Season of Japanese second-tier football
Football league season
Meiji Yasuda J2 League Season 2015 Champions Omiya Ardija Promoted Omiya Ardija
Júbilo Iwata
Avispa Fukuoka Relegated Oita Trinita
Tochigi SC Matches played 462 Goals scored 1,014 (2.19 per match) Top goalscorer Jay Bothroyd (20 goals) Highest attendance 20,234
(Consadole vs Tochigi SC, 23 November) Lowest attendance 1,227
(Zweigen vs Ehime FC, 1 April) Average attendance 6,845 ← 2014
2016 →
The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2015 明治安田生命J2リーグ)[1] season was the 44th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on 8 March 2015 and ended on 23 November 2015. This was first season of J2 League as renamed from J. League Division 2.
Clubs Shonan Bellmare have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Matsumoto Yamaga have spent only 3 seasons in J2 after promoted from Japan Football League in 2012, becoming the first club based in Nagano Prefecture which have promoted to the top flight. Sixth-placed Montedio Yamagata won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years. Tokushima Vortis were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka and Omiya Ardija have suffered relegation respectively after five and ten years from their last presence in J2.
On the other end of the table, Zweigen Kanazawa have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated Kataller Toyama .
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Locations of the 2015 J2 League teams
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
Managerial changes Foreign players League table Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League Standing Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes:
^ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added. ^ The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2015 J3 League . Results Home \ Away ARD AVI CER CON EHI FAG GIF GIR HOL JEF JÚB KAM ROS SAN SPA TOC TRI VVN VER VOR YFC ZWE Omiya Ardija 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 4–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 Cerezo Osaka 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 Consadole Sapporo 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 Ehime FC 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 Fagiano Okayama 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 FC Gifu 0–5 1–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 Mito HollyHock 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 JEF United Chiba 2–0 2–2 4–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 Júbilo Iwata 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 Roasso Kumamoto 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 Kyoto Sanga 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 Thespakusatsu Gunma 0–2 0–4 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 Tochigi SC 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–4 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 Oita Trinita 0–3 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 6–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 V-Varen Nagasaki 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 Tokyo Verdy 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 Tokushima Vortis 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Yokohama FC 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–6 1–1 2–1 Zweigen Kanazawa 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2015. Source: J.League Data Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs J1 Promotion Playoffs 2015 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2015 J1昇格プレーオフ)
Semifinals 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29 )
15:30
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29 )
15:30
Final 6 December 2015 (2015-12-06 )
15:35
Avispa Fukuoka was promoted to J1 League.
J3 Relegation Playoffs 2015 J2/J3 Play-Offs (2015 J2・J3入れ替え戦)
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29 )
12:30
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06 )
12:30
Oita Trinita was relegated to J3 League. Machida Zelvia was promoted to J2 League.
Top scorers Updated to games played on 23 November 2015 Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals
Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Cerezo Osaka 256,880 17,212 8,047 12,232 −43.4% † 2 Consadole Sapporo 251,161 20,234 6,981 11,960 +8.1% † 3 JEF United Chiba 225,219 15,051 8,123 10,725 +14.9% † 4 Júbilo Iwata 210,865 13,576 6,946 10,041 +14.4% † 5 Omiya Ardija 199,280 14,410 5,428 9,490 −12.2% † 6 Avispa Fukuoka 183,466 16,676 4,553 8,736 +72.6% † 7 Fagiano Okayama 176,652 15,820 4,346 8,412 +0.1% † 8 Oita Trinita 158,194 15,152 4,103 7,533 −10.6% † 9 Kyoto Sanga 157,306 16,920 3,206 7,491 −0.4% † 10 Roasso Kumamoto 147,785 13,132 3,956 7,037 +0.5% † 11 FC Gifu 129,756 8,814 3,539 6,179 −18.5% † 12 Tokyo Verdy 118,751 16,629 2,691 5,655 +4.1% † 13 Tochigi SC 108,501 9,319 2,581 5,167 −2.4% † 14 Yokohama FC 107,364 9,663 2,208 5,113 −0.6% † 15 Tokushima Vortis 105,398 8,684 3,307 5,019 −43.5% † 16 V-Varen Nagasaki 106,953 10,184 2,994 4,931 +1.9% † 17 Zweigen Kanazawa 103,120 12,353 1,227 4,910 +42.7% ‡ 18 Mito HollyHock 101,132 8,391 2,290 4,816 +1.7% † 19 Thespakusatsu Gunma 86,077 11,303 1,618 4,099 +9.0% † 20 Ehime FC 79,193 9,158 1,722 3,771 −1.3% † 21 Kamatamare Sanuki 76,824 10,447 2,152 3,658 +10.3% † 22 Giravanz Kitakyushu 73,243 8,501 1,939 3,488 −3.7% † League total 3,162,194 20,234 1,227 6,845 +3.9% †
Updated to games played on 23 November 2015 Source: J. League dataNotes: † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in J3.
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