2015 Nadeshiko League

Nadeshiko League

Season	2015
Champions	NTV Beleza 13th Nadeshiko League title
Relegated	AS Elfen Saitama
Top goalscorer	Yuika Sugasawa (15 goals)
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The 2015 Nadeshiko League season was won by NTV Beleza, who have won the title 13 times. ^{[1] [2]}

Nadeshiko League Division 1

First stage : Regular series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	2nd Stage : Ex.Pts
1	NTV Beleza	18	13	4	1	41	9	+32	43	Championship League : 6
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	18	13	3	2	36	18	+18	42	Championship League : 5
3	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	18	11	3	4	40	26	+14	36	Championship League : 4
4	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	18	8	8	2	25	12	+13	32	Championship League : 3
5	Albirex Niigata Ladies	18	8	2	8	20	17	+3	26	Championship League : 2
6	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	18	6	5	7	20	18	+2	23	Championship League : 1
7	Okayama Yunogo Belle	18	5	3	10	16	34	−18	18	Position Playoff : 6
8	Iga F.C. Kunoichi	18	4	2	12	12	30	−18	14	Position Playoff : 5
9	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki	18	2	4	12	14	32	−18	10	Position Playoff : 3
10	AS Elfen Saitama	18	2	2	14	8	36	−28	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Second stage : Exciting series

Championship league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	NTV Beleza	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	6	16	Season Champions
2	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	5	2	2	1	11	10	+1	4	12
3	INAC Kobe Leonessa	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5	10
4	Albirex Niigata Ladies	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	2	9
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	5	1	3	1	7	8	−1	3	9
6	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	1	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Position playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Iga F.C. Kunoichi	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	5	18
8	Okayama Yunogo Belle	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	6	15
9	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	3	10	Division 1 promotion/relegation Series
10	AS Elfen Saitama	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	3	7	Relegated for Division 2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

League awards

Best player

Player	Club
Mizuho Sakaguchi	NTV Beleza

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yuika Sugasawa	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	15
2	Mina Tanaka	NTV Beleza	14
3	Mizuho Sakaguchi	NTV Beleza	9
	Yuri Kawamura	Vegalta Sendai Ladies

Best eleven

Pos	Player	Club
GK	Ayaka Yamashita	NTV Beleza
DF	Saori Ariyoshi	NTV Beleza
	Tomoko Muramatsu	NTV Beleza
	Azusa Iwashimizu	NTV Beleza
MF	Yuri Kawamura	Vegalta Sendai Ladies
	Hanae Shibata	Urawa Reds Ladies
	Mizuho Sakaguchi	NTV Beleza
	Natsuko Hara	NTV Beleza
	Megumi Kamionobe	Albirex Niigata Ladies
FW	Mina Tanaka	NTV Beleza
	Yuika Sugasawa	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies

Best young player

Player	Club
Kiko Seike	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Nadeshiko League Division 2

Result

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	27	22	1	4	85	25	+60	67	Promoted for Division 1
2	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	27	21	1	5	91	33	+58	64	Division 1 promotion/relegation Series
3	Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama	27	18	2	7	65	29	+36	56
4	Sfida Setagaya F.C.	27	12	4	11	45	40	+5	40
5	Angeviolet Hiroshima	27	12	3	12	38	40	−2	39
6	Ehime F.C. Ladies	27	10	4	13	42	59	−17	34
7	AS Harima ALBION	27	8	8	11	39	41	−2	32
8	F.C. Kibi International University Charme	27	8	1	18	33	53	−20	25
9	Fukuoka J. Anclas	27	6	5	16	24	70	−46	23	Division 2 promotion/relegation Series
10	Japan Soccer College Ladies	27	2	3	22	16	88	−72	9	Relegated for Division 3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

• Best Player: Kumi Yokoyama, AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
• Top scorers: Kumi Yokoyama, AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
• Best young player: Takako Gonno, Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Challenge League (Division 3)

Regular season

East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yokohama F.C. Seagulls	15	11	1	3	39	13	+26	34	Championship Playoff
2	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC	15	9	2	4	32	14	+18	29
3	Niigata University of Health and Welfare L.S.C.	15	6	3	6	31	30	+1	21
4	Yamato Sylphid	15	5	3	7	21	26	−5	18
5	Norddea Hokkaido	15	5	3	7	19	41	−22	18
6	Tsukuba F.C. Ladies	15	1	4	10	8	26	−18	7	Division 3 promotion/relegation Series

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	15	13	2	0	45	15	+30	41	Championship Playoff
2	Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita	15	7	2	6	21	23	−2	23
3	JFA Academy Fukushima L.S.C.	15	6	2	7	27	28	−1	20
4	Bunnys Kyoto S.C.	15	5	4	6	26	23	+3	19
5	NGU Nagoya F.C. Ladies	15	4	1	10	15	28	−13	13
6	Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.	15	4	1	10	12	29	−17	13	Division 3 promotion/relegation Series

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Championship playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Season Champions
2	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6	Promoted for Division 2
3	Yokohama F.C. Seagulls	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4	Division 2 promotion/relegation Series
4	Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

• Best Player: Rikako Kobayashi, Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC
• Top scorers: Rikako Kobayashi, Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC
• Best young player: Miyuki Takahashi, Niigata University of Health and Welfare L.S.C.

Promotion/relegation series

Division 1 promotion/relegation series

2015-12-5

13:00

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	2 - 2	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki

Sagamihara Gion Stadium

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2015-12-12

13:00

Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki	0 - 0	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Takatsuki Hagitani Soccer Stadium

• Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki stay Division 1 in 2016 Season.
• Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara stay Division 2 in 2016 Season.

Division 2 promotion/relegation series

2015-12-6

13:00

Yokohama F.C. Seagulls	1 - 1	Fukuoka J. Anclas

Atsugi-shi Ogino Sports Park Stadium

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2015-12-13

12:00

Fukuoka J. Anclas	0 - 1	Yokohama F.C. Seagulls

Ogori-shi Athletics Stadium

• Yokohama F.C. Seagulls Promoted to Division 2 in 2016 Season.
• Fukuoka J. Anclas Relegated to Division 3 (Challenge League) in 2016 Season.

Division 3 promotion/relegation series

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orca Kamogawa F.C.	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Final Round A
2	INAC Kobe Leoncheena	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5	4	Final Round B
3	Cerezo Osaka Sakai girls	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Diosa Izumo F.C.	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final Round A

2015-12-5

14:00

Orca Kamogawa F.C.	1 - 0	Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.

Kamogawa-shi Athletics Stadium

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2015-12-13

13:00

Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.	2 - 1	Orca Kamogawa F.C.

Kikuchi-shi Shichijo Sports Park

• Orca Kamogawa F.C. Promoted to Division 3 (Challenge League) in 2016 Season.
• Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C. Relegated to Regional League (Kyushu, Q League) in 2016 Season.

Final Round B

2015-12-6

12:00

INAC Kobe Leoncheena	0 - 2	Tsukuba F.C. Ladies

Miki Sogobousai Park Athletics Stadium

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2015-12-13

11:00

Tsukuba F.C. Ladies	1 - 0	INAC Kobe Leoncheena

Sekisyu Challenge Stadium

• Tsukuba F.C. Ladies Stay Division 3 (Challenge League) in 2016 Season.
• INAC Kobe Leoncheena Stay Regional League (Kansai League) in 2016 Season.

See also

• Empress's Cup

References

1. "2015 Schedule and Results". Nadeshiko League. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
2. "2015 Nadeshiko League". Futbol 24. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

• (in Japanese) Nadeshiko League Official Site
• Season at soccerway.com