2024 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

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Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League East
Season2024
Dates6 April – 8 December
Matches played24
Goals scored64 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer4 players tied
(3 goals)
Biggest home winKawasaki Frontale 4–1 Omiya Ardija
(7 April)
Maebashi Ikuei 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol
(29 April)
Biggest away winShoshi 0–3 Yokohama FC
(14 April)
Highest scoringShohei 4–2 Maebashi Ikuei
(13 April)
Kashiwa Reysol 3–3 FC Tokyo
(21 April)
Highest attendance750
Omiya Ardija 0–2 RKU Kashiwa
(28 April)
Lowest attendance100
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)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2024.
Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League West
Season2024
Dates6 April – 8 December
Matches played24
Goals scored71 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerDaichi Suzuki
(Sagan Tosu, 4 goals)
Biggest home winSagan Tosu 5–0 Yonago Kita
(14 April)
Biggest away winShizuoka Gakuen 0–3 Vissel Kobe
(14 April)
Fagiano Okayama 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(14 April)
Highest scoringKamimura Gakuen 4–3 Sagan Tosu
(7 April)
Highest attendance1,150
Teikyo Nagaoka 3–0 Sagan Tosu
(29 April)
Lowest attendance150
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Teikyo Nagaoka
(7 April)
150
Kamimura Gakuen 1–3 Fagiano Okayama
(20 April)
150
Sagan Tosu 3–2 Kagoshima Josei
(21 April)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 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) will be 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
Kumamoto 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 Kawasaki Frontale 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 9 Qualification for Premier League final
2 RKU Kashiwa HS 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
3 Shohei HS 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
4 Aomori Yamada HS 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
5 Kashiwa Reysol 4 2 1 1 9 9 0 7
6 Yokohama FC 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6
7 FC Tokyo 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
8 Kashima Antlers 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5
9 Shoshi HS 4 1 1 2 1 4 −3 4
10 Maebashi Ikuei HS 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 3
11 Omiya Ardija 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 3 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Ichiritsu Funabashi HS 4 0 2 2 1 5 −4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8 12 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Higashi Fukuoka HS 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8
3 Vissel Kobe 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7
4 Nagoya Grampus 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
5 Kumamoto Ohzu HS 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
6 Teikyo Nagaoka HS 4 2 0 2 8 4 +4 6
7 Sagan Tosu 4 2 0 2 11 9 +2 6
8 Fagiano Okayama 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6
9 Yonago Kita HS 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6
10 Kamimura Gakuen HS 4 1 0 3 6 13 −7 3
11 Kagoshima Josei HS 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Shizuoka Gakuen HS 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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[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).

  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.

Final[edit]

East ChampionvWest Champion


Top scorers[edit]

As of 28 April 2024.

East[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Japan Takeshi Katori Kawasaki Frontale 3
Japan Keitaro Shoji Yokohama FC
Japan Teppei Wada RKU Kashiwa
Japan Futo Yoshihara Kashiwa Reysol
5 Japan Yuwa Fukuoka Kashima Antlers 2
Japan Yujin Iwaya Shohei HS
Japan Umi Kajisa Kawasaki Frontale
Japan Yudai Miura Shohei HS
Japan Divine Chinedu Otani FC Tokyo
Japan Yutaro Onda Kawasaki Frontale
Japan Koshi Ozawa Aomori Yamada HS
Japan Fugo Tomaru Omiya Ardija
Japan Gota Yamaguchi Shohei HS
Japan Minato Yoshida Kashima Antlers

West[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Japan Daichi Suzuki Sagan Tosu 4
2 Japan Junnosuke Iwamura Sagan Tosu 3
Japan Daigo Niino Teikyo Nagaoka HS
Japan Kanshiro Suemune Fagiano Okayama
Japan Shungo Sugiura Nagoya Grampus
Japan Keiji Yamashita Ohzu HS
Japan Takumi Yasuno Teikyo Nagaoka HS
Japan Ran Yoshioka Vissel Kobe
9 Japan Hajime Hidaka Kamimura Gakuen HS 2
Japan Shimon Kobayashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Shota Kofie Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Towa Matsushita Kamimura Gakuen HS
Japan Yugo Nonaka Nagoya Grampus
Japan Rikia Saito Higashi Fukuoka HS
Japan Yudai Shimamoto Ohzu HS
Japan Shion Shinkawa Sagan Tosu
Japan Ikkei Yamashita Yonago Keita

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

See also[edit]

League

External links[edit]

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