2005 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season 2005
Champions Gamba Osaka
1st J. League title
1st Japanese title
Relegated Kashiwa Reysol
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Vissel Kobe
Champions League Gamba Osaka
Tokyo Verdy 1969
(all to the group stage)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 873 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Araújo (33 goals total)
Highest attendance 55,476 (Round 9,
Red Diamonds vs. Grampus Eight)
Lowest attendance 3,267 (Round 5,
Verdy 1969 vs. Sanfrecce)
Average attendance 18,765
2004
2006

The 2005 season was the 13th season since the establishment of J. League. It began on March 5 and ended on December 3, followed by promotion/relegation series matches on December 7 and 10.

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

Changes in clubs

Honours

Competition Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
J. League Division 1 Gamba Osaka Urawa Red Diamonds Kashima Antlers
J. League Division 2 Kyoto Purple Sanga Avispa Fukuoka Ventforet Kofu
Emperor's Cup Urawa Red Diamonds Shimizu S-Pulse Cerezo Osaka
Omiya Ardija
Nabisco Cup JEF United Chiba Gamba Osaka Urawa Red Diamonds
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F. Marinos

Clubs

Following eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 1 during 2005 season. Of these clubs, Omiya Ardija and Kawasaki Frontale 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

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Gamba Osaka (C) 34 18 6 10 82 58+24 60 Qualification to 2006 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 17 8 9 65 37+28 59
3 Kashima Antlers 34 16 11 7 61 39+22 59
4 JEF United Chiba 34 16 11 7 56 42+14 59
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 16 11 7 48 40+8 59
6 Júbilo Iwata 34 14 9 11 51 41+10 51
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 11 10 50 42+8 50
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 15 5 14 54 47+7 50
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 12 12 10 41 40+1 48
10 F.C. Tokyo 34 11 14 9 43 40+3 47
11 Oita Trinita 34 12 7 15 44 43+1 43
12 Albirex Niigata 34 11 9 14 47 6215 42
13 Omiya Ardija 34 12 5 17 39 5011 41
14 Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 10 9 15 43 496 39
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 9 12 13 40 499 39
16 Kashiwa Reysol (R) 34 8 11 15 39 5415 35 Relegation to 2006 J. League Division 2 1
17 Tokyo Verdy 1969 (R) 34 6 12 16 40 7333 30
18 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 4 9 21 30 6737 21

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 qualified to 2006 ACL as 2004 Emperor's Cup winners.
(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 ARDCERFROGAMGRAJEFJÚBREYSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVERVISFMA
Albirex Niigata 22 32 12 21 42 30 11 01 22 01 00 01 21 04 11 32 10
Kashima Antlers 72 20 01 20 22 10 22 21 40 12 21 11 11 22 21 40 02
Omiya Ardija 14 02 10 10 10 32 01 02 10 01 32 01 31 13 23 11 11
Cerezo Osaka 10 00 10 20 24 10 20 20 11 11 11 22 11 31 00 21 23
Kawasaki Frontale 30 21 21 32 24 02 10 02 31 11 01 00 21 33 10 31 21
Gamba Osaka 11 33 02 41 32 31 12 31 32 42 33 53 12 21 71 31 32
Nagoya Grampus Eight 01 30 11 13 14 21 22 20 40 11 12 10 00 02 54 02 11
JEF United Chiba 32 24 20 12 10 31 21 22 22 11 21 21 42 10 10 40 22
Júbilo Iwata 23 11 20 30 12 21 03 13 10 13 11 11 21 22 60 10 31
Kashiwa Reysol 00 13 12 11 11 21 02 12 04 11 12 42 00 30 51 10 01
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 50 01 21 12 21 12 12 11 00 00 31 00 04 34 30 20 01
Shimizu S-Pulse 21 22 21 11 32 14 22 21 11 12 11 01 01 01 12 10 01
F.C. Tokyo 40 02 33 22 11 21 11 21 10 02 22 10 00 02 00 11 40
Oita Trinita 13 11 21 12 10 02 20 01 12 11 01 50 21 10 12 21 02
Urawa Red Diamonds 21 01 12 12 32 11 30 00 10 70 20 11 21 12 41 22 00
Tokyo Verdy 1969 22 20 11 01 12 01 00 22 44 10 14 00 12 42 07 33 11
Vissel Kobe 11 02 01 31 16 14 10 11 00 04 23 03 12 21 01 11 02
Yokohama F. Marinos 41 21 12 11 02 22 22 21 01 00 31 11 00 03 01 10 11

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005.
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 Araújo Gamba Osaka
33
2 Brazil Washington Tokyo Verdy 1969
22
3 Japan Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima
18
Brazil Edimilson Albirex Niigata
18
Brazil Magno Alves Oita Trinita
18
6 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
16
Japan Masashi Oguro Gamba Osaka
16
8 Brazil Alex Mineiro Kashima Antlers
15
9 Japan Robert Cullen Júbilo Iwata
13
10 Japan Seiichiro Maki JEF United Chiba
12
Japan Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata
12
Japan Yuki Abe JEF United Chiba
12

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Albirex Niigata 681,945 41,988 35,337 40,114 0.064342381066093+6.4%
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 669,066 55,476 15,760 39,357 0.073567921440262+7.3%
3 F.C. Tokyo 460,721 43,104 18,089 27,101 0.065374636370784+6.5%
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 437,121 53,097 14,450 25,713 0.036062535256669+3.6%
5 Oita Trinita 375,359 30,048 12,683 22,080 0.0087258440312485+0.8%
6 Kashima Antlers 316,897 35,467 7,076 18,641 0.06005117998294+6.0%
7 Cerezo Osaka 300,020 43,927 5,232 17,648 0.23214410388885+23.2%
8 Júbilo Iwata 294,040 37,384 9,854 17,296 0.0099264276538595+0.9%
9 Gamba Osaka 271,416 22,884 6,646 15,966 0.27554525844851+27.5%
10 Vissel Kobe 253,524 25,104 7,643 14,913 -0.947759771210685.2%
11 Tokyo Verdy 1969 250,177 35,257 3,267 14,716 -0.977222923168872.2%
12 Kawasaki Frontale 232,183 24,332 7,023 13,658 0.4930039352864+49.3%
13 Nagoya Grampus Eight 225,896 22,110 6,348 13,288 -0.8457230142566215.4%
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 216,784 21,730 7,280 12,752 -0.939858490566046.0%
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 212,960 26,083 6,230 12,527 -0.8464189189189215.3%
16 Kashiwa Reysol 212,368 27,328 6,457 12,492 0.18824312755636+18.8%
17 Omiya Ardija 169,667 30,038 4,556 9,980 0.63392272429601+63.3%
18 JEF United Chiba 162,089 17,087 4,249 9,535 -0.952357171394334.7%
League total 5,742,233 55,476 3,267 18,7651.0%

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005
Source: J. League Division 1

Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.
Relocated from Ichihara to Chiba.

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the YearBrazil AraújoGamba Osaka
Young Player of the YearJapan Robert CullenJubilo Iwata
Manager of the YearJapan Akira NishinoGamba Osaka
Top scorerBrazil AraújoGamba Osaka33 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Japan Teruyuki MoniwaFC Tokyo
Japan Masashi OguroGamba Osaka
Referee of the YearJapan Kazuhiko Matsumura
Assistant Referee of the YearJapan Masatoshi Shibata
Meritoriousness Player AwardBrazil Bismarck

Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Motohiro Yoshida (1) Cerezo Osaka  Japan
DF Ilian Stoyanov (1) JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Bulgaria
DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Yuji Nakazawa (4) Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (5) Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Yuki Abe (1) JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Japan
MF Fernandinho (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil
MF Yasuhito Endo (3) Gamba Osaka  Japan
MF Tatsuya Furuhashi (1) Cerezo Osaka  Japan
FW Araújo (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil
FW Hisato Satō (1) Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan

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

References

  1. "2005 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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