J. League - 2005

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The 2005 season was the 13 season since the establishment of the J. League. The league began on March 5, 2005 and ended on December 3, 2005.

1 General
2 Honours
3 League Tables
4 Top Scorers
- 4.1 Division 1
- 4.2 Division 2
5 Awards
- 5.1 Individual
- 5.2 Best Eleven
6 Attendance
7 External Links

[edit] General

[edit] Promotion/Relegation

At the end of the 2004 Season, Kawasaki Frontale and Omiya Ardija were promoted to J1
At the end of the 2004 Season, there were no relegation to J2.
At the end of the 2004 Season, Tokushima Vortis and Thespa Kusatsu were promoted to J2 from JFL

[edit] Changes in Competition Formats

The Division 1 was expanded to 18 clubs, and Division 2 stays at 12 clubs.
The format of Division 1 was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. league cup finals), golden goal rules were eliminated. Clubs now had to play the full extra time.

[edit] Changes in Clubs

JEF United Ichihara becomes JEF United Ichihara Chiba

[edit] Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Reds	Kashima Antlers
J. League Division 2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Avispa Fukuoka	Ventforet Kofu
Emperor's Cup	Urawa Reds	Shimizu S-Pulse	Cerezo Osaka Omiya Ardija
Nabisco Cup	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Reds Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Yokohama F. Marinos

[edit] League Tables

[edit] Division 1

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Note
1.	' Gamba Osaka	34	18	6	10	82	58	+24	60'	2005 J. League Division 1 Champion Qualifies to 2006 ACL, Super Cup, and A3
2.	Urawa Reds	34	17	8	9	65	37	+28	59
3.	Kashima Antlers	34	16	11	7	61	39	+22	59
4.	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	34	16	11	7	56	42	+14	59
5.	Cerezo Osaka	34	16	11	7	48	40	+8	59
6.	Júbilo Iwata	34	14	9	11	51	41	+10	51
7.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	50	42	+8	50
8.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	15	5	14	54	47	+7	50
9.	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	12	12	10	41	40	+1	41
10.	F.C. Tokyo	34	11	14	9	43	40	+3	47
11.	Oita Trinita	34	12	7	15	44	43	+1	43
12.	Albirex Niigata	34	11	9	14	47	62	-15	42
13.	Omiya Ardija	34	12	5	17	39	50	-11	41
14.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	10	9	15	43	49	-6	43
15.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	9	12	13	40	49	-9	39
16.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	8	11	15	39	54	-15	39	Lost the Pro/Rele Series and Relegated to Division 2
17.	Tokyo Verdy 1969	34	6	12	16	40	73	-33	30	Relegated to Division 2
18.	Vissel Kobe	34	4	9	21	30	67	-37	21	Relegated to Division 2

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Division 2

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Note
1.	Kyoto Purple Sanga	44	30	7	7	89	40	+49	97	2005 J. League Division 2 Champion Promoted to Division 1
2.	Avispa Fukuoka	44	21	15	8	72	43	+29	78	Promoted to Division 1
3.	Ventforet Kofu	44	19	12	13	78	64	+14	69	Won the Pro/Rele Series and Promoted to Division 1
4.	Vegalta Sendai	44	19	11	14	66	47	+19	68
5.	Montedio Yamagata	44	16	16	12	54	45	+9	64
6.	Consadole Sapporo	44	17	12	15	54	57	-3	63
7.	Shonan Bellmare	44	13	15	16	46	59	-13	54
8.	Sagan Tosu	44	14	10	20	58	58	+0	52
9.	Tokushima Vortis	44	12	16	16	60	76	-16	52
10.	Mito HollyHock	44	13	13	18	41	57	-16	52
11.	Yokohama F.C.	44	10	15	19	48	64	-16	45
12.	Thespa Kusatsu	44	5	8	31	26	82	-56	23

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] J1 J2 Playoffs 2005

Three years ago, Ventforet Kofu faced mere extinction as the club was losing money every year in 100 million yens and the team finished last placed for three season in a row. In 2002, the club hired Kazuyuki Umino as the president and he turned everything around. The club started to make profit, attendance increased, and the club's performance became better each year. Finally, in 2005, they managed to finish in third place after defeating the J2 champion, Kyoto Purple Sanga, in the final matchday, as then the third-placed Vegalta Sendai tied.

Kashiwa Reysol on the other hand, finished 16th and had to play this series for two season in a raw. Many believe Kashiwa under-estimated this series as they easily defeated Avispa Fukuoka last year.

The irony was that on Dec. 7 1968, exactly 37 years ago, Venforet Kofu's former club, the Kofu Club, played and lost in Promotion/Relegation Series (JSL1 & JSL2) against the Hitachi Club (Kashiwa Raysol's formal team).

In the final minutes in the first leg, the Kose Sports Stadium blacked outed and the game was stopped. The lights came back after 20-30 minutes. Also, In the second leg of this series, Bare had managed to score double-hattrick (6 goals), which is a record for any J.LEAGUE competitions.

December 7, 2005 19:04
	Ventforet Kofu	2 - 1	Kashiwa Reysol	Kose Sports Stadium, Kofu Attendance: 12,372 Referee: Joji Kashihara
	Kazuki Kuranuki 25' Bare 48'	Official Report	11' Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira

December 10, 2005 15:04
	Kashiwa Reysol	2 - 6	Ventforet Kofu	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa Attendance: 12,013 Referee: Masayoshi Okada
	Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira 52' Yuji Unozawa 86'	Official Report	10' Bare 27' Bare 53' Bare 68' Bare 69' Bare 87' Bare

[edit] Top Scorers

[edit] Division 1

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Araújo	Gamba Osaka	33	0/0	33	135	1.01
2nd	Washington	Tokyo Verdy 1969	22	5/7	33	102	0.69
3rd	Hisato Sato	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	0/0	32	65	0.68
	Edimilson	Albirex Niigata	18	1/1	33	89	0.55
	Magno Alves	Oita Trinita	18	2/3	34	102	0.53
6th	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	16	2/4	31	115	0.53
	Masashi Oguro	Gamba Osaka	16	0/0	31	125	0.56
8th	Alex Mineiro	Kashima Antlers	15	0/0	27	66	0.60
9th	Robert Cullen	Jubilo Iwata	13	0/0	31	52	0.61
10th	Seiichiro Maki	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	12	0/0	33	45	0.38
	Ryoichi Maeda	Jubilo Iwata	12	0/0	25	50	0.58
	Yuki Abe	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	12	5/5	33	77	0.36

[edit] Division 2

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Paulinho	Kyoto Purple Sanga	22	0/1	32	119	0.79
2nd	Bare	Ventforet Kofu	21	1/1	38	155	0.58
3rd	Glaucio	Avispa Fukuoka	18	1/1	37	97	0.50
4th	Taro Hasegawa	Ventforet Kofu	17	0/0	44	78	0.48
	Tatsunori Arai	Sagan Tosu	17	1/1	39	91	0.51
6th	Takaaki Suzuki	Sagan Tosu	15	1/1	44	68	0.42
	Michiaki Kakimoto	Shonan Bellmare	15	2/2	43	93	0.36
	Alemão	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	0/0	34	142	0.50
9th	Baron	Vegalta Sendai	14	2/2	35	87	0.45
10th	Schwenck	Vegalta Sendai	13	0/0	38	103	0.47

[edit] Awards

[edit] Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Araújo	Gamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year	Robert Cullen	Jubilo Iwata
Manager of the Year	Akira Nishino	Gamba Osaka
Top scorer	Araújo	Gamba Osaka	33 goals.
Fair Play Player Award	Teruyuki Moniwa	FC Tokyo
Fair Play Player Award	Masashi Oguro	Gamba Osaka
Referee of the Year	Kazuhiko Matsumura
Assistant Referee of the Year	Masatoshi Shibata
Meritoriousness Player Award	Bismarck

[edit] Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Motohiro Yoshida (1)	Cerezo Osaka	Japan
DF	Ilian Stoyanov (1)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Bulgaria
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2)	Urawa Reds	Japan
DF	Yuji Nakazawa (4)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara (5)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (1)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Japan
MF	Fernandinho (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil
MF	Yasuhito Endo (3)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Tatsuya Furuhashi (1)	Cerezo Osaka	Japan
FW	Araújo (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil
FW	Hisato Satō (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan

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

[edit] Attendance

Team	Home Stadium	Capacity	Attendance (Average)
Team	Home Stadium	Capacity	Division 1	Division 2
Albirex Niigata	Niigata Stadium	42,300	681,945 (40,114)
Urawa Reds	Urawa Komaba Stadium	21,500	669,066 (39,357)
Urawa Reds	Saitama Stadium	63,700	669,066 (39,357)
F.C. Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	50,000	460,721 (27,101)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Nissan Stadium	72,370	437,121 (25,713)
Oita Trinita	Oita Stadium	40,000	375,359 (22,080)
Kashima Antlers	Kashima Stadium	39,026	316,897 (18,641)
Cerezo Osaka	Nagai Stadium	50,000	300,020 (17,648)
Júbilo Iwata	Yamaha Stadium	16,893	294,040 (17,296)
Gamba Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	23,000	271,416 (15,966)
Vegalta Sendai	Sendai Stadium	19,694		350,544 (15,934)
Vissel Kobe	Kobe Wing Stadium	34,000	253,524 (14,913)
Vissel Kobe	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	45,000	253,524 (14,913)
Tokyo Verdy 1969	Ajinomoto Stadium	50,000	250,177 (14,716)
Kawasaki Frontale	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	25,000	232,183 (13,658)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000	225,896 (13,288)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Toyota Stadium	45,000	225,896 (13,288)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Nihondaira Stadium	20,339	216,784 (12,752)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000	212,960 (12,527)
Kashiwa Reysol	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900	212,368 (12,492)
Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium	20,005		244,935 (11,133)
Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo Dome	42,831		244,935 (11,133)
Avispa Fukuoka	Hakata no mori stadium	22,563		237,299 (10,786)
Omiya Ardija	Omiya Park Soccer Stadium	12,500	169,667 (9,980)
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Ichihara Seaside Stadium	16,933	162,089 (9,535)
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena	18,500	162,089 (9,535)
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium	20,242		172,846 (7,857)
Sagan Tosu	Tosu Stadium	24,490		172,816 (7,855)
Ventforet Kofu	Kose Sports Stadium	13,000		152,491 (6,931)
Montedio Yamagata	Yamagata Park Stadium	20,315		130,867 (5,949)
Yokohama F.C.	Mitsuzawa Stadium	15,046		130,644 (5,938)
Shonan Bellmare	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium	18,500		126,416 (5,746)
Tokushima Vortis	Naruto Athletic Stadium	20,441		96,045 (4,366)
Thespa Kusatsu	Shikishima Stadium	10,050		87,098 (3,959)
Mito HollyHock	Kasamatsu Stadium	22,022		73,339 (3,334)