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27th season of the J2 League
Football league season
J2 League Season 2025 Dates 15 February – 29 November 2025 Matches played 200 Goals scored 489 (2.45 per match) Top goalscorer Ren Komatsu (10 goals) Biggest home win JEF United Chiba 5–1 Ehime FC (16 March)←
2024 2026–27→
All statistics correct as of 22 June 2025.The 2025 J2 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J2 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J2リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J2 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. This will also be the eleventh season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 2.
This is the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards played from summer to spring.
The league and match format were announced on 25 November 2024, with the season starts on 15 February 2025 and will conclude on 29 November 2025.
Promotion play-off has been scheduled from 7 and 13 December 2025.
Changes from the previous season[edit]Tochigi SC, Kagoshima United and Thespa Gunma were relegated to the 2025 J3 League, finishing the previous season as 18th, 19th and 20th placed, respectively, ended seven, one and five years stays in the second-tier, respectively.
Júbilo Iwata, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Sagan Tosu were relegated from the 2024 J1 League, after one, eight and thirteen season in the top flight, respectively.
Both Shimizu S-Pulse and Yokohama FC are promoted to the 2025 J1 League as champions and runners-up, respectively, of the previous J2 League season. Shizuoka-based Shimizu will return in the top flight of Japanese football after two years absence, while Yokohama FC will make their immediate comeback to the J1. Joining them are Fagiano Okayama, who finished 5th in 2024 and earned promotion after winning the promotion play-offs, thus making their first top flight appearance from next season.
2024 J3 League winners Omiya Ardija, runners-up FC Imabari, and promotion play-off winners Kataller Toyama were both promoted from the J3 League. Omiya are returning to the second-tier after one-year absence, Imabari makes their debut in the second-tier for this season and Kataller, who finished 3rd, earned promotion after winning the promotion play-offs, thus returning after 11 years absence.
From this season, Omiya Ardija changed their name to RB Omiya Ardija after they were acquired by Red Bull since 2025.
Locations of the 2025 J2 League teams
Club name Hometown Stadium Capacity Previous season rank License Blaublitz Akita Akita, Akita Soyu Stadium 18,560 J2 (10th) J1 Ehime FC All cities/towns in Ehime[a] Ningineer Stadium 20,919 J2 (17st) J1 Fujieda MYFC Cities/towns in Shizuoka Prefecture Fujieda Soccer Stadium 10,057 J2 (13th) J1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Dome 38,794 J1 (19th) J1 FC Imabari Imabari, Ehime ASICS Satoyama Stadium 5,316 J3 (2nd) J2 Iwaki FC Iwaki and Futaba District, Fukushima Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki 5,066 J2 (9th) J1 JEF United Chiba Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena 19,470 J2 (7th) J1 Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Yamaha Stadium 15,156 J1 (18th) J1 Kataller Toyama All cities/towns in Toyama[b] Toyama Athletic Stadium 18,588 J3 (3rd) J1 Mito HollyHock All cities/towns in central and northern Ibaraki[c] K's denki Stadium Mito 10,152 J2 (15th) J1 Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata[d] ND Soft Stadium 20,638 J2 (4th) J1 Oita Trinita Ōita, Ōita Crasus Dome Oita 31,997 J2 (16th) J1 RB Omiya Ardija Saitama, Saitama NACK5 Stadium Omiya 15,491 J3 (1st) J1 Renofa Yamaguchi All cities/towns in Yamaguchi Ishin Me-Life Stadium 15,115 J2 (11th) J1 Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto, Kumamoto Egao Kenko Stadium 30,275 J2 (12th) J1 Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 20,805 J1 (20th) J1 Tokushima Vortis Tokushima, Tokushima Pocarisweat Stadium 17,924 J2 (8th) J1 V-Varen Nagasaki All cities/towns in Nagasaki Prefecture[e] Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank 20,027 J2 (3rd) J1 Vegalta Sendai Miyagi Prefecture Yurtec Stadium Sendai 19,526 J2 (6th) J1 Ventforet Kofu All cities/towns in Yamanashi Prefecture[f] JIT Recycle Ink Stadium 15,853 J2 (14th) J1As of the 2024 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.[12] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. Source:
Meiji Yasuda J2 League,
J.League Data SiteRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
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