2019 J1 League

The 2019 J1 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the J1 League – the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. This was fifth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.

Clubs

A total of 18 clubs contested the league. There were only two changes from 2018, since Kashiwa Reysol and V-Varen Nagasaki were relegated to the 2019 J2 League while Júbilo Iwata defeated Tokyo Verdy in the promotion/relegation play-off. 2018 J2 League champions Matsumoto Yamaga returned to the J1 League after three seasons of absence, while Oita Trinita returned to the top tier after six seasons.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

As of 2019 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 marked in bold indicate the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players marked in ITALICS indicate the players that left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

League table

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Positions by round

Promotion–relegation playoffs

Shonan Bellmare remains in J1 League.<br />Tokushima Vortis remains in J2 League.

Results table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Note

⁴ <small>Player scored 4 goals</small>

Attendances

Awards

See also

• List of J1 League football transfers summer 2019

References