Season 2013 Average attendance 6,665 Relegated Gainare Tottori Matches played 462 | Top goalscorer Kempes
(22 goals) Start date 2013 Goals scored 1,212 | |
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Champions Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
1st J2 title
2nd D2 title Highest attendance 24,813
Sapporo vs Kitakyushu Lowest attendance 1,104
Ehime vs Kumamoto Promoted Gamba Osaka, Vissel Kobe, Tokushima Vortis People also search for 2014 J.League Division 2 | ||
The 2013 J. League Division 2 season is the 42nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 15th season since the establishment of J2 League. The regular season began on 3 March and ended on 24 November, followed by the promotion play-offs among four clubs ranked between 3rd and 6th at the end of regular season. Gamba Osaka became champions, and Vissel Kobe became runners-up, both returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. The other promoted team is third runners-up (fourth placers) Tokushima Vortis, who won the promotion playoff final, defeating Kyoto Sanga FC. With the win, Vortis are making their J1 debut, becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.
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Clubs
Ventforet Kofu and Shonan Bellmare, champions and runners-up in the previous season, and Oita Trinita, winners of the promotion play-offs for 2012, were promoted to J1, then Consadole Sapporo, Vissel Kobe, and Gamba Osaka were relegated to J2 instead. Sapporo returned to J2 only after one season in the top-flight, and Kobe returned to J2 second time after 2006 season, while Gamba suffers their very first relegation to the second-tier after J. League Division 2 was established in 1999, and the first relegation since their former organization, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated after the 1986-87 season of JSL.
V-Varen Nagasaki, champions of the 2012 Japan Football League, are promoted to J2 while F.C. Machida Zelvia, promoted to J2 from the previous season and ranked 22nd, were relegated back to 2013 Japan Football League only after spending one season in J2.
In February, Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu changed their name to Thespakusatsu Gunma.
The expected participant clubs are as follows:
League table
Updated to games played on 8 December 2013.
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Only teams that meet J1 criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
2 Promotion/Relegation Play-offs between J2 and JFL will take place between Kamatamare Sanuki, 2nd-placed club of 2013 Japan Football League with J. League Associate Membership, and 22nd-ranked club of 2013 J2
(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 24 November 2013.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Promotion Playoffs to Division 1
Teams that finished 3rd to 6th participate in play-off series for the last J1 promotion berth.
If the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best league ranking.
Tokushima Voltis will be promoted to 2014 J. League Division 1
JFL Relegation Playoffs
The last-placed Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori faced 2013 Japan Football League runners-up Kamatamare Sanuki in a two-legged playoff series.
Gainare Tottori will be relegated to 2014 J3 League
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 24 November 2013
Source: J. League
Attendances
Updated to games played on 24 November 2013
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.