The 2021 J2 League, besides known as the 2021 Meiji Yasuda J2 League ( 2021 明治安田生命J2リーグ, 2021 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 Rīgu ) for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of J2 League, the top japanese professional league for affiliation football clubs, since its administration in 1999. The league started on 27 February 2021 and ended on 5 December. [ 1 ]

Clubs [edit ]

With no relegations from J1 League, the second gear division hosted the like number of teams, since there were besides no relegations to J3 League in 2020, but there were two promotions from the third division. This year, though, saw four relegations to J3 to match the four relegations from J1. Tokushima Vortis left the irregular division after six seasons, coming back to J1, this time winning the title and topping the postpone in 2020. Despite losing in the last peer against rivals and runner-up Avispa Fukuoka, both clubs assured themselves of the promotion to J1 with one game still to be played. [ 2 ] interim, in J3 League, two teams won promotion to J2 : Blaublitz Akita stormed their means to J2, winning their second championship in J3, but this time besides getting promoted to J2 ( unlike what happened in 2017, when they won, but did not hold a J2 license ; this was their first appearance in the second tier since 1986 ). In the end match of the season, SC Sagamihara overwhelm Nagano Parceiro and clinched their beginning forwarding always, leaving the third base division after seven seasons. [ 3 ]

Personnel and kits [edit ]

managerial changes [edit ]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Ehime FC JapanShigenari Izumi Resigned 4 April 2021 4 April 2021 22nd JapanNoritada Saneyoshi 7 April 2021 7 April 2021 [11][5]

Foreign players [edit ]

As of 2021 temper, there are no more restrictions on a number of sign foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad. [ 12 ] Players from J.League spouse nations ( Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar ) are excuse from these restrictions .

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Player’s name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from school in the country.[13]

League postpone [edit ]

Unlike last season, J. League has then decided to have four relegations to balance the count of teams in position for the 2022 season. While in 2020 no relegation was in place, 2021 saw four teams dropped to J3, re-establishing the count of teams in the third base division to at least 17. [ 14 ]
J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
( C ) Champion
Notes: source : Meiji Yasuda J2 League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal remainder ; 3 ) Goals scored ; 4 ) Head-to-head points ; 5 ) neck and neck goal dispute ; 6 ) neck and neck goal scored ; 7 ) Fair-play points.ChampionNotes :

  1. ^ Since Sagamihara did not hold a J1 license, the baseball club was ineligible for promotion to the 2022 J1 League

Season statistics [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

As of September 23rd, 2021.[15]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

See besides [edit ]

League
Cup(s)

References [edit ]