2023 J1 League
The 2023 J1 League, also known as the  for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was ninth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1. Yokohama F. Marinos are the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title in 2022 in the final match of the season. Overview
This season is expected to be the last as a 18 teams competition. At the end of season, only one club will be relegated to the J2 League as the number of clubs will be expanded from 18 to 20 clubs from the 2024 season. Changes from the previous season
There were two teams relegated last season to the 2023 J2 League. Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata, both from Shizuoka Prefecture, were relegated due to them finishing 17th and 18th respectively the previous season. Thus, this is the first Japanese top-flight season to not feature any team from the region. Kyoto Sanga finished on 16th place, but won the promotion/relegation playoffs against Roasso Kumamoto and thus retained their top league status. Had Roasso won, it would have been their first ever promotion to the top-flight. Two teams were promoted from the 2022 J2 League: Albirex Niigata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a five-year absence, and Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing on the J2 League. Participating clubs

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players
From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country. League table

Results table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player
 Most yellow cards: 9
 Takuma Arano (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)

 Most red cards: 2
 José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds)
 Yoichi Naganuma (Sagan Tosu)
 Diego Pituca (Kashima Antlers)
 Yugo Tatsuta (Kashiwa Reysol)
 Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga)

Club
 Most yellow cards: 58
FC Tokyo
 Most red cards: 5
Kashima Antlers
Kawasaki Frontale

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

 2023 Avispa Fukuoka season

 2023 Gamba Osaka season

 2023 Kashima Antlers season

 2023 Kawasaki Frontale season

 2023 Nagoya Grampus season

 2023 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

 2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season
 2023 Vissel Kobe season
2023 Yokohama FC season
 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos season

References

External links 
 English official website
 Japanese official website
 J.League Data Site 
 J.League Data Site 

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