2014_J._League_Division_2

2014 J.League Division 2

2014 J.League Division 2

Football league season


The 2014 J.League Division 2 season was the 43rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season commenced on 2 March and ended on 23 November. Post-season promotion and relegation playoffs will be played until 7 December.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Clubs

Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning a promotion as champions and runners-up respectively. Fourth-placed Tokushima Vortis won the promotion playoffs and become the very first Shikoku club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Japan Soccer League, the first amateur nationwide football league in Japan. Shonan Bellmare and Oita Trinita were relegated from the first division immediately after promotion, and Júbilo Iwata have suffered their debut relegation after 20 years in the first division.

On the other end of the table, Kamatamare Sanuki have been promoted from 2013 Japan Football League, replacing Gainare Tottori whom they defeated in the J2–JFL playoffs.

On 29 September the J.League licensing board issued J1 licenses to all J2 clubs except Mito HollyHock, FC Gifu, and Giravanz Kitakyushu.[1] This means these three clubs are not eligible to play in J1 for 2015 season and therefore cannot be promoted directly or via playoffs.

The participating clubs are listed in the following table:

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Foreign players

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2014. Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. 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. The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League

Results

More information Home \ Away, AVI ...
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2014. Source: J. League data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion Playoffs to Division 1

2014 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2014 J1昇格プレーオフ)
Because Giravanz Kitakyushu did not obtain J1 license for 2015 season, they were ineligible to participate in the playoffs. Thus, JEF United Chiba who finished third in the season received a bye into the final.

Semifinal Final
3 JEF United Chiba 0
4 Júbilo Iwata 1 6 Montedio Yamagata 1
6 Montedio Yamagata 2

Semifinal


More information Júbilo Iwata, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 11,239
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Final


More information JEF United Chiba, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 35,504
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Montedio Yamagata were promoted to J1 League.

J3 Relegation Playoffs

2014 J2/J3 Play-Offs (2014 J2・J3入れ替え戦)

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

More information Nagano Parceiro, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 8,944
Referee: Itaru Hirose

More information Kamatamare Sanuki, 1–0 ...

Kamatamare Sanuki remains in J2 League.
Nagano Parceiro remains in J3 League.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data

Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014
Source: J. League data
Notes:
Team played previous season in J1.
Team played previous season in JFL.


References

  1. クラブライセンス交付第一審機関(FIB)決定による 2015シーズン Jリーグクラブライセンス交付について [J.League licensing for 2015 season.] (in Japanese). J.League. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

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