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Japanese J2 League

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Established
1999 (27 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-23

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
2

Level Above
Japanese J1 League

Level Below
Japanese J3 League

Sport
Soccer

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
22 Aug 26	HokkaidoHokkaido Consadole Sapporo	6:00am	RB OmiyaRB Omiya Ardija
22 Aug 26	VanraureVanraure Hachinohe	8:00am	Vegalta Vegalta Sendai
22 Aug 26	BlaublitBlaublitz Akita	9:00am	VentforeVentforet Kofu
22 Aug 26	KatallerKataller Toyama	9:30am	FC ImabaFC Imabari
22 Aug 26	Júbilo IJúbilo Iwata	10:00am	TokushimTokushima Vortis
22 Aug 26	Sagan ToSagan Tosu	10:00am	Tochigi Tochigi City
22 Aug 26	Oita TriOita Trinita	10:00am	Iwaki FCIwaki FC
22 Aug 26	Albirex Albirex Niigata	10:00am	Fujieda Fujieda MYFC
22 Aug 26	MontedioMontedio Yamagata	10:00am	YokohamaYokohama FC
22 Aug 26	TegevajaTegevajaro Miyazaki	10:00am	Shonan BShonan Bellmare
		Results
16 Aug 26	TokushimaTokushima Vortis	0 - 0	Sagan TosSagan Tosu
16 Aug 26	Yokohama Yokohama FC	3 - 1	Júbilo IwJúbilo Iwata
15 Aug 26	FC ImabarFC Imabari	2 - 3	RB Omiya RB Omiya Ardija
15 Aug 26	Albirex NAlbirex Niigata	2 - 1	Hokkaido Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
15 Aug 26	VentforetVentforet Kofu	1 - 1	TegevajarTegevajaro Miyazaki
15 Aug 26	Vegalta SVegalta Sendai	0 - 0	Oita TrinOita Trinita
15 Aug 26	Shonan BeShonan Bellmare	1 - 0	Montedio Montedio Yamagata
15 Aug 26	Fujieda MFujieda MYFC	3 - 1	Iwaki FCIwaki FC
15 Aug 26	Tochigi CTochigi City	5 - 0	Vanraure Vanraure Hachinohe
15 Aug 26	BlaublitzBlaublitz Akita	0 - 4	Kataller Kataller Toyama

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.


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Teams

Albirex Niigata		Blaublitz Akita		FC Imabari
Fujieda MYFC		Hokkaido Consad		Iwaki FC
Júbilo Iwata		Kataller Toyama		Montedio Yamaga
Oita Trinita		RB Omiya Ardija		Sagan Tosu
Shonan Bellmare		Tegevajaro Miya		Tochigi City
Tokushima Vorti		Vanraure Hachin		Vegalta Sendai
Ventforet Kofu		Yokohama FC

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