2005 J.League Division 1

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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 goalscorerAraújo (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 →

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[]

  • At the end of the 2004 season, Kawasaki Frontale and Omiya Ardija were promoted to J1
  • At the end of the 2004 season, there were no relegation to J2.
  • At the end of the 2004 season, Tokushima Vortis and Thespa Kusatsu were promoted to J2 from JFL

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[]

  • JEF United relocates from Ichihara to the prefecture capital, Chiba, and becomes JEF United Ichihara Chiba.

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[]

2005 J.League Division 1 is located in Japan
Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers
Omiya Ardija
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red
Diamonds
FC Tokyo
FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale
Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
JEF United Chiba
JEF United
Chiba
Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse
Shimizu S-Pulse
Júbilo Iwata
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nagoya
Grampus
Eight
Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Cerezo
Osaka
Vissel Kobe
Vissel Kobe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce
Hiroshima
Oita Trinita
Oita Trinita
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Location of the clubs in Japan

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 Arrowupgreen.png
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • FC Tokyo
  • Tokyo Verdy 1969
  • Kawasaki Frontale Arrowupgreen.png
  • 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[]

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 for 2006 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
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 FC 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 62 −15 42
13 Omiya Ardija 34 12 5 17 39 50 −11 41
14 Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 10 9 15 43 49 −6 39
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 9 12 13 40 49 −9 39
16 Kashiwa Reysol (R) 34 8 11 15 39 54 −15 35 Relegation to 2006 J.League Division 2[a]
17 Tokyo Verdy 1969 (R) 34 6 12 16 40 73 −33 30
18 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 4 9 21 30 67 −37 21
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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tokyo Verdy 1969 qualified to 2006 ACL as 2004 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results[]

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD CER FRO GAM GRA JEF JÚB REY SFR SSP TOK TRI RED VER VIS FMA
Albirex Niigata 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 3–2 1–0
Kashima Antlers 7–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–2
Omiya Ardija 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–1
Cerezo Osaka 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–3
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 2–1
Gamba Osaka 1–1 3–3 0–2 4–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 4–2 3–3 5–3 1–2 2–1 7–1 3–1 3–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 5–4 0–2 1–1
JEF United Chiba 3–2 2–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2
Júbilo Iwata 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 3–1
Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 4–2 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–4 3–4 3–0 2–0 0–1
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
FC Tokyo 4–0 0–2 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–0
Oita Trinita 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 7–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 0–0
Tokyo Verdy 1969 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 4–4 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–2 4–2 0–7 3–3 1–1
Vissel Kobe 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–6 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1
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[]

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 +6.4%†
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 669,066 55,476 15,760 39,357 +7.4%†
3 FC Tokyo 460,721 43,104 18,089 27,101 +6.5%†
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 437,121 53,097 14,450 25,713 +3.6%†
5 Oita Trinita 375,359 30,048 12,683 22,080 +0.9%†
6 Kashima Antlers 316,897 35,467 7,076 18,641 +6.0%†
7 Cerezo Osaka 300,020 43,927 5,232 17,648 +23.2%†
8 Júbilo Iwata 294,040 37,384 9,854 17,296 +1.0%†
9 Gamba Osaka 271,416 22,884 6,646 15,966 +27.6%†
10 Vissel Kobe 253,524 25,104 7,643 14,913 −5.2%†
11 Tokyo Verdy 1969 250,177 35,257 3,267 14,716 −2.3%†
12 Kawasaki Frontale 232,183 24,332 7,023 13,658 +49.3%†
13 Nagoya Grampus Eight 225,896 22,110 6,348 13,288 −15.4%†
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 216,784 21,730 7,280 12,752 −6.0%†
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 212,960 26,083 6,230 12,527 −15.4%†
16 Kashiwa Reysol 212,368 27,328 6,457 12,492 +18.8%†
17 Omiya Ardija 169,667 30,038 4,556 9,980 +63.4%†
18 JEF United Chiba 162,089 17,087 4,249 9,535 −4.8%‡
League total 5,742,233 55,476 3,267 18,765 −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[]

Award Recipient Club Notes
Player of the Year Brazil Araújo Gamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year Japan Robert Cullen Júbilo Iwata
Manager of the Year Japan Akira Nishino Gamba Osaka
Top scorer Brazil Araújo Gamba Osaka 33 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Japan Teruyuki Moniwa FC Tokyo
Japan Masashi Oguro Gamba Osaka
Referee of the Year Japan
Assistant Referee of the Year Japan
Meritoriousness Player Award Brazil 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 Endō (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. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

External links[]

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