The J-League season traditionally runs from the first weekend of March through the first weekend of December. The main competitions are the J-League Division 1 (J1) and J-League Division 2 (J2) championships, featuring 18 and 22 teams respectively.

After much deliberation, Vietnam side Song Lam Nghe An has rejected J2 League side Consadole Sapporo's US$240,000 (SGD$304,000) offer for striker Le Cong Vinh. The 28-year-old, who was on loan at the Japanese side for four months recently, will stay ...

DN: It's like watching a child grow 10 centimeters in a year. But for an adult it's hard to grow even one. Now that the J-League is an adult [20 is the age of adulthood in Japan] we have to work even harder to grow that one centimeter. Thanks to the ...

Vietnam star Le Cong Vinh has admitted that playing in a different country will not be easy, after joining J.League Division 2 side Consadole Sapporo on loan. The former Song Lam Nghe An striker has signed a contract lasting from August to January next ...

For 13 years, I presented Tomsan's Soccer Techniques on weekday mornings to millions of children watching before going to school in the morning. As part of the package, the country's top youth manga CoroCoro Comic gave me a two-page corner with the ...

Zeni Husmani; photo: nk-domzale.siTome Pachovski kept a clean sheet for Mechelen in his first league start of the season, Dushan Savikj scored the game winner for Hoverla to down his former club Volyn, Stevica Ristikj netted his first goal in a Shonan ...

Kazuyoshi Miura is the only player to have featured in every single season since things got underway in 1993, and is incredibly still playing at the grand old age of 46! This season, as for the last eight, he is registered with J2 side Yokohama FC, and ...

Vietnam star Le Cong Vinh netted his first goals for new club Consadole Sapporo when he struck twice on Saturday in the Emperor's Cup. The 27-year-old striker equalised from the spot in the 14th minute against Hokkaido University after the visitors had ...

The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Professional Football League this Wednesday evening. The objectives of the MOU will be established to align closely with the FAS Strategic Plan ...

J.League Division 2 side Consadole Sapporo have signed striker Le Cong Vinh on loan from V.League side Song Lam Nghe An, with the 27-year-old set to become the first player from Vietnam to play in Japan. The all-time top scorer back home in his ...