2023 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2023
Dates1 April – 10 December
ChampionsAomori Yamada
(4th title)
RelegatedEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo
Yokohama F. Marinos
West:
Riseisha
Júbilo Iwata
Matches played264
Goals scored869 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Torataro Okazaki (18 goals)
West: Asuma Ikari (18 goals)
Biggest home winEast:
Shoshi 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo
(11 June)
West:
Vissel Kobe 5–0 Kamimura Gakuen
(28 May)
Vissel Kobe 5–0 Shizuoka Gakuen
(3 December)
Biggest away winEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May)
West:
Riseisha 0–6 Ohzu
(30 September)
Highest scoringEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May)
Shoshi 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo
(11 June)
West:
Ohzu 6–3 Riseisha
(7 May)
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2023) was the 34th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 13th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 2nd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.[1]

Changes from the previous season

The Premier League/Prince League play-offs gives an opportunity for teams to be promoted from the Prince Leagues (a conglomerate of regional leagues that forms the 2nd division of youth football in Japan). The two 10th-placed teams in their respective 2022 Premier League divisions participated in the play-offs, while the 11th and 12th-placed teams of each division were directly relegated. So, it not only determined the newcomers but also determined whether there will be other relegated teams from the Premier League or not.

On 2022, the number of teams that could make the jump to the top division were from four up to six.

Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated by bottom-league finish (East) Relegated by bottom-league finish (West) Relegated through play-offs
Asahikawa Jitsugyo
Shohei
Shoshi
Yonago Kita
Kamimura Gakuen 		JFA Academy Fukushima
Kiryu Daiichi 		Shimizu S-Pulse
Gamba Osaka 		Cerezo Osaka

Participating clubs

As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Yokohama FC U-18s was the only team to be relocated, switching from the East to the West on 2023.[2]

Premier League EAST

Team Prefecture
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School Hokkaido
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
Shoshi High School Fukushima
Maebashi Ikuei High School Gunma
Shohei High School Saitama
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa
Yokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa

Premier League WEST

Team Prefecture
Yokohama FC Kanagawa
Shizuoka Gakuen High School Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Riseisha High School Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Yonago Kita High School Tottori
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu Saga
Ohzu High School Kumamoto
Kamimura Gakuen High School Kagoshima

League table

Premier League East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aomori Yamada 22 16 3 3 54 25 +29 51 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Shoshi 22 15 4 3 46 20 +26 49
3 Kawasaki Frontale 22 14 4 4 57 17 +40 46
4 Kashiwa Reysol 22 10 6 6 50 30 +20 36
5 Ichiritsu Funabashi 22 8 10 4 34 28 +6 34
6 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 22 7 6 9 30 29 +1 27
7 Shohei 22 7 5 10 30 34 −4 26
8 Maebashi Ikuei 22 8 2 12 28 41 −13 26
9 Omiya Ardija 22 6 5 11 22 35 −13 23
10 FC Tokyo 22 5 7 10 26 36 −10 22
11 Yokohama F. Marinos 22 4 5 13 26 42 −16 17 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Asahikawa Jitsugyo 22 3 1 18 17 83 −66 10
Source: JFA
Rules 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.

Premier League West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 14 4 4 50 27 +23 46 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Vissel Kobe 22 14 3 5 42 19 +23 45
3 Shizuoka Gakuen 22 12 4 6 40 33 +7 40
4 Ohzu 22 10 3 9 47 43 +4 33
5 Yokohama FC 22 9 5 8 37 40 −3 32
6 Higashi Fukuoka 22 9 4 9 34 31 +3 31
7 Yonago Kita 22 9 3 10 35 31 +4 30
8 Nagoya Grampus 22 8 6 8 30 31 −1 30
9 Sagan Tosu 22 8 3 11 31 38 −7 27
10 Kamimura Gakuen 22 8 3 11 40 49 −9 27
11 Júbilo Iwata 22 7 2 13 38 48 −10 23 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Riseisha 22 3 2 17 22 56 −34 11
Source: JFA
Rules 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.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Qualified for the stage the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions, with each region having its amount of qualifying slots predetermined by the JFA[a].[3] They were divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.[4]

  1. ^ Reserve teams, however, can not participate in the play-offs. If their final league placement sits in the qualifying zone for the play-offs, their slot will be allocated to the next best-ranked team.

Block A

8 December 1st roundFagiano Okayama3–1Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHiroshima
11:00
  • Ryota Minami 37', 64'
  • Hideyuki Ishii 90+3'
 Report
  • Shido Izuma 18'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Taku Nagaya
8 December 1st roundKyoto Sanga4–3Nissho Gakuen HSHigashihiroshima
13:30
  • Yoshiki Sumi 43'
  • Rikuto Iida 54'
  • Kudai Kumagai 62'
  • Reo Tozawa 87'
 Report
Stadium: Higashihiroshima Sports Park Football Field
Attendance: 120
Referee: Masaki Adachi
10 December 2nd round Fagiano Okayama 1–0Kyoto SangaHiroshima
11:00
  • Kosei Narazaki 15'
 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 550
Referee: Shinya Sasaki

Block B

8 December 1st roundVegalta Sendai3–1Shimizu S-PulseHiroshima
11:00
  • Kazuma Kawano 17'
  • Yuma Sasaki 39'
  • Sota Yokoyama 55'
 Report
  • Narumi Ota 11'
 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 200
Referee: Masakazu Kato
8 December 1st roundKashima Antlers5–1Setouchi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Haruto Matsumoto 31'
  • Yugo Okawa 42'
  • Kosei Ogura 58', 60'
  • Homare Tokuda 86'
 Report
  • Yuga Arai 17'
 Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yoshihito Hori
10 December 2nd roundVegalta Sendai0–7 Kashima Antlers Hiroshima
11:00 Report
  • Junnosuke Manome 1', 7', 45+3'
  • Koji Oyama 27', 62'
  • Homare Tokuda 89', 90+4'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Akifumi Kawakatsu

Block C

8 December 1st roundKagoshima Josei HS2–1Albirex NiigataHiroshima
11:00
  • Kaito Seriu 17', 55'
 Report
  • Koki Maruyama 38'
 Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kakuro Hori
8 December 1st roundHokkai HS1–2 (a.e.t.)Ohmi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Koki Nomura 6'
 Report
  • Riu Yamakado 62'
  • Yota Kanayama 109'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa
10 December 2nd round Kagoshima Josei HS 1–0Ohmi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Kaito Seriu 63'
 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 550
Referee: Kenya Ohara

Block D

8 December 1st roundTeikyo Nagaoka HS2–1Okayama Gakugeikan HSHigashihiroshima
11:00
  • Sota Hara 47'
  • Takeshi Hara 58'
 Report
  • Kenshin Kozai 90+1'
 Stadium: Higashihiroshima Sports Park Football Field
Attendance: 150
Referee: Shohei Ofuji
8 December 1st roundTokushima Vortis5–5 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		Urawa Red DiamondsHiroshima
13:30
  • Shuto Maekawa 6', 90+3'
  • Reo Hironaga 51'
  • Neo Nagamura 98'
  • Yusei Onoe 110+5'
 Report
  • Keigo Fukata 27'
  • Kazuki Seyama 90+2'
  • Hibiki Kawaragi 90+4'
  • Seiryu Shimizu 91'
  • Minaho Abe 107'
 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yu Tezuka
Penalties
  • Neo Nagamura soccer ball with red X
  • Kojiro Shibata soccer ball with red X
  • Muku Fukuta soccer ball with check mark
  • Yusei Onoe soccer ball with check mark
  • Go Aoyagi soccer ball with check mark
  • Minaho Abe soccer ball with check mark
  • Seiryu Shimizu soccer ball with check mark
  • Hibiki Kawaragi soccer ball with check mark
10 December 2nd round Teikyo Nagaoka HS 2–1Urawa Red DiamondsHiroshima
13:30
  • Sota Hori 18', 44'
 Report
  • Seiryu Shimizu 66'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Hiroki Murata

Final

Aomori Yamada2–1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Own goal 90'
  • Takumi Tsushima 90+4'
 Report
  • Aren Inoue 49'
Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Toshiki Tomomasa
Aomori Yamada
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
GK 1 Japan Shoei Suzuki
DF 2 Japan Takuto Kobayashi
DF 3 Japan Soju Konuma
DF 4 Japan Tora Yamamoto (c)
DF 5 Japan Kaito Koizumi
DF 6 Japan Toki Sugasawa
MF 8 Japan Ryosuke Kawahara downward-facing red arrow 74'
MF 10 Japan Rei Shibata
MF 13 Japan Kenta Fukushima downward-facing red arrow 58'
MF 14 Japan Hidetaka Sugimoto
FW 11 Japan Soji Yoneya
Substitutes:
GK 12 Japan Tatsuya Hasegawa
MF 16 Japan Raichi Goto upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 19 Japan Ikuma Beppu
MF 23 Japan Yuki Ikeda
MF 25 Japan Kazunori Saito
FW 9 Japan Takumi Tsushima upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 24 Japan Tokiya Yamashita
Manager:
Japan Masanori Masaki
GK 1 Japan Koshin Yamada
DF 3 Japan Isshin Kuroki
DF 6 Japan Milan Ishihara (c)
DF 18 Japan Shota Kofie
MF 7 Japan Zento Torii downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
MF 8 Japan Yotaro Nakajima
MF 14 Japan Shin Takeyama
MF 15 Japan Hinata Hashimoto
FW 9 Japan Jo Tsunokake downward-facing red arrow 78'
FW 10 Japan Hagumu Nakagawa
FW 19 Japan Aren Inoue downward-facing red arrow 78'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Japan Shunsuke Sawada
DF 2 Japan Mikio Yamane
DF 22 Japan Fuga Kotani
MF 11 Japan Yuki Kimura upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 13 Japan Seiya Ishibashi
MF 28 Japan Shimon Kobayashi upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
FW 29 Japan Moki Sota upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Japan Satoru Noda

Assistant referees:
Kenji Wakamiya
Yuta Ono
Fourth official:
Yasuhiro Udagawa

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

East

Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Japan Torataro Okazaki Kawasaki Frontale 18
2 Japan Soji Yoneya Aomori Yamada 15
3 Japan Nobuhiro Konno Kashiwa Reysol 13
4 Japan Riku Gunji Ichiritsu Funabashi 12
5 Japan Taiyo Yamaguchi FC Tokyo 10
6 Japan Hiyu Ajiro Shoshi 8
7 Japan Asahi Nakada Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 7
Japan Junki Osa Shohei
Japan Shun Sakuramatsu Shoshi
Japan Kento Shirasu Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan Haruhi Taneda Omiya Ardija
Japan Akito Toda Kashiwa Reysol
Japan Mohamed Sadiki Wade Kashiwa Reysol
Japan Tora Yamamoto Aomori Yamada

West

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Japan Asuma Ikari Ohzu 20
2 Japan Kyota Funahashi Júbilo Iwata 14
Japan Minto Nishimaru Kamimura Gakuen
4 Japan Soma Kanda Shizuoka Gakuen 12
Japan Hagumu Nakagawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima
6 Japan Tsubasa Inada Ohzu 10
7 Japan Gaku Nawata Kamimura Gakuen 9
Japan Shoi Sakamoto Vissel Kobe
Japan Daichi Suzuki Sagan Tosu
Japan Takumi Yoshioka Higashi Fukuoka

See also

League

References

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  6. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2023.