho
Brazil Thiago Quirino
Urawa Red Diamonds Slovenia Branko Ilić Slovenia Zlatan Ljubijankić
Vegalta Sendai Brazil Pablo Diogo Brazil Ramon Lopes Brazil Wilson South Korea Kim Min-tae North Korea Ryang Yong-gi
Ventforet Kofu Brazil Davi Brazil Dudu Brazil Marquinhos Paraná Australia Billy Celeski Brazil Cristiano
Brazil Gilton
Brazil Nilson
Vissel Kobe Brazil Leandro Brazil Nílton Brazil Pedro Júnior South Korea Kim Seung-gyu
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Fábio Brazil Kayke Curaçao Quenten Martinus South Korea Park Jeong-su
  • ^1 Avraam Papadopoulos owns Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

Format

Teams play a single round-robin in the first stage and a single round-robin in the second stage.[12] After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the first and second stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings advance to the championship stage. The team that finishes atop the overall table automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final.

League table

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers (Q) 17 12 3 2 29 10 +19 39 Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round
2 Kawasaki Frontale 17 11 5 1 33 15 +18 38
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 17 10 3 4 26 16 +10 33
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 8 5 4 32 18 +14 29
5 Omiya Ardija 17 7 5 5 17 18 −1 26
6 Gamba Osaka 17 7 3 7 22 20 +2 24
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 6 6 5 20 21 −1 24
8 Júbilo Iwata 17 6 5 6 21 23 −2 23
9 FC Tokyo 17 6 5 6 16 18 −2 23
10 Vegalta Sendai 17 7 2 8 20 25 −5 23
11 Yokohama F. Marinos 17 6 4 7 21 19 +2 22
12 Vissel Kobe 17 5 5 7 23 25 −2 20
13 Albirex Niigata 17 4 6 7 19 25 −6 18
14 Nagoya Grampus 17 4 5 8 24 29 −5 17
15 Sagan Tosu 17 4 5 8 10 15 −5 17
16 Shonan Bellmare 17 4 4 9 18 27 −9 16
17 Ventforet Kofu 17 3 6 8 18 31 −13 15
18 Avispa Fukuoka 17 2 5 10 11 25 −14 11
Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 1st Stage League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Q) 17 13 2 2 35 12 +23 41 Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final
2 Vissel Kobe 17 11 2 4 33 18 +15 35
3 Kawasaki Frontale 17 11 1 5 35 24 +11 34
4 Gamba Osaka 17 10 4 3 31 22 +9 34
5 Kashiwa Reysol 17 9 3 5 32 23 +9 30
6 Omiya Ardija 17 8 6 3 24 18 +6 30
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 17 7 8 2 32 19 +13 29
8 Sagan Tosu 17 8 5 4 26 22 +4 29
9 FC Tokyo 17 9 2 6 23 21 +2 29
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 8 2 7 26 22 +4 26
11 Kashima Antlers 17 6 2 9 24 24 0 20
12 Vegalta Sendai 17 6 2 9 19 23 −4 20
13 Ventforet Kofu 17 4 4 9 14 27 −13 16
14 Júbilo Iwata 17 2 7 8 16 27 −11 13
15 Nagoya Grampus 17 3 4 10 14 29 −15 13
16 Albirex Niigata 17 4 0 13 14 24 −10 12
17 Shonan Bellmare 17 3 2 12 12 29 −17 11
18 Avispa Fukuoka 17 2 2 13 15 41 −26 8
Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 2nd Stage League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Overall table

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.

Positions by round

First stage

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
Kashima Antlers52733223333322211
Kawasaki Frontale53112112222111122
Urawa Red Diamonds27221331111233333
Sanfrecce Hiroshima1316161171054776686544
Omiya Ardija5131010666555444455
Gamba Osaka1312471288891110868866
Kashiwa Reysol10181717161497444555677
Júbilo Iwata13891211710966897911128
FC Tokyo1384969111213131212121112119
Vegalta Sendai58471315151516171414131210810
Yokohama F. Marinos1316115444589910977911
Vissel Kobe1851365571010877101091012
Albirex Niigata21314149131414151515151515161513
Nagoya Grampus54948111311121011111113131414
Sagan Tosu28111314161616141416161617151315
Shonan Bellmare1014151617181818181617181816171616
Ventforet Kofu1681515121213111213131414141717
Avispa Fukuoka1015181818171717171818171718181818
Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship
Source: J. League data site
Notes:
  1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe), scheduled on 16 April 2016, were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture, and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.
  2. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.
  3. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

Second stage

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
Urawa Red Diamonds74332221222111111
Vissel Kobe15869787654542332
Kawasaki Frontale11121112111323223
Gamba Osaka53447643443235444
Kashiwa Reysol8111085468765654675
Omiya Ardija87791011101110109987756
Yokohama F. Marinos11113535577466567
Sagan Tosu66554354336778888
FC Tokyo1010111216121112121110111111999
Sanfrecce Hiroshima18910687688881010111010
Kashima Antlers1496789121099111099101111
Vegalta Sendai15181714111099111212121212121212
Ventforet Kofu1516151612131513131313131313131313
Júbilo Iwata1513141313151616151515151516161614
Nagoya Grampus1216181718181818181816171615141415
Albirex Niigata1214161815161314141414141414151516
Shonan Bellmare1512131517171717171718181818181717
Avispa Fukuoka1115121114131415161617161717171818
Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship
Source: J. League data site

Overall

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Urawa Red Diamonds2722133111123333333333222222221111
Kawasaki Frontale5311211222211112211111111111112222
Kashima Antlers5273322333332221122222333333333333
Gamba Osaka131247128889111086886665667655554444544
Omiya Ardija513101066655544445556778888777776455
Kashiwa Reysol1018171716149744455567778885577666655688
Sanfrecce Hiroshima131616117105477668654444444444445567866
Vissel Kobe185136557101087710109101291011911101211999988977
Yokohama F. Marinos1316115444589910977911875567668888997910
FC Tokyo13849691112131312121211121191099101312101212111010101010109
Sagan Tosu28111314161616141416161617151315131312131091110111011111112121111
Vegalta Sendai584713151515161714141312108101212131291199101212121211111212
Júbilo Iwata138912117109668979111281111101112131313131313131313131313
Ventforet Kofu16815151212131112131314141417171717171715151515151515141414141414
Albirex Niigata213141491314141515151515151615131415151514141414141414151515151515
Nagoya Grampus549481113111210111111131314141516161617161616161616161616161616
Shonan Bellmare10141516171818181816171818161716161614141416171717171717181717171717
Avispa Fukuoka10151818181717171718181717181818181818181818181818181818171818181818
Leader, qualification to 2016 J.League Championship Final and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to 2016 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Relegation to 2017 J2 League
Source: J. League data site
Notes:
  1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe), scheduled on 16 April 2016, were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture, and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.
  2. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.
  3. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

Championship stage

Meiji Yasuda 2016 J.League Championship (明治安田生命 2016 Jリーグチャンピオンシップ)
The Championship stage consisted of a knockout tournament involving the champions of the First and Second stages, and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall table. The team with the best aggregate record earned a bye to the final. The remaining teams playoff for the other spot in the final.

Semifinal Final
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 2
2 Kawasaki Frontale 0 3 Kashima Antlers 0 2 2
3 Kashima Antlers 1
Kawasaki Frontale0–1Kashima Antlers
Report Kanazaki 50'
Attendance: 24,209
Kashima Antlers0–1Urawa Red Diamonds
Report Abe 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,074
Referee: Masaaki Toma
Urawa Red Diamonds1–2Kashima Antlers
Koroki 7' Report Kanazaki 40', 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 59,837
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Results

First stage

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD AVI BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA JÚB RED REY SAG SFR TOK VEG VEN VIS
Albirex Niigata 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2
Kashima Antlers 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–0
Omiya Ardija 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–2
Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–4
Shonan Bellmare 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2
Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 2–0 4–4 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
Gamba Osaka 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–1
Nagoya Grampus 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Júbilo Iwata 1–1 2–2 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1
Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–1
Kashiwa Reysol 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0
Sagan Tosu 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 3–0
FC Tokyo 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Vegalta Sendai 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–0 3–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–1
Vissel Kobe 6–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2016. Source: J. League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD AVI BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA JÚB RED REY SAG SFR TOK VEG VEN VIS
Albirex Niigata 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
Kashima Antlers 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1
Omiya Ardija 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–4 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–4
Shonan Bellmare 0–2 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0
Yokohama F. Marinos 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–2
Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–5 2–0 1–0 4–0
Gamba Osaka 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–1
Nagoya Grampus 5–0 1–3 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3
Júbilo Iwata 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–4
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–3 3–3 1–0
Sagan Tosu 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–4 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
FC Tokyo 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–0
Vegalta Sendai 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 3–0
Ventforet Kofu 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3
Vissel Kobe 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2016. Source: J. League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Leandro Vissel Kobe 19
Nigeria Peter Utaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3 Brazil Cristiano Ventforet Kofu / Kashiwa Reysol 16
4 Japan Yoshito Ōkubo Kawasaki Frontale 15
Japan Yu Kobayashi
6 England Jay Bothroyd Júbilo Iwata 14
Japan Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds
8 Japan Yohei Toyoda Sagan Tosu 13
9 Brazil Diego Oliveira Kashiwa Reysol 12
Japan Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe
Japan Yuki Muto Urawa Red Diamonds

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016

Source: J. League data site

Awards

Individual

Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Japan Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale
Rookie of the Year Japan Yosuke Ideguchi Gamba Osaka
Top Scorer Brazil Leandro
Nigeria Peter Utaka		 Vissel Kobe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Gen Shoji Kashima Antlers  Japan
DF Masato Morishige FC Tokyo  Japan
DF Tomoaki Makino Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Tsukasa Shiotani Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
MF Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
MF Manabu Saitō Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
MF Yōsuke Kashiwagi Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Yuki Abe Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
FW Leandro Vissel Kobe  Brazil
FW Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale  Japan

Source:[13]

Attendances

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include the Championship stages attendances.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 627,898 56,841 22,766 36,935 +4.0%†
2 Gamba Osaka 430,806 34,231 13,731 25,342 +58.4%†
3 FC Tokyo 408,623 37,805 11,488 24,037 −16.5%†
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 408,072 46,413 7,033 24,004 −0.9%†
5 Kawasaki Frontale 376,305 26,612 14,432 22,136 +5.4%†
6 Albirex Niigata 327,923 29,692 14,627 21,181 −9.7%†
7 Kashima Antlers 360,076 31,636 6,696 19,103 +16.3%†
8 Nagoya Grampus 301,396 30,282 7,980 17,729 +9.2%†
9 Vissel Kobe 289,310 25,722 11,212 17,018 +4.6%†
10 Vegalta Sendai 262,937 19,315 12,504 15,467 +12.2%†
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 262,888 25,845 8,602 15,464 −5.6%†
12 Júbilo Iwata 248,381 24,896 10,416 14,611 +45.5%†
13 Avispa Fukuoka 218,576 19,370 5,870 12,857 +47.2%†
14 Sagan Tosu 214,814 20,219 6,499 12,636 −6.1%†
15 Omiya Ardija 200,834 13,880 9,480 11,814 +24.5%†
16 Shonan Bellmare 196,012 14,419 8,052 11,530 −5.6%†
17 Ventforet Kofu 184,161 15,508 7,011 10,833 −4.1%†
18 Kashiwa Reysol 182,374 13,977 7,090 10,728 −1.7%†
League total 5,498,222 56,841 5,870 17,968 +1.0%†

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

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