24th season of J1 League
The 2016 Meiji Yasuda J1 League ( 2016 明治安田生命J1リーグ ) season was the 51st season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 24th since the institution of the J.League in 1993. For a five-year period starting in 2015, the J.League changed to a newly conceived multistage system, with the year split into two halves and a third base and concluding championship stage. The winners of the first and irregular stages and the highest rate golf club of the aggregate table ( other than the first or second phase winners ) qualified for the Championship Stage. Kashima Antlers, the winner of the Championship Stage, advanced to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup as the horde nation ‘s entrant .

Clubs [edit ]

managerial changes [edit ]

Foreign players [edit ]

format [edit ]

Teams play a single round-robin in the beginning stage and a single round-robin in the second stage. [ 12 ] After that an overall table is calculated and a championship stage is played. The winners of the foremost and second base stages and any team that finishes in the top 3 of the overall rankings boost to the backing degree. The team that finishes atop the overall postpone automatically qualifies for the final, while the remaining teams play-off for the other spot in the final.

Reading: 2016 J1 League

League table [edit ]

first stage [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated beginning : 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 1st Stage League table Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Goals scored.Qualified to the phase indicated

second stage [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
( Q ) Qualified to the phase indicated reservoir : 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 2nd Stage League postpone Rules for categorization : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Goals scored.Qualified to the phase indicated

overall table [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
( C ) Champion; ( radius ) Relegated
Notes: source : Meiji Yasuda J1 League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal difference ; 3 ) Goals scored.Champion ; RelegatedNotes :

Positions by round [edit ]

first stagecoach [edit ]

Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship
Notes:

  1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus; Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe) scheduled on 16 April 2016 were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture, and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.
  2. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.
  3. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

source : J. League Data Site Notes :

second degree [edit ]

Leader and qualification to 2016 J.League Championship

overall [edit ]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334Urawa Red Diamonds2722133111123333333333222222221111Kawasaki Frontale5311211222211112211111111111112222Kashima Antlers5273322333332221122222333333333333Gamba Osaka131247128889111086886665667655554444544Omiya Ardija513101066655544445556778888777776455Kashiwa Reysol1018171716149744455567778885577666655688Sanfrecce Hiroshima131616117105477668654444444444445567866Vissel Kobe185136557101087710109101291011911101211999988977Yokohama F. Marinos1316115444589910977911875567668888997910FC Tokyo13849691112131312121211121191099101312101212111010101010109Sagan Tosu28111314161616141416161617151315131312131091110111011111112121111Vegalta Sendai584713151515161714141312108101212131291199101212121211111212Júbilo Iwata138912117109668979111281111101112131313131313131313131313Ventforet Kofu16815151212131112131314141417171717171715151515151515141414141414Albirex Niigata213141491314141515151515151615131415151514141414141414151515151515Nagoya Grampus549481113111210111111131314141516161617161616161616161616161616Shonan Bellmare10141516171818181816171818161716161614141416171717171717181717171717Avispa Fukuoka10151818181717171718181717181818181818181818181818181818171818181818
Notes:

  1. Two games for Matchday 7 (Avispa Fukuoka vs. Nagoya Grampus; Sagan Tosu vs. Vissel Kobe) scheduled on 16 April 2016 were affected by the series of earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture, and thus postponed and rescheduled on 2 June 2016. Results of these matches were included in Matchday 15 ranking.
  2. Matchday 10 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Participants (FC Tokyo vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Gamba Osaka vs. Urawa Red Diamonds), held on 15 June 2016, were included in Matchday 16 ranking.
  3. Matchday 13 results for 2016 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage Participants (Urawa Red Diamonds vs. FC Tokyo), held on 22 June 2016, were included in Matchday 17 ranking.

source : J. League Data Site Notes :

backing stage [edit ]

The Championship phase consisted of a knockout tournament involving the champions of the First and Second stages, and any team that finishes in the peak 3 of the overall table. The team with the best aggregate phonograph record earned a bye to the final examination. The remaining teams playoff for the other spot in the final examination .

Results [edit ]

inaugural stage [edit ]

second stage [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016 generator : J. League Data Site

Awards [edit ]

individual [edit ]

Best eleven [edit ]

source : [ 13 ]

Attendances [edit ]

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and off season. The mesa does not include the Championship stages attendances .
Updated to games played on 3 November 2016
Source : J. League Data
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2 .

References [edit ]

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