2018 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season2018
Dates7 April – 9 December
ChampionsSanfrecce Hiroshima
(4th title)
RelegatedFC Tokyo
Toyama Daiichi
Hannan
Yonago Kita
Matches played180
Goals scored585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerEast: Riku Danzaki (16 goals)
West: Kohei Hattori (15 goals)
Biggest home winEast: Aomori Yamada 5–0 Toyama Daiichi
(15 April)
Aomori Yamada 6–1 Júbilo Iwata
(24 June)
West: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–0 Yonago Kita
(1 July)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–1 Kyoto Sanga
(9 December)
Biggest away winEast: RKU Kashiwa 0–4 Aomori Yamada
(9 September)
West: Vissel Kobe 0–4 Kyoto Sanga
(23 June)
Vissel Kobe 0–4 Nagoya Grampus
(15 July)
Hannan 1–5 Gamba Osaka
(16 July)
Yonago Kita 0–4 Nagoya Grampus
(14 November)
Highest scoringEast: FC Tokyo 1–6 Kashiwa Reysol
(16 July)
Kashiwa Reysol 2–5 Kashima Antlers
(2 September)
West: Gamba Osaka 5–5 Nagoya Grampus
(8 April)
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The 2018 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 2018, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2018) was the 30th season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 9th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.[1]

Kashima Antlers won the Premier League East, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the Premier League West. The teams met in the final, which Sanfrecce won by 2–1, being then crowned champions.[2][3][4]

Changes from the previous season

Promoted from the Prince Leagues Relegated to the Prince Leagues (East) Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)
RKU Kashiwa
Júbilo Iwata
Toyama Daiichi
Nagoya Grampus 		Omiya Ardija
Yokohama F. Marinos 		Kobe Koryo Gakuen
Ohzu

Participating clubs

Premier League East

Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School Aomori
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School Chiba
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Toyama Daiichi High School Toyama
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka

Premier League West

Team Prefecture
Nagoya Grampus Aichi
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto
Hannan University High School Osaka
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Vissel Kobe Hyogo
Yonago Kita High School Tottori
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka
Higashi Fukuoka High School Fukuoka

League table

Premier League East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers 18 13 3 2 27 12 +15 42 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Aomori Yamada 18 10 7 1 47 14 +33 37
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 9 4 5 26 15 +11 31
4 RKU Kashiwa 18 8 4 6 16 16 0 28
5 Kashiwa Reysol 18 5 6 7 28 25 +3 21
6 Ichiritsu Funabashi 18 6 3 9 21 27 −6 21
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 4 8 6 14 19 −5 20
8 Júbilo Iwata 18 6 2 10 14 26 −12 20
9 FC Tokyo 18 4 7 7 19 29 −10 19 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Toyama Daiichi 18 1 4 13 11 40 −29 7
Source: soccer-db.net
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 11 4 3 47 19 +28 37 Qualification for Premier League final
2 Gamba Osaka 18 10 5 3 56 37 +19 35
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 10 4 4 48 28 +20 34
4 Kyoto Sanga 18 10 3 5 31 31 0 33
5 Higashi Fukuoka 18 9 4 5 43 34 +9 31
6 Cerezo Osaka 18 9 2 7 28 22 +6 29
7 Vissel Kobe 18 7 0 11 25 39 −14 21
8 Avispa Fukuoka 18 6 2 10 28 38 −10 20
9 Hannan 18 4 2 12 27 43 −16 14 Relegation to the Prince Leagues
10 Yonago Kita 18 1 0 17 15 57 −42 3
Source: soccer-db.net
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

As usual, the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions entered the play-offs. They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League.[5]

Block A

14 December 1st roundYaita Chuo HS1–0Rissho University Shonan HSHiroshima
11:00
  • Keisuke Ito 35'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru
14 December 1st roundShizuoka Gakuen HS1–3Ohzu HSHiroshima
11:00
Report
  • Yusei Otake 3'
  • Rei Okuhara 40'
  • Koki Matsubara 89'
 Stadium: Mitsutoyo Sports Park Gohara
Attendance: 210
Referee: Daisuke Yamaguchi
16 December 2nd roundYaita Chuo HS1–3 Ohzu HS Hiroshima
11:00
  • Tsubasa Iijima 56'
 Report
  • Yusei Otake 43'
  • Shun Osaki 54', 89'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru

Block B

14 December 1st roundTokai University Osaka Gyosei HS2–2 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		Vegalta SendaiHiroshima
11:00
  • Shuta Yano 47'
  • Itsuki Nakamoto 57'
 Report
Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masaki Kuniyoshi
Penalties
  • Tatsuki Nakayashiki soccer ball with check mark
  • Itsuki Nakamoto soccer ball with red X
  • Seiya Fujita soccer ball with check mark
  • Shohei Yukawa soccer ball with check mark
  • Rin Mito soccer ball with check mark
  • Takumi Maejima soccer ball with check mark
  • Kohei Shoji soccer ball with check mark
  • Takeru Masuzawa soccer ball with check mark
  • Sora Tono soccer ball with red X
  • Kakeru Setoyama soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Ryoji Yamashita
  • soccer ball with red X Yuito Sato
  • soccer ball with check mark Kazumasa Shimizu
  • soccer ball with check mark Naito Yoshida
  • soccer ball with check mark Taku Takahashi
  • soccer ball with check mark Manato Kudo
  • soccer ball with check mark Moeto Takita
  • soccer ball with check mark Kento Awano
  • soccer ball with red X Hiroto Yamada
  • soccer ball with red X Aoi Kudo
14 December 1st roundSagan Tosu0–3Omiya ArdijaHiroshima
11:00 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi
16 December 2nd roundTokai University Osaka Gyosei HS1–3 Omiya Ardija Hiroshima
11:00
  • Takumi Maejima 59'
 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Masakazu Kato

Block C

14 December 1st roundShoshi HS1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		JFA Academy FukushimaHiroshima
13:30
  • Taiju Yoshida 38'
 Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Shunta Uchiyama
Penalties
  • Sukai Numata soccer ball with red X
  • Shunsuke Ishikawa soccer ball with check mark
  • Takumi Kawamura soccer ball with check mark
  • Takeru Okawa soccer ball with red X
  • Kota Nakakawaji soccer ball with check mark
  • Kensuke Sakashita soccer ball with check mark
14 December 1st roundAsahikawa Jitsugyo HS0–7Yokohama F. MarinosHiroshima
13:30 Report
Stadium: Mitsutoyo Sports Park Gohara
Attendance: 93
Referee: Kentaro Uematsu
16 December 2nd round Shoshi HS 2–1Yokohama F. MarinosHiroshima
13:30
Report
  • Keigo Sakakibara 29'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Akifumi Kawakatsu

Block D

14 December 1st roundSakuyo HS0–1Ehime FCHiroshima
13:30 Report
  • Masaya Yanashita 76'
 Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Akitsugu Funabashi
14 December 1st roundNiigata Meikun HS2–0Konko Osaka HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Naoya Inami 13'
  • Taketo Ochiai 31'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park Auxiliary Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Takahiro Ogata
16 December 2nd round Ehime FC 1–0Niigata Meikun HSHiroshima
13:30
  • Aoi Okada 9'
 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa

Final

Kashima Antlers1–2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Manato Sugiyama 64'
 Report
Attendance: 9,818
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
GK 1 Japan Taiki Yamada
DF 2 Japan Yuki Masataka
DF 3 Japan Daigo Masuzaki
DF 5 Japan Takatoshi Sato
DF 6 Japan Shuto Kumada downward-facing red arrow 57'
DF 7 Japan Shogo Sasaki
DF 15 Japan Yohan Namaizawa downward-facing red arrow 57'
MF 8 Japan Tatsuki Onuma
MF 10 Japan Taira Maeda (c)
FW 9 Japan Kotaro Arima downward-facing red arrow 90'
FW 19 Japan Mikhael Akatsuka
Substitutes:
GK 16 Japan Koki Matsuzaki
DF 14 Japan Kotaro Kobari upward-facing green arrow 90'
DF 23 Japan Soshi Koda
DF 34 Japan Kenta Nemoto
MF 28 Japan Kaiyo Yanagimachi upward-facing green arrow 57'downward-facing red arrow 86'
MF 30 Japan Sora Okita upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 11 Japan Manato Sugiyama upward-facing green arrow 57'
Manager:
Japan Koji Kumagai
GK 1 Japan Kaito Sato
DF 5 Japan Naoki Suzu
DF 8 Japan Taichi Yamasaki
MF 4 Japan Hiroya Matsumoto (c)
MF 7 Japan Chota Nakatani
MF 10 Japan Rikuto Katsura
MF 11 Japan Shunki Higashi
MF 12 Japan Kodai Dohi
MF 14 Japan Ryonosuke Ohori downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
FW 9 Japan Kaito Watanabe
FW 19 Japan Shun Ayukawa downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Japan Kota Ono
DF 6 Japan Hiroto Okoshi upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 33 Japan Taichi Matsumoto
MF 24 Japan Kohei Hosoya upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
MF 36 Japan Takato Takeuchi
FW 20 Japan Hayate Tanada
FW 23 Japan Ryosei Fukuzaki
Manager:
Japan Kentaro Sawada

Assistant referees:
Takeshi Asada
Yusuke Shiotsu
Fourth official:
Takuma Yanaoka

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

East

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Japan Riku Danzaki Aomori Yamada 16
2 Japan Mikhael Akatsuka Kashima Antlers 7
Japan Kaito Mori Kashiwa Reysol
4 Chile Byron Vásquez Aomori Yamada 6
Japan Taira Maeda Kashima Antlers
Japan Hisatoshi Nishido Ichiritsu Funabashi
Japan Sena Saito Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan Norihiro Shoda Kashiwa Reysol
9 Japan Rikuto Sano Shimizu S-Pulse 5
Japan Ginji Sasaki Aomori Yamada
Japan Ryosuke Yamazaki Shimizu S-Pulse

West

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Japan Retsushi Harada Gamba Osaka 15
Japan Kohei Hattori Kyoto Sanga
3 Japan Ryonosuke Ohori Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14
4 Japan Kento Hyodo Nagoya Grampus 11
5 Japan Tsubasa Adachi Gamba Osaka 10
6 Japan Hagumi Wada Hannan 9
7 Japan Rikuto Katsura Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8
Japan Yuto Otani Gamba Osaka
9 Japan Hiroya Matsumoto Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7
Japan Shingo Omori Higashi Fukuoka

See also

League

References

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