The 2022 J2 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999.
Clubs
Club nameHometownStadiumCapacityPrevious season rankLicenseAlbirex NiigataNiigata & Seiro, NiigataDenka Big Swan Stadium42,300J2 (6th)J1Blaublitz AkitaAkitaSoyu Stadium20,125J2 (13th)J1Fagiano OkayamaAll cities/towns in OkayamaCity Light Stadium20,000J2 (11th)J1Iwate Grulla MoriokaAll cities/towns in IwateIwagin Stadium & Kitakami Stadium4,946 J3 (2nd)J1JEF United ChibaChiba & Ichihara, ChibaFukuda Denshi Arena18,500J2 (8th)J1Machida ZelviaMachida, TokyoMachida Athletic Stadium10,600J2 (5th)J1Cities/towns in IbarakiK's denki Stadium Mito12,000J2 (10th)J1All cities/towns in YamagataND Soft Stadium20,315J2 (7th)J1Oita Trinita Ōita Prefecture Showa Denko Dome Oita 40,000 J1 (18th)J1Omiya ArdijaSaitama, SaitamaNACK5 Stadium Omiya15,500J2 (16th)J1Renofa YamaguchiAll cities/towns in YamaguchiYamaguchi Ishin Park Stadium20,000J2 (15th)J1Roasso KumamotoKumamoto, KumamotoEgao Kenko Stadium32,000 J3 (1st)J1 FC RyukyuAll cities/towns in OkinawaTapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium25,000J2 (9th)J1Thespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in GunmaShoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma15,253J2 (18th)J1Tochigi SCUtsunomiya, TochigiKanseki Stadium Tochigi25,244J2 (14th)J1Tokushima Vortis Tokushima Prefecture Pocarisweat Stadium 20,441 J1 (17th)J1All cities/towns in TokyoAjinomoto Stadium49,970J2 (12th)J1V-Varen NagasakiAll cities/towns in Nagasaki PrefectureNagasaki Athletic Stadium20,246J2 (4th)J1Vegalta Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Yurtec Stadium Sendai 19,694 J1 (19th)J1Ventforet KofuAll cities/towns in Yamanashi PrefectureYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium17,000J2 (3rd)J1Yokohama FCKanagawa PrefectureMitsuzawa Stadium15,046 J1 (20th)J1Zweigen KanazawaAll cities/towns in IshikawaIshikawa Kanazawa Stadium20,000J2 (17th)J1
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturerAlbirex Niigata Rikizo Matsuhashi Yuto Horigome Adidas Ken Yoshida Shuto Inaba ATHLETAFagiano Okayama Takashi Kiyama Junki Kanayama PenaltyIwate Grulla Morioka Yutaka Akita Yusuke Muta KelmeJEF United Chiba Yoon Jong-hwan Daisuke Suzuki HummelMachida Zelvia Ranko Popović Taiki Hirato SVOLME Tadahiro Akiba Ryo Niizato soccer junky Peter Cklamovski Shuto Minami PenaltyOita Trinita Takahiro Shimotaira Hokuto Shimoda PumaOmiya Ardija Naoki Soma Yuta Mikado Under ArmourRenofa Yamaguchi Yoshihiro Natsuka Joji Ikegami FintaRoasso Kumamoto Takeshi Oki So Kawahara PumaFC Ryukyu Nacho Fernández Ryohei Okazaki sfidaThespakusatsu Gunma Tsuyoshi Otsuki Hajime Hosogai KelmeTochigi SC Yu Tokisaki Yuki Nishiya ATHLETATokushima Vortis Dani Poyatos Hidenori Ishii Mizuno Hiroshi Jofuku Tomohiro Taira ATHLETAV-Varen Nagasaki Fábio Carille Caio César UmbroVegalta Sendai Akira Ito Ryang Yong-gi AdidasVentforet Kofu Tatsuma Yoshida Sho Araki MizunoYokohama FC Shuhei Yomoda Tatsuya Hasegawa Soccer JunkyZweigen Kanazawa Masaaki Yanagishita Tomonobu Hiroi Hummel
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on Omiya Ardija Masahiro Shimoda Sacked 26 May 2022 26 May 2022 20th Naoki Soma 26 May 2022 28 May 2022 FC Ryukyu Tetsuhiro Kina Sacked 8 June 2022 8 June 2022 22nd Kazuki Kuranuki (caretaker) 9 June 2022 9 June 2022 V-Varen Nagasaki Hiroshi Matsuda Sacked 12 June 2022 12 June 2022 5th Takeo Harada (caretaker) 12 June 2022 12 June 2022 Takeo Harada End of caretaker spell 12 June 2022 1 July 2022 TBD Fábio Carille 12 June 2022 2 July 2022 FC Ryukyu Kazuki Kuranuki End of caretaker spell 13 June 2022 13 June 2022 22nd Nacho Fernández 13 June 2022 14 June 2022 Tokyo Verdy Takafumi Hori Sacked 13 June 2022 13 June 2022 14th Hiroshi Jofuku 13 June 2022 14 June 2022 Vegalta Sendai Masato Harasaki Sacked 6 September 2022 6 September 2022 4th Akira Ito 6 September 2022 6 September 2022
Foreign players As of 2022 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the midseason transfer window. Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from school in the country.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Left midseason Albirex Niigata Thomas Deng Kazuyoshi Shimabuku Alexandre Guedes Ippei Shinozuka Blaublitz Akita Fagiano Okayama Tiago Alves Han Eui-kwon Mitchell Duke Stefan Mauk Jordy Buijs Yu Yong-hyeon Iwate Grulla Morioka Brenner Cristiano Lucas Morelatto Kim Jong-min Jang Hyun-soo Paul Tabinas Han Yong-thae Kenneth Otabor JEF United Chiba Daniel Ricardo Lopes Tiago Leonço Jang Min-gyu Saldanha Machida Zelvia Dudu Vinícius Araújo Jong Tae-se Mito HollyHock Leonard Brodersen Jefferson Tabinas Montedio Yamagata Dellatorre Tiago Alves Oita Trinita Eduardo Neto Matheus Pereira Samuel Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi Renan Roasso Kumamoto Leo Kenta Thales FC Ryukyu Kelvin Álex Barrera Danny Carvajal Ri Yong-jik Sittichok Paso Phạm Văn Luân Vũ Hồng Quân Sadam Sulley Vinícius Faria Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Juninho Carlos Gutiérrez Ömer Tokaç Tokushima Vortis Cacá Elsinho Rio Hyon Oriola Sunday Mushaga Bakenga José Aurelio Suárez Tokyo Verdy Matheus Vidotto Pratama Arhan Byron Vásquez V-Varen Nagasaki Caio César Cristiano Edigar Junio Kaique Clayson Víctor Ibarbo Vegalta Sendai Felippe Cardoso Foguinho Kim Tae-hyeon Ryang Yong-gi Leandro Desábato Nedeljko Stojišić Ventforet Kofu Renato Willian Lira Eduardo Mancha Foguete Getúlio Igor Sartori Bruno Paraíba Yokohama FC Gabriel Kléber Rhayner Saulo Mineiro Marcelo Ryan Mateus Moraes Svend Brodersen Felipe Vizeu Zweigen Kanazawa Taiga Son
League table
Promotion–relegation playoffs
Results table
Season statistics
Goal contributions Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Koki OgawaYokohama FC262 Tiago AlvesFagiano Okayama163 Masato NakayamaVegalta Sendai14 Toshiki TakahashiRoasso Kumamoto5 Masamichi HayashiZweigen Kanazawa13 Ryoga SatoTokyo Verdy
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Ryosuke KojimaAlbirex Niigata182 Masaaki GotoMontedio Yamagata173 Shota AraiJEF United Chiba144 José Aurelio SuárezTokushima Vortis13 Shuhei KawataTochigi SC Yudai TanakaBlaublitz Akita
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 9 Kota Fukatsu (Machida Zelvia)
Most red cards: 2 Carlos Gutiérrez (Tochigi SC)
Club Most yellow cards: 67 (Iwate Grulla Morioka) Most red cards: 4 (Mito HollyHock)
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthMonthly MVPGoal of the MonthReferencesManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubFebruary/March Shuhei YomodaYokohama FC Koki OgawaYokohama FC Tiago AlvesFagiano OkayamaApril Masato HarasakiVegalta Sendai Ryoma KidaVegalta Sendai Kota YamadaMontedio YamagataMay Rikizo MatsuhashiAlbirex Niigata Shunsuke MitoAlbirex Niigata Kazuma YamaguchiMachida ZelviaJune Takashi KiyamaFagiano Okayama Koki OgawaYokohama FC Hiroki NodaMontedio YamagataJuly Takeshi OkiRoasso Kumamoto Edigar JunioV-Varen Nagasaki Naohiro SugiyamaRoasso KumamotoAugust Takashi KiyamaFagiano Okayama Jordy BuijsFagiano Okayama Wataru TanakaRenofa YamaguchiSeptember Takeshi OkiRoasso Kumamoto Hiroya MatsumotoZweigen Kanazawa Kazuma TakaiRenofa YamaguchiOctober/November Hiroshi JofukuTokyo Verdy Koki OgawaYokohama FC Ryotaro ItoAlbirex Niigata
See also Japan Football Association (JFA) 2022 Nadeshiko League 2022 Blaublitz Akita season 2022 Mito HollyHock season 2022 Vegalta Sendai season
References
External links Official website on jleague.co