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The 2020 J1 League, also known as the 2020 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2020 明治安田生命J1リーグ) for sponsorship reasons, is the 28th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions.

2019 season clubs
A total of 18 clubs contested the league. There have been only two changes from 2018, since Kashiwa Reysol and V-Varen Nagasaki relegated to J2 2020 while Júbilo Iwata defeated Tokyo Verdy in the promotion/relegation play-off. J2 2018 champions Matsumoto Yamaga come back in J1 after three seasons of absence, while Oita Trinita are coming back in the top tier after six years. Both clubs stayed for just one season the last time they got promoted to J1.

Foreign players
As of 2019 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. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar) are exempt from these restrictions.


 * Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Hat-tricks
4 Player scored 4 goals
 * Note