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2023 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2023 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 2023, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2023) was the 34th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 13th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 2nd season with 24 clubs participating in the league.[1]

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2023
Dates1 April – 10 December
ChampionsAomori Yamada
(4th title)
RelegatedEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo
Yokohama F. Marinos
West:
Riseisha
Júbilo Iwata
Matches played264
Goals scored869 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Torataro Okazaki (18 goals)
West: Asuma Ikari (18 goals)
Biggest home winEast:
Shoshi 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo
(11 June)
West:
Vissel Kobe 5–0 Kamimura Gakuen
(28 May)
Vissel Kobe 5–0 Shizuoka Gakuen
(3 December)
Biggest away winEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May)
West:
Riseisha 0–6 Ohzu
(30 September)
Highest scoringEast:
Asahikawa Jitsugyo 0–9 Kawasaki Frontale
(28 May)
Shoshi 9–0 Asahikawa Jitsugyo
(11 June)
West:
Ohzu 6–3 Riseisha
(7 May)
← 2022
2024 →

Changes from the previous season

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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 two 10th-placed teams in their respective 2022 Premier League divisions participated in the play-offs, while the 11th and 12th-placed teams of each division were directly relegated. So, it not only determined the newcomers but also determined whether there will be other relegated teams from the Premier League or not.

On 2022, the number of teams that could make the jump to the top division were from four up to six.

Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated by bottom-league finish (East) Relegated by bottom-league finish (West) Relegated through play-offs
Asahikawa Jitsugyo
Shohei
Shoshi
Yonago Kita
Kamimura Gakuen 		JFA Academy Fukushima
Kiryu Daiichi 		Shimizu S-Pulse
Gamba Osaka 		Cerezo Osaka

Participating clubs

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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 East to the West on 2023.[2]

Premier League EAST

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Team Prefecture
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School   Hokkaido
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
Shoshi High School   Fukushima
Maebashi Ikuei High School Gunma
Shohei High School   Saitama
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa
Yokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa

Premier League WEST

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Team Prefecture
Yokohama FC Kanagawa
Shizuoka Gakuen High School Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Riseisha High School Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Yonago Kita High School   Tottori
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu Saga
Ohzu High School Kumamoto
Kamimura Gakuen High School   Kagoshima

League table

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Premier League East

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aomori Yamada 22 16 3 3 54 25 +29 51 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Shoshi 22 15 4 3 46 20 +26 49
3 Kawasaki Frontale 22 14 4 4 57 17 +40 46
4 Kashiwa Reysol 22 10 6 6 50 30 +20 36
5 Ichiritsu Funabashi 22 8 10 4 34 28 +6 34
6 Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 22 7 6 9 30 29 +1 27
7 Shohei 22 7 5 10 30 34 −4 26
8 Maebashi Ikuei 22 8 2 12 28 41 −13 26
9 Omiya Ardija 22 6 5 11 22 35 −13 23
10 FC Tokyo 22 5 7 10 26 36 −10 22
11 Yokohama F. Marinos 22 4 5 13 26 42 −16 17 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Asahikawa Jitsugyo 22 3 1 18 17 83 −66 10
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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 14 4 4 50 27 +23 46 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Vissel Kobe 22 14 3 5 42 19 +23 45
3 Shizuoka Gakuen 22 12 4 6 40 33 +7 40
4 Ohzu 22 10 3 9 47 43 +4 33
5 Yokohama FC 22 9 5 8 37 40 −3 32
6 Higashi Fukuoka 22 9 4 9 34 31 +3 31
7 Yonago Kita 22 9 3 10 35 31 +4 30
8 Nagoya Grampus 22 8 6 8 30 31 −1 30
9 Sagan Tosu 22 8 3 11 31 38 −7 27
10 Kamimura Gakuen 22 8 3 11 40 49 −9 27
11 Júbilo Iwata 22 7 2 13 38 48 −10 23 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12 Riseisha 22 3 2 17 22 56 −34 11
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

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Qualified 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 were divided into four blocks, with their respective block winners (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the next season's Premier League.[4]

  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.

Block A

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8 December 1st roundFagiano Okayama3–1Hokkaido Consadole SapporoHiroshima
11:00
  • Ryota Minami   37', 64'
  • Hideyuki Ishii   90+3'
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  • Shido Izuma   18'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Taku Nagaya
8 December 1st roundKyoto Sanga4–3Nissho Gakuen HSHigashihiroshima
13:30
  • Yoshiki Sumi   43'
  • Rikuto Iida   54'
  • Kudai Kumagai   62'
  • Reo Tozawa   87'
 Report
Stadium: Higashihiroshima Sports Park Football Field
Attendance: 120
Referee: Masaki Adachi
10 December 2nd round Fagiano Okayama 1–0Kyoto SangaHiroshima
11:00
  • Kosei Narazaki   15'
 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 550
Referee: Shinya Sasaki

Block B

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8 December 1st roundVegalta Sendai3–1Shimizu S-PulseHiroshima
11:00
  • Kazuma Kawano   17'
  • Yuma Sasaki   39'
  • Sota Yokoyama   55'
 Report
  • Narumi Ota   11'
 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 200
Referee: Masakazu Kato
8 December 1st roundKashima Antlers5–1Setouchi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Haruto Matsumoto   31'
  • Yugo Okawa   42'
  • Kosei Ogura   58', 60'
  • Homare Tokuda   86'
 Report
  • Yuga Arai   17'
 Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yoshihito Hori
10 December 2nd roundVegalta Sendai0–7 Kashima Antlers Hiroshima
11:00 Report
  • Junnosuke Manome   1', 7', 45+3'
  • Koji Oyama   27', 62'
  • Homare Tokuda   89', 90+4'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Akifumi Kawakatsu

Block C

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8 December 1st roundKagoshima Josei HS2–1Albirex NiigataHiroshima
11:00
  • Kaito Seriu   17', 55'
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  • Koki Maruyama   38'
 Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kakuro Hori
8 December 1st roundHokkai HS1–2 (a.e.t.)Ohmi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Koki Nomura   6'
 Report
  • Riu Yamakado   62'
  • Yota Kanayama   109'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa
10 December 2nd round Kagoshima Josei HS 1–0Ohmi HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Kaito Seriu   63'
 Report Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 550
Referee: Kenya Ohara

Block D

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8 December 1st roundTeikyo Nagaoka HS2–1Okayama Gakugeikan HSHigashihiroshima
11:00
  • Sota Hara   47'
  • Takeshi Hara   58'
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  • Kenshin Kozai   90+1'
 Stadium: Higashihiroshima Sports Park Football Field
Attendance: 150
Referee: Shohei Ofuji
8 December 1st roundTokushima Vortis5–5 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		Urawa Red DiamondsHiroshima
13:30
  • Shuto Maekawa   6', 90+3'
  • Reo Hironaga   51'
  • Neo Nagamura   98'
  • Yusei Onoe   110+5'
 Report
  • Keigo Fukata   27'
  • Kazuki Seyama   90+2'
  • Hibiki Kawaragi   90+4'
  • Seiryu Shimizu   91'
  • Minaho Abe   107'
 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yu Tezuka
Penalties
  • Neo Nagamura  
  • Kojiro Shibata  
  • Muku Fukuta  
  • Yusei Onoe  
  • Go Aoyagi  
  • Minaho Abe  
  • Seiryu Shimizu  
  • Hibiki Kawaragi  
10 December 2nd round Teikyo Nagaoka HS 2–1Urawa Red DiamondsHiroshima
13:30
  • Sota Hori   18', 44'
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  • Seiryu Shimizu   66'
 Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Hiroki Murata

Final

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Aomori Yamada2–1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Own goal   90'
  • Takumi Tsushima   90+4'
 Report
  • Aren Inoue   49'
Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Toshiki Tomomasa
 
 
 
 
 
Aomori Yamada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
GK 1   Shoei Suzuki
DF 2   Takuto Kobayashi
DF 3   Soju Konuma
DF 4   Tora Yamamoto (c)
DF 5   Kaito Koizumi
DF 6   Toki Sugasawa
MF 8   Ryosuke Kawahara   74'
MF 10   Rei Shibata
MF 13   Kenta Fukushima   58'
MF 14   Hidetaka Sugimoto
FW 11   Soji Yoneya
Substitutes:
GK 12   Tatsuya Hasegawa
MF 16   Raichi Goto   74'
MF 19   Ikuma Beppu
MF 23   Yuki Ikeda
MF 25   Kazunori Saito
FW 9   Takumi Tsushima   58'
FW 24   Tokiya Yamashita
Manager:
  Masanori Masaki
GK 1   Koshin Yamada
DF 3   Isshin Kuroki
DF 6   Milan Ishihara (c)
DF 18   Shota Kohui
MF 7   Zento Torii   90+5'
MF 8   Yotaro Nakajima
MF 14   Shin Takeyama
MF 15   Hinata Hashimoto
FW 9   Jo Tsunokake   78'
FW 10   Hagumu Nakagawa
FW 19   Aren Inoue   78'
Substitutes:
GK 16   Shunsuke Sawada
DF 2   Mikio Yamane
DF 22   Fuga Kotani
MF 11   Yuki Kimura   78'
MF 13   Seiya Ishibashi
MF 28   Shimon Kobayashi   90+5'
FW 29   Moki Sota   78'
Manager:
  Satoru Noda

Assistant referees:
Kenji Wakamiya
Yuta Ono
Fourth official:
Yasuhiro Udagawa

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers

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East

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Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1   Torataro Okazaki Kawasaki Frontale 18
2   Soji Yoneya Aomori Yamada 15
3   Nobuhiro Konno Kashiwa Reysol 13
4   Riku Gunji Ichiritsu Funabashi 12
5   Taiyo Yamaguchi FC Tokyo 10
6   Hiyu Ajiro Shoshi 8
7   Asahi Nakada Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa 7
  Junki Osa Shohei
  Shun Sakuramatsu Shoshi
  Kento Shirasu Yokohama F. Marinos
  Haruhi Taneda Omiya Ardija
  Akito Toda Kashiwa Reysol
  Mohammed Sadiki Waad Kashiwa Reysol
  Tora Yamamoto Aomori Yamada

West

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Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1   Asuma Ikari Ohzu 20
2   Kyota Funahashi Júbilo Iwata 14
  Minto Nishimaru Kamimura Gakuen
4   Soma Kanda Shizuoka Gakuen 12
  Hagumu Nakagawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima
6   Tsubasa Inada Ohzu 10
7   Gaku Nawata Kamimura Gakuen 9
  Shoi Sakamoto Vissel Kobe
  Daichi Suzuki Sagan Tosu
  Takumi Yoshioka Higashi Fukuoka

See also

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League

References

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  1. ^ "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023の大会概要が発表". news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ^ "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  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. ^ "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2023 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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