2019 J1 League
The 2019 J1 League, also known as the 2019 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2019 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Positions by round
Promotion–relegation playoffs
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.
| 1st Round 01 Dec | 2nd Round 08 Dec | Final 14 Dec | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 0 | |||||||||||
| J2 (3) | Omiya Ardija | 0 | |||||||||||
| J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 2 | |||||||||||
Shonan Bellmare remains in J1 League.
Tokushima Vortis remains in J2 League.
Results table
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals
