2005 J.League Division 1

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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.

J.League Division 1
Season2005
ChampionsGamba Osaka
1st J. League title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedKashiwa Reysol
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Vissel Kobe
Champions LeagueGamba Osaka
Tokyo Verdy 1969
(all to the group stage)
Matches played306
Goals scored873 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerClemerson (33 goals total)
Highest attendance55,476 (Round 9,
Red Diamonds vs. Grampus Eight)
Lowest attendance3,267 (Round 5,
Verdy 1969 vs. Sanfrecce)
Average attendance18,765
2004
2006

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

  • The Division 1 was expanded to 18 clubs, and Division 2 stays at 12 clubs.
  • The format of Division 1 was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
  • In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. league cup finals), golden goal rules were eliminated. Clubs now had to play the full extra time.

Changes in clubs

Honours

CompetitionChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
J.League Division 1Gamba OsakaUrawa Red DiamondsKashima Antlers
J.League Division 2Kyoto Purple SangaAvispa FukuokaVentforet Kofu
Emperor's CupUrawa Red DiamondsShimizu S-PulseCerezo Osaka
Omiya Ardija
Nabisco CupJEF United ChibaGamba OsakaUrawa Red Diamonds
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super CupTokyo Verdy 1969Yokohama F. Marinos

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerType-c contractNon-visa foreignFormer players
Albirex Niigata Ânderson Lima Edmílson Fabinho Santos Neto Potiguar Marcel Sacramento
Cerezo Osaka Bruno Quadros Fabinho Zé Carlos
FC Tokyo Jean Lucas Severino Santiago Salcedo Rychely Danilo
Gamba Osaka Clemerson Fernandinho Sidiclei
JEF United Chiba Mario Haas Ilian Stoyanov Gabriel Popescu Kim Dong-soo
Júbilo Iwata Choi Yong-soo Kim Jin-kyu Camara Ibrahima Rene Rodrigo Gral
Kashima Antlers Alex Mineiro Fernando Ricardinho Ari
Kashiwa Reysol Cléber Santana França Reinaldo Choi Sung-kuk Ricardinho
Kawasaki Frontale Augusto César Juninho Marcus Vinícius Hulk Chong Yong-de
Nagoya Grampus Eight Claiton Eduardo Jorge Sebastián Núñez An Yong-hak Luizão
Marques
Ueslei
Oita Trinita Edmilson Alves Magno Alves Túlio Dodô
Patrick Zwaanswijk
Omiya Ardija Leandro Toninho Tuto Christian
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Beto Dininho Galvão Jorginho Ri Han-jae
Shimizu S-Pulse Marquinhos Cho Jae-jin Choi Tae-uk Rogério Corrêa
Tokyo Verdy 1969 Gil Washington Lee Woo-jin Moon Je-chun
Urawa Red Diamonds Nenê Robson Ponte Tomislav Marić Eliézio Sergio Escudero Emerson Sheik
Alpay Özalan
Vissel Kobe Ivo Ulich Martin Müller Pavel Horváth Park Kang-jo Roger Machado
Patrick M'Boma
Yokohama F. Marinos Dutra Magrão Rodrigo Gral Adhemar
Ahn Jung-hwan

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.

  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Omiya Ardija
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • FC Tokyo
  • Tokyo Verdy 1969
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Albirex Nigata
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Jublio Iwata
  • Nagoya Grampus Eight
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • 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
  • Number of clubs competing increased from 16 to 18
  • The season format was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
  • Number of games per club increased from 30 games to 34 games per season.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Gamba Osaka (C)34186108258+2460Qualification for 2006 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2Urawa Red Diamonds3417896537+2859
3Kashima Antlers34161176139+2259
4JEF United Chiba34161175642+1459
5Cerezo Osaka34161174840+859
6Júbilo Iwata34149115141+1051
7Sanfrecce Hiroshima341311105042+850
8Kawasaki Frontale34155145447+750
9Yokohama F. Marinos341212104140+148
10FC Tokyo34111494340+347
11Oita Trinita34127154443+143
12Albirex Niigata34119144762−1542
13Omiya Ardija34125173950−1141
14Nagoya Grampus Eight34109154349−639
15Shimizu S-Pulse34912134049−939
16Kashiwa Reysol (R)34811153954−1535Relegation to 2006 J.League Division 2[a]
17Tokyo Verdy 1969 (R)34612164073−3330
18Vissel Kobe (R)3449213067−3721
Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2005. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayALBANTARDCERFROGAMGRAJEFJÚBREYSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVERVISFMA
Albirex Niigata2–23–21–22–14–23–01–10–12–20–10–00–12–10–41–13–21–0
Kashima Antlers7–22–00–12–02–21–02–22–14–01–22–11–11–12–22–14–00–2
Omiya Ardija1–40–21–01–01–03–20–10–21–00–13–20–13–11–32–31–11–1
Cerezo Osaka1–00–01–02–02–41–02–02–01–11–11–12–21–13–10–02–12–3
Kawasaki Frontale3–02–12–13–22–40–21–00–23–11–10–10–02–13–31–03–12–1
Gamba Osaka1–13–30–24–13–23–11–23–13–24–23–35–31–22–17–13–13–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight0–13–01–11–31–42–12–22–04–01–11–21–00–00–25–40–21–1
JEF United Chiba3–22–42–01–21–03–12–12–22–21–12–12–14–21–01–04–02–2
Júbilo Iwata2–31–12–03–01–22–10–31–31–01–31–11–12–12–26–01–03–1
Kashiwa Reysol0–01–31–21–11–12–10–21–20–41–11–24–20–03–05–11–00–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima5–00–12–11–22–11–21–21–10–00–03–10–00–43–43–02–00–1
Shimizu S-Pulse2–12–22–11–13–21–42–22–11–11–21–10–10–10–11–21–00–1
FC Tokyo4–00–23–32–21–12–11–12–11–00–22–21–00–00–20–01–14–0
Oita Trinita1–31–12–11–21–00–22–00–11–21–10–15–02–11–01–22–10–2
Urawa Red Diamonds2–10–11–21–23–21–13–00–01–07–02–01–12–11–24–12–20–0
Tokyo Verdy 19692–22–01–10–11–20–10–02–24–41–01–40–01–24–20–73–31–1
Vissel Kobe1–10–20–13–11–61–41–01–10–00–42–30–31–22–10–11–10–2
Yokohama F. Marinos4–12–11–21–10–22–22–22–10–10–03–11–10–00–30–11–01–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2005. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 ClemersonGamba Osaka
33
2 WashingtonTokyo Verdy 1969
22
3 Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima
18
EdmílsonAlbirex Niigata
18
Magno AlvesOita Trinita
18
6 JuninhoKawasaki Frontale
16
Masashi OguroGamba Osaka
16
8 Alex MineiroKashima Antlers
15
9 Robert CullenJúbilo Iwata
13
10 Seiichiro MakiJEF United Chiba
12
Ryoichi MaedaJúbilo Iwata
12
Yuki AbeJEF United Chiba
12

Attendance figures

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Albirex Niigata681,94541,98835,33740,114+6.4%
2Urawa Red Diamonds669,06655,47615,76039,357+7.4%
3FC Tokyo460,72143,10418,08927,101+6.5%
4Yokohama F. Marinos437,12153,09714,45025,713+3.6%
5Oita Trinita375,35930,04812,68322,080+0.9%
6Kashima Antlers316,89735,4677,07618,641+6.0%
7Cerezo Osaka300,02043,9275,23217,648+23.2%
8Júbilo Iwata294,04037,3849,85417,296+1.0%
9Gamba Osaka271,41622,8846,64615,966+27.6%
10Vissel Kobe253,52425,1047,64314,913−5.2%
11Tokyo Verdy 1969250,17735,2573,26714,716−2.3%
12Kawasaki Frontale232,18324,3327,02313,658+49.3%
13Nagoya Grampus Eight225,89622,1106,34813,288−15.4%
14Shimizu S-Pulse216,78421,7307,28012,752−6.0%
15Sanfrecce Hiroshima212,96026,0836,23012,527−15.4%
16Kashiwa Reysol212,36827,3286,45712,492+18.8%
17Omiya Ardija169,66730,0384,5569,980+63.4%
18JEF United Chiba162,08917,0874,2499,535−4.8%
League total5,742,23355,4763,26718,765−1.1%

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 Year ClemersonGamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year Robert CullenJúbilo Iwata
Manager of the Year Akira NishinoGamba Osaka
Top scorer ClemersonGamba Osaka33 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Teruyuki MoniwaFC Tokyo
Masashi OguroGamba Osaka
Referee of the Year Kazuhiko Matsumura
Assistant Referee of the Year Masatoshi Shibata
Meritoriousness Player Award Bismarck

Best Eleven

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKMotohiro Yoshida (1)Cerezo Osaka  Japan
DFIlian Stoyanov (1)JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Bulgaria
DFMarcus Tulio Tanaka (2)Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DFYuji Nakazawa (4)Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
MFMitsuo Ogasawara (5)Kashima Antlers  Japan
MFYuki Abe (1)JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Japan
MFFernandinho (1)Gamba Osaka  Brazil
MFYasuhito Endō (3)Gamba Osaka  Japan
MFTatsuya Furuhashi (1)Cerezo Osaka  Japan
FWClemerson (1)Gamba Osaka  Brazil
FWHisato Satō (1)Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan

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

References

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