2007 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season 2007
Champions Kashima Antlers
5th J. League title
5th Japanese title
Relegated Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama FC
Champions League Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Gamba Osaka
(all to the group stage)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 867 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer Juninho (22 goals total)
Highest attendance 62,132 (Round 33,
Red Diamonds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance 4,114 (Round 30,
Yokohama F.C. vs. Ardija)
Average attendance 19,066
2006
2008

The 2007 J. League Division 1 season was the 15th season since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

Honours

Competition Champion Runners-up 3rd place
J. League Division 1 Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka
J. League Division 2 Consadole Sapporo Tokyo Verdy 1969 Kyoto Sanga
Emperor's Cup Kashima Antlers Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kawasaki Frontale
Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Antlers
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Gamba Osaka Urawa Red Diamonds n/a

Clubs

Following eighteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Yokohama F.C., Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were newly promoted clubs.

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:

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
1 Kashima Antlers (C) 34 22 6 6 60 36+24 72 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 20 10 4 55 28+27 70 2008 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage
3 Gamba Osaka 34 19 10 5 71 37+34 67 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1, 2
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 18 7 9 53 36+17 61
5 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 12 8 66 48+18 54
6 Albirex Niigata 34 15 6 13 48 47+1 51
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 14 8 12 54 35+19 50
8 Kashiwa Reysol 34 14 8 12 43 36+7 50
9 Júbilo Iwata 34 15 4 15 54 551 49
10 Vissel Kobe 34 13 8 13 58 48+10 47
11 Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 13 6 15 43 452 45
12 F.C. Tokyo 34 14 3 17 49 589 45
13 JEF United Chiba 34 12 6 16 51 565 42
14 Oita Trinita 34 12 5 17 42 6018 41
15 Omiya Ardija 34 8 11 15 24 4016 35
16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (R) 34 8 8 18 44 7127 32 2007 Promotion/Relegation Series
17 Ventforet Kofu (R) 34 7 6 21 33 6532 27 Relegation to 2008 J. League Division 2
18 Yokohama FC (R) 34 4 4 26 19 6647 16

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and have already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.
2 Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.
(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 ARDFROGAMGRAJEFJÚBREYSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVENVISYFCFMA
Albirex Niigata 11 10 20 21 40 01 11 12 21 02 21 02 22 31 31 31 06
Kashima Antlers 31 00 41 01 21 31 21 10 51 30 12 30 01 20 32 21 11
Omiya Ardija 21 12 11 03 10 01 02 11 10 12 02 12 11 12 13 10 00
Kawasaki Frontale 43 10 11 41 11 11 23 00 30 21 52 22 11 11 21 60 12
Gamba Osaka 31 51 10 22 31 20 52 21 30 11 62 10 01 50 11 21 02
Nagoya Grampus Eight 20 30 50 22 14 20 00 20 23 12 01 12 12 11 20 00 03
JEF United Chiba 12 33 10 13 12 02 32 11 13 13 32 60 24 32 42 40 23
Júbilo Iwata 24 13 00 13 11 10 10 40 42 01 52 21 02 21 23 30 10
Kashiwa Reysol 00 01 00 40 12 20 10 40 20 13 20 20 02 21 13 11 10
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 00 01 21 11 22 13 22 01 11 21 05 20 24 22 11 02 13
Shimizu S-Pulse 31 12 22 31 31 30 22 21 01 31 13 20 01 20 10 10 11
F.C. Tokyo 13 12 12 07 11 01 41 01 01 24 20 12 02 21 31 10 21
Oita Trinita 11 22 31 20 04 13 01 10 21 12 34 00 22 41 20 20 03
Urawa Red Diamonds 10 01 01 12 11 00 11 21 11 41 00 32 21 20 20 21 11
Ventforet Kofu 01 01 00 13 12 02 01 16 32 21 00 01 20 14 43 10 11
Vissel Kobe 01 11 00 11 22 50 21 40 21 32 10 00 13 12 41 30 00
Yokohama FC 02 01 01 01 11 12 01 12 24 12 11 02 21 10 02 03 10
Yokohama F. Marinos 10 23 02 21 00 02 10 41 02 22 02 01 50 01 10 14 81

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007.
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

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
22
2 Brazil Baré Gamba Osaka
20
3 Brazil Edmilson Albirex Niigata
19
4 Brazil Ueslei Sanfrecce Hiroshima
17
5 Brazil Washington Urawa Red Diamonds
16
6 Brazil Leandro Vissel Kobe
15
7 Brazil Marquinhos Kashima Antlers
14
Japan Yoshito Ōkubo Vissel Kobe
14
Japan Hideo Ōshima Yokohama F. Marinos
14
10 South Korea Cho Jae-Jin Shimizu S-Pulse
13
Norway Frode Johnsen Nagoya Grampus Eight
13

Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 793,347 62,123 16,709 46,667 0.024005441818621+2.4%
2 Albirex Niigata 650,698 42,015 31,500 38,276 -0.988813970911161.1%
3 F.C. Tokyo 429,934 38,439 17,264 25,290 0.049551792828685+4.9%
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 408,656 53,916 10,828 24,039 0.015889785741453+1.5%
5 Oita Trinita 335,896 27,811 14,671 19,759 -0.970958230958232.9%
6 Gamba Osaka 296,465 20,982 12,163 17,439 0.072575189126022+7.2%
7 Kawasaki Frontale 294,751 23,355 13,185 17,338 0.20906555090656+20.9%
8 Júbilo Iwata 278,109 35,072 9,292 16,359 -0.908732363070779.1%
9 Kashima Antlers 276,058 36,146 8,036 16,239 0.052225750016199+5.2%
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 271,180 20,318 11,460 15,952 0.11536847993288+11.5%
11 Nagoya Grampus Eight 264,939 34,347 7,553 15,585 0.04429107477888+4.4%
12 JEF United Chiba 240,535 16,756 9,481 14,149 0.056447397894422+5.6%
13 Yokohama FC 238,662 46,697 4,114 14,039 1.7425278374683+174.2%
14 Ventforet Kofu 233,476 36,756 8,373 13,734 0.12453942520265+12.4%
15 Kashiwa Reysol 220,442 35,013 8,947 12,967 0.55703650336215+55.7%
16 Vissel Kobe 211,822 22,236 7,769 12,460 0.80318379160637+80.3%
17 Omiya Ardija 194,912 33,162 6,149 11,465 0.1202853234317+12.0%
18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 194,199 22,675 6,037 11,423 0.021735241502683+2.1%
League total 5,834,081 62,123 4,114 19,066+4.2%

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007
Source: J. League Division 1

Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

Award Recipient Club Notes
Player of the YearBrazil Robson PonteUrawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the YearJapan Takanori SugenoYokohama FC
Manager of the YearBrazil Oswaldo de OliveiraKashima Antlers
Top Scorer Brazil JuninhoKawasaki Frontale22 goals
Fair Play Player Award Japan Daisuke SakataYokohama F. Marinos
Japan Teruyoshi ItoShimizu S-Pulse
Japan Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima
Referee of the YearJapan Masayoshi Okada
Assistant Referee of the YearJapan Toru Sagara
Meritoriousness Player Award Japan Yasuto Honda
Brazil Amaral
Japan Shoji Jo

Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Ryōta Tsuzuki (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Daiki Iwamasa (1) Kashima Antlers  Japan
DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka (4) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Satoshi Yamaguchi (1) Gamba Osaka  Japan
MF Yuki Abe (3) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Keita Suzuki (2) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Robson Ponte (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
MF Kengo Nakamura (2) Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
MF Yasuhito Endo (5) Gamba Osaka  Japan
FW Juninho (1) Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
FW Baré (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil

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

References

  1. "2007 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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