2006 J. League Division 1

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J. League Division 1
Season2006
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds
1st J. League title
5th Japanese title
RelegatedAvispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions LeagueUrawa Red Diamonds
Kawasaki Frontale
(all to the group stage)
Matches played306
Goals scored976 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerBorges (26 goals total)
Highest attendance62,241 (Round 34,
Red Diamonds vs. Gamba)
Lowest attendance3,671 (Round 6,
Purple Sanga vs. Avispa)
Average attendance18,292
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 J. League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J. League. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.

General

Promotion/relegation

  • At the end of the 2005 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka,and Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1.
  • At the end of the 2005 season, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2.
  • At the end of the 2005 season, Ehime FC was promoted to J2 from JFL

Changes in competition format

  • The Division 2 was expanded to 13 clubs.
  • In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. two-legged league cup games) away goals rule is adopted.

Changes in clubs

none

Honours

CompetitionChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
J. League Division 1Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki FrontaleGamba Osaka
J. League Division 2Yokohama FCKashiwa ReysolVissel Kobe
Emperor's CupUrawa Red DiamondsGamba OsakaKashima Antlers
Consadole Sapporo
Nabisco CupJEF United ChibaKashima AntlersKawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super CupUrawa Red DiamondsGamba Osaka 

Clubs

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Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers
Omiya Ardija
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
F.C. Tokyo
F.C. Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale
Ventforet Kofu
Ventforet Kofu
JEF United Chiba
JEF United Chiba
Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse
Shimizu S-Pulse
Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nagoya
Grampus
Eight
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce
Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka
Avispa
Fukuoka
Oita Trinita
Oita Trinita

Following eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu are newly promoted clubs.

  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Omiya Ardija
  • JEF United Chiba
  • F.C. Tokyo
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Ventforet Kofu Arrowupgreen.png
  • Albirex Nigata
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Jublio Iwata
  • Nagayo Grampus Eight
  • Kyoto Purple Sanga Arrowupgreen.png
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Avispa Fukuoka Arrowupgreen.png
  • Oita Trinita

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

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1Urawa Red Diamonds (C)3422666728+3972Qualification to 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2Kawasaki Frontale3420778455+2967
3Gamba Osaka3420688048+3266
4Shimizu S-Pulse34186106041+1960
5Júbilo Iwata34177106851+1758
6Kashima Antlers34184126253+958
7Nagoya Grampus Eight34139125149+248
8Oita Trinita34138134745+247
9Yokohama F. Marinos34136154943+645
10Sanfrecce Hiroshima34136155056−645
11JEF United Chiba34135165758−144
12Omiya Ardija34135164355−1244
13FC Tokyo34134175665−943
14Albirex Niigata34126164665−1942
15Ventforet Kofu34126164264−2242
16Avispa Fukuoka (R)34512173256−24272006 Promotion/Relegation Series
17Cerezo Osaka (R)3469194470−2627Relegation to 2007 J. League Division 2
18Kyoto Purple Sanga (R)34410203874−3622

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home Away[1]ALBANTARDAVICERFROGAMGRAJEFJÚBSANSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVENFMA
Albirex Niigata0–11–20–12–22–11–02–11–20–21–11–14–22–03–32–13–01–0
Kashima Antlers5–12–14–12–02–43–12–10–43–01–00–23–13–20–12–23–10–3
Omiya Ardija1–20–32–22–01–50–21–44–22–11–00–11–00–12–20–23–12–1
Avispa Fukuoka2–02–11–11–01–21–10–11–32–14–50–21–20–00–20–11–11–3
Cerezo Osaka3–12–20–10–01–31–61–13–22–32–24–21–11–50–21–22–32–0
Kawasaki Frontale6–03–23–12–11–03–24–22–23–42–03–32–22–22–10–22–01–1
Gamba Osaka3–01–03–12–23–14–05–11–02–23–23–23–01–01–31–12–01–1
Nagoya Grampus Eight3–10–02–02–03–20–23–32–13–11–12–31–11–20–31–05–11–1
JEF United Chiba1–30–11–32–22–11–21–22–30–02–00–11–33–42–12–02–20–2
Júbilo Iwata7–03–32–11–13–11–23–22–23–11–13–01–04–12–33–22–03–1
Kyoto Purple Sanga1–11–21–12–14–42–71–40–11–21–32–22–11–01–11–51–10–4
Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–13–41–01–01–11–31–30–02–42–11–01–25–20–11–41–33–0
Shimizu S-Pulse1–11–21–14–01–04–32–32–01–22–01–03–02–04–12–14–01–0
FC Tokyo1–42–41–25–12–35–43–22–12–33–12–10–20–12–00–01–31–2
Oita Trinita4–02–01–20–01–11–10–20–10–31–22–11–13–30–12–13–21–2
Urawa Red Diamonds3–14–02–02–13–02–23–20–02–03–13–02–11–04–01–03–01–0
Ventforet Kofu0–42–13–21–10–11–03–22–12–31–13–11–00–21–32–01–11–0
Yokohama F. Marinos2–02–11–20–03–11–23–42–11–10–14–12–12–31–10–11–33–0

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

PosScorerClubGoals[1]
1 WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds
26
Magno AlvesGamba Osaka
26
3 JuninhoKawasaki Frontale
20
4 Kazuki GanahaKawasaki Frontale
18
LucasFC Tokyo
18
Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima
18
7 Ryūji BandoGamba Osaka
16
Cho Jae-JinShimizu S-Pulse
16
UesleiSanfrecce Hiroshima
16
10 Ryoichi MaedaJúbilo Iwata
15

Attendance Figures

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Urawa Red Diamonds774,74962,24116,04045,5730.15793886729171+15.7%†
2Albirex Niigata658,05042,05633,99338,709-0.96497482175799−3.5%†
3FC Tokyo409,63441,52817,03324,096-0.88911848271282−11.0%†
4Yokohama F. Marinos402,27050,57211,62323,663-0.92027379146735−7.9%†
5Oita Trinita345,95528,69012,84320,350-0.92164855072464−7.8%†
6Júbilo Iwata306,03337,71110,56018,0020.04081868640148+4.0%†
7Gamba Osaka276,39520,9168,38816,2590.018351496930978+1.8%†
8Kashima Antlers262,36534,2367,42715,433-0.82790622820664−17.2%†
9Nagoya Grampus Eight253,70232,1096,61814,9240.12311860325105+12.3%†
10Kawasaki Frontale243,78023,0059,43014,3400.049934104554108+4.9%†
11Shimizu S-Pulse243,13724,9209,07914,3020.1215495608532+12.1%†
12Avispa Fukuoka234,25921,5458,58513,7800.2775820508066+27.7%†
13JEF United Chiba227,68017,4388,56713,3930.404614577871+40.4%†
14Cerezo Osaka221,43830,5616,28213,026-0.73810063463282−26.1%†
15Ventforet Kofu207,62917,0008,02512,2130.76208339344972+76.2%†
16Sanfrecce Hiroshima190,06617,5645,54511,180-0.89247225991858−10.7%†
17Omiya Ardija173,98635,0594,87310,2340.025450901803607+2.5%†
18Kyoto Purple Sanga166,28016,4923,6709,7810.24487717958508+24.4%†
 League total5,597,40862,2413,67018,292−2.5%†

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the Year Marcus Tulio TanakaUrawa Red Diamonds 
Young Player of the Year Jungo FujimotoShimizu S-Pulse 
Manager of the Year Guido BuchwaldUrawa Red Diamonds 
Top Scorer WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds26 goals.
Magno AlvesGamba Osaka26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Satoru YamagishiJEF United Ichihara Chiba 
Yuichi NemotoOita Trinita 
Referee of the Year Toru Kamikawa  
Assistant Referee of the Year Yoshikazu Hiroshima  
Meritoriousness Player Award Nobuyuki Kojima  
Naoki Soma  
Masaaki Sawanobori  

Best Eleven

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKYoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1)Jubilo IwataJapan
DFMarcus Tulio Tanaka (3)Urawa Red DiamondsJapan
DFSatoshi Yamaguchi (1)Gamba OsakaJapan
DFAkira Kaji (1)Gamba OsakaJapan
MFKeita Suzuki (1)Urawa Red DiamondsJapan
MFYuki Abe (2)JEF United Ichihara ChibaJapan
MFKengo Nakamura (1)Kawasaki FrontaleJapan
MFHiroyuki Taniguchi (1)Kawasaki FrontaleJapan
MFYasuhito Endo (4)Gamba OsakaJapan
FWWashington (1)Urawa Red DiamondsBrazil
FWMagno Alves (1)Gamba OsakaBrazil

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

References

  1. Jump up ^ "2006 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 

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Football clubs in Japan, 2014
J. League Division 1
  • Albirex Niigata
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Omiya Ardija
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Nagoya Grampus
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Sagan Tosu
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • FC Tokyo
  • Vegalta Sendai
  • Ventforet Kofu
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Tokushima Vortis
J. League Division 2
  • Avispa Fukuoka
  • Shonan Bellmare
  • Consadole Sapporo
  • Ehime FC
  • Fagiano Okayama
  • FC Gifu
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu
  • Mito HollyHock
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Júbilo Iwata
  • Kamatamare Sanuki
  • Kataller Toyama
  • Montedio Yamagata
  • Roasso Kumamoto
  • Kyoto Sanga
  • Thespakusatsu Gunma
  • Tochigi SC
  • Oita Trinita
  • V-Varen Nagasaki
  • Tokyo Verdy
  • Matsumoto Yamaga
  • Yokohama FC
J3 League
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  • Fukushima United
  • Gainare Tottori
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  • SC Sagamihara
  • YSCC
  • Machida Zelvia
  • Zweigen Kanazawa
J. League Associates
  • Azul Claro Numazu
  • Renofa Yamaguchi
  • Nara Club
  • Tonan Maebashi
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2006 in Japanese football
Domestic leagues
  • J. League Division 1
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  • Emperor's Cup
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Asian competitions
  • AFC Champions League
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J. League Division 1
  • Albirex Niigata
  • Avispa Fukuoka
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • F.C. Tokyo
  • Gamba Osaka
  • JEF United Ichihara Chiba
  • Júbilo Iwata
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Kyoto Purple Sanga
  • Nagoya Grampus Eight
  • Oita Trinita
  • Omiya Ardija
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Ventforet Kofu
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
J. League Division 2
  • Consadole Sapporo
  • Ehime F.C.
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • Mito HollyHock
  • Montedio Yamagata
  • Sagan Tosu
  • Shonan Bellmare
  • Thespa Kusatsu
  • Tokushima Vortis
  • Tokyo Verdy 1969
  • Vegalta Sendai
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Yokohama F.C.

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