| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| 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 Ōkubo (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. | |
The 2015 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2015 明治安田生命J1リーグ) season[1] was the 50th season of top-flight football in Japan and the 23rd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. This was first season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.
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.