Season 2014 Start date 2014 Goals scored 1,124 | Average attendance 6,589 Matches played 462 | |
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The 2014 J. League Division 2 season was the 43rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season commenced on 2 March and ended on 23 November. Post-season promotion and relegation playoffs will be played until 7 December.
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Clubs
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning a promotion as champions and runners-up respectively. Fourth-placed Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis won the promotion playoffs and become the very first Shikoku club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Japan Soccer League, the first amateur nationwide football league in Japan. Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare and Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita were relegated from the first division immediately after promotion, and Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata have suffered their debut relegation after 20 years in the first division.
On the other end of the table, Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki have been promoted from 2013 Japan Football League, replacing Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori whom they defeated in the J2–JFL playoffs.
On 29 September the J. League licensing board issued J1 licenses to all J2 clubs except Mito HollyHock, FC Gifu !FC Gifu, and Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu. This means these three clubs are not eligible to play in J1 for 2015 season and therefore cannot be promoted directly or via playoffs.
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
League table
Updated to games played on 23 November 2014.
Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Only teams that meet J1 license 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 The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League
(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 23 November 2014.
Source: J. League data
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
Because Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu did not obtain J1 license for 2015 season, they were ineligible to participate in the playoffs. Thus, JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba who finished third in the season received a bye into the final.
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data
Attendances
Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.