| Season | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Blaublitz Akita 1st title |
| Promoted | Tochigi SC |
| Matches | 272 |
| Goals | 698 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Noriaki Fujimoto (Kagoshima United FC) (24 goals)[1] |
| Highest attendance | 14,935[2] Kitakyushu 1–1Akita (12 Mar 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 273[2] C-Osaka U-23 2-2YS Yokohama (22 Oct 2017) |
| Average attendance | 2,613[2] |
←2016 2018 → | |
The2017 J3 League (referred to as the2017Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of theJ3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017.[3] The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December.
Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club.
A total of 17 teams took part in the league.2016 J3 League championOita Trinita gained promotion to theJ2 League, and was replaced byGiravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the2016 J2 League. Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name.Azul Claro Numazu made their debut in the third tier as a club.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaublitz Akita(C) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 61 | Ineligible for promotion to2018 J2 League |
| 2 | Tochigi SC(P) | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 60 | Promotion to2018 J2 League[a] |
| 3 | Azul Claro Numazu | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 59 | |
| 4 | Kagoshima United | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 55 | |
| 5 | Nagano Parceiro | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 50 | |
| 6 | FC Ryukyu | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 50 | |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 47 | |
| 8 | Kataller Toyama | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 46 | |
| 10 | Fukushima United | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | |
| 11 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 43 | |
| 12 | SC Sagamihara | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 39 | |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 35 | |
| 14 | YSCC Yokohama | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | |
| 15 | Grulla Morioka | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 29 | |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 26 | |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | AZU | BLA | C23 | FUK | GAI | G23 | GIR | GRU | KGU | KAT | MYF | PAR | RYU | SGM | TOC | T23 | YSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azul Claro Numazu | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Blaublitz Akita | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | |
| Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Fukushima United | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Gainare Tottori | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 | |
| Gamba Osaka U-23 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | |
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Grulla Morioka | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Kagoshima United | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kataller Toyama | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Fujieda MYFC | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Nagano Parceiro | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| FC Ryukyu | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| SC Sagamihara | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Tochigi SC | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| FC Tokyo U-23 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| YSCC Yokohama | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 95,023 | 14,935 | 3,864 | 5,939 | +84.2%† |
| 2 | Tochigi SC | 82,352 | 11,191 | 2,758 | 5,147 | +4.7%† |
| 3 | Nagano Parceiro | 68,095 | 8,049 | 2,652 | 4,256 | −15.2%† |
| 4 | SC Sagamihara | 58,517 | 6,122 | 1,548 | 3,657 | −15.8%† |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 56,128 | 5,157 | 1,854 | 3,508 | −4.3%† |
| 6 | Kataller Toyama | 50,536 | 6,383 | 1,917 | 3,159 | −12.4%† |
| 7 | Azul Claro Numazu | 48,462 | 8,649 | 753 | 3,029 | +29.9%‡ |
| 8 | FC Ryukyu | 40,132 | 6,888 | 1,032 | 2,508 | +60.7%† |
| 9 | Blaublitz Akita | 37,819 | 3,933 | 1,355 | 2,364 | −2.5%† |
| 10 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 30,923 | 6,338 | 864 | 1,933 | −30.9%† |
| 11 | Gainare Tottori | 24,938 | 2,435 | 573 | 1,559 | −17.9%† |
| 12 | Fukushima United | 23,762 | 3,897 | 629 | 1,485 | −11.5%† |
| 13 | Fujieda MYFC | 23,162 | 2,577 | 722 | 1,448 | −5.4%† |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 21,385 | 3,590 | 520 | 1,337 | +12.5%† |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka U-23 | 19,620 | 2,317 | 523 | 1,226 | −48.9%† |
| 16 | YSCC Yokohama | 15,222 | 1,264 | 559 | 951 | −6.6%† |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | 14,545 | 1,653 | 273 | 909 | −38.9%† |
| League total | 710,621 | 14,935 | 273 | 2,613 | −11.6%† |
Updated to games played on 3 December 2017
Source:J. League Data
Notes:
† Relegated from J2.‡ Promoted from JFL.