2017 J3 League

The 2017 J3 League (referred to as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the J3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017.[3] The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December.

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2017
ChampionsBlaublitz Akita
1st title
PromotedTochigi SC
Matches played272
Goals scored698 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerNoriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC)
(24 goals)[1]
Highest attendance14,935[2]
Kitakyushu 1–1 Akita
(12 Mar 2017)
Lowest attendance273[2]
C-Osaka U-23 2-2 YS Yokohama
(22 Oct 2017)
Average attendance2,613[2]
← 2016
2018 →

Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club.

Clubs
Locations of the 2017 J3 League teams
Greater Tokyo Area J3 League teams

A total of 17 teams took part in the league. 2016 J3 League champion Oita Trinita gained promotion to the J2 League, and was replaced by Giravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the 2016 J2 League. Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. Azul Claro Numazu made their debut in the third tier as a club.

Club Location Venue Capacity
Azul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000
Blaublitz AkitaAkitaAkigin Stadium4,992
Cerezo Osaka U-23OsakaKincho Stadium19,904
Fukushima UnitedFukushimaToho Stadium21,000
Gamba Osaka U-23SuitaOsaka Expo '70 Stadium21,000
Gainare TottoriTottoriBird Stadium16,033
Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuKitakyushu Stadium15,066
Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946
Kagoshima UnitedKagoshimaKamoike Stadium19,934
Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251
Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000
Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491
FC RyukyuOkinawaOkinawa Athletic Stadium25,000
SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300
Tochigi SCUtsunomiyaGreen Stadium18,025
FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137
YSCC YokohamaYokohamaMitsuzawa Stadium15,454

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Ken Yoshida Eiichiro Ozaki Puma
Blaublitz Akita Koichi Sugiyama Naoyuki Yamada ATHLETA
Cerezo Osaka U-23 Yuji Okuma none Puma
Fukushima United Kazuaki Tasaka Takumi Watanabe hummel
Gainare Tottori Ryuzo Morioka Takuya Sugimoto hummel
Gamba Osaka U-23 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto none Umbro
Giravanz Kitakyushu Takeo Harada Tomoki Ikemoto bonera
Grulla Morioka Toshimi Kikuchi Kohei Doi Under Armour
Kagoshima United Yasutoshi Miura Akira Akao mitre
Kataller Toyama Tetsuro Uki Ryo Kubota Goldwin
Fujieda MYFC Atsuto Oishi Tadayo Fukuo gol.
Nagano Parceiro Tetsuya Asano Tomokazu Myojin Penalty
FC Ryukyu Kim Jong-song Noritaka Fujisawa sfida
SC Sagamihara Sotaro Yasunaga Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi gol.
Tochigi SC Yuji Yokoyama Koji Hirose ATHLETA
F.C. Tokyo U-23 Tadashi Nakamura none Umbro
YSCC Yokohama Yasuhiro Higuchi Masao Tsuji SVOLME

    Results

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
    1 Blaublitz Akita (C) 32 18 7 7 53 31 +22 61
    2 Tochigi SC (P) 32 16 12 4 44 24 +20 60 Promotion to 2018 J2 League
    3 Azul Claro Numazu 32 16 11 5 60 27 +33 59
    4 Kagoshima United 32 17 4 11 49 37 +12 55
    5 Nagano Parceiro 32 13 11 8 34 25 +9 50
    6 FC Ryukyu 32 13 11 8 44 36 +8 50
    7 Fujieda MYFC 32 12 11 9 50 43 +7 47
    8 Kataller Toyama 32 13 8 11 37 33 +4 47
    9 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 13 7 12 44 37 +7 46
    10 Fukushima United 32 13 4 15 39 43 −4 43
    11 FC Tokyo U-23 32 12 7 13 36 47 −11 43
    12 SC Sagamihara 32 9 12 11 34 41 −7 39
    13 Cerezo Osaka U-23 32 8 11 13 39 43 −4 35
    14 YSCC Yokohama 32 8 8 16 41 54 −13 32
    15 Grulla Morioka 32 7 8 17 32 49 −17 29
    16 Gamba Osaka U-23 32 7 5 20 31 65 −34 26
    17 Gainare Tottori 32 4 9 19 31 63 −32 21
    Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
    (C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

    Results table
    Home \ Away AZU BLA C23 FUK GAI G23 GIR GRU KGU KAT MYF PAR RYU SGM TOC T23 YSC
    Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–1
    Blaublitz Akita 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–3
    Cerezo Osaka U-23 1–4 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2
    Fukushima United 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0
    Gainare Tottori 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 1–2
    Gamba Osaka U-23 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–6 0–2 1–7 0–1 3–2 4–3 1–2
    Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–2
    Grulla Morioka 2–1 1–3 2–3 5–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
    Kagoshima United 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 5–2 1–5 3–0 1–0
    Kataller Toyama 0–3 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
    Fujieda MYFC 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
    Nagano Parceiro 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
    FC Ryukyu 2–2 1–6 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
    SC Sagamihara 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
    Tochigi SC 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0
    FC Tokyo U-23 1–6 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–3
    YSCC Yokohama 1–4 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–4 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2017. Source: J. League Data Site
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Season statistics

    Top scorers
    As of match played 3 December 2017.[4]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1
    		 Noriaki Fujimoto Kagoshima United FC
    24
    2
    		 Takuma Sonoda Azul Claro Numazu
    19
    3
    		 Tomoki Ikemoto Giravanz Kitakyushu
    16
    4
    		 Tomohiro Tanaka Blaublitz Akita
    15
    5
    		 Masao Tsuji YSCC Yokohama
    14
    6
    		 Yu Tomidokoro FC Ryukyu
    13
    Yuichiro Edamoto Fujieda MYFC
    8
    		 Keisuke Endo Fujieda MYFC
    12
    9
    		 Junya Kato Gainare Tottori
    11
    10
    		 Ken Hisatomi Blaublitz Akita
    10

    Attendances
    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 95,023 14,935 3,864 5,939 +84.2%†
    2 Tochigi SC 82,352 11,191 2,758 5,147 +4.7%†
    3 Nagano Parceiro 68,095 8,049 2,652 4,256 −15.2%†
    4 SC Sagamihara 58,517 6,122 1,548 3,657 −15.8%†
    5 Kagoshima United 56,128 5,157 1,854 3,508 −4.3%†
    6 Kataller Toyama 50,536 6,383 1,917 3,159 −12.4%†
    7 Azul Claro Numazu 48,462 8,649 753 3,029 +29.9%‡
    8 FC Ryukyu 40,132 6,888 1,032 2,508 +60.7%†
    9 Blaublitz Akita 37,819 3,933 1,355 2,364 −2.5%†
    10 FC Tokyo U-23 30,923 6,338 864 1,933 −30.9%†
    11 Gainare Tottori 24,938 2,435 573 1,559 −17.9%†
    12 Fukushima United 23,762 3,897 629 1,485 −11.5%†
    13 Fujieda MYFC 23,162 2,577 722 1,448 −5.4%†
    14 Grulla Morioka 21,385 3,590 520 1,337 +12.5%†
    15 Gamba Osaka U-23 19,620 2,317 523 1,226 −48.9%†
    16 YSCC Yokohama 15,222 1,264 559 951 −6.6%†
    17 Cerezo Osaka U-23 14,545 1,653 273 909 −38.9%†
    League total 710,621 14,935 273 2,613 −11.6%†

    Updated to games played on 3 December 2017
    Source: J. League Data
    Notes:
    † Relegated from J2. ‡ Promoted from JFL.

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    References
    1. STATS:J. LEAGUE.JP
    2. "2017J3 LEAGUE Attendance". J. League. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
    3. "017 J.League schedule announced". J. League. January 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
    4. https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3
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