2015 J3 League

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season	2015
Champions	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi
Promoted	Renofa Yamaguchi Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia
Matches played	234
Goals scored	586 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazuhito Kishida (32 goals)
Highest attendance	9,040 (Sagamihara vs YSCC Yokohama, 25 October)
Lowest attendance	461 (YSCC Yokohama vs Tottori, 13 November)
Average attendance	2,432
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J3 League was the 19th season of the third tier in Japanese football, and the 2nd season of the professional J3 League.

Clubs

Nagano

Greater Tokyo Area
Machida, Sagamihara, YSCC

Locations of the 2015 J3 League teams

To participate, a club must have held an associate membership, or have submitted an application before 30 June 2014, and then passed an inspection to obtain a participation license issued by J.League Council. J.League has confirmed the following clubs participating in the 2015 J3 season:

Club Name	Home Town	Notes
Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita	All cities/towns in Akita
Fukushima United !Fukushima United	Fukushima, Fukushima
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	All cities/towns in Tottori	Withdrew a J2 license due to financial reasons.^[1]
Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	Morioka, Iwate
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	All cities/towns in Toyama	Relegated from 2014 J2, eligible for J2 promotion
MYFC !Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	Fujieda, Shizuoka
Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	Nagano, Nagano	Eligible for J2 promotion
Ryūkyū !FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	All cities/towns in Okinawa
Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	Sagamihara, Kanagawa
YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama	Yokohama, Kanagawa
Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	Machida, Tokyo	Eligible for J2 promotion
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi	Promoted from 2014 JFL, eligible for J2 promotion
J.League U-22 Selection	n/a	A special team, composed of best J1 and J2 youngsters to prepare them for the 2016 Olympics. Folded by the JFA after the season.^[2]

Competition rules

The league is played in three rounds, each team playing a total of 36 matches. J.League U-22 Selection played all their matches on the road.^[3]

Each team must have at least 3 players holding professional contracts. Two foreign players are allowed per team, plus 1 more from the ASEAN partner country of J. League. The matchday roster will consist of 16 players, and up to 5 substitutes will be allowed in a game.^[3]

Promotion and relegation

Rules for promotion to J2 are largely similar to those of Japan Football League in the recent seasons: to be promoted, a club must hold a J2 license and finish in top 2 of the league. The U-22 team is not eligible for promotion regardless of their final position. The champions will be promoted directly, in exchange with 22nd-placed J2 club, and the runners-up will participate in the playoffs with 21st J2 club. If either or both top 2 finishers are ineligible for promotion, the playoffs and/or direct exchange will not be held in accordance to the exact positions of promotion-eligible clubs.^[3]

No relegation to JFL is planned. Up to 2 clubs may be promoted if they are licensed by J. League for J3 participation and finish in top 4 of JFL.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager¹	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Blaublitz Akita	Mase, Shuichi ! Shuichi Mase	Shimakawa, Toshio ! Toshio Shimakawa	Athleta	TDK
Fukushima United	Kurihara, Keisuke ! Keisuke Kurihara	Ishido, Kazuto ! Kazuto Ishido	Hummel	TOHO BANK
Gainare Tottori	Matsunami, Masanobu ! Masanobu Matsunami	Kawanabe, Ryosube ! Ryosuke Kawanabe	Hummel	Tottori Gas Co.
Grulla Morioka	Noruo, Naoki ! Naoki Naruo	Matsuda, Kenta ! Kenta Matsuda	SVOLME	PalcoHome
Kataller Toyama	Kishino, Yasuyuki ! Yasuyuki Kishino	Mori, Taijiro ! Taijiro Mori	Goldwin	YKK
Fujieda MYFC	Oishi, Atsuto ! Atsuto Oishi	Narabayashi, Hiroki ! Hiroki Narabayashi	Razzoli	Chang
Nagano Parceiro	Minobe, Naohiko ! Naohiko Minobe	Unozawa, Yuji ! Yuji Unozawa	DUELO	Hokto
Renofa Yamaguchi	Ueno, Nobuhiro ! Nobuhiro Ueno	Hirabayashi, Kiyohiro ! Kiyohiro Hirabayashi	FINTA	upr
FC Ryukyu	Satsukawa, Norihiro ! Norihiro Satsukawa	not found ! Satoshi Nakayama	mitre	GOO
SC Sagamihara	Karashima, Keiju ! Keiju Karashima	Takahara, Naohiro ! Naohiro Takahara	gol.	Gion
YSCC Yokohama	Arima, Kenji ! Kenji Arima	Yoshida, Akio ! Akio Yoshida	SVOLME	KASPERSKY
Machida Zelvia	Soma, Naoki ! Naoki Soma	Han-jae, Ri ! Ri Han-jae	SVOLME	Eagle Kenso
J.League U-22 Selection	Takahata, Tsutomu ! Tsutomu Takahata	Various ! Various	Adidas	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of separation	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Nagano Parceiro	Naohiko Minobe	5 August	Resigned on health issues^[4]	Hajime Eto	5 August
Kataller Toyama	Yasuyuki Kishino	27 August	Mutual consent^[5]	Shigeo Sawairi (acting)	27 August
SC Sagamihara	Keiju Karashima	2 November	Resigned^[6]	Yoshika Matsubara	2 November

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita	Agustin Ortega	Leonardo
Fukushima United !Fukushima United	Kim Kong Chyong	Kim Hong-yeon
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	Fernandinho
Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	Jung Hoon-sung
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	Tam Sheang Tsung	Lee Jae-won
MYFC !Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	Park Iru-gyu
Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	Kim Yeong-gi	Ko Kyung-dae	Murilo
Renofa !Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	Kim Jeong-seok	Choi Ju-yong
Ryūkyū !FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	Mac	Park Riki
Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	Leozinho	Toró	Mobi Fehr
YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama	None
Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	Bae Dae-won	Ri Han-jae	Lee Min-soo
J.League U-22 Selection¹	N/A

Note:
^1 A special team, composed of best J1 and J2 youngsters to prepare them for the 2016 Olympics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi (C, P)	36	25	3	8	96	36	+60	78	Promotion to 2016 J2 League
2	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia (P)	36	23	9	4	52	18	+34	78	Qualification to J2 League promotion playoffs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	36	21	7	8	46	28	+18	70
4	SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	36	17	7	12	59	51	+8	58
5	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	36	14	10	12	37	36	+1	52
6	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	36	14	8	14	47	41	+6	50
7	Fukushima United !Fukushima United	36	13	10	13	42	48	−6	49
8	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita	36	12	9	15	37	40	−3	45
9	FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	36	12	9	15	45	51	−6	45
10	Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	36	11	4	21	37	61	−24	37
11	Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	36	8	11	17	36	47	−11	35
12	J.League U-22 Selection	36	7	7	22	28	71	−43	28	Folded by JFA after the season.
13	YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama	36	7	6	23	24	58	−34	27

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2015. Source: JLeague.jp
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

↑ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

Results

Rounds 1–13

Home ╲ Away	Blaublitz Akita !BLA	Fukushima United !FUK	Gainare Tottori !GAI	Grulla Morioka !GRU	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Fujieda MYFC !MYF	Nagano Parceiro !PAR	Renofa Yamaguchi !REN	FC Ryukyu !RYU	SC Sagamihara !SGM	YSCC Yokohama !YSC	Machida Zelvia !ZEL	J22
Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita			1–2	1–0				1–2		3–0	0–1		1–0
Fukushima United !Fukushima United	1–1			1–0		0–2	1–2	3–4					1–4
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori		1–2			2–1	2–0	0–1		1–0		1–1		2–0
Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka			0–1		0–0	2–0	0–2				2–2	0–0	1–2
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	1–0	1–2				1–0				0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1
Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	0–2						0–1		0–0	0–2		1–1	1–1
Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	1–0				0–1			2–1	2–1	1–2			2–0
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi			2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0			4–3	2–0			8–0
FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–0						0–1		2–1
SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara		2–0	0–2	1–1					0–1			2–1	3–0
YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama		0–1				0–1	0–2	0–1		0–4		0–1	0–0
Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	0–1	1–1	2–0				0–0	1–0	1–0				6–0

Updated to games played on 24 May 2015.
Source: J. League data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 14–26

Home ╲ Away	Blaublitz Akita !BLA	Fukushima United !FUK	Gainare Tottori !GAI	Grulla Morioka !GRU	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Fujieda MYFC !MYF	Nagano Parceiro !PAR	Renofa Yamaguchi !REN	FC Ryukyu !RYU	SC Sagamihara !SGM	YSCC Yokohama !YSC	Machida Zelvia !ZEL	J22
Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita		2–3	1–2		1–1	0–0	1–2					0–1	0–0
Fukushima United !Fukushima United			1–0	1–1	0–3					1–1		1–1	1–1
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori				2–1	1–2	2–1		1–1				0–0	1–1
Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	0–0					0–2		0–1	2–1	2–3	1–1		5–0
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama				1–0				2–5	0–1	0–0	1–1		0–0
Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC		3–0			1–4		2–1	0–4	0–1				2–0
Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0					0–0	1–0		0–1
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	3–1	3–0					3–2		5–0		6–1	1–2	3–0
FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	2–1	1–2	2–1				1–1				2–1		2–1
SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	3–1		2–1			5–0		0–3	1–1			0–1	1–2
YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama	0–0	0–1	1–0			1–2				0–1			0–3
Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia				0–1	1–0	4–0	2–0		2–0		2–1		3–1

Updated to games played on 16 August 2015.
Source: J. League data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 27–39

Home ╲ Away	Blaublitz Akita !BLA	Fukushima United !FUK	Gainare Tottori !GAI	Grulla Morioka !GRU	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Fujieda MYFC !MYF	Nagano Parceiro !PAR	Renofa Yamaguchi !REN	FC Ryukyu !RYU	SC Sagamihara !SGM	YSCC Yokohama !YSC	Machida Zelvia !ZEL	J22
Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita							1–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	1–0		1–0
Fukushima United !Fukushima United	1–2					2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1		3–0		3–0
Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	0–1	1–1						2–2	3–0	6–2		1–1	0–1
Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	0–1	3–1	1–2					1–4				1–1	1–0
Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–0						2–1
Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	3–1		4–2	2–1						1–3	2–3	1–2	1–4
Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro			1–0	2–2		2–1			2–1		5–1	1–1	2–1
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi					1–2	2–3	1–2			5–0	4–0		0–0
FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu				1–1	1–1	1–0		0–2		4–6		0–2	6–0
SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara		0–2		2–2	5–1		2–0				0–2		3–2
YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama			1–3	0–1	0–2				1–0			0–2	4–0
Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	2–0	1–0			2–0			1–3		1–0			1–0

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015.
Source: J. League data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	1–3	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	1–2	0-1

29 November 2015
12:30

Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	2–1	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita
K. Suzuki 45+2', 72'	Report	Daniel 22'

Machida Municipal Athletic Stadium, Machida, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,629

Oita Trinita v Machida Zelvia

6 December 2015
12:30

Oita Trinita	0–1	Machida Zelvia
	Report	K. Suzuki 58' (pen)

Ōita Bank Dome, Ōita, Ōita
Attendance: 14,217

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Kazuhito Kishida	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	32
2	Takaki Fukumitsu		19
3	Yatsunori Shimaya		16
4	Tsugutoshi Oishi	Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	14
5	Koji Suzuki	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	12
5	Yuki Sato	Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	12
7	Hiroki Higuchi	SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	11
8	Kyohei Maeyama	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita	10
	Takafumi Suzuki	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia
	Masato Nakayama	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori
11	Keita Tanaka	FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	9

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: Meiji Yasuda J3 League Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro	94,665	8,681	3,159	4,733	0.31655076495132+31.6%^†
2	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	87,348	8,474	1,697	4,367	0.90117544623422+90.1%^‡
3	Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia	75,312	7,803	2,005	3,766	0.20165922144225+20.1%^†
4	SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara	62,533	9,040	1,660	3,291	0.050430896903926+5.0%^†
5	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	56,392	4,542	1,870	2,820	-0.66104078762307−33.8%^†
6	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita	37,955	3,233	1,237	1,998	0.12690355329949+12.6%^†
7	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	38,637	4,013	1,096	1,932	-0.62952101661779−37.0%^†
8	FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	28,466	8,993	673	1,498	0.071530758226037+7.1%^†
9	Fukushima United !Fukushima United	24,497	3,207	692	1,289	-0.97577592732778−2.4%^†
10	Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka	24,784	3,025	635	1,239	-0.81406044678055−18.5%^†
11	Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC	20,962	1,516	618	1,103	-0.83623957543594−16.3%^†
12	YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama	17,465	1,723	461	919	-0.90275049115914−9.7%^†
	League total	569,016	9,040	461	2,432	0.082331998219849+8.2%^†

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: J.League data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.
^‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

References

↑ http://www.gainare.co.jp/news/detail/29057/
↑ "JFA holds 10th Council meeting". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
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↑ http://parceiro.co.jp/news/topic/201508053793.html
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