2014 in Japanese football

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Japanese football in 2014.

J.League Division 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Gamba Osaka (C)3419695931+2863Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 3418885232+2062
3 Kashima Antlers 34186106439+2560
4 Kashiwa Reysol 3417984840+860Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
5 Sagan Tosu 34193124133+860
6 Kawasaki Frontale 34167115643+1355
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 34149113729+851
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 341311104437+750
9 FC Tokyo 341212104733+1448
10 Nagoya Grampus 34139124748148
11 Vissel Kobe 341112114950145
12 Albirex Niigata 34128143036644
13 Ventforet Kofu 34914112731441
14 Vegalta Sendai 349111435501538
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 341061842601836
16 Omiya Ardija (R)34981744601635Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17 Cerezo Osaka (R)347101736481231
18 Tokushima Vortis (R)34352616745814
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

J.League Division 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Shonan Bellmare (C, P)4231838625+61101Qualification for 2015 J1 League
2 Matsumoto Yamaga (P)42241176535+3083
3 JEF United Chiba 421814105544+1168Qualification for Promotion Playoffs [lower-alpha 1]
4 Júbilo Iwata 421813116755+1267
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 421811135050065Ineligible for promotion
6 Montedio Yamagata (P)421810145744+1364Qualification for Promotion Playoffs [lower-alpha 1]
7 Oita Trinita 421712135255363
8 Fagiano Okayama 421516115248+461
9 Kyoto Sanga 421418105752+560
10 Consadole Sapporo 421514134844+459
11 Yokohama FC 421413154947+255
12 Tochigi SC 421510175258655
13 Roasso Kumamoto 421315144553854
14 V-Varen Nagasaki 421216144542+352
15 Mito HollyHock 421214164646050Ineligible for promotion
16 Avispa Fukuoka 421311185260850
17 FC Gifu 421310195461749Ineligible for promotion
18 Thespakusatsu Gunma 42147214554949
19 Ehime FC 421212185458448
20 Tokyo Verdy 429151831481742
21 Kamatamare Sanuki 427122334713733Qualification for Relegation Playoffs [lower-alpha 2]
22 Kataller Toyama (R)42582928744623Relegation to 2015 J3 League [lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2014. Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League

J3 League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Zweigen Kanazawa (C, P)3323645620+3675Promotion to 2015 J2 League [lower-alpha 1]
2 Nagano Parceiro 3320945823+3569Qualification for J2 promotion playoffs [lower-alpha 1]
3 Machida Zelvia 3320855922+3768
4 Gainare Tottori 33141183425+953
5 Grulla Morioka 33129124339+445
6 SC Sagamihara 33127144448443
7 Fukushima United 3399153038836
8 Blaublitz Akita 331041938571934
9 FC Ryukyu 338101531501934
10 J.League U-22 Selection 33961837632633
11 Fujieda MYFC 33791736521630
12 YSCC Yokohama 334121729582924
Source: J.League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Only clubs that hold J2 licence are eligible for promotion.

Japan Football League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 SP Kyoto FC 2620155820+3861
2 Kagoshima United 2618354519+2657
3 Honda FC (C)2616555828+3053
4 Renofa Yamaguchi (P)2616375127+2451Promotion to 2015 J3 League
5 Sony Sendai 2613764529+1646
6 Yokogawa Musashino 269893131035
7 Verspah Oita 268993028+233
8 Azul Claro Numazu 2688102635932
9 Vanraure Hachinohe 2686123032230
10 Honda Lock 26761331522127
11 Fagiano Okayama Next 26581324462223
12 MIO Biwako Shiga 26641624502622
13 Tochigi Uva 26471516372119
14 Maruyasu Okazaki 26371623583516
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2014. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Regional Leagues

National team (Men)

Results

5 March Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan [1] [2]
19:40 JST Okazaki Soccerball shade.svg4', 17'
Kagawa Soccerball shade.svg7' (pen.)
Morishige Soccerball shade.svg11'
JFA Report Wood Soccerball shade.svg39', 80'Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 47,670
Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)
27 May Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Japan.svg Saitama, Japan [3]
19:30 JST Uchida Soccerball shade.svg43' JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 58,564
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
2 June Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg1–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of the United States.svg Tampa, United States [4]
21:00 UTC−4 Ruiz Soccerball shade.svg31' JFA Report Endo Soccerball shade.svg60'
Kagawa Soccerball shade.svg80'
Kakitani Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Chris Penso (USA)
6 June Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg3–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of the United States.svg Tampa, United States [5]
19:30 UTC−4 Katongo Soccerball shade.svg9'
Sinkala Soccerball shade.svg29'
Musonda Soccerball shade.svg89'
JFA Report Honda Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.), 75'
Kagawa Soccerball shade.svg73'
Okubo Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
14 June Group C Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Brazil.svg Recife, Brazil
22:00 UTC−3 Bony Soccerball shade.svg64'
Gervinho Soccerball shade.svg66'
FIFA Report Honda Soccerball shade.svg16'Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
Attendance: 40,267
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
19 June Group C Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Brazil.svg Natal, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3 FIFA Report Stadium: Arena das Dunas
Attendance: 39,485
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
24 June Group C Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Flag of Brazil.svg Cuiabá, Brazil
16:00 UTC−4 Okazaki Soccerball shade.svg45+1' FIFA Report Cuadrado Soccerball shade.svg17' (pen.)
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg55', 82'
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: Arena Pantanal
Attendance: 40,340
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
5 September Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Flag of Japan.svg Sapporo, Japan [1]
19:30 JST JFA Report Cavani Soccerball shade.svg34'
Hernández Soccerball shade.svg71'
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,294
Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)
9 September Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama, Japan [1]
19:20 JST Muto Soccerball shade.svg51'
Shibasaki Soccerball shade.svg66'
FIFA Listing Rondon Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.)
Cichero Soccerball shade.svg71'
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 64,007
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
10 October Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Flag of Japan.svg Niigata, Japan
19:25 JST Nosworthy Soccerball shade.svg16' (o.g.) JFA Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 39,628
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
14 October Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
18:45 UTC+8 JFA Report Neymar Soccerball shade.svg18', 48', 77', 81'Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 51,577
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
14 November Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Flag of Japan.svg Toyota, Japan [1]
19:35 JST Yoshida Soccerball shade.svg9'
Honda Soccerball shade.svg40'
Endō Soccerball shade.svg44'
Inui Soccerball shade.svg47', 74'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 42,126
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
18 November Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Japan.svg Osaka, Japan [1]
19:25 JST Konno Soccerball shade.svg61'
Okazaki Soccerball shade.svg68'
JFA Report Cahill Soccerball shade.svg90+2'Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 46,312
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)


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Contents

Players statistics

Player-201303.0505.2706.0206.0606.1406.1906.2409.0509.0910.1010.1411.1411.182014Total
Yasuhito Endo 140(12)OOO(1)OOO-----O(1)O8(2)148(14)
Yasuyuki Konno 78(1)-OOO-OO-----O(1)6(1)84(2)
Makoto Hasebe 77(2)-O--OOO----OO6(0)83(2)
Shinji Okazaki 72(36)O(2)OOOOOO(1)OOOOOO(1)13(4)85(40)
Yuto Nagatomo 66(3)OOOOOOOOOO---10(0)76(3)
Atsuto Uchida 65(1)-O(1)OOOOO----O-7(1)72(2)
Yoshito Okubo 54(5)-OOO(1)OOO------6(1)60(6)
Shinji Kagawa 53(16)O(1)OO(1)O(1)OOO--O-OO10(3)63(19)
Eiji Kawashima 53(0)OOO-OOOOO-OOO11(0)64(0)
Keisuke Honda 52(20)OOOO(2)O(1)OOOOOOO(1)O13(4)65(24)
Maya Yoshida 37(2)OOOOOOOOO--O(1)O11(1)48(3)
Hajime Hosogai 25(1)O------OOOO--5(0)30(1)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 23(1)OO----O------3(0)26(1)
Masahiko Inoha 20(1)-O-----------1(0)21(1)
Hiroki Sakai 14(0)OOOO---O-----5(0)19(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa 12(0)---O-----O-O-3(0)15(0)
Takashi Inui 12(0)-----------O(2)O2(2)14(2)
Gotoku Sakai 11(0)O------OOOOOO7(0)18(0)
Yoichiro Kakitani 9(4)-OO(1)OO-OOOOO--9(1)18(5)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 8(0)OOOOOOO------7(0)15(0)
Yuya Osako 6(3)O-OOOO--O----6(0)12(3)
Masato Morishige 6(0)O(1)OOOO--OOOOOO11(1)17(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto 5(0)--------O----1(0)6(0)
Manabu Saito 3(1)O--O---------2(0)5(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama 3(0)O-OO--O------4(0)7(0)
Yohei Toyoda 3(0)O----------O(1)O3(1)6(1)
Junya Tanaka 1(0)-------OO-O--3(0)4(0)
Kosuke Ota 1(0)---------OO-O3(0)4(0)
Daisuke Suzuki 1(0)----------O--1(0)2(0)
Yoshinori Muto 0(0)-------OO(1)OOOO6(1)6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki 0(0)--------O(1)OOO-4(1)4(1)
Taishi Taguchi 0(0)---------OOO-3(0)3(0)
Ryota Morioka 0(0)-------O--O--2(0)2(0)
Tsukasa Shiotani 0(0)---------OO--2(0)2(0)
Yu Kobayashi 0(0)---------OO--2(0)2(0)
Tatsuya Sakai 0(0)-------O-----1(0)1(0)
Yusuke Minagawa 0(0)-------O-----1(0)1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

2014.03.07 Japan 1–0 Denmark Portugal
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2014.03.10 Japan 2–1 Sweden Portugal
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2014.03.12 Japan 0–3 Germany Portugal
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2014.05.14 Japan 2–2 Australia Vietnam
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2014.05.16 Japan 4–0 Vietnam Vietnam
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2014.05.18 Japan 7–0 Jordan Vietnam
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2014.05.22 Japan 2–1 China Vietnam
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2014.09.13 Japan 5–0 Ghana Yamagata, Japan
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Osafune Soccerball shade.svg?'
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Stadium: Yamagata Park Stadium
2014.09.15 Japan 0–0 China South Korea
2014.09.18 Japan 12–0 Jordan South Korea
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2014.09.26 Japan 9–0 Hong Kong South Korea
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2014.10.01 Japan 1–3 North Korea South Korea
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2014.10.25 Japan 3–0 Canada Canada
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2014.10.28 Japan 3–2 Canada Canada
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Players statistics

Player-201303.0503.0703.1003.1205.0805.1405.1605.1805.2205.2509.1309.1509.1809.2209.2609.2910.0110.2510.282014Total
Homare Sawa 189(81)O-OOO-OOO(1)O---------8(1)197(82)
Aya Miyama 127(30)O(1)OO(1)OOOO-OOOOO(1)O-OO(1)OO17(4)144(34)
Shinobu Ono 119(39)OOOO-------------OO6(0)125(39)
Kozue Ando 115(18)-OOO-------------O-4(0)119(18)
Yuki Ogimi 103(47)OOO(1)O-O(1)O(1)O---------O(1)O(1)9(5)112(52)
Azusa Iwashimizu 95(8)OOOOOOO-O(1)O(1)--OOO(1)-O-O14(3)109(11)
Yukari Kinga 88(5)O-OO-------------O-4(0)92(5)
Karina Maruyama 77(14)----O-O------------2(0)79(14)
Miho Fukumoto 70(0)-O----O-OO--------O5(0)75(0)
Mizuho Sakaguchi 68(18)O-OOOO-O(2)OOO(1)OO(3)O(1)OO(1)OOO17(8)85(26)
Rumi Utsugi 62(5)OOOOOOOOOO-------OO12(0)74(5)
Saki Kumagai 58(0)O-OO-------------OO5(0)63(0)
Aya Sameshima 55(2)-----------------OO(1)2(1)57(3)
Nahomi Kawasumi 50(12)OOOOOOO(2)-OOOOO(2)O(1)OOOO(1)-17(6)67(18)
Ayumi Kaihori 40(0)--O----O--OO--O-O--6(0)46(0)
Megumi Takase 35(5)OOOOO(1)OOOOOO(2)O--O(1)OOOO17(4)52(9)
Asuna Tanaka 28(3)-O----------------O2(0)30(3)
Megumi Kamionobe 23(2)OO----O-----------O4(0)27(2)
Mana Iwabuchi 20(2)OO(1)OO--------------O5(1)25(3)
Saori Ariyoshi 13(0)OOOOOOO-OOOOOO-OOOO17(0)30(0)
Yuika Sugasawa 12(2)----O(1)-O-OOOOO(3)-O(1)O(1)OOO12(6)24(8)
Emi Nakajima 9(1)-O--OO-O(2)OOO(1)OOOO(1)O---12(4)21(5)
Kana Osafune 8(0)----------O(1)OO-OO(1)O--6(2)14(2)
Nanase Kiryu 6(0)OO---OO(1)-O-OOOOO(2)----10(3)16(3)
Asano Nagasato 6(0)------------------O(1)1(1)7(1)
Erina Yamane 4(0)O--OOO----O-OO-O-O-9(0)13(0)
Yuri Kawamura 4(0)----OOO-OO-------O(1)O7(1)11(1)
Michi Goto 3(2)----OO-O-O---------4(0)7(2)
Kana Kitahara 1(0)-O--------OOOO-O---6(0)7(0)
Chinatsu Kira 0(0)----OO-O(2)OOOOO(2)O(1)OOO--12(5)12(5)
Rika Masuya 0(0)----------OOOOO(2)OO--7(2)7(2)
Hikaru Naomoto 0(0)----O--O--O--OOO---6(0)6(0)
Rie Usui 0(0)----------OOOOO-O--6(0)6(0)
Hisui Haza 0(0)----------O--OOO---4(0)4(0)
Ruka Norimatsu 0(0)----O--O-----------2(0)2(0)
Yuria Obara 0(0)-------O-----------1(0)1(0)
Shiho Kohata 0(0)-------O-----------1(0)1(0)
Ami Sugita 0(0)-------O-----------1(0)1(0)

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.
  2. Matches FIFA.com. Retrieved: 2014-02-02.
  3. Japan schedules friendly against Cyprus The Japan Times, 2014-02-12.
  4. Selección de Costa Rica tendrá fogueo en junio ante Japón La Nación, 2014-02-04. (in Spanish)
  5. Japan will play Zambia in Tampa, Florida Japan Football Association, 2014-03-28.