2019 J3 League
{{short description|6th season of the Japanese J3 League}}
{{Refimprove|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Meiji Yasuda J3 League
| season = 2019
| dates = 9 March – 8 December 2019
| winners = Giravanz Kitakyushu
| promoted = Giravanz Kitakyushu
Thespakusatsu Gunma
| league topscorer =
| matches = 306
| total goals = 813
| highest attendance = 16,027
Roasso Kumamoto - Gamba Osaka U-23
(7 September)
| lowest attendance = 267
FC Tokyo U-23 - SC Sagamihara
(20 October)
| average attendance = 2,396
| prevseason = 2018
| nextseason = 2020
}}
The 2019 J3 League, referred to as the {{Nihongo|2019 Meiji Yasuda J3 League|2019 明治安田生命J3リーグ|2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu|lead=yes}} for sponsorship reasons, was the 6th season of J3 League under its current name.
Clubs
{{location map+ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|float=right |width=450 |caption=Locations of the 2019 J3 League teams |places=
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=40.590534 |long=141.456107 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Vanraure Hachinohe}} |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=39.647931 |long=141.137815 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Iwate Grulla Morioka}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=39.721555 |long=140.095671 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Blaublitz Akita}} |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=37.723292 |long=140.361286 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Fukushima United}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=36.580353 |long=138.167556 |label_size=80|label= {{nowrap|Nagano Parceiro}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=36.625003 |long=137.195638 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Kataller Toyama}} |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=34.881469 |long=138.232764 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Fujieda MYFC}} |position=bottom }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=35.458232 |long=134.221775 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Gainare Tottori}} |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=34.310407 |long=133.919631 |label_size=80|label=Sanuki |position=left }}
{{Location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=34.810350 |long=135.542732 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|‡ Osaka teams}} {{ubl|{{nowrap|Cerezo Osaka U-23}}|{{nowrap|Gamba Osaka U-23}}}}|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=32.836872 |long=130.800095 |label_size=80|label={{lower|4px|Kumamoto}}|position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=36.411542 |long=139.053258 |label_size=80|label=Gunma |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=35.664278 |long=139.527139 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|FC Tokyo U-23}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=35.527904 |long=139.386034 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|SC Sagamihara}} |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=35.470029 |long=139.601528 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|YSCC Yokohama}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=35.155939 |long=138.853631 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Azul Claro Numazu}} |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Greater Tokyo area|lat=33.891444 |long=130.888861 |label_size=80|label={{nowrap|Giravanz Kitakyushu}} |position=bottom }}
}}
2018 season saw two teams promoted to J2 League: FC Ryukyu won the championship by nine points over second-placed Kagoshima United FC, which confirmed their promotion to the 2019 J2 League season with still one game to play. From second division, there was a double automatic relegation for the first time: Kamatamare Sanuki are back to third tier after five seasons, but they were promoted in 2013 from Japan Football League, when J3 League was planned.{{cite web|url=https://soccer-time.net/15137.html|title=カマタマーレ讃岐、最下位でJ3降格 最後にチームが崩壊|date=18 November 2018|website=Soccer-time.net|access-date=26 January 2019}} The same goes for Roasso Kumamoto, who are back in the third level of Japanese football after more than a decade.
Also, Japan Football League saw the promotion of Vanraure Hachinohe, who came third in JFL and they booked their first professional season in their history.
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=Personnel and kits=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Club
! Manager ! Captain ! Kit manufacturer |
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Azul Claro Numazu
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ken Yoshida | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Sugai | Puma |
Blaublitz Akita
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuichi Mase | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Kotani | ATHLETA |
Cerezo Osaka U-23
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Okuma | none | Puma |
Fukushima United
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takeo Matsuda | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akihiro Sakata | hummel |
Gainare Tottori
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Riki Takagi | {{flagicon|BRA}} Fernandinho | Puma |
Gamba Osaka U-23
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hitoshi Morishita | none | Umbro |
Giravanz Kitakyushu
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kobayashi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yohei Naito | bonera |
Grulla Morioka
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimi Kikuchi | TBD |
Kamatamare Sanuki
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kenichi Uemura | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Takeuchi | ATHLETA |
Kataller Toyama
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryo Adachi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Junya Imase | Goldwin |
Fujieda MYFC
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiro Ishizaki | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Sugimoto | gol. |
Nagano Parceiro
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Yokoyama | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takahiro Oshima | Penalty |
Roasso Kumamoto
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Shibuya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shoto Suzuki | Puma |
SC Sagamihara
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumitake Miura | {{flagicon|JPN}} Seitaro Tomisawa | gol. |
Thespakusatsu Gunma
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichiro Nuno | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuya Funatsu | Finta |
FC Tokyo U-23
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsu Nagasawa | none | Umbro |
Vanraure Hachinohe
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsuto Oishi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takafumi Sudo | ATHLETA |
YSCC Yokohama
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Stalph | {{flagicon|JPN}} Koichi Miyao | YOUNGER |
League table
{{2019 J3 League table}}
Positions by round
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|sortable=y|legendpos=br
|team1=GIR
|team2=THE
|team3=MYF
|team4=KAT
|team5=ROA
|team6=CEU
|team7=GAI
|team8=BLA
|team9=PAR
|team10=VAN
|team11=UFC
|team12=AZU
|team13=YSC
|team14=KAM
|team15=SAG
|team16=TOU
|team17=GAU
|team18=GRU
|name_AZU=Azul Claro Numazu
|name_BLA=Blaublitz Akita
|name_CEU=Cerezo Osaka U-23
|name_UFC=Fukushima United
|name_GAI=Gainare Tottori
|name_GAU=Gamba Osaka U-23
|name_GIR=Giravanz Kitakyushu
|name_GRU=Iwate Grulla Morioka
|name_KAM=Kamatamare Sanuki
|name_KAT=Kataller Toyama
|name_MYF=Fujieda MYFC
|name_PAR=Nagano Parceiro
|name_ROA=Roasso Kumamoto
|name_SAG=SC Sagamihara
|name_THE=Thespakusatsu Gunma
|name_TOU=FC Tokyo U-23
|name_VAN=Vanraure Hachinohe
|name_YSC=YSCC Yokohama
|pos_AZU= 15/13/ 9/13/14/10/15/10/ 9/14/14/11/12/ 9/12/13/12/11/14/14/10/11/ 8/11/11/11/11/13/14/14/16/13/12/12
|pos_BLA= 6/11/17/16/12/ 9/ 9/ 9/12/17/12/14/16/13/14/12/14/10/12/12/14/13/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 8/8
|pos_CEU= 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 8/10/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 7/6
|pos_UFC= 16/ 7/11/ 6/10/15/10/13/15/12/11/16/18/16/17/15/13/14/11/ 7/11/ 8/10/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 9/10/10/10/10/11/11/11
|pos_GAI= 2/ 9/13/14/15/17/16/11/14/11/16/12/14/11/10/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/7
|pos_GAU= 6/10/14/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 9/11/13/13/13/13/15/11/12/12/14/16/17
|pos_GRU= 16/ 8/ 5/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 9/ 8/10/11/14/11/14/15/15/16/16/16/16/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18
|pos_KAM= 4/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 9/11/ 9/12/13/12/12/14/14/14/15/16/13/15/13/14
|pos_KAT= 12/16/10/10/11/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 7/ 8/ 8/10/ 9/ 9/10/10/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/4
|pos_MYF= 4/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 1/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/3
|pos_PAR= 6/15/16/15/16/14/17/12/10/13/12/14/17/18/18/18/18/16/15/15/15/15/15/14/14/15/15/12/12/11/11/10/10/9
|pos_ROA= 6/11/14/ 9/13/11/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/5
|pos_SAG= 12/13/ 8/11/ 9/13/14/17/11/ 8/10/ 7/ 9/10/ 9/ 9/10/12/ 8/13/13/14/14/15/15/12/12/11/13/13/14/12/14/15
|pos_THE= 6/ 6/ 7/11/ 8/12/13/16/13/10/ 9/ 6/ 4/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/2
|pos_TOU= 18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/15/17/16/16/16/17/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/17/16/16/17/15/16/17/16
|pos_VAN= 6/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 7/ 8/12/15/17/16/17/13/10/12/13/11/11/13/13/ 9/12/10/12/10/10/10/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 9/10
|pos_YSC= 14/17/12/17/17/16/11/14/16/15/15/17/13/15/15/17/17/18/18/18/18/17/16/16/16/16/16/17/17/15/17/17/15/13
|pos_GIR= 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1
| color_1 =1st |text_1 = Leader and promotion to J2
| color_2=green2|text_2= Promotion to J2
| source=[https://www.jleague.jp/en/standings/j3/]
| update= complete
}}
Top scorers
{{updated|matches played December 1st, 2019}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3|title=STATS : J.LEAGUE.JP|website=Jleague.jp|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619113200/https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3|url-status=dead}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:central" |
Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
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{{center| 1 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taichi Hara !{{center| 19 }} |
{{center| 2 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuya Takazawa !{{center| 17 }} |
{{center| 3 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuhito Morishima !{{center| 16 }} |
rowspan="2"|{{center| 4 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hayate Take !rowspan="2"|{{center| 15 }} |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kohei Shin
|rowspan="2"|YSCC Yokohama |
{{center| 6 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hayato Asakawa !{{center| 13 }} |
rowspan="7"|{{center| 7 }}
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akito Takagi !rowspan="7"|{{center| 11}} |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Mizuki Ando |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsugutoshi Oishi |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Kitamura |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yosuke Kamigata |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryota Nakamura |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Masamichi Hayashi |
Attendances
{{Fb a header}}
{{Fb a team|p= 1|t=Giravanz Kitakyushu |s=102831|h=12270|l= 3744|a= 6049|pr= 4501}}
{{Fb a team|p= 2|t=Roasso Kumamoto |s=94065|h=16027|l= 3085|a= 5533|pr= 5269|nt=†}}
{{Fb a team|p= 3|t=Thespakusatsu Gunma |s=61098|h= 5881|l= 1875|a= 3594|pr= 3346}}
{{Fb a team|p= 4|t=Nagano Parceiro |s=51006|h= 4247|l= 1434|a= 3000|pr= 3554}}
{{Fb a team|p= 5|t=SC Sagamihara |s=48940|h= 5504|l= 1609|a= 2879|pr= 3458}}
{{Fb a team|p= 6|t=Kataller Toyama |s=46535|h= 5254|l= 1774|a= 2737|pr= 2670}}
{{Fb a team|p= 7|t=Azul Claro Numazu |s=41992|h= 5315|l= 932|a= 2470|pr= 2857}}
{{Fb a team|p= 8|t=Gainare Tottori |s=37889|h= 4011|l= 946|a= 2229|pr= 2657}}
{{Fb a team|p= 9|t=Kamatamare Sanuki |s=35906|h= 3339|l= 1120|a= 2112|pr= 3073|nt=†}}
{{Fb a team|p=10|t=Vanraure Hachinohe |s=29919|h= 2797|l= 907|a= 1760|pr= 2208|nt=‡}}
{{Fb a team|p=11|t=Fujieda MYFC |s=29581|h= 3973|l= 748|a= 1740|pr= 1246}}
{{Fb a team|p=12|t=Blaublitz Akita |s=26793|h= 3858|l= 736|a= 1576|pr= 2839}}
{{Fb a team|p=13|t=Iwate Grulla Morioka |s=23249|h= 3212|l= 516|a= 1368|pr= 1216}}
{{Fb a team|p=14|t=FC Tokyo U-23 |s=21684|h= 2072|l= 267|a= 1276|pr= 1723}}
{{Fb a team|p=15|t=Gamba Osaka U-23 |s=21472|h= 2662|l= 700|a= 1263|pr= 1382}}
{{Fb a team|p=16|t=Fukushima United |s=21115|h= 3406|l= 436|a= 1242|pr= 1576}}
{{Fb a team|p=17|t=Cerezo Osaka U-23 |s=20340|h= 4755|l= 647|a= 1196|pr= 1112}}
{{Fb a team|p=18|t=YSCC Yokohama |s=18617|h= 1610|l= 337|a= 1095|pr= 1005}}
{{Fb a footer |s=733032|h=16027|l= 267|a= 2396|pr= 2491|u=8 December 2019 |source=[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD14/search?endDayNum=8&competition_year=2019&competition_frame=3 J. League Data]|notes=† Relegated from J2。‡Promoted from JFL.|date=2019年3月}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2019 in Japanese football}}
{{Japanese Club Football|group=third}}