2019 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2019 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 2019, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2019) was the 31st season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 10th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League

Season	2019
Dates	6 April – 8 December
Champions	Aomori Yamada (2nd title)
Relegated	Kashima Antlers Shoshi Avispa Fukuoka Ehime FC
Matches played	180
Goals scored	577 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	East: Hiryu Okuda (13 goals) West: Ryoma Ishii (13 goals)
Biggest home win	East: Aomori Yamada 4–0 Shoshi (14 April) Aomori Yamada 4–0 Kashima Antlers (30 June) West: Gamba Osaka 8–0 Ehime FC (25 August)
Biggest away win	East: Ichiritsu Funabashi 0–4 Aomori Yamada (8 December) West: Avispa Fukuoka 1–8 Gamba Osaka (1 September)
Highest scoring	East: Kashiwa Reysol 7–4 RKU Kashiwa (11 April) West: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–5 Vissel Kobe (13 July) Avispa Fukuoka 1–8 Gamba Osaka (1 September)
← 2018 2021 →

Aomori Yamada High School won the Premier League East, and Nagoya Grampus won the Premier League West. The teams' meeting in the final resulted with Aomori Yamada winning the competition for the second time.^[1][2][3]

Changes from the previous season

Promoted from the Prince Leagues	Relegated to the Prince Leagues (East)	Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)
Shoshi Omiya Ardija Ehime FC Ohzu	FC Tokyo Toyama Daiichi	Hannan Yonago Kita

Participating clubs

Premier League East

Team	Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School	Aomori
Shoshi High School	Fukushima
Kashima Antlers	Ibaraki
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama
Omiya Ardija	Saitama
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School	Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol	Chiba
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School	Chiba
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata	Shizuoka

Premier League West

Team	Prefecture
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi
Kyoto Sanga	Kyoto
Gamba Osaka	Osaka
Cerezo Osaka	Osaka
Vissel Kobe	Hyogo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima
Ehime FC	Ehime
Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka
Higashi Fukuoka High School	Fukuoka
Ohzu High School	Kumamoto

League table

Premier League East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aomori Yamada	18	11	4	3	42	20	+22	37	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Kashiwa Reysol	18	8	4	6	33	26	+7	28
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	7	7	4	16	15	+1	28
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	6	7	5	26	20	+6	25
5	Ichiritsu Funabashi	18	7	3	8	20	25	−5	24
6	Omiya Ardija	18	5	6	7	19	22	−3	21
7	RKU Kashiwa	18	5	6	7	29	34	−5	21
8	Júbilo Iwata	18	4	8	6	23	28	−5	20
9	Kashima Antlers	18	5	5	8	18	23	−5	20	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10	Shoshi	18	5	4	9	26	39	−13	19

Source: soccer-db.net
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.

Premier League West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nagoya Grampus	18	13	2	3	52	22	+30	41	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Kyoto Sanga	18	11	2	5	39	27	+12	35
3	Gamba Osaka	18	10	4	4	47	22	+25	34
4	Ohzu	18	9	3	6	25	26	−1	30
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	9	2	7	38	26	+12	29
6	Vissel Kobe	18	7	1	10	32	41	−9	22
7	Cerezo Osaka	18	5	4	9	19	26	−7	19
8	Higashi Fukuoka	18	6	1	11	24	40	−16	19
9	Avispa Fukuoka	18	5	4	9	34	54	−20	19	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10	Ehime FC	18	3	1	14	15	41	−26	10

Source: soccer-db.net
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.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

As usual, the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions entered the play-offs.^[1] They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League, as the 2020 edition was not held due to problems related to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[4]

Block A

FC Tokyo v Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS

13 December 1st round	FC Tokyo	5–0	Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS	Hiroshima
11:00	Kyota Tokiwa 28', 45+1' Riku Kobayashi 43', 50' Rio Omori 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Taku Nagaya

Montedio Yamagata v Oita Trinita

13 December 1st round	Montedio Yamagata	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Oita Trinita	Hiroshima
11:00	Kaisei Kano 109'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

FC Tokyo v Montedio Yamagata

15 December 2nd round	FC Tokyo	1–0	Montedio Yamagata	Hiroshima
11:00	Riku Kobayashi 62'	Report		Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 385 Referee: Koki Nagamine

Block B

Teikyo Nagaoka HS v Yokohama F. Marinos

13 December 1st round	Teikyo Nagaoka HS	1–4	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
11:00	Gakuto Yaoita 11'	Report	Hiroyasu Ishii 31', 33' Eitaro Matsuda 39' Noah Kenshin Browne 70'	Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Yasuyuki Matsumoto

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Yonago Kita HS

13 December 1st round	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–0	Yonago Kita HS	Hiroshima
11:00	Yohei Homma 57'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 200 Referee: Shota Uchiyama

Yokohama F. Marinos v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

15 December 2nd round	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hiroshima
11:00	Keifu Kimura 44'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

Block C

Sagan Tosu v Tokushima Vortis

13 December 1st round	Sagan Tosu	1–0	Tokushima Vortis	Hiroshima
13:30	Fuchi Honda 51'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kohei Yano

Hannan University HS v Vegalta Sendai

13 December 1st round	Hannan University HS	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima
13:30		Report	Manato Kudo 89'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Takuya Yokoyama

Sagan Tosu v Vegalta Sendai

15 December 2nd round	Sagan Tosu	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima
13:30	Daiki Matsuoka 90+2' Yuta Hideshima 93'	Report	Manato Kudo 53'	Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Satoshi Michiyama

Block D

Okayama Gakugeikan HS v Yokohama FC

13 December 1st round	Okayama Gakugeikan HS	0–4	Yokohama FC	Hiroshima
13:30		Report	Tsubasa Sasaki 35', 78', 85' Shuta Okumura 49'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 150 Referee: Masaki Kuniyoshi

JFA Academy Fukushima v Toyama Daiichi HS

13 December 1st round	JFA Academy Fukushima	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Toyama Daiichi HS	Hiroshima
13:30		Report		Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 183 Referee: Daisuke Yamaguchi
	Penalties
	Hijiri Kato Asahi Uenaka Shunsuke Mito Naoki Hashida		Toshiki Takagi Kota Sanada Shosei Usui Kanata Makino

Yokohama FC v Toyama Daiichi HS

15 December 2nd round	Yokohama FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Toyama Daiichi HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Hikaru Miyahara 51' Tsubasa Sasaki 94'	Report	Shosei Usui 89'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Yuta Tashiro

Final

15 December

13:00

Aomori Yamada	3–2	Nagoya Grampus
Shota Tanaka 12' Kenta Goto 27' Kuryu Matsuki 62'	Report	Yukito Murakami 41', 59'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 15,223

Referee: Toshihiro Nakai

GK 1 Shibuki Sato DF 2 Yosuke Uchida DF 3 Yusei Kanda DF 4 Hiraku Hakozaki DF 5 Yudai Fujiwara MF 6 Riku Furuyado MF 7 Kuryu Matsuki MF 8 Rukia Urakawa  59' MF 10 Hidetoshi Takeda (c)  87' MF 11 Kenta Goto  80' FW 9 Shota Tanaka  87' Substitutes: GK 30 Shonosuke Yamada DF 16 Ryusei Suzuki MF 13 Soki Tokuno  80' MF 14 Kim Hyeon-woo  87' MF 15 Soma Anzai  59' MF 18 Paul Tabinas MF 24 Shogo Matsumoto  87' Manager: Go Kuroda

GK 1 John Higashi DF 3 Takeshi Ushizawa DF 6 Eiru Aratama DF 15 Seiga Sumi MF 10 Kohei Tanabe (c) MF 18 Shuto Mitsuda MF 19 Daichi Ichimaru  80' MF 25 Yota Saito FW 8 Kyota Sakakibara FW 11 Yukito Murakami FW 17 Suiju Takeuchi  52' Substitutes: GK 1 Daiki Mitsui DF 2 Ryuya Okazaki  80' DF 20 Shinma Ishikawa MF 7 Ken Masui  52' MF 29 Gen Kato FW 27 Kosei Matsumoto FW 36 Hayato Manabe Manager: Satoshi Koga

Assistant referees: Seiichi Kanai Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Masashi Harada

Match rules 90 minutes. Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

East

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Hiryu Okuda	Kashiwa Reysol	13
2	Hidetoshi Takeda	Aomori Yamada	12
3	Itsuki Someno	Shoshi	11
4	Taichi Aoshima	Shimizu S-Pulse	9
	Itto Moriyama	RKU Kashiwa
6	Mao Hosoya	Kashiwa Reysol	8
7	Yusuke Onishi	RKU Kashiwa	7
8	Kim Hyun-woo	Aomori Yamada	8
	Shoichi Kurimata	Kashima Antlers
	Erick Noriega	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Yuito Suzuki	Ichiritsu Funabashi
	Shota Tanaka	Aomori Yamada

West

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Ryoma Ishii	Avispa Fukuoka	13
2	Shun Ayukawa	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11
3	Yuto Otani	Gamba Osaka	10
	Shoji Toyama	Gamba Osaka
5	Yukito Murakami	Nagoya Grampus	9
	Yoshiki Shigeno	Vissel Kobe
	Hayate Tanada	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
8	Ryotaro Araki	Higashi Fukuoka	7
	Sota Kawasaki	Kyoto Sanga
	Shuto Mitsuda	Nagoya Grampus
	Suiju Takeuchi	Nagoya Grampus

See also

• Asia portal
• Japan portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal

• Japan Football Association (JFA)

League

• Japanese association football league system
• Prince Takamado Cup