2023 J3 League

The 2023 J3 League, referred to as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the J3 League under its current name.

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2023
Dates4 March – 2 December
Matches played50
Goals scored119 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerArthur Silva
(4 goals)
Biggest home winGiravanz Kitakyushu 3–0 Kamatamare Sanuki
(12 March)
Biggest away winEhime FC 1–5 Iwate Grulla Morioka
(5 March)
Highest scoringEhime FC 1–5 Iwate Grulla Morioka
(5 March)
Kataller Toyama 3–3 Nagano Parceiro
(28 March)
Longest winning run4 teams
(2 matches)
Longest unbeaten run2 teams
(5 matches)
Longest winless runYSCC Yokohama
(5 matches)
Longest losing run3 teams
(3 matches)
Highest attendance6,733
FC Gifu 1–1 Matsumoto Yamaga
(12 March)
Lowest attendance650
Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 Vanraure Hachinohe
(18 March)
Total attendance152,222
Average attendance3,044
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 2 April 2023.

Changes from the previous season
Promoted from 2022 JFL Promoted to 2023 J2 League Relegated from 2022 J2 League
Nara Club
FC Osaka		 Iwaki FC
Fujieda MYFC		 FC Ryukyu
Iwate Grulla Morioka

Iwaki FC and Fujieda MYFC were promoted to the J2 League after being champions and runners-up of last season's J3.

FC Ryukyu and Iwate Grulla Morioka were relegated from the J2 League after relatively short stints at the 2nd division, with Ryukyu spending four seasons, and Iwate spending just a single season. The clubs finished as 21st and 22nd-placed team at the 2022 J2 League, respectively.

Nara Club and FC Osaka were promoted to the J3 League after being respectively, champions and runners-up of last season's JFL. Both teams are making their debut in the J3 League after obtaining a J.League License, to enable their promotion from the JFL.

Overview

Promotion and relegation

This season will be the first to feature promotion/relegation from the Japan Football League, enabling the possibility for teams to be relegated from the J3.[1] The system of promotion/relegation between the leagues can be determined by the eligibility (Promotion to J3 requires a J.League license) of the JFL's champions and runners-up for the season.

  • If only the JFL champions holds a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation with the J3's 20th-placed team.
  • If only the JFL runners-up holds a license, there will be promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 20th-placed team.
  • If both the JFL champions and runners-up hold a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation between the JFL champions and the J3's 20th-placed team, and promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 19th-placed team.
  • If both the JFL champions and runners-up do not hold a license, no promotion/relegation between J3 and JFL will take place.

The dates and the host teams of the promotion/relegation play-off were pre-determined by the J.League. In case it happens, it will be played in two legs on 9 and 16 December, with the J3 team hosting the second leg.

Participating clubs
Locations of the 2023 J3 League teams
Club name Home town Stadium Capacity Last season Licence
Azul Claro Numazu Numazu Ashitaka Stadium 5,104 J3 (15th） J3
Ehime FC All cities/towns in Ehime[lower-alpha 1] Ningineer Stadium 21,401 J3 (7th) J1
Fukushima United Fukushima Toho Stadium 21,000 J3 (11th） J1
Gainare Tottori All cities/towns in Tottori[lower-alpha 2] Axis Bird Stadium 16,033 J3 (12th） J2
FC Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu[lower-alpha 3] Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium 26,109 J3 (14th） J1
Giravanz Kitakyushu Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu 15,066 J3 (13th) J1
FC Imabari Imabari Imabari Satoyama Stadium 5,316 J3 (5th） J2
Iwate Grulla Morioka All cities/towns in Iwate Iwagin Stadium & Kitakami Stadium 4,946 J2 (22nd; Relegated) J1
Kagoshima United Kagoshima Shiranami Stadium 19,934 J3 (3rd） J1
Kamatamare Sanuki All cities/towns in Kagawa[lower-alpha 4] Pikara Stadium 30,099 J3 (17th） J2
Kataller Toyama All cities/towns in Toyama[lower-alpha 5] Toyama Athletic Stadium 28,494 J3 (6th） J1
Matsumoto Yamaga Cities/towns in Nagano[lower-alpha 6] Sunpro Alwin 20,396 J3 (4th) J1
Nagano Parceiro Nagano Nagano U Stadium 15,491 J3 (8th） J2
Nara Club All cities/towns on Nara Rohto Field Nara 30,600 JFL (1st; Promoted) J3
FC Osaka Higashiōsaka, Osaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium 27,346 JFL (2nd; Promoted) J3
FC Ryukyu All cities/towns in Okinawa Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium 25,000 J2 (21st; Relegated) J1
SC Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium 15,300 J3 (18th) J2
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Miyazaki & Shintomi, Miyazaki Unilever Stadium Shintomi 5,357 J3 (9th） J3
Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori[lower-alpha 7] Prifoods Stadium 5,200 J3 (10th） J2
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 J3 (16th） J2
  1. centering on Matsuyama
  2. centering on Tottori, Yonago, Kurayoshi, Sakaiminato
  3. centering on Gifu
  4. centering on Takamatsu, Marugame
  5. centering on Toyama
  6. Matsumoto, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Omachi, Ikeda, Ikusaka, Minowa, Asahi
  7. Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

Personnel and kits
ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Japan Masashi Nakayama Japan Takuya Sugai Brazil Penalty
Ehime FC Japan Kiyotaka Ishimaru Japan Kenta Tokushige Japan Jogarbola
Fukushima United Japan Toshihiro Hattori Japan Shun Obu Denmark Hummel
Gainare Tottori North Korea Kim Jong-song Japan Koki Ishii Japan Soccer Junky
FC Gifu Japan Yusaku Ueno Japan Yoshihiro Shoji Japan Razzoli
Giravanz Kitakyushu Japan Kazuaki Tasaka Japan Ryosuke Tada Brazil Penalty
FC Imabari Japan Riki Takagi Japan Keishi Kusumi Japan Asics
Iwate Grulla Morioka Japan Yoshika Matsubara Japan Atsutaka Nakamura Spain Kelme
Kagoshima United Japan Naoto Otake Japan Kenta Hirose Japan Angua
Kamatamare Sanuki Japan Atsushi Yoneyama Japan Angua
Kataller Toyama Japan Michiharu Otagiri Japan Kosei Wakimoto Japan Goldwin
Matsumoto Yamaga Japan Masahiro Shimoda Japan Akira Ando Germany Adidas
Nagano Parceiro Germany Yuki Richard Stalph Japan Takuya Akiyama Brazil Penalty
Nara Club Spain Julián Marín Bazalo Japan Yuki Kotani Japan Squadra
FC Osaka Japan Ryo Shigaki Japan Shusuke Sakamoto Japan bonera
FC Ryukyu Japan Kazuki Kuranuki Japan Ryunosuke Noda Japan sfida
SC Sagamihara Japan Kazuyuki Toda Japan Akihiko Takeshige Japan Gol.
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Japan Hiroshi Matsuda Japan Kenji Dai Japan Yonex
Vanraure Hachinohe Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan Naoyuki Yamada Denmark Hummel
YSCC Yokohama Japan Kei Hoshikawa Japan Kento Dodate Japan Bonera

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoingManner Exit datePosition in tableIncomingIncoming date Ref.
Announced onDeparted onAnnounced onArrived on
Azul Claro Numazu Kazuhito Mochizuki Contract expiration Pre-season — Masashi Nakayama Pre-season [2]
FC Gifu Yuji Yokoyama Contract expiration Pre-season — Yusaku Ueno Pre-season [3]
Giravanz Kitakyushu Kenichi Amano Contract expiration Pre-season — Kazuaki Tasaka Pre-season [4]
FC Imabari Kazuaki Hashikawa Contract expiration Pre-season — Riki Takagi Pre-season [5]
Kamatamare Sanuki Toshihiro Nishimura Contract expiration Pre-season — Atsushi Yoneyama Pre-season [6]
Matsumoto Yamaga Hiroshi Nanami Contract expiration Pre-season — Masahiro Shimoda Pre-season [7]
FC Osaka Shinya Tsukahara Contract expiration Pre-season — Ryo Shigaki Pre-season [8]
SC Sagamihara Norihiro Satsukawa Contract expiration Pre-season — Kazuyuki Toda Pre-season [9]
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Yasushi Takasaki Contract expiration Pre-season — Hiroshi Matsuda Pre-season [10]
Vanraure Hachinohe Ryo Shigaki Contract expiration Pre-season — Nobuhiro Ishizaki Pre-season [11]

Foreign players

From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[12] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.
  • Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.[13]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Left mid-season
Azul Claro Numazu Brazil Igor Gabriel Brazil Mikhael Akatsuka Brazil Raul Sudati Chinese Taipei Shunkun Tani
Ehime FC Australia Ben Duncan
Fukushima United
Gainare Tottori North Korea Mun In-ju
FC Gifu South Korea Ono Cholhwan
Giravanz Kitakyushu
FC Imabari Brazil Dudu Brazil Marcus Índio Spain Serantes South Korea Park Soo-bin Netherlands Ralf Seuntjens Poland Filip Piszczek
Iwate Grulla Morioka Brazil Cristiano Brazil Douglas Oliveira Hong Kong Au Yeung Yiu Chung South Korea Jang Hyun-soo Nigeria Kenneth Otabor North Korea Ri Yong-jik
Kagoshima United Brazil Weslley Peru Frank Romero
Kamatamare Sanuki
Kataller Toyama Brazil Arthur Silva Brazil Gabriel Nascimento Brazil Matheus Leiria
Matsumoto Yamaga Brazil Lucão Brazil Lucas Rian Brazil Paulinho Spain Víctor Ibáñez
Nagano Parceiro Indonesia Ryu Nugraha South Korea Kim Min-ho
Nara Club Spain Arnau Riera
FC Osaka Brazil Efrain Rintaro Brazil João Victor Brazil Maykon Douglas South Korea Woo Sang-ho
FC Ryukyu Brazil Kelvin South Korea Cho Eun-su South Korea Jeon Ji-wan Costa Rica Danny Carvajal Ghana Sadam Sulley
SC Sagamihara Brazil Eduardo Kunde Brazil Agenor
Tegevajaro Miyazaki
Vanraure Hachinohe
YSCC Yokohama Ecuador Carlos Arroyo Luxembourg Loris Tinelli Nigeria Promise Ugochukwu

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Iwate Grulla Morioka 5 3 1 1 12 4 +8 10 Promotion to the J2 League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Kataller Toyama 5 3 1 1 10 8 +2 10
3 Kamatamare Sanuki 5 3 1 1 6 5 +1 10
4 Matsumoto Yamaga 5 2 3 0 7 2 +5 9
5 FC Imabari 5 2 3 0 6 4 +2 9
6 Gainare Tottori 5 2 2 1 10 8 +2 8
7 FC Gifu 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 8
8 Vanraure Hachinohe 5 2 2 1 4 3 +1 8
9 Nagano Parceiro 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 8
10 Ehime FC 5 2 2 1 7 9 −2 8
11 FC Ryukyu 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 7
12 Kagoshima United 5 2 1 2 5 6 −1 7
13 Nara Club[lower-alpha 2] 5 1 3 1 7 6 +1 6
14 Giravanz Kitakyushu 5 1 2 2 7 6 +1 5
15 Azul Claro Numazu[lower-alpha 2] 5 1 2 2 3 4 −1 5
16 Tegevajaro Miyazaki[lower-alpha 2] 5 1 2 2 2 4 −2 5
17 SC Sagamihara 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
18 Fukushima United 5 1 0 4 2 6 −4 3
19 FC Osaka[lower-alpha 2] 5 1 0 4 3 8 −5 3 Possible qualification for promotion/relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 3]
20 YSCC Yokohama 5 0 1 4 4 11 −7 1 Possible relegation to the JFL[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2023. Source: Meiji Yasuda J3 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
Notes:
  1. Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.
  2. The team hold neither a J1 nor J2 license, and so are ineligible for promotion to the J2 League.
  3. Promotion from the JFL is conditional on holding a valid J3 license. If the JFL champions hold a license, the club will be automatically promoted and the J3's 20th-placed team will be automatically relegated. If the JFL runners-up hold a license, the club will need to play promotion/relegation play-offs against J3's 19th or 20th-placed team for the season, depending on whether the JFL champions hold the J3 license. The club(s) who does not hold a license can not be promoted.


Stadiums

Primary venues to be used in the 2023 J3 League season:

Azul Claro Numazu Ehime FC Fukushima United Gainare Tottori FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu FC Imabari
Ashitaka Park Stadium Ningineer Stadium Toho Stadium Axis Bird Stadium Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Imabari Satoyama Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 21,401 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 16,310 Capacity: 11,999 Capacity: 15,300 Capacity: 5,316
Iwate Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United Kamatamare Sanuki Kataller Toyama Matsumoto Yamaga Nagano Parceiro Nara Club
Iwagin Stadium Shiranami Stadium Pikara Stadium Toyama Stadium Sunpro Alwin Nagano U Stadium Rohto Field Nara
Capacity: 4,946 Capacity: 12,606 Capacity: 22,338 Capacity: 18,588 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 15,515 Capacity: 30,600
FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Vanraure Hachinohe YSCC Yokohama All J3 stadiums
Hanazono Rugby Stadium Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium Sagamihara Gion Stadium Unilever Stadium Shintomi Prifoods Stadium Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Capacity: 27,346 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 15,300 Capacity: 5,354 Capacity: 5,124 Capacity: 15,440

Season statistics
As of 2 April 2023.

Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals[14]
1 Brazil Arthur Silva Kataller Toyama 4
2 Japan Hayato Asakawa Nara Club 3
Japan Takaya Inui Giravanz Kitakyushu
Japan Riki Matsuda Ehime FC
Japan Tsuyoshi Miyaichi Iwate Grulla Morioka
Japan Yudai Okuda Kamatamare Sanuki
Japan Kentaro Shigematsu Gainare Tottori
Japan Tsubasa Yoshihira Kataller Toyama
9 Many players 2

Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists[15]
1 Japan Kaili Shimbo Iwate Grulla Morioka 4
2 Japan Shunsuke Motegi Ehime FC 3
3 Japan Nao Eguchi Kamatamare Sanuki 2
Japan Daichi Matsuoka Kataller Toyama
North Korea Mun In-ju Gainare Tottori
Japan Hiroto Sese Gainare Tottori
Japan Hiroki Yamamoto Nagano Parceiro

Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean St.[16]
1 Spain Víctor Ibáñez Matsumoto Yamaga 2
Japan Shogo Onishi Vanraure Hachinohe
Spain Jon Ander Serantes FC Imabari
Japan Takuya Takahashi Kamatamare Sanuki
5 Many players 1

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 10 [19] (Ehime FC and Kataller Toyama)
  • Most red cards: 1 [20] (Nagano Parceiro and FC Ryukyu)

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