2014 J.League Division 2


The 2014 J.League Division 2 season was the 43rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season commenced on 2 March and ended on 23 November. Post-season promotion and relegation playoffs will be played until 7 December.

Clubs

and Vissel Kobe have stayed in the second division for just a year, winning a promotion as champions and runners-up respectively. Fourth-placed Tokushima Vortis won the promotion playoffs and become the very first Shikoku club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Japan Soccer League, the first amateur nationwide football league in Japan. Shonan Bellmare and Oita Trinita were relegated from the first division immediately after promotion, and Júbilo Iwata have suffered their debut relegation after 20 years in the first division.
On the other end of the table, Kamatamare Sanuki have been promoted from 2013 Japan Football League, replacing Gainare Tottori whom they defeated in the J2–JFL playoffs.
On 29 September the J.League licensing board issued J1 licenses to all J2 clubs except Mito HollyHock, FC Gifu, and Giravanz Kitakyushu. This means these three clubs are not eligible to play in J1 for 2015 season and therefore cannot be promoted directly or via playoffs.
The participating clubs are listed in the following table:
Club NameHome TownNote
Avispa FukuokaFukuoka
Hiratsuka, KanagawaRelegated from J1 League in 2013
Consadole SapporoSapporo, Hokkaidō
Ehime FCAll cities/towns in Ehime
Fagiano OkayamaAll cities/towns in Okayama
All cities/towns in GifuNot eligible for J1 promotion
Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushu, FukuokaNot eligible for J1 promotion
Mito, IbarakiNot eligible for J1 promotion
JEF United ChibaChiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Júbilo IwataIwata, ShizuokaRelegated from J1 League in 2013
Kamatamare SanukiTakamatsu, KagawaPromoted from JFL in 2013
Kataller ToyamaAll cities/towns in Toyama
Montedio YamagataAll cities/towns in Yamagata
Roasso KumamotoKumamoto
Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto
Thespakusatsu GunmaAll cities/towns in Gunma
Tochigi SCUtsunomiya, Tochigi
Oita TrinitaŌitaRelegated from J1 League in 2013
All cities/towns in Tokyo
V-Varen NagasakiAll cities/towns in Nagasaki
Matsumoto, Nagano
Yokohama FCYokohama, Kanagawa

Foreign players

League table

Results

Play-offs

Promotion Playoffs to Division 1

Because Giravanz Kitakyushu did not obtain J1 license for 2015 season, they were ineligible to participate in the playoffs. Thus, JEF United Chiba who finished third in the season received a bye into the final.

Semifinal

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Final

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J3 Relegation Playoffs

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Top scorers

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014

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Attendances