| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Detail | Matches |
| 2024 |
Vissel Kobe
|
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Machida Zelvia | 📄 |
|
| 2023 |
Vissel Kobe
|
Yokohama F. Marinos | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 📄 |
|
| 2022 |
Yokohama F. Marinos
|
Kawasaki Frontale | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 📄 |
|
| 2021 |
Kawasaki Frontale
|
Yokohama F. Marinos | Vissel Kobe | 📄 |
|
| 2020 |
Kawasaki Frontale
|
Gamba Osaka | Nagoya Grampus | 📄 |
|
| 2019 |
Yokohama F. Marinos
|
FC Tokyo | Kashima Antlers | 📄 |
|
| 2018 |
Kawasaki Frontale
|
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kashima Antlers | 📄 |
|
| 2017 |
Kawasaki Frontale
|
Kashima Antlers | Cerezo Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2016 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | Kawasaki Frontale | 📄 |
|
| 2015 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
Gamba Osaka | Urawa Red Diamonds | 📄 |
|
| 2014 |
Gamba Osaka
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | Kashima Antlers | 📄 |
|
| 2013 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
Yokohama F. Marinos | Kawasaki Frontale | 📄 |
|
| 2012 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
Vegalta Sendai | Urawa Red Diamonds | 📄 |
|
| 2011 |
Kashiwa Reysol
|
Nagoya Grampus | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2010 |
Nagoya Grampus
|
Gamba Osaka | Cerezo Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2009 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Kawasaki Frontale | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2008 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Kawasaki Frontale | Nagoya Grampus | 📄 |
|
| 2007 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2006 |
Urawa Red Diamonds
|
Kawasaki Frontale | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2005 |
Gamba Osaka
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | Kashima Antlers | 📄 |
|
| 2004 |
Yokohama F. Marinos
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2003 |
Yokohama F. Marinos
|
Júbilo Iwata | JEF United Chiba | 📄 |
|
| 2002 |
Júbilo Iwata
|
Yokohama F. Marinos | Gamba Osaka | 📄 |
|
| 2001 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Júbilo Iwata | JEF United Ichihara | 📄 |
|
| 2000 |
Kashima Antlers
|
Yokohama F. Marinos | Kashiwa Reysol | 📄 |
|
| 1999 |
Júbilo Iwata
|
Shimizu S-Pulse | Kashiwa Reysol | 📄 |
|
| Rank | Club | Winners | Runners-up | Total |
| 1 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
|
8 | 4 | 12 |
| 1 |
Kashima Antlers
|
8 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |
Yokohama F. Marinos
|
7 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 |
Tokyo Verdy
|
7 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 |
Urawa Red Diamonds
|
5 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 |
Cerezo Osaka
|
4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 |
Kawasaki Frontale
|
4 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 |
Júbilo Iwata
|
4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 |
Shonan Bellmare
|
3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |
Gamba Osaka
|
2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |
JEF United Chiba
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |
Kashiwa Reysol
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |
Vissel Kobe
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
Summary
The Japanese football champions are the winners of the top league in Japan, the Japan Soccer League from 1965 to 1992 and the J.League since then.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Tokyo Verdy are the only teams that have won the title four times in a row (in 1965–1968 as Toyo Industries and in 1991–1994 as Yomiuri S.C./Verdy Kawasaki, respectively). Notice that from 1985 to 1992 Japanese football adjusted to the "fall-spring" season schedule (common in most of Europe) but after establishment of J.League switched back to "spring-fall" scheme (common in North America, East Asia, and Nordic European latitudes).
Recommend Channel
World National football team squads
Football Instagram Photo Gallery
© SportsLib. All rights reserved