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Japanese J2 League

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Established
1999 (26 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-23

Current Season
2025

Level Below
Japanese J3 League

Sport
Soccer

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

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17 May	Hokkaido	5:00am	Kataller T
17 May	Blaublitz	5:00am	Sagan Tosu
17 May	Mito Holl	5:00am	Roasso Kum
17 May	JEF Unite	5:00am	Vegalta Se
17 May	Ventforet	4:30am	Imabari
17 May	Júbilo I	5:00am	Iwaki
17 May	Fujieda M	5:00am	RB Omiya A
18 May	Renofa Ya	5:00am	Montedio Y
18 May	Ehime FC	9:00am	Tokushima
18 May	Oita Trin	5:00am	V-Varen Na
Results
11 May	Júbilo I	1 - 0	Fujieda MY
11 May	Iwaki	1 - 1	Hokkaido C
11 May	Mito Holl	2 - 1	Blaublitz
11 May	V-Varen N	1 - 1	Montedio Y
11 May	Roasso Ku	2 - 2	Ehime FC
11 May	Kataller	1 - 1	Oita Trini
11 May	Imabari	0 - 1	JEF United
11 May	Tokushima	2 - 0	Renofa Yam
11 May	Sagan Tos	0 - 0	Ventforet
10 May	RB Omiya	3 - 0	Vegalta Se

Description

The J2 League (Japanese: J2リーグ, Hepburn: J2 Rīgu) or simply J2 is the second division of the Japan Professional Football League (日本プロサッカーリーグ, Nihon Puro Sakkā Rīgu) and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasuda Life and it is thus officially known as the Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Japanese: 明治安田生命J2リーグ). Until the 2014 season it was named the J.League Division 2.

Second-tier club football has existed in Japan since 1972; however, it was only professionalized during the 1999 season with ten clubs. The league took one relegating club from the top division and nine clubs from the second-tier semi-professional former Japan Football League to create the J2 League. The remaining seven clubs in the Japan Football League, the newly formed Yokohama FC, and one promoting club from the Regional Leagues, formed the nine-club Japan Football League, then the third tier of Japanese football. The third tier is now represented by the J3 League.


Seasons

2025		2024		2023		2022

Teams

Blaublitz Akita		Ehime FC		Fujieda MYFC		Hokkaido Consad
Imabari		Iwaki		JEF United Chib		Júbilo Iwata
Kataller Toyama		Mito HollyHock		Montedio Yamaga		Oita Trinita
RB Omiya Ardija		Renofa Yamaguch		Roasso Kumamoto		Sagan Tosu
Tokushima Vorti		V-Varen Nagasak		Vegalta Sendai		Ventforet Kofu

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