SEASON REVIEW 2025

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2025 J.league

2月

Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins the FUJIFILM SUPER CUP 2025, the last under the current format

Start of the 2025 MEIJI YASUDA J.LEAGUE, with Osaka derby as the season opener

3月

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Start of the 2025 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP

4月

Yokohama F・Marinos reaches the quarter-finals in the AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25

5月

Kawasaki Frontale advances to the final of the AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25, finishing as runners-up

2025 J.LEAGUE SHAREN! Awards held

6月

Urawa Reds participates in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. Many supporters travel to the USA

7月

MEIJI YASUDA J.LEAGUE WORLD CHALLENGE 2025 presented by The Nippon Foundation held. 67,032 spectators attend, setting a new all-time attendance record for a J.LEAGUE-hosted match

J.LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2025 Academy Match J.League U-15 Selection Team vs Liverpool FC U15s held

8月

J.League U-15 Selection Team participates in the 25th Japan-Brazil Friendship Cup. First tour to Brazil in seven years

9月

Fair Play Ribbon Project launched in collaboration with Sanrio

Be supporters! talk session held at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

10月

J.LEAGUE Overseas Coach Invitation Project launched. Mr. Roger Schmidt appointed as Global Football Advisor

11月

J.League U-18 Selection Team embarks on England Tour

Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins 2025 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP

2025 MEIJI YASUDA J.LEAGUE sets new all-time attendance record for league matches

TOCHIGI CITY wins MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE, achieving promotion for three consecutive years

Mito Hollyhock wins MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE and takes on the challenge of J1 for the first time

12月

Kashima Antlers wins MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE for the first time in nine years