Season 2013 Location Japan Matches played 306 | Dates 2 Mar 2013 – 7 Dec 2013 Goals scored 879 | |
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Champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2nd J. League title
7th Japanese title Champions League Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Top goalscorer Yoshito Okubo
(26 goals) Highest attendance 62,632
F. Marinos vs Albirex Lowest attendance 5,698
Júbilo vs Albirex Relegated Oita Trinita, Júbilo Iwata, Shonan Bellmare Similar 2014 JLeague Division 1, 2015 J1 League, 2016 J1 League | ||
The 2013 J. League Division 1 season was the 48th season of Japanese top-flight football and 21st since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on 2 March and finished on 7 December.
Contents
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the defending champions.
Clubs
Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Consadole Sapporo returned to J2 after only one season in the top flight, while Vissel Kobe was relegated after six seasons in the top flight. Gamba Osaka, instead, was relegated for the first time since the creation of J. League in 1993 and first time since their forerunners, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated to the second Division of Japan Soccer League after the 1986–87 season.
The three relegated teams were replaced by 2012 J. League Division 2 champions Ventforet Kofu, runners-up Shonan Bellmare and sixth-placed and play-off winner team Oita Trinita. Kofu made an immediate return to the top division, while Shonan after a two-year absence. In the end, Oita beat JEF United Chiba in the playoff final and returned in J1 after three seasons in the second division. Due to Oita's promotion, it will be the first time to have 2 clubs in the top-flight league competitions from Kyushu since 2006, and Kansai region will have only one club competing in the top flight first time since 1994 season due to Kobe and Gamba's relegations.
League table
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League
Attendances
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.