2017 J3 League

Football league season

Meiji Yasuda J3 LeagueSeason| 2017

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Champions| Blaublitz Akita
1st title
Promoted| Tochigi SC
Matches played| 272
Goals scored| 698 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer| Noriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC)
(24 goals)[1]
Highest attendance| 14,935[2]
Kitakyushu 1–1 Akita
(12 Mar 2017)
Lowest attendance| 273[2]
C-Osaka U-23 2-2 YS Yokohama
(22 Oct 2017)
Average attendance| 2,613[2]

← 2016

2018 →

The 2017 J3 League (referred to as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the J3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017.[3] The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December.

Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club.

## Clubs

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Grulla Morioka

Blaublitz Akita

Fukushima United

Nagano Parceiro

Kataller Toyama

Fujieda MYFC

Gainare Tottori

Kagoshima United

‡ Osaka teams

* Cerezo Osaka U-23
* Gamba Osaka U-23

FC Ryukyu

Tochigi SC

FC Tokyo U-23

SC Sagamihara

YSCC Yokohama

Azul Claro Numazu

Giravanz Kitakyushu

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Locations of the 2017 J3 League teams

A total of 17 teams took part in the league. 2016 J3 League champion Oita Trinita gained promotion to the J2 League, and was replaced by Giravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the 2016 J2 League. Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. Azul Claro Numazu made their debut in the third tier as a club.

Club  | Location  | Venue  | Capacity

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Azul Claro Numazu | Numazu | Ashitaka Stadium | 10,000
Blaublitz Akita | Akita | Akigin Stadium | 4,992
Cerezo Osaka U-23 | Osaka | Kincho Stadium | 19,904
Fukushima United | Fukushima | Toho Stadium | 21,000
Gamba Osaka U-23 | Suita | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium | 21,000
Gainare Tottori | Tottori | Bird Stadium | 16,033
Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kitakyushu | Kitakyushu Stadium | 15,066
Grulla Morioka | Morioka | Iwagin Stadium | 4,946
Kagoshima United | Kagoshima | Kamoike Stadium | 19,934
Kataller Toyama | Toyama | Toyama Athletic Stadium | 25,251
Fujieda MYFC | Fujieda | Fujieda Soccer Field | 13,000
Nagano Parceiro | Nagano | Nagano U Stadium | 15,491
FC Ryukyu | Okinawa | Okinawa Athletic Stadium | 25,000
SC Sagamihara | Sagamihara | Gion Stadium | 15,300
Tochigi SC | Utsunomiya | Green Stadium | 18,025
FC Tokyo U-23 | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka | 7,137
YSCC Yokohama | Yokohama | Mitsuzawa Stadium | 15,454

### Personnel and kits

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Club  | Manager  | Captain  | Kit manufacturer

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Azul Claro Numazu |  Ken Yoshida |  Eiichiro Ozaki | Puma
Blaublitz Akita |  Koichi Sugiyama |  Naoyuki Yamada | ATHLETA
Cerezo Osaka U-23 |  Yuji Okuma | none  | Puma
Fukushima United |  Kazuaki Tasaka |  Takumi Watanabe | hummel
Gainare Tottori |  Ryuzo Morioka |  Takuya Sugimoto | hummel
Gamba Osaka U-23 |  Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | none  | Umbro
Giravanz Kitakyushu |  Takeo Harada |  Tomoki Ikemoto | bonera
Grulla Morioka |  Toshimi Kikuchi |  Kohei Doi | Under Armour
Kagoshima United |  Yasutoshi Miura |  Akira Akao | mitre
Kataller Toyama |  Tetsuro Uki |  Ryo Kubota | Goldwin
Fujieda MYFC |  Atsuto Oishi |  Tadayo Fukuo | gol.
Nagano Parceiro |  Tetsuya Asano |  Tomokazu Myojin | Penalty
FC Ryukyu |  Kim Jong-song |  Noritaka Fujisawa | sfida
SC Sagamihara |  Sotaro Yasunaga |  Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | gol.
Tochigi SC |  Yuji Yokoyama |  Koji Hirose | ATHLETA
F.C. Tokyo U-23 |  Tadashi Nakamura | none  | Umbro
YSCC Yokohama |  Yasuhiro Higuchi |  Masao Tsuji | SVOLME

## Results

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### League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  | Blaublitz Akita (C) | 32  | 18  | 7  | 7  | 53  | 31  | +22  | 61  | Ineligible for promotion
2  | Tochigi SC (P) | 32  | 16  | 12  | 4  | 44  | 24  | +20  | 60  | Promotion to 2018 J2 League[a]
3  | Azul Claro Numazu | 32  | 16  | 11  | 5  | 60  | 27  | +33  | 59  | Ineligible for promotion
4  | Kagoshima United | 32  | 17  | 4  | 11  | 49  | 37  | +12  | 55
5  | Nagano Parceiro | 32  | 13  | 11  | 8  | 34  | 25  | +9  | 50  |
6  | FC Ryukyu | 32  | 13  | 11  | 8  | 44  | 36  | +8  | 50  | Ineligible for promotion
7  | Fujieda MYFC | 32  | 12  | 11  | 9  | 50  | 43  | +7  | 47
8  | Kataller Toyama | 32  | 13  | 8  | 11  | 37  | 33  | +4  | 47  |
9  | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 32  | 13  | 7  | 12  | 44  | 37  | +7  | 46
10  | Fukushima United | 32  | 13  | 4  | 15  | 39  | 43  | −4  | 43  | Ineligible for promotion
11  | FC Tokyo U-23 | 32  | 12  | 7  | 13  | 36  | 47  | −11  | 43
12  | SC Sagamihara | 32  | 9  | 12  | 11  | 34  | 41  | −7  | 39
13  | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 32  | 8  | 11  | 13  | 39  | 43  | −4  | 35
14  | YSCC Yokohama | 32  | 8  | 8  | 16  | 41  | 54  | −13  | 32
15  | Grulla Morioka | 32  | 7  | 8  | 17  | 32  | 49  | −17  | 29
16  | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 32  | 7  | 5  | 20  | 31  | 65  | −34  | 26
17  | Gainare Tottori | 32  | 4  | 9  | 19  | 31  | 63  | −32  | 21  |

Source: 2017 MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. ^ Only teams that hold a J2 license are eligible for promotion.

### Results table

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Home \ Away  | AZU | BLA | C23 | FUK | GAI | G23 | GIR | GRU | KGU | KAT | MYF | PAR | RYU | SGM | TOC | T23 | YSC

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Azul Claro Numazu |  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 5–0  | 1–1
Blaublitz Akita | 0–2  |  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 4–3
Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 1–4  | 1–3  |  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–2
Fukushima United | 0–0  | 0–2  | 3–2  |  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 3–0
Gainare Tottori | 2–2  | 0–3  | 1–3  | 1–2  |  | 0–0  | 3–4  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–6  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–6  | 1–2
Gamba Osaka U-23 | 2–3  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–2  |  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–6  | 0–2  | 1–7  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 4–3  | 1–2
Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  |  | 5–1  | 0–4  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 3–2
Grulla Morioka | 2–1  | 1–3  | 2–3  | 5–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 0–3  |  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1
Kagoshima United | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  |  | 2–1  | 5–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 5–2  | 1–5  | 3–0  | 1–0
Kataller Toyama | 0–3  | 0–4  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  |  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0
Fujieda MYFC | 2–2  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  |  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–1
Nagano Parceiro | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–3  |  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–0
FC Ryukyu | 2–2  | 1–6  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–1
SC Sagamihara | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–2
Tochigi SC | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  |  | 4–1  | 1–0
FC Tokyo U-23 | 1–6  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–1  |  | 0–3
YSCC Yokohama | 1–4  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 3–4  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–1  |

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2017. Source: J. League data site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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As of match played 3 December 2017.[4]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Noriaki Fujimoto | Kagoshima United FC | 24
2  |  Takuma Sonoda | Azul Claro Numazu | 19
3  |  Tomoki Ikemoto | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16
4  |  Tomohiro Tanaka | Blaublitz Akita | 15
5  |  Masao Tsuji | YSCC Yokohama | 14
6  |  Yu Tomidokoro | FC Ryukyu | 13
Yuichiro Edamoto | Fujieda MYFC
8  |  Keisuke Endo | Fujieda MYFC | 12
9  |  Junya Kato | Gainare Tottori | 11
10  |  Ken Hisatomi | Blaublitz Akita | 10

## Attendances

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Pos  | Team  | Total | High | Low | Average | Change

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1  | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 95,023  | 14,935  | 3,864  | 5,939 | +84.2%†
2  | Tochigi SC | 82,352  | 11,191  | 2,758  | 5,147 | +4.7%†
3  | Nagano Parceiro | 68,095  | 8,049  | 2,652  | 4,256 | −15.2%†
4  | SC Sagamihara | 58,517  | 6,122  | 1,548  | 3,657 | −15.8%†
5  | Kagoshima United | 56,128  | 5,157  | 1,854  | 3,508 | −4.3%†
6  | Kataller Toyama | 50,536  | 6,383  | 1,917  | 3,159 | −12.4%†
7  | Azul Claro Numazu | 48,462  | 8,649  | 753  | 3,029 | +29.9%‡
8  | FC Ryukyu | 40,132  | 6,888  | 1,032  | 2,508 | +60.7%†
9  | Blaublitz Akita | 37,819  | 3,933  | 1,355  | 2,364 | −2.5%†
10  | FC Tokyo U-23 | 30,923  | 6,338  | 864  | 1,933 | −30.9%†
11  | Gainare Tottori | 24,938  | 2,435  | 573  | 1,559 | −17.9%†
12  | Fukushima United | 23,762  | 3,897  | 629  | 1,485 | −11.5%†
13  | Fujieda MYFC | 23,162  | 2,577  | 722  | 1,448 | −5.4%†
14  | Grulla Morioka | 21,385  | 3,590  | 520  | 1,337 | +12.5%†
15  | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 19,620  | 2,317  | 523  | 1,226 | −48.9%†
16  | YSCC Yokohama | 15,222  | 1,264  | 559  | 951 | −6.6%†
17  | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 14,545  | 1,653  | 273  | 909 | −38.9%†
| League total  | 710,621  | 14,935  | 273  | 2,613 | −11.6%†

Updated to games played on 3 December 2017
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Relegated from J2. ‡ Promoted from JFL.

## References

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1. ^ STATS:J. LEAGUE.JP
2. ^ a b c "2017J3 LEAGUE Attendance". J. League. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. ^ "017 J.League schedule announced". J. League. January 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
4. ^ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League".

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* Nankatsu SC
* Tokyo 23
* Vonds Ichihara

Japan Football League|

* Asuka FC
* Atletico Suzuka Club
* Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa
* Criacao Shinjuku
* Honda FC
* Iwate Grulla Morioka
* Maruyasu Okazaki
* Minebea Mitsumi
* Okinawa SV
* Reilac Shiga
* ReinMeer Aomori
* FC Tiamo Hirakata
* Veertien Mie
* Verspah Oita
* Yokogawa Musashino
* YSCC Yokohama

Defunct clubs
(clubs belonging to
nationwide leagues only)|

* Sony Sendai
* Fukushima FC
* Arte Takasaki
* JEF Reserves
* Sagawa Express Tokyo
* NKK SC
* Yokohama Flügels
* ALO's Hokuriku
* Jatco SC
* Hagoromo Club
* Toyota Higashi-Fuji
* Seino Transportation
* Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi
* Sagawa Shiga
* NTT Kinki/Kansai
* SP Kyoto
* Tanabe Pharmaceutical
* Dainichi Cable Industries
* Sagawa Express Osaka
* Eidai SC
* Kagura Shimane
* Teijin SC
* Nippon Steel Yawata
* Tosu Futures
* Profesor Miyazaki
* J.League U-22 Selection
* FC Tokyo U-23
* Cerezo Osaka U-23
* Gamba Osaka U-23

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*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[Total]: Total season attendance
*[High]: Highest season attendance
*[Low]: Lowest season attendance
*[Average]: Average season attendance
*[Change]: Change in average attendance in comparison with the previous season
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