2023.10.31

General Outline of the 2023 J.LEAGUE Awards

J.LEAGUE has decided on the general outline of the 2023 J.LEAGUE Awards. J.LEAGUE will also hold J.LEAGUE Awards ceremonies for the award winners of each league.
The 2023 J.LEAGUE Awards for J1 winners will be held on Tuesday, 5 December with members of the general public able to apply to attend in person. The 2023 J2 LEAGUE Awards and 2023 J3 LEAGUE Awards will be streamed online on Thursday, 7 December and Friday, 8 December, respectively.
*If J3/JFL Play-Offs is held, 2023 J3 LEAGUE Awards will be held on Monday, 18 December.

List of 2023 J.LEAGUE awards

Award Name	Date Announced (tentative)	Prizes
Player of the Year	5 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥2,000,000
Final Nominees for the Best Eleven Players	4 December	Commemorative Medal	―
Best Eleven Players	5 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥1,000,000
Top Scorer	3 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥1,000,000
Goal of the Year	5 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥500,000
Best Young Player	4 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥500,000
Manager of J1 League Champions	The day J1 League champion to be decided.	Trophy	Prize Money￥1,000,000
Manager of the Year	4 December	Trophy	Prize Money￥500,000
Fair Play Prize Prince Takamado Cup		Prince Takamado Cup　＊1	―
Fair Play Prize		Trophy	Prize Money￥5,000,000　＊2
Fair Play Prize (Individual)		Trophy	Prize Money ￥500,000
Referee of the Year		Trophy	―
Assistant Referee of the Year		Trophy	―
Best Youth Scheme	TBD	Trophy	―
Career Achievement Award（Player）	24 October	Trophy	―
Career Achievement Award（Referee）		Trophy	―

• The nominated goals for Goal of the Year will be announced on Monday, 4 December.

List of 2023 J.LEAGUE awards ★＝Newly established

Award Name	Date Announced (tentative)	Prizes
Player of the Year (J2)	7 December	TBD	Prize Money￥500,000
Best Eleven Players (J2)			―
Top Scorer (J2)	12 November		―
Goal of the Year (J2)	7 December		―
Manager of J2 League Champions	The day J2 League champion to be decided.		Prize Money￥500,000
Manager of the Year (J2)	7 December		Prize Money￥250,000
Fair Play Prize (J2)			Prize Money￥2,500,000　＊3
Fair Play Prize (Individual) (J2) ★			―
Player of the Year (J3)	8 December	TBD	Prize Money￥200,000
Best Eleven Players (J3）			―
Top Scorer (J3)	2 December		―
Goal of the Year (J3)	8 December		―
Manager of J3 League Champions	The day J3 League champion to be decided.		Prize Money￥200,000
Manager of the Year (J3)	8 December		Prize Money￥100,000
Fair Play Prize (J3)			Prize Money￥1,000,000　＊4
Fair Play Prize (Individual) (J3) ★			―

Prize money for Fair Play Prize

＊1： For the club which has the fewest disciplinary points and 34 points or less annual total number of disciplinary points is in the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE, the Prince Takamado Cup will be awarded.

＊2： The top three clubs with the fewest disciplinary points will each be awarded a prize money of ￥5,000,000. However, if 4 or more teams are ranked as the top 3 clubs by fewest disciplinary points, Fair Play Prize will be awarded to the all clubs and the prize money ￥5,000,000 will be distributed to each club in descending order from the top club. For clubs in the ranking where the total number of clubs with the same number of disciplinary points is 4 or more, the prize money of ￥5,000,000 will be divided equally among the clubs in the same ranking.

＊3： A prize money of ￥2,500,000 will be awarded to the club with the fewest disciplinary points. If multiple teams are tied for the fewest disciplinary points, the prize money will be divided up evenly among them.

＊4： A prize money of ￥1,000,000 will be awarded to the club with the fewest disciplinary points. If multiple teams are tied for the fewest disciplinary points, the prize money will be divided up evenly among them.