# 2017 J3 League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2017_J3_League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2017_J3_League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_J3_League > Source revision: 1330076897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season Meiji Yasuda J3 League Season 2017 Champions Blaublitz Akita 1st title Promoted Tochigi SC Matches 272 Goals 698 (2.57 per match) Top goalscorer Noriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC) (24 goals)[1] Highest attendance 14,935[2] Kitakyushu 1–1 Akita (12 Mar 2017) Lowest attendance 273[2] C-Osaka U-23 2-2 YS Yokohama (22 Oct 2017) Average attendance 2,613[2] ← 2016 2018 → The **2017 J3 League** (referred to as the **2017 [Meiji Yasuda](/source/Meiji_Yasuda_Life) J3 League** (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the [J3 League](/source/J3_League) under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017.[3] The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December. [Blaublitz Akita](/source/Blaublitz_Akita) won their first title as a J.League club. ## Clubs [Grulla Morioka](/source/Grulla_Morioka) [Blaublitz Akita](/source/Blaublitz_Akita) [Fukushima United](/source/Fukushima_United_FC) [Nagano Parceiro](/source/AC_Nagano_Parceiro) [Kataller Toyama](/source/Kataller_Toyama) [Fujieda MYFC](/source/Fujieda_MYFC) [Gainare Tottori](/source/Gainare_Tottori) [Kagoshima United](/source/Kagoshima_United_FC) **‡ [Osaka](/source/Osaka_Prefecture) teams** - [Cerezo Osaka U-23](/source/Cerezo_Osaka_U-23) - [Gamba Osaka U-23](/source/Gamba_Osaka_U-23) [FC Ryukyu](/source/FC_Ryukyu) [Tochigi SC](/source/Tochigi_SC) [FC Tokyo U-23](/source/FC_Tokyo_U-23) [SC Sagamihara](/source/SC_Sagamihara) [YSCC Yokohama](/source/YSCC_Yokohama) [Azul Claro Numazu](/source/Azul_Claro_Numazu) [Giravanz Kitakyushu](/source/Giravanz_Kitakyushu) Locations of the 2017 J3 League teams A total of 17 teams took part in the league. [2016 J3 League](/source/2016_J3_League) champion [Oita Trinita](/source/Oita_Trinita) gained promotion to the [J2 League](/source/J2_League), and was replaced by [Giravanz Kitakyushu](/source/Giravanz_Kitakyushu), that finished last in the [2016 J2 League](/source/2016_J2_League). Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. [Azul Claro Numazu](/source/Azul_Claro_Numazu) made their debut in the third tier as a club. Club Location Venue Capacity Azul Claro Numazu Numazu Ashitaka Stadium 10,000 Blaublitz Akita Akita Akigin Stadium 4,992 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Osaka Kincho Stadium 19,904 Fukushima United Fukushima Toho Stadium 21,000 Gamba Osaka U-23 Suita Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 21,000 Gainare Tottori Tottori Bird Stadium 16,033 Giravanz Kitakyushu Kitakyushu Kitakyushu Stadium 15,066 Grulla Morioka Morioka Iwagin Stadium 4,946 Kagoshima United Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium 19,934 Kataller Toyama Toyama Toyama Athletic Stadium 25,251 Fujieda MYFC Fujieda Fujieda Soccer Field 13,000 Nagano Parceiro Nagano Nagano U Stadium 15,491 FC Ryukyu Okinawa Okinawa Athletic Stadium 25,000 SC Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium 15,300 Tochigi SC Utsunomiya Green Stadium 18,025 FC Tokyo U-23 Tokyo Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka 7,137 YSCC Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 ### Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Azul Claro Numazu Ken Yoshida Eiichiro Ozaki Puma Blaublitz Akita Koichi Sugiyama Naoyuki Yamada ATHLETA Cerezo Osaka U-23 Yuji Okuma none Puma Fukushima United Kazuaki Tasaka Takumi Watanabe hummel Gainare Tottori Ryuzo Morioka Takuya Sugimoto hummel Gamba Osaka U-23 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto none Umbro Giravanz Kitakyushu Takeo Harada Tomoki Ikemoto bonera Grulla Morioka Toshimi Kikuchi Kohei Doi Under Armour Kagoshima United Yasutoshi Miura Akira Akao mitre Kataller Toyama Tetsuro Uki Ryo Kubota Goldwin Fujieda MYFC Atsuto Oishi Tadayo Fukuo gol. Nagano Parceiro Tetsuya Asano Tomokazu Myojin Penalty FC Ryukyu Kim Jong-song Noritaka Fujisawa sfida SC Sagamihara Sotaro Yasunaga Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi gol. Tochigi SC Yuji Yokoyama Koji Hirose ATHLETA F.C. Tokyo U-23 Tadashi Nakamura none Umbro YSCC Yokohama Yasuhiro Higuchi Masao Tsuji SVOLME ## Results ### League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 1 Blaublitz Akita (C) 32 18 7 7 53 31 +22 61 Ineligible for promotion to 2018 J2 League 2 Tochigi SC (P) 32 16 12 4 44 24 +20 60 Promotion to 2018 J2 League[a] 3 Azul Claro Numazu 32 16 11 5 60 27 +33 59 4 Kagoshima United 32 17 4 11 49 37 +12 55 5 Nagano Parceiro 32 13 11 8 34 25 +9 50 6 FC Ryukyu 32 13 11 8 44 36 +8 50 7 Fujieda MYFC 32 12 11 9 50 43 +7 47 8 Kataller Toyama 32 13 8 11 37 33 +4 47 9 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 13 7 12 44 37 +7 46 10 Fukushima United 32 13 4 15 39 43 −4 43 11 FC Tokyo U-23 32 12 7 13 36 47 −11 43 12 SC Sagamihara 32 9 12 11 34 41 −7 39 13 Cerezo Osaka U-23 32 8 11 13 39 43 −4 35 14 YSCC Yokohama 32 8 8 16 41 54 −13 32 15 Grulla Morioka 32 7 8 17 32 49 −17 29 16 Gamba Osaka U-23 32 7 5 20 31 65 −34 26 17 Gainare Tottori 32 4 9 19 31 63 −32 21 Source: [2017 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table](http://www.jleague.jp/en/standings/j3.html) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw (C) Champions; (P) Promoted Notes: 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_P0.73386632824962_4-0)** Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion. ### Results table Home \ Away AZU BLA C23 FUK GAI G23 GIR GRU KGU KAT MYF PAR RYU SGM TOC T23 YSC Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 Blaublitz Akita 0–2 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–3 Cerezo Osaka U-23 1–4 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 Fukushima United 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 Gainare Tottori 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 1–2 Gamba Osaka U-23 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–6 0–2 1–7 0–1 3–2 4–3 1–2 Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 Grulla Morioka 2–1 1–3 2–3 5–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 Kagoshima United 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 5–2 1–5 3–0 1–0 Kataller Toyama 0–3 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 Fujieda MYFC 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 Nagano Parceiro 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 FC Ryukyu 2–2 1–6 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 SC Sagamihara 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 Tochigi SC 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 FC Tokyo U-23 1–6 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–3 YSCC Yokohama 1–4 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–4 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2017. Source: [J. League data site](http://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS01/search?competition_years=017&competition_frame_ids=&competition_ids=30) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. ## Season statistics ### Top scorers - *As of match played 3 December 2017*.[4] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Noriaki Fujimoto Kagoshima United FC 24 2 Takuma Sonoda Azul Claro Numazu 19 3 Tomoki Ikemoto Giravanz Kitakyushu 16 4 Tomohiro Tanaka Blaublitz Akita 15 5 Masao Tsuji YSCC Yokohama 14 6 Yu Tomidokoro FC Ryukyu 13 Yuichiro Edamoto Fujieda MYFC 8 Keisuke Endo Fujieda MYFC 12 9 Junya Kato Gainare Tottori 11 10 Ken Hisatomi Blaublitz Akita 10 ## Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 95,023 14,935 3,864 5,939 +84.2%† 2 Tochigi SC 82,352 11,191 2,758 5,147 +4.7%† 3 Nagano Parceiro 68,095 8,049 2,652 4,256 −15.2%† 4 SC Sagamihara 58,517 6,122 1,548 3,657 −15.8%† 5 Kagoshima United 56,128 5,157 1,854 3,508 −4.3%† 6 Kataller Toyama 50,536 6,383 1,917 3,159 −12.4%† 7 Azul Claro Numazu 48,462 8,649 753 3,029 +29.9%‡ 8 FC Ryukyu 40,132 6,888 1,032 2,508 +60.7%† 9 Blaublitz Akita 37,819 3,933 1,355 2,364 −2.5%† 10 FC Tokyo U-23 30,923 6,338 864 1,933 −30.9%† 11 Gainare Tottori 24,938 2,435 573 1,559 −17.9%† 12 Fukushima United 23,762 3,897 629 1,485 −11.5%† 13 Fujieda MYFC 23,162 2,577 722 1,448 −5.4%† 14 Grulla Morioka 21,385 3,590 520 1,337 +12.5%† 15 Gamba Osaka U-23 19,620 2,317 523 1,226 −48.9%† 16 YSCC Yokohama 15,222 1,264 559 951 −6.6%† 17 Cerezo Osaka U-23 14,545 1,653 273 909 −38.9%† League total 710,621 14,935 273 2,613 −11.6%† Updated to games played on 3 December 2017 Source: [J. League Data](http://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD14/search?endDayNum=8&competition_year=2017&competition_frame=3) **Notes:** † Relegated from J2. ‡ Promoted from JFL. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-scorer_1-0)** [STATS:J. LEAGUE.JP](http://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-attendance_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-attendance_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-attendance_2-2) ["2017J3 LEAGUE Attendance"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170313041541/http://data.jleague.jp/SFTD11/search?competition_year=2017&competition_frame=3&teamFlag=1). J. League. Archived from [the original](http://data.jleague.jp/SFTD11/search?competition_year=2017&competition_frame=3&teamFlag=1) on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["017 J.League schedule announced"](http://www.jleague.jp/en/news/article/8315/). *J. League*. January 2017. 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