2006 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season	2006
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds 1st J. League title 5th Japanese title
Relegated	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions League	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Frontale !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

At the end of the 2005 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1.
At the end of the 2005 season, Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2.
At the end of the 2005 season, Ehime FC !Ehime FC was promoted to J2 from JFL

Changes in competition format

The Division 2 was expanded to 13 clubs.
In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. two-legged league cup games) away goals rule is adopted.

Changes in clubs

none

Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka
J. League Division 2	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
Emperor's Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo
Nabisco Cup	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka !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.

Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba
F.C. Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
Ventforet Kofu
Albirex Nigata
Shimizu S-Pulse
Jublio Iwata
Nagayo Grampus Eight
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka
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

none

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds (C)	34	22	6	6	67	28	+39	72	Qualification to 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	7	7	84	55	+29	67	Qualification to 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
3	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	34	20	6	8	80	48	+32	66
4	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	34	18	6	10	60	41	+19	60
5	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	34	17	7	10	68	51	+17	58
6	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	18	4	12	62	53	+9	58
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	13	9	12	51	49	+2	48
8	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	34	13	8	13	47	45	+2	47
9	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	6	15	49	43	+6	45
10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	6	15	50	56	−6	45
11	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	34	13	5	16	57	58	−1	44
12	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	34	13	5	16	43	55	−12	44
13	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	34	13	4	17	56	65	−9	43
14	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	12	6	16	46	65	−19	42
15	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	34	12	6	16	42	64	−22	42
16	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka (R)	34	5	12	17	32	56	−24	27	2006 Promotion/Relegation Series
17	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	6	9	19	44	70	−26	27	Relegation to 2007 J. League Division 2
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga (R)	34	4	10	20	38	74	−36	22	Relegation to 2007 J. League Division 2

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 !Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale !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	Albirex Niigata !ALB	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Omiya Ardija !ARD	Avispa Fukuoka !AVI	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Kawasaki Frontale !FRO	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus Eight !GRA	JEF United Chiba !JEF	Júbilo Iwata !JÚB	Kyoto Purple Sanga !SAN	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !SFR	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	FC Tokyo !TOK	Oita Trinita !TRI	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Ventforet Kofu !VEN	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–0
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	5–1		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–4	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–3
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	1–2	0–3		2–2	2–0	1–5	0–2	1–4	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–1
Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	4–5	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–3
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–0		1–3	1–6	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–0
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	6–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–0		3–2	4–2	2–2	3–4	2–0	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0		5–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1
Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	3–3		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	5–1	1–1
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	3–4	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	7–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	3–1
Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–4	2–7	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–3		2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–4
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	3–4	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–0		1–2	5–2	0–1	1–4	1–3	3–0
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–3	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–0
FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	1–4	2–4	1–2	5–1	2–3	5–4	3–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1		2–0	0–0	1–3	1–2
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–1		2–1	3–2	1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0		3–0	1–0
Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1		1–0
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–0

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	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	26
1	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	26
3	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	20
4	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	18
	Lucas	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	18
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18
7	Ryūji Bando	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	16
	Cho Jae-Jin	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	16
	Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16
10	Ryoichi Maeda	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	15

Attendance Figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	774,749	62,241	16,040	45,573	0.15793886729171+15.7%^†
2	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	658,050	42,056	33,993	38,709	-0.96497482175799−3.5%^†
3	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	409,634	41,528	17,033	24,096	-0.88911848271282−11.0%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	402,270	50,572	11,623	23,663	-0.92027379146735−7.9%^†
5	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	345,955	28,690	12,843	20,350	-0.92164855072464−7.8%^†
6	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	306,033	37,711	10,560	18,002	0.04081868640148+4.0%^†
7	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	276,395	20,916	8,388	16,259	0.018351496930978+1.8%^†
8	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	262,365	34,236	7,427	15,433	-0.82790622820664−17.2%^†
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	253,702	32,109	6,618	14,924	0.12311860325105+12.3%^†
10	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	243,780	23,005	9,430	14,340	0.049934104554108+4.9%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	243,137	24,920	9,079	14,302	0.1215495608532+12.1%^†
12	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	234,259	21,545	8,585	13,780	0.2775820508066+27.7%^†
13	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	227,680	17,438	8,567	13,393	0.404614577871+40.4%^†
14	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	221,438	30,561	6,282	13,026	-0.73810063463282−26.1%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	207,629	17,000	8,025	12,213	0.76208339344972+76.2%^†
16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	190,066	17,564	5,545	11,180	-0.89247225991858−10.7%^†
17	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	173,986	35,059	4,873	10,234	0.025450901803607+2.5%^†
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	166,280	16,492	3,670	9,781	0.24487717958508+24.4%^†
	League total	5,597,408	62,241	3,670	18,292	-0.97479349853451−2.5%^†

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Jungo Fujimoto	Shimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year	Guido Buchwald	Urawa Red Diamonds
Top Scorer	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	26 goals.
Top Scorer	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award	Satoru Yamagishi	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Fair Play Player Award	Yuichi Nemoto	Oita Trinita
Referee of the Year	Toru Kamikawa
Assistant Referee of the Year	Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Meritoriousness Player Award	Nobuyuki Kojima
	Naoki Soma
	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

↑ "2006 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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2006 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J.League Division 1 J.League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J.League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	FIFA World Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

J.League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Urawa Red Diamonds Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F. Marinos

J.League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Ehime F.C. Kashiwa Reysol Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy 1969 Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F.C.

J1 League champions

8 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2016)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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