Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2017
ChampionsBlaublitz Akita
1st title
PromotedTochigi SC
Matches played272
Goals scored698 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerNoriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC)
(24 goals)[1]
Highest attendance14,935[2]
Kitakyushu 1–1 Akita
(12 Mar 2017)
Lowest attendance273[2]
C-Osaka U-23 2-2 YS Yokohama
(22 Oct 2017)
Average attendance2,613[2]
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The 2017 J3 League (referred to as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the J3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017.[3] The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December.

Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club.

Clubs

2017 J3 League is located in Japan
Grulla Morioka
Blaublitz Akita
Fukushima United
Nagano Parceiro
Kataller Toyama
Fujieda MYFC
Gainare Tottori
Kagoshima United
‡ Osaka teams Cerezo Osaka U-23Gamba Osaka U-23
‡ Osaka teams
FC Ryukyu
Tochigi SC
FC Tokyo U-23
SC Sagamihara
YSCC Yokohama
Azul Claro Numazu
Giravanz Kitakyushu
Locations of the 2017 J3 League teams

A total of 17 teams took part in the league. 2016 J3 League champion Oita Trinita gained promotion to the J2 League, and was replaced by Giravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the 2016 J2 League. Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. Azul Claro Numazu made their debut in the third tier as a club.

Club Location Venue Capacity
Azul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000
Blaublitz AkitaAkitaAkigin Stadium4,992
Cerezo Osaka U-23OsakaKincho Stadium19,904
Fukushima UnitedFukushimaToho Stadium21,000
Gamba Osaka U-23SuitaOsaka Expo '70 Stadium21,000
Gainare TottoriTottoriBird Stadium16,033
Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuKitakyushu Stadium15,066
Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946
Kagoshima UnitedKagoshimaKamoike Stadium19,934
Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251
Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000
Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491
FC RyukyuOkinawaOkinawa Athletic Stadium25,000
SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300
Tochigi SCUtsunomiyaGreen Stadium18,025
FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137
YSCC YokohamaYokohamaMitsuzawa Stadium15,454

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Japan Ken Yoshida Japan Eiichiro Ozaki Puma
Blaublitz Akita Japan Koichi Sugiyama Japan Naoyuki Yamada ATHLETA
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Japan Yuji Okuma none Puma
Fukushima United Japan Kazuaki Tasaka Japan Takumi Watanabe hummel
Gainare Tottori Japan Ryuzo Morioka Japan Takuya Sugimoto hummel
Gamba Osaka U-23 Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto none Umbro
Giravanz Kitakyushu Japan Takeo Harada Japan Tomoki Ikemoto bonera
Grulla Morioka Japan Toshimi Kikuchi Japan Kohei Doi Under Armour
Kagoshima United Japan Yasutoshi Miura Japan Akira Akao mitre
Kataller Toyama Japan Tetsuro Uki Japan Ryo Kubota Goldwin
Fujieda MYFC Japan Atsuto Oishi Japan Tadayo Fukuo gol.
Nagano Parceiro Japan Tetsuya Asano Japan Tomokazu Myojin Penalty
FC Ryukyu North Korea Kim Jong-song Japan Noritaka Fujisawa sfida
SC Sagamihara Japan Sotaro Yasunaga Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi gol.
Tochigi SC Japan Yuji Yokoyama Japan Koji Hirose ATHLETA
F.C. Tokyo U-23 Japan Tadashi Nakamura none Umbro
YSCC Yokohama Japan Yasuhiro Higuchi Japan Masao Tsuji SVOLME

    Results

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1 Blaublitz Akita (C) 32 18 7 7 53 31 +22 61
    2 Tochigi SC (P) 32 16 12 4 44 24 +20 60 Promotion to 2018 J2 League
    3 Azul Claro Numazu 32 16 11 5 60 27 +33 59
    4 Kagoshima United 32 17 4 11 49 37 +12 55
    5 Nagano Parceiro 32 13 11 8 34 25 +9 50
    6 FC Ryukyu 32 13 11 8 44 36 +8 50
    7 Fujieda MYFC 32 12 11 9 50 43 +7 47
    8 Kataller Toyama 32 13 8 11 37 33 +4 47
    9 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 13 7 12 44 37 +7 46
    10 Fukushima United 32 13 4 15 39 43 −4 43
    11 FC Tokyo U-23 32 12 7 13 36 47 −11 43
    12 SC Sagamihara 32 9 12 11 34 41 −7 39
    13 Cerezo Osaka U-23 32 8 11 13 39 43 −4 35
    14 YSCC Yokohama 32 8 8 16 41 54 −13 32
    15 Grulla Morioka 32 7 8 17 32 49 −17 29
    16 Gamba Osaka U-23 32 7 5 20 31 65 −34 26
    17 Gainare Tottori 32 4 9 19 31 63 −32 21
    Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
    (C) Champions; (P) Promoted

    Results table

    Home \ Away AZU BLA C23 FUK GAI G23 GIR GRU KGU KAT MYF PAR RYU SGM TOC T23 YSC
    Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–1
    Blaublitz Akita 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–3
    Cerezo Osaka U-23 1–4 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2
    Fukushima United 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0
    Gainare Tottori 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 1–2
    Gamba Osaka U-23 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–6 0–2 1–7 0–1 3–2 4–3 1–2
    Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–2
    Grulla Morioka 2–1 1–3 2–3 5–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
    Kagoshima United 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 5–2 1–5 3–0 1–0
    Kataller Toyama 0–3 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
    Fujieda MYFC 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
    Nagano Parceiro 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
    FC Ryukyu 2–2 1–6 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
    SC Sagamihara 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
    Tochigi SC 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0
    FC Tokyo U-23 1–6 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–3
    YSCC Yokohama 1–4 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–4 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2017. Source: J. League data site
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top scorers

    As of match played 3 December 2017.[4]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Japan Noriaki Fujimoto Kagoshima United FC 24
    2 Japan Takuma Sonoda Azul Claro Numazu 19
    3 Japan Tomoki Ikemoto Giravanz Kitakyushu 16
    4 Japan Tomohiro Tanaka Blaublitz Akita 15
    5 Japan Masao Tsuji YSCC Yokohama 14
    6 Japan Yu Tomidokoro FC Ryukyu 13
    Japan Yuichiro Edamoto Fujieda MYFC
    8 Japan Keisuke Endo Fujieda MYFC 12
    9 Japan Junya Kato Gainare Tottori 11
    10 Japan Ken Hisatomi Blaublitz Akita 10

    Attendances

    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 95,023 14,935 3,864 5,939 +84.2%†
    2 Tochigi SC 82,352 11,191 2,758 5,147 +4.7%†
    3 Nagano Parceiro 68,095 8,049 2,652 4,256 −15.2%†
    4 SC Sagamihara 58,517 6,122 1,548 3,657 −15.8%†
    5 Kagoshima United 56,128 5,157 1,854 3,508 −4.3%†
    6 Kataller Toyama 50,536 6,383 1,917 3,159 −12.4%†
    7 Azul Claro Numazu 48,462 8,649 753 3,029 +29.9%‡
    8 FC Ryukyu 40,132 6,888 1,032 2,508 +60.7%†
    9 Blaublitz Akita 37,819 3,933 1,355 2,364 −2.5%†
    10 FC Tokyo U-23 30,923 6,338 864 1,933 −30.9%†
    11 Gainare Tottori 24,938 2,435 573 1,559 −17.9%†
    12 Fukushima United 23,762 3,897 629 1,485 −11.5%†
    13 Fujieda MYFC 23,162 2,577 722 1,448 −5.4%†
    14 Grulla Morioka 21,385 3,590 520 1,337 +12.5%†
    15 Gamba Osaka U-23 19,620 2,317 523 1,226 −48.9%†
    16 YSCC Yokohama 15,222 1,264 559 951 −6.6%†
    17 Cerezo Osaka U-23 14,545 1,653 273 909 −38.9%†
    League total 710,621 14,935 273 2,613 −11.6%†

    Updated to games played on 3 December 2017
    Source: J. League Data
    Notes:
    † Relegated from J2. ‡ Promoted from JFL.

    References

    1. ↑ STATS:J. LEAGUE.JP
    2. 1 2 3 "2017J3 LEAGUE Attendance". J. League. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
    3. ↑ "017 J.League schedule announced". J. League. January 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
    4. ↑ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".
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