The J-League kicked off today, with some very dissapointing results. Last year's champions, Jubilo, Last year's Emperor's Cup winners, Grampus Eight, Last year's Emperor's Cup runners-up, Sanfrecce, and Last year's third-place overall standing team, the F Marinos, all lost their games and are tied in twelfth place. If that wasn't enough, the team which barely missed relegation, JEF, won their game 6-1 to be on top of the JLeague.

Here are the results:

Home Away Venue Attendance

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Kashima Antlers 1-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight
Jubilo Iwata 0-1 Kashiwa Reysol
Vissel Kobe 1-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
JEF United Ichihara 6-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga
Avispa ***uoka 2-1 Kawasaki
Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Cerezo Osaka
Verdy Kawasaki 2-1 Gamba Osaka Yokohama F¥Marinos 0-1 FC Tokyo

And the Scorer Table:

BARON JEF 3
SAWANOBORI S-PULSE 2
NAKATA ANTLERS 1
NAKATA JEF 1
BENSON JEF 1
MUTO JEF 1
KITAJIMA REYSOL 1
TUTO FC TOKYO 1
YAMADA VERDY 1
KIM VERDY 1
ONIKI FRONTALE 1
SANTOS S-PULSE 1
MIURA SANGA 1
OGURO CEREZO 1
NISHIZAWA CEREZO 1
TASAKE CEREZO 1
YUBUTA VISSEL 1
MONTOYA AVISPA 1
NAKAHARAI AVISPA 1