2015 J. League Division 1
| Season | 2015 |
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| Champions |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3rd J. League title 8th Japanese title |
| Relegated |
Matsumoto Yamaga Montedio Yamagata Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Champions League |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka FC Tokyo |
| Club World Cup | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 820 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Yoshito Okubo (23 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 53,148 Urawa vs Gamba Osaka (2 May) |
| Lowest attendance | 6,100 Yamagata vs Nagoya (29 July) |
| Average attendance | 17,803 |
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All statistics correct as of 22 November 2015.
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| Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship |
| Leader and qualification to 2015 J.League Championship |
| Leader, qualification to 2015 J.League Championship Final and 2016 AFC Champions League group stage | |
| Qualification to 2015 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2015 AFC Champions League group stage / qualifying play-off | |
| Relegation to 2016 J2 League |
The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League season was the 50th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 23rd since the establishment of the J.League in 1993.
For a five-year period starting in 2015, the J.League changed to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third and final championship stage. The winners of the first and second stages and the highest ranking club of the aggregate table (other than the first or second stage winners) will qualify for the Championship Stage. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Championship Stage and advanced to the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup as the host nation's entrant.
Teams play a single round-robin in the first stage and a single round-robin in the second stage. After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the first and second stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings advance to the championship stage. The team that finishes atop the overall table automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final.
1The winner of the 2015 Emperor's Cup qualifies for the Group Stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner was Gamba Osaka who were the third-placed team, the Qualifying Play-off spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
Last updated: 27 June 2015
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Matchday 10 results for 2015 AFC Champions League Participants (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka vs. Kashima Antlers), held on 3 June 2015, are included in Matchday 15 ranking.
Note 2: Matchday 13 results for 2015 AFC Champions League quarterfinalists (Kashiwa Reysol vs. Gamba Osaka), held on 23 June 2015, are included in Matchday 17 ranking.
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