2010 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season2010
ChampionsNagoya Grampus
1st J. League title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedFC Tokyo
Kyoto Sanga
Shonan Bellmare
Champions LeagueNagoya Grampus
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Kashima Antlers
Matches played306
Goals scored813 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerJoshua Kennedy, Ryoichi Maeda (17 goals total)
Highest attendance55,410 (Round 10,
Red Diamonds vs. Grampus)
Lowest attendance5,334 (Round 11,
Sanfrecce vs. Cerezo)
Average attendance18,428
2009
2011

The 2010 J.League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4.[1]

A total of eighteen clubs participated in double round-robin format. At the end of the season, top three clubs received automatic qualification to the following years' AFC Champions League. Also the bottom three clubs were relegated to J2 League by default.

Nagoya Grampus won their first Japanese championship. This was also the first time since the advent of the J.League that the top scorer scored less than 20 goals; the honour of scoring 17 goals was shared between Nagoya's Joshua Kennedy and Júbilo Iwata's Ryoichi Maeda. Additionally, this was also the first Japanese top division season in which clubs from the Kantō region did not place among the top three.

  1. ^ "J-League to kick off season March 6".[permanent dead link]