Competition: | Meiji Yasuda J1 League |
Relegated: | Kashiwa Reysol V-Varen Nagasaki |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Kawasaki Frontale Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds |
Matches: | 306 |
Total Goals: | 813 |
League Topscorer: | Jô (Nagoya Grampus) (24 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Kawasaki v Consadole 7–0 (15 September) |
Biggest Away Win: | Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July) |
Highest Scoring: | Vegalta v Marinos 2–8 (16 July) |
Longest Wins: | 9 – Gamba Osaka (Matchday 25–33) |
Longest Unbeaten: | 12 – Consadole Sapporo (Matchday 25–34) |
Longest Winless: | 15 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 3–17) |
Longest Losses: | 8 – Nagoya Grampus (Matchday 4–11) |
Highest Attendance: | 55,689 – Urawa v Vissel (23 September, Matchday 27) |
Lowest Attendance: | 6,189 – Shimizu v V-Varen (11 April, Matchday 7) |
Attendance: | 5,833,538 |
Average Attendance: | 19,064 |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
Season: | 2018 |
Dates: | 23 February 2018 – 1 December 2018 |
The 2018 J1 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was fourth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.
Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.
A total of 18 clubs contested the league. The 2017 J2 League champion Shonan Bellmare and the winner of the promotion play-offs Nagoya Grampus returned to the top flight a year after being relegated from J1 in the 2016 season. V-Varen Nagasaki, J2 runner-up in 2017, played in the J1 League for the first time.
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 January 2018[16] | 19 December 2017[17] | |||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 April 2018[18] | 19 April 2018[19] | |||
Kashiwa Reysol | 13 May 2018 | 13 May 2018[20] | |||
Gamba Osaka | 23 July 2018[21] | 23 July 2018 | |||
Vissel Kobe | 17 Sep 2018[22] | 4 Oct 2018[23] | |||
Sagan Tosu | 17 Oct 2018 | 17 Oct 2018 |
The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club. Clubs can register up to four foreign players for a single match-day squad, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
2018 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2018 J1参入プレーオフ)
Júbilo Iwata remains in J1 League.
Tokyo Verdy remains in J2 League.
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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2–5 (A) | ||||
4–4 (H) | ||||
2–8 (A) | ||||
4–1 (H) | ||||
4–0 (H) | ||||
Jô | 4–1 (H) | |||
4–3 (A) | ||||
2018 J.League Best XI |
Award | Winner | Club | |
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J.League Manager of the Year | Mihailo Petrović | Consadole Sapporo | |
J.League Most Valuable Player | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale | |
J.League Rookie of the Year | Hiroki Abe | Kashima Antlers |