2019 J1 League

The 2019 J1 League, also known as the 2019 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2019 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2019 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the J1 League – the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. This was fifth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Season	2019
Champions	Yokohama F. Marinos 4th J. League title 6th Japanese title
Relegated	Matsumoto Yamaga Júbilo Iwata
AFC Champions League	Yokohama F. Marinos FC Tokyo Kashima Antlers Vissel Kobe
Matches played	306
Goals scored	797 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcos Júnior Teruhito Nakagawa (15 goals each)
Highest attendance	63,854 Yokohama F. Marinos v FC Tokyo (07 December 2019)
Lowest attendance	6,491 Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Shonan Bellmare (14 June 2019)
Total attendance	6,349,681
Average attendance	20,751
← 2018 2020 →

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.

Clubs

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

Greater Tokyo Area†

Júbilo Iwata

Keihanshin‡

Shimizu S-Pulse

Sagan Tosu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Vegalta Sendai

Matsumoto Yamaga

Oita Trinita

Nagoya Grampus

† Greater Tokyo teams

• FC Tokyo
• Kawasaki Frontale
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Shonan Bellmare
• Yokohama F. Marinos
• Kashima Antlers

‡ Keihanshin teams

• Cerezo Osaka
• Gamba Osaka
• Vissel Kobe

Locations of the 2019 J1 League teams

Kashima Antlers

Urawa Red Diamonds

FC Tokyo

Kawasaki Frontale

Shonan Bellmare

Yokohama F. Marinos

Greater Tokyo Area J1 League teams

A total of 18 clubs contested the league. There were only two changes from 2018, since Kashiwa Reysol and V-Varen Nagasaki were relegated to the 2019 J2 League while Júbilo Iwata defeated Tokyo Verdy in the promotion/relegation play-off. 2018 J2 League champions Matsumoto Yamaga returned to the J1 League after three seasons of absence, while Oita Trinita returned to the top tier after six seasons.^[1]

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido	Sapporo Dome Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium	41,484 20,861	J1 (4th)
Vegalta Sendai	Miyagi Prefecture	Yurtec Stadium Sendai	19,694	J1 (11th)
Kashima Antlers	Ibaraki Prefecture	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728	J1 (3rd)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Prefecture	Saitama Stadium 2002	63,700	J1 (5th)
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970	J1 (6th)
Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa Prefecture	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232	J1 (champions)
Yokohama F. Marinos		Nissan Stadium Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium	72,327 15,046	J1 (12th)
Shonan Bellmare		Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka	18,500	J1 (13th)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka Prefecture	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339	J1 (8th)
Júbilo Iwata		Yamaha Stadium	15,165	J1 (16th)
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi Prefecture	Paloma Mizuho Stadium Toyota Stadium	27,001 45,000	J1 (15th)
Gamba Osaka	Osaka Prefecture	Panasonic Stadium Suita	39,694	J1 (9th)
Cerezo Osaka		Yanmar Stadium Nagai Kincho Stadium	47,853 18,007	J1 (7th)
Vissel Kobe	Hyōgo Prefecture	Noevir Stadium Kobe	30,134	J1 (10th)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima Prefecture	Edition Stadium Hiroshima	36,894	J1 (2nd)
Sagan Tosu	Saga Prefecture	Best Amenity Stadium	24,130	J1 (14th)
Matsumoto Yamaga	Nagano Prefecture	Sunpro Alwin	20,396	J2 (champions)
Oita Trinita	Ōita Prefecture	Ōita Bank Dome	31,997	J2 (2nd)

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Cerezo Osaka	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Hiroshi Kiyotake	Puma	Yanmar
FC Tokyo	Kenta Hasegawa	Keigo Higashi	Umbro	XFLAG
Gamba Osaka	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	Genta Miura	Umbro	Panasonic
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Mihailo Petrović	Hiroki Miyazawa	Kappa	Ishiya
Júbilo Iwata	Fernando Jubero	Nagisa Sakurauchi	Puma	Yamaha
Kashima Antlers	Go Oiwa	Atsuto Uchida	Nike	Lixil
Kawasaki Frontale	Toru Oniki	Yu Kobayashi	Puma	Fujitsu
Matsumoto Yamaga	Yasuharu Sorimachi	Yuya Hashiuchi	Adidas	Epson
Nagoya Grampus	Massimo Ficcadenti	Yuichi Maruyama	Mizuno	Toyota
Oita Trinita	Tomohiro Katanosaka	Yoshinori Suzuki[2]	Puma	Daihatsu Kyushu
Sagan Tosu	Kim Myung-hwi	Akito Fukuta	New Balance	DHC
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshi Jofuku	Toshihiro Aoyama	Nike	EDION
Shimizu S-Pulse	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	Ryo Takeuchi	Puma	Suzuyo
Shonan Bellmare	Bin Ukishima	Kazunari Ono	Penalty	Meldia
Urawa Red Diamonds	Tsuyoshi Otsuki	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	Nike	Polus
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Kazuki Oiwa	Adidas	Iris Ohyama
Vissel Kobe	Thorsten Fink	Andrés Iniesta	Asics	Rakuten
Yokohama F. Marinos	Ange Postecoglou	Takuya Kida	Adidas	Nissan

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Vissel Kobe	Juan Manuel Lillo	Mutual consent	17 April 2019[3]	Takayuki Yoshida	17 April 2019[4]
Sagan Tosu	Lluís Carreras		5 May 2019[5]	Kim Myung-hwi	7 May 2019[6]
Shimizu S-Pulse	Jan Jönsson		12 May 2019[7]	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	14 May 2019[8]
Urawa Red Diamonds	Oswaldo de Oliveira		28 May 2019[9]	Tsuyoshi Otsuki	28 May 2019[10]
Vissel Kobe	Takayuki Yoshida		8 June 2019[11]	Thorsten Fink	8 June 2019[12]
Júbilo Iwata	Hiroshi Nanami		30 June 2019[13]	Hideto Suzuki	1 July 2019[14]
Júbilo Iwata	Hideto Suzuki	Resigned for health reasons	15 August 2019[15]	Fernando Jubero	20 August 2019[16]
Nagoya Grampus	Yahiro Kazama	Sacked	23 September 2019[17]	Massimo Ficcadenti	23 September 2019[18]
Shonan Bellmare	Cho Kwi-jae	Resigned from mid-term	8 October 2019[19]	Bin Ukishima	10 October 2019[20]

Foreign players

As of 2019 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.^[21] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.

• Players marked in bold indicate the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players marked in ITALICS indicate the players that left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former players
Cerezo Osaka	Leandro Desábato[22]	Pierce Waring[23]	Bruno Mendes[24]	Souza[25]	Matej Jonjić[26]	Kim Jin-hyeon[27]
FC Tokyo	Arthur Silva[28]	Diego Oliveira[29]	Jael[30]	Na Sang-ho[31]	Oh Jae-suk[32]	Yu In-soo[33]	Nattawut Suksum[34]		Jang Hyun-soo
Gamba Osaka	Ademilson	Patric[35]	Kim Young-gwon[36]	David Concha[37]	Markel Susaeta				Hwang Ui-jo Oh Jae-suk
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Anderson Lopes[38]	Lucas Fernandes[39]	Jay Bothroyd[40]	Gu Sung-yun[40]	Kim Min-tae[40]	Chanathip Songkrasin[40]
Júbilo Iwata	Adaílton	Fábio	Lukian[41]	Lorenzo Ebecilio[42]	Krzysztof Kamiński	Fozil Musaev			Gerson Rodrigues Eren Albayrak
Kashima Antlers	Bueno[43]	Leandro	Léo Silva	Serginho	Jung Seung-hyun	Kwoun Sun-tae
Kawasaki Frontale	Jesiel[44]	Leandro Damião[45]	Maguinho[46]	Jung Sung-ryong[47]					Caio César
Matsumoto Yamaga	Eduardo[48]	Paulinho[49]	Serginho[49]	Isma	Goh Dong-min[49]	Jo Jin-woo[49]			Leandro Pereira
Nagoya Grampus	Mitchell Langerak[50]	Eduardo Neto[51]	Gabriel Xavier[52]	Jô[53]	João Schmidt[54]				Mateus
Oita Trinita	Mun Kyung-gun[55]	Thitipan Puangchan[56]
Sagan Tosu	Tiago Alves	An Yong-woo[57]	Cho Dong-geon[58]	Kim Min-ho	Park Jeong-su[59]	Isaac Cuenca[60]			Víctor Ibarbo Karlo Bručić Nino Galović Fernando Torres
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Douglas Vieira[61]	Leandro Pereira	Rhayner[62]	Emil Salomonsson[63]					Patric Besart Berisha
Shimizu S-Pulse	Douglas[64]	Elsinho[65]	Junior Dutra	Renato Augusto[66]	Jong Tae-se[67]	Hwang Seok-ho[64]			Wanderson
Shonan Bellmare	Crislan[68]	Freire[69]	Ömer Tokaç[70]						Lelêu Rafael Dumas
Urawa Red Diamonds	Ewerton[71]	Fabrício	Maurício Antônio	Quenten Martinus					Andrew Nabbout
Vegalta Sendai	Diogo Acosta[72]	Ramon Lopes[73]	Simão Mate Junior[74]	Ryang Yong-gi[75]	Jakub Słowik[76]	Kim Jung-ya[77]
Vissel Kobe	Thomas Vermaelen	Dankler[78]	Wellington	Lukas Podolski	Joan Oumari[79]	Andrés Iniesta	David Villa[80]	Sergi Samper[81]	Kim Seung-gyu
Yokohama F. Marinos	Edigar Junio[82]	Erik	Marcos Júnior[83]	Mateus	Thiago Martins[84]	Dušan Cvetinović[84]	Park Il-gyu[85]	Theerathon Bunmathan[86]	Ippey Shinozuka

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yokohama F. Marinos (C)	34	22	4	8	68	38	+30	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	FC Tokyo	34	19	7	8	46	29	+17	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	9	7	54	30	+24	63
4	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	12	6	57	34	+23	60
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	5	11	39	25	+14	59
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	45	29	+16	55
7	Gamba Osaka	34	12	11	11	54	48	+6	47
8	Vissel Kobe	34	14	5	15	61	59	+2	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a]
9	Oita Trinita	34	12	11	11	35	35	0	47
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	13	7	14	54	49	+5	46
11	Vegalta Sendai	34	12	5	17	38	45	−7	41
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	6	17	45	69	−24	39
13	Nagoya Grampus	34	9	10	15	45	50	−5	37
14	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	9	10	15	34	50	−16	37
15	Sagan Tosu	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36
16	Shonan Bellmare (O)	34	10	6	18	40	63	−23	36	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Matsumoto Yamaga (R)	34	6	13	15	21	40	−19	31	Relegation to J2 League
18	Júbilo Iwata (R)	34	8	7	19	29	51	−22	31

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Vissel Kobe qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 Emperor's Cup winners.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	2	3	7	8	5	5	9	8	6	7	6	5	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
FC Tokyo	10	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Kashima Antlers	15	14	8	5	7	6	6	5	9	8	5	5	6	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3
Kawasaki Frontale	10	11	13	13	10	10	8	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	6	4	4	4	4	4
Cerezo Osaka	5	10	14	14	12	11	13	14	13	11	10	11	9	9	10	9	7	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	5
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	11	7	4	3	1	1	2	3	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	6	6	6	6
Gamba Osaka	14	5	11	9	11	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	16	15	17	14	13	14	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	12	14	12	9	9	9	9	9	7
Vissel Kobe	16	9	5	6	4	7	10	11	12	13	13	15	13	13	11	13	11	13	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8
Oita Trinita	4	8	6	3	6	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	9
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	17	7	4	10	13	15	11	8	7	5	6	7	8	7	7	5	6	6	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	6	10
Vegalta Sendai	10	15	16	18	18	16	17	17	16	17	14	16	18	16	13	11	10	11	13	13	12	14	14	15	15	14	12	14	11	12	11	11	11	11
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	16	17	17	17	18	16	13	14	16	17	18	17	18	15	12	14	12	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	10	10	11	13	13	15	15	15	12
Nagoya Grampus	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	13
Urawa Red Diamonds	10	17	10	8	9	9	7	6	5	9	9	10	11	10	9	10	12	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	15	13	10	12	9	13	13	13	14
Sagan Tosu	18	18	18	15	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	17	18	18	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15
Shonan Bellmare	2	6	12	11	5	8	9	12	10	10	11	9	10	11	12	15	15	15	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Matsumoto Yamaga	6	4	9	12	14	12	12	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17
Júbilo Iwata	6	11	15	16	16	13	14	16	17	14	15	12	15	14	16	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Qualification to Relegation play-off
	Relegation to J2 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Promotion–relegation playoffs

This section is transcluded from 2019 J2 League. (edit | history)

In the first two rounds of the 2019 J.League J1/J2 Play-Offs (2019 J1参入プレーオフ), if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best J2 League ranking. In the final match against the J1 team, if the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the J1 team wins.

1st Round 01 Dec

2nd Round 08 Dec

Final 14 Dec

J2 (4)

Tokushima Vortis

1

J1 (16)

Shonan Bellmare

1

J2 (5)

Ventforet Kofu

1

J2 (4)

Tokushima Vortis

1

J2 (4)

Tokushima Vortis

1

J2 (6)

Montedio Yamagata

0

J2 (3)

Omiya Ardija

0

J2 (6)

Montedio Yamagata

2

Shonan Bellmare remains in J1 League.
Tokushima Vortis remains in J2 League.

Results table

Home \ Away	ANT	BEL	CER	CON	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	JUB	RED	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	TRI	VEG	VIS	YAM
Kashima Antlers	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	5–0
Shonan Bellmare	3–2	—	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–5	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–6	2–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Cerezo Osaka	0–1	1–0	—	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–3	5–2	0–1	—	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	3–1	1–2	4–2	—	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0
Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–0
Gamba Osaka	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–3	2–2	—	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–4	4–1
Nagoya Grampus	0–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–5	3–0	2–2	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–1
Júbilo Iwata	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	—	2–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Sagan Tosu	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–4	1–0	3–3	—	0–2	4–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–6	1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	6–2	1–0
Shimizu S-Pulse	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–8	3–2	0–4	2–4	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	—	0–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	1–0
FC Tokyo	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	—	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0
Oita Trinita	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	0–1
Vegalta Sendai	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–3	0–1
Vissel Kobe	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	5–3	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	—	2–1
Matsumoto Yamaga	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	—

Source: 2019 J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[87]
1	Marcos Júnior	Yokohama F. Marinos	15
	Teruhito Nakagawa
3	Diego Oliveira	FC Tokyo	14
	Douglas	Shimizu S-Pulse
5	Musashi Suzuki	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	13
	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale
	David Villa	Vissel Kobe
8	Serginho	Kashima Antlers	12
	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds
10	Edigar Junio	Yokohama F. Marinos	11

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Anderson Lopes4	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–2 (H)	9 March 2019
Jay Bothroyd			8–0 (A)	17 August 2019
Lukas Podolski	Vissel Kobe	Júbilo Iwata	4–1 (H)	7 December 2019

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	581,135	54,599	19,698	34,184	−3.7%†
2	FC Tokyo	536,187	42,401	22,302	31,540	+19.3%†
3	Gamba Osaka	471,034	37,334	17,727	27,708	+18.0%†
4	Nagoya Grampus	469,397	42,975	14,651	27,612	+12.0%†
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	459,168	63,854	11,186	27,010	+24.0%†
6	Kawasaki Frontale	395,619	25,789	19,556	23,272	+0.2%†
7	Cerezo Osaka	365,810	42,221	12,044	21,518	+14.4%†
8	Vissel Kobe	365,349	25,929	17,708	21,491	−0.6%†
9	Kashima Antlers	349,678	34,312	10,208	20,569	+5.8%†
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	319,053	35,531	6,836	18,768	+3.0%†
11	Matsumoto Yamaga	296,079	19,744	14,078	17,416	+31.1%†
12	Oita Trinita	260,893	28,574	9,031	15,347	+72.3%†
13	Júbilo Iwata	259,709	31,144	9,416	15,277	−1.3%†
14	Sagan Tosu	255,845	23,055	8,698	15,050	+0.3%†
15	Shimizu S-Pulse	255,735	18,246	11,028	15,043	+0.3%†
16	Vegalta Sendai	254,503	19,503	10,931	14,971	−2.8%†
17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	236,063	29,666	6,491	13,886	−3.2%†
18	Shonan Bellmare	218,424	14,246	9,290	12,848	+6.0%†
	League total	6,349,681	54,599	6,491	20,751	+8.8%†

Updated to games played on 7 December 2019
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Promoted from J2.。

Awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Year	Tomohiro Katanosaka	Oita Trinita
Most Valuable Player	Teruhito Nakagawa	Yokohama F. Marinos
Rookie of the Year	Ao Tanaka	Kawasaki Frontale
Top Scorer	Marcos Júnior Teruhito Nakagawa	Yokohama F. Marinos

J.League Best XI

Attack	Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos)			Diego Oliveira (FC Tokyo)			Kensuke Nagai (FC Tokyo)
Midfield	Takuya Kida (Yokohama F. Marinos)		Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo)		Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe)		Teruhito Nakagawa (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Defence	Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo)			Thiago Martins (Yokohama F. Marinos)			Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Goalkeeper	Akihiro Hayashi (FC Tokyo)

Hayashi

Morishige

Martins

Muroya

Nakagawa

Kida

Hashimoto

Iniesta

Júnior

Oliveira

Nagai

2019 J1 League Best XI

See also

• List of J1 League football transfers summer 2019