Woo hoo. There looks to be something really wrong with Sapporo this season.
Woo hoo. There looks to be something really wrong with Sapporo this season.
I was sure I had written up the results and tables for last weekend It seems I had put it in my notepad document but not actually posted it.
I’ll write up this weekend’s action this afternoon and then we’ll be all good.
The weekend results for the J.Leagues
J1 League Round 8 results:
Yokohama F Marinos 2-2 Shonan Bellmare (23,437)
Albirex Niigata 1-1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (17,936)
Jubilo Iwata 0-1 Nagoya Grampus (13,135)
Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (8,533)
Kashima Antlers 1-0 Kyoto Sanga (13,781)
FC Machida Zelvia 1-2 Vissel Kobe (39,080)
Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale (18,786)
Tokyo Verdy 2-2 FC Tokyo (31,746)
Gamba Osaka 2-1 Sagan Tosu (21,702)
J1 League Round 8 table:
J2 League Round 10 results:
Vegalta Sendai 2-0 Montedio Yamagata (17,938)
Mito Hollyhock 2-2 Tochigi SC (4,244)
JEF United Chiba 1-1 Oita Trinita (9,149)
V-Varen Nagasaki 6-1 Tokushima Vortis (5,648)
Iwaki FC 2-3 Shimizu S-Pulse (5,038)
Ehime FC 2-2 Kagoshima United (3,216)
Blaublitz Akita 0-0 Fagiano Okayama (3,332)
Yokohama FC 2-0 Fujieda MYFC (4,777)
Renofa Yamaguchi 4-0 Thespa Gunma (4,000)
Roasso Kumamoto 3-3 Ventforet Kofu (4,145)
J2 League Round 10 table:
J3 League Round 10 results:
SC Sagamihara 1-0 Fukushima United (1,747)
Nara Club 2-2 Matsumoto Yamaga (2,337)
Vanraure Hachinohe 0-1 FC Imabari (1,071)
Iwate Grulla Morioka 0-1 FC Osaka (862)
Omiya Ardija 1-1 Azul Claro Numazu (7,094)
Kataller Toyama 2-0 Gainare Tottori (2,648)
Zweigen Kanazawa 3-1 YSCC Yokohama (3,055)
Giravanz Kitakyushu 1-1 Kamatamare Sanuki (3,484)
FC Gifu 1-2 Tegevajaro Miyazaki (4,891)
FC Ryukyu 4-3 AC Nagano Parceiro (2,590)
J3 League Round 10 table:
The race for longest unbeaten and longest winless streaks to open the season are getting close to a conclusion.
Cerezo Osaka with 5 wins and 3 draws from their first 8 games, Sanfrecce Hiroshima with 4 wins and 4 draws from their first 8 games, and Omiya Ardija in J3 with 6 wins and 3 draws from their 9 games are the last three teams across the J.Leagues yet to taste the pain of defeat.
The race to the bottom is now over. Kamatamare Sanuki have played 9 games for 6 draws and only 3 losses, but are the sole remaining team across the three leagues who have not celebrated a league win this season. Congratulations losers.
Looks like Harry is starting to do ok with Yokohama, hopefully he keeps moving up the table
F. Marinos got a couple of wins in the last few weeks but copped an 80th minute equaliser against Bellmare on the weekend.
They have a Champions League game tonight so they get the weekend off, their match for the round has been rescheduled for next month.
Either way, fuck 'em! I hope they lose 20 games in a row.
Next round of mini tournaments in J.League Cup tonight too, keen to see a few surprises, hopefully a cupset or two.
Some enjoyable moments in J.League Cup last night
In Group 1, it took an extra-time penalty for J1 champions Vissel Kobe to overcome J3 team FC Imabari, Kobe winning 2-1 (crowd 5,097)
In Group 2, Tokyo Verdy (J1) eliminated Kagoshima United (J2) with a 1-0 win (crowd 4,347)
Group 3 saw one of the cupsets of the round, J2 V-Varen Nagasaki winning 1-0 over J1 Jubilo Iwata (crowd 2,560)
In Group 4, Kashima Antlers (J1) were made to work hard, being taken to extra time by Vanraure Hachinohe (J3), Antlers finished 2-1 winners (crowd 4,844). In the other match of that group, FC Machida Zelvia (J1) came away 2-1 winners over Giravanz Kitakyushu (J3) (crowd 4,221)
The Group 4 final will be Kashima Antlers vs FC Machida Zelvia.
Group 5 match saw J1 Nagoya Grampus win 2-0 over the J3 Omiya Ardija (crowd 5,467)
Group 6 match between Matsumoto Yamaga (J3) and Avispa Fukuoka went all the way to penalties, Avispa winning the shootout 4-2 (crowd 3,281)
Group 7 Cerezo Osaka (J1) defeated Iwate Grulla Morioka (J3) 1-0 (crowd 2,362)
A straightforward 2-0 win for Albirex Niigata (J1) over Iwaki FC (J2) in Group 8 (crowd 3,618)
Group 9 had the biggest win of the night, FC Tokyo (J1) rolled YSCC Yokohama (J3) 4-0 (crowd 4,083)
Group 10 saw a 3-1 win for J1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo over J3 Azul Claro Numazu, finally a little something for the Consadole fans to smile about (crowd 3,455)
Last weekend J.League rounds, let’s have a look at what went down across the three divisions.
I have never cared for Kashima Antlers after realising they have so many fans who are pricks, so it was satisfying seeing them get smacked 4-2 by Sagan Tosu. It was almost as pleasing as seeing Urawa Reds lose 1-0 to Gamba Osaka. Vissel Kobe took until the 93rd minute to find a single goal against Shonan Bellmare. The FC Machida Zelvia dream continues, they beat FC Tokyo in a derby to get their 6th win in their first 9 J1 games. Mitch Duke came on as a sub and played the last 20 minutes.
Cerezo Osaka tasted their first loss, leaving Sanfrecce Hiroshima the last remaining unbeaten team in J1.
J1 League Round 9 results:
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (11,512)
Kyoto Sanga 0-1 Albirex Niigata (9,022)
Sagan Tosu 4-2 Kashima Antlers (8,357)
Shonan Bellmare 0-1 Vissel Kobe (10,618)
Avispa Fukuoka 2-2 Jubilo Iwata (6,254)
Urawa Red Diamonds 0-1 Gamba Osaka (41,377)
FC Tokyo 1-2 FC Machida Zelvia (30,811)
Kawasaki Frontale 0-0 Tokyo Verdy (21,732)
Nagoya Grampus 2-1 Cerezo Osaka (25,341)
J1 League Round 9 standings:
Aussie Ben Duncan scored a late consolation goal for Ehime FC, the second goal of the season for the former Central Coast Mariners academy man. It was a real nut-punch of a result for JEF United Chiba, losing 2-1 to Blaublitz Akita was bad enough, but the Blaublitz goals came as a 90th minute equaliser and a 97th minute winner for the away team.
J2 League Round 11 results:
Montedio Yamagata 2-1 Ehime FC (6,286)
Ventforet Kofu 4-1 Thespa Gunma (7,300)
Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Vegalta Sendai (13,760)
Fujieda MYFC 0-1 Tokushima Vortis (2,300)
Fagiano Okayama 2-0 Roasso Kumamoto (7,045)
JEF United 1-2 Blaublitz Akita (8,920)
Renofa Yamaguchi 1-2 Mito Hollyhock (3,318)
V-Varen Nagasaki 1-0 Yokohama FC (5,379)
Oita Trinita 0-2 Iwaki FC (8,748)
Kagoshima United 2-1 Tochigi SC (4,545)
J2 League Round 11 standings:
J3 League Round 10 results:
SC Sagamihara 1-0 Fukushima United (1,747)
Nara Club 2-2 Matsumoto Yamaga (2,337)
Vanraure Hachinohe 0-1 FC Imabari (1,071)
Iwate Grulla Morioka 0-1 FC Osaka (862)
Omiya Ardija 1-1 Azul Claro Numazu (7,094)
Kataller Toyama 2-0 Gainare Tottori (2,684)
Zweigen Kanazawa 3-1 YSCC Yokohama (3,055)
Giravanz Kitakyushu 1-1 Kamatamare Sanuki (3,484)
FC Gifu 1-2 Tegevajaro Miyazaki (4,891)
FC Ryukyu 4-3 AC Nagano Parceiro (2,590)
J3 League Round 10 standings:
Absolutely nothing is going right for Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo this season, they saw a 3-0 lead at home against Shonan Bellmare with 25 minutes left to play vanish into a 3-3 draw, with Bellmare grabbing the draw with a 93rd minute equaliser.
Mitch Duke got on for the last 20 minutes in FC Machida Zelvia’s 2-0 loss to Jubilo Iwata.
J1 League Round 10 results:
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3-3 Shonan Bellmare (16,260)
Albirex Niigata 1-3 FC Tokyo (24,438)
Jubilo Iwata 2-0 FC Machia Zelvia (12,982)
Vissel Kobe 0-1 Kyoto Sanga (22,582)
Cerezo Osaka 2-2 Yokohama F. Marinos (18,147)
Tokyo Verdy 0-0 Avispa Fukuoka (15,459)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-2 Kawasaki Frontale (26,051)
Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Nagoya Grampus (42,256)
Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Sagan Tosu (11,648)
Gamba Osaka 1-2 Kashima Antlers (28,616)
J1 League Round 10 standings:
It feels somehow appropriate that a player called Matheus Jesus plays for V-Varen Nagasaki, the team based in the area of Japan where Christianity originally spread into the country, and he was the saviour indeed scoring a brace as Nagasaki overcame Thespa Gunma.
J2 League Round 12 results:
Vegalta Sendai 0-2 JEF United Chiba (13,882)
Mito Hollyhock 2-3 Fujieda MYFC (2,932)
Thespa Gunma 1-2 V-Varen Nagasaki (3,372)
Ehime FC 2-1 Ventforet Kofu (3,776)
Fagiano Okayama 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse (14,193)
Roasso Kumamoto 1-2 Oita Trinita (8,656)
Blaublitz Akita 0-2 Yokohama FC (4,238)
Tochigi SC 0-1 Iwaki FC (6,434)
Tokushima Vortis 2-1 Montedio Yamagata (4,626)
Kagoshima United 0-1 Renofa Yamaguchi (7,827)
J2 League Round 12 standings:
J3 League Round 11 results:
AC Nagano Parceiro 3-2 Giravanz Kitakyushu (3,020)
FC Imabari 1-4 Omiya Ardija (3,522)
YSCC Yokohama 1-1 Nara Club (1,027)
Tegevajaro Miyazaki 1-1 SC Sagamihara (1,111)
Gainare Tottori 2-1 FC Ryukyu (1,711)
Fukushima United 9-0 Iwate Grulla Morioka (1,175)
Matsumoto Yamaga 3-1 Kataller Toyama (10,832)
Kamatamare Sanuki 1-1 Vanraure Hachinohe (1,692)
Zweigen Kanazawa 0-0 FC Gifu (6,323)
FC Osaka 2-2 Azul Claro Numazu (2,907)
J3 League Round 11 standings:
Ouch.
It’s really not a great time to be a Grulla fan that’s for sure.
So currently just finalising plans for a Japan/Korea trip in Sept/October. The whole point is this time around i’m just avoiding Tokyo completely (aside from seeing the sumo at Ryogoku…). So naturally i’ve decided to make sure i’m in a town that has a J-league team every weekend. Barring any re-scheduling of fixtures i’ve currently got:
Albirex Niigata vs Shonan Bellmare
FC Osaka vs Fukushima United
Sagan Tosu vs Avispa Fukoka
On top of this is wherever Sydney are playing in those first 3 match days in the ACL2. On paper, very cool.
The J3 game should be a great experience! How good.
It escaped me last week that there was a round of J.League Cup matches played and absolutely delivered! Some great cupsets that we all love.
Group 1 saw J3 Kataller Toyama eliminated J2 leaders Shimizu S-Pulse 6-5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw (att: 3,257)
No such upset in Group 2, Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J1) ran out 6-0 winners over Nara Club (J3) (att: 2,818)
Group 3 saw a similar easy win for the favourite, J1 Urawa Red Diamonds beating J3 Gainare Tottori 5-2 (att: 7,677)
Group 5 was a battle of two J2 teams, Yokohama FC defeating Fagiano Okayama 5-3 on penalties after a thriller 3-3 draw (att: 2,827)
Group 6 was straightforward for J1 Kashiwa Reysol, 3-1 winners over J2 strugglers Thespa Gunma (att: 1,950)
Group 7 was the biggest cupset of the round, FC Ryukyu (J3) beating Gamba Osaka (J1) 2-1 (att: 5,406)
Group 8 had another upset when J2 Blaublitz Akita beat J1 Shonan Bellmare 2-1 in extra time. (att: 1,335)
Group 9 was a win for Sagan Tosu (J1), 1-0 over Roasso Kumamoto (att: 4,210)
Moving into the final round of the Group stage, we have:
Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
V-Varen Nagasaki vs Urawa Red Diamonds
FC Machida Zelvia vs Kashima Antlers
Yokohama FC vs Nagoya Grampus
Kashiwa Reysol vs Avispa Fukuoka
FC Ryukyu vs Cerezo Osaka
Blaublitz Akita vs Albirex Niigata
Sagan Tosu vs FC Tokyo
AC Nagano Parceiro vs Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
At the end of this round we will be down to 10 teams. These teams will advance into the Playoff stage, a two-legged elimination round.
The five winning teams in the Playoff stage advance into the Prime Stage, to be joined by the 3 ACL competing clubs this year Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu making up the final eight of the cup.
Harry and his Yokohama side are playing atm against Iwata. 2pm Tokyo time on a Friday which is a weird time. Big crowd for a work day but I’m watching it while “working” from home so no judgement from me
Thanks for the tip, now I have something for the 2nd screen.
Outlook on one, J-League in the middle and football manager on the 3rd. Productive Friday.
It’s Golden Week in Japan so it’s a holiday
It was indeed a Golden week for some clubs last weekend across the J.Leagues! A couple of rounds squished in during the holiday time meant some hard work, games played the 3rd and 6th of May.
Another late goal saw F. Marinos drop points in a 1-1 draw with Jubilo Iwata. It was a really late goal that grabbed a point for Albirex Niigata, a 94th minute equaliser after playing an hour with 10 men against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. When does FC Machida Zelvia’s miracle start to the season start to become a miracle dream? Another win, 2-0 at home to Kashiwa Reysol has the new boys flying incredibly high at the top of the league. Mitch Duke continues to be a bit-part player, came on in the 80th minute. As usual, Mitch Langerak was the main man in goal for Nagoya Grampus.
J1 League Round 11 results:
Yokohama F. Marinos 1-1 Jubilo Iwata (38,945)
Albirex Niigata 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (25,854)
Kashima Antlers 3-1 Shonan Bellmare (26,924)
FC Tokyo 2-1 Kyoto Sanga (26,770)
FC Machida Zelvia 2-0 Kashiwa Reysol (12,064)
Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (19,276)
Sagan Tosu 0-2 Tokyo Verdy (13,076)
Kawasaki Frontale 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds (23,457)
Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 Gamba Osaka (10,791)
Nagoya Grampus 0-2 Vissel Kobe (38,955)
In the 12th round of matches, it was more wild scenes with late goals, Tokyo Verdy banging a 99th minute winner in a 3-2 thrill ride against Jubilo Iwata. FC Machida Zelvia continue their winning ways, a 3-0 rolling of Kyoto Sanga. Mitch Duke actually came on at the 60th minute and enjoyed his 30 minute spell, scoring the 3rd Zelvia goal. His first goal in the J1 season for Zelvia. The final holdout undefeated team in J1, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, finally fell, going down 3-2 to Langerak and Nagoya Grampus. It was an own goal in the 84th minute that saw the purple reign end.
J1 League Round 12 results:
Tokyo Verdy 3-2 Jubilo Iwata (18,959)
Vissel Kobe 3-2 Albirex Niigata (21,073)
Gamba Osaka 1-0 Cerezo Osaka (34,485)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1-2 FC Tokyo (17,187)
Kyoto Sanga 0-3 FC Machida Zelvia (11,191)
Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale (9,174)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-3 Nagoya Grampus (25,193)
Kashiwa Reysol 1-2 Kashima Antlers (13,384)
Shonan Bellmare 2-1 Sagan Tosu (10,282)
Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Yokohama F. Marinos (40,579)
J1 League Round 12 standings:
J2 League Round 13 results:
Tokushima Vortis 0-0 Ehime FC (12,227)
Vegalta Sendai 2-1 Renofa Yamaguchi (15,623)
Montedio Yamagata 2-2 Fagiano Okayama (10,684)
Yokohama FC 2-0 Mito Hollyhock (6,656)
Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Oita Trinita (11,366)
Shimizu S-Pulse 4-1 Tochigi SC (17,400)
Fujieda MYFC 2-1 Thespa Gunma (3,058)
V-Varen Nagasaki 2-2 Blaublitz Akita (13,537)
Roasso Kumamoto 2-2 Kagoshima United (11,532)
Iwaki FC 1-0 JEF United Chiba (5,025)
J2 League Round 14 results:
Blaublitz Akita 2-3 Ventforet Kofu (4,021)
Mito Hollyhock 2-0 Roasso Kumamoto (2,788)
Tochigi SC 0-1 Fujieda MYFC (5,166)
Fagiano Okayama 1-2 Tokushima Vortis (8,233)
Renofa Yamaguchi 2-0 Montedio Yamagata (7,694)
Oita Trinita 0-0 V-Varen Nagasaki (11,508)
Kagoshima United 0-1 Vegalta Sendai (4,892)
Thespa Gunma 0-3 Shimizu S-Pulse (7,085)
Ehime FC 0-0 Iwaki FC (2,929)
JEF United Chiba 1-0 Yokohama FC (8,482)
J2 League Round 14 standings:
J3 League Round 12 results:
Gainare Tottori 0-3 Omiya Ardija (4,272)
Iwate Grulla Morioka 0-2 Zweigen Kanazawa (1,397)
SC Sagamihara 0-0 FC Osaka (3,903)
Matsumoto Yamaga 1-2 Vanraure Hachinohe (8,900)
Kataller Toyama 1-1 Tegevajaro Miyazaki (3,049)
Nara Club 2-1 FC Imabari (1,876)
Giravanz Kitakyushu 0-1 YSCC Yokohama (3,882)
FC Ryukyu 0-0 Kamatamare Sanuki (3,287)
AC Nagano Parceiro 2-1 FC Gifu (4,423)
J3 League Round 13 results:
FC Osaka 0-1 FC Ryukyu (1,741)
FC Imabari 0-2 Kataller Toyama (4,451)
Vanraure Hachinohe 4-1 Iwate Grulla Morioka (2,217)
Fukushima United 2-1 Nara Club (1,168)
Omiya Ardija 0-2 Matsumoto Yamaga (10,928)
YSCC 0-0 SC Sagamihara (1,717)
Kamatamare Sanuki (1,472)
Tegevajaro Miyazaki 0-1 AC Nagano Parceiro (819)
Zweigen Kanazawa 3-3 Gainare Tottori (8,142)
FC Gifu 0-1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (2,795)
J3 League Round 13 standings:
Enjoy your commitment to this league. How does the relegation promotion work in Japan?