The is the 36th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 15th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 4th season with 24 clubs participating in the league, out of the almost 3,900 existing "Type 2" (Under-18) registered teams with the JFA.
Changes from the previous season Promoted via Play-offsRelegated by bottom-league finish (East)Relegated by bottom-league finish (West)Urawa Red DiamondsTokyo VerdyGamba OsakaAvispa FukuokaShoshi High SchoolOmiya ArdijaYonago Kita High SchoolKagoshima Josei High School
Participating clubs As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. This year, no team was relocated from a division to another.
Premier League East TeamPrefecture2024 league position2024 notable featsAomori Yamada High SchoolAomori8thKashima AntlersIbaraki2ndMaebashi Ikuei High SchoolGunma6thAll Japan High School Soccer Tournament winnersShohei High SchoolSaitama7thInter-High winnersUrawa Red DiamondsSaitama Play-offs winRKU Kashiwa High SchoolChiba4thAll Japan High School Soccer Tournament runners-upKashiwa ReysolChiba3rdIchiritsu Funabashi High SchoolChiba9thTokyo VerdyTokyo Play-offs winPrince League Kanto winnersFC TokyoTokyo10thYokohama FCKanagawa1stPremier League East championsKawasaki FrontaleKanagawa5thClub Youth Championship runners-up
Premier League West TeamPrefecture2024 league position2024 notable featsTeikyo Nagaoka High SchoolNiigata7thShizuoka Gakuen High SchoolShizuoka9thNagoya GrampusAichi4thGamba OsakaOsaka Play-offs winClub Youth Championship winnersPrince League Kansai championsVissel KobeHyogo2ndFagiano OkayamaOkayama10thSanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima3rdHigashi Fukuoka High SchoolFukuoka8thAvispa FukuokaFukuoka Play-offs winPrince League Kyushu championsSagan TosuSaga6thOhzu High SchoolKumamoto1stPremier League West championsPremier League Final championsKamimura Gakuen High SchoolKagoshima5thInter-High runners-up
League table Premier League East
Premier League West
Results Premier League East
Premier League West
Promotion/relegation play-offs Qualifies for the stage the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions, with each region having its amount of qualifying slots predetermined by the JFA. They will be divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (or 2nd round winners) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.
Kanto's Prince League is the only one to qualify three teams from, whereas Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu qualifies two teams each, and just one each qualifies from Hokkaido, Hokushin'etsu and Shikoku. The play-offs will be played at 12 (1st round) and 14 December (2nd round).
Final
Top scorers
East RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Shion Nakayama Tokyo Verdy 10 2 Kotaro Nakamura Urawa Red Diamonds 8 Sota Ofuji RKU Kashiwa 4 Kanta Fukase Aomori Yamada 7 Yutaro Onda Kawasaki Frontale 6 Ruku Kaneko RKU Kashiwa 6 Divine Chinedu Otani FC Tokyo Minato Yoshida Kashima Antlers 9 Hiroto Masaki Kashima Antlers 5 Ryuki Osa Shohei Kakeru Shimbori Kawasaki Frontale Kio Tanaka FC Tokyo
West RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Ritsu Onishi Nagoya Grampus 16 2 Moki Sota Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9 Futa Tokumura Kamimura Gakuen 4 Naru Nakatsumi Gamba Osaka 7 5 Kento Hamasaki Vissel Kobe 6 Shimon Kobayashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kanshiro Suemune Fagiano Okayama 8 Keigo Moriwaki Vissel Kobe 5 Kotaro Yamashita Ohzu 10 Raiki Anzai Fagiano Okayama 4 Masaki Koyama Teikyo Nagaoka Renta Sakamoto Shizuoka Gakuen Taiga Seguchi Vissel Kobe Daichi Tani Sagan Tosu Taiki Tono Gamba Osaka Mahito Yairo Nagoya Grampus Chiidi Kento Yamamura Sagan Tosu
See also
Japan Football Association (JFA) League Japanese association football league system Prince Takamado Cup
References
External links Official website