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.

class="wikitable sortable"

! Club

! Location

! Venue

! Capacity

! Last season

Azul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000J3(4th)
Blaublitz AkitaAkitaSoyu Stadium20,125J3(8th)
Fukushima United FCFukushimaToho Stadium21,000J3(12th)
Gainare TottoriTottoriTorigin Bird Stadium16,033J3(3rd)
Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuMikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu15,066J3(17th)
Iwate Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946J3(13th)
Kamatamare SanukiTakamatsu, KagawaPikara Stadium30,099Relegated from J2 J2(22nd)
Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251J3(11th)
Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000J3(16th)
Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491J3(10th)
Roasso KumamotoKumamoto, KumamotoEgao Kenko Stadium32,000Relegated from J2 J2(21st)
SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300J3(9th)
Thespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in GunmaShoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma15,253J3(5th)
FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137J3(14th)
Vanraure Hachinohe{{nowrap|Eastern cities/towns in Aomori}}{{efn|Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho}}Daihatsu Stadium5,200Promoted from JFL JFL(3rd)
YSCC YokohamaYokohamaNippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium15,454J3(15th)
Cerezo Osaka U-23

|Osaka & Sakai, Osaka

|Kincho Stadium

|19,904

J3(7th)
Gamba Osaka U-23

|North cities in Osaka

|Panasonic Stadium Suita

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

|39,694

21,000

J3(6th)

{{notelist}}

=Personnel and kits=

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Club

! Manager

! Captain

! Kit manufacturer

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

| Under Armour

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}}

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Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

{{center| 1 }}

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taichi Hara

|FC Tokyo U-23

!{{center| 19 }}

{{center| 2 }}

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuya Takazawa

|Thespakusatsu Gunma

!{{center| 17 }}

{{center| 3 }}

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuhito Morishima

|Fujieda MYFC

!{{center| 16 }}

rowspan="2"|{{center| 4 }}

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hayate Take

|Fukushima United FC

!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

|Gamba Osaka U-23

!rowspan="7"|{{center| 11}}

{{flagicon|JPN}} Mizuki Ando

|Cerezo Osaka U-23

{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsugutoshi Oishi

|SC Sagamihara

{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Kitamura

|Roasso Kumamoto

{{flagicon|JPN}} Yosuke Kamigata

|Vanraure Hachinohe

{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryota Nakamura

|Blaublitz Akita

{{flagicon|JPN}} Masamichi Hayashi

|Gainare Tottori

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}}

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