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2006 J.League Division 1

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The 2006 J.League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.

Season2006
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds
1st J.League title
5th Japanese title
RelegatedAvispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions LeagueUrawa Red Diamonds
Kawasaki Frontale
(all to the group stage)
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
J.League Division 1
Season2006
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds
1st J.League title
5th Japanese title
RelegatedAvispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions LeagueUrawa Red Diamonds
Kawasaki Frontale
(all to the group stage)
Matches306
Goals976 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerMagno Alves & Washington (26)
Highest attendance62,241 (Round 34,
Reds vs. Gamba)
Lowest attendance3,671 (Round 6,
Sanga vs. Avispa)
Average attendance18,292
← 2005
2007 →
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General

Promotion/relegation

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

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Honours

More information Competition, Champion ...
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 Ichihara Chiba Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka
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Clubs

Location of the clubs in Japan

The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu were newly promoted clubs.

Personnel

More information Club, Head coach ...
ClubHead coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Albirex NiigataJapan Jun Suzuki Adidas Kameda Seika
Avispa FukuokaJapan Ryoichi Kawakatsu Mizuno Georgia
Cerezo OsakaJapan Yuji Tsukada Mizuno Yanmar
FC TokyoJapan Hisao Kuramata Adidas Eneos
Gamba OsakaJapan Akira Nishino Umbro Panasonic
JEF United Ichihara ChibaBosnia and Herzegovina Amar Osim Mizuno Autowave Co.
Júbilo IwataBrazil Adilson Batista Puma Iida Sangyo
Kashima AntlersBrazil Paulo Autuori Nike Tostem
Kawasaki FrontaleJapan Takashi Sekizuka Asics Fujitsu
Kyoto Purple SangaJapan Naohiko Minobe Mizuno Kyocera
Nagoya Grampus EightNetherlands Sef Vergoossen Le Coq Sportif Toyota
Oita TrinitaBrazil Péricles Chamusca Puma Maruhan
Omiya ArdijaJapan Toshiya Miura Mizuno Flet's
Sanfrecce HiroshimaSerbia Mihailo Petrović Mizuno Deodeo
Shimizu S-PulseJapan Kenta Hasegawa Puma Japan Airlines
Urawa Red DiamondsGermany Guido Buchwald Nike Vodafone
Ventforet KofuJapan Takeshi Oki Dell'Erba Hakubaku
Yokohama F. MarinosJapan Takashi Mizunuma Adidas Nissan
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Foreign players

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players
Albirex Niigata Brazil Edmílson Brazil Fabinho Santos Brazil Silvinho
Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Alex Brazil Baron Brazil Roberto Brazil Alexandre Brazil Gláucio
Cerezo Osaka Brazil Bruno Quadros Brazil Pingo Brazil Zé Carlos Brazil Japa Brazil André Neitzke
FC Tokyo Brazil Jean Brazil Lucas Severino Brazil Washington Brazil Rychely Paraguay Santiago Salcedo
Gamba Osaka Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Magno Alves Brazil Sidiclei Brazil Lucas Chiaretti
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Austria Mario Haas Bulgaria Ilian Stoyanov Serbia Nebojša Krupniković South Korea Kim Dong-soo
Júbilo Iwata Brazil Fabrício South Korea Kim Jin-kyu
Kashima Antlers Brazil Alex Mineiro Brazil Fábio Santos Brazil Fernando Brazil Chumbinho
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Juninho Brazil Magnum Brazil Marcão North Korea Jong Tae-se Brazil Marcus Vinícius
Kyoto Purple Sanga Brazil André Pinto Brazil Paulinho Brazil Pinheiro Brazil Diego Brazil Alemão
Brazil Ricardo
Nagoya Grampus Eight Norway Frode Johnsen Slovakia Marek Špilár South Korea Kim Jung-woo
Oita Trinita Brazil Edmilson Alves Brazil Rafael Brazil Túlio Brazil Platini Brazil Osmar
Omiya Ardija Brazil Alison Brazil Toninho Brazil Rodrigo Gral
Honduras Saúl Martínez
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil Beto Brazil Ueslei Croatia Dario Dabac North Korea Ri Han-jae South Korea Jo Woo-jin Brazil Dininho
Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil Alexandre Goulart Brazil Marquinhos South Korea Cho Jae-jin
Urawa Red Diamonds Brazil Nenê Brazil Robson Ponte Brazil Washington Spain Sergio Escudero
Ventforet Kofu Brazil Alair Brazil Baré Brazil Biju Brazil Josimar
Brazil Neto
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Dutra Brazil Marques Brazil Magrão
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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

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Table

More information Pos, Team ...
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 for 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
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 56 −6 45
11 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 34 13 5 16 57 58 −1 44
12 Omiya Ardija 34 13 5 16 43 55 −12 44
13 FC Tokyo 34 13 4 17 56 65 −9 43
14 Albirex Niigata 34 12 6 16 46 65 −19 42
15 Ventforet Kofu 34 12 6 16 42 64 −22 42
16 Avispa Fukuoka (R) 34 5 12 17 32 56 −24 27 2006 promotion/relegation Series
17 Cerezo Osaka (R) 34 6 9 19 44 70 −26 27 Relegation to 2007 J.League Division 2
18 Kyoto Purple Sanga (R) 34 4 10 20 38 74 −36 22
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Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2006. 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]
    Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALB ...
Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD AVI CER FRO GAM GRA JEF JÚB SAN SFR SSP TOK TRI RED VEN FMA
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ichihara 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2006. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

More information Pos, Scorer ...
Pos Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Magno Alves Gamba Osaka 26
Brazil Washington Urawa Red Diamonds
3 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 20
4 Brazil Lucas Severino FC Tokyo 18
Japan Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale
7 Brazil Ueslei Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16
Japan Ryūji Bando Gamba Osaka
South Korea Cho Jae-jin Shimizu S-Pulse
10 Japan Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata 15
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Attendance

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 774,749 62,241 16,040 45,573 +15.8%†
2 Albirex Niigata 658,050 42,056 33,993 38,709 −3.5%†
3 FC Tokyo 409,634 41,528 17,033 24,096 −11.1%†
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 402,270 50,572 11,623 23,663 −8.0%†
5 Oita Trinita 345,955 28,690 12,843 20,350 −7.8%†
6 Júbilo Iwata 306,033 37,711 10,560 18,002 +4.1%†
7 Gamba Osaka 276,395 20,916 8,388 16,259 +1.8%†
8 Kashima Antlers 262,365 34,236 7,427 15,433 −17.2%†
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 253,702 32,109 6,618 14,924 +12.3%†
10 Kawasaki Frontale 243,780 23,005 9,430 14,340 +5.0%†
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 243,137 24,920 9,079 14,302 +12.2%†
12 Avispa Fukuoka 234,259 21,545 8,585 13,780 +27.8%†
13 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 227,680 17,438 8,567 13,393 +40.5%†
14 Cerezo Osaka 221,438 30,561 6,282 13,026 −26.2%†
15 Ventforet Kofu 207,629 17,000 8,025 12,213 +76.2%†
16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 190,066 17,564 5,545 11,180 −10.8%†
17 Omiya Ardija 173,986 35,059 4,873 10,234 +2.5%†
18 Kyoto Purple Sanga 166,280 16,492 3,670 9,781 +24.5%†
League total 5,597,408 62,241 3,670 18,292 −2.5%†
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Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

More information Award, Recipient ...
AwardRecipientClub
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 Magno AlvesGamba Osaka
Brazil WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds
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 Masaaki Sawanobori
Japan Naoki Soma
Japan Nobuyuki Kojima
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Best Eleven

More information Position, Footballer ...
Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
DF Satoshi Yamaguchi (1) Gamba Osaka  Japan
DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka (3) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
DF Hiroyuki Taniguchi (1) Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
MF Keita Suzuki (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Yuki Abe (2) JEF United Ichihara Chiba  Japan
MF Akira Kaji (1) Gamba Osaka  Japan
MF Kengo Nakamura (1) Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
MF Yasuhito Endō (4) Gamba Osaka  Japan
MF Magno Alves (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil
FW Washington (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
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* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

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