Season 2015 Champion Omiya Ardija Matches played 462 | Start date 2015 Goals scored 1,014 | |
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Champions Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Promoted Omiya Ardija
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Relegated Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Top goalscorer Jay Bothroyd (20 goals) Highest attendance 20,234
(Consadole vs Tochigi SC, 23 November) Similar 2015 J1 League, 2014 JLeague Division 1, 2016 J1 League | ||
The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J2 League season was the 44th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on 8 March 2015 and ended on 23 November 2015.
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Clubs
Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning promotion as the champions. Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga have spent only 3 seasons in J2 after promoted from Japan Football League in 2012, becoming the first club based in Nagano Prefecture which have promoted to the top flight. Sixth-placed Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata won the promotion playoffs and will return in the first division after playing in the J2 for 3 years. Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis were relegated from the J1 immediately after their inaugural promotion, while Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka and Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija have suffered relegation respectively after five and ten years from their last presence in J2.
On the other end of the table, Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa have been promoted from 2014 J3 League as the champions of the inaugural season of the J3 League, replacing relegated Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama.
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
Results
Updated to games played on 23 November 2015.
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.
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals
Attendances
Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source: J. League data
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in J3.