The 2017 J3 League (referred to as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J3 League (2017 明治安田生命J3リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the J3 League under its current name. The fixtures were announced on 26 January 2017. The 2017 season started on 11 March, then ended on 3 December.
Blaublitz Akita won their first title as a J.League club.
Clubs
A total of 17 teams took part in the league. 2016 J3 League champion Oita Trinita gained promotion to the J2 League, and was replaced by Giravanz Kitakyushu, that finished last in the 2016 J2 League. Oita made an immediate return to the J2 League after being relegated in 2015. Kitakyushu competed in the third tier for the first time under the J3 League name. Azul Claro Numazu made their debut in the third tier as a club. Club Location Venue CapacityAzul Claro NumazuNumazuAshitaka Stadium10,000Blaublitz AkitaAkitaAkigin Stadium4,992Cerezo Osaka U-23OsakaKincho Stadium19,904Fukushima UnitedFukushimaToho Stadium21,000Gamba Osaka U-23SuitaOsaka Expo '70 Stadium21,000Gainare TottoriTottoriBird Stadium16,033Giravanz KitakyushuKitakyushuKitakyushu Stadium15,066Grulla MoriokaMoriokaIwagin Stadium4,946Kagoshima UnitedKagoshimaKamoike Stadium19,934Kataller ToyamaToyamaToyama Athletic Stadium25,251Fujieda MYFCFujiedaFujieda Soccer Field13,000Nagano ParceiroNaganoNagano U Stadium15,491FC RyukyuOkinawaOkinawa Athletic Stadium25,000SC SagamiharaSagamiharaGion Stadium15,300Tochigi SCUtsunomiyaGreen Stadium18,025FC Tokyo U-23TokyoAjinomoto Field Nishigaoka7,137YSCC YokohamaYokohamaMitsuzawa Stadium15,454
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Azul Claro Numazu Ken Yoshida Eiichiro Ozaki Puma Blaublitz Akita Koichi Sugiyama Naoyuki Yamada ATHLETA Cerezo Osaka U-23 Yuji Okuma none Puma Fukushima United Kazuaki Tasaka Takumi Watanabe hummel Gainare Tottori Ryuzo Morioka Takuya Sugimoto hummel Gamba Osaka U-23 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto none Umbro Giravanz Kitakyushu Takeo Harada Tomoki Ikemoto bonera Grulla Morioka Toshimi Kikuchi Kohei Doi Under Armour Kagoshima United Yasutoshi Miura Akira Akao mitre Kataller Toyama Tetsuro Uki Ryo Kubota Goldwin Fujieda MYFC Atsuto Oishi Tadayo Fukuo gol. Nagano Parceiro Tetsuya Asano Tomokazu Myojin Penalty FC Ryukyu Kim Jong-song Noritaka Fujisawa sfida SC Sagamihara Sotaro Yasunaga Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi gol. Tochigi SC Yuji Yokoyama Koji Hirose ATHLETA F.C. Tokyo U-23 Tadashi Nakamura none Umbro YSCC Yokohama Yasuhiro Higuchi Masao Tsuji SVOLME
Results League table
Results table
Season statistics Top scorers . RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Noriaki FujimotoKagoshima United FC 24 2 Takuma SonodaAzul Claro Numazu 19 3 Tomoki IkemotoGiravanz Kitakyushu 16 4 Tomohiro TanakaBlaublitz Akita 15 5 Masao TsujiYSCC Yokohama 14 6 Yu TomidokoroFC Ryukyu 13 Yuichiro EdamotoFujieda MYFC 8 Keisuke EndoFujieda MYFC 12 9 Junya KatoGainare Tottori 11 10 Ken HisatomiBlaublitz Akita 10
Attendances
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