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

Changes in competition format

Changes in clubs

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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

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.

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

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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 50 566 45
11 JEF United Chiba 34 13 5 16 57 581 44
12 Omiya Ardija 34 13 5 16 43 5512 44
13 F.C. Tokyo 34 13 4 17 56 659 43
14 Albirex Niigata 34 12 6 16 46 6519 42
15 Ventforet Kofu 34 12 6 16 42 6422 42
16 Avispa Fukuoka (R) 34 5 12 17 32 5624 27 2006 Promotion/Relegation Series
17 Cerezo Osaka (R) 34 6 9 19 44 7026 27 Relegation to 2007 J. League Division 2
18 Kyoto Purple Sanga (R) 34 4 10 20 38 7436 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 ARDAVICERFROGAMGRAJEFJÚBSANSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVENFMA
Albirex Niigata 01 12 01 22 21 10 21 12 02 11 11 42 20 33 21 30 10
Kashima Antlers 51 21 41 20 24 31 21 04 30 10 02 31 32 01 22 31 03
Omiya Ardija 12 03 22 20 15 02 14 42 21 10 01 10 01 22 02 31 21
Avispa Fukuoka 20 21 11 10 12 11 01 13 21 45 02 12 00 02 01 11 13
Cerezo Osaka 31 22 01 00 13 16 11 32 23 22 42 11 15 02 12 23 20
Kawasaki Frontale 60 32 31 21 10 32 42 22 34 20 33 22 22 21 02 20 11
Gamba Osaka 30 10 31 22 31 40 51 10 22 32 32 30 10 13 11 20 11
Nagoya Grampus Eight 31 00 20 20 32 02 33 21 31 11 23 11 12 03 10 51 11
JEF United Chiba 13 01 13 22 21 12 12 23 00 20 01 13 34 21 20 22 02
Júbilo Iwata 70 33 21 11 31 12 32 22 31 11 30 10 41 23 32 20 31
Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 12 11 21 44 27 14 01 12 13 22 21 10 11 15 11 04
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 34 10 10 11 13 13 00 24 21 10 12 52 01 14 13 30
Shimizu S-Pulse 11 12 11 40 10 43 23 20 12 20 10 30 20 41 21 40 10
F.C. Tokyo 14 24 12 51 23 54 32 21 23 31 21 02 01 20 00 13 12
Oita Trinita 40 20 12 00 11 11 02 01 03 12 21 11 33 01 21 32 12
Urawa Red Diamonds 31 40 20 21 30 22 32 00 20 31 30 21 10 40 10 30 10
Ventforet Kofu 04 21 32 11 01 10 32 21 23 11 31 10 02 13 20 11 10
Yokohama F. Marinos 20 21 12 00 31 12 34 21 11 01 41 21 23 11 01 13 30

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 Brazil Washington Urawa Red Diamonds
26
Brazil Magno Alves Gamba Osaka
26
3 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
20
4 Japan Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale
18
Brazil Lucas F.C. Tokyo
18
Japan Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima
18
7 Japan Ryūji Bando Gamba Osaka
16
South Korea Cho Jae-Jin Shimizu S-Pulse
16
Brazil Ueslei Sanfrecce Hiroshima
16
10 Japan 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 0.15793886729171+15.7%
2 Albirex Niigata 658,050 42,056 33,993 38,709 -0.964974821757993.5%
3 F.C. Tokyo 409,634 41,528 17,033 24,096 -0.8891184827128211.0%
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 402,270 50,572 11,623 23,663 -0.920273791467357.9%
5 Oita Trinita 345,955 28,690 12,843 20,350 -0.921648550724647.8%
6 Júbilo Iwata 306,033 37,711 10,560 18,002 0.04081868640148+4.0%
7 Gamba Osaka 276,395 20,916 8,388 16,259 0.018351496930978+1.8%
8 Kashima Antlers 262,365 34,236 7,427 15,433 -0.8279062282066417.2%
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 253,702 32,109 6,618 14,924 0.12311860325105+12.3%
10 Kawasaki Frontale 243,780 23,005 9,430 14,340 0.049934104554108+4.9%
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 243,137 24,920 9,079 14,302 0.1215495608532+12.1%
12 Avispa Fukuoka 234,259 21,545 8,585 13,780 0.2775820508066+27.7%
13 JEF United Chiba 227,680 17,438 8,567 13,393 0.404614577871+40.4%
14 Cerezo Osaka 221,438 30,561 6,282 13,026 -0.7381006346328226.1%
15 Ventforet Kofu 207,629 17,000 8,025 12,213 0.76208339344972+76.2%
16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 190,066 17,564 5,545 11,180 -0.8924722599185810.7%
17 Omiya Ardija 173,986 35,059 4,873 10,234 0.025450901803607+2.5%
18 Kyoto Purple Sanga 166,280 16,492 3,670 9,781 0.24487717958508+24.4%
League total 5,597,408 62,241 3,670 18,2922.5%

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1

Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the YearJapan Marcus Tulio TanakaUrawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the YearJapan Jungo FujimotoShimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the YearGermany Guido BuchwaldUrawa Red Diamonds
Top Scorer Brazil WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds26 goals.
Brazil Magno AlvesGamba Osaka26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Japan Satoru YamagishiJEF United Ichihara Chiba
Japan Yuichi NemotoOita Trinita
Referee of the YearJapan Toru Kamikawa
Assistant Referee of the YearJapan Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Meritoriousness Player Award Japan Nobuyuki Kojima
Japan Naoki Soma
Japan 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.

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