| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 February – 23 October |
| Champions | Albirex Niigata 2nd J2 title 2ndD2 title |
| Promoted | Albirex Niigata Yokohama FC |
| Relegated | FC Ryukyu Iwate Grulla Morioka |
| Champions League | Ventforet Kofu |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,136 (2.46 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Koki Ogawa (26 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Tokushima Vortis 5–0 Iwate Grulla Morioka (20 April 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Thespakusatsu Gunma 1–6Renofa Yamaguchi (24 September 2022) |
| Highest scoring | FC Ryukyu 2–5Tokyo Verdy (30 March 2022) Albirex Niigata 4−3 Tokyo Verdy (8 May 2022) Ventforet Kofu 5–2 FC Ryukyu (6 August 2022) Roasso Kumamoto 3–4 Yokohama FC (23 October 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Tokyo Verdy |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches Tokushima Vortis |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches Blaublitz Akita |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Iwate Grulla Morioka Ventforet Kofu |
| Highest attendance | 32,979 Albirex Niigata 3–0Vegalta Sendai (8 October 2022) |
| Lowest attendance | 608 FC Ryukyu 0–1 Blaublitz Akita (3 September 2022) |
| Total attendance | 2,318,829 |
| Average attendance | 5,019 |
←2021 2023 → | |
The2022 J2 League, also known as the2022Meiji YasudaJ2 League (Japanese:2022 明治安田生命J2リーグ,Hepburn:2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of theJ2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999.
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| Omiya Ardija | Masahiro Shimoda | Sacked | 26 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | 20th | Naoki Soma | 26 May 2022 | 28 May 2022 | [3] |
| FC Ryukyu | Tetsuhiro Kina | Sacked | 8 June 2022 | 8 June 2022 | 22nd | Kazuki Kuranuki (caretaker) | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 | [4] |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Hiroshi Matsuda | Sacked | 12 June 2022 | 12 June 2022 | 5th | Takeo Harada (caretaker) | 12 June 2022 | 12 June 2022 | [5] |
| Takeo Harada | End of caretaker spell | 12 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | TBD | Fábio Carille | 12 June 2022 | 2 July 2022 | ||
| FC Ryukyu | Kazuki Kuranuki | End of caretaker spell | 13 June 2022 | 13 June 2022 | 22nd | Nacho Fernández | 13 June 2022 | 14 June 2022 | [6] |
| Tokyo Verdy | Takafumi Hori | Sacked | 13 June 2022 | 13 June 2022 | 14th | Hiroshi Jofuku | 13 June 2022 | 14 June 2022 | [7][8] |
| Vegalta Sendai | Masato Harasaki | Sacked | 6 September 2022 | 6 September 2022 | 4th | Akira Ito | 6 September 2022 | 6 September 2022 | [9][10] |
As of 2022 season, there are no more restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day squad.[11] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albirex Niigata(C, P) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 84 | Promotion to theJ1 League |
| 2 | Yokohama FC(P) | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 80 | |
| 3 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 72 | Qualification for thepromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 67 | |
| 5 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 66 | |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 64 | |
| 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 63 | |
| 8 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 62 | |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 61 | |
| 10 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 61 | |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 56 | |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 56 | |
| 13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 54 | |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 52 | |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 51 | |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 50 | |
| 17 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 49 | |
| 18 | Ventforet Kofu(X) | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 48 | Qualification for theAFC Champions League group stage[a] |
| 19 | Omiya Ardija | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 43 | |
| 20 | Thespakusatsu Gunma | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 42 | |
| 21 | FC Ryukyu(R) | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 37 | Relegation toJ3 League |
| 22 | Iwate Grulla Morioka(R) | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 80 | −45 | 34 |
| First round 30 October | Second round 6 November | Final 13 November | |||||||||||
| J2(3) | Fagiano Okayama | 0 | |||||||||||
| J1(16) | Kyoto Sanga | 1 | |||||||||||
| J2(6) | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | |||||||||||
| J2(6) | Montedio Yamagata | 2 | J2(4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 1 | ||||||||
| J2(4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | |||||||||||
| J2(4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | |||||||||||
| J2(5) | Oita Trinita | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Koki Ogawa | Yokohama FC | 26 |
| 2 |  Tiago Alves | Fagiano Okayama | 16 |
| 3 | Masato Nakayama | Vegalta Sendai | 14 |
| Toshiki Takahashi | Roasso Kumamoto | ||
| 5 | Masamichi Hayashi | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 |
| Ryoga Sato | Tokyo Verdy |
Kota Fukatsu (Machida Zelvia)
Carlos Gutiérrez (Tochigi SC)| Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| February/March | Shuhei Yomoda | Yokohama FC | Koki Ogawa | Yokohama FC | Tiago Alves | Fagiano Okayama | [19][20][21] |
| April | Masato Harasaki | Vegalta Sendai | Ryoma Kida | Vegalta Sendai | Kota Yamada | Montedio Yamagata | [22][23][24] |
| May | Rikizo Matsuhashi | Albirex Niigata | Shunsuke Mito | Albirex Niigata | Kazuma Yamaguchi | Machida Zelvia | [25][26][27] |
| June | Takashi Kiyama | Fagiano Okayama | Koki Ogawa | Yokohama FC | Hiroki Noda | Montedio Yamagata | [28][29][30] |
| July | Takeshi Oki | Roasso Kumamoto | Edigar Junio | V-Varen Nagasaki | Naohiro Sugiyama | Roasso Kumamoto | [31][32][33] |
| August | Takashi Kiyama | Fagiano Okayama |  Jordy Buijs | Fagiano Okayama | Wataru Tanaka | Renofa Yamaguchi | [34][35][36] |
| September | Takeshi Oki | Roasso Kumamoto | Hiroya Matsumoto | Zweigen Kanazawa | Kazuma Takai | Renofa Yamaguchi | [37] |
| October/November | Hiroshi Jofuku | Tokyo Verdy | Koki Ogawa | Yokohama FC | Ryotaro Ito | Albirex Niigata | [38] |
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