Kyoto Sanga

Kyoto Sanga

4th 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 Kashima Antlers 36 +25 70
2 Kashiwa Reysol 36 +23 69
3 Vissel Kobe 36 +15 63
4 Kyoto Sanga 36 +19 62
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshi.. 36 +16 62
6 Kawasaki Frontale 36 +15 57
7 Machida Zelvia 36 +13 57
8 Gamba Osaka 36 -4 54
9 Urawa Red Diamond.. 36 +1 53
10 Cerezo Osaka 36 +7 52
11 FC Tokyo 36 -7 48
12 Avispa Fukuoka 36 -4 45
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 36 -8 44
14 Tokyo Verdy 1969 36 -14 43
15 Fagiano Okayama 36 -9 42
16 Yokohama F. Marin.. 36 -2 40
17 Nagoya Grampus 36 -11 40
18 Yokohama FC 36 -19 32
19 Shonan Bellmare 36 -27 29
20 Albirex Niigata 36 -29 23
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Team Leaders

Top Scorers

# Player Goals M A
9 Papagaio 16 25 4
29 Masaya Okugawa 7 27 2
11 Marco Túlio 6 16 2

Top Assists

# Player Assists M G
14 Taichi Hara 10 32 5
39 Taiki Hirato 6 33 0
22 Hidehiro Sugai 4 35 2