2023 J1 League

J1 League
Season2023
Dates17 February – 3 December 2023
ChampionsVissel Kobe
1st J1 title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedYokohama FC
Champions League EliteVissel Kobe
Yokohama F. Marinos
Champions League TwoSanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played306
Goals scored777 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerAnderson Lopes
Yuya Osako
(22 goals each)
Biggest home winYokohama F. Marinos 5–0 Yokohama FC
(8 April 2023)
Biggest away winShonan Bellmare 0–6 Sagan Tosu
(24 June 2023)
Highest scoringKashiwa Reysol 4–5 HC Sapporo
(3 June 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers
Nagoya Grampus
Urawa Red Diamonds
Longest winless run15 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run7 matches
Gamba Osaka
Highest attendance57,058[1]
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Albirex Niigata
(5 August 2023)
Lowest attendance3,935[1]
Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(15 April 2023)
Total attendance5,811,987[1]
Average attendance18,993[1]
2022
2024

The 2023 J1 League, also known as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the ninth season of J1 League after being renamed from J. League Division 1.

Yokohama F. Marinos were the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title in 2022 in the final match of the season.[2][3] Vissel Kobe won their first ever league title with one game to go.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Attendance Record". Data.J-League.or.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Vissel Kobe win 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League title". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.