Japan
Here is the complete football honours list for Japan, season by season: the national champion from the top division, and the national cup winner.
League structure
The Japan league system is organised into 6 tiered divisions, gathering 5,824 clubs. Each season the best go up and the bottom sides go down, decided by play-offs between teams from neighbouring divisions.
Honours by season
The champion is the club finishing first in the top division after the thirty matchdays of the season.
The national cup is a straight knockout over fifteen rounds. It starts in the sixth division, with higher divisions entering as the competition unfolds.
| Season | Champion | National cup |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Japon 0033 58 pts · 17-7-6 · 46:24 | Japon 0611 |
| 4 | Japon 0181 49 pts · 13-10-7 · 26:15 | Japon 0002 |
| 3 | Japon 0012 58 pts · 17-7-6 · 38:21 | Japon 2269 |
| 2 | Japon 0003 50 pts · 13-11-6 · 49:33 | Japon 0724 |
| 1 | Japon 0014 49 pts · 14-7-9 · 44:28 | Japon 0799 |
Champions League representatives
Each season the national champion and the national cup winner represent the country in the continental Champions League. When the same club wins both trophies, the cup runner-up inherits the second berth. Lower-ranked nations first play knockout preliminary rounds before reaching the group stage.