Kyoto Sanga

Kyoto Sanga

1st in Japanese J.League
With J1 League title race wide open, who are the biggest threats to leaders Machida Zelvia? With J1 League title race wide open, who are the biggest threats to leaders Machida Zelvia?

With just five points now separating the top five, the J1 League title race looks set to go down to the wire.

Whatever happened to Japan's 2002 FIFA World Cup stars who formed the first wave to Europe? Whatever happened to Japan's 2002 FIFA World Cup stars who formed the first wave to Europe?

With the retirement of Shinji Ono, only one member from Japan's star-studded 2002 World Cup squad remains active -- but whatever happened to them?

Collection Collection

As J.League celebrates 30th anniversary, Japanese football has certainly come a long way As J.League celebrates 30th anniversary, Japanese football has certainly come a long way

As the J.League celebrates its 30th anniversary, have the first three decades of the professional era in Japanese football been a success?

Japanese J1 League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kyoto Sanga 29 +22 55
2 Kashima Antlers 29 +17 55
3 Kashiwa Reysol 29 +14 54
4 Vissel Kobe 30 +11 54
5 Machida Zelvia 30 +14 51
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshi.. 30 +14 51
7 Kawasaki Frontale 29 +15 48
8 Urawa Red Diamond.. 29 +8 47
9 Gamba Osaka 30 -5 43
10 Cerezo Osaka 29 +5 42
11 Fagiano Okayama 29 -3 39
12 Avispa Fukuoka 29 -2 37
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 -4 36
14 Nagoya Grampus 29 -7 32
15 Tokyo Verdy 1969 28 -12 32
16 FC Tokyo 28 -12 31
17 Yokohama F. Marin.. 29 -12 25
18 Shonan Bellmare 29 -24 25
19 Yokohama FC 29 -17 24
20 Albirex Niigata 29 -22 20
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Team Leaders

Top Scorers

# Player Goals M A
9 Papagaio 16 22 4
29 Masaya Okugawa 7 22 2
11 Marco Túlio 5 13 2

Top Assists

# Player Assists M G
14 Taichi Hara 10 25 4
39 Taiki Hirato 5 26 0
22 Hidehiro Sugai 4 29 0