JLeague 2016 Season – Play Off Results (J1/J2/J3)

Division 1
JLeague Championship
Semi Final
Wednesday, 23rd November
Kawasaki Frontale 0-1 Kashima Antlers

Final (2 Legs)
Tuesday, 29th November
Kashima Antlers 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Saturday, 3rd December
Urawa Red Diamonds 1-2 Kashima Antlers

1st Stage Champions Kashima Antlers sealed the J1 Championship overall after beating Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa over 2 legs on the away goals rule
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Division 2
J1 Promotion Play-Off’s
Semi Final
Sunday, 27th November
Matsumoto Yamaga 1-2 Fagiano Okayama
Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Kyoto Sanga

Final
Sunday, 4th December
Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Fagiano Okayama

Cerezo Osaka find themselves in J1 after winning in the play off final against Fagiano Okayama by 1 goal to 0, Cerezo have been wanting to be back in J1 after being relegated to J2 in 2014 – there will be a Osaka derby in J1 again

Division 2/3
J2/J3 Play-Off’s
1st Leg
Sunday, 27th November
Tochigi SC 0-1 Zweigen Kanazawa

2nd Leg
Sunday, 4th December
Zweigen Kanazawa 2-0 Tochigi SC

Zweigen Kanazawa stay in J2 after winning 3-0 over the 2 leg’s against J3 side Tochigi Sports Club, Tochigi stay another season in J3

JLeague 2016 Season – Play Off Fixtures (J1/J2/J3)

Division 1
JLeague Championship
Semi Final
Wednesday, 23rd November
Kawasaki Frontale 0-1 Kashima Antlers

Final (2 Legs)
1st Leg
Tuesday, 29th November
Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

2nd Leg
Saturday, 3rd December
Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

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Division 2
J1 Promotion Play-Off’s
Semi Final
Sunday, 27th November
Matsumoto Yamaga v Fagiano Okayama
Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto Sanga
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J2/J3 Play-Off’s
1st Leg
Sunday, 27th November
Tochigi SC v Zweigen Kanazawa
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J1 Promotion Play-Off’s
Final
Sunday, 4th December
TBA v TBA
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J2/J3 Play-Off’s
2nd Leg
Sunday, 4th December
Zweigen Kanazawa v Tochigi SC

Asian Champions League Play-Off/Matchday 1 And 2 Results

Asian Chmapions League 2016
Play Off
Tue 9th February
FC Tokyo 9-0 Chonburi FC
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Group Stages –

Matchday 1
Tue 23rd February
Group E
Jeonbuk Motors 2-1 FC Tokyo

Group F
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Shandong Luneng

Wed 24th February
Group G
Suwon Bluewings 0-0 Gamba Osaka

Group H
Urawa Red Diamonds 2-0 Sydney FC
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Matchday 2
Tue 1st March
Group F
FC Seoul 4-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Group E
FC Tokyo 3-1 BinhDuong

Wed 2nd March
Group G
Gamba Osaka 1-1 Melbourne Victory

Group H
Pohang 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Asian Champions League 2016 – Play Off/Group Stages

Asian Champions League

There is 4 teams that will be in the Asian Champions League from the JLeague –
The 4 teams are,

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Gamba Osaka
Urawa Red Diamonds
FC Tokyo

FC Tokyo have to start off in the play-off’s against either Chonburi or Yangon United (they play on the 2nd Feb) and the Play off round will be played on the 9th February, if FC Tokyo win that, they will be put into Group E with Jeonbuk Motors (Kor), Jiangsu Suning (Chn) and Becamex Binh Duong (Vie)

In the group stages, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in Group F with FC Seoul (Kor), Buriram United (Tha) and the Winner of Play Off East 3

Gamba Osaka are in Group G with Melbourne Victory (Aus), Suwon Bluewings (Kor) and Winners of Play Off East 4

Urawa Red Diamonds are in Group H with Guangzhou Evergrande (Chn), Sydney FC (Aus) and Winners of Play Off East 1

The 1st Group Games will take place on the Tue 23rd/Wed 24th February

JLeague Division 3 Matchday 39 (Last Matchday) Results + Play Off Dates

Division 3
Monday, 23rd November
Grulla Morioka 3-1 Fukushima United
Blaublitz Akita 2-2 SC Sagamihara
Nagano Parceiro 1-1 Machida Zelvia
Fujieda MYFC 2-3 YSCC
Gainare Tottori 2-2 Renofa Yamaguchi
FC Ryukyu 1-1 Kataller Toyama

What a last matchday this was in the 2nd season of J3, the scenario was this, Renofa & Zelvia were on the same points but Renofa with the massive goal difference were ahead of Zelvia, the fixtures were Gainare Tottori v Renofa Yamaguchi and Nagano Parceiro v Machida Zelvia, here is how things turned out:

2′ – It started off early with Gainare Tottori scoring against Renofa Yamaguchi, Naoto Ando with the goal
62′ – It was Gainare Tottori 1-1 Renofa Yamaguchi thanks to Kazuhito Kishida goal, still 0-0 between at this point in the Nagano Parceiro v Machida Zelvia game
64′ – 2 minutes later, news came in from Minami Nagano Stadium that Nagano took the lead against Zelvia thanks to a Yuki Sato goal
72′ – Fernandinho then got Tottori in the lead to make it Tottori 2-1 Renofa, but Renofa at this point would still win the league
74′ – But then a Zelvia goal at Nagano put Zelvia back in pole position of winning the league, Zelvia’s goal scorer was Koji Suzuki
FT – Nagano Parceiro 1-1 Machida Zelvia – Zelvia were waiting for the Renofa result, but this is where the heart break for Zelvia came
90′ +6′ – With the original 4 minutes of injury time already gone and in the 5th/6th minute – Kiyohiro Hirabayashi broke Zelvia hearts by scoring a equaliser against Tottori and sparked off jubilant scenes on the Renofa bench, Zelvia players thought they had done it but only for it to be ripped out of their hands at the last minute.
FT – Gainare Tottori 2-2 Renofa Yamaguchi

Zelvia have to pick their heads up and now have to play in the J2/J3 Play Off against 2nd bottom Oita Trinita from J2, here is the J2/J3 Play-Off looks:

1st Leg
Sunday, 29th November
Machida Zelvia v Oita Trinita

2nd Leg
Sunday, 6th December
Oita Trinita v Machida Zelvia

JLeague Division 2 Matchday 42 Results + Play Off Details (Last Matchday)

Division 2
Monday, 23rd November
Cerezo Osaka 2-0 Tokyo Verdy
JEF United Chiba 0-2 Kamatamare Sanuki
Ehime FC 3-0 Tokushima Vortis
FC Gifu 1-4 Avispa Fukuoka
Giravanz Kitakyushu 2-1 V-Varen Nagasaki
Zweign Kanazawa 1-2 Omiya Ardija
Roasso Kumamoto 1-1 Fagiano Okayama
Kyoto Sanga 2-1 Mito Hollyhock
Oita Trinita 1-2 Jubilo Iwata
Consadole Sapporo 4-1 Tochigi SC
Yokohama FC 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu Gunma

The Final J2 Matchday didn’t disappoint – the fight was for 2nd place (automatic promotion) and the last play off place (6th place) – the teams fighting for 2nd was Jubilo Iwata and Avispa Fukuoka – both teams were on the same points, but in the end Iwata won their game Away to Oita to go up with Omiya and Avispa had to settle for a play off place

6th and the final off place was between my team Tokyo Verdy, JEF United Chiba and V-Varen Nagasaki – but V-Varen got the final play off place as both Verdy and Chiba lost so even though V-Varen lost, V-Varen claimed the final play off spot, the play off spots were 3rd – Avispa, 4th – Cerezo, 5th Ehime FC and 6th V-Varen, here are the matches

J1 Promotion Play Off Semi Final
Sunday 29th November
Cerezo Osaka v Ehime FC
Avispa Fukuoka v V-Varen Nagasaki

J1 Promotion Play Off Final is on Sunday 6th December

The relegated teams was already known, Tochigi SC are relegated to J3 and Oita have to play a J2/J3 Play Off against Machida Zelvia, the dates for the 2 Legged affair are:

1st Leg
Sunday, 29th November
Machida Zelvia v Oita Trinita

2nd Leg
Sunday, 6th December
Oita Trinita v Machida Zelvia