Competition: | Meiji Yasuda J3 League |
Season: | 2023 |
Dates: | 4 March – 2 December |
Winners: | Ehime FC 1st J3 title 2nd D3 title |
Promoted: | Ehime FC Kagoshima United |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 930 |
League Topscorer: | Ren Komatsu (19 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Longest Wins: | Ehime FC (5 matches) |
Longest Losses: | Giravanz Kitakyushu (6 matches) |
Longest Winless: | SC Sagamihara (15 matches) |
Longest Unbeaten: | Ehime FC (13 matches) |
Highest Attendance: | 12,458 Nagano Parceiro 2–1 Matsumoto Yamaga (13 May) |
Lowest Attendance: | 650 Azul Claro Numazu 0–1 Vanraure Hachinohe (18 March) |
Attendance: | 1,141,166 [1] |
Average Attendance: | 3,003 |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 J3 League, referred to as the for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the J3 League under its current name.
Iwaki FC and Fujieda MYFC were promoted to the J2 League after being champions and runners-up of last season's J3.
FC Ryukyu and Iwate Grulla Morioka were relegated from the J2 League after relatively short stints at the 2nd division, with Ryukyu spending four seasons, and Iwate spending just a single season. The clubs finished as 21st and 22nd-placed team at the 2022 J2 League, respectively.
Nara Club and FC Osaka were promoted to the J3 League after being respectively, champions and runners-up of last season's JFL. Both teams are making their debut in the J3 League after obtaining a J.League License, to enable their promotion from the JFL.
This season is the first of the J3 League to have 20 teams, seeing an increase from last season's 18 teams. About the number of teams, there will be no future changes, as the J.League confirmed that from 2024, all the three professional leagues would have 20 teams in each.
This season will be the first to feature promotion/relegation from the Japan Football League, enabling the possibility for teams to be relegated from the J3.[2] The system of promotion/relegation between the leagues can be determined by the eligibility (Promotion to J3 requires a J.League license) of the JFL's champions and runners-up for the season.
The dates and the host teams of the promotion/relegation play-off were pre-determined by the J.League. In case it happens, it will be played in two legs on 9 and 16 December, with the J3 team hosting the second leg.
Team | Outgoing | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | ||||
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Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
FC Ryukyu | Kazuki Kuranuki | Sacked | 16 May | 17th | Tetsuhiro Kina | 16 May | [3] | ||
Gainare Tottori | Kim Jong-song | Sacked | 19 June | 18th | Kohei Masumoto (interim) | 20 June | [4] | ||
Fukushima United | Toshihiro Hattori | Sacked | 12 July | 18th | Mitsumasa Yoda | 18 July | [5] | ||
FC Imabari | Riki Takagi | Sacked | 15 August | 6th | Naoto Kudo | 16 August | [6] | ||
Kagoshima United | Naoto Otake | Sacked | 22 August | 5th | Yasuaki Oshima | 23 August | [7] | ||
Nagano Parceiro | Yuki Richard Stalph | Sacked | 27 August | 15th | Riki Takagi | 30 August | [8] | ||
YSCC Yokohama | Kei Hoshikawa | Sacked | 28 August | 18th | Kazuki Kuranuki | 30 August | [9] | ||
Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kazuaki Tasaka | Resigned | 5 September | 20th | Shinji Kobayashi | 5 September | [10] [11] | ||
FC Ryukyu | Tetsuhiro Kina | Sacked | 15 September | 18th | Kim Jong-song | 15 September | [12] | ||
Iwate Grulla Morioka | Yoshika Matsubara | Sacked | 19 September | 14th | Tetsuji Nakamikawa | 20 September | [13] | ||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Hiroshi Matsuda | Sacked | 26 September | 17th | Mitsuo Kato | 27 September | [14] | ||
From the 2021 season onwards, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[15] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Left mid-season | |
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Azul Claro Numazu | Igor Gabriel | Mikhael Akatsuka | Raul Sudati | Shunkun Tani | ||||
Ehime FC | Ben Duncan | |||||||
Fukushima United | ||||||||
Gainare Tottori | Mun In-ju | |||||||
FC Gifu | Ono Cholhwan | |||||||
Giravanz Kitakyushu | Koh Seung-jin | Mikel Agu | Eduardo de Queiroz Melo | Ikechukwu Eboko | ||||
FC Imabari | Marcus Índio | Jon Ander Serantes | Park Soo-bin | Ralf Seuntjens | Filip Piszczek | Dudu | ||
Iwate Grulla Morioka | Cristiano | Douglas Oliveira | Au Yeung Yiu Chung | Jang Hyun-soo | Kenneth Otabor | Ri Yong-jik | ||
Kagoshima United | Weslley | |||||||
Kamatamare Sanuki | ||||||||
Kataller Toyama | Arthur Silva | Gabriel Nascimento | Matheus Leiria | |||||
Matsumoto Yamaga | Lucas Rian | Paulinho | Víctor Ibáñez | |||||
Nagano Parceiro | Ryu Nugraha | Kim Min-ho | ||||||
Nara Club | Arnau Riera | |||||||
FC Osaka | Woo Sang-ho | Efrain Rintaro João Victor Maykon Douglas Jean Marie Dongou | ||||||
FC Ryukyu | Kelvin | Cho Eun-su | Jeon Ji-wan | Danny Carvajal | Sadam Sulley | |||
SC Sagamihara | ||||||||
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | ||||||||
Vanraure Hachinohe | Oriola Sunday | |||||||
YSCC Yokohama | Carlos Arroyo | Loris Tinelli | Promise Ugochukwu |
Primary venues to be used in the 2023 J3 League season:
Azul Claro Numazu | Ehime FC | Fukushima United | Gainare Tottori | FC Gifu | Giravanz Kitakyushu | FC Imabari |
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Ashitaka Park Stadium | Ningineer Stadium | Toho Stadium | Axis Bird Stadium | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium | ||
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 21,401 | Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 16,310 | Capacity: 11,999 | Capacity: 15,300 | Capacity: 5,316 |
Iwate Grulla Morioka | Kagoshima United | Kamatamare Sanuki | Kataller Toyama | Matsumoto Yamaga | Nagano Parceiro | Nara Club |
Iwagin Stadium | Shiranami Stadium | Pikara Stadium | Toyama Stadium | Sunpro Alwin | Nagano U Stadium | Rohto Field Nara |
Capacity: 4,946 | Capacity: 12,606 | Capacity: 22,338 | Capacity: 18,588 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 15,515 | Capacity: 30,600 |
FC Osaka | FC Ryukyu | SC Sagamihara | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Vanraure Hachinohe | YSCC Yokohama | All J3 stadiums |
Hanazono Rugby Stadium | Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium | Sagamihara Gion Stadium | Unilever Stadium Shintomi | Prifoods Stadium | Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium | |
Capacity: 27,346 | Capacity: 12,270 | Capacity: 15,300 | Capacity: 5,354 | Capacity: 5,124 | Capacity: 15,440 | |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[17] |
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1 | Ren Komatsu | Matsumoto Yamaga | 19 |
2 | Hayato Asakawa | Nara Club | 16 |
3 | Noah Kenshin Browne | Azul Claro Numazu | 12 |
Riki Matsuda | Ehime FC | ||
5 | Sho Fukuda | YSCC Yokohama | 11 |
Ryunosuke Noda | FC Ryukyu | ||
Masashi Wada | Iwate Grulla Morioka | ||
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[18] |
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1 | Yusuke Kikui | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 |
Marcus Índio | FC Imabari | ||
Shunsuke Motegi | Ehime FC | ||
4 | Kaili Shimbo | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 8 |
5 | Noah Kenshin Browne | Azul Claro Numazu | 7 |
Nao Eguchi | Kamatamare Sanuki | ||
Kotaro Tokunaga | Azul Claro Numazu | ||
Rank | Player | Club | [19] |
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1 | Tatsunari Nagai | FC Osaka | 16 |
2 | Kenta Tanno | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 12 |
3 | Jun Kodama | YSCC Yokohama | 9 |
Shinji Okada | Nara Club | ||
Yusuke Taniguchi | Vanraure Hachinohe | ||
Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | References | ||||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |||
February/March | Yoshika Matsubara | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Tsuyoshi Miyaichi | Iwate Grulla Morioka | Kelvin | FC Ryukyu | [24] | |
April | Julián Marín Bazalo | Nara Club | Hayato Asakawa | Nara Club | Ren Komatsu | Matsumoto Yamaga | [25] [26] [27] | |
May | Naoto Otake | Kagoshima United | Sho Fukuda | YSCC Yokohama | Rio Yoshitake | SC Sagamihara | [28] | |
June | Yusako Ueno | FC Gifu | Yoji Sasaki | Kataller Toyama | Haruto Shirai | FC Ryukyu | [29] [30] [31] | |
July | Kiyotaka Ishimaru | Ehime FC | Shumpei Fukahori | Ehime FC | Takahiro Kitsui | FC Osaka | [32] [33] [34] | |
August | Mitsumasa Yoda | Fukushima United | Charles Nduka | FC Gifu | Shunsuke Tanimoto | Ehime FC | [35] [36] [37] | |
September | Yasuaki Oshima | Kagoshima United | Takahiro Kitsui | FC Osaka | Kataller Toyama | [38] [39] [40] | ||
October | Kazuki Kuranuki | YSCC Yokohama | Rei Yonezawa | Kagoshima United | AC Nagano Parceiro | [41] [42] [43] | ||
November/December | Nobuhiro Ishizaki | Vanraure Hachinohe | Matheus Leiria | Kataller Toyama | Tatsuma Sakai | Nara Club | [44] [45] [46] |