2005 J.League Division 1

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)
Highest attendance55,476 (Round 9,
Reds vs. Grampus)
Lowest attendance3,267 (Round 5,
Verdy vs. Sanfrecce)
Average attendance18,765
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 J.League Division 1 season was the 13th season since the establishment of J.League Division 1. It began on March 5 and ended on December 3, followed by J. League promotion/relegation series matches on December 7 and 10.

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

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 Ichihara Chiba Gamba Osaka Urawa Red Diamonds
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F. Marinos

Clubs

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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.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Yasuharu Sorimachi
Cerezo Osaka Shinji Kobayashi
FC Tokyo Hiromi Hara
Gamba Osaka Akira Nishino
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ivica Osim
Júbilo Iwata Masakuni Yamamoto
Kashima Antlers Toninho Cerezo
Kashiwa Reysol Hiroshi Hayano
Kawasaki Frontale Takashi Sekizuka
Nagoya Grampus Eight Hitoshi Nakata
Oita Trinita Péricles Chamusca
Omiya Ardija Toshiya Miura
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Takeshi Ono
Shimizu S-Pulse Kenta Hasegawa
Tokyo Verdy 1969 Vadão
Urawa Red Diamonds Guido Buchwald
Vissel Kobe Pavel Řehák
Yokohama F. Marinos Takeshi Okada

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former 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 Gomes
Gamba Osaka Clemerson Fernandinho Sidiclei
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Mario Haas Ilian Stoyanov Gabriel Popescu Kim Dong-soo
Júbilo Iwata Choi Yong-soo Kim Jin-kyu Ibrahima Rene Camara Rodrigo Gral
Kashima Antlers Alex Mineiro Fernando Ricardinho Ari
Kashiwa Reysol Cléber Santana França Reinaldo Ricardinho
Choi Sung-kuk
Kawasaki Frontale Augusto César Juninho Marcus Vinícius Chong Yong-de Hulk
Nagoya Grampus Eight Claiton Eduardo An Yong-hak Jorge Sebastián Núñez Luizão
Marques
Ueslei
Oita Trinita Edmilson Alves Magno Alves Túlio Dodô
Patrick Zwaanswijk
Omiya Ardija Leandro Toninho Tuto Christian
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Beto Dininho Galvão Ri Han-jae Jorginho
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 Sergio Escudero Eliézio Emerson Sheik
Alpay Özalan
Vissel Kobe Ivo Ulich Martin Müller Pavel Horváth Park Kang-jo Roger Machado
Patrick Mboma
Yokohama F. Marinos Dutra Magrão Rodrigo Gral Adhemar
Ahn Jung-hwan

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
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 Ichihara 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
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tokyo Verdy 1969 qualified to 2006 AFC Champions League 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 Ichihara 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 Clemerson Gamba Osaka
33
2 Washington Tokyo Verdy 1969
22
3 Edmílson Albirex Niigata 18
Magno Alves Oita Trinita
Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima
6 Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 16
Masashi Oguro Gamba Osaka
8 Alex Mineiro Kashima Antlers
15
9 Robert Cullen Júbilo Iwata
13
10 Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata 12
Seiichiro Maki JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Yuki Abe JEF United Ichihara Chiba

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 Ichihara 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
Player of the Year Clemerson Gamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year Robert Cullen Júbilo Iwata
Manager of the Year Akira Nishino Gamba Osaka
Top Scorer Clemerson Gamba Osaka
Fair Play Player Award Masashi Oguro Gamba Osaka
Teruyuki Moniwa FC Tokyo
Referee of the Year Kazuhiko Matsumura
Assistant Referee of the Year Masatoshi Shibata
Meritoriousness Player Award 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 Fernandinho (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil
MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (5) Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Tatsuya Furuhashi (1) Cerezo Osaka  Japan
MF Yasuhito Endō (3) Gamba Osaka  Japan
MF Yuki Abe (1) JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Japan
FW Clemerson (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.