2022 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Season	2022
Dates	3 April – 4 December
Champions	Sagan Tosu; (1st title)
Relegated	JFA Academy Fukushima; Kiryu Daiichi HS; Cerezo Osaka; Shimizu S-Pulse; Gamba Osaka
Matches played	484
Goals scored	911 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	East: Kotaro Uchino (21 goals); West: Shinnosuke Kinoshita (15 goals)
Biggest home win	East: Yokohama F. Marinos 7–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi HS; (8 May 2022); West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka; (30 October 2022)
Biggest away win	East: Yokohama FC 0–8 Kawasaki Frontale; (18 June 2022); West: Higashi Fukuoka HS 0–7 Cerezo Osaka; (24 April 2022)
Highest scoring	East: Kiryu Daiichi HS 3–6 Yokohama FC; (26 June 2022); West: Júbilo Iwata 9–1 Gamba Osaka; (30 October 2022)
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2022) is the 33rd season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan, the 12nd after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format, and the 1st season with 24 clubs participating in the league.

Aomori Yamada High School were the defending champions, winning the 2020 title. In 2021, they even qualified to the Premier League Final, but it ended up cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions.^[1]

On this 2022 edition, "West" champions Sagan Tosu won past the "East" champions Kawasaki Frontale in the Final by 3–2, earning them the first Premier League title, becoming the first team from Saga Prefecture to do so, in the process.

Changes from the previous season[edit]

Promoted from the Prince Leagues	Relegated by bottom-league finish (East)	Relegated by bottom-league finish (West)
Kiryu Daiichi HS Kawasaki Frontale Shizuoka Gakuen HS Maebashi Ikuei HS JFA Academy Fukushima Riseisha HS	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kyoto Sanga

Participating clubs[edit]

As usual, the teams were allocated to each division by the JFA based on geographical positions. Shimizu S-Pulse was the only team to be relocated from a conference to another, having playing the previous season on the EAST conference.^[2]

Premier League East[edit]

Team	Prefecture	2021 record
Aomori Yamada High School	Aomori	1st
JFA Academy Fukushima	Fukushima	Play-offs win
Kiryu Daiichi High School	Gunma	Play-offs win
Maebashi Ikuei High School	Gunma	Play-offs win
Omiya Ardija	Saitama	4th
Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School	Chiba	8th
Kashiwa Reysol	Chiba	5th
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School	Chiba	9th
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	6th
Kawasaki Frontale	Kanagawa	Play-offs win
Yokohama F. Marinos	Kanagawa	3rd
Yokohama FC	Kanagawa	7th

Premier League West[edit]

Team	Prefecture	Rank on 2021
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka	2nd (EAST)
Shizuoka Gakuen High School	Shizuoka	Play-offs win
Júbilo Iwata	Shizuoka	8th
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi	2nd
Cerezo Osaka	Osaka	6th
Gamba Osaka	Osaka	3rd
Riseisha High School	Osaka	Play-offs win
Vissel Kobe	Hyogo	7th
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1st
Higashi Fukuoka High School	Fukuoka	9th
Sagan Tosu	Saga	5th
Ohzu High School	Kumamoto	4th

League table[edit]

Premier League East[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale	22	14	5	3	51	20	+31	47	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	22	12	4	6	64	42	+22	40
3	Omiya Ardija	22	12	3	7	35	24	+11	39
4	Aomori Yamada HS	22	11	3	8	29	23	+6	36
5	FC Tokyo	22	11	2	9	41	36	+5	35
6	Maebashi Ikuei HS	22	8	5	9	42	34	+8	29
7	Yokohama FC	22	7	6	9	35	40	−5	27
8	Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS	22	7	6	9	17	23	−6	27
9	Kashiwa Reysol	22	7	4	11	33	40	−7	25
10	Ichiritsu Funabashi HS	22	6	7	9	22	37	−15	25	Relegation play-offs
11	JFA Academy Fukushima	22	6	3	13	26	43	−17	21	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12	Kiryu Daiichi HS	22	4	6	12	28	61	−33	18	Relegation to the Prince Leagues

Source: soccer-db
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Premier League West[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sagan Tosu	22	13	4	5	54	28	+26	43	Qualification for Premier League final
2	Vissel Kobe	22	13	4	5	51	28	+23	43
3	Júbilo Iwata	22	11	3	8	51	47	+4	36
4	Shizuoka Gakuen HS	22	9	7	6	44	36	+8	34
5	Nagoya Grampus	22	10	4	8	35	34	+1	34
6	Ohzu HS	22	9	5	8	34	40	−6	32
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	22	8	7	7	35	34	+1	31
8	Riseisha HS	22	8	4	10	44	43	+1	28
9	Higashi Fukuoka HS	22	7	3	12	20	44	−24	24
10	Cerezo Osaka	22	6	4	12	51	49	+2	22	Relegation play-offs
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	22	4	8	10	38	50	−12	20	Relegation to the Prince Leagues
12	Gamba Osaka	22	5	5	12	31	55	−24	20	Relegation to the Prince Leagues

Source: soccer-db
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Promotion/relegation play-offs[edit]

There was a difference from the 2021 edition, who awarded six direct promotions from the Prince Leagues while only two teams got relegated, to accommodate the transition from 20 to 24 teams, starting from this 2022 season.^[3]

On 2022, a total of 18 teams participated at this stage, to definitively determine all the participating teams of the posterious season. Qualified to the stage were the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions and the 10th-placed teams of the East and West Premier League conferences. They were divided into six blocks, with their respective block winners qualifying for next season's Premier League.^[4]^[5]

Participating teams of the Prince Leagues:

Team	Region	Prefecture	Rank	PPG	W	D	L	GD
Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS	Hokkaido	Hokkaido	1st	2.50	11	2	1	+17
Sapporo Otani HS	Hokkaido	Hokkaido	2nd	1.93	8	3	3	+8
Shoshi HS	Tohoku	Fukushima	2nd	2.44	14	2	2	+30
Shohei HS	Kanto	Saitama	1st	2.28	12	5	1	+21
Teikyo HS	Kanto	Tokyo	2nd	2.11	12	2	4	+16
Teikyo Nagaoka HS	Hokushinetsu	Niigata	1st	2.00	9	3	3	+15
Nihon Bunri HS	Hokushinetsu	Niigata	2nd	1.93	9	4	3	+12
Zweigen Kanazawa	Hokushinetsu	Ishikawa	3rd	1.76	9	3	5	+5
Hamamatsu Kaiseikan HS	Tokai	Shizuoka	1st	2.39	14	1	3	+17
Kokoku HS	Kansai	Osaka	1st	2.28	13	2	3	+21
Kyoto Sanga	Kansai	Kyoto	2nd	2.00	12	3	3	+24
Yonago Kita HS	Chugoku	Tottori	1st	2.43	13	0	3	+45
Okayama Gakugeikan HS	Chugoku	Okayama	2nd	2.06	9	6	1	+19
Ehime FC	Shikoku	Ehime	1st	2.89	17	1	0	+57
Kamimura Gakuen HS	Kyushu	Kagoshima	1st	2.50	14	3	1	+32
V-Varen Nagasaki	Kyushu	Nagasaki	2nd	1.89	10	4	4	+9

Block A[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Ehime FC	1–0	V-Varen Nagasaki	Hiroshima
11:00	Kosei Kiyasu 76'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 125 Referee: Kakuro Hori

11 December 2022 2nd round	Ichiritsu Funabashi HS	2–0	Ehime FC	Hiroshima
11:00	Riku Gunji 4' Own goal 32' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 124 Referee: Yasuhiro Udagawa
Note: Ichiritsu Funabashi High School escaped relegation.

Block B[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Nihon Bunri HS	0–1	Kyoto Sanga	Hiroshima
11:00		Report	Sora Hiraga 90'	Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium Attendance: 130 Referee: Hiroki Tani

11 December 2022 2nd round	Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Kyoto Sanga	Hiroshima
11:00		Report		Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Ryuhei Yamaguchi
	Penalties
	Shokichi Araya Issei Kashiyama Haru Shoji Towa Hasegawa Yuzuki Sakai		Sora Hiraga Taiga Saito Yamato Ito Rikuto Iida Tomotaka Ando
Note: Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block C[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Hamamatsu Kaiseikan HS	2–1	Sapporo Otani HS	Hiroshima
11:00	Akira Sakaue 11' Riku Yamaguchi 84'	Report	Haruhito Nagata 67'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa

11 December 2022 2nd round	Shohei HS	2–0	Hamamatsu Kaiseikan HS	Hiroshima
11:00	Junki Osa 28' Minato Otani 56'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kenya Ohara
Note: Shohei High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block D[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Shoshi HS	2–0	Okayama Gakugeikan HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Rao Okano 26' Jun Yoshimitsu 28'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 140 Referee: Yoshihito Hori

11 December 2022 2nd round	Teikyo Nagaoka HS	1–2	Shoshi HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Sota Hori 2'	Report	Torataro Suzuki 8' Jin Yoshimitsu 78'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 140 Referee: Kenji Wakamiya
Note: Shoshi High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block E[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Kokoku HS	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Teikyo HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Mahiro Okano 40'	Report	Takuto Shimanuki 58' Ryosuke Irie 99'	Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium Attendance: 140 Referee: Takuya Yokoyama

9 December 2022 2nd round	Yonago Kita HS	2–1	Teikyo HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Kenshin Nakata 2' Hideto Fukuda 53'	Report	Yoshito Saito 88'	Stadium: Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Koki Yasukawa
Note: Yonago Kita High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Block F[edit]

9 December 2022 1st round	Kamimura Gakuen HS	4–3	Zweigen Kanazawa	Hiroshima
13:30	Shio Fukuda 23', 73' Jun Kasagi 30' Yumeki Yoshinaga 60'	Report	Keigo Tsurutani 34' Go Nakagawa 56' Ryusho Inoue 90+2'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Yasuyuki Matsumoto

11 December 2022 2nd round	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Kamimura Gakuen HS	Hiroshima
13:30	Kaito Konomi 10'	Report	Yumeki Yoshinaga 43' Shio Fukuda 65'	Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Hiroki Murata
Note: Cerezo Osaka was relegated to Kanto's Prince League, while Kamimura Gakuen High School got promoted to the Premier League.

Final[edit]

Played between East champions Kawasaki Frontale, from Kanagawa Prefecture, and West champions Sagan Tosu, from Saga Prefecture.

11 December

13:00

Kawasaki Frontale	2–3	Sagan Tosu
Yuto Matsunagane 44' Torataro Okazaki 69'	Report	Kosei Masuzaki 45+1' Koma Osato 61' Taichi Fukui 63'

Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku

Attendance: 8,572

Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Kawasaki Frontale

Sagan Tosu


GK	21	Tomoyasu Hamasaki
DF	3	Yuto Matsunagane
DF	4	Kota Takai
DF	22	Eiji Ehara	85'
DF	35	Kaito Tsuchiya
MF	10	Yuto Ozeki (c)
MF	14	Hotaru Otaki	63'
MF	17	Jo Ogawa
MF	18	Kota Yui	85'
MF	25	Kairi Shimura	63'
FW	9	Kishin Gokita
Substitutes:
GK	19	Yuto Kikuchi
DF	5	Hiyu Asaoka	85'
DF	13	Kosuke Nobusawa	85'
DF	29	Minato Motoki
DF	32	Shotaro Shibata	63'
MF	6	Kosei Suita
FW	20	Torataro Okazaki	63'
Manager:
Yasuhiro Nagahashi


GK	1	Hayato Kuribayashi
DF	2	Sota Yamamoto
DF	3	Ryotaro Takeuchi
DF	5	Motoki Imamura
DF	11	Koma Osato
DF	13	Hibiki Matsuoka	90+2'
MF	4	Shunya Sakai
MF	10	Taichi Fukui (c)
FW	7	Yoshiki Narahara
FW	9	Keisuke Sakaiya	79'
FW	17	Kosei Masuzaki	88'
Substitutes:
GK	40	Kota Imoto
MF	16	Sotaro Hayashi	79'
MF	19	Ryusei Sakita	90+2'
FW	6	Kenta Oniki	88'
FW	8	Harunosuke Kido
FW	26	Haruki Yamasaki
FW	35	Daichi Suzuki
Manager:
Tomonori Tanaka

Assistant referees:
Seiichi Kanai
Masashige Abe
Fourth official:
Toshiki Tomomasa

Match 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[edit]

East[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Kotaro Uchino	Yokohama F. Marinos	21
2	Naoki Kumata	FC Tokyo	19
3	Ota Yamamoto	Kashiwa Reysol	15
4	Kishin Gokita	Kawasaki Frontale	13
5	Kosuke Matsumura	Yokohama F. Marinos	10
6	Aoi Okamura	Kiryu Daiichi HS	9
	Hikaru Takahashi	Omiya Ardija
	Naoya Koike	Maebashi Ikuei HS
9	Kota Suwa	Kiryu Daiichi HS	8
	Torataro Okazaki	Kawasaki Frontale
	Hayato Moriya	Yokohama FC

West[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Shinnosuke Kinoshita	Cerezo Osaka	15
2	Kazunosuke Furuta	Riseisha HS	14
2	Shunei Kobayashi	Ohzu HS	14
4	Yuzuki Saito	Shimizu S-Pulse	13
5	Takeshi Ito	Júbilo Iwata	12
	Ritsuki Sarara	Cerezo Osaka
	Niina Tominaga	Vissel Kobe
8	Soma Kanda	Shizuoka Gakuen HS	10
	Renko Hikasa	Gamba Osaka
	Keisuke Goto	Júbilo Iwata
	Kyota Funahashi	Júbilo Iwata
	Keiji Yamashita	Ohzu HS

References[edit]

^ "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021　リーグ期間延長およびファイナル中止のお知らせ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "出場チーム・組み合わせ決定　高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "出場チーム・組み合わせ　高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "高円宮杯JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ2022". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). Gekisaka. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021　リーグ期間延長およびファイナル中止のお知らせ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[2] "大会・試合". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[3] "出場チーム・組み合わせ決定　高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2021 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[4] "出場チーム・組み合わせ　高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2022 プレーオフ". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[5] "高円宮杯JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ2022". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). Gekisaka. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[6] "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[7] "得点ランキング/\". jfa.jp. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

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Changes from the previous season[edit]

Participating clubs[edit]

Premier League East[edit]

Premier League West[edit]

League table[edit]

Premier League East[edit]

Premier League West[edit]

Promotion/relegation play-offs[edit]

Block A[edit]

Block B[edit]

Block C[edit]

Block D[edit]

Block E[edit]

Block F[edit]

Final[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

East[edit]

West[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]