Sagan Tosu suspends season after coronavirus cluster within organization
Initial results from Sagan’s PCR tests resulted in the J. League’s decision to cancel Wednesday night’s Levain Cup match between Sagan and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Levain Cup match postponed after Tosu members test positive for virus
A J. League YBC Levain Cup match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagan Tosu was canceled on Wednesday just hours before kickoff after Sagan reported that a player and team staffer had tested positive for the new coronavirus, with tests later confirming six more players ...
J. League first division to end on Dec. 19; Tokyo withdraws from J3
The J. League's first division will finish its season on Dec. 19, the league's board of directors decided Friday. In an extraordinary session held online, the board decided the second and third divisions, the J2 and J3, would finish the following day. The J1 was originally ...
J. League running out of scheduling options
The J. League is not without options as it adjusts its schedule in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. But If play does not resume early next month, those options will become increasingly less appealing to club and league officials hoping to avoid making alterations ...
No intercontinental title shot for Levain Cup winner Frontale
After mostly exorcising their reputation as "silver collectors" by claiming two straight J. League first division titles, Kawasaki Frontale have at last fully shed that reputation by claiming the Levain Cup in their fifth attempt. Although Frontale's hopes of becoming the second club to achieve ...
Frontale top Consadole in penalty shootout to capture Levain Cup
Kawasaki Frontale claimed the Levain Cup with a penalty shootout win against Consadole Sapporo on Saturday following a late brace from captain Yu Kobayashi that kept the J. League champions alive after they were reduced to 10 men. Following three lead changes, the drama-filled final ...
Mixed results from VAR's Levain Cup debut
The video assistant referee (VAR) has made its J. League debut, but there's still much to be done before the system is ready for the big time. After over a year of offline testing, VAR was used in the quarterfinals of the J. League YBC ...
Kawasaki Frontale booked their place in the Levain Cup semifinals Sunday with a 4-2 aggregate win over Nagoya Grampus in their quarterfinal tie. Frontale will be joined in the penultimate stage of the league cup competition by Kashima Antlers, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo, following ...
Kashima Antlers survived a late rally from Urawa Reds in their Levain Cup quarterfinal tie Wednesday, holding on for a 3-2 win in the opening leg at Saitama Stadium. Shinzo Koroki and Tomoaki Makino scored in quick succession for the hosts midway through the second ...
Yu Hasegawa scored the winner and Yuki Omoto added another in second-half injury time as second-division V-Varen Nagasaki booked a spot in the Levain Cup playoff round with a 3-2 win over J1 side Yokohama F Marinos on Wednesday. V-Varen, back in the second division ...
Musashi Suzuki carries Consadole to win over Nagasaki in Levain Cup
Musashi Suzuki continued his Levain Cup scoring streak with a brace Wednesday, as Consadole Sapporo stayed on top of Group A with a 6-3 win over second-division V-Varen Nagasaki. The newly capped Japan forward got the goal-fest at Transcosmos Stadium under way with a fifth-minute ...
Japan striker Musashi Suzuki bagged a hat trick as Consadole Sapporo thrashed visiting Shonan Bellmare 4-1 in the Levain Cup on Wednesday night. The recent Samurai Blue debutant completed his hat trick 20 minutes into the second half of the Group A clash at Sapporo ...
