Kyoto Sanga

Kyoto Sanga

3rd in Japanese J.League
With J1 League title race wide open, who are the biggest threats to leaders Machida Zelvia? With J1 League title race wide open, who are the biggest threats to leaders Machida Zelvia?

With just five points now separating the top five, the J1 League title race looks set to go down to the wire.

Whatever happened to Japan's 2002 FIFA World Cup stars who formed the first wave to Europe? Whatever happened to Japan's 2002 FIFA World Cup stars who formed the first wave to Europe?

With the retirement of Shinji Ono, only one member from Japan's star-studded 2002 World Cup squad remains active -- but whatever happened to them?

Collection Collection

As J.League celebrates 30th anniversary, Japanese football has certainly come a long way As J.League celebrates 30th anniversary, Japanese football has certainly come a long way

As the J.League celebrates its 30th anniversary, have the first three decades of the professional era in Japanese football been a success?

Japanese J1 League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kashima Antlers 34 +24 66
2 Kashiwa Reysol 34 +20 63
3 Kyoto Sanga 34 +22 61
4 Vissel Kobe 34 +15 61
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshi.. 34 +16 59
6 Kawasaki Frontale 34 +17 56
7 Machida Zelvia 34 +14 56
8 Urawa Red Diamond.. 34 +4 52
9 Gamba Osaka 34 -6 50
10 Cerezo Osaka 34 +2 46
11 FC Tokyo 34 -10 42
12 Tokyo Verdy 1969 34 -13 42
13 Avispa Fukuoka 34 -5 41
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 -6 41
15 Fagiano Okayama 34 -7 41
16 Nagoya Grampus 34 -8 40
17 Yokohama F. Marin.. 34 -8 34
18 Yokohama FC 34 -16 32
19 Shonan Bellmare 34 -29 26
20 Albirex Niigata 34 -26 22
Full Standings

Team Leaders

Top Scorers

# Player Goals M A
9 Papagaio 16 24 4
29 Masaya Okugawa 7 25 2
14 Taichi Hara 5 29 10

Top Assists

# Player Assists M G
14 Taichi Hara 10 29 5
39 Taiki Hirato 6 30 0
22 Hidehiro Sugai 4 32 1