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Japanese J2 League

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Established
1999 (27 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-23

Current Season
2026

Current Round
2

Level Above
Japanese J1 LeagueJapanese J1 League

Level Below
Japanese J3 League

Sport
Soccer

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
15 Feb	Iwaki	4:00am	Fukushima
15 Feb	Tochigi S	5:00am	Montedio
15 Feb	Tochigi C	5:00am	Blaublitz
15 Feb	FC Gifu	5:00am	Júbilo I
15 Feb	Tokushima	5:00am	Albirex N
15 Feb	FC Osaka	5:00am	Kochi Uni
15 Feb	Ehime FC	5:00am	Zweigen K
15 Feb	Kamatamar	5:00am	Kataller
15 Feb	Sagan Tos	5:00am	Roasso Ku
15 Feb	Kagoshima	5:00am	FC Ryukyu
Results
14 Feb	Yokohama	0 - 1	Vegalta S
14 Feb	Fujieda M	2 - 0	Matsumoto
14 Feb	Shonan Be	4 - 0	Sagamihar
14 Feb	Thespa Gu	0 - 1	Vanraure
14 Feb	RB Omiya	3 - 2	Hokkaido
14 Feb	Nara Club	1 - 0	Imabari
14 Feb	Ventforet	2 - 0	Nagano Pa
08 Feb	Sagamihar	P - P	Thespa Gu
08 Feb	Kochi Uni	3 - 1	Kataller
08 Feb	FC Ryukyu	2 - 2	Sagan Tos

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

2026		2025		2024		2023
2022		2021		2020

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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