J.League

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The J.League is Japan's professional football (soccer) league system, featuring the country's top clubs and serving as the premier competition in Japanese domestic football.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
J.League canonical 18
Japan Professional Football League 5
J.League clubs 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional football league system
sports league
allowsForeignPlayers yes
alsoKnownAs J.Rigu
broadcastMedium online streaming
television
confederation AFC
country Japan
domesticCup Emperor's Cup
features top Japanese football clubs
feedsIntoCompetition AFC Champions League
founded 1991
fullName J.League self-linksurface differs
surface form: Japan Professional Football League
governingBody Japan Professional Football League organization
hasDivision J1 League
J2 League
J3 League
hasPromotionFrom Japan Football League
hasRelegationTo Japan Football League
hasWomenCounterpart WE League
hasYouthDevelopmentRole yes
headquartersLocation Tokyo
inauguralSeason 1993
influenced growth of football culture in Japan
isPremierCompetitionIn Japanese domestic football
languageOfOperation Japanese
leagueCup J.League Cup
notableContribution professionalization of Japanese football
numberOfDivisions 3
organizer Japan Football Association
professionalStatus fully professional
promotionRelegationSystem yes
region Asia
replaced Japan Soccer League
seasonCalendar spring-to-autumn
seasonFormat home-and-away round-robin
secondTier J2 League
shortName J.League self-link
sport association football
superCup Japanese Super Cup
thirdTier J3 League
topTier J1 League
usesPointSystem 0 points for a loss
1 point for a draw
3 points for a win
website https://www.jleague.jp/

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albirex Niigata countryLeagueSystem J.League
this entity surface form: Japanese football league system
Albirex Niigata governingBody J.League
Gamba Osaka memberOf J.League
this entity surface form: Japan Professional Football League
J1 League organizer J.League
Marinos memberOf J.League
subject surface form: Yokohama F. Marinos
this entity surface form: Japan Professional Football League
Tokyo Verdy foundingMemberOf J.League
J.League Cup organizer J.League
J.League Cup governingBody J.League
J.League shortName J.League self-link
J.League fullName J.League self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Japan Professional Football League
Kawasaki Frontale governingBody J.League
this entity surface form: Japan Professional Football League
Vegalta Sendai league J.League
Vegalta Sendai participatesIn J.League
Yokohama FC league J.League
Yokohama FC homeCountryLeague J.League
Yokohama FC governingBody J.League
this entity surface form: Japan Professional Football League
Avispa Fukuoka memberOf J.League
this entity surface form: J.League clubs
Omiya Ardija league J.League
Omiya Ardija memberOf J.League
this entity surface form: J.League clubs
Nagoya Grampus association J.League