2022 Nadeshiko League

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Nadeshiko League Division 1
Season 2022
Dates19 March – 16 October 2022 [1] [2]
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.
Nadeshiko League Division 2
Season 2022
Dates26 March – 9 October 2022 [1] [2]
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.

The 2022 Nadeshiko League was the 34th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It was also the 18th season in its current format.

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Teams

Division 1

TeamLocationGroundCapacity2021 season
Bunnys Gunma FC White Star Maebashi Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium
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Orca Kamogawa FC Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena
9th
Sfida Setagaya FC Setagaya, Tokyo Komazawa Olympic Park
2nd
Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium
4th
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls Saitama NACK5 Stadium Omiya
6th
NGU Loveledge Nagoya Hiroshima Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium
8th
Iga Kunoichi Iga Ueno Athletic Park
1st
Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki Takahashi, Okayama Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
10th
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
3rd
AS Harima Albion Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium
7th
Ange Violet Hiroshima Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium
11th
Ehime FC Matsuyama Ningineer Stadium
5th

Division 2

TeamLocationGroundCapacity2021 season
Norddea Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Nagano U Stadium
5th
Tsukuba FC Ladies Tsukuba, Ibaraki Denka Big Swan Stadium
6th
Yamato Sylphid Kumagaya Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
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JFA Academy Fukushima Kobe Noevir Stadium Kobe
1st
Shizuoka SSU Asregina Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena
3rd
Veertien Mie Ladies Sendai Yurtec Stadium Sendai
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Okayama Yunogo Belle Mimasaka, Okayama Sagamihara Gion Stadium
8th
Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi Takahashi, Okayama NACK5 Stadium Omiya
7th
Diavorosso Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium
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Fukuoka J. Anclas Fukuoka Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
4th

League table

Division 1
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Sfida Setagaya FC (C)2216244516+2950
2 Iga Kunoichi 2214443718+1946
3 AS Harima Albion 2213454623+2343
4 Cerezo Osaka (P)2211564625+2138Promoted to 2023–24 WE League [3] [4]
5 Orca Kamogawa FC 2211382620+636
6 NGU Loveledge Nagoya 2210662724+336
7 Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama 2292111928929
8 NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls 227692426227
9 Bunnys Gunma FC White Star 22741121401925
10 Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki 22371213342116
11 Ehime FC Ladies 22271318321413
12 Ange Violet Hiroshima 22321710463611Disbanding after this season [5]
Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Division 2
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Shizuoka SSU Asregina (C, P)1813413715+2243Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
2JFA Academy Fukushima [a] 1812514717+3041
3 Yamato Sylphid [a] (P)1810533720+1735Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
4 Diavorosso Hiroshima 187652418+627
5 Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi 184681322918
6 Fukuoka J. Anclas 1846814291518
7 Norddea Hokkaido 1837816281216
8 Tsukuba FC Ladies 1828812281614
9 Veertien Mie Ladies 182791421713
10 Okayama Yunogo Belle (O)18110714301613Qualification for the promotion relegation play-offs
Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 After two teams are leaving from Division 1, a promotion-relegation playoff between Divisions 1 and 2 has been cancelled, no team from Division 1 will be relegated, and top two teams from Division 2 will promote to Division 1. However, since the second-placed team (JFA Academy Fukushima) is not eligible for promoting to Division 1, the third-placed team (Yamato Sylphid) is to promote to Division 1 instead. [6]
Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs

The top three teams from regional league qualifiers (1st: FC Fujizakura Yamanashi, 2nd: Diosa Izumo FC, 3rd: Viamaterras Miyazaki) and the lowest-ranked team from Division 2 (Okayama Yunogo Belle) played a round-robin tournament. The top three teams of the round-robin were to join Division 2 next year. [7]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Viamaterras Miyazaki (P)3300111+109Promotion to 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 2
2 FC Fujizakura Yamanashi (P)32014406
3 Okayama Yunogo Belle 310251163Remained in Nadeshiko League Division 2
4 Diosa Izumo FC 30033740
Source: Nadeshiko League (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Number of goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points for yellow and red cards [7]
(P) Promoted

Top scorers

Division 1

As of 11 October 2022. [8]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Japan.svg Sonoko Chiba (千葉 園子) AS Harima Albion 14
2 Flag of Japan.svg Mayu Otake (大竹 麻友) Sfida Setagaya FC 13
3 Flag of Japan.svg Niina Yamada (山田 仁衣奈) NGU Loveledge Nagoya 10
Flag of Japan.svg Sinomi Koyama (小山 史乃観) Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
5 Flag of Japan.svg Mao Murakami (村上 真生) Sfida Setagaya FC 8
Flag of Japan.svg Fumina Katsurama (葛馬 史奈) AS Harima Albion
Flag of Japan.svg Sari Kaneshige (兼重 紗里) Orca Kamogawa FC
8 Flag of Japan.svg Kanami Sinbori (新堀 華波) AS Harima Albion 7
Flag of Japan.svg Asuka Mitsuhashi (三橋 明香) Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
10 Flag of Japan.svg Miyuka Momono (百濃 実結香) Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies 6

Division 2

As of 9 October 2022. [9]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Japan.svg Mao Itamura (板村 真央)JFA Academy Fukushima13
Flag of Japan.svg Marin Hamamoto (濱本 まりん) Yamato Sylphid
3 Flag of Japan.svg Eriko Adachi (足立 英梨子) Diavorosso Hiroshima 9
4 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Tanikawa (谷川 萌々子)JFA Academy Fukushima8
5 Flag of Japan.svg Rika Kojima (幸嶋 里佳) Yamato Sylphid 7
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hibari Hara (原 ひばり)JFA Academy Fukushima6
Flag of Japan.svg Arisa Nakamura (中村 有沙) Okayama Yunogo Belle
8 Flag of Japan.svg Yukiko Sue (須恵 裕貴子) Yamato Sylphid 5
Flag of Japan.svg Manaka Matsukubo (松窪 真心)JFA Academy Fukushima
Flag of Japan.svg Yuzuki Tsuchiya (土屋 佑津季) Shizuoka SSU Asregina
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Akamine (赤嶺 美月) Diavorosso Hiroshima

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2022 プレナスなでしこリーグ 開幕日決定" [2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League opening date decided]. Japan Women's Football League (Nadeshiko League) (in Japanese). Tokyo. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women". Sofascore. Retrieved 3 October 2022. #7 When does the Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women start and when does it finish? The Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women usually starts in March and ends in November.
  3. "セレッソ大阪堺レディース WE リーグ参入決定" [Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League]. Cerezo Osaka co.,LTD. (in Japanese). Osaka. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. We are pleased to announce that Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies will join the Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League) from the 2023-24 season.
  4. "セレッソ大阪堺レディース、23年シーズンからWEリーグ入会へ" ["Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League from the 2023-24 season]. Sankei Digital Inc. (in Japanese). Tokyo. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. The WE League, a professional women's soccer league, announced on the 14th that it has approved Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the league from the 2023 season. WE League Chair Okajima said, The club is expected to play an active role in the WE League because it was evaluated as meeting the entry criteria and has produced many top-level players, especially in the development age group. commented. The number of teams in the league will be expanded to 12.
  5. "アンジュヴィオレ広島 2022シーズンをもって解散のお知らせ" [Ange Violet Hiroshima disbands after 2022 season] (in Japanese). Ange Violet Hiroshima. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. "2023シーズン なでしこリーグ チーム編成について" [Teams of Nadeshiko League 2023 season] (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 "2022プレナスなでしこリーグ2部入替戦日程決定のお知らせ" [Schedule of 2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs]. Nadeshiko League. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.