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About the J. League

The Japan J-League, commonly known just as the 'J League', refers usually to the Division 1 of the Japanese Professional Football League. It consists of 18 clubs, and has been operational since 1993. Especially early on, the J. League had an influx of experienced foreign internationals like Zico and Dragan Stojkovic come into the league, and so has always had a high standard of football. The J. League (and indeed Japanese) style of play is fast, technical, attacking football, and although there are a few big dominant teams, the league is quite competitive.

Fantastic Japanese Football Stadia

The Japanese J-League boasts a fantastic array of stadiums. This is partly because of a few that were built at the inception of the J. League in order to promote the game, but mostly because of the amazing stadiums that were constructed for the 2002 World Cup, for which Japan were co-hosts with South Korea. As a result, there are several high-quality, new stadiums, with capacities of over 50,000. The teams also sometimes play at multiple venues – there are 24 venues for the 18 teams, with some of the bigger ties being staged at massive venues such as the Nissan Stadium (72,730) or Saitama Stadium (63,700).

J-League Results

This OleOle community is for fans of the J League to find news, results, scores , tables and fixtures for all league matches. See club standings, contribute to the J League facts and history, discuss and comment in the LEAGUE forum, get a league table widget, or follow live matches online in the MatchCentre. This fan community is for you.

Team	GP	GD	Pts
1.	Kashima Antlers	34	26	63
2.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	23	60
3.	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	59
4.	Oita Trinita	34	9	56
5.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	8	55
6.	FC Tokyo	34	4	55
7.	Urawa Reds	34	8	53
8.	Gamba Osaka	34	-3	50
9.	Yokohama F.Marinos	34	11	48
10.	Vissel Kobe	34	1	47
11.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	3	46
12.	Omiya Ardija	34	-9	43
13.	Albirex Niigata	34	-14	42
14.	Kyoto Sanga FC	34	-9	41
15.	JEF United Chiba	34	-17	38
16.	Jubilo Iwata	34	-8	37
17.	Tokyo Verdy	34	-12	37
18.	Consadole Sapporo	34	-34	18

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K-League trumps J-League in All-star clash

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The K-Allstars outshine J-Allstars

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Team	Pts	W	D	L
1.	Kashima Antlers	34	63	18	9	7
2.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	60	18	6	10
3.	Nagoya Grampus	34	59	17	8	9
4.	Oita Trinita	34	56	16	8	10
5.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	55	16	7	11
6.	FC Tokyo	34	55	16	7	11
7.	Urawa Reds	34	53	15	8	11
8.	Gamba Osaka	34	50	14	8	12
9.	Yokohama F.Marinos	34	48	13	9	12
10.	Vissel Kobe	34	47	12	11	11
11.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	46	13	7	14
12.	Omiya Ardija	34	43	12	7	15
13.	Albirex Niigata	34	42	11	9	14
14.	Kyoto Sanga FC	34	41	11	8	15
15.	JEF United Chiba	34	38	10	8	16
16.	Jubilo Iwata	34	37	10	7	17
17.	Tokyo Verdy	34	37	10	7	17
18.	Consadole Sapporo	34	18	4	6	24

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