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Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2020
Dates27 June - TBA (originally planned on March 7th)
Relegatednone (for season 2020 only)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 J3 League, referred to as the 2020 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2020 明治安田生命J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2020 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 7th season of J3 League under its current name.

On March 19, the J.League announced no relegation would take place for the 2020 season, with the J1 League expanding to 20 clubs for the 2021 season.

Postponement of the beginning of the season

Due to COVID-19 outbreak and concerns, the JFA opted to postpone the beginning of the season, firstly established for March 7.[1]

On February 25, all J.League matches until March 15 were postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] After that, it was announced that it would be postponed until March 29.[3] On March 19, the J.League announced no relegation would take place for the 2020 season, with the J1 League expanding to 20 clubs for the 2021 season.[4] On March 25, announced that it would be Suspended April 3 to May 6.[5]

On April 3, decided to starting over the official game schedule, which aims to gradually resume J3 from April 25, J2 from May 2, and J1 from May 9. Note that, considering a new schedule in the future, but it will resume it at least one month later and later in the month.[6]

On May 29, J.LEAGUE announced to decided to resume on June 27.[7] On June 9, announced to About schedule announcements of the 2020.[8] On June 15, announced to New dates. The first 2 matches in each league (J3 1st-2nd sec. ) will be held without spectators. After July 10th, as a general rule, the maximum number of people will be 5,000 (stadiums with less capacity are those with less than 50% of the capacity of people, no away supporters allowed). After August, the maximum number of stadium capacity will be 50%, and it will be a “high alert spectator match”.[9]

After that, 11th J.League extraordinary executive committee on July 20, it was announced that the "super strict alert audience game" extended to August 10 in view of the spread of coronavirus infection.[10]

Clubs

Template:J3 League map 2020 2019 season saw two teams promoted to J2 League: Giravanz Kitakyushu won the championship after being for three seasons in the third tier, while Thespakusatsu Gunma won promotion just in the last game of the season.[11] From second division, there was a double automatic relegation for the second time: FC Gifu will play their first season in J3 after being in the second division for the last 12 years, when J3 League wasn't even on the cards.[12] Alongside them, an incredible final of the 2019 season pushed Kagoshima United FC immediately back to J3, just one year after sealing their first-ever participation to the second tier. This is the last J3 League season that features the U-23 teams from J1 League. On June 5, FC Tokyo U-23 withdrew from the league.

Also, Japan Football League saw the promotion of another time: after two fifth-placed performances, FC Imabari came third in 2019 and booked their first professional season in their history.[13]

Club Name Home Town Stadium Capacity Last season licence
Azul Claro Numazu Numazu Ashitaka Stadium 10,000 J3（12th） J3
Blaublitz Akita Akita Soyu Stadium 20,125 J3（8th） J2
FC Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu[a] Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium 26,109 Relegated from J2 (22nd) J1
FC Imabari Imabari Arigato Service Dream Stadium 5,000 Promoted from JFL（3rd） J3
Fukushima United FC Fukushima Toho Stadium 21,000 J3（11th） J3
Gainare Tottori All cities/towns in Tottori [b] Axis Bird Stadium 16,033 J3（7th） J2
Iwate Grulla Morioka All cities/towns in Iwate Iwagin Stadium 4,946 J3（18th） J3
Kamatamare Sanuki All cities/towns in Kagawa [c] Pikara Stadium 30,099 J3（14th） J2
Kagoshima United Kagoshima Shiranami Stadium 19,934 Relegated from J2 (21st) J1
Kataller Toyama All cities/towns in Toyama[d] Toyama Athletic Stadium 25,251 J3（4th） J1
Fujieda MYFC Cities/towns in Shizuoka Prefecture[e] Fujieda Soccer Field 13,000 J3（3rd） J3
Nagano Parceiro Nagano Nagano U Stadium 15,491 J3（9th） J2
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto, Kumamoto Egao Kenko Stadium 32,000 J3（5th） J1
SC Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium 15,300 J3（15th） J3
Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori[f] Prifoods Stadium 5,200 J3（10th） J3
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 J3（13th） J3
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Osaka & Sakai, Osaka Kincho Stadium 19,904 J3（6th） -
Gamba Osaka U-23 North cities in Osaka Panasonic Stadium Suita

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

39,694

21,000

J3（17th） -
  1. ^ centering on Gifu
  2. ^ centering on Tottori, Yonago, Kurayoshi, Sakaiminato
  3. ^ centering on Takamatsu, Marugame
  4. ^ centering on Toyama
  5. ^ Fujieda, Shimada, Yaizu, Makinohara, Yoshida, Kawanehonmachi
  6. ^ Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Japan Masataka Imai Japan Masayuki Tokutake Germany Puma
Blaublitz Akita Japan Ken Yoshida Japan Naoyuki Yamada Brazil ATHLETA
FC Gifu Serbia Zdravko Zemunović Malaysia Tadashi Takeda United States New Balance
FC Imabari Spain Lluís Planagumà Japan Keishi Kusumi Germany Adidas
Fukushima United Japan Takeo Matsuda Japan Ryosuke Tamura Denmark hummel
Gainare Tottori Japan Riki Takagi Japan Masataka Kani Germany Puma
Iwate Grulla Morioka Japan Yutaka Akita Japan Shun Morishita United States Under Armour
Kagoshima United FC North Korea Kim Jong-song Japan Noriyuki Sakemoto Germany Puma
Kamatamare Sanuki Japan Kazuhito Mochizuki Japan Akira Takeuchi Brazil ATHLETA
Kataller Toyama Japan Ryo Adachi Japan Junya Imase Japan GOLDWin
Fujieda MYFC Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan Takuya Sugimoto Japan gol.
Nagano Parceiro Japan Yuji Yokoyama Japan Nobuyuki Abe Brazil Penalty
Roasso Kumamoto Japan Takeshi Oki Japan Tomotaka Okamoto Germany Puma
SC Sagamihara Japan Fumitake Miura Japan Seitaro Tomisawa Japan gol.
Vanraure Hachinohe Japan Masafumi Nakaguchi Japan Teppei Chikaishi Brazil ATHLETA
YSCC Yokohama Japan/Germany Yuki Stalph Japan Koichi Miyao Japan younger
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Japan Kazuhiro Murata none Germany Puma
Gamba Osaka U-23 Japan Hitoshi Morishita none England Umbro

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Japan Kazuhiro Murata Appointed Academy Deputy Director and U-18 Head Coach 28 July 2020[14] Japan Yoshiaki Maruyama 28 July 2020[15]
FC Gifu Serbia Zdravko Zemunović Change of director 25 September 2020[16] Japan Kenji Nakada 25 September 2020[16]

League table

It was decided on 19 March to change the format regarding the rules for promotion/relegation for the end of the season for the J1, J2 and J3 leagues,[17] such that there would be no relegation this season, that two clubs from the J2 League would be promoted to the 2021 J1 League, and that two clubs from the J3 League would be promoted to the 2021 J2 League (subject to licensing regulations).

FC Tokyo U-23's withdrawal was approved at a board meeting held on June 5, leaving the J3 League with 18 teams.[18]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Blaublitz Akita (C, P) 34 21 10 3 55 18 +37 73 Promotion to 2021 J2 League
2020 Emperor's Cup quarter-finals
2 SC Sagamihara (P) 34 16 13 5 43 35 +8 61 Promotion to 2021 J2 League[a]
3 Nagano Parceiro 34 17 8 9 45 26 +19 59
4 Kagoshima United 34 18 4 12 55 43 +12 58
5 Gainare Tottori 34 17 6 11 47 37 +10 57
6 FC Gifu 34 16 8 10 50 39 +11 56
7 FC Imabari 34 15 10 9 39 27 +12 55
8 Roasso Kumamoto 34 16 6 12 56 47 +9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 34 15 5 14 52 43 +9 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 34 14 7 13 48 44 +4 49
11 Iwate Grulla Morioka 34 11 9 14 36 47 −11 42
12 Azul Claro Numazu 34 12 5 17 36 40 −4 41
13 Fukushima United 34 11 6 17 46 55 −9 39
14 Gamba Osaka U-23 34 9 8 17 43 55 −12 35 Folded
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 34 8 9 17 42 56 −14 33
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 34 7 10 17 33 52 −19 31
17 YSCC Yokohama 34 5 12 17 37 66 −29 27
18 Cerezo Osaka U-23 34 5 10 19 28 61 −33 25 Folded
19 FC Tokyo U-23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2020. Source: 2020 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Only teams that hold a J2 licence are eligible for promotion.

Top scorers

As of matches played October 26th, 2020.[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Japan Tsugutoshi Oishi Fujieda MYFC
12
Japan Kaito Taniguchi Roasso Kumamoto
3
 Brazil Rômulo SC Sagamihara
10
Japan Takuya Miyamoto YSCC Yokohama
Nigeria Ismaila Fukushima United FC
Japan Shoji Toyama Gamba Osaka U-23
7
 Japan Naoki Sanda Nagano Parceiro
8
Japan Hiroyuki Takasaki FC Gifu

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Gifu 20,885 3,854 0 2,089 −68.6%†
2 Nagano Parceiro 17,061 2,352 0 1,706 −43.1%†
3 Kagoshima United FC 15,733 2,846 0 1,573 −72.8%†
4 Roasso Kumamoto 15,646 2,490 0 1,422 −74.3%†
5 Kataller Toyama 10,107 2,004 0 1,123 −59.0%†
6 FC Imabari 11,085 1,499 0 1,109 −64.2%‡
7 Blaublitz Akita 12,045 2,078 0 1,095 −30.5%†
8 Kamatamare Sanuki 7,495 1,048 0 750 −64.5%†
9 Gainare Tottori 7,025 971 0 703 −68.5%†
10 Vanraure Hachinohe 6,780 1,062 0 616 −65.0%†
11 Azul Claro Numazu 6,107 1,026 0 611 −75.3%†
12 Fujieda MYFC 6,379 823 0 580 −66.7%†
13 SC Sagamihara 6,299 802 0 573 −80.1%†
14 YSCC Yokohama 5,519 860 0 552 −49.6%†
15 Fukushima United 5,640 842 0 470 −62.2%†
16 Gamba Osaka U-23 5,169 632 0 470 −62.8%†
17 Cerezo Osaka U-23 4,108 770 0 411 −65.6%†
18 Iwate Grulla Morioka 4,329 669 0 394 −71.2%†
League total 167,412 3,854 0 890 −62.9%†

Updated to games played on 14 October 2020
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Last year in J2 League
‡ Last year in Japan Football League.

References

  1. ^ https://www.jleague.jp/release/post-63207/
  2. ^ "2020Jリーグ 明治安田生命J1リーグ 第2節～第4節 明治安田生命J2リーグ 第2節～第4節 明治安田生命J3リーグ 第1節～第2節 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ グループステージ第2節～第3節 開催延期のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本プロサッカーリーグ. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ^ "J.LEAGUE to Extend Suspension of Matches" (Press release). Official. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ "J. League to skip relegation as schedule threatened by coronavirus" (Press release). The Japan Times. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. ^ "J.LEAGUE Further Extends Suspension of Matches" (Press release). Official. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. ^ "再開の日程は白紙に。第5回新型コロナウイルス対策連絡会議会見レポート" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本プロサッカーリーグ. 2020-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ^ "About the resumption/opening dates of the J.LEAGUE" (Press release). Official. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ^ "About schedule announcements of the 2020 J.LEAGUE" (Press release). Official. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  9. ^ "2020 J.LEAGUE Match Schedules" (Press release). Official. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  10. ^ "【Jリーグ】超厳戒態勢を8月10日まで延長。観客5000人以下の継続を決定" (Press release) (in Japanese). サッカーマガジン. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  11. ^ https://www.footballchannel.jp/2019/12/01/post350718/
  12. ^ https://www.fc-gifu.com/news_information/54091.html
  13. ^ https://www.jleague.jp/release/post-61740/
  14. ^ "セレッソ大阪U-23 村田一弘監督 退任のお知らせ" (Press release). セレッソ大阪. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  15. ^ "セレッソ大阪U-23 丸山良明新監督 就任のお知らせ" (Press release). セレッソ大阪. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  16. ^ a b "監督交代のお知らせ" (Press release). FC岐阜. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  17. ^ "J.LEAGUE to Change Format in the 2020 MEIJI YASUDA J.LEAGUE" (Press release). Official. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  18. ^ "ＦＣ東京Ｕ－２３ Ｊ３リーグへの参加辞退について" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本プロサッカーリーグ. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  19. ^ https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3

Official website, JLeague.jp (in English)

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