2022 J2 League

J2 League
Season2022
Dates19 February – 23 October
ChampionsAlbirex Niigata
2nd J2 title
2nd D2 title
PromotedAlbirex Niigata
Yokohama FC
RelegatedFC Ryukyu
Iwate Grulla Morioka
Champions LeagueVentforet Kofu
Matches played462
Goals scored1,136 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerKoki Ogawa (26 goals)
Biggest home winTokushima Vortis 5–0 Iwate Grulla Morioka
(20 April 2022)
Biggest away winThespakusatsu Gunma 1–6 Renofa Yamaguchi
(24 September 2022)
Highest scoringFC Ryukyu 2–5 Tokyo Verdy
(30 March 2022)
Albirex Niigata 4−3 Tokyo Verdy
(8 May 2022)
Ventforet Kofu 5–2 FC Ryukyu
(6 August 2022)
Roasso Kumamoto 3–4 Yokohama FC
(23 October 2022)
Longest winning run6 matches
Tokyo Verdy
Longest unbeaten run19 matches
Tokushima Vortis
Longest winless run12 matches
Blaublitz Akita
Longest losing run7 matches
Iwate Grulla Morioka
Ventforet Kofu
Highest attendance32,979
Albirex Niigata 3–0 Vegalta Sendai
(8 October 2022)
Lowest attendance608
FC Ryukyu 0–1 Blaublitz Akita
(3 September 2022)
Total attendance2,318,829
Average attendance5,019
2021
2023

The 2022 J2 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J2リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999.