2010 J.League Division 1

Clubs

1. FFFFFF;"Montedio Yamagata]]|position=top}}
2. 000000;"Vegalta Sendai]]}}
3. 000000;"Albirex Niigata]]|position=bottom}}
4. FFFFFF;"Kashima Antlers]]|position=top}}
5. 000000;"Omiya Ardija]]|position=left}}
6. 000000;"Urawa Red Diamonds]]|position=right}}
7. FFFFFF;"FC Tokyo]]|position=left}}
8. 000000;"Kawasaki Frontale]]}}
9. FFFFFF;"Yokohama F. Marinos]]|position=left}}
10. 000000;"Shonan Bellmare]]|position=bottom}}
11. 000000;"Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
12. 000000;"Júbilo Iwata]]}}
13. 000000;"Nagoya Grampus]]|position=top}}
14. FFFFFF;"Kyoto Sanga]]|position=left}}
15. FFFFFF;"Gamba Osaka]]|position=right}}
16. 000000;"Cerezo Osaka]]|position=bottom}}
17. FFFFFF;"Vissel Kobe]]|position=bottom}}
18. FFFFFF;"Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]|position=left}}

The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during the 2010 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai, Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare were newly promoted clubs. For the first time since 1995 season, all top-flight teams are located on a single island (Honshū).

Personnel

Foreign players

Format

Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

• Goal differential
• Goals scored
• Head-to-head results
• Disciplinary points A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The bottom three clubs will be relegated to J.League Division 2. The top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League in the following year.

;Changes from previous year

• Regular season schedule had two months break after May 16 games, due to 2010 FIFA World Cup. The season was resumed from July 17, with exceptions for clubs advancing to the Round of 16 of 2010 AFC Champions League, which 11th-week matches were rescheduled to July 14.

League table

Results

Top scorers

Awards

MVP

• JPN Seigo Narazaki

Top scorers

• AUS Joshua Kennedy & JPN Ryoichi Maeda

Best XI

Attendances

--|notes=† Team played previous season in J2.

References

References

1. (April 2019). "J-League to kick off season March 6}}{{Dead link".
2. "2010 J1 Top Scorers". J-League.