League Title

Prince Takamado Trophy 2015 All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football League Premier League (EAST / WEST)

Organiser

Japan Football Association

Managing Organisations

Participating Teams, Prefectural Football Associations of Each Participating Team

Supporting Organisations

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Asahi Shimbun

Sponsor Support

Nike Japan Corp.

Cooperating Company

Molten Corporation

Fixtures

Premier League: Sat. 11 April to Sun. 6 December
Championship: Sat. 12 December
Premier League Promotion Matches:Fri. 11 December & Sun. 13 December　
Note: The schedule is subject to change.

League System

Twenty teams selected throughout the nation will be divided into two 10-team leagues, and will play a round-robin home and away format (180 games). The bottom two teams in each league will be automatically relegated to the Prince League in the following year. Based on the points earned at the national tournaments in the past three years, the designated number of top teams in the Prince League in each region will qualify for the 16-team promotion matches, and the top four teams there will make a berth in the following year’s league.

Participating teams and the number of teams

The participating teams are the top eight teams each from the 2014 Premier League EAST and WEST and the four teams who won the promotion matches played among top teams from the Prince League’s nine regions.
Note: The total number of teams allocated to the regions based on above is 20.
Hokkaido: 1, Tohoku: 1, Kanto: 6, Tokai: 3, Kansai: 6, Chugoku: 1, Kyushu: 2.
Note: The numbers above are the number of teams designated for each region. The following teams will play in the 2015 league.

EAST

Hokkaido: Consadole Sapporo U-18 (Hokkaido)
Tohoku: Aomori Yamada High School (Aomori)
Kanto: Kashima Antlers Youth (Ibaraki)
Omiya Ardija Youth (Saitama)
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (Chiba)
Kashiwa Reysol U-18 (Chiba)
Ryutsu Keizaidai Kashiwa High School (Chiba)
F.C. Tokyo U-18 (Tokyo)
Tokai: JFA Academy Fukushima (Shizuoka)
Shimizu S-Pulse Youth (Shizuoka)

WEST

Tokai:Nagoya Grampus U18 (Aichi)
Kansai: Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18 (Kyoto)
Kyoto Tachibana High School (Kyoto)
Gamba Osaka Youth (Osaka)
Cerezo Osaka U-18 (Osaka)
Riseisha High School (Osaka)
Vissel Kobe U-18 (Hyogo)
Chugoku: Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C Youth (Hiroshima)
Kyushu: Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)
Oita Trinita U-18 (Oita)

Ticket Prices

No charge in principle

Opening Match Fixtures – Central Format

EAST

WEST