2009 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season 2009
Champions Vegalta Sendai
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
Promoted Vegalta Sendai
Cerezo Osaka
Shonan Bellmare
Matches played 459
Goals scored 1164 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer Shinji Kagawa (27 goals total)
Highest attendance 22,707 (Round 25,
Consadole vs. HollyHock)
Lowest attendance 615 (Round 44,
Fagiano vs. Tochigi)
Average attendance 6,326
2008
2010

The 2009 J. League Division 2 season was the 38th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 11th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 7 and ended on December 5.

In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by three, making the total number, eighteen. The clubs played in triple round-robin format. Starting this season, all top three clubs were promoted by default and Pro/Rele Series was eliminated accordingly. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

General

Promotion and Relegation

Changes in Competition Formats

Changes in Clubs

none

Participating Clubs

Eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during the 2009 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy were relegated from Division 1 last year. Tochigi S.C., Kataller Toyama, and Fagiano Okayama newly joined from Japan Football League.

League Format

Eighteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 51 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 three clubs will be promoted to J1.

Changes from Previous Year

Final League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Vegalta Sendai (C) (P) 51 32 10 9 87 39+48 106 Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1
2 Cerezo Osaka (P) 51 31 11 9 100 53+47 104
3 Shonan Bellmare (P) 51 29 11 11 84 52+32 98
4 Ventforet Kofu 51 28 13 10 76 46+30 97
5 Sagan Tosu 51 25 13 13 71 51+20 88
6 Consadole Sapporo 51 21 16 14 74 61+13 79
7 Tokyo Verdy 51 21 11 19 68 61+7 74
8 Mito HollyHock 51 21 10 20 70 799 73
9 Tokushima Vortis 51 19 15 17 67 52+15 72
10 Thespa Kusatsu 51 18 11 22 64 7612 65
11 Avispa Fukuoka 51 17 14 20 52 7119 65
12 FC Gifu 51 16 14 21 62 7210 62
13 Kataller Toyama 51 15 16 20 48 5810 61
14 Roasso Kumamoto 51 16 10 25 66 8216 58
15 Ehime FC 51 12 11 28 54 8026 47
16 Yokohama FC 51 11 11 29 43 7027 44
17 Tochigi SC 51 8 13 30 38 7739 37
18 Fagiano Okayama 51 8 12 31 40 8444 36

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009.
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Final Results

Rounds 1 and 2
Home ╲ Away AVI BEL CERCONEHIFAGGIFHOLKATROSSAGSPATOCVEGVENVERVORYFC
Avispa Fukuoka 03 22 00 10 00 01 12 00 11 00 12 10 10 24 12 11 10
Shonan Bellmare 23 10 32 10 21 22 10 50 33 10 11 11 10 21 20 12 21
Cerezo Osaka 41 34 30 42 41 10 53 23 41 41 10 10 00 00 22 21 20
Consadole Sapporo 30 01 41 32 42 30 01 11 01 12 12 32 01 00 11 11 11
Ehime FC 30 24 01 12 00 30 31 13 02 23 13 00 21 20 01 02 03
Fagiano Okayama 10 01 02 11 13 00 01 12 23 03 03 20 00 00 32 10 11
FC Gifu 02 22 21 02 21 40 11 00 10 01 10 11 02 01 00 30 20
Mito HollyHock 50 15 23 00 10 43 33 11 10 20 21 31 05 01 20 10 01
Kataller Toyama 11 10 00 00 12 12 30 12 10 00 10 01 03 11 03 01 20
Roasso Kumamoto 23 02 03 40 11 11 52 13 23 12 12 20 03 01 02 03 11
Sagan Tosu 31 43 20 12 02 00 11 13 00 01 42 22 21 11 00 02 10
Thespa Kusatsu 32 20 24 12 22 11 01 22 00 11 13 01 03 12 02 11 32
Tochigi SC 02 01 13 01 12 10 01 23 04 11 05 00 12 33 03 00 10
Vegalta Sendai 31 21 12 11 31 10 20 21 31 32 10 11 10 01 22 22 21
Ventforet Kofu 60 10 11 21 30 02 22 11 12 41 01 10 11 21 21 31 20
Tokyo Verdy 00 21 12 12 20 30 30 00 10 24 20 03 10 13 12 40 21
Tokushima Vortis 21 00 22 33 60 10 31 02 12 30 11 13 21 01 21 00 20
Yokohama FC 01 02 22 01 00 10 11 00 00 12 03 02 12 10 13 31 12

Updated to games played on August 16, 2009.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 3
Home ╲ Away AVI BEL CERCONEHIFAGGIFHOLKATROSSAGSPATOCVEGVENVERVORYFC
Avispa Fukuoka 01 10 31 11 31 20 21 00
Shonan Bellmare 10 31 10 00 11 11 22 10 10
Cerezo Osaka 00 21 31 21 01 50 10 11
Consadole Sapporo 10 20 01 32 11 11 33 10 31
Ehime FC 01 01 10 11 00 21 31 01 02
Fagiano Okayama 22 13 01 02 21 01 01 02
FC Gifu 11 24 33 31 12 11 21 32
Mito HollyHock 23 10 42 01 13 02 04 03
Kataller Toyama 03 01 20 02 23 02 23 00
Roasso Kumamoto 01 10 02 00 25 20 21 11
Sagan Tosu 31 21 00 10 10 11 12 21 21
Thespa Kusatsu 12 25 21 10 20 06 01 32 10
Tochigi SC 11 21 11 02 02 12 23 00
Vegalta Sendai 10 10 11 42 21 10 20 20 10
Ventforet Kofu 23 21 11 20 10 21 11 01
Tokyo Verdy 10 24 22 20 01 02 21 02 01
Tokushima Vortis 00 30 41 60 01 11 04 01 01
Yokohama FC 22 03 21 11 13 12 10 20 10

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009.
Source: J. League Division 2
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 Japan Shinji Kagawa Cerezo Osaka
27
2 Japan Ken Tokura Thespa Kusatsu
23
3 Japan Masashi Oguro Tokyo Verdy
21
4 Japan Takashi Inui Cerezo Osaka
20
5 Brazil Maranhão Ventforet Kofu
19
Japan Hiroyuki Takasaki Mito HollyHock
19
Brazil Thiago Quirino Consadole Sapporo
19
8 Japan Yoshihiro Uchimura Ehime FC
18
9 Japan Tetsuya Okubo Avispa Fukuoka
16
Japan Koichi Sato FC Gifu
16
Brazil Marcelo Soares Vegalta Sendai
16

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Vegalta Sendai 336,719 19,063 7,154 12,951 -0.919815340909098.0%
2 Ventforet Kofu 276,463 16,844 5,582 11,059 0.068089627197218+6.8%
3 Consadole Sapporo 265,376 22,707 5,112 10,207 -0.7016566989757329.8%
4 Cerezo Osaka 247,796 20,727 4,837 9,912 -0.939169982944856.0%
5 Avispa Fukuoka 194,071 16,531 2,869 7,763 -0.7702152991368222.9%
6 Shonan Bellmare 189,088 14,080 3,301 7,273 0.21338004671338+21.3%
7 Fagiano Okayama 154,039 13,228 615 6,162 0.68130968622101+68.1%
8 Roasso Kumamoto 150,150 19,321 2,337 6,006 0.13771547641599+13.7%
9 Sagan Tosu 154,408 13,211 3,103 5,939 -0.8179314144057318.2%
10 Tokyo Verdy 143,539 9,378 2,564 5,521 -0.3721102648783462.7%
11 Tochigi SC 117,643 15,857 1,819 4,706 -0.932250396196516.7%
12 Thespa Kusatsu 112,584 8,276 1,579 4,330 0.027283511269276+2.7%
13 FC Gifu 107,557 9,113 1,492 4,302 0.14873164218959+14.8%
14 Tokushima Vortis 105,897 13,473 1,842 4,073 0.054634904194718+5.4%
15 Kataller Toyama 93,507 5,520 1,862 3,740 -0.8685555039479813.1%
16 Ehime FC 96,054 12,851 1,633 3,694 -0.997300215982720.2%
17 Yokohama FC 91,898 5,489 1,541 3,535 -0.5203886353599347.9%
18 Mito HollyHock 66,818 8,463 1,206 2,673 -0.878120893561112.1%
League total 2,903,607 20,727 615 6,32610.5%

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J. League Division 2

Notes:
Team played previous season in J1.
Team played previous season in JFL.

References

  1. "2009 J2 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

See also

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