Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, the J-League has rearranged the schedule for the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. The two group format has been abandoned in favor of a straight two-leg knock-out competition. 1st Round 1st Leg June 5 Urawa Reds vs Yamagata Kashiwa Reysol vs Sendai Yokohama F Marinos vs Vissell Kobe Venforet Kofu vs Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata vs Fukuoka Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale 1st Round 2nd Leg June 27 27 Jul Wed Sendai vs Kashiwa Reysol Yamagata vs Urawa Reds Kawasaki Frontale vs Shimizu S-Pulse vs Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe vs Yokohama F Marinos Fukuoka vs Jubilo Iwata Second round two-leg games will take place on 14 September and 28 September when Omiya Ardija and Albirex Niigata will join the competition. The single-leg quarterfinals will take place on5 October when the the four clubs competing Japan in the ACL Cerezo Osaka, Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers and Nagoya Grampus will join the competition. The single leg semifinals are slated for October 9 with the final yet to be arranged and pending the progress of Japanese clubs in the ACL. J.League News Tags J-League Results

Saturday 20 November Nagoya Grampus are the new J-League champions. Cerezo Osaka 1 Yokohama F Marinos 0 FC Tokyo 1 Kawasaki Frontale 2 Urawa Reds 0 Gamba Osaka 2 Kyoto Sanga 0 Omiya Ardija 2 Shonan Bellmare 0 Nagoya Grampus 1 Vissel Kobe 0 Kashima Antlers 0 Jubilo Iwata 0 Montedio Yamagata 0 Vegalta Sendai 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 Albirex Niigata 0 The highest attendance was 40,071 at Saitama Stadium for the Reds v Gamba match. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 31 Pts 66 Kashima Antlers P 31 Pts 56 Gamba Osaka P 31 Pts 56 Cerezo Osaka P 31 Pts 52 Kawasaki Frontale P 31 Pts 52 Shimizu S-Pulse P 31 Pts 51 Yokohama F Marinos P 31 Pts 48 Sanfrecce Hiroshima P 31 Pts 48 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 16 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 15 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 14 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 14 November Yokohama F Marinos 1 FC Tokyo 2 Urawa Reds 2 Kyoto Sanga 0 Kawasaki Frontale 1 Kashima Antlers 2 Nagoya Grampus 2 Omiya Ardija 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 5 Shonan Bellmare 0 Montedio Yamagata 3 Cerezo Osaka 3 Vegalta Sendai 3 Jubilo Iwata 0 Albirex Niigata 1 Vissel Kobe 1 Gamba Osaka 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 The highest attendance was 32,398 at Saitama Stadium for the Reds v Sanga match. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 30 Pts 63 Kashima Antlers P 30 Pts 55 Gamba Osaka P 30 Pts 53 Cerezo Osaka P 30 Pts 49 Kawasaki Frontale P 30 Pts 49 Shimizu S-Pulse P 30 Pts 48 Yokohama F Marinos P 30 Pts 48 Sanfrecce Hiroshima P 30 Pts 45 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 16 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 15 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 14 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 7 November Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 Urawa Reds 1 Kashima Antlers 1 Nagoya Grampus 0 Saturday 6 November Shonan Bellmare 1 Yokohama F Marinos 4 Omiya Ardija 2 Montedio Yamagata 1 Kyoto Sanga 3 Kawasaki Frontale 4 Cerezo Osaka 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 Vissel Kobe 2 Vegalta Sendai 0 Jubilo Iwata 1 Albirex Niigata 1 FC Tokyo 1 Gamba Osaka 1 The highest attendance was 27,969 at Kashima Stadium for the Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus match. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 29 Pts 60 Kashima Antlers P 29 Pts 52 Gamba Osaka P 29 Pts 50 Kawasaki Frontale P 29 Pts 49 Cerezo Osaka P 29 Pts 48 Yokohama F Marinos P 29 Pts 48 Shimizu S-Pulse P 29 Pts 45 Sanfrecce Hiroshima P 29 Pts 45 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 16 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 14 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 14 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 31 October Yokohama F Marinos 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Albirex Niigata 2 Kashima Antlers 1 Saturday 30 October Nagoya Grampus 1 Cerezo Osaka 0 Vegalta Sendai 1 Kyoto Sanga 0 Gamba Osaka 2 Vissel Kobe 4 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 FC Tokyo 2 Kawasaki Frontale 1 Jubilo Iwata 1 Urawa Reds 0 Montedio Yamagata 1 Shonan Bellmare v Omiya Ardija (Postponed) The highest attendance was 24,061 at Toyota Stadium for the Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka game. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 28 Pts 60 Kashima Antlers P 28 Pts 49 Gamba Osaka P 28 Pts 49 Kawasaki Frontale P 28 Pts 46 Cerezo Osaka P 28 Pts 45 Shimizu S-Pulse P 28 Pts 45 Yokohama F Marinos P 28 Pts 45 Sanfrecce Hiroshima P 27 Pts 42 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 16 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 13 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 13 Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 24 October Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 Shonan Bellmare 0 Kyoto Sanga 1 Gamba Osaka 2 Kashima Antlers 2 Yokohama F Marinos 0 Omiya Ardija 2 Kawasaki Frontale 2 Saturday 23 October Jubilo Iwata 2 Urawa Reds 1 Vissel Kobe 1 Nagoya Grampus 2 Montedio Yamagata 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 3 Cerezo Osaka 0 Vegalta Sendai 0 FC Tokyo 1 Albirex Niigata 1 The highest attendance was 23,074 for the FC Tokyo v Albirex Niigata game. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 27 Pts 57 Kashima Antlers P 27 Pts 49 Gamba Osaka P 27 Pts 49 Cerezo Osaka P 27 Pts 45 Kawasaki Frontale P 27 Pts 45 Shimizu S-Pulse P 27 Pts 45 Sanfrecce Hiroshima P 27 Pts 42 Yokohama F Marinos P 27 Pts 42 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 15 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 13 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 13 Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 17 October Yokohama F Marinos 1 Vissel Kobe 0 Albirex Niigata 4 Nagoya Grampus 1 Saturday 16 October Shonan Bellmare 1 Kashima Antlers 1 Vegalta Sendai 3 FC Tokyo 2 Urawa Reds 2 Cerezo Osaka 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Jubilo Iwata 1 Gamba Osaka 5 Omiya Ardija 1 Kawasaki Frontale 2 Montedio Yamagata 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Kyoto Sanga 1 The highest attendance was 32,902 for the Reds v Cerezo game. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 26 Pts 54 Kashima Antlers P 26 Pts 46 Gamba Osaka P 26 Pts 46 Cerezo Osaka P 26 Pts 44 Kawasaki Frontale P 26 Pts 44 Yokohama F Marinos 26 Pts 42 Shimizu S-Pulse P 26 Pts 42 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 15 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 13 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 13 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 12 Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 3 October Jubilo Iwata 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0 FC Tokyo 3 Shonan Bellmare 0 Saturday 2 October Montedio Yamagata 2 Gamba Osaka 1 Omiya Ardija 1 Urawa Reds 2 Kyoto Sanga 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 Vissel Kobe 0 Kawasaki Frontale 4 Kashima Antlers 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Nagoya Grampus 2 Vegalta Sendai 1 Cerezo Osaka 2 Albirex Niigata 1 The highest attendance was 33,660 for the Ardija v Urawa game. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 25 Pts 54 Kashima Antlers P 25 Pts 45 Cerezo Osaka P 25 Pts 44 Gamba Osaka P 25 Pts 43 Kawasaki Frontale P 25 Pts 41 Shimizu S-Pulse P 25 Pts 41 Yokohama F Marinos 25 Pts 39 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 14 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 12 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 11 Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 11 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 26 September FC Tokyo 0 Omiya Ardija 1 Vissel Kobe 0 Cerezo Osaka 0 Saturday 25 September Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Nagoya Grampus 5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Kashima Antlers 1 Montedio Yamagata 1 Shonan Bellmare 1 Urawa Reds 2 Albirex Niigata 0 Kyoto Sanga 0 Jubilo Iwata 1 Kawasaki Frontale 1 Gamba Osaka 2 Yokohama F Marinos 0 Vegalta Sendai 1 The highest attendance was 31,973 at Urawa. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 24 Pts 51 Kashima Antlers P 24 Pts 44 Gamba Osaka P 24 Pts 43 Cerezo Osaka P 24 Pts 41 Shimizu S-Pulse P 24 Pts 40 Kawasaki Frontale P 24 Pts 38 Yokohama F Marinos 24 Pts 38 Leading Scorers Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 13 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 12 Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 10 Previous J. League Results J.League News Tags J-League Results

Sunday 19 September Vegalta Sendai 2 Montedio Yamagata 0 Albirex Niigata 1 Kyoto Sanga 1 Saturday 18 September Shonan Bellmare 1 Kawasaki Frontale 6 Urawa Reds 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Gamba Osaka 3 Cerezo Osaka 2 Nagoya Grampus 1 Yokohama F Marinos 1 Jubilo Iwata 2 FC Tokyo 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Vissel Kobe 1 Kashima Antlers 3 Omiya Ardija 0 The highest attendance was 38,909 at Urawa. J.League Table Nagoya Grampus P 23 Pts 48 Kashima Antlers P 23 Pts 43 Cerezo Osaka P 23 Pts 40 Gamba Osaka P 23 Pts 40 Shimizu S-Pulse P 23 Pts 40 Kawasaki Frontale P 23 Pts 38 Yokohama F Marinos 23 Pts 38 Leading Scorers Cho Young Cheol, Albirex Niigata 11 Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus 11 Edmilson, Urawa Reds 11 Ryoichi Maeda, Jubilo 11 Shinji Okazaki, Shimizu S-Pulse 11 Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 10 Previous Results J.League News Tags J-League Results