2016 J1 League
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions |
Kashima Antlers 8th J. League title 18th Japanese title |
| Relegated |
Nagoya Grampus Shonan Bellmare Avispa Fukuoka |
| Champions League |
Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka |
| Club World Cup | Kashima Antlers |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 805 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Leandro (Vissel Kobe) Peter Utaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) (19 goals each) |
| Highest attendance | 59,837 Urawa vs Kashima (3 December) |
| Lowest attendance | 5,870 Fukuoka vs Nagoya (2 July) |
| Average attendance | 17,968 |
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All statistics correct as of 3 November 2016.
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| Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship |
| Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship |
| Leader, qualification to 2016 J.League Championship Final and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage | |
| Qualification to 2016 J.League Championship 1st Round and 2017 AFC Champions League group stage / qualifying play-off | |
| Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
The 2016 Meiji Yasuda J1 League season was the 51st season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 24th 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) qualified for the Championship Stage. Kashima Antlers, the winner of the Championship Stage, advanced to the 2016 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 2016 Emperor's Cup qualifies for the Group Stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Since the Emperor's Cup winner would already have qualified for the AFC Champions League, the play-off round spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
Last updated: 25 June 2016
Source: J. League Data Site
Note 1: Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus; Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe) scheduled on 16 April 2016 were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture, and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.
Note 2: Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.
Note 3: Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.
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