Japan's J1 League Winners List
Here are the champion team from each season in the top-level football league in Japan, the J1 League. From 1999–2014 the top league was called J.League Division 1, and called the J League from 1993. The Japan Soccer League was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992
| Year | Champion Team | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | Gamba Osaka |
| 2019 | Yokohama F. Marinos | FC Tokyo |
| 2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| 2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | Kashima Antlers |
| 2016 | Kashima Antlers | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2015 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Gamba Osaka |
| 2014 | Gamba Osaka | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2013 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 2012 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Vegalta Sendai |
| 2011 | Kashiwa Reysol | Nagoya Grampus |
| 2010 | Nagoya Grampus | Gamba Osaka |
| 2009 | Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 2008 | Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 2007 | Kashima Antlers | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2006 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 2005 | Gamba Osaka | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 2003 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Júbilo Iwata |
| 2002 | Júbilo Iwata | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 2001 | Kashima Antlers | Júbilo Iwata |
| 2000 | Kashima Antlers | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 1999 | Júbilo Iwata | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| 1998 | Kashima Antlers | Júbilo Iwata |
| 1997 | Júbilo Iwata | Kashima Antlers |
| 1996 | Kashima Antlers | Nagoya Grampus Eight |
| 1995 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Verdy Kawasaki |
| 1994 | Verdy Kawasaki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| 1993 | Verdy Kawasaki | Kashima Antlers |
| 1991–92 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors |
| 1990–91 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors |
| 1989–90 | Nissan Motors | Yomiuri SC |
| 1988–89 | Nissan Motors | ANA SC |
| 1987–88 | Yamaha Motors | NKK SC |
| 1986–87 | Yomiuri SC | NKK SC |
| 1985–86 | Furukawa Electric | NKK SC |
| 1984 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors |
| 1983 | Yomiuri SC | Nissan Motors |
| 1982 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1981 | Fujita Industries | Yomiuri SC |
| 1980 | Yanmar Diesel | Fujita Industries |
| 1979 | Fujita Industries | Yomiuri SC |
| 1978 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1977 | Fujita Industries | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1976 | Furukawa Electric | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1975 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1974 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1973 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Hitachi SC |
| 1972 | Hitachi SC | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1971 | Yanmar Diesel | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1970 | Toyo Industries | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| 1969 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Toyo Industries |
| 1968 | Toyo Industries | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1967 | Toyo Industries | Furukawa Electric |
| 1966 | Toyo Industries | Yawata Steel |
| 1965+A2:D49 | Toyo Industries | Yawata Steel |
Notes
Related Pages
- Other League Champions, plus more Soccer Lists
- Sport in Japan
- More sporting lists
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