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Japanese J3 League

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Established
2013 (13 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-03-14

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
3

Level Above
Japanese J2 League

Level Below
Japan Football League

Sport
Soccer

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
29 Aug 26	KamatamaKamatamare Sanuki	9:00am	KagoshimKagoshima United
29 Aug 26	FC GifuFC Gifu	9:00am	Tochigi Tochigi SC
29 Aug 26	FC RyukyFC Ryukyu	9:00am	SagamihaSagamihara
29 Aug 26	FukushimFukushima United	9:00am	Nara CluNara Club
30 Aug 26	GiravanzGiravanz Kitakyushu	9:00am	MatsumotMatsumoto Yamaga
30 Aug 26	Nagano PNagano Parceiro	9:00am	Thespa GThespa Gunma
30 Aug 26	Reilac SReilac Shiga	9:30am	Gainare Gainare Tottori
30 Aug 26	Zweigen Zweigen Kanazawa	10:00am	Ehime FCEhime FC
30 Aug 26	Renofa YRenofa Yamaguchi	10:00am	FC OsakaFC Osaka
30 Aug 26	Kochi UnKochi United	10:00am	Roasso KRoasso Kumamoto
		Results
23 Aug 26	Kochi UniKochi United	2 - 1	KamatamarKamatamare Sanuki
23 Aug 26	SagamiharSagamihara	2 - 1	Zweigen KZweigen Kanazawa
22 Aug 26	Gainare TGainare Tottori	2 - 1	FukushimaFukushima United
22 Aug 26	KagoshimaKagoshima United	0 - 0	FC GifuFC Gifu
22 Aug 26	Thespa GuThespa Gunma	2 - 3	Reilac ShReilac Shiga
22 Aug 26	Tochigi STochigi SC	2 - 2	Giravanz Giravanz Kitakyushu
22 Aug 26	Roasso KuRoasso Kumamoto	0 - 1	Nagano PaNagano Parceiro
22 Aug 26	FC OsakaFC Osaka	2 - 2	FC RyukyuFC Ryukyu
22 Aug 26	Nara ClubNara Club	3 - 1	Renofa YaRenofa Yamaguchi
22 Aug 26	MatsumotoMatsumoto Yamaga	2 - 2	Ehime FCEhime FC

Description

J3 League (Japanese: J3リーグ, Hepburn: J3 Rīgu) or simply J3 is the third division of the Japan Professional Football League (日本プロサッカーリーグ, Nihon Puro Sakkā Rīgu). It was established in 2013 as the third-tier professional association football league in Japan under the organization of J.League. The league is known as the Meiji Yasuda J3 League (明治安田J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons.

The third-tier nationwide league is a relatively recent development in Japanese football with a first attempt made in 1992 (second division of the old JFL), though it only lasted for two seasons. In 1999, following the establishment of J2 League, a new Japan Football League was created to comprise the third tier and lower divisions. After the introduction of J3, the JFL was demoted to the fourth-tier nationwide league, for the first time in history of Japanese football.


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Teams

Ehime FC		FC Gifu		FC Osaka
FC Ryukyu		Fukushima Unite		Gainare Tottori
Giravanz Kitaky		Kagoshima Unite		Kamatamare Sanu
Kochi United		Matsumoto Yamag		Nagano Parceiro
Nara Club		Reilac Shiga		Renofa Yamaguch
Roasso Kumamoto		Sagamihara		Thespa Gunma
Tochigi SC		Zweigen Kanazaw

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