J. League 2007

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The J. League 2007 season is the 15th season since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1, 2007.

[edit] General

[edit] Promotion/Relegation

At the end of the 2006 Season, Yokohama F.C., Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were promoted to J1
At the end of the 2006 Season, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated to J2.

[edit] Changes in Competition Formats

In the past, J.LEAGUE Champion qualified to A3 Champions Cup, but from 2007, the Nabisco Cup winner receives the A3 berth.
J.LEAGUE champion receives the host spot at the FIFA Club World Cup, unless a Japanese club receives the AFC spot as the ACL winner.

[edit] Changes in Clubs

Kyoto Purple Sanga is renamed Kyoto Sanga F.C.

[edit] Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka
J. League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Kyoto Sanga
Emperor's Cup	Kashima Antlers	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima Antlers Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	n/a

[edit] J. League Division 1

[edit] 2007 J1 Clubs

Following eighteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Yokohama F.C., Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe are newly promoted clubs.

Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol
F.C. Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F.C.
Ventforet Kofu
Albirex Nigata
Shimizu S-Pulse
Jublio Iwata
Nagayo Grampus Eight
Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Oita Trinita

[edit] 2007 J1 Format

Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

Goal differential
Goals scored
Head-to-head results

A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The bottom two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation Series.

Changes from Previous Year

none

[edit] 2007 J1 Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	ALB	FCT	GMB	JEF	JUB	KAS	KSH	KAW	NAG	OIT	OMI	SAN	SHI	URA	VEN	VIS	YFC	YFM
ALB	XXX	2-1	2-1	0-1	1-1	1-1	1-2	2-0	4-0	0-2	1-0	2-1	0-2	2-2	3-1	3-1	3-1	0-6
FCT	1-3	XXX	1-1	4-1	0-1	1-2	0-1	0-7	0-1	1-2	1-2	2-4	2-0	0-2	2-1	3-1	1-0	2-1
GMB	3-1	6-2	XXX	2-0	5-2	5-1	2-1	2-2	3-1	1-0	1-0	3-0	1-1	0-1	5-0	1-1	2-1	0-2
JEF	1-2	3-2	1-2	XXX	3-2	3-3	1-1	1-3	0-2	6-0	1-0	1-3	1-3	2-4	3-2	4-2	4-0	2-3
JUB	2-4	5-2	1-1	1-0	XXX	1-3	4-0	1-3	1-0	2-1	0-0	4-2	0-1	0-2	2-1	2-3	3-0	1-0
KAS	3-1	1-2	0-1	3-1	2-1	XXX	1-0	4-1	2-1	3-0	0-0	5-1	3-0	0-1	2-0	3-2	2-1	1-1
KSH	0-0	2-0	1-2	1-0	4-0	0-1	XXX	4-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	1-3	0-2	1-1	1-3	1-1	1-0
KAW	4-3	5-2	4-1	1-1	2-3	1-0	0-0	XXX	1-1	2-2	1-1	3-0	2-1	1-1	1-1	2-1	1-1	1-2
NAG	2-0	0-1	1-4	2-0	0-0	3-0	2-0	2-2	XXX	1-2	5-0	2-3	1-2	1-2	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-3
OIT	1-1	0-0	0-4	0-1	1-0	2-2	2-1	2-0	1-3	XXX	3-1	3-4	1-2	2-2	4-1	2-0	2-0	0-3
OMI	2-1	0-2	0-3	0-1	0-2	1-2	1-1	1-1	1-0	1-2	XXX	1-0	1-2	1-1	1-2	1-3	1-0	0-0
SAN	0-0	0-5	2-2	2-2	0-1	0-1	1-1	1-1	1-3	2-0	2-1	XXX	2-1	2-4	2-2	1-1	0-2	1-3
SHI	3-1	1-3	3-1	2-2	2-1	1-2	0-1	3-1	3-0	2-0	2-2	3-1	XXX	0-1	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-1
URA	1-0	3-2	1-1	1-1	2-1	0-1	1-1	1-2	0-0	2-1	0-1	4-1	0-0	XXX	2-0	2-0	2-1	1-1
VEN	0-1	0-1	1-2	0-1	1-6	0-1	3-2	1-3	0-2	2-0	0-0	2-1	0-0	1-4	XXX	4-3	1-0	1-1
VIS	0-1	0-0	2-2	2-1	4-0	1-1	2-1	1-1	5-0	1-3	0-0	3-2	1-0	1-2	4-1	XXX	3-0	0-0
YFC	0-2	0-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	0-1	2-4	0-1	1-2	2-1	0-1	1-2	1-1	1-0	0-2	0-3	XXX	1-0
YFM	1-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	4-1	2-3	0-2	2-1	0-2	5-0	0-2	2-2	0-2	0-1	1-0	1-4	8-1	XXX

[edit] 2007 J1 Final Standing

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Note
1.	Kashima Antlers (C)	72	34	22	6	6	60	36	+24	2007 J. League Division 1 Champion Qualifies to 2008 ACL, and Super Cup
2.	Urawa Red Diamonds	70	34	20	10	4	55	28	+27	Qualifies to 2008 ACL†
3.	Gamba Osaka	67	34	19	10	5	71	37	+34	Qualifies to 2008 ACL†, A3‡ and PPCC‡
4.	Shimizu S-Pulse	61	34	18	7	9	53	36	+17
5.	Kawasaki Frontale	54	34	14	12	8	66	48	+18
6.	Albirex Niigata	51	34	15	6	13	48	47	+1
7.	Yokohama F. Marinos	50	34	14	8	12	54	35	+19
8.	Kashiwa Reysol	50	34	14	8	12	43	36	+7
9.	Júbilo Iwata	49	34	15	4	15	54	55	-1
10.	Vissel Kobe	47	34	13	8	13	58	48	+10
11.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	45	34	13	6	15	43	45	-2
12.	F.C. Tokyo	45	34	14	3	17	49	58	-9
13.	JEF Chiba	42	34	12	6	16	51	56	-5
14.	Oita Trinita	41	34	12	5	17	42	60	-18
15.	Omiya Ardija	35	34	8	11	15	24	40	-16
16.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (R)	32	34	8	8	18	44	71	-27	Lost the Pro/Rele Series and Relegated to Division 2
17.	Ventforet Kofu (R)	27	34	7	6	21	33	65	-32	Relegate to J. League 2
18.	Yokohama F.C. (R)	16	34	4	4	26	19	66	-47	Relegate to J. League 2

† Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the 2006 Emperor's Cup runners-up.
‡ Gamba Osaka qualifies to A3 and PPC as the Nabisco Cup winner.

[edit] 2007 J1 Golden Boots Ranking

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	22	0/1	31	125	0.72
2nd	Bare	Gamba Osaka	20	0/0	31	127	0.70
3rd	Edmilson	Albirex Niigata	19	4/4	29	122	0.67
4th	Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	5/6	29	150	0.60
5th	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	16	1/3	26	94	0.66
6th	Leandro	Vissel Kobe	15	0/0	32	73	0.52
7th	Hideo Oshima	Yokohama F. Marinos	14	0/0	30	58	0.49
	Yoshito Okubo	Vissel Kobe	14	3/5	31	92	0.47
	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	14	0/0	31	110	0.46
10th	Frode Johnsen	Nagoya Grampus Eight	13	1/1	26	60	0.51
	Cho Jae-Jin	Shimizu S-Pulse	13	0/0	28	65	0.51

[edit] J. League Division 2

[edit] 2007 J2 Clubs

Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Sanga F.C. relegated from J1 last year.

Consadole Sapporo
Vegalta Sendai
Montedio Yamagata
Mito HollyHocks
Thespa Kusatsu
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Shonan Bellmare
Kyoto Sanga F.C.
Cerezo Osaka
Tokushima Vortis
Ehime F.C.
Avispa Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu

[edit] 2007 J2 Format

Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

Goal differential
Goals scored
Head-to-head results

A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation series.

Changes from Previous Year

none

[edit] 2007 J2 Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Note
1.	Consadole Sapporo (C)	91	48	27	10	11	66	45	+21	2007 J. League Division 2 Champion Promoted to Division 1
2.	Tokyo Verdy 1969 (P)	89	48	26	11	11	90	57	+33	Promoted to Division 1
3.	Kyoto Sanga (P)	86	48	24	14	10	80	59	+21	Won the Pro/Rele Series and Promoted to Division 1
4.	Vegalta Sendai	83	48	24	11	13	72	54	+18
5.	Cerezo Osaka	80	48	24	8	16	72	55	+17
6.	Shonan Bellmare	77	48	23	8	17	72	55	+17
7.	Avispa Fukuoka	73	48	22	7	19	77	61	+16
8.	Sagan Tosu	72	48	21	9	18	63	66	-3
9.	Montedio Yamagata	58	48	15	13	20	46	56	-10
10.	Ehime F.C.	45	48	12	9	27	39	66	-27
11.	Thespa Kusatsu	42	48	7	21	20	42	71	-29
12.	Mito HollyHock	34	48	8	10	30	32	70	-38
13.	Tokushima Vortis	33	48	6	15	27	31	67	-36

[edit] 2007 J2 Golden Boots Ranking

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Hulk	Tokyo Verdy 1969	37	6/6	42	229	0.90
2nd	Alex	Avispa Fukuoka	26	9/10	45	111	0.61
3rd	Yoshihito Fujita	Sagan Tosu	24	3/3	44	92	0.56
	Paulinho	Kyoto Sanga F.C.	24	3/4	43	174	0.57
5th	Tatsuya Furuhashi	Cerezo Osaka	18	1/2	47	125	0.40
6th	Davi	Consadole Sapporo	17	0/1	39	89	0.45
7th	Lincoln	Avispa Fukuoka	16	1/2	39	71	0.49
8th	Andre	Kyoto Sanga F.C.	15	0/0	31	69	0.64
9th	Hiroki Bandai	Vegalta Sendai	14	3/3	40	70	0.51
	Lopes	Vegalta Sendai	14	6/7	42	153	0.34

[edit] Promotion & Relegation

[edit] Clubs relegated (J1 to J2)

Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama F.C.

[edit] Clubs promoted (J2 to J1)

Consadole Sapporo
Tokyo Verdy 1969

[edit] Promotion/Relegation Series 2007

The game was conducted between Kyoto Sanga F.C. from J2 and J1's Sanfrecce Hiroshima. After two games, Kyoto Sanga F.C. edged Sanfrecche Hiroshima with 2-1 results and earned their promotion to Division 1.

December 5, 2007 19:00	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto Attendance: 12,637 Referee: Masayoshi Okada
	28' Yutaka Tahara 39' Yutaka Tahara	Official Report	88' Ryuichi Hirashige

December 8, 2007 16:00	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 0	Kyoto Sanga	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima Attendance: 23,162 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
		Official Report

[edit] Awards

[edit] Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Robson Ponte	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Takanori Sugeno	Yokohama FC
Manager of the Year	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Kashima Antlers
Top Scorer	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	22 goals
Fair Play Player Award	Daisuke Sakata	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Teruyoshi Ito	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Referee of the Year	Masayoshi Okada
Assistant Referee of the Year	Toru Sagara
Meritoriousness Player Award	Yasuto Honda
	Amaral
	Shoji Jo

[edit] Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Ryōta Tsuzuki (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Daiki Iwamasa (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
MF	Keita Suzuki (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
MF	Robson Ponte (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil
MF	Kengo Nakamura (2)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endo (5)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Juninho (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil
FW	Baré (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the amount of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

[edit] Attendance

Team	Attendance (Average)
Team	Division 1	Division 2
Urawa Red Diamonds	793,347 (46,667)
Albirex Niigata	650,698 (38,276)
F.C. Tokyo	429,934 (25,290)
Yokohama F. Marinos	408,656 (24,039)
Oita Trinita	335,896 (19,759)
Gamba Osaka	296,465 (17,439)
Kawasaki Frontale	294,751 (17,338)
Júbilo Iwata	278,109 (16,359)
Kashima Antlers	276,058 (16,239)
Shimizu S-Pulse	271,180 (15,952)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	264,939 (15,585)
Vegalta Sendai		352,432 (14,685)
JEF Chiba	240,535 (14,149)
Yokohama F.C.	238,662 (14,039)
Ventforet Kofu	233,476 (13,734)
Kashiwa Reysol	220,442 (12,967)
Vissel Kobe	211,822 (12,460)
Consadole Sapporo		290,676 (12,112)
Omiya Ardija	199,602 (11,741)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	194,199 (11,423)
Avispa Fukuoka		228,702 (9,529)
Tokyo Verdy 1969		175,850 (7,327)
Kyoto Sanga		159,105 (6,629)
Cerezo Osaka		159,044 (6,627)
Sagan Tosu		146,731 (6,114)
Shonan Bellmare		112,254 (4,677)
Montedio Yamagata		101,836 (4,243)
Thespa Kusatsu		91,401 (3,808)
Ehime F.C.		79,619 (3,317)
Tokushima Vortis		78,936 (3,289)
Mito HollyHock		57,957 (2,415)

[edit] External links

J. League Official Stats

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J. League

Domestic League, League Cup, & Emperor's Cup Seasons

Division 1 & 2	1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008

League Cup	1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008

Emperor's Cup	2006 · 2007

2008 J. League Clubs & Associate Members

Division 1 (18 clubs)	Consadole Sapporo · Kashima Antlers · Omiya Ardija · Urawa Red Diamonds · JEF United Ichihara Chiba · Kashiwa Reysol · F.C. Tokyo · Tokyo Verdy · Kawasaki Frontale · Yokohama F. Marinos · Albirex Niigata · Shimizu S-Pulse · Júbilo Iwata · Nagoya Grampus · Kyoto Sanga F.C. · Gamba Osaka · Vissel Kobe · Oita Trinita

Division 2 (15 clubs)	Vegalta Sendai · Montedio Yamagata · Mito HollyHock · Thespa Kusatsu · Yokohama F.C. · Shonan Bellmare · Ventforet Kofu · F.C. Gifu · Cerezo Osaka · Tokushima Vortis · Sanfrecce Hiroshima · Ehime F.C. · Avispa Fukuoka · Sagan Tosu · Roasso Kumamoto

Defunct Club(s)	Yokohama Flügels

Associate Members	Tochigi S.C. · Kataller Toyama · Gainare Tottori · Fagiano Okayama F.C. · New Wave Kitakyushu

Competitions involving Japanese clubs

Domestic	J. League Division 1 · J. League Division 2 · Yamazaki Nabisco Cup · Emperor's Cup · Promotion/Relegation Series · Xerox Super Cup · JOMO All-Star Soccer

Defunct	Suntory Championship · Sanwa Bank Cup · A3 Champions Cup (possibly)

International	AFC Champions League · Pan-Pacific Championship · Suruga Bank Championship

J. League Awards

Most Valuable Player · Top Scorer · Rookie of the Year · Best Eleven · Manager of the Year

See Also

Japanese football league system · J. League Associate Membership · J. League records · J. League contracts · Japanese football champions · Notable J. League players · List of football clubs in Japan

2007 in Asian Football (AFC)