2019 J2 League

Football league season

Meiji Yasuda J2 LeagueSeason| 2019

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Champions| Kashiwa Reysol
2nd J2 title
3rd D2 title
Promoted| Kashiwa Reysol
Yokohama FC
Relegated| Kagoshima United
FC Gifu
Matches played| 462
Goals scored| 1,197 (2.59 per match)
Highest attendance| 20,486
Niigata vs. Kashiwa
(9 March)
Lowest attendance| 2,111
Yokohama vs. Tokushima
(15 June)
Average attendance| 7,176

← 2018

2020 →

The 2019 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Japanese: 2019 明治安田生命J2リーグ, Hepburn: 2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 Rīgu) season was the 48th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 21st season since the establishment of J2 League.

## Clubs

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Albirex Niigata

Avispa Fukuoka

Ehime FC

Fagiano Okayama

FC Gifu

Zweigen Kanazawa

Kyoto Sanga

Renofa Yamaguchi

Tokushima Vortis

V-Varen Nagasaki

Kagoshima United

FC Ryukyu

Montedio Yamagata

Ventforet Kofu

Mito HollyHock

Kashiwa Reysol

JEF United Chiba

Omiya
Ardija

Machida Zelvia

Tokyo Verdy

Yokohama FC

Tochigi SC

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Locations of the 2019 J2 League teams

Following eight successful seasons, Kashiwa Reysol bid farewell to the first division. A similar fate befell V-Varen Nagasaki, who returned to J2 after their inaugural season in the top tier.[1] Matsumoto Yamaga and Oita Trinita, having earned promotion, filled their vacancies, while Tokyo Verdy missed out on promotion after losing the play-off against Júbilo Iwata. In addition, four teams experienced changes in their league status: Roasso Kumamoto and Kamatamare Sanuki exited J2, paving the way for the newly-promoted FC Ryukyu and Kagoshima United, both set to embark on their inaugural J2 season.[2]

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

Club name  | Home town(s)  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Last season

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Albirex Niigata | Niigata & Seirō, Niigata | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 42,300  | J2 (16th)
Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka City, Fukuoka | Level5 Stadium | 22,563  | J2 (7th)
Ehime FC | All cities/towns in Ehime[a] | Ningineer Stadium | 20,000  | J2 (18th)
Fagiano Okayama | All cities/towns in Okayama[b] | City Light Stadium | 20,000  | J2 (15th)
FC Gifu | All cities/towns in Gifu[c] | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium | 26,109  | J2 (20th)
JEF United Chiba | Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba | Fukuda Denshi Arena | 18,500  | J2 (14th)
Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba Prefecture | Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium | 15,349  | Relegated from J1 (17th)
Kyoto Sanga | Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto[d] | Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium | 20,588  | J2 (19th)
Machida Zelvia | Machida, Tokyo | Machida Athletic Stadium | 10,600  | J2 (4th)
Mito HollyHock | Mito, Ibaraki | K's denki Stadium Mito | 12,000  | J2 (10th)
Montedio Yamagata | All cities/towns in Yamagata[e] | ND Soft Stadium | 20,315  | J2 (12th)
Omiya Ardija | Saitama, Saitama | NACK5 Stadium Omiya | 15,500  | J2 (5th)
Renofa Yamaguchi | All cities/towns in Yamaguchi[f] | Yamaguchi Ishin Park Stadium | 20,000  | J2 (8th)
Tochigi SC | Utsunomiya, Tochigi | Tochigi Green Stadium | 18,025  | J2 (17th)
Tokushima Vortis | All cities/towns in Tokushima[g] | Pocarisweat Stadium | 20,441  | J2 (11th)
V-Varen Nagasaki | Nagasaki Prefecture | Nagasaki Athletic Stadium | 20,246  | Relegated from J1 (18th)
Ventforet Kofu | All Yamanashi Prefecture[h] | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium | 17,000  | J2 (9th)
Tokyo Verdy | All cities/towns in Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 49,970  | J2 (6th)
Yokohama FC | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium | 15,454  | J2 (3rd)
Zweigen Kanazawa | Kanazawa, Ishikawa | Ishikawa Kanazawa Stadium | 20,000  | J2 (13th)
FC Ryukyu | Okinawa | Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium | 25,000  | Promoted from J3 (champions)
Kagoshima United FC | Kagoshima | Shiranami Stadium | 19,934  | Promoted from J3 (2nd)

1. ^ centering on Matsuyama
2. ^ centering on Okayama, Kurashiki, Tsuyama
3. ^ centering on Gifu
4. ^ Kyoto, Uji, Joyo, Kyotanabe, Muko, Nagaokakyo, Kizugawa, Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotanba
5. ^ centering on Yamagata, Tendo, Tsuruoka
6. ^ centering on Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki, Sanyoonoda, Ube
7. ^ centering on Tokushima, Naruto, Mima, Matsushige, Itano, Aizumi, Kitajima
8. ^ centering on Kofu and Nirasaki

### Personnel and kits

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Club  | Manager  | Captain  | Kit manufacturer

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Albirex Niigata |  Kazuaki Yoshinaga |  Masaru Kato | Adidas
Avispa Fukuoka |  Kiyokazu Kudo |  Jun Suzuki | Yonex
Ehime FC |  Kenta Kawai |  Go Nishida | Mizuno
Fagiano Okayama |  Kenji Arima |  Kohei Kiyama | Penalty
FC Gifu |  Takeshi Oki |  Masanori Abe | New Balance
FC Ryukyu |  Yasuhiro Higuchi[3] |  Kazumasa Uesato | sfida
JEF United Chiba |  Atsuhiko Ejiri |  Yūto Satō | Kappa
Kagoshima United FC |  Kim Jong-song[4] |  Shuto Nakahara | Puma
Kashiwa Reysol |  Nelsinho Baptista |  Hidekazu Otani | Yonex
Kyoto Sanga |  Ichizo Nakata |  Takumi Miyayoshi | Puma
Machida Zelvia |  Naoki Soma |  Yudai Inoue | SVOLME
Mito HollyHock |  Shigetoshi Hasebe |  Junya Hosokawa | GAViC
Montedio Yamagata |  Takashi Kiyama |  Takumi Yamada | Penalty
Omiya Ardija |  Takuya Takagi |  Genki Omae | Under Armour
Renofa Yamaguchi |  Masahiro Shimoda |  Hidetoshi Miyuki | Finta
Tochigi SC |  Kazuaki Tasaka[5] |  Kotaro Fujiwara | ATHLETA
Tokushima Vortis |  Ricardo Rodríguez |  Ken Iwao | Mizuno
V-Varen Nagasaki |  Makoto Teguramori |  Masato Kurogi | Hummel
Ventforet Kofu |  Akira Ito |  Yuta Koide | Mizuno
Tokyo Verdy |  Hideki Nagai |  Naoya Kondo | ATHLETA
Yokohama FC |  Takahiro Shimotaira |  Yuta Minami | SOCCER JUNKY
Zweigen Kanazawa |  Masaaki Yanagishita |  Tomonobu Hiroi | Adidas

### Managerial changes

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Team  | Outgoing manager  | Date of vacancy  | Incoming manager  | Date of
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JEF United Chiba |  Juan Esnáider | 17 April 2019[6] |  Atsuhiko Ejiri | 18 April 2019[7]
Albirex Niigata |  Koichiro Katafuchi | 14 April 2019[8] |  Kazuaki Yoshinaga | 14 April 2019[8]
Yokohama FC |  Edson Tavares | 14 May 2019[9] |  Takahiro Shimotaira | 14 May 2019[10]
Avispa Fukuoka |  Fabio Pecchia | 3 June 2019[11] |  Kiyokazu Kudo | 3 June 2019[12]
FC Gifu |  Takeshi Oki | 16 June 2019[13] |  Makoto Kitano | 18 June 2019[14]
Tokyo Verdy |  Gary White | 17 July 2019[15] |  Hideki Nagai | 17 July 2019[16]

## Foreign players

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The total number of foreign players is limitless, 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, Iran and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.

Players in bold are players who join midway through the competition.

Club  | Player 1  | Player 2  | Player 3  | Player 4  | Player 5  | Player 6  | Player 7

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Albirex Niigata |  Cauê |  Franci |  Leonardo |  Paulão |  Samuel Santos |  Silvinho |  Cho Young-cheol
Avispa Fukuoka |  Félix Micolta |  Won Du-jae |  Jon Ander Serantes |  Yang Dong-hyen |  |  |
Ehime FC |  Mladen Jutrić |  Park Seong-su |  Woo Sang-ho |  |  |  |
Fagiano Okayama |  Léo Mineiro |  Hadi Fayyadh |  Choi Jung-won |  Lee Kyung-tae |  Lee Yong-jae |  Yu Yong-hyeon |
FC Gifu |  Junior Barros |  Michael |  Víctor Ibáñez |  Frédéric Bulot |  Jan-Ole Sievers |  Ham Yeong-jun  |  Ryan De Vries
JEF United Chiba |  Jason Geria |  Alan Pinheiro |  Hebert |  Kléber |  Williams Velásquez |  |
Kashiwa Reysol |  Cristiano |  Gabriel |  Júnior Santos |  Matheus Sávio |  Richardson |  Michael Olunga |
Kyoto Sanga |  Juninho |  Renan Mota |  |  |  |  |
Machida Zelvia |  Dorian Babunski |  Ri Han-jae |  Romero Frank |  Jeong Chung-geun |  |  |
Mito HollyHock |  Jo |  Lelêu |  |  |  |  |
Montedio Yamagata |  Alvaro |  Jefferson Baiano |  Rodolfo |  |  |  |
Omiya Ardija |  David Babunski |  Juanma |  Robin Simović |  |  |  |
Renofa Yamaguchi |  Renan |  Dostonbek Tursunov |  |  |  |  |
Tochigi SC |  Henik |  Mendes |  Yuri |  Yoo Hyun |  Lee Rae-jun |  |
Tokushima Vortis |  Diego |  Jordy Buijs |  Sisi |  Chakkit Laptrakul |  Zabikhillo Urinboev |  |
Tokyo Verdy |  Jaílton Paraíba |  Klebinho |  Leandro |  Walmerson |  Ri Yong-jik |  Nemanja Kojić |  Kang Soo-il
V-Varen Nagasaki |  Caio César |  Víctor Ibarbo |  Lee Jong-ho |  Lee Sang-min |  |  |
Ventforet Kofu |  Allano |  Dudú |  Éder Lima |  Peter Utaka |  |  |
Yokohama FC |  Leandro Domingues |  Calvin Jong-a-Pin |  Ibba Laajab |  |  |  |
Zweigen Kanazawa |  Allan |  Giovanni Clunie |  |  |  |  |
FC Ryukyu |  Ramon |  Danny Carvajal |  Kim Song-sun  |  |  |  |
Kagoshima United |  Lucão |  Nildo |  Han Yong-thae |  Ahn Joon-soo |  |  |

## League table

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Pos | Team

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1  | Kashiwa Reysol (C, P) | 42  | 25  | 9  | 8  | 85  | 33  | +52  | 84  | Promotion to 2020 J1 League
2  | Yokohama FC (P) | 42  | 23  | 10  | 9  | 66  | 40  | +26  | 79
3  | Omiya Ardija | 42  | 20  | 15  | 7  | 62  | 40  | +22  | 75  | Qualification for promotion play-offs[a]
4  | Tokushima Vortis | 42  | 21  | 10  | 11  | 67  | 45  | +22  | 73
5  | Ventforet Kofu | 42  | 20  | 11  | 11  | 64  | 40  | +24  | 71
6  | Montedio Yamagata | 42  | 20  | 10  | 12  | 59  | 40  | +19  | 70
7  | Mito HollyHock | 42  | 19  | 13  | 10  | 56  | 37  | +19  | 70  |
8  | Kyoto Sanga | 42  | 19  | 11  | 12  | 59  | 56  | +3  | 68
9  | Fagiano Okayama | 42  | 18  | 11  | 13  | 49  | 47  | +2  | 65
10  | Albirex Niigata | 42  | 17  | 11  | 14  | 71  | 52  | +19  | 62
11  | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42  | 15  | 16  | 11  | 58  | 46  | +12  | 61
12  | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42  | 17  | 5  | 20  | 57  | 61  | −4  | 56
13  | Tokyo Verdy | 42  | 14  | 13  | 15  | 59  | 59  | 0  | 55
14  | FC Ryukyu | 42  | 13  | 10  | 19  | 57  | 80  | −23  | 49
15  | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42  | 13  | 8  | 21  | 54  | 70  | −16  | 47
16  | Avispa Fukuoka | 42  | 12  | 8  | 22  | 39  | 62  | −23  | 44
17  | JEF United Chiba | 42  | 10  | 13  | 19  | 46  | 64  | −18  | 43
18  | Machida Zelvia | 42  | 9  | 16  | 17  | 36  | 59  | −23  | 43
19  | Ehime FC | 42  | 12  | 6  | 24  | 46  | 62  | −16  | 42
20  | Tochigi SC | 42  | 8  | 16  | 18  | 33  | 53  | −20  | 40
21  | Kagoshima United (R) | 42  | 11  | 7  | 24  | 41  | 73  | −32  | 40  | Relegation to 2020 J3 League[b]
22  | FC Gifu (R) | 42  | 7  | 9  | 26  | 33  | 78  | −45  | 30

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion play-offs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
2. ^ Direct exchange between J2 and J3 is subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2019 J3 League.

## Positions by round

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Kashiwa Reysol| 4| 3| 3| 2| 2| 4| 3| 4| 4| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 3| 3| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1
Yokohama FC| 18| 21| 17| 19| 13| 18| 12| 12| 15| 12| 12| 14| 14| 12| 13| 12| 11| 14| 14| 13| 12| 9| 8| 7| 6| 4| 5| 4| 4| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 2| 3| 2| 2| 2
Omiya Ardija| 8| 15| 9| 13| 16| 10| 7| 7| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 5| 3| 2| 2| 2| 5| 4| 5| 5| 4| 3| 3| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 5| 2| 2| 3| 4| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3
Tokushima Vortis| 16| 11| 14| 17| 17| 15| 9| 11| 11| 14| 14| 10| 12| 14| 16| 14| 12| 11| 10| 9| 9| 11| 10| 12| 9| 11| 12| 10| 9| 9| 8| 9| 9| 9| 9| 8| 7| 5| 5| 6| 5| 4
Ventforet Kofu| 8| 4| 4| 3| 3| 3| 1| 2| 5| 3| 4| 4| 7| 4| 4| 3| 4| 4| 4| 6| 6| 6| 7| 9| 8| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 8| 8| 8| 6| 7| 9| 8| 8| 7| 6| 5
Montedio Yamagata| 22| 12| 6| 5| 5| 5| 5| 1| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1| 1| 2| 1| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 4| 4| 5| 6| 4| 6| 5| 6| 4| 2| 2| 4| 4| 2| 2| 4| 4| 4| 4| 6
Mito HollyHock| 5| 1| 2| 4| 4| 2| 2| 3| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 1| 2| 1| 3| 3| 3| 4| 5| 3| 3| 3| 5| 6| 5| 6| 5| 3| 5| 4| 6| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6| 4| 8| 7
Kyoto Sanga| 8| 6| 5| 8| 7| 7| 11| 8| 7| 9| 9| 6| 5| 5| 5| 4| 5| 5| 5| 4| 2| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 3| 2| 3| 6| 4| 6| 5| 5| 6| 5| 9| 9| 8| 7| 8
Fagiano Okayama| 18| 12| 15| 10| 6| 6| 10| 10| 11| 8| 8| 11| 12| 11| 11| 10| 8| 8| 9| 11| 10| 7| 6| 6| 7| 8| 9| 9| 10| 10| 9| 7| 7| 7| 8| 9| 8| 7| 7| 9| 9| 9
Albirex Niigata| 8| 5| 8| 6| 8| 13| 8| 9| 10| 11| 10| 8| 10| 13| 15| 16| 14| 13| 13| 12| 11| 12| 13| 13| 13| 9| 10| 12| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13| 12| 12| 11| 12| 11| 11| 10| 11| 10
Zweigen Kanazawa| 8| 16| 19| 11| 15| 9| 6| 6| 8| 7| 6| 5| 4| 7| 8| 8| 9| 9| 7| 8| 7| 8| 11| 10| 11| 10| 8| 8| 8| 8| 10| 10| 10| 11| 11| 12| 10| 10| 10| 11| 10| 11
V-Varen Nagasaki| 5| 7| 10| 14| 11| 17| 20| 20| 13| 10| 10| 12| 9| 8| 7| 6| 6| 6| 8| 7| 8| 10| 9| 8| 10| 12| 11| 13| 12| 11| 11| 11| 11| 10| 10| 10| 11| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12
Tokyo Verdy| 18| 20| 16| 18| 18| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 16| 13| 11| 10| 10| 11| 13| 12| 12| 10| 14| 13| 12| 11| 12| 13| 13| 11| 11| 12| 12| 12| 12| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13| 13
FC Ryukyu| 1| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 4| 5| 6| 6| 7| 9| 8| 9| 9| 9| 10| 10| 11| 14| 13| 14| 14| 14| 15| 17| 15| 16| 16| 19| 15| 16| 15| 14| 15| 15| 15| 15| 15| 15| 14| 14
Renofa Yamaguchi| 17| 22| 12| 16| 21| 20| 21| 21| 19| 15| 17| 20| 19| 20| 21| 20| 20| 19| 17| 16| 15| 15| 15| 15| 16| 14| 16| 14| 15| 15| 16| 14| 14| 15| 14| 14| 14| 14| 14| 14| 15| 15
Avispa Fukuoka| 21| 17| 20| 22| 20| 22| 18| 17| 20| 17| 18| 18| 20| 21| 19| 18| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 19| 21| 19| 19| 19| 18| 19| 19| 17| 19| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 18| 16
JEF United Chiba| 8| 18| 22| 21| 22| 19| 13| 15| 16| 19| 19| 15| 17| 15| 14| 15| 16| 15| 15| 18| 18| 17| 16| 16| 14| 15| 17| 17| 17| 16| 18| 17| 17| 17| 17| 17| 17| 17| 17| 16| 16| 17
Machida Zelvia| 5| 14| 18| 20| 14| 8| 14| 14| 9| 13| 13| 16| 15| 16| 12| 13| 15| 16| 16| 15| 16| 16| 17| 17| 18| 18| 19| 20| 18| 18| 17| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 19| 18
Ehime FC| 8| 7| 11| 9| 10| 16| 19| 13| 14| 16| 15| 17| 21| 17| 17| 19| 17| 17| 19| 17| 17| 18| 18| 18| 17| 16| 14| 15| 14| 14| 14| 15| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16| 16| 17| 17| 19
Tochigi SC| 8| 19| 21| 15| 12| 12| 17| 18| 18| 20| 20| 22| 18| 19| 18| 17| 19| 20| 20| 20| 20| 21| 20| 21| 20| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 21| 20
Kagoshima United| 3| 10| 13| 12| 18| 21| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 21| 16| 18| 20| 21| 18| 18| 18| 19| 19| 20| 19| 20| 21| 20| 20| 18| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 20| 21
FC Gifu| 2| 8| 7| 7| 9| 11| 16| 19| 21| 21| 21| 19| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22| 22

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| Runner-up and qualification for 2020 J1 League
| Qualification for promotion play-offs
| Relegation to 2020 J3 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League

## Promotion–Relegation Playoffs

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In the first two rounds of the 2019 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2019 J1参入プレーオフ), if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best J2 League ranking. In the final match against the J1 team, if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the J1 team wins.

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01 Dec| | | 2nd Round
08 Dec| | | Final
14 Dec
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| J2 (4)| Tokushima Vortis| 1
| | | | J1 (16)| Shonan Bellmare| 1
| J2 (5)| Ventforet Kofu| 1| |
| | | J2 (4)| Tokushima Vortis| 1| | | J2 (4)| Tokushima Vortis| 1
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| J2 (3)| Omiya Ardija| 0| | | |
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### 1st round

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1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

13:05

Omiya Ardija| 0–2| Montedio Yamagata

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| Report | Shinozuka 73' (o.g.)
Yamagishi 82'

NACK5 Stadium Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 10,942

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1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

13:05

Tokushima Vortis| 1–1| Ventforet Kofu

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Buijs 37' | Report | Utaka 39'

Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto, Tokushima

Attendance: 8,418

### 2nd round

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8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

13:05

Tokushima Vortis| 1–0| Montedio Yamagata

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Kawata 53' | Report |

Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto, Tokushima

Attendance: 10,376

### Final

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14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

13:03

Shonan Bellmare| 1–1| Tokushima Vortis

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Matsuda 64' | Report | Suzuki 20'

Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

Attendance: 13,814

Shonan Bellmare remains in J1 League.
Tokushima Vortis remains in J2 League.

## Top scorers

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As of matches played November 24th, 2019.[17]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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|  Leonardo | Albirex Niigata |

|  Michael Olunga | Kashiwa Reysol |

|  Hiroto Goya | V-Varen Nagasaki |

|  Peter Utaka | Ventforet Kofu |

|  Cristiano | Kashiwa Reysol |

|  Ibba | Yokohama FC |

Lee Yong-jae | Fagiano Okayama

|  Kléber | JEF United Chiba |

Kazunari Ichimi | Kyoto Sanga

|  Junki Koike | Tokyo Verdy |

|  Koji Suzuki | FC Ryukyu |

Hayato Nakama | Fagiano Okayama

## Attendances

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

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1  | Albirex Niigata | 304,445  | 20,486  | 8,777  | 14,497 | −2.8%†
2  | JEF United Chiba | 203,725  | 14,950  | 5,885  | 9,701 | −1.6%†
3  | Omiya Ardija | 199,040  | 12,090  | 5,874  | 9,478 | +2.8%†
4  | Kashiwa Reysol | 198,887  | 13,056  | 6,415  | 9,471 | −16.9%†
5  | Fagiano Okayama | 198,331  | 17,288  | 5,298  | 9,444 | +9.8%†
6  | Montedio Yamagata | 174,064  | 18,721  | 5,415  | 8,289 | +22.5%†
7  | Ventforet Kofu | 173,742  | 15,665  | 4,870  | 8,273 | +12.0%†
8  | Kyoto Sanga | 164,845  | 14,069  | 3,385  | 7,850 | +38.6%†
9  | V-Varen Nagasaki | 162,476  | 11,924  | 4,872  | 7,737 | −31.1%†
10  | Yokohama FC | 148,280  | 12,937  | 2,111  | 7,061 | +15.0%†
11  | Avispa Fukuoka | 146,639  | 12,028  | 3,578  | 6,983 | −21.3%†
12  | FC Gifu | 139,526  | 11,787  | 4,212  | 6,644 | −3.1%†
13  | Mito HollyHock | 127,824  | 9,874  | 3,886  | 6,087 | +23.3%†
14  | Kagoshima United | 121,493  | 7,955  | 4,079  | 5,785 | +43.2%‡
15  | Tokushima Vortis | 120,460  | 10,526  | 3,870  | 5,736 | +14.8%†
16  | Renofa Yamaguchi | 112,601  | 12,105  | 3,662  | 5,630 | −8.1%†
17  | Tokyo Verdy | 112,789  | 8,545  | 2,331  | 5,371 | −9.5%†
18  | Zweigen Kanazawa | 109,386  | 13,070  | 2,543  | 5,209 | +15.0%†
19  | Tochigi SC | 108,105  | 8,426  | 3,725  | 5,148 | −9.0%†
20  | FC Ryukyu | 100,409  | 12,019  | 2,428  | 4,953 | +57.4%‡
21  | Machida Zelvia | 99,077  | 8,814  | 3,009  | 4,718 | −4.0%†
22  | Ehime FC | 79,373  | 7,874  | 2,540  | 3,780 | +19.6%†
| League total  | 3,315,234  | 20,486  | 2,111  | 7,176 | +1.8%†

Updated to games played on 24 November 2019
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
† Last year in J1 League。‡ Last year in J3 League。

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