The 2022 Nadeshiko League was the 34th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It was also the 18th season in its current format.

Nadeshiko League Division 1
Season2022
Dates19 March – 16 October 2022[1][2]
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.
Nadeshiko League Division 2
Season2022
Dates26 March – 9 October 2022[1][2]
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2022.

Teams

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Division 1

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Team Location Ground Capacity 2021 season
Bunnys Gunma FC White Star Maebashi Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium
Div.2 2nd  
Orca Kamogawa FC Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena
9th
Sfida Setagaya FC Setagaya, Tokyo Komazawa Olympic Park
2nd
Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Sagamihara Sagamihara Gion Stadium
4th
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls Saitama NACK5 Stadium Omiya
6th
NGU Loveledge Nagoya Hiroshima Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium
8th
Iga Kunoichi Iga Ueno Athletic Park
1st
Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki Takahashi, Okayama Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
10th
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
3rd
AS Harima Albion Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium
7th
Ange Violet Hiroshima Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium
11th
Ehime FC Matsuyama Ningineer Stadium
5th

Division 2

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Team Location Ground Capacity 2021 season
Norddea Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Nagano U Stadium
5th
Tsukuba FC Ladies Tsukuba, Ibaraki Denka Big Swan Stadium
6th
Yamato Sylphid Kumagaya Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Div.1 12nd  
JFA Academy Fukushima Kobe Noevir Stadium Kobe
1st
Shizuoka SSU Asregina Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena
3rd
Veertien Mie Ladies Sendai Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Tōkai Div.1 5th  
Okayama Yunogo Belle Mimasaka, Okayama Sagamihara Gion Stadium
8th
Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi Takahashi, Okayama NACK5 Stadium Omiya
7th
Diavorosso Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium
Chūgoku Div.2 1st  
Fukuoka J. Anclas Fukuoka Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
4th

League table

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Division 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sfida Setagaya FC (C) 22 16 2 4 45 16 +29 50
2 Iga Kunoichi 22 14 4 4 37 18 +19 46
3 AS Harima Albion 22 13 4 5 46 23 +23 43
4 Cerezo Osaka (P) 22 11 5 6 46 25 +21 38 Promoted to 2023–24 WE League[3][4]
5 Orca Kamogawa FC 22 11 3 8 26 20 +6 36
6 NGU Loveledge Nagoya 22 10 6 6 27 24 +3 36
7 Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama 22 9 2 11 19 28 −9 29
8 NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls 22 7 6 9 24 26 −2 27
9 Bunnys Gunma FC White Star 22 7 4 11 21 40 −19 25
10 Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki 22 3 7 12 13 34 −21 16
11 Ehime FC Ladies 22 2 7 13 18 32 −14 13
12 Ange Violet Hiroshima 22 3 2 17 10 46 −36 11 Disbanding after this season[5]
Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Division 2
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shizuoka SSU Asregina (C, P) 18 13 4 1 37 15 +22 43 Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
2 JFA Academy Fukushima[a] 18 12 5 1 47 17 +30 41
3 Yamato Sylphid[a] (P) 18 10 5 3 37 20 +17 35 Promotion to the 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 1
4 Diavorosso Hiroshima 18 7 6 5 24 18 +6 27
5 Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi 18 4 6 8 13 22 −9 18
6 Fukuoka J. Anclas 18 4 6 8 14 29 −15 18
7 Norddea Hokkaido 18 3 7 8 16 28 −12 16
8 Tsukuba FC Ladies 18 2 8 8 12 28 −16 14
9 Veertien Mie Ladies 18 2 7 9 14 21 −7 13
10 Okayama Yunogo Belle (O) 18 1 10 7 14 30 −16 13 Qualification for the promotion relegation play-offs
Source: Nadeshiko League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b After two teams are leaving from Division 1, a promotion-relegation playoff between Divisions 1 and 2 has been cancelled, no team from Division 1 will be relegated, and top two teams from Division 2 will promote to Division 1. However, since the second-placed team (JFA Academy Fukushima) is not eligible for promoting to Division 1, the third-placed team (Yamato Sylphid) is to promote to Division 1 instead.[6]
Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs
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The top three teams from regional league qualifiers (1st: FC Fujizakura Yamanashi, 2nd: Diosa Izumo FC, 3rd: Viamaterras Miyazaki) and the lowest-ranked team from Division 2 (Okayama Yunogo Belle) played a round-robin tournament. The top three teams of the round-robin were to join Division 2 next year.[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viamaterras Miyazaki (P) 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Promotion to 2023 Nadeshiko League Division 2
2 FC Fujizakura Yamanashi (P) 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 Okayama Yunogo Belle 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3 Remained in Nadeshiko League Division 2
4 Diosa Izumo FC 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: Nadeshiko League (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Number of goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points for yellow and red cards[7]
(P) Promoted


Top scorers

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Division 1

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As of 11 October 2022.[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Sonoko Chiba (千葉 園子) AS Harima Albion 14
2   Mayu Otake (大竹 麻友) Sfida Setagaya FC 13
3   Niina Yamada (山田 仁衣奈) NGU Loveledge Nagoya 10
  Sinomi Koyama (小山 史乃観) Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
5   Mao Murakami (村上 真生) Sfida Setagaya FC 8
  Fumina Katsurama (葛馬 史奈) AS Harima Albion
  Sari Kaneshige (兼重 紗里) Orca Kamogawa FC
8   Kanami Sinbori (新堀 華波) AS Harima Albion 7
  Asuka Mitsuhashi (三橋 明香) Iga FC Kunoichi Mie
10   Miyuka Momono (百濃 実結香) Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies 6

Division 2

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As of 9 October 2022.[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Mao Itamura (板村 真央) JFA Academy Fukushima 13
  Marin Hamamoto (濱本 まりん) Yamato Sylphid
3   Eriko Adachi (足立 英梨子) Diavorosso Hiroshima 9
4   Momoko Tanikawa (谷川 萌々子) JFA Academy Fukushima 8
5   Rika Kojima (幸嶋 里佳) Yamato Sylphid 7
6   Hibari Hara (原 ひばり) JFA Academy Fukushima 6
  Arisa Nakamura (中村 有沙) Okayama Yunogo Belle
8   Yukiko Sue (須恵 裕貴子) Yamato Sylphid 5
  Manaka Matsukubo (松窪 真心) JFA Academy Fukushima
  Yuzuki Tsuchiya (土屋 佑津季) Shizuoka SSU Asregina
  Mizuki Akamine (赤嶺 美月) Diavorosso Hiroshima

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2022 プレナスなでしこリーグ 開幕日決定" [2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League opening date decided]. Japan Women's Football League (Nadeshiko League) (in Japanese). Tokyo. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women". Sofascore. Retrieved 3 October 2022. #7 When does the Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women start and when does it finish? The Nadeshiko League, Div. 1, Women usually starts in March and ends in November.
  3. ^ "セレッソ大阪堺レディース WE リーグ参入決定" [Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League]. Cerezo Osaka co.,LTD. (in Japanese). Osaka. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. We are pleased to announce that Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies will join the Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League) from the 2023-24 season.
  4. ^ "セレッソ大阪堺レディース、23年シーズンからWEリーグ入会へ" ["Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the WE League from the 2023-24 season]. Sankei Digital Inc. (in Japanese). Tokyo. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. The WE League, a professional women's soccer league, announced on the 14th that it has approved Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies to join the league from the 2023 season. WE League Chair Okajima said, The club is expected to play an active role in the WE League because it was evaluated as meeting the entry criteria and has produced many top-level players, especially in the development age group. commented. The number of teams in the league will be expanded to 12.
  5. ^ "アンジュヴィオレ広島 2022シーズンをもって解散のお知らせ" [Ange Violet Hiroshima disbands after 2022 season] (in Japanese). Ange Violet Hiroshima. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ "2023シーズン なでしこリーグ チーム編成について" [Teams of Nadeshiko League 2023 season] (in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "2022プレナスなでしこリーグ2部入替戦日程決定のお知らせ" [Schedule of 2022 Plenus Nadeshiko League Division 2 promotion-relegation play-offs]. Nadeshiko League. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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