2004 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2 2004 Kawasaki Frontale2nd J2 title3rd D2 title Kawasaki FrontaleOmiya Ardija Juninho (37 goals) 264 635 20,062 (Round 10,Montedio vs. Vegalta) 1,338 (Round 31,HollyHock vs. Bellmare) 7,213 2003 2005 The 2004 J. League Division 2 season was the 33rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 6th season since the establishment of J. League Division 2. In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. Starting this season, promotion slots increased to 2.5 slots. The top two received automatic promotion and the third-placed finisher advanced to the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League. Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2004 J.League 2 teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 43.015100 141.409816 Consadole Sapporo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 38.319143 140.881780 Vegalta Sendai right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan 38.335547 140.378445 Montedio Yamagata left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan 35.916158 139.633381 Omiya Ardija top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.345278 140.412222 Mito HollyHock right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.622320 138.589754 Ventforet Kofu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.343532 139.341226 Shonan Bellmare left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Japan 35.585808 139.652689 Kawasaki Frontale right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.469119 139.603770 Yokohama FC right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.993496 135.714014 Kyoto Purple Sanga left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan 33.585803 130.461066 Avispa Fukuoka right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg The following twelve clubs participated in J. League Division 2 during 2004 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated from Division 1 last season. Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Image:Arrowdownred.png Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Vegalta Sendai Image:Arrowdownred.png Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC Personnel Club Head coachAvispa Fukuoka JPN Hiroshi MatsudaConsadole Sapporo JPN Masaaki YanagishitaKawasaki Frontale JPN Takashi SekizukaKyoto Purple Sanga JPN Koichi HashirataniMito HollyHock JPN Hideki MaedaMontedio Yamagata JPN Jun SuzukiOmiya Ardija JPN Toshiya MiuraSagan Tosu JPN Ikuo MatsumotoShonan Bellmare JPN Matsuichi YamadaVegalta Sendai SLO Zdenko VerdenikVentforet Kofu JPN Hideki MatsunagaYokohama FC GER Pierre Littbarski Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Bentinho Brazil Edílson Brazil Roberto Brazil Alex Consadole Sapporo Brazil Andradina Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Augusto César Brazil Juninho Brazil Marcus Vinícius Brazil Diogo Tilico Kyoto Purple Sanga Brazil Biju South Korea Choi Yong-soo South Korea Kim Do-kyun Brazil Leandro Vieira Mito HollyHock Brazil Marquinho Chile Francisco Fernández North Korea Hwang Hak-sun Montedio Yamagata Brazil Denni Brazil Léo San Omiya Ardija Brazil Baré Brazil Toninho Brazil Tuto Brazil Daniel Bueno Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Brazil Amaral South Korea Kim Geun-chol Colombia Ever Palacios Vegalta Sendai Brazil Fábio Nunes Brazil Silvinho Macedonia Goce Sedloski North Korea Ryang Yong-gi Brazil MarcosSlovakia Jozef Gašpar Ventforet Kofu Brazil Alair Brazil Lê Brazil BaronBrazil Careca Yokohama FC Brazil Jefferson Netherlands Mathieu Boots Scotland Steven Tweed Philippines Satoshi Ōtomo League format Twelve clubs played in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 44 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 top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/relegation series. Changes from previous year Inception of Pro/Rele series for the 3rd place. Final league table main WDL 5 PR FRO Kawasaki Frontale ARD Omiya Ardija AVI Avispa Fukuoka MON Montedio Yamagata SAN Kyoto Purple Sanga VEG Vegalta Sendai VEN Ventforet Kofu YFC Yokohama FC HOL Mito HollyHock BEL Shonan Bellmare SAG Sagan Tosu CON Consadole Sapporo 34 3 7 104 38 C,P 26 9 9 63 38 P 23 7 14 56 41 19 14 11 58 51 19 12 13 65 53 15 14 15 62 66 15 13 16 51 46 10 22 12 42 50 6 19 19 33 60 7 15 22 39 64 8 11 25 32 66 5 15 24 30 62 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 1 P P blue1 Promotion/relegation playoff PO 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 27, 2004 J. League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 & 2 FBR grey ARD AVI BEL CON FRO HOL MON SAN SAG VEG VEN YFC Omiya Ardija 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 Avispa Fukuoka 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 Shonan Bellmare 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 5–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 Mito HollyHock 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 Montedio Yamagata 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 Kyoto Purple Sanga 2–3 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 Sagan Tosu 0–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–5 3–1 1–2 1–0 Ventforet Kofu 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 6–1 Yokohama FC 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 July 11, 2004 J. League Division 2 main Rounds 3 & 4 FBR grey ARD AVI BEL CON FRO HOL MON SAN SAG VEG VEN YFC Omiya Ardija 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 Avispa Fukuoka 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 Shonan Bellmare 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 Consadole Sapporo 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 Mito HollyHock 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 Montedio Yamagata 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 Kyoto Purple Sanga 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–6 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 Sagan Tosu 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 Ventforet Kofu 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 Yokohama FC 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–5 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 November 27, 2004 J. League Division 2 Promotion / relegation Playoff December 4, 2004 13:03 Avispa Fukuoka 0 - 2 Official Report Kashiwa Reysol 47' Ono89' Yazawa Hakata no Mori, Fukuoka 20,522 Toshimitsu Yoshida December 12, 2004 15:04 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 0 Official Report Avispa Fukuoka Unozawa 57'Hato 61' Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 13,149 Joji Kashihara Kashiwa Reysol won on 4-0 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues. Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=44&y=2004&l=E 2004 J2 Top scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629105457/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=44&y=2004&l=E 29 June 2011 dead dmy-all 1BRA Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 37 2JPN Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale 22JPN Hideo Ōshima Montedio Yamagata 22 4 KOR Choi Yong-soo Kyoto Purple Sanga 20JPN Hisato Satō Vegalta Sendai 20 6BRA Marcus Vinícius Kawasaki Frontale 18 7BRA Baré Omiya Ardija 15 8BRA Baron Ventforet Kofu 14 9JPN Michiaki Kakimoto Shonan Bellmare 10JPN Hiroshi Morita Omiya Ardija 10 Attendance figures 1 Vegalta Sendai 356359 18751 12023 16198 21708 † 2 Consadole Sapporo 208241 19873 5061 9466 10766 3 Kawasaki Frontale 201264 20043 4402 9148 7258 4 Avispa Fukuoka 192349 15444 5130 8743 7417 5 Kyoto Purple Sanga 171764 10579 3124 7807 10850 † 6 Montedio Yamagata 141246 20062 2964 6420 4370 7 Ventforet Kofu 140141 10121 2401 6370 5796 8 Omiya Ardija 134365 12004 1901 6108 5058 9 Shonan Bellmare 103208 9879 2711 4691 4731 10 Yokohama FC 92818 12180 2011 4219 3743 11 Mito HollyHock 83002 9155 1338 3773 3085 12 Sagan Tosu 79415 9565 2269 3610 3172 1904172 20062 1338 7213 7895 November 27, 2004 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1. References External links rsssf.com second 2 2004 Japan Japan