2021 J3 League

The 2021 J3 League, referred to as the 2021 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (Japanese: 2021 明治安田生命J3リーグ, Hepburn: 2021 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J3 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 8th season of J3 League under its current name.

Meiji Yasuda J3 League
Season2021
DatesMarch 13th - December 5th
Relegatednone
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of January 31st, 2021.

Clubs

Template:J3 League map 2021 With no relegations from J2 League in 2020, the number of teams decreased for 2021. On one side, Blaublitz Akita and SC Sagamihara got promoted, with the latter being the last club from the original ones (the clubs which started the maiden season in 2014) promoted from the third division.

2020 was also the last season with U-23 teams, after two separate stints involving youth clubs in the division. First it was about the J. League U-22 Selection in 2014 and 2015, while U-23 teams were involved from 2016 to 2020. Although FC Tokyo U-23 dropped the competition before the start of the 2020 season, Cerezo Osaka U-23 and Gamba Osaka U-23 were disbanded as well at the end of such year.[1]

Last but not least, a new team joined the professional world of Japanese football, since Tegevajaro Miyazaki ended up as runners-up in the table of the JFL and got promoted.[2]

Club NameHome TownStadiumCapacityLast seasonLicence
Azul Claro Numazu Numazu Ashitaka Stadium 10,000 J3（12th） J3
FC Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu[lower-alpha 1] Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium 26,109 J3（5th） J1
FC Imabari Imabari Arigato Service Dream Stadium 5,000 J3（6th） J2
Fukushima United FC Fukushima Toho Stadium 21,000 J3（13th） J3
Gainare Tottori All cities/towns in Tottori [lower-alpha 2] Axis Bird Stadium 16,033 J3（8th） J2
Iwate Grulla Morioka All cities/towns in Iwate Iwagin Stadium 4,946 J3（11th） J3
Kamatamare Sanuki All cities/towns in Kagawa [lower-alpha 3] Pikara Stadium 30,099 J3（16th） J2
Kagoshima United Kagoshima Shiranami Stadium 19,934 J3（4th） J1
Kataller Toyama All cities/towns in Toyama[lower-alpha 4] Toyama Athletic Stadium 25,251 J3（9th） J1
Fujieda MYFC Cities/towns in Shizuoka Prefecture[lower-alpha 5] Fujieda Soccer Field 13,000 J3（10th） J3
Nagano Parceiro Nagano Nagano U Stadium 15,491 J3（3rd） J2
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto, Kumamoto Egao Kenko Stadium 32,000 J3（7th） J1
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Miyazaki & Shintomi, Miyazaki Unilever Stadium Shintomi 5,000 Promoted from JFL（2nd） J3
Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori[lower-alpha 6] Prifoods Stadium 5,200 J3（15th） J3
YSCC Yokohama Yokohama Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 J3（17th） J3
  1. centering on Gifu
  2. centering on Tottori, Yonago, Kurayoshi, Sakaiminato
  3. centering on Takamatsu, Marugame
  4. centering on Toyama
  5. Fujieda, Shimada, Yaizu, Makinohara, Yoshida, Kawanehonmachi
  6. Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Azul Claro Numazu Masataka Imai Masayuki Tokutake Puma
FC Gifu Takayoshi Amma[3] Tadashi Takeda New Balance
FC Imabari Lluís Planagumà Keishi Kusumi Adidas
Fukushima United FC Yu Tokisaki[4] TBA hummel
Gainare Tottori Riki Takagi Masataka Kani Puma
Iwate Grulla Morioka Yutaka Akita Yusuke Muta Under Armour
Kagoshima United FC Arthur Papas[5] Noriyuki Sakemoto Puma
Kamatamare Sanuki Nobuyuki Uenoyama[6] Akira Takeuchi ATHLETA
Kataller Toyama Nobuhiro Ishizaki[7] Yohei Nishibe GOLDWin
Fujieda MYFC Yasuharu Kurata[8] Takuya Sugimoto gol.
Nagano Parceiro Yuji Yokoyama TBA Penalty
Roasso Kumamoto Takeshi Oki Tomotaka Okamoto Puma
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Naruyuki Naito[9] TBA ATHLETA
Vanraure Hachinohe Masahiro Kuzuno[10] Teppei Chikaishi hummel
YSCC Yokohama / Yuki Stalph TBA younger

League table

It was decided on 19 March to change the format regarding the rules for promotion/relegation for the end of the season for the J1, J2 and J3 leagues,[11] such that there would be no relegation this season, that two clubs from the J2 League would be promoted to the 2021 J1 League, and that two clubs from the J3 League would be promoted to the 2021 J2 League (subject to licensing regulations).

FC Tokyo U-23's withdrawal was approved at a board meeting held on 5 June, leaving the J3 League with 18 teams.[12]

Template:2021 J3 League table

See also

References
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