Season | 2008 |
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Champions | Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1st D2 title |
Promoted | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Montedio Yamagata |
Matches played | 315 |
Goals scored | 851 (2.7 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hisato Satō (28 goals total) |
Highest attendance | 36,945 (Round 24, Yokohama vs. Thespa) |
Lowest attendance | 1,036 (Round 17, HollyHock vs. Vortis) |
Average attendance | 7,072 |
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The 2008 J. League Division 2 season is the 37th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 10th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 8 and ended on December 6.
In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by two, making the total number, fifteen. Unlike the first nine seasons, the clubs played in triple round-robin format, instead of quadruple round-robin format. At the end of the season, top two clubs were promoted and third-placed club advanced to the Pro/Rele Series. There were no relegation to third-tier Japan Football League.
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Following fifteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu, and Yokohama F.C. relegated from Division 1 last year. Also, Roasso Kumamoto and F.C. Gifu newly joined from Japan Football League.
Fifteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 42 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:
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.
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) (P) | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 99 | 35 | +64 | 100 | Promotion to the 2009 J. League Division 1 |
2 | Montedio Yamagata (P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 78 | |
3 | Vegalta Sendai | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 70 | 2008 Promotion/Relegation Series |
4 | Cerezo Osaka | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 81 | 60 | +21 | 69 | |
5 | Shonan Bellmare | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 65 | |
6 | Sagan Tosu | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 64 | |
7 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 59 | |
8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 58 | |
9 | Thespa Kusatsu | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 53 | |
10 | Yokohama F.C. | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 50 | |
11 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 47 | |
12 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 43 | |
13 | F.C. Gifu | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 42 | |
14 | Ehime F.C. | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 37 | |
15 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 29 |
Updated to games played on December 6, 2008
Source: J. League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home \ Away1 | AVI | BEL | CER | EHI | GIF | HOL | MON | ROS | SAG | SFR | SPA | VEG | VEN | VOR | YFC |
Avispa Fukuoka | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
Shonan Bellmare | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | |
Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Ehime F.C. | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
F.C. Gifu | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
Mito HollyHock | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
Montedio Yamagata | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Roasso Kumamoto | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Sagan Tosu | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Thespa Kusatsu | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Vegalta Sendai | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Ventforet Kofu | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
Tokushima Vortis | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | |
Yokohama F.C. | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Updated to games played on August 10, 2008
Source: J. League Division 2
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Home \ Away1 | AVI | BEL | CER | EHI | GIF | HOL | MON | ROS | SAG | SFR | SPA | VEG | VEN | VOR | YFC |
Avispa Fukuoka | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||
Shonan Bellmare | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–2 | ||||||||
Ehime F.C. | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||||||||
F.C. Gifu | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
Mito HollyHock | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | ||||||||
Montedio Yamagata | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | ||||||||
Roasso Kumamoto | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | ||||||||
Thespa Kusatsu | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
Vegalta Sendai | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||||||||
Ventforet Kofu | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||||||||
Tokushima Vortis | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | ||||||||
Yokohama F.C. | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on December 6, 2008
Source: J. League Division 2
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[1] |
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1 | Hisato Satō | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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2 | Yutaka Takahashi | Roasso Kumamoto |
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3 | Naoki Ishihara | Shonan Bellmare |
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Yoshihito Fujita | Sagan Tosu |
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5 | Tomoyuki Arata | Mito HollyHock |
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6 | Anderson | Yokohama F.C. |
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Rui Komatsu | Cerezo Osaka |
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Shinji Kagawa | Cerezo Osaka |
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9 | Kōji Morisaki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Yojiro Takahagi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Tetsuya Ōkubo | Avispa Fukuoka |
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Rank | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Vegalta Sendai | 295,679 | 23,745 | 10,317 | 14,080 | −4.1% |
2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 227,631 | 19,349 | 4,622 | 10,840 | −5.1%† |
3 | Cerezo Osaka | 221,629 | 21,200 | 5,554 | 10,554 | +59.2% |
4 | Ventforet Kofu | 217,428 | 14,521 | 7,267 | 10,354 | −24.6%† |
5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 211,651 | 15,158 | 5,729 | 10,079 | +5.7% |
6 | Sagan Tosu | 152,486 | 21,029 | 3,869 | 7,261 | +18.7% |
7 | Yokohama F.C. | 142,655 | 36,945 | 2,536 | 6,793 | −51.6%† |
8 | Montedio Yamagata | 131,725 | 15,422 | 2,479 | 6,273 | +47.8% |
9 | Shonan Bellmare | 125,865 | 11,660 | 3,543 | 5,994 | +28.1% |
10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 110,860 | 20,635 | 2,026 | 5,279 | +47.9%‡ |
11 | Thespa Kusatsu | 88,510 | 8,096 | 1,819 | 4,215 | +10.6% |
12 | Tokushima Vortis | 81,093 | 11,897 | 2,146 | 3,862 | +17.4% |
13 | F.C. Gifu | 78,650 | 8,374 | 2,028 | 3,745 | +6.1%‡ |
14 | Ehime F.C. | 77,775 | 7,809 | 2,088 | 3,704 | +11.6% |
15 | Mito HollyHock | 63,933 | 5,573 | 1,036 | 3,044 | +26.0% |
League total | 2,227,570 | 36,945 | 1,036 | 7,072 | +8.4% |
Updated to games played on December 6, 2008
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.
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