Name
Japanese J2 League

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Established
1999 (24 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-23

Current Season
2023

API Football ID
4960

Sport
Soccer

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
J2リーグ

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Upcoming Events
25 Mar 23 Vegalta Sendai  - Zweigen Kanazaw
25 Mar 23 Omiya Ardija  - Oita Trinita
25 Mar 23 JEF United Chib  - Fagiano Okayama
25 Mar 23 Tokushima Vorti  - Blaublitz Akita
25 Mar 23 V-Varen Nagasak  - Montedio Yamaga
25 Mar 23 Tokyo Verdy  - Roasso Kumamoto
26 Mar 23 Iwaki  - Machida Zelvia
26 Mar 23 Renofa Yamaguch  - Fujieda MYFC
26 Mar 23 Mito HollyHock  - Ventforet Kofu
29 Mar 23 Shimizu S-Pulse  - Thespakusatsu G

Latest Results
19 Mar 23 Oita Trinita 2 - 1  JEF United Chib
19 Mar 23 Roasso Kumamoto 0 - 2  V-Varen Nagasak
19 Mar 23 Fagiano Okayama 2 - 3  Ventforet Kofu
19 Mar 23 Fujieda MYFC 0 - 5  Tokyo Verdy
19 Mar 23 Zweigen Kanazaw 5 - 2  Renofa Yamaguch
19 Mar 23 Thespakusatsu G 1 - 2  Vegalta Sendai
19 Mar 23 Tochigi SC 2 - 1  Omiya Ardija
19 Mar 23 Iwaki 1 - 0  Tokushima Vorti
19 Mar 23 Montedio Yamaga 0 - 3  Machida Zelvia
19 Mar 23 Blaublitz Akita 1 - 1  Mito HollyHock

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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


2020

2021

2022

2023

Teams

Blaublitz Akita

Fagiano Okayama

Fujieda MYFC

Iwaki

JEF United Chib

Júbilo Iwata

Machida Zelvia

Mito HollyHock

Montedio Yamaga

Oita Trinita

Omiya Ardija

Renofa Yamaguch

Roasso Kumamoto

Shimizu S-Pulse

Thespakusatsu G

Tochigi SC

Tokushima Vorti

Tokyo Verdy

V-Varen Nagasak

Vegalta Sendai

Ventforet Kofu

Zweigen Kanazaw

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