2022 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League
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The 2022 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2022) is the 33rd season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 12nd after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 1st season with 24 clubs participating in the league.
Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 3 April – 4 December |
Champions | Sagan Tosu (1st title) |
Relegated | JFA Academy Fukushima Kiryu Daiichi HS Cerezo Osaka Shimizu S-Pulse Gamba Osaka |
Matches played | 484 |
Goals scored | 911 (1.88 per match) |
Top goalscorer | East: Kotaro Uchino (21 goals) West: Shinnosuke Kinoshita (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | East: Yokohama F. Marinos 7–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi HS (8 May 2022) West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka (30 October 2022) |
Biggest away win | East: Yokohama FC 0–8 Kawasaki Frontale (18 June 2022) West: Higashi Fukuoka HS 0–7 Cerezo Osaka (24 April 2022) |
Highest scoring | East: Kiryu Daiichi HS 3–6 Yokohama FC (26 June 2022) West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka (30 October 2022) |
← 2021 2023 → |
Aomori Yamada High School were the defending champions, winning the 2020 title. In 2021, they even qualified to the Premier League Final, but it ended up cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions.[1]
On this 2022 edition, "West" champions Sagan Tosu won past the "East" champions Kawasaki Frontale in the Final by 3–2, earning them the first Premier League title, becoming the first team from Saga Prefecture to do so, in the process.