2017 J2 League

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The 2017 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (2017 明治安田生命J2リーグ) season was the 46th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 19th season since the establishment of J2 League.

Clubs[edit source | edit]

Template:J2 League map 2017 The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka City, Fukuoka	Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Ehime FC	All cities/towns in Ehime^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Fagiano Okayama	All cities/towns in Okayama^{[lower-alpha 2]}
FC Gifu	All cities/towns in Gifu^{[lower-alpha 3]}
JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu, Kagawa
Kyoto Sanga	Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Machida Zelvia	Machida, Tokyo
Matsumoto Yamaga	Central cities/towns in Nagano^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Mito HollyHock	Mito, Ibaraki
Montedio Yamagata	All cities/towns in Yamagata^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Nagoya Grampus	All Aichi Prefecture^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Oita Trinita	Ōita	Promoted from J3 League in 2016
Renofa Yamaguchi	All cities/towns in Yamaguchi^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Roasso Kumamoto	Kumamoto
Shonan Bellmare	Shonan part of Kanagawa^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Relegated from J1 League in 2016
Thespakusatsu Gunma	All cities/towns in Gunma^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Tokushima Vortis	All cities/towns in Tokushima^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Tokyo Verdy	All cities/towns in Tokyo
V-Varen Nagasaki	All cities/towns in Nagasaki^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Yokohama FC	Yokohama, Kanagawa
Zweigen Kanazawa	Kanazawa	Won J2-J3 Relegation Playoff

↑ centering on Matsuyama
↑ centering on Okayama, Kurashiki, Tsuyama
↑ centering on Gifu
↑ Kyoto, Uji, Joyo, Kyōtanabe, Mukō, Nagaokakyō, Kizugawa, Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotanba
↑ Matsumoto, Nagano, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Ōmachi, Ikeda
↑ centering on Yamagata, Tendō, Tsuruoka
↑ centering on Nagoya, Toyota, Miyoshi
↑ centering on Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki, Sanyoonoda, Ube
↑ Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Atsugi, Isehara, Odawara, Chigasaki, Hadano, Fujisawa, Ōiso, Samukawa, Ninomiya, Kamakura, Minamiashigara, Oi, Kaisei, Nakai, Hakone, Matsuda, Manazuru, Yamakita, Yugawara
↑ centering on Kusatsu, Maebashi
↑ centering on Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima
↑ centering on Nagasaki, Isahaya

Personnel and kits[edit source | edit]

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Avispa Fukuoka	Masami Ihara	Yuta Mikado	ATHLETA
Ehime FC	Shuichi Mase	Shuto Kojima	Mizuno
Fagiano Okayama	Tetsu Nagasawa	Kohei Kiyama	Penalty
FC Gifu	Takeshi Oki	Yoshihiro Shoji	New Balance
JEF United Chiba	Juan Esnáider	Naoya Kondo	Kappa
Kamatamare Sanuki	Makoto Kitano	Kenta Shimizu	ATHLETA
Kyoto Sanga	Takanori Nunobe	Takanori Sugeno	Wacoal
Machida Zelvia	Naoki Soma	Template:Country data PRK Ri Han-jae	SVOLME
Matsumoto Yamaga	Yasuharu Sorimachi	Masaki Iida	Adidas
Mito HollyHock	Takayuki Nishigaya	Keisuke Funatani	GAViC
Montedio Yamagata	Takashi Kiyama	Takuya Honda	New Balance
Nagoya Grampus	Yahiro Kazama	Hisato Sato	Mizuno
Oita Trinita	Tomohiro Katanosaka	Satoru Yamagishi	Puma
Renofa Yamaguchi	Carlos Mayor	Yuya Torikai	Finta
Roasso Kumamoto	Hiroyuki Kiyokawa	Takuya Sonoda	Puma
Shonan Bellmare	Cho Kwi-jea	Kaoru Takayama	Penalty
Thespakusatsu Gunma	Hitoshi Morishita	Yuya Yamagishi	Finta
Tokushima Vortis	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ken Iwao	Mizuno
Tokyo Verdy	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Akira Ibayashi	ATHLETA
V-Varen Nagasaki	Takuya Takagi	Yusuke Murakami	hummel
Yokohama FC	Hitoshi Nakata	Kensuke Sato	SOCCER JUNKY
Zweigen Kanazawa	Masaaki Yanagishita	Tomonobu Hiroi	Adidas

Managerial changes[edit source | edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of separation	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of announcement
Nagoya Grampus	Template:Country data MKD Boško Gjurovski	6 November 2016^[1]	End of caretaker spell	Yahiro Kazama	4 January 2017^[2]
Renofa Yamaguchi	Nobuhiro Ueno	23 May 2017^[3]	Sacked	Carlos Mayor	5 June 2017^[4]
Roasso Kumamoto	Hiroyuki Kiyokawa	14 June 2017^[5]	Sacked	Tomoyoshi Ikeya	14 June 2017
Yokohama FC	Hitoshi Nakata	15 October 2017^[6]	Sacked	Edson Tavares	24 October 2017^[7]

Foreign players[edit source | edit]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the summer transfer window.

Clubs	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Other	Former
Nagoya Grampus	Felipe Garcia	Gabriel Xavier	Washington	Lim Seung-gyeom	Robin Simović		Charles
Shonan Bellmare	Tando Velaphi	André Bahia	Dinei	Dragan Mrđa			Chiquinho
Avispa Fukuoka	Euller	Gilsinho	Wellington	Willian Popp	Won Du-jae		Danilson Córdoba
Ehime FC	Ju Feng	Park Seung-su
Fagiano Okayama	Nicolás Orsini	Jang Suk-won	Kim Jong-min	Lee Kyung-tae	Park Hyung-jin
FC Gifu	Cristian	Henik	Sisinio	Víctor Ibáñez
Oita Trinita	Chiquinho
Mito HollyHock	Paulão						Kwon Young-jin
JEF United Chiba	Joaquín Larrivey	Luis Ojeda	Eduardo Aranda	Jorge Salinas	Kim Byeom-yong		Lee Joo-young
Kamatamare Sanuki	Alex	Allan	Evson	Lee Joo-young	Yoon Seon-ho	Ri Yong-jik
Montedio Yamagata	Lee Je-seung						Koo Bon-hyeok
Renofa Yamaguchi	Abel Luciatti	Leonardo Ramos	Marcelo Vidal	Park Chan-yong
Roasso Kumamoto	Gustavo	Júnior Fell	Morbeck	Lim Jin-woo	Yang Sang-jun	An Byong-jun
Kyoto Sanga	Kevin Oris	Ha Sung-min	Lee Yong-jae
Thespakusatsu Gunma	Matheus	Choi Joon-gi	Kang Su-il	Yeo Sung-hye	Park Gon	Park Seung-ri	Han Ho-dong
Tokyo Verdy	Alan Pinheiro	Douglas	Carlos Martínez
V-Varen Nagasaki	Juanma	Miguel Pallardó	Song Young-Min
Tokushima Vortis	Carlinhos	Nikola Vasiljević	Kim Jong-pil				Nikola Ašćerić
Matsumoto Yamaga	Davi	Diego	Paulinho	Serginho	Goh Dong Min		Yeo Sung-hye
Yokohama FC	Leandro Domingues	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Ibba Laajab	Jeong Chung-geun
Machida Zelvia	Boris Tatar	Kim Song-gi				Ri Han-jae
Zweigen Kanazawa	Byeon Jun-byum	Kim Tea-sung					Mendes

League table[edit source | edit]

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Results[edit source | edit]

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Playoffs[edit source | edit]

Season statistics[edit source | edit]

Top scorers[edit source | edit]

As of match played 19 November 2017.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ibba Laajab	Yokohama FC	25
2	Daiki Watari	Tokushima Vortis	23
3	Wellington	Avispa Fukuoka	19
	Hiroyuki Takasaki	Matsumoto Yamaga
	Joaquin Larrivey	JEF United Chiba
6	Alan Pinheiro	Tokyo Verdy	14
6	Yusuke Goto	Oita Trinita	14
8	Tulio	Kyoto Sanga	13
	Template:Country data SWE Robin Simovic	Nagoya Grampus
	Douglas Vieira	Tokyo Verdy
	Daizen Maeda	Mito HollyHock

Attendances[edit source | edit]

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References[edit source | edit]

↑ "ボスコ・ジュロヴスキー監督、契約満了のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "名古屋グランパス新監督に風間八宏氏就任決定のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ "上野展裕監督　退任のお知らせ – レノファ山口FC". renofa.com. 23 May 2017.
↑ "カルロス・アルベルト・マジョール氏　監督就任のお知らせ – レノファ山口FC". renofa.com. 5 June 2017.
↑ "監督交代、及び代表取締役社長交代のお知らせ｜ロアッソ熊本公式サイト". roasso-k.com.
↑ http://www.yokohamafc.com/2017/10/15/59096?doing_wp_cron=1511348424.6539859771728515625000
↑ http://www.yokohamafc.com/2017/10/24/59161
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[1] tering on Matsuyama

[2] tering on Okayama, Kurashiki, Tsuyama

[3] tering on Gifu

[4] Kyoto, Uji, Joyo, Kyōtanabe, Mukō, Nagaokakyō, Kizugawa, Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotanba

[5] Matsumoto, Nagano, Azumino, Yamagata, Shiojiri, Ōmachi, Ikeda

[6] tering on Yamagata, Tendō, Tsuruoka

[7] tering on Nagoya, Toyota, Miyoshi

[8] tering on Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki, Sanyoonoda, Ube

[9] Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Atsugi, Isehara, Odawara, Chigasaki, Hadano, Fujisawa, Ōiso, Samukawa, Ninomiya, Kamakura, Minamiashigara, Oi, Kaisei, Nakai, Hakone, Matsuda, Manazuru, Yamakita, Yugawara

[10] tering on Kusatsu, Maebashi

[11] tering on Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima

[12] tering on Nagasaki, Isahaya

[13] "ボスコ・ジュロヴスキー監督、契約満了のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[14] "名古屋グランパス新監督に風間八宏氏就任決定のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[15] "上野展裕監督　退任のお知らせ – レノファ山口FC". renofa.com. 23 May 2017.

[16] "カルロス・アルベルト・マジョール氏　監督就任のお知らせ – レノファ山口FC". renofa.com. 5 June 2017.

[17] "監督交代、及び代表取締役社長交代のお知らせ｜ロアッソ熊本公式サイト". roasso-k.com.

[18] ttp://www.yokohamafc.com/2017/10/15/59096?doing_wp_cron=1511348424.6539859771728515625000

[19] ttp://www.yokohamafc.com/2017/10/24/59161

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