• Source: 2025 J1 League

      • The 2025 J1 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 33rd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This is the 11th season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1.
      Vissel Kobe are the defending champions, having won their second league title in a row on the last matchday of the 2024 J1 League.


      Overview


      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 tournament format and match format were announced on 25 November 2024, with the season started on 14 February 2025 and concluded on 6 December 2025.


      Changes from the previous season


      There were three teams relegated to the 2025 J2 League. Júbilo Iwata, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and Sagan Tosu, were relegated as they finished 18th, 19th, and 20th respectively in the previous season, ending one, eight, and 13 year-stay in the top flight.
      Three teams were promoted from the 2024 J2 League: Shimizu S-Pulse, who won the title and returned to J1 after a two-year absence, Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing in the J2 League, and Fagiano Okayama, who finished fifth and won the play-offs; they will play in the top division for the first time in their history.


      Participating clubs




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      Foreign players


      From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.

      Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
      Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Official website (in Japanese)
      J.League Data Site
      J.League Data Site (in Japanese)

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