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2014 Nadeshiko League

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The 2014 Nadeshiko League season was won by Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies, and was their third title.

Nadeshiko League (Division 1)

First stage : Regular series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	2nd Stage : Ex.Pts
1	Okayama Yunogo Belle	18	11	3	4	37	25	+12	36	Championship League : 6
2	NTV Beleza	18	10	5	3	36	14	+22	35	Championship League : 5
3	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	18	10	5	3	30	11	+19	35	Championship League : 4
4	Albirex Niigata Ladies	18	10	2	6	30	18	+12	32	Championship League : 3
5	INAC Kobe Leonessa	18	9	2	7	33	18	+15	29	Championship League : 2
6	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	18	8	4	6	27	23	+4	28	Championship League : 1
7	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	18	7	4	7	23	17	+6	25	Position Playoff : 8
8	AS Elfen Saitama	18	5	2	11	30	47	−17	17	Position Playoff : 6
9	Iga F.C. Kunoichi	18	4	4	10	24	29	−5	16	Position Playoff : 5
10	F.C. Kibi International University Charme	18	0	1	17	11	79	−68	1	Position Playoff : 0

Second stage : Exciting series

Championship league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	4	24	Season Champions
2	NTV Beleza	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	5	24
3	Albirex Niigata Ladies	10	4	3	3	14	13	+1	3	18
4	Okayama Yunogo Belle	10	3	2	5	12	20	−8	6	17	Regular Series Winner
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	10	3	1	6	18	19	−1	1	11
6	INAC Kobe Leonessa	10	1	5	4	11	15	−4	2	10

Position playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	6	5	0	1	18	4	+14	8	23
8	AS Elfen Saitama	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	6	18
9	Iga F.C. Kunoichi	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	5	14	Division 1 promotion/relegation Series
10	F.C. Kibi International University Charme	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15	0	0	Relegated for Division 2

League awards

Best player

Player	Club
Japan Michi Gotō	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Japan Yuika Sugasawa	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	20
2	Japan Megumi Takase	INAC Kobe Leonessa	19
3	Japan Aya Miyama	Okayama Yunogo Belle	16
4	Japan Miki Matsuoka	Okayama Yunogo Belle	13
Japan Mizuho Sakaguchi	NTV Beleza

Best eleven

Pos	Player	Club
GK	Japan Miho Fukumoto	Okayama Yunogo Belle
DF	Japan Shiho Kohata	Urawa Reds Ladies
Japan Ruka Norimatsu	Urawa Reds Ladies
Japan Azusa Iwashimizu	NTV Beleza
MF	Japan Aya Miyama	Okayama Yunogo Belle
Japan Hikaru Naomoto	Urawa Reds Ladies
Japan Mizuho Sakaguchi	NTV Beleza
Japan Saori Ariyoshi	NTV Beleza
Japan Megumi Kamionobe	Albirex Niigata Ladies
FW	Japan Megumi Takase	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Japan Yuika Sugasawa	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies

Best young player

Player	Club
Japan Ruka Norimatsu	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Challenge League (Division 2)

Result

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki	22	16	5	1	53	16	+37	53	Promoted for Division 1
2	Nippon Sport Science University L.S.C.	22	16	3	3	60	19	+41	51	Division 1 promotion/relegation Series
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	22	16	2	4	54	26	+28	50
4	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	22	13	3	6	70	37	+33	42
5	AS Harima ALBION	22	12	5	5	26	16	+10	41
6	Sfida Setagaya F.C.	22	11	5	6	45	30	+15	38
7	JFA Academy Fukushima L.S.C.	22	11	3	8	42	31	+11	36	Moved to Division 3
8	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School L.S.C.	22	10	4	8	53	39	+14	34
9	Ehime F.C. Ladies	22	8	3	11	41	39	+2	27
10	Angeviolet Hiroshima	22	7	5	10	29	35	−6	26
11	Japan Soccer College Ladies	22	6	5	11	25	42	−17	23
12	Fukuoka J. Anclas	22	7	2	13	21	41	−20	23
13	Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita	22	5	6	11	27	47	−20	21	Relegated to Division 3
14	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	22	5	3	14	34	55	−21	18
15	Bunnys Kyoto S.C.	22	3	4	15	23	51	−28	13	Division 3 promotion/relegation Series
16	Shimizudaihachi Pleiades	22	1	0	21	9	88	−79	3

Best Player: Yui Narumiya, Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki
Top scorers: Kumi Yokoyama, AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
Best young player: Arisa Minamino, Nojima Stella Kanagawa

Promotion/relegation series

Division 1 promotion/relegation series

Nippon Sport Science University L.S.C.	1 - 2	Iga F.C. Kunoichi

Iga F.C. Kunoichi	2 - 0	Nippon Sport Science University L.S.C.

Iga F.C. Kunoichi stay Division 1 in 2015 Season.
Nippon Sport Science University L.S.C. stay Division 2 in 2015 Season.

Division 3 Promotion series

Block A

Niigata University of Health and Welfare L.S.C.	1 - 0	Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.

Yokohama F.C. Seagulls	2 - 0	Niigata University of Health and Welfare L.S.C.

Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.	2 - 0	Yokohama F.C. Seagulls

Yokohama F.C. Seagulls, Niigata University of Health and Welfare L.S.C. Promoted for Division 3 in 2015 Season.
Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C. play to Division 3 promotion/relegation Series Qualifiers.

Block B

Yamato Sylphid	5 - 0	Diosa Izumo F.C.

NGU Nagoya F.C. Ladies	1 - 3	Yamato Sylphid

Diosa Izumo F.C.	0 - 12	NGU Nagoya F.C. Ladies

Yamato Sylphid, NGU Nagoya F.C. Ladies Promoted for Division 3 in 2015 Season.
Diosa Izumo F.C. play to Division 3 promotion/relegation Series Qualifiers.

Block C

Tsukuba F.C. Ladies	3 - 0	Je Vrille Kagoshima

Norddea Hokkaido	2 - 1	Tsukuba F.C. Ladies

Je Vrille Kagoshima	0 - 1	Norddea Hokkaido

Norddea Hokkaido, Tsukuba F.C. Ladies Promoted for Division 3 in 2015 Season.
Je Vrille Kagoshima play to Division 3 promotion/relegation Series Qualifiers.

Final

Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.	13 - 0	Diosa Izumo F.C.

Je Vrille Kagoshima	0 - 2	Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.

Diosa Izumo F.C.	0 - 3	Je Vrille Kagoshima

Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C., Je Vrille Kagoshima play to Division 3 promotion/relegation Series.
Diosa Izumo F.C. Stay Regional League in 2015 Season.

Division 3 promotion/relegation series

Je Vrille Kagoshima	0 - 2	Bunnys Kyoto S.C.

Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.	4 - 0	Shimizudaihachi Pleiades

Shimizudaihachi Pleiades	0 - 1	Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C.

Bunnys Kyoto S.C.	2 - 0	Je Vrille Kagoshima

Bunnys Kyoto S.C. Stay Division 2 in 2015 Season.
Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto F.C. Promoted to Division 2 in 2015 Season.
Shimizudaihachi Pleiades Relegated to Regional League (Tokai League) in 2015 Season.
Je Vrille Kagoshima Stay Regional League (Kyushu, Q League) in 2015 Season.

See also

Empress's Cup

External links

(in Japanese)
at soccerway.com