The was the 31st season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 10th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.
Aomori Yamada High School won the Premier League East, and Nagoya Grampus won the Premier League West. The teams' meeting in the final resulted with Aomori Yamada winning the competition for the second time.
Changes from the previous season Promoted from the Prince LeaguesRelegated to the Prince Leagues (East)Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)ShoshiOmiya ArdijaEhime FCOhzuFC TokyoToyama DaiichiHannanYonago Kita
Participating clubs Premier League East TeamPrefectureAomori Yamada High SchoolAomoriShoshi High School FukushimaKashima AntlersIbarakiUrawa Red DiamondsSaitamaOmiya Ardija SaitamaIchiritsu Funabashi High SchoolChibaKashiwa ReysolChibaRyutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High SchoolChibaShimizu S-PulseShizuokaJúbilo IwataShizuoka
Premier League West TeamPrefectureNagoya GrampusAichiKyoto SangaKyotoGamba OsakaOsakaCerezo OsakaOsakaVissel KobeHyogoSanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshimaEhime FC EhimeAvispa FukuokaFukuokaHigashi Fukuoka High SchoolFukuokaOhzu High School Kumamoto
League table Premier League East
Premier League West
Promotion/relegation play-offs As usual, the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions entered the play-offs. They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League, as the 2020 edition was not held due to problems related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Block A
Block B
Block C
Block D
Final
GK 1 Shibuki SatoDF 2 Yosuke UchidaDF 3 Yusei KandaDF 4 Hiraku HakozakiDF 5 Yudai FujiwaraMF 6 Riku FuruyadoMF 7 Kuryu MatsukiMF 8 Rukia Urakawa MF 10 Hidetoshi Takeda (c) MF 11 Kenta Goto FW 9 Shota Tanaka Substitutes:GK 30 Shonosuke YamadaDF 16 Ryusei SuzukiMF 13 Soki Tokuno MF 14 Kim Hyeon-woo MF 15 Soma Anzai MF 18 Paul TabinasMF 24 Shogo Matsumoto Manager: Go Kuroda GK 1 John HigashiDF 3 Takeshi UshizawaDF 6 Eiru AratamaDF 15 Seiga SumiMF 10 Kohei Tanabe (c)MF 18 Shuto MitsudaMF 19 Daichi Ichimaru MF 25 Yota SaitoFW 8 Kyota SakakibaraFW 11 Yukito MurakamiFW 17 Suiju Takeuchi Substitutes:GK 1 Daiki MitsuiDF 2 Ryuya Okazaki DF 20 Shinma IshikawaMF 7 Ken Masui MF 29 Gen KatoFW 27 Kosei MatsumotoFW 36 Hayato ManabeManager: Satoshi Koga
Assistant referees: Seiichi Kanai Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Masashi HaradaMatch rules 90 minutes. Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.
Top scorers East RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Hiryu Okuda Kashiwa Reysol 13 2 Hidetoshi Takeda Aomori Yamada 12 3 Itsuki Someno Shoshi 11 4 Taichi Aoshima Shimizu S-Pulse 9 Itto Moriyama RKU Kashiwa 6 Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 8 7 Yusuke Onishi RKU Kashiwa 7 8 Kim Hyun-woo Aomori Yamada 8 Shoichi Kurimata Kashima Antlers Erick Noriega Shimizu S-Pulse Yuito Suzuki Ichiritsu Funabashi Shota Tanaka Aomori Yamada
West RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Ryoma Ishii Avispa Fukuoka 13 2 Shun Ayukawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 3 Yuto Otani Gamba Osaka 10 Shoji Toyama Gamba Osaka 5 Yukito Murakami Nagoya Grampus 9 Yoshiki Shigeno Vissel Kobe Hayate Tanada Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8 Ryotaro Araki Higashi Fukuoka 7 Sota Kawasaki Kyoto Sanga Shuto Mitsuda Nagoya Grampus Suiju Takeuchi Nagoya Grampus
See also
Japan Football Association (JFA) League Japanese association football league system Prince Takamado Cup
References
External links Official website