2024 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 April – 8 December |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 113 (2.69 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 2 players tied (5 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 Omiya Ardija (7 April) Maebashi Ikuei 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol (29 April) Kashima Antlers 3–0 Aomori Yamada (11 May) Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi (12 May) |
| Biggest away win | Shoshi 0–3 Yokohama FC (14 April) |
| Highest scoring | RKU Kashiwa 4–3 FC Tokyo (5 May) |
| Highest attendance | 1,000 RKU Kashiwa 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale (18 May) |
| Lowest attendance | 100 RKU Kashiwa 1–0 Shoshi (7 April) 100 Omiya Ardija 2–3 Kashiwa Reysol (14 April) 100 RKU Kashiwa 2–2 Kashima Antlers (21 April) 100 RKU Kashiwa 4–3 FC Tokyo (5 May) 100 FC Tokyo 1–1 Yokohama FC (12 May) |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2024. | |
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 April – 8 December |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 140 (3.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Keiji Yamashita (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Sagan Tosu 5–0 Yonago Kita (14 April) |
| Biggest away win | Teikyo Nagaoka 1–6 Ohzu (19 May) |
| Highest scoring | Kamimura Gakuen 4–3 Sagan Tosu (7 April) Teikyo Nagaoka 1–6 Ohzu (19 May) |
| Highest attendance | 1,150 Teikyo Nagaoka 3–0 Sagan Tosu (29 April) |
| Lowest attendance | 50 Sagan Tosu 1–1 Shizuoka Gakuen (19 May) |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2024. | |
The 2024 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 2024, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2024) is the 35th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 14th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 3rd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.[1]
Changes from the previous season[edit]
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 11th and 12th-placed teams of each division will be directly relegated.
| Promoted from the Prince Leagues | Relegated by bottom-league finish (East) | Relegated by bottom-league finish (West) |
|---|---|---|
| Kashima Antlers Teikyo Nagaoka HS Fagiano Okayama Kagoshima Josei HS |
Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS Yokohama F. Marinos |
Júbilo Iwata Riseisha HS |
Participating clubs[edit]
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 West to the East on 2024, a year after relocating to the West.[2]
Premier League East[edit]
| Team | Prefecture | 2023 record |
|---|---|---|
| Aomori Yamada High School | Aomori | 1st |
| Shoshi High School | Fukushima | 2nd |
| Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki |  Play-offs win
|
| Maebashi Ikuei High School | Gunma | 8th |
| Shohei High School | Saitama | 7th |
| Omiya Ardija | Saitama | 9th |
| RKU Kashiwa High School | Chiba | 6th |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba | 4th |
| Ichiritsu Funabashi High School | Chiba | 5th |
| FC Tokyo | Tokyo | 10th |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa | 3rd |
| Yokohama FC | Kanagawa | 5th (WEST) |
Premier League West[edit]
| Team | Prefecture | 2023 record |
|---|---|---|
| Teikyo Nagaoka High School | Niigata | Play-offs win
|
| Shizuoka Gakuen High School | Shizuoka | 3rd |
| Nagoya Grampus | Aichi | 8th |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyogo | 2nd |
| Yonago Kita High School | Tottori | 7th |
| Fagiano Okayama | Okayama | Play-offs win
|
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1st |
| Higashi Fukuoka High School | Fukuoka | 6th |
| Sagan Tosu | Saga | 9th |
| Ohzu High School | Kumamoto | 4th |
| Kagoshima Josei High School | Kagoshima | Play-offs win
|
| Kamimura Gakuen High School | Kagoshima | 10th |
League table[edit]
Premier League East[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RKU Kashiwa HS | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 17 | Qualification for Premier League final |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 15 | |
| 3 | Yokohama FC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Shohei HS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 11 | |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 11 | |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | |
| 7 | FC Tokyo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |
| 8 | Aomori Yamada HS | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | |
| 9 | Omiya Ardija | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | |
| 10 | Shoshi HS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | |
| 11 | Maebashi Ikuei HS | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |
| 12 | Ichiritsu Funabashi HS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 2 |
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[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohzu HS | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 16 | Qualification for Premier League final |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 16 | |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Teikyo Nagaoka HS | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 12 | |
| 5 | Higashi Fukuoka HS | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 10 | |
| 8 | Yonago Kita HS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 9 | Kamimura Gakuen HS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 7 | |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 | |
| 11 | Shizuoka Gakuen HS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |
| 12 | Kagoshima Josei HS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 |
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[edit]
Qualifies 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 will be divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (or 2nd round winners) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.
Kanto's Prince League is the only one to qualify three teams from, whereas Tohoku, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku and Kyushu qualifies two teams each, and just one each qualifies from Hokkaido and Shikoku. The play-offs will be played at 6 (1st round) and 8 December (2nd round).
- ^ 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.
Final[edit]
| East Champion | v | West Champion |
|---|---|---|
Top scorers[edit]
- As of 19 May 2024.
East[edit]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Divine Chinedu Otani
|
FC Tokyo | 5 |
| Keitaro Shoji
|
Yokohama FC | ||
| 3 | Takeshi Katori
|
Kawasaki Frontale | 4 |
| Mohammed Sadiki Waad
|
Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| 5 | Ayumu Kameda
|
RKU Kashiwa | 3 |
| Kantaro Maeda
|
Yokohama FC | ||
| Yudai Miura
|
Shohei HS | ||
| Yutaro Onda
|
Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| Retsu Sawai
|
Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| Teppei Wada
|
RKU Kashiwa | ||
| Gota Yamaguchi
|
Shohei HS | ||
| Minato Yoshida
|
Kashima Antlers | ||
| Futo Yoshihara
|
Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| So Yunoki
|
RKU Kashiwa |
West[edit]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiji Yamashita
|
Ohzu HS | 9 |
| 2 | Daichi Suzuki
|
Sagan Tosu | 6 |
| Takumi Yasuno
|
Teikyo Nagaoka HS | ||
| 4 | Aren Inoue
|
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 |
| Gaku Nawata
|
Kamimura Gakuen HS | ||
| Daigo Niino
|
Teikyo Nagaoka HS | ||
| Kanshiro Suemune
|
Fagiano Okayama | ||
| Shungo Sugiura
|
Nagoya Grampus | ||
| Ikkei Yamashita
|
Yonago Kita HS | ||
| Ran Yoshioka
|
Vissel Kobe |
References[edit]
- ^ "高円宮杯プレミアリーグのリーグ編成が決定". news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023 ファイナルおよびプレーオフ大会概要、ビジュアル「アオアシ」のお知らせ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
See also[edit]
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- League
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)