The 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.
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.
Changes from the previous season Promoted from the Prince LeaguesRelegated to the Prince Leagues (East)Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West)RKU KashiwaJúbilo IwataToyama DaiichiNagoya GrampusOmiya ArdijaYokohama F. MarinosKobe Koryo GakuenOhzu
Participating clubs Premier League East TeamPrefectureAomori Yamada High SchoolAomoriKashima AntlersIbarakiUrawa Red DiamondsSaitamaIchiritsu Funabashi High SchoolChibaKashiwa ReysolChibaRyutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School ChibaFC TokyoTokyoToyama Daiichi High School ToyamaShimizu S-PulseShizuokaJúbilo Iwata Shizuoka
Premier League West TeamPrefectureNagoya Grampus AichiKyoto SangaKyotoHannan University High SchoolOsakaGamba OsakaOsakaCerezo OsakaOsakaVissel KobeHyogoYonago Kita High SchoolTottoriSanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshimaAvispa FukuokaFukuokaHigashi Fukuoka High SchoolFukuoka
League table Premier League East
Premier League West
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.
Block A
Block B
Block C
Block D
Final
GK 1 Taiki YamadaDF 2 Yuki MasatakaDF 3 Daigo MasuzakiDF 5 Takatoshi SatoDF 6 Shuto Kumada DF 7 Shogo SasakiDF 15 Yohan Namaizawa MF 8 Tatsuki OnumaMF 10 Taira Maeda (c)FW 9 Kotaro Arima FW 19 Mikhael AkatsukaSubstitutes:GK 16 Koki MatsuzakiDF 14 Kotaro Kobari DF 23 Soshi KodaDF 34 Kenta NemotoMF 28 Kaiyo Yanagimachi MF 30 Sora Okita FW 11 Manato Sugiyama Manager: Koji Kumagai GK 1 Kaito SatoDF 5 Naoki SuzuDF 8 Taichi YamasakiMF 4 Hiroya Matsumoto (c)MF 7 Chota NakataniMF 10 Rikuto KatsuraMF 11 Shunki HigashiMF 12 Kodai DohiMF 14 Ryonosuke Ohori FW 9 Kaito WatanabeFW 19 Shun Ayukawa Substitutes:GK 16 Kota OnoDF 6 Hiroto Okoshi DF 33 Taichi MatsumotoMF 24 Kohei Hosoya MF 36 Takato TakeuchiFW 20 Hayate TanadaFW 23 Ryosei FukuzakiManager: Kentaro Sawada
Assistant referees: Takeshi Asada Yusuke Shiotsu Fourth official: Takuma YanaokaMatch 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 RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Riku Danzaki Aomori Yamada 16 2 Mikhael Akatsuka Kashima Antlers 7 Kaito Mori Kashiwa Reysol 4 Byron Vásquez Aomori Yamada 6 Taira Maeda Kashima Antlers Hisatoshi Nishido Ichiritsu Funabashi Sena Saito Shimizu S-Pulse Norihiro Shoda Kashiwa Reysol 9 Rikuto Sano Shimizu S-Pulse 5 Ginji Sasaki Aomori Yamada Ryosuke Yamazaki Shimizu S-Pulse
West RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Retsushi Harada Gamba Osaka 15 Kohei Hattori Kyoto Sanga 3 Ryonosuke Ohori Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 4 Kento Hyodo Nagoya Grampus 11 5 Tsubasa Adachi Gamba Osaka 10 6 Hagumi Wada Hannan 9 7 Rikuto Katsura Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8 Yuto Otani Gamba Osaka 9 Hiroya Matsumoto Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7 Shingo Omori Higashi Fukuoka
See also
Japan Football Association (JFA) League Japanese association football league system Prince Takamado Cup
References
External links Official website