# 2016 J1 League

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24th season of J1 League

Football league season

Meiji Yasuda J1 League Season 2016 Champions Kashima Antlers 8th J.League title 8th Japanese title Relegated Nagoya Grampus Shonan Bellmare Avispa Fukuoka AFC Champions League Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Club World Cup Kashima Antlers Matches 306 Goals 805 (2.63 per match) Top goalscorer Leandro (Vissel Kobe) Peter Utaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) (19 goals each) Highest attendance 59,837 Urawa vs Kashima (3 December) Lowest attendance 5,870 Fukuoka vs Nagoya (2 July) Average attendance 17,968 ← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 3 November 2016.

The **2016 [Meiji Yasuda](/source/Meiji_Yasuda_Life) [J1 League](/source/J1_League)** (2016 明治安田生命J1リーグ) season was the 51st season of top-flight football in Japan and the 24th since the establishment of the [J.League](/source/J.League) in 1992. This was second season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

This season was the second since J.League changed its competition format to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) qualified for the [Championship Stage](/source/J.League_Championship). [Kashima Antlers](/source/Kashima_Antlers), the winner of the championship stage, advanced to the [2016 FIFA Club World Cup](/source/2016_FIFA_Club_World_Cup) as the host nation's entrant.

## Clubs

[Albirex Niigata](/source/Albirex_Niigata)

[Avispa Fukuoka](/source/Avispa_Fukuoka)

**Greater Tokyo Area†**

[Júbilo Iwata](/source/J%C3%BAbilo_Iwata)

**Keihanshin Area‡**

[Nagoya Grampus](/source/Nagoya_Grampus)

[Sagan Tosu](/source/Sagan_Tosu)

[Sanfrecce Hiroshima](/source/Sanfrecce_Hiroshima)

[Vegalta Sendai](/source/Vegalta_Sendai)

[Kashima Antlers](/source/Kashima_Antlers)

[Ventforet Kofu](/source/Ventforet_Kofu)

**† [Greater Tokyo](/source/Greater_Tokyo_Area) teams**

- [FC Tokyo](/source/FC_Tokyo)
- [Kashiwa Reysol](/source/Kashiwa_Reysol)
- [Kawasaki Frontale](/source/Kawasaki_Frontale)
- [Omiya Ardija](/source/RB_Omiya_Ardija)
- [Shonan Bellmare](/source/Shonan_Bellmare)
- [Urawa Red Diamonds](/source/Urawa_Red_Diamonds)
- [Yokohama F. Marinos](/source/Yokohama_F._Marinos)

**‡ [Keihanshin](/source/Keihanshin) teams**

- [Gamba Osaka](/source/Gamba_Osaka)
- [Vissel Kobe](/source/Vissel_Kobe)

Locations of the 2016 J1 League teams

Club name Home town(s) Stadium Capacity Note(s) Albirex Niigata Niigata City & Seirō, Niigata Denka Big Swan Stadium 42,300 15th in 2015 Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Level-5 Stadium 22,563 Promoted from J2 League in 2015 (through a play-off system) FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League fourth-placed team) Gamba Osaka Northern Osaka Prefecture[a] Suita City Football Stadium 40,000 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League third-placed team and Emperor's Cup winners) Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Yamaha Stadium 15,165 Promoted from J2 League in 2015 Kashima Antlers Southeast Ibaraki Prefecture[b] Kashima Soccer Stadium 40,728 5th in 2015 Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba Kashiwa Soccer Stadium 15,900 10th in 2015 Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 6th in 2015 Nagoya Grampus All Aichi Prefecture[c] Paloma Mizuho Stadium 27,000 9th in 2015 Omiya Ardija Saitama City, Saitama NACK5 Stadium 15,500 Promoted from J2 League in 2015 Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Tosu Stadium 24,490 11th in 2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch 50,000 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League winners) Shonan Bellmare Shōnan part of Kanagawa[d] Shonan Stadium Hiratsuka 18,500 8th in 2015 Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama City, Saitama Saitama Stadium 63,700 2016 AFC Champions League participant (as 2015 J1 League runners-up) Vegalta Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Yurtec Stadium 19,694 14th in 2015 Ventforet Kofu All Yamanashi Prefecture[e] Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium 17,000 13th in 2015 Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo Misaki Park Stadium 30,132 12th in 2015 Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka, Kanagawa Nissan Stadium 72,327 7th in 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Suita](/source/Suita), [Ibaraki](/source/Ibaraki%2C_Osaka), [Takatsuki](/source/Takatsuki), Toyonaka, Ikeda, Settsu, Minoh

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Kashima](/source/Kashima%2C_Ibaraki), [Kamisu](/source/Kamisu), [Itako](/source/Itako%2C_Ibaraki), [Hokota](/source/Hokota%2C_Ibaraki), [Namegata](/source/Namegata)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** centering on [Nagoya](/source/Nagoya), [Toyota](/source/Toyota%2C_Aichi), [Miyoshi](/source/Miyoshi%2C_Aichi)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Hiratsuka](/source/Hiratsuka), Atsugi, Isehara, Odawara, Chigasaki, Hadano, Fujisawa, Ōiso, Samukawa, Ninomiya

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** centering on [Kōfu](/source/K%C5%8Dfu) and [Nirasaki](/source/Nirasaki%2C_Yamanashi)

### Personnel and kits

Club name Head coach Kit manufacturer Front shirt sponsor Albirex Niigata Tatsuma Yoshida Adidas HAPPY Turn's Avispa Fukuoka Masami Ihara Athleta Fukuoka Jisho FC Tokyo Yoshiyuki Shinoda Umbro Lifeval Gamba Osaka Kenta Hasegawa Umbro Panasonic Júbilo Iwata Hiroshi Nanami Puma Yamaha Kashima Antlers Masatada Ishii Nike Lixil Kashiwa Reysol Takahiro Shimotaira Yonex Hitachi Kawasaki Frontale Yahiro Kazama Puma Fujitsu (home) Arrows (away) Nagoya Grampus Boško Gjurovski Le Coq Sportif Toyota Omiya Ardija Hiroki Shibuya Under Armour Docomo Hikari Sagan Tosu Massimo Ficcadenti New Balance DHC Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hajime Moriyasu Nike EDION Shonan Bellmare Cho Kwi-jae Penalty Sanei Architecture Planning Urawa Red Diamonds Mihailo Petrović Nike Polus Vegalta Sendai Susumu Watanabe Adidas Iris Ohyama Ventforet Kofu Satoru Sakuma Mizuno Hakubaku Vissel Kobe Nelsinho Baptista Asics Rakuten Yokohama F. Marinos Erick Mombaerts Adidas Nissan

### Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of separation Manner of departure Incoming manager Date of announcement Kashiwa Reysol Tatsuma Yoshida End of 2015 season Mutual consent[1] Milton Mendes 30 October 2015 Nagoya Grampus Akira Nishino Mutual consent[2] Takafumi Ogura 24 November 2015 Albirex Niigata Masaaki Yanagishita Mutual consent[3] Tatsuma Yoshida 12 December 2015 FC Tokyo Massimo Ficcadenti 27 November 2015 Signed by Sagan Tosu[4] Hiroshi Jofuku 28 December 2015 Sagan Tosu Hitoshi Morishita 7 January 2016 Contract terminated[5] Massimo Ficcadenti[6] 7 January 2016 Kashiwa Reysol Milton Mendes 12 March 2016 Resigned[7] Takahiro Shimotaira 12 March 2016 FC Tokyo Hiroshi Jofuku 24 July 2016 Sacked[8][9] Yoshiyuki Shinoda 26 July 2016 Nagoya Grampus Takafumi Ogura 23 August 2016 Sacked[10] Boško Gjurovski 23 August 2016

### Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Non-visa foreign Type-C contract[11] Former players Albirex Niigata Bruno Cortez Léo Silva Rafael Silva Leonardo Kalil Lim You-hwan Avispa Fukuoka Wellington Danilson Córdoba Kim Hyun-hun Lee Bum-young FC Tokyo Nathan Burns Muriqui Yu In-soo Ha Dae-sung Francisco Sandaza Gamba Osaka Ademilson Patric Oh Jae-suk Kim Jung-ya Júbilo Iwata Adaílton Jay Bothroyd Krzysztof Kamiński Avraam Papadopoulos 1 Kashima Antlers Fabrício Hwang Seok-ho Bueno Caio Dinei Kashiwa Reysol Cristiano Diego Oliveira Dudu Éderson Juliano Mineiro Patrick Kawasaki Frontale Eduardo Eduardo Neto Elsinho Jung Sung-ryong Nagoya Grampus Ha Dae-sung Ludvig Öhman Robin Simović Lee Seung-hee Gustavo Omiya Ardija Mateus Dragan Mrđa Nejc Pecnik Sagan Tosu Aymen Tahar Moestafa El Kabir Kim Min-hyeok Kim Min-woo Baek Sung-dong Choi Sung-keun Sanfrecce Hiroshima Anderson Lopes Mihael Mikić Peter Utaka Kim Byeom-yong Shonan Bellmare André Bahia Dinei Weslley Tando Velaphi Park Tae-hwan Paulinho Thiago Quirino Urawa Red Diamonds Branko Ilić Zlatan Ljubijankić Vegalta Sendai Pablo Diogo Ramon Lopes Wilson Kim Min-tae Ryang Yong-gi Ventforet Kofu Davi Dudu Marquinhos Paraná Billy Celeski Cristiano Gilton Nilson Vissel Kobe Leandro Nílton Pedro Júnior Kim Seung-gyu Yokohama F. Marinos Fábio Kayke Quenten Martinus Park Jeong-su

- **[^1](#ref_1)** [Avraam Papadopoulos](/source/Avraam_Papadopoulos) owns Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

## Format

Teams play a single round-robin in the first stage and a single round-robin in the second stage.[12] After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the first and second stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings advance to the championship stage. The team that finishes atop the overall table automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final.

## League table

### First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Kashima Antlers (Q) 17 12 3 2 29 10 +19 39 Champions League group stage and J.League Championship 1st Round 2 Kawasaki Frontale 17 11 5 1 33 15 +18 38 3 Urawa Red Diamonds 17 10 3 4 26 16 +10 33 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 8 5 4 32 18 +14 29 5 Omiya Ardija 17 7 5 5 17 18 −1 26 6 Gamba Osaka 17 7 3 7 22 20 +2 24 7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 6 6 5 20 21 −1 24 8 Júbilo Iwata 17 6 5 6 21 23 −2 23 9 FC Tokyo 17 6 5 6 16 18 −2 23 10 Vegalta Sendai 17 7 2 8 20 25 −5 23 11 Yokohama F. Marinos 17 6 4 7 21 19 +2 22 12 Vissel Kobe 17 5 5 7 23 25 −2 20 13 Albirex Niigata 17 4 6 7 19 25 −6 18 14 Nagoya Grampus 17 4 5 8 24 29 −5 17 15 Sagan Tosu 17 4 5 8 10 15 −5 17 16 Shonan Bellmare 17 4 4 9 18 27 −9 16 17 Ventforet Kofu 17 3 6 8 18 31 −13 15 18 Avispa Fukuoka 17 2 5 10 11 25 −14 11

Source: [2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 1st Stage League table](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE+1st&yearIdLabel=2016&yearId=2016&competitionId=411&competitionSectionId=0&search=search&lang=en)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

### Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Q) 17 13 2 2 35 12 +23 41 Champions League group stage and J.League Championship Final 2 Vissel Kobe 17 11 2 4 33 18 +15 35 3 Kawasaki Frontale 17 11 1 5 35 24 +11 34 4 Gamba Osaka 17 10 4 3 31 22 +9 34 5 Kashiwa Reysol 17 9 3 5 32 23 +9 30 6 Omiya Ardija 17 8 6 3 24 18 +6 30 7 Yokohama F. Marinos 17 7 8 2 32 19 +13 29 8 Sagan Tosu 17 8 5 4 26 22 +4 29 9 FC Tokyo 17 9 2 6 23 21 +2 29 10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 8 2 7 26 22 +4 26 11 Kashima Antlers 17 6 2 9 24 24 0 20 12 Vegalta Sendai 17 6 2 9 19 23 −4 20 13 Ventforet Kofu 17 4 4 9 14 27 −13 16 14 Júbilo Iwata 17 2 7 8 16 27 −11 13 15 Nagoya Grampus 17 3 4 10 14 29 −15 13 16 Albirex Niigata 17 4 0 13 14 24 −10 12 17 Shonan Bellmare 17 3 2 12 12 29 −17 11 18 Avispa Fukuoka 17 2 2 13 15 41 −26 8

Source: [2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 2nd Stage League table](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE+2nd&yearIdLabel=2016&yearId=2016&competitionId=412&competitionSectionId=0&search=search)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

### Overall table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 23 5 6 61 28 +33 74 Champions League group stage and J. League Championship Final 2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 22 6 6 68 39 +29 72 Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round 3 Kashima Antlers (C) 34 18 5 11 53 34 +19 59 Club World Cup, Champions League group stage and J. League Championship 1st Round 4 Gamba Osaka 34 17 7 10 53 42 +11 58 Champions League play-off round[a] 5 Omiya Ardija 34 15 11 8 41 36 +5 56 6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 16 7 11 58 40 +18 55 7 Vissel Kobe 34 16 7 11 56 43 +13 55 8 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 9 FC Tokyo 34 15 7 12 39 39 0 52 10 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 12 9 53 38 +15 51 11 Sagan Tosu 34 12 10 12 36 37 −1 46 12 Vegalta Sendai 34 13 4 17 39 48 −9 43 13 Júbilo Iwata 34 8 12 14 37 50 −13 36 14 Ventforet Kofu 34 7 10 17 32 58 −26 31 15 Albirex Niigata 34 8 6 20 33 49 −16 30 16 Nagoya Grampus (R) 34 7 9 18 38 58 −20 30 Relegation to 2017 J2 League 17 Shonan Bellmare (R) 34 7 6 21 30 56 −26 27 18 Avispa Fukuoka (R) 34 4 7 23 26 66 −40 19

Source: [Meiji Yasuda J1 League](http://www.jleague.jp/en/standings/j1/)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_CS0.72226084476442_18-0)** The winner of the [2016 Emperor's Cup](/source/2016_Emperor's_Cup) qualified for the [group stage](/source/2017_AFC_Champions_League#Group_stage) of the [2017 AFC Champions League](/source/2017_AFC_Champions_League). Since the Emperor's Cup winner Kashima Antlers had already qualified for the AFC Champions League, the [play-off round](/source/2017_AFC_Champions_League) spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

## Positions by round

### First stage

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kashima Antlers 5 2 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 Kawasaki Frontale 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 7 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13 16 16 11 7 10 5 4 7 7 6 6 8 6 5 4 4 Omiya Ardija 5 1 3 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 Gamba Osaka 13 12 4 7 12 8 8 8 9 11 10 8 6 8 8 6 6 Kashiwa Reysol 10 18 17 17 16 14 9 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 Júbilo Iwata 13 8 9 12 11 7 10 9 6 6 8 9 7 9 11 12 8 FC Tokyo 13 8 4 9 6 9 11 12 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 11 9 Vegalta Sendai 5 8 4 7 13 15 15 15 16 17 14 14 13 12 10 8 10 Yokohama F. Marinos 13 16 11 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 10 9 7 7 9 11 Vissel Kobe 18 5 13 6 5 5 7 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 9 10 12 Albirex Niigata 2 13 14 14 9 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 13 Nagoya Grampus 5 4 9 4 8 11 13 11 12 10 11 11 11 13 13 14 14 Sagan Tosu 2 8 11 13 14 16 16 16 14 14 16 16 16 17 15 13 15 Shonan Bellmare 10 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 16 17 18 18 16 17 16 16 Ventforet Kofu 1 6 8 15 15 12 12 13 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 17 17 Avispa Fukuoka 10 15 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18

Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship

Source: [J. League data site](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE+2nd&yearIdLabel=2016&yearId=2016&competitionId=412&competitionSectionId=0&search=search)
Notes:

1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe), scheduled on 16 April 2016, were affected by the [series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture](/source/2016_Kumamoto_earthquakes), and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.

1. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.

1. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

### Second stage

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Urawa Red Diamonds 7 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Vissel Kobe 1 5 8 6 9 7 8 7 6 5 4 5 4 2 3 3 2 Kawasaki Frontale 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 Gamba Osaka 5 3 4 4 7 6 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 4 4 Kashiwa Reysol 8 11 10 8 5 4 6 8 7 6 5 6 5 4 6 7 5 Omiya Ardija 8 7 7 9 10 11 10 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 7 5 6 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 5 5 7 7 4 6 6 5 6 7 Sagan Tosu 6 6 5 5 4 3 5 4 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 FC Tokyo 10 10 11 12 16 12 11 12 12 11 10 11 11 11 9 9 9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 8 9 10 6 8 7 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 11 10 10 Kashima Antlers 14 9 6 7 8 9 12 10 9 9 11 10 9 9 10 11 11 Vegalta Sendai 15 18 17 14 11 10 9 9 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Ventforet Kofu 15 16 15 16 12 13 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Júbilo Iwata 15 13 14 13 13 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 14 Nagoya Grampus 12 16 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 17 16 15 14 14 15 Albirex Niigata 12 14 16 18 15 16 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 Shonan Bellmare 15 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 Avispa Fukuoka 11 15 12 11 14 13 14 15 16 16 17 16 17 17 17 18 18

Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship

Source: [J. League data site](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE+2nd&yearIdLabel=2016&yearId=2016&competitionId=412&competitionSectionId=0&search=search)

### Overall

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 7 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Kawasaki Frontale 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Kashima Antlers 5 2 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Gamba Osaka 13 12 4 7 12 8 8 8 9 11 10 8 6 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 Omiya Ardija 5 1 3 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 4 5 5 Kashiwa Reysol 10 18 17 17 16 14 9 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13 16 16 11 7 10 5 4 7 7 6 6 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 6 6 Vissel Kobe 18 5 13 6 5 5 7 10 10 8 7 7 10 10 9 10 12 9 10 11 9 11 10 12 11 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 7 7 Yokohama F. Marinos 13 16 11 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 9 10 9 7 7 9 11 8 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 9 10 FC Tokyo 13 8 4 9 6 9 11 12 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 11 9 10 9 9 10 13 12 10 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 Sagan Tosu 2 8 11 13 14 16 16 16 14 14 16 16 16 17 15 13 15 13 13 12 13 10 9 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 11 11 Vegalta Sendai 5 8 4 7 13 15 15 15 16 17 14 14 13 12 10 8 10 12 12 13 12 9 11 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 Júbilo Iwata 13 8 9 12 11 7 10 9 6 6 8 9 7 9 11 12 8 11 11 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Ventforet Kofu 1 6 8 15 15 12 12 13 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 Albirex Niigata 2 13 14 14 9 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 Nagoya Grampus 5 4 9 4 8 11 13 11 12 10 11 11 11 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Shonan Bellmare 10 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 16 17 18 18 16 17 16 16 16 14 14 14 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 Avispa Fukuoka 10 15 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18

Leader, qualification to 2016 J.League Championship Final and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage Qualification to 2016 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage Qualification to 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off Relegation to 2017 J2 League

Source: [J. League data site](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE+1st&yearIdLabel=2016&yearId=2016&competitionId=411&competitionSectionId=0&search=search&lang=en)
Notes:

1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe), scheduled on 16 April 2016, were affected by the [series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture](/source/2016_Kumamoto_earthquakes), and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.

1. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.

1. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

## Championship stage

**Meiji Yasuda 2016 J.League Championship** (明治安田生命 2016 Jリーグチャンピオンシップ) The [Championship stage](/source/J.League_Championship) consisted of a knockout tournament involving the champions of the First and Second stages, and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall table. The team with the best aggregate record earned a bye to the final. The remaining teams playoff for the other spot in the final.

Semifinal Final 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 2 2 Kawasaki Frontale 0 3 Kashima Antlers 0 2 2 3 Kashima Antlers 1

23 November 2016

14:00

Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Kashima Antlers Report Kanazaki 50'

[Todoroki Athletics Stadium](/source/Uvance_Todoroki_Stadium_by_Fujitsu), [Kawasaki](/source/Kawasaki%2C_Kanagawa)

Attendance: 24,209

Referee: [Shinji Murakami](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shinji_Murakami&action=edit&redlink=1)

29 November 2016

19:25

Kashima Antlers 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Report Abe 57' (pen.)

[Kashima Soccer Stadium](/source/Kashima_Soccer_Stadium), [Kashima](/source/Kashima%2C_Ibaraki)

Attendance: 23,074

Referee: [Masaaki Toma](/source/Masaaki_Toma)

3 December 2016

19:30

Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Kashima Antlers Koroki 7' Report Kanazaki 40', 79' (pen.)

[Saitama Stadium 2002](/source/Saitama_Stadium_2002), [Midori-ku, Saitama](/source/Midori-ku%2C_Saitama)

Attendance: 59,837

Referee: [Ryuji Sato](/source/Ryuji_Sato)

*2–2 on aggregate. Kashima Antlers won on away goals.*

## Results

### First stage

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD AVI BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA JÚB RED REY SAG SFR TOK VEG VEN VIS Albirex Niigata 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 Kashima Antlers 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 Omiya Ardija 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–2 Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 2–0 4–4 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 Gamba Osaka 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 2–2 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 Kashiwa Reysol 3–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 Sagan Tosu 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 FC Tokyo 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 Ventforet Kofu 1–0 3–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 Vissel Kobe 6–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2016. Source: [J. League Data](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS01/search?competition_years=2016&competition_frame_ids=1&competition_ids=411&lang=en)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Second stage

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD AVI BEL FMA FRO GAM GRA JÚB RED REY SAG SFR TOK VEG VEN VIS Albirex Niigata 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 Kashima Antlers 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 Omiya Ardija 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–4 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 Shonan Bellmare 0–2 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 Yokohama F. Marinos 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–5 2–0 1–0 4–0 Gamba Osaka 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 Nagoya Grampus 5–0 1–3 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 Júbilo Iwata 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–4 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–3 3–3 1–0 Sagan Tosu 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–4 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 FC Tokyo 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 Ventforet Kofu 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 Vissel Kobe 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2016. Source: [J. League Data](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS01/search?competition_years=2016&competition_frame_ids=1&competition_ids=412&lang=en)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Leandro Vissel Kobe 19 Peter Utaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 Cristiano Ventforet Kofu / Kashiwa Reysol 16 4 Yoshito Ōkubo Kawasaki Frontale 15 Yu Kobayashi 6 Jay Bothroyd Júbilo Iwata 14 Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds 8 Yohei Toyoda Sagan Tosu 13 9 Diego Oliveira Kashiwa Reysol 12 Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe Yuki Muto Urawa Red Diamonds

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016

Source: [J. League data site](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT09/search?yearFlag=false&competition_id=1&sub_competition_id=412&section_id=0&number=10&competition_year_id=2016&competition_year=2016&competitionName=MEIJI+YASUDA+J1+LEAGUE&sub_competition=2nd&sectionName=Up+to+date&section_id=0&sub_error_flag=1&sub_competition_flag=2)

## Awards

### Individual

Award Recipient Club Most Valuable Player Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale Rookie of the Year Yosuke Ideguchi Gamba Osaka Top Scorer Leandro Peter Utaka Vissel Kobe Sanfrecce Hiroshima

### Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality GK Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds Japan DF Gen Shoji Kashima Antlers Japan DF Masato Morishige FC Tokyo Japan DF Tomoaki Makino Urawa Red Diamonds Japan DF Tsukasa Shiotani Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan MF Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale Japan MF Manabu Saitō Yokohama F. Marinos Japan MF Yōsuke Kashiwagi Urawa Red Diamonds Japan MF Yuki Abe Urawa Red Diamonds Japan FW Leandro Vissel Kobe Brazil FW Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale Japan

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## Attendances

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include the Championship stages attendances.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 627,898 56,841 22,766 36,935 +4.0%† 2 Gamba Osaka 430,806 34,231 13,731 25,342 +58.4%† 3 FC Tokyo 408,623 37,805 11,488 24,037 −16.5%† 4 Yokohama F. Marinos 408,072 46,413 7,033 24,004 −0.9%† 5 Kawasaki Frontale 376,305 26,612 14,432 22,136 +5.4%† 6 Albirex Niigata 327,923 29,692 14,627 21,181 −9.7%† 7 Kashima Antlers 360,076 31,636 6,696 19,103 +16.3%† 8 Nagoya Grampus 301,396 30,282 7,980 17,729 +9.2%† 9 Vissel Kobe 289,310 25,722 11,212 17,018 +4.6%† 10 Vegalta Sendai 262,937 19,315 12,504 15,467 +12.2%† 11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 262,888 25,845 8,602 15,464 −5.6%† 12 Júbilo Iwata 248,381 24,896 10,416 14,611 +45.5%† 13 Avispa Fukuoka 218,576 19,370 5,870 12,857 +47.2%† 14 Sagan Tosu 214,814 20,219 6,499 12,636 −6.1%† 15 Omiya Ardija 200,834 13,880 9,480 11,814 +24.5%† 16 Shonan Bellmare 196,012 14,419 8,052 11,530 −5.6%† 17 Ventforet Kofu 184,161 15,508 7,011 10,833 −4.1%† 18 Kashiwa Reysol 182,374 13,977 7,090 10,728 −1.7%† League total 5,498,222 56,841 5,870 17,968 +1.0%†

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016 Source: [J. League Data](http://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD11/search?competition_year=2016&competition_frame=1&competition_sub=411&teamFlag=1) **Notes:** † Team played previous season in J2.

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