Japan 2005

J.League (Japan Professional Football League) Division 1 From this season, the league system is changed in several points. 1. The number of Division 1 (J1) teams is increased from 16 (1999-2004 seasons for six years) to 18. 2. The rank is decided in one stage system. Two stage system and League Championship (battle between winners of each stage) have been played since 1993 (except 1996 season - by one stage system), this league was founded. 3. Promotion/Relegation Play-off is scheduled on December 7 and 10. J1 16th rank team and J2 3rd rank team fight each other to obtain final seat of J1 in next year. 4. Bottom two - the 17th and 18th teams are relegated to J2 in next season automatically. Instead of these, Champion and Runners-up clubs of J2 are promoted to J1 in next year. Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Gamba Osaka 34 18 6 10 82-58 60 +24 Champions 2.Urawa Red Diamonds 34 17 8 9 65-37 59 +28 3.Kashima Antlers 34 16 11 7 61-39 59 +22 4.JEF United Ichihara Chiba 34 16 11 7 56-42 59 +14 5.Cerezo Osaka 34 16 11 7 48-40 59 +8 6.Jubilo Iwata 34 14 9 11 51-41 51 +10 7.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 11 10 50-42 50 +8 8.Kawasaki Frontale 34 15 5 14 54-47 50 +7 9.Yokohama F.Marinos 34 12 12 10 41-40 48 +1 10.FC Tokyo 34 11 14 9 43-40 47 +3 11.Oita Trinita 34 12 7 15 44-43 43 +1 12.Albirex Niigata 34 11 9 14 47-62 42 -15 13.Omiya Ardija 34 12 5 17 39-50 41 -11 14.Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 10 9 15 43-49 39 -6 15.Shimizu S-Pulse 34 9 12 13 40-49 39 -9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.Kashiwa Reysol 34 8 11 15 39-54 35 -15 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------------------------- 17.Tokyo Verdy 1969 34 6 12 16 40-73 30 -33 Relegated 18.Vissel Kobe 34 4 9 21 30-67 21 -37 Relegated Round 1 [Mar 5] Urawa Red Diamonds 0-1 Kashima Antlers 52,789 [Takayuki Suzuki 29] Nagoya Grampus Eight 2-2 JEF United Chiba 17,239 [Ueslei 39pen, Masahiro Koga 54 - Masataka Sakamoto 83, Seiichiro Maki 89] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 12,208 [Masaaki Sawanobori 67 - Hiroto Mogi 80] Gamba Osaka 0-2 Omiya Ardija 16,168 [Naoto Sakurai 81, Hiroshi Morita 89] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-1 Jubilo Iwata 41,868 [Takashi Fukunishi 89] Oita Trinita 1-2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 21,630 [Magno Alves 83 - Atsushi Yoneyama 31, Washington 41] FC Tokyo 4-0 Albirex Niigata 28,450 [Naohiro Ishikawa 11, Yasuyuki Konno 21, Lucas 59, 62] [Mar 6] Vissel Kobe 3-1 Cerezo Osaka 23,226 [Mitsunori Yabuta 6, Kazuyoshi Miura 68, Pavel Horvath 89 - Teruaki Kurobe 55] Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale 11,875 [Yoshiteru Yamashita 78 - Juninho 89] Round 2 [Mar 12] Omiya Ardija 1-1 Vissel Kobe *1 9,926 [Chikara Fujimoto 83 - Kazuyoshi Miura 22] Tokyo Verdy 1969 0-0 Shimizu S-Pulse 12,687 Kashima Antlers 2-2 Gamba Osaka 25,944 [Alex Mineiro 68, Fernando 79 - Araujo 42, Fernandinho 70] Kawasaki Frontale 3-3 Urawa Red Diamonds 24,332 [Juninho 5, Kazuki Ganaha 52, Augusto 64 - Tomoyuki Sakai 21, Masayuki Okano 80, Marcus Tulio Tanaka 89] Cerezo Osaka 2-3 Yokohama F.Marinos 19,143 [Tatsuya Furuhashi 13, Teruaki Kurobe 42 - Hideo Oshima 18, 47, 60] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-0 FC Tokyo 15,465 JEF United Chiba 2-2 Kashiwa Reysol 6,612 [Seiichiro Maki 17, Yuki Abe 57 - Cleber 42, own goal 45] [Mar 13] Albirex Niigata 2-1 Oita Trinita 35,337 [Shingo Suzuki 29, Keiji Kaimoto 65 - Magno Alves 44] Jubilo Iwata 0-3 Nagoya Grampus Eight 16,251 [Keita Sugimoto 54, Masahiro Koga 63, Claiton 73] Round 3 [Apr 2] Yokohama F.Marinos 4-1 Albirex Niigata 21,444 [Hideo Oshima 00, Masahiro Ohashi 03, Ryuji Kawai 37, Hayuma Tanaka 80 - Shingo Suzuki 66] Kashiwa Reysol 1-3 Kashima Antlers *1 12,126 [Tatsuya Yazawa 53 - Fernando 06, Alex Mineiro 16, 80] Jubilo Iwata 1-1 Shimizu S-Pulse *1 37,384 [Robert Cullen 83 - Ryuzo Morioka 33] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima *1 17,153 [Marques 87 - Hiroto Mogi 54] Omiya Ardija 1-0 Cerezo Osaka 7,006 [Christian 48] Vissel Kobe 1-2 FC Tokyo 18,868 [Ryuji Bando 89 - Masashi Miyzawa 9, Yasuyuki Konno 15] Oita Trinita 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds 28,847 [Daiki Takamatsu 88] [Apr 3] Tokyo Verdy 1969 2-2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 11,001 [Daigo Kobayashi 23, Washington 27 - Seiichiro Maki 1, Yuki Abe 15] Gamba Osaka 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale 9,925 [Masashi Oguro 6, 68, Satoshi Yamaguchi 89 - Juninho 56, Augusto 89] Round 4 [Apr 9] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 4-2 Oita Trinita 5,352 [Haas 11, 39, Yuki Abe 56, 86 - Dodo 2, Own Goal 5] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-2 Kashiwa Reysol 9,735 [Kota Sugiyama 54 - Cleber 44, Harutaka Ono 57] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Kashima Antlers 12,085 [Takuya Nozawa 70] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Gamba Osaka 51,249 [Satoshi Horinouchi 32 - Araujo 49] Albirex Niigata 3-2 Omiya Ardija 40,573 [Edmilson 19, Anderson Lima 81, Fabinho 89 - Christian 28, Toninho 62] Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight 13,040 [Hiroaki Morishima 19] Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 11,061 [Augusto 70] [Apr 10] FC Tokyo 1-0 Jubilo Iwata 32,049 [Ryoichi Kurisawa 85] Yokohama F.Marinos 1-1 Vissel Kobe 20,548 [Ahn Jun Hwan 34 - Hiroyuki Komoto 89] Round 5 [Apr 13] Kashima Antlers 2-0 Omiya Ardija 7,076 [Takuya NOZAWA 23, Mitsuo OGASAWARA 77] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Shimizu S-Pulse *1 15,760 [Makoto HASEBE 43 - CHO Jae Jin 25] Kashiwa Reysol 0-1 Yokohama F.Marinos NS 27,328 [AHN Jung Hwan 36] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3,267 [LEE Gang Jin 77 - Shunsuke MAEDA 25, Kazuyuki Morisaki 47, 62, GALVAO 52] Jubilo Iwata 1-3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 9,854 [Robert CULLEN 62 - Yuto SATO 12, Daisuke SAITO 19, Naotake HANYU 61] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-0 FC Tokyo 15,760 [MARQUES 61] Gamba Osaka 1-1 Albirex Niigata 6,646 [Masashi OGURO 21 - ANDERSON LIMA 58] Vissel Kobe 1-6 Kawasaki Frontale *1 7,643 [HORVY 87 - JUNINHO 23, Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI 48, Kazuki GANAHA 51, Own-Goal 76, MARCUS 79] Oita Trinita 1-2 Cerezo Osaka 14,830 [MAGNO ALVES 30 - Teruaki KUROBE 65, ZE CARLOS 89] Round 6 [Apr 16] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-4 Kashima Antlers NS 16,209 [Yuto SATO 43, HAAS 67 - Mitsuo OGASAWARA 39, 66, Daiki IWAMASA 58, ALEX MINEIRO 77] Yokohama F.Marinos 2-2 Gamba Osaka 23,466 [AHN Jung Hwan 44, Hideo OSHIMA 87 - Noritada SANEYOSHI 16, ARAUJO 73] Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Oita Trinita 7,931 [MAGNO ALVES 55] Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Kashiwa Reysol 9,403 [Akinori NISHIZAWA 4 - Sotaro YASUNAGA 41] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Vissel Kobe 10,431 [Kazuyuki MORISAKI 15, Susumu OKI 41] FC Tokyo 0-2 Urawa Red Diamonds 40,113 [EMERSON 48, Satoshi HORINOUCHI 74] Albirex Niigata 0-1 Jubilo Iwata 40,387 [Sho NARUOKA 27] [Apr 17] Omiya Ardija 2-3 Tokyo Verdy 1969 8,959 [CHRISTIAN 76, Hiroshi MORITA 82 - WASHINGTON 14, 25 Tadamichi MACHIDA 73] Kawasaki Frontale 0-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 14,565 [Naoshi NAKAMURA 42, Keita SUGIMOYO 77] Round 7 [Apr 23] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-2 Cerezo Osaka *1 18,850 [Takuya YOKOYAMA 62 - Akinori NISHIZAWA 7, 20] Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 9,474 [Own-Goal 47, Yoshikiyo KUBOYAMA 79 - Seiichiro MAKI 68] Gamba Osaka 5-3 FC Tokyo 11,728 [Own-Goal 45, Masashi OGURO 52, 53, 65, ARAUJO 72 - Mitsuhiro TODA 2, Naohiro ISHIKAWA 51, LUCAS 64] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 Kawasaki Frontale 8,574 [GALVAO 11, Hiroto MOGI 60 - Masaru KUROTSU 59] Oita Trinita 2-1 Vissel Kobe 21,438 [DODO 53, Kohei NISHINO 89 - PARK Kang Jo 88] Tokyo Verdy 1969 2-2 Albirex Niigata NS 11,575 [WASHINGTON 7, 82 - EDMILSON 11, 62] Kashiwa Reysol 0-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 10,188 [Naoshi NAKAMURA 35, CLAITON 89] [Apr 24] Yokohama F.Marinos 1-2 Omiya Ardija 18,155 [Daisuke OKU 61 - TUTO 45, Naoto SAKURAI 89] Kashima Antlers 2-1 Jubilo Iwata 25,128 [Masaki FUKAI 1, Mitsuo OGASAWARA 17 - Yoshiaki OTA 47] Round 8 [Apr 28] Omiya Ardija 3-1 Oita Trinita 5,129 [CHRISTIAN 34, 40, Takuro NISHIMURA 86 - Takashi UMEDA 2] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3-1 Gamba Osaka 4,885 [Seiichiro MAKI 44, Koki MIZUNO 56, 72 - Kota YOSHIHARA 74] FC Tokyo 0-2 Kashiwa Reysol 18,089 [CLEBER 38, Tomonori HIRAYAMA 64] Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Yokohama F.Marinos 12,795 [MARCUS 28, Masaru KUROTSU 49 - Daisuke NASU 72] Albirex Niigata 0-0 Shimizu S-Pulse 40,882 Jubilo Iwata 2-2 Urawa Red Diamonds *1 30,865 [Ryoichi MAEDA 19, Masashi NAKAYAMA 85 - Yuichiro NAGAI 44, EMERSON 86] Nagoya Grampus Eight 5-4 Tokyo Verdy 1969 7,850 [Keisuke HONDA 15, Kei YAMAGUCHI 25, MARQUES 26, Masahiro KOGA 40, CLAITON 64 - Kazuki HIRAMOTO 9, 38, 61, WASHINGTON 84] Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6,113 [ZE CARLOS 89 - GALVAO 44] Vissel Kobe 0-2 Kashima Antlers *1 9,612 [Masashi MOTOYAMA 29, Takuya NOZAWA 63] Round 9 [May 1] Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 Omiya Ardija 14,118 [CHO Jae Jin 27, 83 - Satoshi YOKOYAMA 81] Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight 55,476 [Tatsuya TANAKA 35, EMERSON 38, 64] Gamba Osaka 3-1 Vissel Kobe 14,625 [Yasuhito ENDO 12, Masashi OGURO 49, 74 - Naoto MATSUO 87] Oita Trinita 2-1 FC Tokyo 26,218 [MAGNO ALVES 71, DODO 80 - Ryoichi KURISAWA 83] Kashima Antlers 0-1 Cerezo Osaka 26,019 [Tatsuya FURUHASHI 18] Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 13,667 [Yasuhiro NAGAHASHI 61] Kashiwa Reysol 0-4 Jubilo Iwata *1 12,837 [Masashi NAKAYAMA 4, Yoshiaki OTA 11, Ryoichi MAEDA 62, Nobuo KAWAGUCHI 89] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5-0 Albirex Niigata 12,408 [GALVAO 35, Hisato SATO 44, 65, Susumu OKI 84, Hiroto MOGI 88] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-1 Yokohama F.Marinos 18,133 [WASHINGTON 7 - Daisuke NASU 57] Round 10 [May 4] Yokohama F.Marinos 1-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 33,710 [AHN Jung Hwan 34 - CHO Jae Jin 78] Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Gamba Osaka 16,579 [Ryoichi MAEDA 33, Robert CULLEN 78 - ARAUJO 30] Albirex Niigata 2-1 Kawasaki Frontale 41,422 [Yuzo FUNAKOSHI 48, ANDERSON LIMA 84 - JUNINHO 36] Cerezo Osaka 0-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 19,013 Omiya Ardija 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol *1 14,846 [TUTO 40] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9,398 [Yuki ABE 57 - Hisato SATO 18] FC Tokyo 0-2 Kashima Antlers 40,300 [Masashi MOTOYAMA 17, 41] Vissel Kobe 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 25,104 [Tatsuya TANAKA 29] Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-0 Oita Trinita 12,659 Round 11 [May 8] Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 50,643 Gamba Osaka 3-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight 13,687 [ARAUJO 38, Yasuhito ENDO 43, Masafumi MAEDA 76 - Kiyohiro HIRABAYASHI 89] Oita Trinita 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale 21,078 [MAGNO ALVES 46] Kashima Antlers 2-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 16,060 [Chikashi MASUDA 8, Yuzo TASHIRO 89 - WASHINGYON 83] Kashiwa Reysol 0-0 Albirex Niigata *1 10,144 FC Tokyo 3-3 Omiya Ardija 22,175 [Naohiro ISHIKAWA 28, Yusuke KONDO 44, LUCAS 76 - TUTO 12, TONIHO 77, Hiroshi MORITA 89] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Cerezo Osaka 15,700 [CHO Jae Jin 5 - Daisuke YONEYAMA 72] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Yokohama F.Marinos 22,607 [Taketo SHIOKAWA 60] Vissel Kobe 0-0 Jubilo Iwata 20,282 Round 12 [May 14] Omiya Ardija 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima *2 7,163 [Shunsuke MAEDA 89] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol 31,571 [Kazuki HIRAMOTO 32] Kawasaki Frontale 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 11,668 [Yoshihiro KUBOYAMA 1] Albirex Niigata 2-2 Kashima Antlers 40,085 [FABINHO 46, Yasushi KITA 48 - Takayuki SUZUKI 65, Mitsuo OGASAWARA 72] Cerezo Osaka 2-4 Gamba Osaka 42,053 [Akinori NISHIZAWA 21, 76 - Masashi OGURO 17, 89, ARAUJO 35, 75] Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-2 Vissel Kobe *1 17,991 [Own-Goal 39, Atsuhiro MIURA 80] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-1 FC Tokyo 8,593 [HAAS 17, Siichiro MAKI 29 - LUCAS 89] [May 15] Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Oita Trinita 13,559 [Robert CULLEN 5, Yoshiaki OTA 51 - 65 MAGNO ALVES] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 53,097 [Yuichiro NAGAI 76] Round 13 [Jul 2] Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9,513 [Keiji Tamada 77 - Hisato Sato 42] FC Tokyo 2-2 Cerezo Osaka 20,555 [Mitsuhiro Toda 53, Lucas 55 - Ze Carlos 75, 89] Jubilo Iwata 1-2 Kawasaki Frontale 11,686 [Hiroshi Nanami 89 - Juninho 29, Hulk 85] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-1 Omiya Ardija *1 14,725 [Masahiro Koga 53 - Christian 27] Gamba Osaka 7-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 11,002 [Araujo 44, 50, 62, Masashi Oguro 46, 79, Fernandinho 55, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 65 - Washington 57] Vissel Kobe 1-1 JEF United Chiba 15,092 [Tomoyuki Hirase 21 - Yuki Abe 68] Oita Trinita 0-2 Yokohama F.Marinos 26,143 [Hideo Oshima 56, Daisuke Sakata 86] [Jul 3] Kashima Antlers 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 13,449 [Alex Mineiro 1, 56 - Keisuke Ota 87] Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Albirex Niigata 39,656 [Nobuhisa Yamada 58, Tatsuya Tanaka 64 - Edmilson 40] Round 14 [Jul 6] Omiya Ardija 0-2 Jubilo Iwata *2 7,436 [Norihiro NISHI 13, Robert CULLEN 51] Kashiwa Reysol 0-0 Oita Trinita 6,457 Tokyo Verdy 1969 0-7 Urawa Red Diamonds NS 22,953 [Makoto HASEBE 8, Marcus Tulio TANAKA 27, Nobuhisa YAMADA 42, Yuichiro NAGAI 47, Tatsuya TANAKA 51, Tadaaki HIRAKAWA 53, 59] Kawasaki Frontale 0-0 FC Tokyo 13,118 Yokohama F.Marinos 2-1 Kashima Antlers 25,207 [Hideo OSHIMA 29, Yuji NAKAZAWA 63 - Daiki IWAMASA 4] Albirex Niigata 3-2 Vissel Kobe 39,012 [Shingo SUZUKI 37, Yasushi KITA 52, EDMILSON 88 - HORVY 38, Tomoyuki HIRASE 72] Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 7,280 [CHO Jae Jin 11, CHOI Tae Uk 49 - Keisuke HONDA 44, Naoshi NAKAMURA 80] Cerezo Osaka 2-0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 10,751 [FABINHO 62, Teruaki KUROBE 78] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Gamba Osaka 7,058 [Koji MORISAKI 65 - ARAUJO 47, 89] Round 15 [Jul 9] Kashima Antlers 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale 15,484 [Own-Goal 47, Mitsuo OGASAWARA 79] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3-2 Albirex Niigata 6,681 [Yuto SATO 53, Seiichiro MAKI 61, Yuichi YODA 86 - EDMILSON 40, Yusaku UENO 59] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-2 Omiya Ardija 50,437 [Marcus Tulio TANAKA 44 - TONINHO 18, Naoto SAKURAI 22] FC Tokyo 0-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 26,298 Jubilo Iwata 3-0 Cerezo Osaka 9,858 [Ryoichi MAEDA 51, 55, 70] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-1 Yokohama F.Marinos 13,544 [Toshiya FUJITA 53 - Yuji NAKAZAWA 52] Vissel Kobe 0-3 Shimizu S-Pulse 18,671 [CHO Jae Jin 35, 65, Yoshikiyo KUBOYAMA 43] [Jul 10] Gamba Osaka 3-2 Kashiwa Reysol 17,343 [Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO 15, FERNANDINHO 56, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI 82 - Yuzo KOBAYASHI 57, Tomokazu MYOJIN 80] Oita Trinita 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17,641 [GALVAO 89] Round 16 [Jul 13] Omiya Ardija 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale *3 4,556 [TUTO 57] Kashiwa Reysol 3-0 Urawa Red Diamonds NS 23,684 [Kisho YANO 52, CLEBER 64, 84] Tokyo Verdy 1969 3-3 Vissel Kobe 7,312 [WASHINGTON 1, 25, Kazuki HIRAMOTO 42 - Tomoyuki HIRASE 37, Atsuhiro MIURA 71, ROGER 82] Yokohama F.Marinos 2-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18,815 [Yoshiharu UENO 51, Daisuke SAKATA 89 - Takenori HAYASHI 79] Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 FC Tokyo 10,739 [LUCAS 62] Nagoya Grampus Eight 3-0 Kashima Antlers 9,494 [Naoshi NAKAMURA 21, Yohei TOYODA 76, 85] Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Albirex Niigata 6,497 [ZE CARLOS 47] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-0 Jubilo Iwata 6,230 Oita Trinita 0-2 Gamba Osaka 20,743 [Satoshi YAMAGUCHI 14, Yasuhito ENDO 36] Round 17 [Jul 17] Albirex Niigata 3-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight 41,917 [EDMILSON 51, ANDERSON LIMA 78, Yasuaki KITA 89] Kashima Antlers 1-1 Oita Trinita 15,572 [Daiki IWAMASA 39 - Teppei NISHIYAMA 62] FC Tokyo 4-0 Yokohama F.Marinos 43,104 [Yasuyuki KONNO 20, Norio SUZUKI 50, 83, Yuta BABA 86] Kawasaki Frontale 3-2 Cerezo Osaka 12,307 [Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI 29, AUGUSTO 30, JUNINHO 49 - Takanori NUNOBE 42, Takuya KOKEGUCHI 74] Jubilo Iwata 6-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 13,649 [Masashi NAKAYAMA 5, Ryoichi MAEDA 30, 35, Robert KULLEN 64, 87, Yoshiaki OTA 76] Gamba Osaka 3-3 Shimizu S-Pulse 17,016 [FERNANDINHO 63, ARAUJO 88, 89 - Keisuke OTA 7, CHO Jae Jin 65, CHOI Tae Uk 89] Vissel Kobe 0-4 Kashiwa Reysol *1 15,159 [CLEBER 32, 44, 51, Own-Goal 84] [Jul 18] Urawa Red Diamonds 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 35,658 [Marcus Tulio TANAKA 21, Tatsuya TANAKA 55] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-0 Omiya Ardija 5,819 [STOYANOV 19, Yuki ABE 71] Round 18 [Jul 23] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 12,176 [Own-Goal 8, Hisato SATO 22, 30] Omiya Ardija 0-2 Kashima Antlers *1 12,011 [Takuya NOZAWA 26, 68] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale 4,993 [Seiichiro MAKI 31] FC Tokyo 1-1 Vissel Kobe NS 18,258 [Yuta BABA 64 - Keisuke KURIHARA 25] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol *1 14,450 Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds *1 21,730 [Marcus Tulio TANAKA 55] Gamba Osaka 4-1 Cerezo Osaka 22,232 [ARAUJO 43, 63, Hideo HASHIMOTO 70, Yasuhito ENDO 83 - Tomoyoshi TSURUMI 9] [Jul 24] Nagoya Grampus Eight 2-0 Jubilo Iwata 16,483 [Naoshi NAKAMURA 16, 53] Oita Trinita 1-3 Albirex Niigata 23,078 [Daiki TAKAMATSU 11 - FABINHO 68, 79, Yusaku UENO 83] Round 19 [Aug 20] Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 FC Tokyo 44,400 [Yuichiro NAGAI 39, PONTE 54 - SASA SALCEDO 5] Vissel Kobe 1-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight *2 9,079 [Atsuhiro MIURA 76] Kashima Antlers 1-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15,736 [ALEX MINEIRO 70 - Hisato SATO 44, Shunsuke MAEDA 89] Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Oita Trinita 7,861 [MARCUS 3, Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI 37 - Teppei NISHIYAMA 29] Albirex Niigata 4-2 Gamba Osaka 41,126 [Hiroyoshi KUWABARA 23, EDMILSON 60, 62, Shingo SUZUKI 76 - ARAUJO 33, Masashi OGURO 85] Jubilo Iwata 3-1 Yokohama F.Marinos *1 29,754 [Robert CULLEN 1, 24, Takahiro KAWAMURA 89 - Yuzo KURIHARA 86] Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 16,122 [Tatsuya FURUHASHI 89 - CHOI Tae Uk 25] [Aug 21] Kashiwa Reysol 1-2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 11,610 [REINALDO 72 - Seiichiro MAKI 41, Naotake HANYU 68] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-1 Omiya Ardija NS 7,046 [WASHINGTON 9 - Own-Goal 76] Round 20 [Aug 24] Kashima Antlers 7-2 Albirex Niigata 12,752 [Masashi MOTOYAMA 31, Kenji HANEDA 38, Mitsuo OGASAWARA 44, 87, Toru ARAIBA 72, ALEX MINEIRO 83, Takuya NOZAWA 89 - EDMILSON 7, ANDERSON LIMA 80] Urawa Red Diamonds 2-2 Vissel Kobe 16,173 [Yuichiro NAGAI 51, PONTE 89 - Tomoyuki HIRASE 34, Atsuhiro MIURA 56] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-2 Cerezo Osaka 4,249 [Takenori HAYASHI 5 - Hiroaki MORISHIMA 29, Teruaki KUROBE 42] FC Tokyo 1-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight 20,120 [Yasuyuki KONNO 88 - Toshiya FUJITA 77] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-2 Kawasaki Frontale 19,219 [MARCUS 39, Kengo NAKAMURA 64] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 9,693 [MARQUINHOS 74 - Kazuki HIRAMOTO 41, Tadamichi MACHIDA 88] Gamba Osaka 3-1 Jubilo Iwata 19,129 [FERNANDINHO 66, ARAUJO 73, 84 - Ryoichi MAEDA 24] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 Omiya Ardija 8,086 [GALVAO 13, DININHO 89 - Hiroshi MORITA 22] Oita Trinita 1-1 Kashiwa Reysol 19,431 [MAGNO ALVES 74 - Keiji TAMADA 30] Round 21 [Aug 27] Tokyo Verdy 1969 2-0 Kashima Antlers 16,145 [WASHINGTON 51, 57] Kawasaki Frontale 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8,632 [MARCUS 68 - Hisato SATO 56] Albirex Niigata 1-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 40,641 [EDMILSON 89 - Takenori HAYASHI 89] Jubilo Iwata 1-1 FC Tokyo 15,735 [CHOI Yong Soo 80 - Ryoichi KURISAWA 81] Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-2 Urawa Red Diamonds 18,817 [Marcus Tulio TANAKA 16, MARIC 30] Gamba Osaka 3-2 Yokohama F.Marinos 15,071 [Mitsuteru WATANABE 38, 89, Masashi OGURO 72 - Daisuke SAKATA 26, Hideo OSHIMA 84] Vissel Kobe 2-1 Oita Trinita *1 10,997 [Atsuhiro MIURA 34, Keisuke KURIHARA 84 - Takayuki YOSHIDA 60] [Aug 28] Omiya Ardija 3-2 Shimizu S-Pulse *2 7,849 [TONINHO 48, TUTO 51, Tatsunori HISANAGA 74 - Yukihiko SATO 10, Akihiro HYODO 43] Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Cerezo Osaka 9,897 [Hidekazu OTANI 55 - FABINHO 88] Round 22 [Sep 3] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 10,561 [GALVAO 46 - Satoru YAMAGISHI 74] Omiya Ardija 1-4 Albirex Niigata *1 9,233 [Chikara FUJIMOTO 59 - Naoya KIKUCHI 37, ANDERSON LIMA 54, EDMILSON 84, FABINHO 87] Kashima Antlers 2-2 Urawa Red Diamonds 35,467 [Mitsuo OGASAWARA 17, ALEX MINEIRO 27 - Tatsuya TANAKA 77, PONTE 86] Kashiwa Reysol 4-2 FC Tokyo *1 13,085 [REINALDO 14, 26, Keiji TAMADA 44, 55 - SASA SALCEDO 1, Yoshiro ABE 74] Tokyo Verdy 1969 0-1 Gamba Osaka 14,177 [ARAUJO 77] Yokohama F.Marinos 2-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 25,885 [GRAL 23, Koji YAMASE 89 - LUIZAO 46, 84] Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale 12,727 [MARQUINHOS 29, Kota SUGIYAMA 82, Kazumichi TAKAGI 88 - JUNINHO 22, Kazuki GANAHA 55] Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Vissel Kobe 10,878 [Tatsuya FURUHASHI 59, FABINHO 75 - Tomo SUGAWARA 48] Oita Trinita 1-2 Jubilo Iwata 28,143 [Daiki TAKAMATSU 30 - Ryoichi MAEDA 34, KIM Jin Kyu 89] Round 23 [Sep 10] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-2 Oita Trinita 35,198 [Tatsuya TANAKA 28 - Takashi UMEDA 18, MAGNO ALVES 71] FC Tokyo 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse NS 25,350 [Mitsuhiro TODA 56] Albirex Niigata 1-2 Cerezo Osaka 39,540 [EDMILSON 89 - Tomi SHIMOMURA 20, ZE CARLOS 36] Jubilo Iwata 2-0 Omiya Ardija 10,232 [Robert CULLEN 14, Yoshiaki OTA 34] Nagoya Grampus Eight 4-0 Kashiwa Reysol 10,396 [LUIZAO 9, 63, Keita SUGIMOTO 36, Yohei TOYODA 88] Gamba Osaka 4-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13,942 [ARAUJO 15, 51, 59, Yasuhito ENDO 26 - GALVAO 1, RI Han Jae 14] Vissel Kobe 0-2 Yokohama F.Marinos *1 13,876 [GRAL 8, Daisuke SAKATA 19] [Sep 11] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 5,441 [Takenori HAYASHI 81] Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Kashima Antlers 16,418 [Kazuki GANAHA 22, MARCUS 30 - Takayuki SUZUKI 75] Round 24 [Sep 17] Kashima Antlers 4-0 Vissel Kobe 12,149 [ALEX MINEIRO 46, Masaki FUKAI 61, 69, Takuya NOZAWA 89] Omiya Ardija 0-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 7,881 [Yuto SATO 81] Cerezo Osaka 2-0 Jubilo Iwata 18,413 [FABINHO 17, Akinori NISHIZAWA 36] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-2 Kawasaki Frontale 8,159 [WASHINGTON 12 - Shuhei TERADA 5, Akira KONNO 63] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-0 FC Tokyo 33,614 Oita Trinita 2-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight *2 12,683 [Daiki TAKAMATSU 62, MAGNO ALVES 89] Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 Gamba Osaka 11,948 [Keiji TAMADA 20, 51 - ARAUJO 13] [Sep 18] Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 Albirex Niigata 14,163 [MARQUINHOS 33, 38 - FABINHO 77] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-4 Urawa Red Diamonds 26,083 [Hisato SATO 43, 49, 72 - Yuichiro NAGAI 32, PONTE 44, Own-Goal 62, NENE 70] Round 25 [Sep 24] Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 Yokohama F.Marinos 49,800 Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Omiya Ardija 7,023 [Kazuki GANAHA 51, Yoshinobu MINOWA 58 - Yusuke SHIMADA 88] Vissel Kobe 1-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 *1 12,958 [Atsuhiro MIURA 0 - WASHINGTON 30] Jubilo Iwata 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol 11,589 [Masashi NAKAYAMA 9] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 5,805 [Yuki ABE 39, Seiichiro MAKI 89 - CHO Jae Jin 32] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-3 Cerezo Osaka 10,353 [Naoshi NAKAMURA 44 - Tatsuya FURUHASHI 32, Kazuya MAEDA 48, Akinori NISHIZAWA 51] Gamba Osaka 3-3 Kashima Antlers 22,884 [ARAUJO 23, 89, Masashi OGURO 51 - Mitsuo OGASAWARA 9, 40, ALEX MINEIRO 89] [Sep 25] FC Tokyo 0-0 Oita Trinita 20,717 Albirex Niigata 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 39,621 [Shunsuke MAEDA 42] Round 26 [Oct 1] Omiya Ardija 0-1 FC Tokyo *3 9,434 [Masashi MIYAZAWA 60] Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 Vissel Kobe 9,157 [REINALDO 3] Tokyo Verdy 1969 4-4 Jubilo Iwata 35,257 [WASHINGTON 36, 64, 89, GIL 69 - Masashi NAKAYAMA 63, Sho NARUOKA 71, Norihiro NISHI 79, Yoshiaki OTA 81] Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 Albirex Niigata 11,468 [Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI 32, JUNINHO 66, Kazuki GANAHA 89] Yokohama F.Marinos 0-3 Oita Trinita 18,139 [Yuki FUKAYA 26, MAGNO ALVES 71, Teppei NISHIYAMA 89] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 10,879 [Hisato SATO 64 - Own-Goal 13, Yohei TOYODA 77] Kashima Antlers 2-2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 15,864 [ALEX MINEIRO 21, 82 - Yuto SATO 29, 35] [Oct 2] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-4 Gamba Osaka 14,444 [Keisuke OTA 88 - Own-Goal 31, FERNANDINHO 41, Masashi OGURO 49, ARAUJO 77] Cerezo Osaka 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 23,555 [Hiroaki MORISHIMA 9, FABINHO 53, Tatsuya FURUHASHI 58 - MARIC 74] Round 27 [Oct 15] Albirex Niigata 1-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 37,193 [ANDERSON LIMA 44 - WASHINGTON 3] Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Omiya Ardija 5,232 [FABINHO 60] FC Tokyo 2-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20,136 [Yoshiro ABE 76, Yuta BABA 83 - Shunsuke MAEDA 55, Hisato SATO 82] Urawa Red Diamonds 7-0 Kashiwa Reysol *1 16,865 [PONTE 23, Tatsuya TANAKA 49, MARIC 54, 57, 63, Tomoyuki SAKAI 67, Takuya YOKOYAMA 89] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-4 Kawasaki Frontale 6,348 [Masahiro KOGA 79 - MARCUS 0, JUNINHO 47, 54, 71] Oita Trinita 5-0 Shimizu S-Pulse 19,678 [Own-Goal 30, MAGNO ALVES 45, 74, Daiki TAKAMATSU 53,E DMILSON 65] Vissel Kobe 1-4 Gamba Osaka 22,069 [PARK Kang Jo 75 - ARAUJO 40, 89, Yasuhito ENDO 64, Kota YOSHIHARA 68] [Oct 16] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-2 Yokohama F.Marinos *1 17,087 [Yuki ABE 16, Seiichiro MAKI 88 - DUTRA 71, Daisuke SAKATA 89] Jubilo Iwata 1-1 Kashima Antlers *1 29,465 [Robert CULLEN 59 - Chikashi MASUDA 46] Round 28 [Oct 22] Gamba Osaka 1-2 Oita Trinita 18,374 [Yasuhito ENDO 74 - MAGNO ALVES 65, 70] Kashima Antlers 1-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15,165 [Masashi MOTOYAMA 59] Omiya Ardija 1-3 Urawa Red Diamonds *1 30,038 [Naoto SAKURAI 7 - Alessandro SANTOS 3, Marcus Tulio TANAKA 53, MARIC 69] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 4-0 Vissel Kobe *1 10,621 [POPESCU 20, Seiichiro MAKI 60, HAAS 63, Koji NAKAJIMA 83] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-2 FC Tokyo 21,033 [Takayuki MORIMOTO 19 - Yohei KAJIYAMA 43, SASA SALCEDO 89] Albirex Niigata 1-0 Yokohama F.Marinos 39,207 [EDMILSON 38] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Jubilo Iwata 16,220 [Akihiro HYODO 66 - Norihiro NISHI 26] [Oct 23] Kawasaki Frontale 3-1 Kashiwa Reysol 18,831 [Yoshinobu MINOWA 20, JUNINHO 43, MARCUS 81 - REINALDO 84] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Cerezo Osaka 12,682 [Kazuyuki MORISAKI 8 - Akinori NISHIZAWA 44, Hiroaki MORISHIMA 65] Round 29 [Oct 29] Urawa Red Diamonds 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale 37,593 [Alessandro SANTOS 8, 34, Marcus Tulio TANAKA 76 - JUNINHO 37, MARCUS 44] Kashiwa Reysol 1-2 Omiya Ardija 9,867 [Yukio TSUCHIYA 9 - TUTO 17, Chikara FUJIMOTO 23] Yokohama F.Marinos 1-0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 NS 19,377 [Yuji NAKAZAWA 82] Jubilo Iwata 1-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 10,654 [Masashi NAKAYAMA 87 - Susumu OKI 37, GALVAO 54, Hisato SATO 58] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-2 Shimizu S-Pulse *1 13,826 [Makoto KAKUDA 66 - Naoaki AOYAMA 8, MARQUINHOS 36] Vissel Kobe 1-1 Albirex Niigata 10,152 [Keisuke KURIHARA 89 - FABINHO 72] Oita Trinita 0-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 22,674 [Yuto SATO 81] [Oct 30] FC Tokyo 2-1 Gamba Osaka 34,848 [Yuta BABA 44, Yasuyuki KONNO 71 - SIDICLEI 1] Cerezo Osaka 0-0 Kashima Antlers 27,708 Round 30 [Nov 12] Tokyo Verdy 1969 0-1 Cerezo Osaka 11,074 [Tatsuya FURUHASHI 88] Albirex Niigata 2-2 Kashiwa Reysol 41,092 [EDMILSON 41, FABINHO 54 - Hidekazu OTANI 45, Ryo KOBAYASHI 62] Kashima Antlers 1-1 FC Tokyo 19,521 [Daiki IWAMASA 17 - Yasuyuki KONNO 42] Omiya Ardija 3-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight *1 7,019 [Chikara FUJIMOTO 44, LEANDRO 52, TONINHO 60 - Yutaka AKITA 7, Sho KAMOGAWA 82] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-2 Jubilo Iwata *1 17,080 [Yuki ABE 25, Yuto SATO 34 - Ryoichi MAEDA 61, Yoshiaki OTA 72] Kawasaki Frontale 3-1 Vissel Kobe 9,894 [JUNINHO 10, 88, AUGUSTO 38 - Ryuji BANDO 63] Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Yokohama F.Marinos 12,286 [GRAL 62] Gamba Osaka 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 20,811 [FERNANDINHO 29, ARAUJO 83 - Alessandro SANTOS 85] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-4 Oita Trinita 11,013 [MAGNO ALVES 21, 67, Takashi UMEDA 44, TULIO 59] Round 31 [Nov 20] Urawa Red Diamonds 4-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 43,636 [PONTE 14, 87, MARIC 79, Marcus Tulio TANAKA 89 - Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI 70] Kashiwa Reysol 1-2 Shimizu S-Pulse 11,454 [REINALDO 0 - MARQUINHOS 76, CHOI Tae Uk 89] FC Tokyo 2-1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 25,933 [Yohei KAJIYAMA 51, Yoshiro ABE 84 - HAAS 64] Yokohama F.Marinos 3-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23,846 [Tatsuhiko KUBO 21, GRAL 23, 41 - Yuichi KOMANO 9] Jubilo Iwata 2-3 Albirex Niigata 13,596 [Robert CULLEN 84, Takashi FUKUNISHI 86 - EDMILSON 68, 70, 83] Nagoya Grampus Eight 2-1 Gamba Osaka *1 22,110 [Sho KAMOGAWA 4, CLAITON 66 - Yasuhito ENDO 36] Cerezo Osaka 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale 11,407 [Tatsuya FURUHASHI 53, Hiroaki MORISHIMA 57] Vissel Kobe 0-1 Omiya Ardija 11,600 [Hiroshi MORITA 74] Oita Trinita 1-1 Kashima Antlers 30,048 [Takayuki YOSHIDA 72 - ALEX MINEIRO 68] Round 32 [Nov 23] Kashima Antlers 0-2 Yokohama F.Marinos 21,660 [MAGRAO 48, Hideo OSHIMA 86] Omiya Ardija 1-0 Gamba Osaka 10,623 [Tatsunori HISANAGA 87] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds *1 16,261 [Koki MIZUNO 89] Tokyo Verdy 1969 0-0 Nagoya Grampus Eight 11,506 Kawasaki Frontale 0-2 Jubilo Iwata 15,430 [Ryoichi MAEDA 24, Robert CULLEN 88] Albirex Niigata 0-1 FC Tokyo 41,922 [SASA SALCEDO 77] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 Vissel Kobe 12,448 [MARQUINHOS 89] Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Oita Trinita 16,765 [FABINHO 19 - Masato YAMAZAKI 80] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol 11,083 Round 33 [Nov 26] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Jubilo Iwata 54,883 [Own-Goal 79] Kashiwa Reysol 5-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 11,198 [Hidekazu OTANI 18, Kisho YANO 45, Tomonori HIRAYAMA 57, Yukio TSUCHIYA 62, Mitsuru NAGATA 85 - Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI 27] FC Tokyo 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale 24,226 [SASA SALCEDO 78 - Kengo NAKAMURA 22] Yokohama F.Marinos 1-1 Cerezo Osaka 26,281 [Naoki MATSUDA 89 - Hiroaki MORISHIMA 45] Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 Kashima Antlers 15,888 [MARQUINHOS 31, 63 - Takuya NOZAWA 44, Masaki FUKAI 82] Gamba Osaka 1-2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 20,833 [Yasuhito ENDO 29 - Yuki ABE 33, Satoru YAMAGISHI 42] Oita Trinita 2-1 Omiya Ardija 21,056 [Masato YAMAZAKI 16, Teppei NISHIYAMA 77 - Tatsunori HISANAGA 24] [Nov 27] Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-1 Albirex Niigata 10,088 [ANDERSON LIMA 49] Vissel Kobe 2-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9,136 [Keisuke KURIHARA0 40, Kunie KITAMOTO 54 - Hisato SATO 32, 73, 89] Round 34 [Dec 3] Kashima Antlers 4-0 Kashiwa Reysol 23,851 [Takuya NOZAWA 7, 53, ALEX MINEIRO 44, Yasuto HONDA 79] Omiya Ardija 1-1 Yokohama F.Marinos *1 10,558 [TUTO 33 - Yoshiharu UENO 72] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight *1 17,003 [Masataka SAKAMOTO 89, Yuki ABE 89 - Sho KAMOGAWA 81] Tokyo Verdy 1969 4-2 Oita Trinita 7,281 [WASHINGTON 22, Daigo KOBAYASHI 39, 86, GIL 78 - MAGNO ALVES 66, Yoshihiro UCHIMURA 76] Kawasaki Frontale 2-4 Gamba Osaka 23,113 [Shuhei TERADA 37, Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI 62 - ARAUJO 12, 89, Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO 56, Yasuhito ENDO 79] Albirex Niigata 0-4 Urawa Red Diamonds 41,988 [Satoshi HORINOUCHI 4, PONTE 13, MARIC 60, Nobuhisa YAMADA 80] Jubilo Iwata 1-0 Vissel Kobe 13,330 [Takayuki CHANO 72] Cerezo Osaka 2-2 FC Tokyo 43,927 [Akinori NISHIZAWA 3, 48 - Norio SUZUKI 20, Yasuyuki KONNO 89] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 15,539 [BETO 27, Hisato SATO 61, Yuichi KOMANO 89 - Naoaki AOYAMA 47] Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Gamba Osaka 34 18 6 10 82-58 60 +24 Champions 2.Urawa Red Diamonds 34 17 8 9 65-37 59 +28 3.Kashima Antlers 34 16 11 7 61-39 59 +22 4.JEF United Ichihara Chiba 34 16 11 7 56-42 59 +14 5.Cerezo Osaka 34 16 11 7 48-40 59 +8 6.Jubilo Iwata 34 14 9 11 51-41 51 +10 7.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 11 10 50-42 50 +8 8.Kawasaki Frontale 34 15 5 14 54-47 50 +7 9.Yokohama F.Marinos 34 12 12 10 41-40 48 +1 10.FC Tokyo 34 11 14 9 43-40 47 +3 11.Oita Trinita 34 12 7 15 44-43 43 +1 12.Albirex Niigata 34 11 9 14 47-62 42 -15 13.Omiya Ardija 34 12 5 17 39-50 41 -11 14.Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 10 9 15 43-49 39 -6 15.Shimizu S-Pulse 34 9 12 13 40-49 39 -9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.Kashiwa Reysol 34 8 11 15 39-54 35 -15 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------------------------- 17.Tokyo Verdy 1969 34 6 12 16 40-73 30 -33 Relegated 18.Vissel Kobe 34 4 9 21 30-67 21 -37 Relegated Season-End Goal Ranking (include PK, without Play-Off) R. G (P) Name [nationality] Club -------------------------------------------------- 1. 33 ARAUJO [BRA] G. Osaka 2. 22 (5) WASHINGTON [BRA] Tokyo V. 3. 18 (1) EDMILSON [BRA] Niigata 18 Hisato SATO Hiroshima 18 (2) MAGNO ALVES [BRA] Oita 6. 16 (2) JUNINHO [BRA] Kawasaki 16 Masashi OGURO G.Osaka 8. 15 ALEX MINEIRO [BRA] Kashima 9. 13 Robert CULLEN Iwata 10. 12 (5) Yuki ABE Chiba 12 Seiichiro MAKI Chiba 12 Ryoichi MAEDA Iwata 13. 11 (2) Mitsuo OGASAWARA Kashima A. 14. 10 Takuya NOZAWA Kashima A. 10 (4) Yasuhito ENDO G. Osaka 10 Akinori NISHIZAWA C. Osaka 17. 9 (1) Marcus Tulio TANAKA Urawa 9 MARCUS [BRA] Kawasaki 9 Hideo OSHIMA Yokohama FM 9 (1) MARQUINHOS [BRA] Shimizu 9 (1) CHO Jae Jin [KOR] Shimizu 9 (1) GALVAO [BRA] Hiroshima 23. 8 PONTE [BRA] Urawa 8 Tatsuya TANAKA Urawa 8 MARIC [CRO] Urawa 8 Yuto SATO Chiba 8 (1) CLEBER [BRA] Kashiwa R. 8 ANDERSON LIMA [BRA] Niigata 8 FABINHO [BRA] Niigata 8 Tatsuya FURUHASHI C. Osaka NB: These are real name of Brazilians and Croatian: "ARAUJO" = Clemerson De ARAUJO Soares "WASHINGTON" = WASHINGTON Stecanela Cerqueira "EDMILSON" = EDMILSON Dos Santos Silva "MAGNO ALVES" = MAGNO ALVES De Araujo "JUNINHO" = Carlos Alberto Carvalho Dos Anjos Junior "ALEX MINEIRO" = Alexander Pereira Cardoso "MARCUS" = MARCUS Vinicius De Morais "MARQUINHOS" = Marcos Gomes De Araujo "GALVAO" = Jose Antonio Martins GALVAO "PONTE" = Robson PONTE "MARIC" = Tomislav MARIC "CLEBER" = CLEBER Santana Loureiro "ANDERSON LIMA" = ANDERSON LIMA Veiga "FABINHO" = Fabio Jose Dos Santos Venues of games Tokyo National Stadium (Kokuritsu Kyogijo, NS) is opened for all clubs to hold its home game. * Venues by Clubs of Main and Assistance Stadium Clubs Main Stadium Assistance Stadium (*1) --------------------------------------------------------------- Kashima A. Kashima S.S. (none) Urawa Saitama S. 2002 Urawa Komaba S. Omiya Omiya F.S. Saitama S. 2002 Chiba Ichihara S. Fukuda Denshi Arena Kashiwa Kashiwa Hitachi S. Kashiwanoha A.S. FC Tokyo Ajinomoto S. (none) Tokyo V. Ajinomoto S. (none) Kawasaki Kashiwa Hitachi S. (none) Yokohama FM Nissan S. Yokohama Mitsuzawa F.S. Niigata Niigata S. "Big Swan" (Niigata A.S.) Shimizu Nihondaira Sports S. Shizuoka S. "Ecopa" Iwata Yamaha S. Shizuoka S. "Ecopa" Nagoya Nagoya Mizuho A.S. Toyota S. G. Osaka Expo'70 Commemorative S. (none) C. Osaka Nagai S. (Nagai 2nd S.) Kobe Kobe Wing S. Kobe Universiade S. Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch Hiroshima S. Oita Oita S. "Big Eye" * Venues in other stadiums for each clubs Clubs Local Stadium-1 (*2) Local Stadium-2 (*3) --------------------------------------------------------------- Omiya Kumagaya A.S. Urawa Komaba S. G. Osaka Ishikawa Kanazawa S. Kobe Okayama "Momotaro" S. Oita Kumamoto S. "KK Wing" N.B. A.S. = Athlete Stadium, F.S. = Football Stadium. S. = Stadium, S.S. = Soccer Stadium Promotion/Relegation Playoff Promotion/Relegation Playoff Kashiwa Reysol - as 16th rank of J1 2005 Ventforet Kofu - as 3rd rank of J2 2005 First Leg [Dec 7] Ventforet Kofu 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol 12,372 [Kazuki KURANUKI 25, BARE 48 - REINALDO 11] venue = Kose Sports Park Stadium Second Leg [Dec 10] Kashiwa Reysol 2-6 Ventforet Kofu 12,013 [REINALDO 52, Yuji UNOZAWA 86 - BARE 10, 27, 53, 68, 69, 87] venue = Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium Kashiwa Reysol is relegated to J2, and Ventforet Kofu is promoted to J1 in 2006 season. Kyoto Purple Sanga (J2 Champion 2005) and Avispa Fukuoka (runners-up of J2 2005) are promoted to J1 also. The 85th Emperor's Cup ("Tennou Hai") 2005/06 Attendance 80 teams: * J.League Divison 1 clubs =18 (all of J1, play from 4th round) * J.League Divison 2 clubs =12 (all of J2, play from 3rd round) * JFL seed clubs = 2 (top 2 of JFL 2005 (includes 18 teams) 1st half, play from 3rd round) - Tochigi SC (JFL-1), Honda FC (JFL-2) * All Japan College Football Tournament (Prime Minister Cup) Winner = 1 - Kansai University (Univ) * Represent teams from each prefecture = 47 JFA opens for any clubs to attendant as prefectual representives - ** JFL teams, which missed the seed for Emperor's Cup ** Adult football teams (regional, prefectual) ** College football club teams (except Prime Minister Cup winner) ** Youth teams of any clubs, of course including each J.League clubs ** High school club teams Hokkaido region Hokkaido - Sapporo University (college club) Tohoku region: Aomori - Hachinohe University (college club) Iwate - Grulla Morioka (regional league club) Miyagi - Sendai University (college club) Akita - TDK (regional league club) Yamagata - Yamagata Chuo High School (high school club) Fukushima - FC Primeiro (regional league club) Kanto region: Ibaraki - Tsukuba University (college club) Tochigi - Hitachi Tochigi (regional league club) Gunma - FC Horikoshi (JFL club) Saitama - Saitama SC (regional club) Chiba - Kashiwa Reysol U-18 (J1 club's youth team) Tokyo - Sagawa Express Tokyo SC (JFL club) Kanagawa - Tokai University (college club) Yamanashi - Nirasaki Astros (regional league club) Hokushinetsu region: Nagano - FC Antelope (regional league club) Niigata - College of Upward Players in Soccer (CUPS, "Japan Soccer College", regional league club) Toyama - Alo's Hokuriku (JFL club) Ishikawa - Kanazawa SC (regional league club) Fukui - Maruoka High School (high school club) Tokai region: Shizuoka - Hamamatsu University (college club) Aichi - Denso (JFL club) Mie - Mie Chukyo University (college club) Gifu - Chukyo High School (high school club) Kansai region: Shiga - Biwako Seikei Sports College (college club) Kyoto - Sagawa Printing SC (JFL club) Osaka - Ain Food SC (regional league club) Hyogo - Banditonce Kobe (regional league club) Nara - Takada FC (regional league club) Wakayama - Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School (high school club) Chugoku region: Tottori - SC Tottori Shimane - FC Central Chugoku (regional league club) Okayama - Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC (JFL club) Hiroshima - Sagawa Express Chugoku (regional league club) Yamaguchi - Tokuyama University (college club) Shikoku region: Tokushima - Takamatsu FC (regional league club) Kagawa - Sanyo Elecrtic Tokushima (regional league club) Ehime - Ehime FC (JFL club) Kochi - Kochi University (college club) Kyusyu region: Fukuoka - Fukuoka University (college club) Saga - Kyusyu INAX (prefectual league club) Nagasaki - Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Nagasaki (regional league club) Kumamoto - Rosso Kumamoto (regional league club) Oita - Oita Trinita U-18 (J1 club's youth team) Miyazaki - Honda Lock (regional league club) Kagoshima - National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (NIFS, college club) Okinawa - FC Ryukyu (regional league club) 1st Round [Sep 17] Game# Home - Visitor 01 TDK (Akita) 1-3 Ehime FC (Ehime) 02 Kyusyu INAX (Saga) 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol U-18 (Chiba) 03 Hitachi Tochigi (Tochigi) 1-2 Ain Food SC (Osaka) 04 M.H.I. Nagasaki (Nagasaki) 4-3 Hatsushiba Hashimoto H.S. (Wakayama) 05 Maruoka H.S. (Fukui) 0-3 Sagawa Express Chugoku (Hiroshima) 06 Biwako Seikei Sp.C. (Shiga) 2-1 Oita Trinita U-18 (Oita) 07 FC Central Chugoku (Shimane) 3-1 CUPS (Niigata) 08 Grulla Morioka (Iwate) 2-4 Sagawa Printing SC (Kyoto) 09 Mie Chukyo Univ. (Mie) 4-0 Yamagata Chuo H.S. (Yamagata) 10 Hachinohe Univ. (Aomori) 2-6 Honda Lock (Miyazaki) 11 Rosso Kumamoto (Kumamoto) 1-2 M.M. Mizushima FC (Okayama) [aet] 12 Banditonce Kobe (Hyogo) 1-0 FC Antelope (Nagano) 13 Takada FC (Nara) 2-0 Tokai Univ. (Kagawa) 14 FC Ryukyu (Okinawa) 5-2 Tokuyama Univ. (Yamaguchi) 15 SC Tottori (Tottori) 1-0 NIFS (Kagoshima) 16 Alo's Hokuriku (Toyama) 4-2 Kansai Univ. (Univ) 17 Kochi Univ. (Kochi) 0-5 FC Horikoshi (Gunma) 18 FC Pimeiro (Fukushima) 2-1 Kanazawa SC (Ishikawa) 19 Chukyo H.S. (Gifu) 1-3 Sanyo Elecrtic Tokushima (Tokushima) 20 Sapporo Univ. (Hokkaido) 2-0 Nirasaki Astros (Yamanashi) 2nd Round [Sep 19] Game# Home - Visitor 21 Ehime FC 5-1 Kyusyu INAX 22 Ain Food SC 4-1 M.H.I. Nagasaki 23 Sagawa Express Chugoku 0-3 Biwako Seikei Sp.C. 24 FC Central Chugoku 0-5 Sagawa Printing SC 25 Mie Chukyo Univ. 1-2 Honda Lock 26 M.M. Mizushima FC 2-0 Banditonce Kobe [aet] 27 Takada FC 1-6 Fukuoka Univ. (Fukuoka) 28 FC Ryukyu 1-0 Denso (Aichi) 29 SC Tottori 2-3 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC (Tokyo) 30 Alo's Hokuriku 3-1 Hamamatsu Univ. (Shizuoka) 31 FC Horikoshi 2-0 Saitama SC (Saitama) 32 FC Pimeiro 1-4 Tsukuba Univ. (Ibaraki) 33 Sanyo Elecrtic Tokushima 1-0 Tokai Univ. (Kanagawa) 34 Sapporo Univ. 0-1 Sendai Univ. (Miyagi) 3rd Round [Oct 9] Game# Home - Visitor 35 Thaspa Kusatsu (J2) 3-2 Ehime FC 36 Mito Hollyhock (J2) 9-0 Ain Food SC 37 Ventforet Kofu (J2) 1-0 Biwako Seikei Sp.C. 38 Avispa Fukuoka (J2) 1-0 Sagawa Printing SC 39 Tochigi SC (JFL-1) 0-1 Honda Lock 40 Montedhio Yamagata (J2) 3-0 M.M. Mizushima FC 41 Honda FC (JFL-2) 3-1 Fukuoka Univ. 42 Kyoto Purple Sanga (J2) 3-0 FC Ryukyu 43 Consadole Sapporo (J2) 0-2 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 44 Shonan Bellemare (J2) 1-2 Alo's Hokuriku 45 Yokohama FC (J2) 1-0 FC Horikoshi 46 Sagan Tosu (J2) 1-0 Tsukuba Univ. 47 Tokushima Vortis (J2) 7-0 Sanyo Elecrtic Tokushima 48 Vegalta Sendai (J2) 2-2 Sendai Univ. [aet, pk 8-7] 4th Round [Nov 3] Game# Home (J1 club) - Visitor 49 Kashima Antlers 7-0 Honda Lock 50 Oita Trinita 3-2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 (J1) 51 Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-0 Alo's Hokuriku 52 Omiya Ardija 1-0 Kyoto Purple Sanga 53 Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Montedio Yamagata 54 FC Tokyo 2-0 Avispa Fukuoka 55 Yokohama F.Marinos 4-0 Vegalta Sendai 56 Kawasaki Frontalre 5-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 58 Kashiwa Reysol 2-2 Vissel Kobe (J1) [aet, pk 3-1] 60 Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Honda FC [aet, pk 4-1] 61 Jubilo Iwata 4-0 Sagan Tosu 62 Albilex Niigata 1-0 Thaspa Kusatsu 63 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-1 Mito Hollyhock 64 Shimizu S-Pulse 5-0 Tokushima Vortis [Nov 9] Game# Home (J1 club) - Visitor 57 Gamba Osaka 3-3 Yokohama FC [aet, pk 7-6] 59 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3-2 Ventforet Kofu [aet] Gamba Osaka and JEF United Ichihara Chiba are finalists of J.League Cup (Yamazaki Nabisco Cup), which was played on Nov 5. 5th Round [Dec 10] Game# Home - Visitor 65 Kashima Antlers 3-0 Oita Trinita 66 Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-2 Omiya Ardija [aet] 67 Urawa Reds 2-0 FC Tokyo 68 Yokohama F.Marinos 2-3 Kawasaki Frontale [aet] 70 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-5 Cerezo Osaka 71 Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Albirex Niigata 72 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-3 Shimizu S-Pulse [Dec 17] 69 Gamba Osaka 5-3 Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Reysol played Promotion/Relegation Playoff on Dec 10. Quarterfinals [Dec 24] Game# Home - Visitor 73 Kashima Antlers 0-1 Omiya Ardija [Morita 55] 74 Urawa Red Diamonds 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale [Maric 68, Horinouchi 83] 75 Gamba Osaka 1-3 Cerezo Osaka [Sidiclei 58 - Morishima 40, Furuhashi 51, Fabinho 53] 76 Jubilo Iwata 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse [Marqinhos 89] Semifinals [Dec 29] Game# Home - Visitor 77 Omiya Ardija 2-4 Urawa Red Diamonds [aet] [Kataoka 26, Tomita 89 - Maric 23, Hasebe 62, 102, Yamada 95] [at National Stadium, Tokyo, Att: 31,441] 78 Cerezo Osaka 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse [aet] [Cho 101] [at Shizuoka Stadium "Ecopa", Att: 11,270] Final [Jan 1, 2006; National Stadium, Tokyo Att: 51,536] Game# Home - Visitor 79 Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse Venue : National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance : 51,536 Referee : Kamikawa(main); Hiroshima, Tezuka; Nihimura(4th) Goals : 39m 1-0 Urawa Horinouchi 73m 2-0 Urawa Maric 76m 2-1 Shimizu Ichikawa Sent-off : 84m Shimizu 8-Hiramatsu Urawa(3-5-2): GK : 23-Tsuzuki DF : 2-Tsuboi, 20-Horinouchi, 32-Hosogai MF : 6-Yamada (cap), 17-Hasebe, 7-Sakai, 8-Santos, 10-Ponte FW : 30-Okano (65m 25-Akahoshi), 18-Maric Shimizu (4-4-2) GK : 21-Nishibe DF : 11-Morioka (72m 25-Ichikawa), 26-Aoyama, 4-Takagi K., 3-Yamanishi (cap) MF : 16-Choi (80m 9-Kitajima), 32-Edamura (72m 8-Hiramatsu), 7-Ito, 13-Hyodo FW : 23-Okazaki, 18-Cho Japan Super Cup 2006 2006 Xerox Super Cup [Feb 25, 2006] Gamba Osaka 1-3 Urawa Red Diamonds Venue : Tokyo National Stadium Attendance : 35,674 Referees : NISHIMURA (main); Takahashi, Nagi Goals : 02m 1-0 G.Osaka Own-Goal 09m 1-1 Urawa Horinouchi 17m 1-2 Urawa Washington 51m 1-3 Urawa Ponte Cautions : G.Osaka - Sidiclei (31m), Kaji (79m) Urawa - Suzuki (12m), Ponte (83m) G.Osaka(3-5-2, maneger = Akira NISHINO (JPN)): GK : 22-FUJIGAYA DF : 17-MYOJIN, 2-SIDICLEI (cap), 6-YAMAGUCHI MF : 20-TERADA (62m 21-KAJI), 27-HASHIMOTO , 7-ENDO, 14-IENAGA, 10-FUTAGAWA (62m 11-BANDO) FW : 8-FERNANDINHO, 9-MAGNO ALVES sb : 1-MATSUYO (GK); 3-IRIE, 5-MIYAMOTO, 25-MIWA (DF); 24-MATUSHITA (MF) Urawa(3-5-2, maneger = Guido BUCHWALD (GER)): GK : 23-TSUZUKI DF : 2-TSUBOI, 4-Marcus Turio TANAKA, 20-HORINOUCHI MF : 6-YAMADA (cap), 17-HASEBE, 13-SUZUKI, 8-SANTOS (73m 3-HOSOGAI), 18-ONO (79m 7-SAKAI) FW : 10-Ponte, 21-WASHINGTON (73m 9-NAGAI) sb : 1-YAMAGISHI (GK); 19-UCHIDATE (DF); 16-SOMA (MF); 30-OKANO (FW) J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup (J.League Cup) 2005 Preliminary Round Group A Round 1 [Mar 19] Vissel Kobe 1-2 Urawa Red Diamonds Omiya Ardija 2-0 Albirex Niigata Round 2 [Mar 26] Albirex Niigata 1-0 Vissel Kobe Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Omiya Ardija Round 3 [May 21] Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Albirex Niigata Vissel Kobe 0-1 Omiya Ardija Round 4 [May 28] Albirex Niigata 1-1 Omiya Ardija Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Vissel Kobe Round 5 [Jun 4] Omiya Ardija 1-3 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe 0-1 Albirex Niigata Round 6 [Jun 11] Omiya Ardija 3-0 Vissel Kobe Albirex Niigata 3-0 Urawa Red Diamonds Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Urawa Red Diamonds 6 5 0 1 10- 7 15 +3 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Omiya Ardija 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10 +3 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Albirex Niigata 6 3 1 2 7- 5 10 +2 4.Vissel Kobe 6 0 0 6 1- 9 0 -8 Group B Round 1 [Mar 19] Gamba Osaka 4-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tokyo Verdy 1969 4-4 Kawasaki Frontale Round 2 [Mar 26] Kawasaki Frontale 2-2 Gamba Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Round 3 [May 21] Gamba Osaka 5-3 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-4 Kawasaki Frontale Round 4 [May 28] Gamba Osaka 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale Tokyo Verdy 1969 2-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Round 5 [Jun 4] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Frontale 1-1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Round 6 [Jun 11] Tokyo Verdy 1969 1-2 Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Frontale 3-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Gamba Osaka 6 4 1 0 17-12 13 +5 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 3 1 16-12 9 +4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Tokyo Verdy 1969 6 1 3 2 12-14 6 -2 4.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 1 1 4 8-15 4 -7 Group C Round 1 [Mar 19] Kashiwa Reysol 3-1 FC Tokyo Oita Trinita 1-3 JEF United Chiba Round 2 [Mar 26] FC Tokyo 0-0 Oita Trinita JEF United Chiba 1-2 Kashiwa Reysol Round 3 [May 21] Kashiwa Reysol 0-1 Oita Trinita FC Tokyo 0-1 JEF United Chiba Round 4 [May 28] Kashiwa Reysol 1-5 JEF United Chiba Oita Trinita 0-2 FC Tokyo Round 5 [Jun 4] JEF United Chiba 1-1 Oita Trinita FC Tokyo 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol Round 6 [Jun 11] JEF United Chiba 3-2 FC Tokyo Oita Trinita 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.JEF United Chiba 6 4 1 1 14- 7 13 +7 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Kashiwa Reysol 6 2 2 2 6- 8 8 -2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Oita Trinita 6 1 3 2 3- 6 6 -3 4.FC Tokyo 6 1 2 3 5- 7 5 -2 Group D Round 1 [Mar 19] Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-2 Cerezo Osaka Round 2 [Mar 26] Kashima Antlers 2-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Cerezo Osaka 0-2 Shimizu S-Pulse Round 3 [May 21] Kashima Antlers 1-3 Cerezo Osaka Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-3 Shimizu S-Pulse Round 4 [May 28] Nagoya Grampus Eight 1-0 Kashima Antlers Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Cerezo Osaka Round 5 [Jun 4] Kashima Antlers 3-3 Shimizu S-Pulse Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Round 6 [Jun 11] Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Cerezo Osaka 2-0 Kashima Antlers Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Shimizu S-Pulse 6 3 2 1 12- 7 11 +5 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Cerezo Osaka 6 3 1 2 10- 8 10 +2 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Nagoya Grampus Eight 6 2 1 3 5- 8 7 -3 4.Kashima Antlers 6 1 2 3 7-11 5 -4 NB: Urawa Reds = Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Chiba = JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ranks about the four teams they are runners-up in each group - Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Omiya Ardija 6 3 1 2 9- 6 10 +3 Group A, Qualified 2.Cerezo Osaka 6 3 1 2 10- 8 10 +2 Group D, Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 3.Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 3 1 16-12 9 +4 Group B 4.Kashiwa Reysol 6 2 2 2 6- 8 8 -2 Group C Goal Ranking: 1. 5 EMERSON [BRA] Urawa 5 WASHINGTON [BRA] Tokyo V. 3. 4 Gabriel POPESCU [ROM] Chiba 4 Takenori HAYASHI Chiba 4 JUNINHO [BRA] Kawasaki 4 Masaru KUROTSU Kawasaki 4 EDMILSON [BRA] Niigata 4 ARAUJO [BRA] G. Osaka 4 Akinori NISHIZAWA C. Osaka 10. 3 Shuhei TERADA Kawasaki 3 CHOI Tae Uk [KOR] Shimizu 3 CHO Jae Jin [KOR] Shimizu 3 Kota YOSHIHARA G. Osaka 3 Tastuya FURUHASHI C. Osaka NB: These are real name of Brazilians: "EMERSON" = Marcio EMERSON Passos "WASHINGTON" = WASHINGTON Stecanela Cerqueira "JUNINHO" = Carlos Alberto Carvalho Dos Anjos Junior "EDMILSON" = EDMILSON Dos Santos Silva "ARAUJO" = Clemerson De ARAUJO Soares Six teams will advance to the Quarter Final, winner of each group and best two teams of four runners-up. Yokohama F. Marinos and Jubilo Iwata are seeded to QF, because of playing AFC Champions League. Quarter Final 1st Leg [Aug 6] Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale 11,875 [Yoshiteru Yamashita 78 - Juninho 89] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3-2 Jubilo Iwata 10,522 [Naotake HANYU 6, Koji NAKAJIMA 30, Yuichi YODA 84 - Ryoichi MAEDA 44, Naoya KIKUCHI 88] Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 12,572 [Makoto HASEBE 36] Omiya Ardija 0-1 Yokohama F. Marinos 5,796 [Yuzo KURIHARA 85] Cerezo Osaka 0-3 Gamba Osaka 12,863 [SIDICLEI 18, Hideo HASHIMOTO 54, Akihiro IENAGA 86] 2nd Leg [Aug 13] Jubilo Iwata 2-2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 9,574 [Ryoichi MAEDA 60, KIM Jin Kyu 68 - Seiichiro MAKI 35, Yuki ABE 65] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse 31,754 [Makoto HASEBE 88] Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1 Omiya Ardija 10,165 [Daisuke SAKATA 15, Naoki MATSUDA 60, Norihisa SHIMIZU 85 - Takuro NISHIMURA 29] Gamba Osaka 2-2 Cerezo Osaka 11,155 [FERNANDINHO 17, ARAUJO 89 - ZE CARLOS 7, Tatsuya FURUHASHI 62] Semi Final 1st Leg [Aug 31] Urawa Red Diamonds 1-3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Gamba Osaka 1-0 Yokohama F. Marinos 2nd Leg [Oct 5] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2-2 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama F. Marinos 1-0 Gamba Osaka [1-4 pen] Final [Nov 5, at National Stadium, Tokyo] JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0-0 Gamba Osaka [aet, 5-4 pen] Second Level 2005 J.League (Japan Professional Football League) Division 2 2005 At this season, J.League Division 2 (J2) added two new clubs from JFL (Japan Football League), Tokushima Vortis (JFL champion 2004) and Thespa Kusatsu (3rd rank of JFL 2004). Accoding to the result of Promotion/Relegation Playoff 2004, Avispa Fukuoka (J2 3rd) lost to Kashiwa Reysol (J1 16th, bottom), no team was relegated from J1. Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Kyoto Purple Sanga 44 30 7 7 89-40 97 +49 Champion, Promoted 2.Avispa Fukuoka 44 21 15 8 72-43 78 +29 Promoted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Ventforet Kofu 44 19 12 13 78-64 69 +14 Promotion Playoff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Vegalta Sendai 44 19 11 14 66-47 68 +19 5.Montedio Yamagata 44 16 16 12 54-45 64 +9 6.Consadole Sapporo 44 17 12 15 54-57 63 -3 7.Shonan Bellmare 44 13 15 16 46-59 54 -13 8.Sagan Tosu 44 14 10 20 58-58 52 +0 9.Tokushima Vortis 44 12 16 16 60-76 52 -16 10.Mito Hollyhock 44 13 13 18 41-57 52 -16 11.Yokohama FC 44 10 15 19 48-64 45 -16 12.Thespa Kusatsu 44 5 8 31 26-82 23 -56 Round 1 [Mar 5] Vegalta Sendai 0-3 Tokushima Vortis 17,375 [Yasuaki Oshima 25, Yuji Ishikawa 50, Akira Oba 84] Mito Hollyhock 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 4,138 [Tsuyoshi Kaneko 13, Derlis 36 - Paulinho 65, Yutaka Tahara 70, Alemao 79] Thespa Kusatsu 0-3 Montedio Yamagata *1 4,423 [Hayato Sasaki 24, Ryuta Hara 46, Kenji Takahashi 47] Shonan Bellmare 2-0 Yokohama FC 7,721 [Nozomu Kato 3, Michiaki Kakimoto 13] Ventforet Kofu 2-2 Consadole Sapporo 6,640 [Bare 17, own goal 65 - Yuki Okada 12, Akihiro Tabata 81] Sagan Tosu 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka 13,039 [Daisuke Yano 65 - Shinya Kawashima 44] Round 2 [Mar 12] Yokohama FC 1-1 Montedio Yamagata 4,653 [Tsuyoshi Yoshitake 74 - Ryuta Hara 59] Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Vegalta Sendai 5,843 [Alex Oliveira 22 - Kunimitsu Sekiguchi 29] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-0 Thespa Kusatsu 6,604 [Alemao 22, Paulinho 39, 47] Tokushima Vortis 2-3 Shonan Bellmare 8,226 [Yasutaka Kobayashi 40, own goal 77 - Michiaki Kakimoto 20, 88, Nozomu Kato 66] Avispa Fukuoka 4-1 Mito Hollyhock 11,185 [Roberto 23, Hokuto Nakamura 43, 70, Hiroyuki Hayashi 48 - Derlis 24] [Mar 13] Consadole Sapporo 0-1 Sagan Tosu 17,607 [Takaaki Suzuki 65] Round 3 [Mar 19] Montedio Yamagata 3-1 Ventforet Kofu 6,143 [Hayato Sasaki 3, Ryuta Hara 31, Atsushi Nagai 65 - Kotaro Yamazaki 33] Mito Hollyhock 1-2 Tokushima Vortis 2,576 [Derlis 57 - Yasutaka Kobayashi 51, Akira Ito 56] Thespa Kusatsu 1-4 Consadole Sapporo *1 3,572 [Daisuke Miyakawa 14 - Tomohiko Ikeuchi 25, Makoto Sunakawa 42, Gakuya Horii 54, 80] Shonan Bellmare 1-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 5,081 [Yasunori Takada 48 - Alemao 3, Paulinho 21] Sagan Tosu 0-0 Yokohama FC 6,305 [Mar 20] Vegalta Sendai 0-2 Avispa Fukuoka 15,247 [Ryota Arimitsu 21, 34] Round 4 [Mar 26] Consadole Sapporo 0-3 Vegalta Sendai 12,127 [Nobuyuki Zaizen 51, Hikaru Mita 68, Kunimitsu Sekiguchi 84] Yokohama FC 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 4,387 [Shoji Jo 33] Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-1 Montedio Yamagata 5,727 [Paulinho 18, Yuki Okubo 66 - Tico 43] Tokushima Vortis 2-2 Sagan Tosu 5,325 [Toshiaki Haji 87, Koji Kataoka 88 - Yuji Miyahara 29, Yoshiki Takahashi 41] Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 Shonan Bellmare 8,243 [Mar 27] Ventforet Kofu 4-1 Mito Hollyhock 5,498 [Takuma Tsuda 5, Ken Fujita 31, Takahumi Ogura 43, Katsuya Ishihara 81 - Shunta Nagai 69] Round 5 [Apr 2] Vegalta Sendai 3-4 Yokohama FC 14,867 [Kensuke Nebiki 43, Katsutomo Oshiba 50, Own Goal 84 - Mitsunori Yamao 44, Manabu Kubota 51, Jungo Kono 71, Jefferson 89] Montedio Yamagata 0-0 Avispa Fukuoka 4,529 Thespa Kusatsu 2-0 Tokushima Vortis *1 2,561 [Atsushi Yoshimoto 48, 49] Shonan Bellmare 1-0 Ventforet Kofu 4,982 [Michiaki Kakimoto 49] Sagan Tosu 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 6,683 [Yoshiki Takahashi 54, Ryoji Ujihara 57 - Paulinho 15, 77, Yutaka Tahara 89] [Apr 3] Mito Hollyhock 2-0 Consadole Sapporo 3,351 [Derlis 9, Kosuke Suda 60] Round 6 [Apr 9] Consadole Sapporo 0-0 Shonan Bellmare 10,939 Yokohama FC 0-0 Mito Hollyhock 3,205 Ventforet Kofu 3-1 Sagan Tosu 5,257 [Takafumi Ogura 53, Bare 66, Kazuki Kuranuki 83 - Toyoki Hasegawa 44] Tokushima Vortis 1-1 Montedio Yamagata 4,086 [Toshiaki Haji 4 - Tico 34] Avispa Fukuoka 4-2 Thespa Kusatsu 6,791 [Own Goal 60, Glaucio 65, Keisuke Ota 70, Ryota Arimitsu 84 - Daisuke Miyakawa 6, Atsushi Yoshimoto 54] [Apr 10] Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-0 Vegalta Sendai 7,556 [Atsushi Mio 20] Round 7 [Apr 15] Tokushima Vortis 1-1 Ventforet Kofu 3,956 [Koji KATAOKA 49 - ALEX OLIVEIRA 71] [Apr 16] Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Shonan Bellmare *2 1,647 [Hayato SASAKI 29 - Nozomu KATO 31] Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 4,419 [DERLIS 63] Kyoto Purple Sanga 0-0 Consadole Sapporo *2 7,437 Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 Yokohama FC 7,906 [GLAUCIO 57] [Apr 17] Vegalta Sendai 0-2 Sagan Tosu 13,904 [Toyoki HASEGAWA 3, Yuji MIYAHARA 51] Round 8 [Apr 23] Consadole Sapporo 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka 9,767 [Genki NAKAYAMA 89 - Hokuto NAKAMURA 17] Thespa Kusatsu 0-2 Vegalta Sendai *1 4,134 [SCHWENCK 4, Katsutomo OSHIBA 47] Yokohama FC 1-1 Tokushima Vortis 5,024 [SILVIO 66 - Toshiaki HAJI 41 ] Ventforet Kofu 0-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 5,536 [Daisuke SAITO 24, Atsushi MIO 33, ALEMAO 63] Sagan Tosu 0-2 Montedio Yamagata 5,104 [Ryuta HARA 14, Shinji OTSUKA 41] Shonan Bellmare 3-1 Mito Hollyhock 5,862 [BARISIC 40, Nozomu SATO 45, 63 - Kota FUKATSU 24] Round 9 [Apr 30] Vegalta Sendai 3-0 Shonan Bellmare 13,457 [Katsutomo OSHIBA 39, 74, RYAN Yon Gi 65] Montedio Yamagata 0-1 Mito Hollyhock 6,249 [Takamichi SEKI 43] Thespa Kusatsu 0-2 Sagan Tosu *1 3,043 [Kosuke YATSUDA 5, Hiroshi NARASAKI 15] Yokohama FC 1-3 Ventforet Kofu 3,684 [Shoji JO 16 - Taro HASEGAWA 0, 37, BARE 21] Tokushima Vortis 1-1 Consadole Sapporo 5,689 [Yasuaki OSHIMA 89 - Shinya AIKAWA 80] Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 Kyoto Purple Sanga 10,239 Round 10 [Mar 3] Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-0 Tokushima Vortis 11,727 [Yutaka TAHARA 82] [Mar 4] Mito Hollyhock 0-1 Sagan Tosu 3,512 [Tatsunori ARAI 49] Consadole Sapporo 1-0 Yokohama FC 14,229 [Yushi SODA 26] Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Thespa Kusatsu 10,353 [Genki NAGASATO 59 - Masami SATO 16] Avispa Fukuoka 0-1 Ventforet Kofu 8,788 [Jun MIZUKOSHI 19] Vegalta Sendai 0-1 Montedio Yamagata 19,128 [Masaru AKIBA 65] Round 11 [Mar 7] Montedio Yamagata 3-0 Consadole Sapporo 4,528 [Takumi MOTOHASHI 20, Teruaki KOBAYASHI 62, Ryosuke NEMOTO 87] Mito Hollyhock 2-2 Vegalta Sendai 4,651 [Shunta NAGAI 72, Kosuke SUDA 76 - Nobuyuki ZAIZEN 41, SCHWENCK 78] Yokohama FC 1-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 3,347 [JEFFERSON 65 - Masatoshi MATSUDA 6, 40] Ventforet Kofu 4-1 Thespa Kusatsu *2 9,701 [Taro HASEGAWA 23, 66, BARE 27, 49 - Wataru YAMAZAKI 89] Tokushima Vortis 2-2 Avispa Fukuoka 4,124 [Akira ITO 19, Toshiaki HAJI 86 - Ryota ARIMITSU 26, Keisuke OTA 58] [Mar 8] Sagan Tosu 0-0 Shonan Bellmare 7,659 Round 12 [Mar 14] Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 Montedio Yamagata 10,217 Consadole Sapporo 2-0 Mito Hollyhock *1 6,807 [Own-Goal 2, Genki NAKAYAMA 65] Vegalta Sendai 2-1 Ventforet Kofu 11,695 [SCHWENCK 29, RYAN Yon Gi 32 - BARE 89] Thespa Kusatsu 1-1 Yokohama FC *1 3,126 [Daisuke KIMORI 89 - JEFFERSON 19] Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Tokushima Vortis 4,112 [Nozomu KATO 32 - KIM Wi Man 8] Kyoto Purple Sanga 0-3 Sagan Tosu 7,235 [Takaaki SUZUKI 15, 21, Tatsunori ARAI 44] Round 13 [Mar 21] Thespa Kusatsu 0-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 3,287 [ALEMAO 35, Yutaka TAHARA 89, RICARD 89] Yokohama FC 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka 4,890 [JEFFERSON 83 - GLAUCIO 67] Shonan Bellmare 0-3 Consadole Sapporo 5,220 [Kazumasa UESATO 15, Shinya AIKAWA 37, Akihiro TABATA 71] Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Montedio Yamagata 4,903 [BARE 68 - Kohei HAYASHI 84] Tokushima Vortis 0-1 Mito Hollyhock 4,028 [Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 15] Sagan Tosu 1-0 Vegalta Sendai 8,324 [Yuki TAKABAYASHI 19] Round 14 [Mar 27] Mito Hollyhock 2-2 Yokohama FC 1,875 [Shunta NAGAI 3, Masashi OWADA 78 - Shoji JO 59, Tsuyoshi YOSHITAKE 83] [Mar 28] Consadole Sapporo 3-1 Thespa Kusatsu *1 7,693 [Shinya AIKAWA 21, 40, Makoto SUNAKAWA 60 - Takayuki YAMAGUCHI 89] Montedio Yamagata 1-3 Sagan Tosu 4,795 [Yutaro ABE 52 - Tatsunori ARAI 22, 71, Takaaki SUZUKI 32] Ventforet Kofu 5-0 Tokushima Vortis 5,048 [Taro HASEGAWA 11, Ken FUJITA 37, BARE 51, 65, 73] Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-1 Shonan Bellmare 8,539 [RICARDO 21, Daisuke NAKAHARAI 68 - Michiaki KAKIMOTO 57] Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 Vegalta Sendai 7,299 [Kohei MIYAZAKI 8, Hiroyuki HAYASHI 40 - Katsutomo OSHIBA 88] Round 15 [Jun 3] Tokushima Vortis 2-0 Yokohama FC 4,589 [Akira OBA 8, Yuki FUJI 89] [Jun 4] Vegalta Sendai 4-0 Consadole Sapporo 13,754 [SCHWENCK 5, Own-Goal 10, BARON 20, Katsutomo OSHIBA 78] Montedio Yamagata 1-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 5,077 [Yutaro ABE 55 - Yutaka TAHARA 44, ALEMAO 48, Daisuke SAITO 70] Thespa Kusatsu 1-1 Mito Hollyhock *1 2,724 [Ryo SAKAI 78 - Kenji HADA 15] Sagan Tosu 2-2 Ventforet Kofu 7,505 [Takaaki SUZUKI 31, Tatsunori ARAI 60 - Hirotoshi YOKOYAMA 1, BARE 7] Shonan Bellmare 0-2 Avispa Fukuoka 5,166 [Seiji KOGA 56, ROBERTO 76] Round 16 [Jun 11] Consadole Sapporo 0-0 Tokushima Vortis 12,675 Yokohama FC 1-3 Vegalta Sendai 5,206 [Tomoyoshi ONO 9 - BARON 11, RYAN Yon Gi 73, 82] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-2 Avispa Fukuoka 4,289 [Own-Goal 50, RICARDO 56, PAULINHO 79 - ALEX 13, Kohei MIYAZAKI 67] Sagan Tosu 0-1 Thespa Kusatsu 9,404 [Takayuki YAMAGUCHI 89] Ventforet Kofu 2-2 Shonan Bellmare 6,199 [Taro HASEGAWA 60, Ken FUJITA 76 - Naoya UMEDA 22, Nozomu KATO 34] [Jun 12] Mito Hollyhock 1-2 Montedio Yamagata 2,936 [Shingo MORITA 60 - Toshihiro UCHIYAMA 4, Takumi MOTOHASHI 21] Round 17 [Jun 18] Thespa Kusatsu 1-2 Ventforet Kofu *1 3,527 [Atsushi YOSHIMOTO 52 - Ken FUJITA 68, Daisuke SUDO 89] Shonan Bellmare 4-3 Sagan Tosu 4,280 [Michiaki KAKIMOTO 17, 36, Nozomu KATO 56, Yusuke SATO 86 - Takaaki SUZUKI 14, 67, Tatsunori ARAI 33] Tokushima Vortis 1-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 4,615 [Toshiaki HAJI 4 - Yutaka TAHARA 47, 52] Avispa Fukuoka 0-3 Consadole Sapporo 8,830 [Yuki OKADA 54, Tomohiko IKEUCHI 63, Shinya AIKAWA 75] Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Mito Hollyhock 17,023 [BARON 86] Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Yokohama FC 5,219 [Ryosuke NEMOTO 31 - TWEED 33] Round 18 [Jun 24] Mito Hollyhock 0-0 Avispa Fukuoka 1,542 [Jun 25] Thespa Kusatsu 1-0 Shonan Bellmare 3,211 [Takayuki YAMAGUCHI 87] Yokohama FC 1-2 Consadole Sapporo *1 12,849 [Own-Goal 89 - Genki NAKAYAMA 6, Kazumasa UESATO 76] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-2 Ventforet Kofu 8,831 [RICARDO 14, ALEMAO 21, 28 - Taro HASEGAWA 3, BARE 44] Montedio Yamagata 0-0 Vegalta Sendai 19,418 Sagan Tosu 1-1 Tokushima Vortis 11,631 [Tatsunori ARAI 1 - Toshiaki HAJI 50] Round 19 [Jul 2] Consadole Sapporo 0-2 Montedio Yamagata *1 8,497 [Toshihiko UCHIYAMA 54, Ryosuke NEMOTO 76] Ventforet Kofu 2-1 Avispa Fukuoka 7,061 [Ken FUJITA 51, Yuki INOUE 67 - Yusuke TANAKA 34] Shonan Bellmare 1-0 Vegalta Sendai 6,176 [Naoya UMEDA 39] Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-0 Yokohama FC 6,859 [RICARDO 24] Tokushima Vortis 2-1 Thespa Kusatsu 3,008 [Akira ITO 26, Takuto KOYAMA 70 - Masahiro MOMITANI 43] Sagan Tosu 0-1 Mito Hollyhock 10,109 [DERLIS 22] Round 20 [Jul 8] Mito Hollyhock 4-1 Shonan Bellmare 1,371 [Kosuke SUDA 55, DERLIS 60, 89, Kazushi ISOYAMA 81 - Michiaki KAKIMOTO 27] [Jul 9] Consadole Sapporo 3-1 Ventforet Kofu *1 7,614 [Tomohiko IKEUCHI 49, 70, Shinya AIKAWA 80 - BARE 18] Vegalta Sendai 3-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 18,112 [SILVINHO 32, RYAN Yon Gi 73, 85 - Daisuke HOSHI 70] Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Thespa Kusatsu 6,074 [Yutaro ABE 50 - Takeshi TERADA 59] Yokohama FC 2-2 Sagan Tosu 2,863 [Tomoya UCHIDA 40, Shoji JO 62 - Jun IDEGUCHI 44, Hiromasa SUGURI 82] Avispa Fukuoka 3-1 Tokushima Vortis 6,620 [Yuki MATSUSHITA 3, Ryota ARIMITSU 24, Kohei MIYAZAKI 26 - Koji KATAOKA 18] Round 21 [Jul 13] Thespa Kusatsu 1-2 Avispa Fukuoka 7,314 [Atsushi YOSHIMOTO 50 - GLAUCIO 29, Yusuke TANAKA 75] Shonan Bellmare 2-1 Montedio Yamagata 5,738 [Michiaki KAKIMOTO 37, 77 - Ryuta HARA 23] Ventforet Kofu 0-1 Yokohama FC 5,136 [Shoji JO 20] Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-1 Mito Hollyhock 6,951 [PAULINHO 68 - Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 79] Tokushima Vortis 3-3 Vegalta Sendai 3,028 [Yasuaki OSHIMA 43, Akira ITO 60, 82 - Hiroki BANDAI 48, Katsutomo OSHIBA 58, Kosuke KITANI 89] Sagan Tosu 0-1 Consadole Sapporo 6,951 [Tomohiko IKEUCHI 2] Round 22 [Jul 16] Consadole Sapporo 0-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga *2 5,750 [ALEMAO 77] Montedio Yamagata 2-2 Tokushima Vortis 5,791 [Shinji OTSUKA 53, Ryuta HARA 65 - Akira ITO 26, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 84] Yokohama FC 0-0 Shonan Bellmare 5,084 Avispa Fukuoka 3-2 Sagan Tosu 13,069 [Hokuto NAKAMURA 33, Yusuke TANAKA 55, Kyohei YAMAGATA 89 - Kosuke YATSUDA 37, Tatsunori ARAI 62] [Jul 17] Vegalta Sendai 4-0 Thespa Kusatsu 19,021 [Kodai WATANABE 29, SILVINHO 55, BARON 73, 89] Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Ventforet Kofu 4,287 [Kosuke SUDA 51] Round 23 [Jul 29] Thespa Kusatsu 1-0 Sagan Tosu 2,604 [Sotaro SADA 58] [Jul 30] Kyoto Purple Sanga 0-1 Montedio Yamagata 9,721 [Ryosuke NEMOTO 19] Ventforet Kofu 2-1 Vegalta Sendai 7,373 [Taro HASEGAWA 22, 44 - BARON 30] Yokohama FC 1-0 Mito Hollyhock 8,080 [Tomotaka KITAMURA 24] Tokushima Vortis 1-1 Consadole Sapporo 4,012 [Yasuaki OSHIMA 81 - Tomohiko IKEUCHI 53] Avispa Fukuoka 2-0 Shonan Bellmare 10,613 [Yusuke TANAKA 69, GLAUCIO 76] Round 24 [Aug 2] Consadole Sapporo 1-2 Yokohama FC 20,374 [Shinya AIKAWA 2 - Tomotaka KITAMURA 44, Shingi ONO 70] Vegalta Sendai 2-2 Avispa Fukuoka 16,452 [Kensuke NEBIKI 9, BARON 85 - Kohei MIYAZAKI 15, ROBERTO 61] Montedio Yamagata 1-2 Ventforet Kofu 4,393 [Ryuta HARA 89 - Katsuya ISHIHARA 10, Daisuke SUDO 86] Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Tokushima Vortis 2,213 [Kazushi ISOYAMA 46 - Yasuaki OSHIMA 6] Shonan Bellmare 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 4,263 [Koji SAKAMOTO 49] Sagan Tosu 3-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 4,467 [Toyoki HASEGAWA 60, Takaaki SUZUKI 64, Kazuya IIO 89 - ALEMAO 18, Daishi KATO 84] Round 25 [Aug 6] Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 6,605 [Taro HASEGAWA 16 - Masatoshi MATSUDA 27, 57] Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Sagan Tosu 16,259 [Katsutomo OSHIBA 12] Thespa Kusatsu 1-2 Consadole Sapporo 6,613 [Takayuki YAMAGUCHI 79 - Tomohiko IKEUCHI 11, Tomohiro WANAMI 55] Yokohama FC 1-2 Montedio Yamagata 7,786 [Shoji JO 44 - Ryuta HARA 11, Kohei HAYASHI 89] Tokushima Vortis 3-1 Shonan Bellmare 7,621 [Toshiaki HAJI 7, Akira OBA 44, 47 - Nozomu KATO 9] Avispa Fukuoka 3-0 Mito Hollyhock 9,025 [GLAUCIO 12, 46, Yusuke TANAKA 20] Round 26 [Aug 13] Consadole Sapporo 2-1 Vegalta Sendai *1 9,345 [Genki NAKAYAMA 82, Tomohiko IKEUCHI 85 - SCHWENCK 71] Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka 4,821 [Kohei USUI 74 - Seiji KOGA 89] Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Thespa Kusatsu 5,438 [Kota FUKATSU 6 - Masami SATO 82] Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Ventforet Kofu 5,313 [Yuya SANO 12 - BARE 19] Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-0 Tokushima Vortis 6,771 [RICARDO 62, Daisuke NAKAHARAI 63] Sagan Tosu 4-1 Yokohama FC 11,132 [Takaaki SUZUKI 32, 47, Tatsunori ARAI 60, Yoshiki TAKAHASHI 76 - Shoji JO 4] Round 27 [Aug 20] Ventforet Kofu 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 7,128 [Taro HASEGAWA 85] Vegalta Sendai 0-0 Yokohama FC 19,094 Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Mito Hollyhock 4,621 [Yusuke SATO 89 - Kazushi ISOYAMA 59] Tokushima Vortis 2-1 Sagan Tosu 3,596 [Toshiaki HAJI 75, 78 - Tatsunori ARAI 70] Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 13,348 [ALEX 51, Yusuke TANAKA 64 - PAULINHO 78] [Sep 14] Montedio Yamagata 1-0 Consadole Sapporo 3,342 [Kohei TANAKA 84] Round 28 [Aug 26] Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Consadole Sapporo 2,172 [Own-Goal 70] Thespa Kusatsu 0-0 Montedio Yamagata 4,302 [Aug 27] Yokohama FC 3-4 Ventforet Kofu 8,629 [SILVIO 57, Kazuyoshi MIURA 65, TWEED 84 - Yosuke IKEHATA 5, Shinya NASU 42, BARE 47, 50] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-1 Vegalta Sendai 8,393 [PAULINHO 6, 87, RICARDO 67 - Kensuke NEBIKI 3] Tokushima Vortis 2-0 Avispa Fukuoka 4,062 [Koji KATAOKA 17, 67] Sagan Tosu 1-2 Shonan Bellmare 7,014 [BIJU 29 - Michiaki KAKIMOTO 5, Yusuke SATO 46] Round 29 [Aug 31] Consadole Sapporo 2-0 Shonan Bellmare 13,056 [DERLIS 1, Tomohiko IKEUCHI 44] Vegalta Sendai 2-2 Tokushima Vortis 11,818 [Kensuke NEBIKI 7, Kazuhiro MURAKAMI 86 - Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 75, 84] Montedio Yamagata 3-0 Mito Hollyhock 3,572 [Teruaki KOBAYASHI 13, Ryuta HARA 21, Yutaro ABE 51] Yokohama FC 1-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 6,597 [Kazuyoshi MIURA 72 - Satoru SUZUKI 13] Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Sagan Tosu 5,008 [Ken FUJITA 40 - Keiji TAKACHI 89] Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 9,409 [Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 81] Round 30 [Sep 4] Vegalta Sendai 0-0 Montedio Yamagata 17,710 Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 2,218 [Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 39 - Daishi KATO 69] Ventforet Kofu 0-1 Consadole Sapporo 7,753 [Hiroki MIHARA 5] Thespa Kusatsu 1-0 Tokushima Vortis 5,212 [Sho GOKYU 33] Shonan Bellmare 1-2 Yokohama FC 14,203 [Michiaki KAKIMOTO 55 - Shoji JO 47, Jungo KONO 64] Sagan Tosu 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka 11,614 [Hiromasa SUGURI 40 - GLAUCIO 50] Round 31 [Sep 10] Consadole Sapporo 0-3 Sagan Tosu *1 8,906 [Tatsunori ARAI 10, Shota KOIDE 56, Yoshiki TAKAHASHI 62] Kyoto Purple Sanga 6-0 Thespa Kusatsu 8,251 [PAULINHO 36, 65, Satoru SUZUKI 40, Daisuke NAKAHARAI 46, Daisuke HOSHI 52, 69] Mito Hollyhock 0-2 Vegalta Sendai 8,158 [SCHWENCK 1, BARON 84] Tokushima Vortis 1-3 Ventforet Kofu 4,088 [Noriaki TSUTSUI 83 - Ken FUJITA 53, Katsuya ISHIHARA 62, Arata SUGIYAMA 67] Avispa Fukuoka 3-0 Yokohama FC 16,280 [GLAUCIO 57, Kyohei YAMAGATA 78, Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 87] [Sep 11] Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Shonan Bellmare 5,526 [Yutaro ABE 57 - Naoya UMEDA 14] Round 32 [Sep 17] Yokohama FC 2-3 Tokushima Vortis 6,823 [Shoji JO 31, Kazuyoshi MIURA 51 - Toshiaki HAJI 17, 84, Akira OBA 63] Shonan Bellmare 0-0 Kyoto Purple Sanga 5,265 Sagan Tosu 1-2 Montedio Yamagata 5,909 [BIJU 25 - Atsushi NAGAI 13, Kohei HAYASHI 69] Ventforet Kofu 2-2 Mito Hollyhock 6,362 [Daisuke SUDO 47, Taro HASEGAWA 75 - FABIO 84, Shunta NAGAI 89] Thespa Kusatsu 0-2 Vegalta Sendai 6,362 [SCHWENCK 46, BARON 77] [Sep 18] Consadole Sapporo 1-3 Avispa Fukuoka *1 7,314 [Tomoaki SEINO 71 - GLAUCIO 44, 57, Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 44] Round 33 [Sep 23] Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Sagan Tosu 2,189 [Shinobu ITO 87] [Sep 24] Vegalta Sendai 2-0 Shonan Bellmare 14,521 [BARON 18, SCHWENCK 82] Yokohama FC 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu *2 4,936 [TWEED 43] Kyoto Purple Sanga 4-0 Consadole Sapporo 9,426 [ALEMAO 8, Daishi KATO 32, PAULINHO 43, Own-Goal 67] Tokushima Vortis 2-1 Montedio Yamagata *2 2,687 [Akira ITO 38, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 66 - Atsushi NAGAI 89] Avispa Fukuoka 2-2 Ventforet Kofu 8,974 [Kyohei YAMAGATA 29, GLAUCIO 85 - Daisuke SUDO 33, Kazuki KURANUKI 84] Round 34 [Sep 30] Shonan Bellmare 1-2 Avispa Fukuoka 3,521 [Naoya UMEDA 49 - GLAUCIO 72, Seiji KOGA 73] [Oct 1] Consadole Sapporo 2-0 Tokushima Vortis *1 5,323 [Tomoaki SEINO 42, Shinya AIKAWA 63] Montedio Yamagata 0-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 4,074 [PAULINHO 8, 78, 87] Sagan Tosu 2-0 Vegalta Sendai *1 3,188 [Tatsunori ARAI 2, Takaaki SUZUKI 83] Ventforet Kofu 0-0 Yokohama FC 14,234 Thespa Kusatsu 0-0 Mito Hollyhock 6,722 Round 35 [Oct 5] Mito Hollyhock 0-1 Shonan Bellmare *1 1,387 [Yusuke SATO 89] Thespa Kusatsu 1-2 Ventforet Kofu 1,344 [Sotaro SADA 16 - Ken FUJITA 5, Daisuke SUDO 58] Yokohama FC 1-1 Consadole Sapporo *3 4,331 [Shoji JO 58 - Shinya AIKAWA 67] Kyoto Purple Sanga 0-1 Sagan Tosu 4,588 [Tatsunori ARAI 55] Tokushima Vortis 2-4 Vegalta Sendai 2,205 [Akira OBA 34, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 83 - Nobuyuki ZAIZEN 4, BARON 25, SCHWENCK 40, Katsutomo OSHIBA 79] Avispa Fukuoka 0-2 Montedio Yamagata 6,777 [Ryuta HARA 42, 59] Round 36 [Oct 15] Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Ventforet Kofu 12,616 [BARON 22] Montedio Yamagata 2-2 Yokohama FC 8,651 [Ryuta HARA 34, Shogo KOBARA 39 - Tomotaka KITAMURA 76, Takanori NAKAJIMA 88] Mito Hollyhock 0-3 Avispa Fukuoka 2,074 [GLAUCIO 41, Yusuke TANAKA 53, Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 72] Shonan Bellmare 0-0 Consadole Sapporo 5,510 Tokushima Vortis 1-5 Kyoto Purple Sanga 3,547 [Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 10 - ALEMAO 7, 32, Daisuke NAKAHARAI 25, PAULINHO 47, Takuya MIKAMI 82] Sagan Tosu 4-1 Thespa Kusatsu 5,122 [Takeshi HAMADA 44, Takaaki SUZUKI 44, 62, Tatsunori ARAI 48 - CHIKA 30] Round 37 [Oct 22] Consadole Sapporo 3-1 Montedio Yamagata *3 4,959 [Masaya NISHITANI 18, Tomoaki SEINO 45, Own-Goal 53 - Takumi MOTOHASHI 74] Thespa Kusatsu 0-0 Shonan Bellmare 3,793 Yokohama FC 1-2 Vegalta Sendai 8,755 [Tomotaka KITAMURA 10 - Kazuhiro MURAKAMI 53, SCHWENCK 68] Ventforet Kofu 5-0 Tokushima Vortis 8,097 [Kazuki KURANUKI 7, BARE 15, 46, Michitaka AKIMOTO 43, Ken FUJITA 89] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-1 Mito Hollyhock 10,230 [PAULINHO 42, 59, Daisuke HOSHI 89 - FABIO 66] [Oct 23] Avispa Fukuoka 4-1 Sagan Tosu 20,201 [Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 9, 65, GLAUCIO 18, 20 - Takaaki SUZUKI 24] Round 38 [Oct 29] Shonan Bellmare 2-0 Montedio Yamagata 4,011 [Own-Goal 24, Michiaki KAKIMOTO 59] Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-0 Avispa Fukuoka 4,221 [Yutaka TAHARA 13, Masatoshi MATSUDA 71, PAULINHO 89] Vegalta Sendai 2-2 Consadole Sapporo 15,028 [Kazuhiro MURAKAMI 70, BARON 81 - Tomoaki SEINO 3, Tomohiko IKEUCHI 72] Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Yokohama FC 6,548 [Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 85] Tokushima Vortis 3-2 Thespa Kusatsu 3,146 [Yuki ISHIDA 62, Shohei KAMADA 87, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 89 - Masami SATO 35, 56] Sagan Tosu 1-2 Ventforet Kofu 7,552 [Takaaki SUZUKI 5 - BARE 59, Daisuke SUDO 70] Round 39 [Nov 6] Montedio Yamagata 0-2 Vegalta Sendai 16,878 [SCHWENCK 43, 73] Yokohama FC 3-1 Avispa Fukuoka 8,527 [Kazuyoshi MIURA 7, Tomoya UCHIDA 10, 44 - Kohei MIYAZAKI 59] Ventforet Kofu 5-2 Shonan Bellmare 6,324 [Taro HASEGAWA 41, Kazuki KURANUKI 52, Taro HASEGAWA 58, BARE 60, Ken FUJITA 65 - Kosuke NAKAMACHI 85, Michiaki KAKIMOTO 86] Sagan Tosu 3-3 Tokushima Vortis 5,788 [Tatsunori ARAI 1, 44, 59 - Toshiaki HAJI 40, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 48, Own-Goal 72] Thespa Kusatsu 0-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga 4,808 [Masatoshi MATSUDA 60, Daishi KATO 89] Consadole Sapporo 1-1 Mito Hollyhock 14,604 [Tomoaki SEINO 69 - Kota FUKATSU 83] Round 40 [Nov 13] Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 17,315 [Naoki CHIBA 77] Montedio Yamagata 1-3 Tokushima Vortis 3,517 [Kohei HAYASHI 40 - Takuto KOYAMA 22, Yohei TANIIKE 44, Akira ITO 51] Mito Hollyhock 3-0 Ventforet Kofu 3,106 [Masashi OWADA 20, Kenji HADA 44, Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 64] Kyoto Purple Sanga 2-1 Yokohama FC 14,170 [Kazuki TESHIMA 5, Atsushi MIO 41 - Shoji JO 1] Shonan Bellmare 2-0 Sagan Tosu 3,651 [Keisuke MORIYA 22, 31] Avispa Fukuoka 3-0 Consadole Sapporo 9,269 [Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA 34, Satoshi NAGANO 84, GLAUCIO 89] Round 41 [Nov 19] Thespa Kusatsu 0-2 Avispa Fukuoka *2 3,215 [GLAUCIO 28, ALEX 54] Consadole Sapporo 3-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga 14,654 [Tomoaki SEINO 19, 69, 70 - Daisuke NAKAHARAI 38, ALEMAO 40, Masatoshi MATSUDA 78] Shonan Bellmare 1-1 Vegalta Sendai 6,679 [Own-Goal 21 - SCHWENCK 24] Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Montedio Yamagata 6,598 [BARE 26 - Kohei HAYASHI 44] Tokushima Vortis 1-3 Yokohama FC 5,028 [Akira ITO 28 - Hideaki TOMINAGA 35, 47, 53] Sagan Tosu 1-2 Mito Hollyhock 6,675 [Own-Goal 50 - Takafumi YOSHIMOTO 9, Masashi OWADA 12] Round 42 [Nov 23] Consadole Sapporo 2-4 Ventforet Kofu 17,608 [Tomoaki SEINO 19, Makoto SUNAKAWA 48 - Taro HASEGAWA 39, 89, Daisuke SUDO 89, 89] Vegalta Sendai 3-0 Mito Hollyhock 17,061 [SILVINHO 38, BARON 63, Katsutomo OSHIBA 84] Montedio Yamagata 4-0 Thespa Kusatsu 4,185 [Kohei HAYASHI 10, Ryosuke NEMOTO 43, Shinji OTSUKA 67, Kenji TAKAHASHI 70] Yokohama FC 0-1 Sagan Tosu 5,243 [Hidenori KATO 15] Kyoto Purple Sanga 4-0 Shonan Bellmare 6,517 [Noboru KOHARA 25, 71, Masatoshi MATSUDA 28, Daisuke HOSHI 59] Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 Tokushima Vortis 20,841 Round 43 [Nov 26] Vegalta Sendai 0-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 19,087 [ALEMAO 63] Mito Hollyhock 0-1 Montedio Yamagata 3,178 [Kohei HAYASHI 16] Thespa Kusatsu 1-3 Yokohama FC 4,463 [Masami SATO 14 - Yasunori TAKADA 28, Tomotaka KITAMURA 31, Shoji JO 51] Shonan Bellmare 1-2 Tokushima Vortis 4,688 [Genki NAGASATO 68 - KIM Wi Man 41, Yasutaka KOBAYASHI 45] Ventforet Kofu 0-5 Avispa Fukuoka 10,187 [Yuki MATSUSHITA 9, 27, Kyohei YAMAGATA 23, Seiji KOGA 72, ALEX 89] Sagan Tosu 0-2 Consadole Sapporo 8,107 [Makoto SUNAKAWA 24, Tomohiko IKEUCHI 31] Round 44 [Dec 3] Consadole Sapporo 2-1 Thespa Kusatsu 18,087 [Tomoaki SEINO 8, Kengo ISHII 61 - Ryo SAKAI 1] Montedio Yamagata 1-0 Sagan Tosu 3,145 [Hayato SASAKI 72] Yokohama FC 1-4 Shonan Bellmare 5,038 [SILVIO 2 - BARISIC 40, Takayoshi TODA 59, Michiaki KAKIMOTO 70, Yuya SANO 73] Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-2 Ventforet Kofu 8,803 [Yutaka TAHARA 9, - Taro HASEGAWA 40, ALAIR 80] Tokushima Vortis 0-1 Mito Hollyhock 5,379 [FABIO 28] Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Vegalta Sendai 13,375 [Seiji KOGA 49 - Kazuhiro MURAKAMI 65] Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Kyoto Purple Sanga 44 30 7 7 89-40 97 +49 Champion, Promoted 2.Avispa Fukuoka 44 21 15 8 72-43 78 +29 Promoted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Ventforet Kofu 44 19 12 13 78-64 69 +14 Promotion Playoff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Vegalta Sendai 44 19 11 14 66-47 68 +19 5.Montedio Yamagata 44 16 16 12 54-45 64 +9 6.Consadole Sapporo 44 17 12 15 54-57 63 -3 7.Shonan Bellmare 44 13 15 16 46-59 54 -13 8.Sagan Tosu 44 14 10 20 58-58 52 +0 9.Tokushima Vortis 44 12 16 16 60-76 52 -16 10.Mito Hollyhock 44 13 13 18 41-57 52 -16 11.Yokohama FC 44 10 15 19 48-64 45 -16 12.Thespa Kusatsu 44 5 8 31 26-82 23 -56 NB: Tokyo Verdy 1969 (17th rank of J.League Division 1 (J1) 2005) and Vissel Kobe (18th rank, bottom of J1 2005) are relegated to J2 in 2006 season. Ehime FC (Champion of Japan Football League (JFL) 2005) are promoted from JFL to J2 in 2006 season. Season-End Goal Ranking (include PK, without Play-Off) R. G (P) Name [nationality] Club -------------------------------------------------- 1. 22 PAULINHO [BRA] Kyoto 2. 21 (1) BARE [BRA] Kofu 3. 18 (1) GLAUCIO [BRA] Fukuoka 4. 17 Taro HASEGAWA Kofu 17 (1) Tatsunori ARAI Tosu 6. 15 (2) Michiaki KAKIMOTO Shonan 15 ALEMAO [BRA] Kyoto 15 (1) Takaaki SUZUKI Tosu 9. 14 (2) BARON [BRA] Sendai 10. 13 SCHWENCK [BRA] Sendai 11. 12 (2) Ryuta HARA Yamagata 12 (1) Shoji JO Yokohama FC 12 (1) Toshiaki HAJI Tokushima 14. 11 Tomohiko IKEUCHI Sapporo 11 Yasutaka KOBAYASHI Yamagata 16. 10 Tomoaki SEINO Sapporo 10 Katsutomo OSHIBA Sendai 10 Ken FUJITA Kofu 19. 9 Shinya AIKAWA Sapporo 9 DERLIS [PAR] Sapporo (*) 9 (3) Nozomu KATO Shonan 9 Yutaka TAHARA Kyoto 9 Akira ITO Tokushima 24. 8 Daisuke SUDO Kofu 8 Masatoshi MATSUDA Kyoto 26. 7 Kohei HAYASHI Yamagata 7 (7) RICARDO [BRA] Kyoto 7 Mitsuru CHIYOTANDA Fukuoka 7 Yusuke TANAKA Fukuoka 30. 6 RYAN Yon Gi [PRK] Sendai 6 Takafumi YOSHIMOTO Mito 6 Akira OBA Tokushima NB: These are real name of Brazilians and Paraguayese: "PAULINHO" = Paulo Antonio De Oliveira "BARE" = Jader Volnei Spindler "GLAUCIO" = GLAUCIO De Jesus Carvalho "ALEMAO" = Carlos Adriano De Josus Soares "BARON" = Marcelo BARON Polanczyk "SCHWENCK" = Cleber SCHWENCK Tiene "DERLIS" = DERLIS Javier Florentin Noguera "RICARDO" = RICARDO Cavalcante Ribeiro DERLIS belonged to Mito in Round 1-22, 8 goals. Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium (capacity: 20,005) Sapporo Dome (capacity: 42,831) Venues of games Tokyo National Stadium (Kokuritsu Kyogijo, NS) is opened for all clubs to hold its home game. * Venues by Clubs of Main and Assistance Stadium Clubs Main Stadium Assistance Stadium (*1) --------------------------------------------------------------- Sapporo Sapporo Dome Sapporo Atsubetsu Park S, Sendai Sendai S. Yamagata Yamagata Park S. Mito Kasamatsu S. Hitachinaka City S. Kusatsu Gunma Shikishima A.S. Gunma Shikishima F.S. Yokohama FC Yokohama Mitsuzawa F.S. Nissan S. Shonan Hiratsuka S. Kofu Kose Sports Park S. Kyoto Kyoto Nishikyogoku S. Tokushima Tokushima Naruto S. Fukuoka Hakatanomori F.S. Tosu Tosu S. Saga S. * Venues in other stadiums for each clubs Clubs Local Stadium-1 (*2) Local Stadium-2 (*3) --------------------------------------------------------------- Sapporo Muroran Irie S. Hakodate Chiyogadai Park A.S. Yamagata J.Villege S. Kusatsu Ashikaga A.S. Yokohama FC Edogawa S. Nishigaoka S.S. Kofu Matsumotodaira F.S. "Alwin" Kyoto Kagoshima Kamoike S. Tokushima Kochi Haruno A.S. N.B. A.S. = Athlete Stadium, F.S. = Football Stadium. S. = Stadium, S.S. = Soccer Stadium Promotion/Relegation Playoff Promotion/Relegation Playoff Kashiwa Reysol - as 16th rank of J1 2005 Ventforet Kofu - as 3rd rank of J2 2005 First Leg [Dec 7] Ventforet Kofu 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol 12,372 [Kazuki KURANUKI 25, BARE 48 - REINALDO 11] venue = Kose Sports Park Stadium Second Leg [Dec 10] Kashiwa Reysol 2-6 Ventforet Kofu 12,013 [REINALDO 52, Yuji UNOZAWA 86 - BARE 10, 27, 53, 68, 69, 87] venue = Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium Kashiwa Reysol is relegated to J2, and Ventforet Kofu is promoted to J1 in 2006 season. Kyoto Purple Sanga (J2 Champion 2005) and Avispa Fukuoka (runners-up of J2 2005) are promoted to J1 also. Third Level (JFL) 2005 Notes: 1. 2004 JFL Champion Otsuka (rename to Tokushima Vortis) and 3rd rank Thespa Kusatsu have been promoted to J.League Division 2 in 2005. 2. Kokushikan University (Tokyo, Kanto College League) withdrew from JFL after 2004 season. 3. Two clubs has been promoted to JFL from Regional League. Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Okayama, Chugoku L.) and Honda Lock (Miyazaki, Kyushu L.). 4. Ryutsu Keizai University (Ibaraki, Kanto College L.) has become a new JFL member in 2005 season. 5. No JFL team is going to be relegeted at the end of this season. 18 teams will play in 2006 JFL. 6. Top JFL 2 teams can enter J.League Division 2 in next season. But there are several other conditions to join J.League. a. Registrate as corporation specialising in football. b. Design hometowns for sports activities c. Contract players and coaches who have JFA licenses * At least five players who have concluded the standard professional contract approved by the JFA. * Coaches must also possess the appropriate coaching JFA license. Managers of top teams - must the JFA's Grade S license Satellite teams - Grade B or higher U-18(youth), U-15(junior youth) and U-12(junior) teams - Grade C or higher d. Organise satellite and youth teams * Satellite and an U-18 teams - must make teams * U-15 and/or U-12 teams - must make teams, or organise soccer schools and conduct other activities targeting children of these age groups and organise such teams within three years of joining the J.League e. Prepare stadium facilities Home stadium must be filled these conditions. * An evergreen natural grass field * In principle, a size of 105 meters by 68 meters. * Floodlights of an average 1,500 lux or more. * Enough capacity of stand for 10,000 spectators or more. Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Ehime FC 30 21 3 6 54-26 66 +28 2.YKK AP 30 20 4 6 63-28 64 +35 3.Alo's Hokuriku 30 19 4 7 52-26 61 +26 4.Tochigi SC 30 16 9 5 60-32 57 +28 5.Honda FC 30 17 5 8 59-37 56 +22 6.Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 30 16 4 10 55-33 52 +22 7.Sony Sendai FC 30 15 5 10 48-37 50 +11 8.FC Horikoshi 30 15 3 12 53-40 48 +13 9.Yokogawa Musashino FC 30 14 6 10 37-29 48 +8 10.Sagawa Express Osaka SC 30 13 6 11 42-36 43 +6 11.Sagawa Printing SC 30 9 7 14 34-43 34 -9 12.SC Tottori 30 9 6 15 40-58 33 -18 13.Ryutsu Keizai University 30 5 7 18 39-79 22 -40 14.Denso 30 4 7 19 33-63 19 -30 15.Honda Lock 30 3 6 21 38-79 15 -41 16.Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 30 2 2 26 24-85 8 -61 1st Half Round 1 [Mar 27] Honda FC 3-1 Honda Lock YKK AP 1-1 Ryutsu Keizai University Ehime FC 1-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Sony Sendai FC 4-0 Denso Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 1-0 SC Tottori FC Horikoshi 0-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Tochigi SC 1-2 Sagawa Printing SC Alo's Hokuriku 0-1 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Round 2 [Apr 2] Yokogawa Musashino FC 3-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC [Apr 3] Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-1 Tochigi SC Sagawa Printing SC 0-3 FC Horikoshi Denso 0-1 Ehime FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 0-2 YKK AP Ryutsu Keizai University 1-3 Honda FC Honda Lock 0-2 Alo's Hokuriku SC Tottori 1-3 Sony Sendai FC Round 3 [Apr 9] Sony Sendai FC 2-0 Yokogawa Musashino FC Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 2-2 Sagawa Printing SC Honda Lock 4-1 Ryutsu Keizai University [Apr 10] Honda FC 4-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC YKK AP 3-2 Denso Ehime FC 4-1 SC Tottori FC Horikoshi 2-0 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Tochigi SC 1-1 Alo's Hokuriku Round 4 [Apr 16] Sagawa Printing SC 1-2 Sony Sendai FC Denso 0-3 Honda FC [Apr 17] Tochigi SC 3-2 Honda Lock Alo's Hokuriku 2-1 FC Horikoshi Yokogawa Musashino FC 2-0 Ehime FC SC Tottori 1-5 YKK AP Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-3 Ryutsu Keizai University Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-0 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Round 5 [Apr 23] Ehime FC 2-1 Sagawa Printing SC Sony Sendai FC 1-0 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Ryutsu Keizai University 3-1 Denso [Apr 24] Honda FC 3-0 SC Tottori YKK AP 2-0 Yokogawa Musashino FC Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 0-1 Alo's Hokuriku FC Horikoshi 3-1 Tochigi SC Honda Lock 3-4 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Round 6 [Apr 29] Alo's Hokuriku 1-3 Sony Sendai FC Sagawa Printing SC 0-2 YKK AP [Apr 30] FC Horikoshi 1-1 Honda Lock Tochigi SC 1-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 2-2 Ehime FC Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-0 Honda FC SC Tottori 4-0 Ryutsu Keizai University Denso 1-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Round 7 [May 3] YKK AP 0-0 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 0-1 FC Horikoshi [May 4] Honda FC 2-0 Sagawa Printing SC Ehime FC 2-0 Alo's Hokuriku Sony Sendai FC 0-3 Tochigi SC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-1 SC Tottori Ryutsu Keizai University 1-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Honda Lock 2-5 Denso Round 8 [May 7] Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 5-1 Honda Lock Yokogawa Musashino FC 5-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Sagawa Printing SC 2-1 Ryutsu Keizai University [May 8] FC Horikoshi 3-0 Sony Sendai FC Tochigi SC 3-2 Ehime FC Alo's Hokuriku 2-1 YKK AP Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-3 Honda FC SC Tottori 2-2 Denso Round 9 [May 14] Ehime FC 1-0 FC Horikoshi Ryutsu Keizai University 1-2 Sagawa Express Osaka SC [May 15] Honda FC 3-2 Alo's Hokuriku YKK AP 0-1 Tochigi SC Sony Sendai FC 1-2 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Denso 0-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-2 Sagawa Printing SC Honda Lock 1-2 SC Tottori Round 10 [May 21] Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 1-0 Ehime FC Alo's Hokuriku 2-2 Ryutsu Keizai University Sagawa Express Osaka SC 3-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Sagawa Printing SC 1-0 Denso Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-2 SC Tottori [May 22] Sony Sendai FC 3-1 Honda Lock FC Horikoshi 2-0 YKK AP Tochigi SC 3-2 Honda FC Round 11 [May 28] Ryutsu Keizai University 0-6 Tochigi SC SC Tottori 0-1 Sagawa Printing SC [May 29] Honda FC 2-1 FC Horikoshi YKK AP 3-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Ehime FC 1-2 Sony Sendai FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 0-1 Alo's Hokuriku Honda Lock 1-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Denso 0-2 Sagawa Express Osaka SC FC Horikoshi 2-0 YKK AP Round 12 [Jun 4] FC Horikoshi 5-2 Ryutsu Keizai University Sagawa Express Osaka SC 0-0 SC Tottori [Jun 5] Ehime FC 4-1 Honda Lock Sony Sendai FC 0-4 YKK AP Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 0-2 Honda FC Tochigi SC 2-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Alo's Hokuriku 4-2 Denso Sagawa Printing SC 0-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Round 13 [Jun 11] Ryutsu Keizai University 0-7 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Yokogawa Musashino FC 2-2 Sagawa Express Osaka SC SC Tottori 0-1 Alo's Hokuriku [Jun 12] Honda FC 1-1 Sony Sendai FC YKK AP 1-2 Ehime FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-4 FC Horikoshi Honda Lock 1-4 Sagawa Printing SC Denso 0-4 Tochigi SC Round 14 [Jun 18] Sony Sendai FC 3-3 Ryutsu Keizai University Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 1-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC FC Horikoshi 0-1 Denso Alo's Hokuriku 1-0 Yokogawa Musashino FC Ehime FC 2-2 Honda FC [Jun 19] YKK AP 3-1 Honda Lock Tochigi SC 5-0 SC Tottori Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-2 Sagawa Printing SC Round 15 [Jun 25] Ryutsu Keizai University 1-4 Ehime FC [Jun 26] Honda FC 2-2 YKK AP Sagawa Printing SC 0-1 Alo's Hokuriku Yokogawa Musashino FC 0-1 Tochigi SC Denso 0-3 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 0-3 Sony Sendai FC Honda Lock 0-4 Sagawa Express Osaka SC SC Tottori 1-0 FC Horikoshi 2nd Half Round 1 [Jul 2] Sagawa Printing SC 1-1 Tochigi SC Yokogawa Musashino FC 3-1 FC Horikoshi Ryutsu Keizai University 1-5 YKK AP [Jul 3] Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-4 Alo's Hokuriku Honda Lock 1-2 Honda FC SC Tottori 3-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Denso 0-4 Sony Sendai FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 0-2 Ehime FC Round 2 [Jul 9] Ehime FC 1-0 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 2-2 Tochigi SC Ryutsu Keizai University 2-4 SC Tottori [Jul 10] Honda FC 0-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC YKK AP 4-2 Sagawa Printing SC Sony Sendai FC 2-0 Alo's Hokuriku Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 3-8 Denso Honda Lock 2-3 FC Horikoshi Round 3 [Jul 16] Sagawa Printing SC 1-2 Honda FC Tochigi SC 1-0 Sony Sendai FC Alo's Hokuriku 0-1 Ehime FC SC Tottori 4-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC [Jul 17] FC Horikoshi 2-0 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 0-3 YKK AP [Jul 18] Yokogawa Musashino FC 3-1 Ryutsu Keizai University [Aug 6] Denso 1-2 Honda Lock Round 4 [Jul 23] Honda Lock 0-3 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Ryutsu Keizai University 1-1 Sagawa Printing SC Denso 2-3 SC Tottori [Jul 24] Ehime FC 1-0 Tochigi SC Sony Sendai FC 0-1 FC Horikoshi YKK AP 1-0 Alo's Hokuriku Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 2-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC Honda FC 2-1 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Round 5 [Jul 30] Sagawa Express Osaka SC 2-1 Ryutsu Keizai University Tochigi SC 1-2 YKK AP Alo's Hokuriku 3-2 Honda FC SC Tottori 3-1 Honda Lock [Jul 31] FC Horikoshi 1-3 Ehime FC Yokogawa Musashino FC 0-0 Denso Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 4-0 Sony Sendai FC Sagawa Printing SC 1-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Round 6 [Sep 24] Ryutsu Keizai University 0-3 Alo's Hokuriku Ehime FC 0-3 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC SC Tottori 0-2 Yokogawa Musashino FC [Sep 25] Honda FC 0-0 Tochigi SC YKK AP 6-1 FC Horikoshi Denso 0-0 Sagawa Printing SC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-2 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Honda Lock 1-4 Sony Sendai FC Round 7 [Oct 1] Sony Sendai FC 1-2 Ehime FC Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-1 Honda Lock [Oct 2] Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 2-1 YKK AP FC Horikoshi 2-1 Honda FC Tochigi SC 2-1 Ryutsu Keizai University Alo's Hokuriku 5-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 2-0 Denso Sagawa Printing SC 3-2 SC Tottori Round 8 [Oct 15] Ryutsu Keizai University 3-2 FC Horikoshi Denso 0-4 Alo's Hokuriku [Oct 16] Honda FC 1-3 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-1 Sagawa Printing SC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-5 Tochigi SC Honda Lock 0-3 Ehime FC YKK AP 3-2 Sony Sendai FC SC Tottori 0-2 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Round 9 [Oct 22] Ehime FC 0-1 YKK AP Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 3-1 Ryutsu Keizai University FC Horikoshi 6-2 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-0 Yokogawa Musashino FC [Oct 23] Sagawa Printing SC 2-2 Honda Lock Sony Sendai FC 0-1 Honda FC Tochigi SC 4-4 Denso Alo's Hokuriku 4-0 SC Tottori Round 10 [Oct 29] Sagawa Express Osaka SC 1-1 Sony Sendai FC Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-0 YKK AP Denso 0-2 Ryutsu Keizai University [Oct 30] Tochigi SC 1-0 FC Horikoshi Alo's Hokuriku 2-2 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Sagawa Printing SC 1-2 Ehime FC Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 0-1 Honda Lock SC Tottori 3-4 Honda FC Round 11 [Nov 5] Ehime FC 3-0 Yokogawa Musashino FC Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 2-1 Sagawa Express Osaka SC [Nov 6] Honda FC 1-1 Denso YKK AP 2-0 SC Tottori Sony Sendai FC 1-0 Sagawa Printing SC FC Horikoshi 0-2 Alo's Hokuriku Ryutsu Keizai University 2-1 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Honda Lock 1-3 Tochigi SC Round 12 [Nov 12] Yokogawa Musashino FC 1-2 Sony Sendai FC Ryutsu Keizai University 2-2 Honda Lock [Nov 13] Alo's Hokuriku 0-0 Tochigi SC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 2-3 FC Horikoshi Sagawa Printing SC 0-1 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Denso 1-2 YKK AP Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-5 Honda FC SC Tottori 1-1 Ehime FC Round 13 [Nov 19] Sony Sendai FC 2-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC FC Horikoshi 4-1 SC Tottori Alo's Hokuriku 1-0 Sagawa Printing SC Sagawa Express Osaka SC 3-1 Honda Lock [Nov 20] YKK AP 1-0 Honda FC Ehime FC 0-2 Ryutsu Keizai University Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 2-0 Denso Tochigi SC 2-3 Yokogawa Musashino FC Round 14 [Nov 26] Sagawa Printing SC 2-4 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Yokogawa Musashino FC 0-1 Alo's Hokuriku Ryutsu Keizai University 1-1 Sony Sendai FC [Nov 27] Honda Lock 2-2 YKK AP Honda FC 1-3 Ehime FC Denso 0-0 FC Horikoshi Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 1-4 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC SC Tottori 1-1 Tochigi SC Round 15 [Dec 4] Honda FC 2-1 Ryutsu Keizai University YKK AP 1-0 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC Ehime FC 2-0 Denso Sony Sendai FC 0-0 SC Tottori Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 0-1 Yokogawa Musashino FC FC Horikoshi 1-1 Sagawa Printing SC Tochigi SC 1-0 Sagawa Express Osaka SC Alo's Hokuriku 2-1 Honda Lock Final Table: G W D L GF GA P GD 1.Ehime FC 30 21 3 6 54-26 66 +28 2.YKK AP 30 20 4 6 63-28 64 +35 3.Alo's Hokuriku 30 19 4 7 52-26 61 +26 4.Tochigi SC 30 16 9 5 60-32 57 +28 5.Honda FC 30 17 5 8 59-37 56 +22 6.Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 30 16 4 10 55-33 52 +22 7.Sony Sendai FC 30 15 5 10 48-37 50 +11 8.FC Horikoshi 30 15 3 12 53-40 48 +13 9.Yokogawa Musashino FC 30 14 6 10 37-29 48 +8 10.Sagawa Express Osaka SC 30 13 6 11 42-36 43 +6 11.Sagawa Printing SC 30 9 7 14 34-43 34 -9 12.SC Tottori 30 9 6 15 40-58 33 -18 13.Ryutsu Keizai University 30 5 7 18 39-79 22 -40 14.Denso 30 4 7 19 33-63 19 -30 15.Honda Lock 30 3 6 21 38-79 15 -41 16.Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC 30 2 2 26 24-85 8 -61 NB: Ehime promoted to J-League 2 Season-End Goal Ranking R Name (SUR-First) Team Goals 1 OTSUBO Hirokazu Sagawa Osaka 18 2 HONDA Shinji Sony Sendai 17 3 HASEGAWA Mitsuru YKK AP 16 4 AMARAL FC Horikoshi 15 5 SUZUKI Kodai Honda FC 14 WAKABAYASHI Manabu Tochigi SC 14 ISHIBASHI Naoki Alo's Hokuriku 14 MASUMOTO Kohei SC Tottori 14 OKUSHI Yoshihide Honda Lock 14 10 KISHIDA Hiroki YKK AP 13 YOSHIDA Kentaro Tochigi SC 13 JFL Awards Team Awards Champion Ehime FC Runners-Up YKK AP (YKK AP FC) 3rd Rank Alo's Hokuriku (Hokuriku Electric Power SC Alo's Hokuriku) Fair Play Award Sagawa Express Tokyo SC Encourage Award Tochigi SC Personal Awards MVP HAMAOKA Kazuhisa (Ehime FC) - 30 games, 6 goals Best Scorer OTSUBO Hirokazu (Sagawa Express Osaka SC) - 18 goals Rookie of the Year KISHIDA Hiroki (YKK AP) - 28 games, 13 goals Coach of the Year MOCHIZUKI Kazuhito (Ehime FC) - 21 wins, 3 draws, 6 losts (as Champion) Encourage Award TOMOCHIKA Toshirou (Ehime FC) Best XI GK - HADA Keisuke (Ehime FC) DF - HAMANO Yuki (YKK AP) KANAMORI Tomoya (Ehime FC) KAWAMAE Rikiya (Alo's Hokuriku) MIYOSHI Takuji (Alo's Hokuriku) MF - URUNO Jun (Honda FC) USHIBANA Takeshi (YKK AP) HAMAOKA Kazuhisa (Ehime FC) HOTTA Toshiaki (Tochigi SC) FW - HASEGAWA Mitsuru (YKK AP) OTSUBO Hirokazu (Sagawa Express Osaka SC) Supporter Awards Best Supporters Award Ehime FC Supporters Changes for 2006 season: Ehime FC has been promoted to J.League Division 2. No teams are relegated. FC Ryukyu (from Okinawa, Kyushu League), JEF United Ichihara Chiba Amateur (from Chiba, Kanto League - its top team is in J1), and Rosso Kumamoto (from Kumamoto, Kyushu League) have been promoted to JFL. 18 clubs play in JFL 2006.

2004.

2005 (4th and lower levels).

2006.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of league cup finals.

list of super cup finals.

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Prepared and maintained by Masanori "Komabano" Nakanishi and Hamdan Saaid for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Masanori "Komabano" Nakanishi (HQM07536@nifty.ne.jp) and Hamdan Saaid (hrs97@rocketmail.com)
Last updated: 5 Mar 2006

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