Below you find a regionwise analysis of the J.League - which regions provided how many teams to the league, and titles won per region. This data is counted as per Feb 1, 2008.
Population data bases on the National Sensus on Oct 1, 2005.
This was collected by the Statistics Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).
Information is prepared as follows:
Name Joining to J.League
J1 (Champion / Stage winner (in 1993-95, 97-2004)) -
J2 (Champion) / Emperor's Cup Winner -
League Cup Winner (both after 1992 season)
- Name of the region
- Population (2005, National Total = 127,756,815).
- For all clubs:
in the first column, date of joining J.League
then: J1 (Champion in 1993-2007 / Stage winner in 1993-95, 97-2004)
J2 (Champion in 1999-2007)
Emperor's Cup Winner (after 1992 season)
League Cup Winner (after 1992 season)
Hokkaido (pop. 5,627,424; WC 2002 Venue - Sapporo City) Consadole Sapporo 1998 4 - 7(1) / 0 - 0 Tohoku (total pop. 9,634,466) Miyagi (2,359,991, WC) Vegalta Sendai 1999(J2) 2 - 8(0) / 0 - 0 Yamagata (1,216,116) Montedio Yamagata 1999(J2) 0 - 10(0) / 0 - 0 Aomori (1,436,628), Iwate (1,385,037), Akita (1,145,471), Fukushima (2,091,223): none Kanto (42,371,702) Ibaraki (2,975,023, WC) Kashima Antlers 1992 17(5/4) - 0 / 3 - 3 Mito Hollyhock 2000(J2) 0 - 9(0) / 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total 17(5/4) - 9(0) / 3 - 3 Gunma (2,024,044) Thaspa Kusatsu 2005(J2) 0 - 4(0) / 0 - 0 Saitama (7,053,689, WC) Urawa Red Diamonds 1992 16(1/1) - 1(0) / 2 - 1 Omiya Ardija 1999(J2) 4(0/0) - 6(0) / 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total 20(1/1) - 7(0) / 2 - 1 Chiba (6,056,159) JEF United Ichihara Chiba *1 1992 17(0/0) - 0 / 0 - 2 Kashiwa Reysol 1995 13(0/0) - 1 / 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total 30(0/0) - 1 / 0 - 3 Tokyo (12,570,904) Tokyo Verdy 1969 *2 1992 15(2/3) - 2 / 2 - 3 FC Tokyo 1999(J2) 9(0/0) - 1(0) / 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total *2 24(2/4) - 3(0) / 2 - 4 Kanagawa (8,790,900, WC - Yokohama City) Yokohama F. Marinos *3 1992 17(3/5) - 0 / 1 - 1 Yokohama Flugels *4 1992(-98) 7(0/0) - 0 / 2 - 0 Shonan Bellmare *5 1994 6(0/0) - 9(0) / 1 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale 1999(J2) 5(0/0) - 5(2) / 0 - 0 Yokohama FC 2001(J2) 1 - 7(1) / 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total *6 36(3/5) - 21(3) / 4 - 1 Yamanashi (884,531) Ventforet Kofu 1999(J2) 2 - 8(0) / 0 - 0 Tochigi (2,016,452): none, but Tochigi SC is a semi-member of J.League. Hokushin-etsu (7,734,593) Niigata (2,431,396, WC) Albirex Niigata 1999(J2) 5(0/0) - 5(1) / 0 - 0 Toyama (1,111,602): none, but Kataller Toyama is a semi-member of J.League. Ishikawa (1,173,994), Fukui (821,589), Nagano (2,196,012): none Tokai (15,021,348) Shizuoka (3,792,457, WC) Shimizu S-Pulse 1992 17(0/1) - 0 / 1 - 1 Jubilo Iwata 1994 15(3/6) - 0 / 1 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total 30(3/7) - 0 / 2 - 2 Aichi (7,254,432) Nagoya Grampus *7 1992 17(0/0) - 0 / 2 - 0 Gifu (2,107,293) FC Gifu 2008(J2) 0 - 1(0) / 0 - 0 Mie (1,867,166): none Kansai (20,892,685) Kyoto (2,647,523) Kyoto Sanga FC *8 1996 9(0/0) - 4(2) / 1 - 0 Osaka (8,817,010, WC - Osaka city) Gamba Osaka 1992 17(1/0) - 0 / 0 - 1 Cerezo Osaka 1995 11(0/0) - 3(0) / 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- total 28(1/0) - 3(0) / 0 - 1 Hyogo (5,590,381, WC - Kobe city) Vissel Kobe 1997 11(0/0) - 1 / 0 - 0 Shiga (1,380,343), Nara (1,421,367), Wakayama (1,036,061): none Chugoku (7,675,475) Hiroshima (2,876,762) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1992 15(0/1) - 2(0) / 0 - 0 Tottori (606,947): none, but Gainare Tottori is a semi-member of J.League. Okayama (1,957,056): none, but Fagiano Okayama is a semi-member of J.League. Shimane (742,135), Yamaguchi (1,492,575): none Shuikoku (4,086,270) Tokushima (809,974) Tokushima Vortis 2005(J2) 0 - 4(0) / 0 - 0 Ehime (1,467,824) Ehime FC 2006(J2) 0 - 3(0) / 0 - 0 Kagawa (1,012,261), Kochi (796,211): none Kyusyu (14,712,852) Fukuoka (5,049,126) Avispa Fukuoka 1996 7(0/0) - 6(0) / 0 - 0 Saga (866,402) Sagan Tosu 1999(J2) 0 - 10(0) / 0 - 0 Oita (1,209,587, WC) Oita Trinita 1999(J2) 6(0/0) - 4(1) / 0 - 0 Kumamoto (1,842,140) Roasso Kumamoto 2008(J2) 0 - 1(0) / 0 - 0 Nagasaki (1,478,630), Miyazaki (1,152,993), Kagoshima (1,753,144), Okinawa (1,360,830): none. In Okinawa, FC Ryukyu (JFL) has shown its intention to join J.League, but its admission was claimed from J.League, need to more reliable plan in several points. In Fukuoka, newly promoted JFL club, New Wave Kitakyushu has a license of J.League semi-menber.
Region Population J.League Total J.League Division 1 *8 J.League Division 2 EC LC WC'02
Clubs Seasons Year Clubs Seasons Champ. Year Clubs Seasons Champ. Win Win Venue
Hokkaido 5,627,424 1 11 1998 1 4 0 1999 1 7 2 0 0 1
Tohoku 9,634,466 2 20 2002 1 2 0 1999 2 18 0 0 0 1
Kanto 42,371,702 15 182 1992 13 129 11 1999 11 53 3 11 12 3
Hokushin-etsu 7,734,593 1 10 2004 1 5 0 1999 1 5 1 0 0 1
Tokai 15,021,348 4 50 1992 3 49 3 2008*10 1 1 0 4 3 1
Kansai 20,892,685 4 56 1992 4 48 1 2001*11 3 8 2 1 0 2
Chugoku 7,675,475 1 17 1992 1 15 0 2003*11 1 2 0 0 0 0
Shikoku 4,086,270 2 7 none 0 0 0 2005*10 2 7 0 0 0 0
Kyushu 14,712,852 4 34 1996 2 13 0 1999 4 21 1 0 0 1
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total 127,756,815 34 388 1992 26 247 15 1999 23 122 9 16 15 10
*1 It was JEF United Ichihara in 1992-2004.
*2 It was Verdy Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture, in 1992-2000.
After this, in Tokyo, it was Tokyo Verdy 1969 in 2001-2007.
Verdy Kawasaki played in 9 seasons, and got 2 League Championships,
3 stage winnings, 1 Emperor's Cup and 3 League Cups.
*3 It was Yokohama Marinos in 1992-98, till it combined with Yokohama Flugels.
*4 After 1998 season, it was merged into Yokohama Marinos.
And it used new name Yokohama "F." Marinos.
*5 It was Bellmare Hiratsuka in 1994-99.
*6 Without Verdy Kawasaki. (*2)
*7 It was Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996-2007.
*8 It was Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1996-2006.
*9 It includes "J.League" in 1992-98, before changed itself to two
division system. Only League Cup was played in 1992 season.
*10 Promotion from JFL.
*11 Relegation from J1.
Prepared and maintained by Masanori "Komabano" Nakanishi for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author:
Masanori "Komabano" Nakanishi
(HQM07536@nifty.ne.jp)
Last updated: 14 Mar 2008
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