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2024 J.League season preview: Kashiwa Reysol looking to make a leap
Kashiwa Reysol have had a funny alternating pattern emerge ever since being promoted back to the Meiji Yasuda J1 League in 2020.One season they will turn in a strong top-half finish, and follow it up the next year with a relegation battle. After last season’s fight at the foot of the table, they’ll be hoping the pattern sticks for one more season and that a…Thu, 1 Feb 2024 · 03:18 · 2 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
Supachok and Thailand enjoy another successful Asian Cup despite hard-fought Round of 16 loss
Supachok Sarachat and Thailand reached the knockout stages of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, marking the second consecutive continental championship in which the War Elephants reached the final 16.Thailand made it through the group stage unbeaten, beating Kyrgyzstan, 2-0, in the opener before a pair of scoreless draws sent them through. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo …Wed, 31 Jan 2024 · 04:10 · 2 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
2024 J.League season preview: A Tokyo Verdy return to J1 15 years in the making
Tokyo Verdy are J.League royalty, having won the first two league titles, but they’ve been in a long lull and spent the last 15 seasons in the second division. Now, they are back and intent on continuing their climb back to the top.2023 reviewVerdy were very good all season, reaching the top six of the J2 table by week four and staying there the rest of the…Wed, 31 Jan 2024 · 01:21 · 3 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
2024 J.League season preview: Júbilo Iwata aiming to stay in J1
Júbilo Iwata have been on quite the yo-yo. They’ve either been promoted or relegated in five of the last six years, but they’re back in the Meiji Yasuda J1 League in 2024 and have every intention of making it stick this time.2023 reviewIt was a wild year for Júbilo. They started in bad form and it took until the back half of May before they first moved into…Tue, 30 Jan 2024 · 02:34 · 2 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
2024 J.League season preview: FC Machida Zelvia ready to fight in J1 debut
For the first time in FC Machida Zelvia history, they are playing in the top flight. How does this ambitious club look heading into their Meiji Yasuda J1 League debut?2023 reviewLast season was Zelvia’s eighth straight in the second division and with the backing of well-resourced ownership, they had their sights set on promotion. They did just that, winning…Mon, 29 Jan 2024 · 02:19 · 2 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
J.League match schedule released ahead of massive 2024 season
The fixture list for the 2024 J.League season is here, with the match schedule for J1, J2, J3, and the opening stage of the J.League YBC Levain Cup released on Tuesday.The newly-expanded, 20-team Meiji Yasuda J1 League kicks off on Friday, February 23rd with a special doubleheader.Sanfrecce Hiroshima will take on Urawa Reds to open the season at the brand-n…Tue, 23 Jan 2024 · 12:32 · 1 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
Yasuhito Endo retires after legendary J.League career
Yasuhito Endo has called full-time on his remarkable 26-year career. The legend announced his retirement on Tuesday, but he is staying in the J.League, joining the Gamba Osaka coaching staff with immediate effect.Endo was peerless as a midfielder, leading his teams to great heights and lifting plenty of silverware, including two J1 titles with Gamba Osaka a…Wed, 10 Jan 2024 · 00:29 · 2 MIN READ - J1 LEAGUE
J.League stars ready to represent Asia at Asian Cup
The Japan national team is full of J.League stars present and past for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with five members of the squad currently playing in the Japanese top-flight and the other 21 developed in the domestic pyramid.But Japan are not the only country counting on current J.League players and past alums in their quest to conquer the continent.South Kore…Tue, 9 Jan 2024 · 07:52 · 2 MIN READ