J. League - 2006

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The 2006 season was the 14 season since the establishment of the J. League. The league began on March 4, 2006 and ended on December 2, 2006.

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 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 F.C. was promoted to J2 from JFL

[edit] 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.

[edit] Changes in clubs

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[edit] Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Urawa Reds	Kawasaki Frontale	Gamba Osaka
J. League Division 2	Yokohama F.C.	Kashiwa Reysol	Vissel Kobe
Emperor's Cup	Urawa Reds	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Antlers Consadole Sapporo
Nabisco Cup	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Urawa Reds	Gamba Osaka

[edit] League tables

[edit] Division 1

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Note
1.	Urawa Reds	34	22	6	6	67	28	+39	72	2006 J. League Division 1 Champion Qualifies to 2007 ACL†, Super Cup, and A3
2.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	7	7	84	55	+29	67	Qualifies to 2007 ACL†
3.	Gamba Osaka	34	20	6	8	80	48	+32	66
4.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	18	6	10	60	41	+19	60
5.	Júbilo Iwata	34	17	7	10	68	51	+17	58
6.	Kashima Antlers	34	18	4	12	62	53	+9	58
7.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	13	9	12	51	49	+2	48
8.	Oita Trinita	34	13	8	13	47	45	+2	47
9.	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	6	15	49	43	+6	45
10.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	6	15	50	56	-6	45
11.	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	34	13	5	16	57	58	-1	44
12.	Omiya Ardija	34	13	5	16	43	55	-12	44
13.	F.C. Tokyo	34	13	4	17	56	65	-9	43
14.	Albirex Niigata	34	12	6	16	46	65	-19	42
15.	Ventforet Kofu	34	12	6	16	42	64	-22	42
16.	Avispa Fukuoka	34	5	12	17	32	56	-24	27	Lost the Pro/Rele Series and Relegated to Division 2
17.	Cerezo Osaka	34	6	9	19	44	70	-26	27	Relegated to Division 2
18.	Kyoto Purple Sanga	34	4	10	20	38	74	-36	22	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

† Urawa Reds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL before coming into the 2006 J.LEAGUE Season; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.

[edit] Division 2

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Note
1	Yokohama F.C.	48	26	15	7	61	32	+29	93	2006 J. League Division 2 Champion Promoted to Division 1
2	Kashiwa Reysol	48	27	7	14	84	60	+24	88	Promoted to Division 1
3	Vissel Kobe	48	25	11	12	78	53	+25	86	Won the Pro/Rele Series and Promoted to Division 1
4	Sagan Tosu	48	22	13	13	64	49	+15	79
5	Vegalta Sendai	48	21	14	13	75	43	+32	77
6	Consadole Sapporo	48	20	12	16	77	67	+10	72
7	Tokyo Verdy 1969	48	21	8	19	69	75	-6	71
8	Montedio Yamagata	48	17	14	17	68	57	+11	65
9	Ehime F.C.	48	14	11	23	51	63	-12	53
10	Mito HollyHock	48	14	9	25	48	69	-21	51
11	Shonan Bellmare	48	13	10	25	61	87	-26	49
12	Thespa Kusatsu	48	9	15	24	54	86	-32	42
13	Tokushima Vortis	48	8	11	29	43	92	-49	35

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 2006

It was very clear that relegation battle was limited to three clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Cerezo Osaka, and Avispa Fukuoka from matchday 28 and all other clubs officially passed the relegation line on matchday 32. It was clear that two of these clubs will be relegated and they were all fighting for the 16th spot, to servive the default relegation. In matchday 33, Kyoto lost and was finshing last. Cerezo Osaka (16th) was one point head of Fukuoka (17th) and in the final matchday, Osaka lost as Fukuoka tied and they both lined-up with points; however, Avispa clinched the 16th place with the goal differencial of -24 as opposed to Cerezo's -26.

Same deal was happening in the J2 promotion race. Three clubs, Yokohama F.C., Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were way ahead of other clubs, and only two club can earn default promotion. In matchday 51, Yokohama clinched the champhionship and the promotion. At this point, Kobe (2nd) was one point ahead of Kashiwa (3rd), and it almost seemed that Kashiwa will play this series for third year in row. However, in the matchday 52, Kashiwa won and clinched the runners-up spot as Kobe fell down to third place after losing the last match.

The Series finished 1-1 on aggregate following a 0-0 draw in the first leg but Kobe won on the away goals rule and replace Fukuoka in the first division.

December 6, 2006 19:02
	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Avispa Fukuoka	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 12,009 Referee: Joji Kashihara
		Official Report

December 9, 2006 16:04
	Avispa Fukuoka	1 - 1	Vissel Kobe	Hakata no Mori, Fukuoka Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Takanori Nunobe 84'	Official Report	60' Yusuke Kondo

[edit] Top scorers

[edit] Division 1

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Washington	Urawa Reds	26	4/6	26	106	1.03
	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26	0/0	31	162	0.86
3rd	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	20	3/4	29	108	0.72
4th	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale	18	1/1	32	52	0.69
	Hisato Sato	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	0/0	33	78	0.56
	Lucas	FC Tokyo	18	4/4	31	94	0.62
7th	Ryuji Bando	Gamba Osaka	16	0/0	30	54	0.93
	Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16	1/1	27	98	0.62
	Cho Jae-Jin	Shimizu S-Pulse	16	2/3	32	95	0.52
10th	Ryoichi Maeda	Jubilo Iwata	15	1/1	27	58	0.61

[edit] Division 2

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Goals Per Game
1st	Borges	Vegalta Sendai	26	2/4	41	118	0.65
2nd	Hulk	Consadole Sapporo	25	8/10	38	211	0.67
3rd	Tatsunori Arai	Sagan Tosu	23	4/4	36	89	0.77
	Leandro	Montedio Yamagata	23	2/2	40	136	0.63
5th	Diego	Kashiwa Reysol	21	4/4	43	107	0.51
6th	Alemão	Yokohama FC	18	0/0	24	80	1.00
7th	Anderson	Mito HollyHock	17	3/4	43	76	0.43
8th	Kazuki Hiramoto	Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	1/1	40	72	0.43
	Atsuhiro Miura	Vissel Kobe	15	5/5	46	160	0.34
10th	Toshiya Tanaka	Ehime FC	14	1/1	47	84	0.33
	Lopes	Vegalta Sendai	14	0/0	45	144	0.32

[edit] Awards

[edit] Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Reds
Young Player of the Year	Jungo Fujimoto	Shimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year	Guido Buchwald	Urawa Reds
Top Scorer	Washington	Urawa Reds	26 goals.
Top Scorer	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award	Satoru Yamagishi	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Fair Play Player Award	Yuichi Nemoto	Oita Trinita
Referee of the Year	Toru Kamikawa
Assistant Referee of the Year	Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Meritoriousness Player Award	Nobuyuki Kojima
	Naoki Soma
	Masaaki Sawanobori

[edit] Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1)	Jubilo Iwata	Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (3)	Urawa Reds	Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
DF	Akira Kaji (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Keita Suzuki (1)	Urawa Reds	Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (2)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Japan
MF	Kengo Nakamura (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endo (4)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Washington (1)	Urawa Reds	Brazil
FW	Magno Alves (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 Reds	774,749 (45,573)
Albirex Niigata	658,050 (38,709)
F.C. Tokyo	409,634 (24,096)
Yokohama F. Marinos	402,270 (23,663)
Oita Trinita	345,955 (20,350)
Júbilo Iwata	306,033 (18,002)
Gamba Osaka	276,396 (16,259)
Kashima Antlers	262,365 (15,433)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	253,702 (14,924)
Vegalta Sendai		346,868 (14,453)
Kawasaki Frontale	243,780 (14,340)
Shimizu S-Pulse	243,137 (14,302)
Avispa Fukuoka	234,259 (13,780)
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	227,680 (13,393)
Cerezo Osaka	221,438 (13,026)
Ventforet Kofu	207,269 (12,213)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	190,066 (11,180)
Consadole Sapporo		251,476 (10,478)
Omiya Ardija	173,986 (10,234)
Kyoto Purple Sanga	166,280 (9,781)
Kashiwa Reysol		199,872 (8,328)
Sagan Tosu		179,151 (7,465)
Vissel Kobe		165,834 (6,910)
Tokyo Verdy 1969		136,926 (5,705)
Shonan Bellmare		128,766 (5,365)
Yokohama F.C.		122,852 (5,119)
Montedio Yamagata		122,042 (5,085)
Ehime F.C.		99,334 (4,139)
Thespa Kusatsu		89,670 (3,736)
Tokushima Vortis		83,452 (3,477)
Mito HollyHock		72,405 (3,017)