2006 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1

Season	2006
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds 1st J. League title 5th Japanese title
Relegated	Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions League	Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Frontale (all to the group stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	976 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Borges (26 goals total)
Highest attendance	62,241 (Round 34, Red Diamonds vs. Gamba)
Lowest attendance	3,671 (Round 6, Purple Sanga vs. Avispa)
Average attendance	18,292
← 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

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

Clubs

Albirex Niigata

Kashima Antlers

Omiya Ardija

Urawa Red Diamonds

F.C. Tokyo

Kawasaki Frontale

Ventforet Kofu

JEF United Chiba

Yokohama F. Marinos

Shimizu S-Pulse

Júbilo Iwata

Nagoya
Grampus
Eight

Kyoto Purple Sanga

Gamba Osaka

Cerezo Osaka

Sanfrecce
Hiroshima

Avispa
Fukuoka

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
• Albirex Nigata
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Jublio Iwata
• Nagayo Grampus Eight
• Kyoto Purple Sanga
• Gamba Osaka
• Cerezo Osaka
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Avispa Fukuoka
• 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

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urawa Red Diamonds (C)	34	22	6	6	67	28	+39	72	Qualification to 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	7	7	84	55	+29	67
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 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 (R)	34	5	12	17	32	56	−24	27	2006 Promotion/Relegation Series
17	Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	6	9	19	44	70	−26	27	Relegation to 2007 J. League Division 2
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga (R)	34	4	10	20	38	74	−36	22

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

ALB

ANT

ARD

AVI

CER

FRO

GAM

GRA

JEF

JÚB

SAN

SFR

SSP

TOK

TRI

RED

VEN

FMA

Albirex Niigata

0–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

1–1

4–2

2–0

3–3

2–1

3–0

1–0

Kashima Antlers

5–1

2–1

4–1

2–0

2–4

3–1

2–1

0–4

3–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

3–2

0–1

2–2

3–1

0–3

Omiya Ardija

1–2

0–3

2–2

2–0

1–5

0–2

1–4

4–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

0–2

3–1

2–1

Avispa Fukuoka

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–3

2–1

4–5

0–2

1–2

0–0

0–2

0–1

1–1

1–3

Cerezo Osaka

3–1

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–6

1–1

3–2

2–3

2–2

4–2

1–1

1–5

0–2

1–2

2–3

2–0

Kawasaki Frontale

6–0

3–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

3–2

4–2

2–2

3–4

2–0

3–3

2–2

2–2

2–1

0–2

2–0

1–1

Gamba Osaka

3–0

1–0

3–1

2–2

3–1

4–0

5–1

1–0

2–2

3–2

3–2

3–0

1–0

1–3

1–1

2–0

1–1

Nagoya Grampus Eight

3–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

0–2

3–3

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–3

1–1

1–2

0–3

1–0

5–1

1–1

JEF United Chiba

1–3

0–1

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–2

2–3

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–3

3–4

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–2

Júbilo Iwata

7–0

3–3

2–1

1–1

3–1

1–2

3–2

2–2

3–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

4–1

2–3

3–2

2–0

3–1

Kyoto Purple Sanga

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–1

4–4

2–7

1–4

0–1

1–2

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–5

1–1

0–4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2–1

3–4

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–3

1–3

0–0

2–4

2–1

1–0

1–2

5–2

0–1

1–4

1–3

3–0

Shimizu S-Pulse

1–1

1–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

4–3

2–3

2–0

1–2

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

4–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

F.C. Tokyo

1–4

2–4

1–2

5–1

2–3

5–4

3–2

2–1

2–3

3–1

2–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

1–3

1–2

Oita Trinita

4–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–3

1–2

2–1

1–1

3–3

0–1

2–1

3–2

1–2

Urawa Red Diamonds

3–1

4–0

2–0

2–1

3–0

2–2

3–2

0–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

1–0

3–0

1–0

Ventforet Kofu

0–4

2–1

3–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–3

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–2

1–3

2–0

1–1

1–0

Yokohama F. Marinos

2–0

2–1

1–2

0–0

3–1

1–2

3–4

2–1

1–1

0–1

4–1

2–1

2–3

1–1

0–1

1–3

3–0

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

Pos	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	26
	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26
3	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	20
4	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale	18
	Lucas	F.C. Tokyo	18
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18
7	Ryūji Bando	Gamba Osaka	16
	Cho Jae-Jin	Shimizu S-Pulse	16
	Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16
10	Ryoichi Maeda	Júbilo Iwata	15

Attendance Figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	774,749	62,241	16,040	45,573	+15.7%^†
2	Albirex Niigata	658,050	42,056	33,993	38,709	−3.5%^†
3	F.C. Tokyo	409,634	41,528	17,033	24,096	−11.0%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	402,270	50,572	11,623	23,663	−7.9%^†
5	Oita Trinita	345,955	28,690	12,843	20,350	−7.8%^†
6	Júbilo Iwata	306,033	37,711	10,560	18,002	+4.0%^†
7	Gamba Osaka	276,395	20,916	8,388	16,259	+1.8%^†
8	Kashima Antlers	262,365	34,236	7,427	15,433	−17.2%^†
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight	253,702	32,109	6,618	14,924	+12.3%^†
10	Kawasaki Frontale	243,780	23,005	9,430	14,340	+4.9%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	243,137	24,920	9,079	14,302	+12.1%^†
12	Avispa Fukuoka	234,259	21,545	8,585	13,780	+27.7%^†
13	JEF United Chiba	227,680	17,438	8,567	13,393	+40.4%^†
14	Cerezo Osaka	221,438	30,561	6,282	13,026	−26.1%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu	207,629	17,000	8,025	12,213	+76.2%^†
16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	190,066	17,564	5,545	11,180	−10.7%^†
17	Omiya Ardija	173,986	35,059	4,873	10,234	+2.5%^†
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga	166,280	16,492	3,670	9,781	+24.4%^†
	League total	5,597,408	62,241	3,670	18,292	−2.5%^†

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

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Jungo Fujimoto	Shimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year	Guido Buchwald	Urawa Red Diamonds
Top Scorer	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	26 goals.
	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award	Satoru Yamagishi	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
	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

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1)	Jubilo Iwata	Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
DF	Akira Kaji (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Keita Suzuki (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	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 Red Diamonds	Brazil
FW	Magno Alves (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil

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

References

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

External links

• J. League Official Stats
• rsssf.com