2022 J1 League

J1 League
Season2022
Dates18 February – 5 November
ChampionsYokohama F. Marinos
5th J1 title
7th Japanese title
RelegatedShimizu S-Pulse
Júbilo Iwata
Champions LeagueYokohama F. Marinos
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches played306
Goals scored769 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerThiago Santana
(14 goals)
Biggest home winSagan Tosu 5–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
(19 March 2022)

Sagan Tosu 5–0 FC Tokyo
(26 June 2022)
Biggest away winJúbilo Iwata 0–6 Urawa Red Diamonds
(13 August 2022)
Highest scoringKashiwa Reysol 3–6 FC Tokyo
(27 August 2022)
Longest winning run6 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest winless run11 matches
Vissel Kobe
Longest losing run4 matches
Gamba Osaka
Júbilo Iwata
Vissel Kobe
Highest attendance56,131[1]
Shimizu S-Pulse 3–5 Yokohama F. Marinos
(2 July 2022)
Lowest attendance3,988[1]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
(6 April 2022)
Total attendance4,384,401[1]
Average attendance14,328[1]
2021
2023

The 2022 J1 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was eighth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions, having won their fourth and second consecutive title in 2021 with four rounds to play.[2] Yokohama F. Marinos reclaimed the trophy, winning its fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title on the final day of the season.[3][4] Brazilian forward Thiago Santana scored 14 goals for Shimizu S-Pulse, the least number of goals from a player who became the league top scorer and the first to also suffer relegation in the same season.

  1. ^ a b c d "2022 J1リーグ入場者数" [2022 J1 League attendance]. J-League.or.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Football: Kawasaki retain Japanese title despite late Urawa equaliser". The Straits Times. 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pisani, Sacha (5 November 2022). "We created history: Muscat follows in the footsteps of Postecoglou to win the J1 League!". KeepUp.com.au. Australian Professional Leagues Company. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ Orlowitz, Dan (5 November 2022). "Yokohama F. Marinos win fifth J1 title after tense battle on season's last day". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 November 2022.