2007 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2007 Consadole Sapporo2nd J2 title5th D2 title Consadole SapporoTokyo Verdy 1969Kyoto Sanga Hulk (37 goals total) 312 782 32,599 (Round 50,Consadole vs. Sanga) 958 (Round 11,HollyHock vs. Bellmare) 6,521 2006 2008 The 2007 J. League Division 2 season was the 36th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 9th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1. In this season, thirteen clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third placed-finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League. General Promotion and relegation At the end of the 2006 season, Yokohama FC, Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were promoted to J1 At the end of the 2006 season, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated to J2. Changes in competition format none Changes in clubs Kyoto Purple Sanga was renamed to Kyoto Sanga F.C. Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2007 J.League 2 teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 43.015100 141.409816 Consadole Sapporo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 38.319143 140.881780 Vegalta Sendai right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 38.335547 140.378445 Montedio Yamagata left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.411612 139.053255 Thespa Kusatsu left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.345278 140.412222 Mito HollyHock right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.664257 139.527137 Tokyo Verdy 1969 right Arrows 12x12 sw.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.343532 139.341226 Shonan Bellmare left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.993496 135.714014 Kyoto Sanga FC left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.615385 135.516684 Cerezo Osaka right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.168251 134.618053 Tokushima Vortis right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.768249 132.797550 Ehime FC right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.585803 130.461066 Avispa Fukuoka top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Sanga F.C. relegated from J1 last year. Consadole Sapporo Vegalta Sendai Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Thespa Kusatsu Tokyo Verdy 1969 Shonan Bellmare Kyoto Sanga F.C. Image:Arrowdownred.png Cerezo Osaka Image:Arrowdownred.png Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. Avispa Fukuoka Image:Arrowdownred.png Sagan Tosu League format Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 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 none Final league table main WDL 5 P CON Consadole Sapporo VER Tokyo Verdy 1969 SAN Kyoto Sanga VEG Vegalta Sendai CER Cerezo Osaka BEL Shonan Bellmare AVI Avispa Fukuoka SAG Sagan Tosu MON Montedio Yamagata EHI Ehime FC SPA Thespa Kusatsu HOL Mito HollyHock VOR Tokushima Vortis 27 10 11 66 45 C,P 26 11 11 90 57 P 24 14 10 80 59 P 24 11 13 72 54 24 8 16 72 55 23 8 17 72 55 22 7 19 77 61 21 9 18 63 66 15 13 20 46 56 12 9 27 39 66 7 21 20 42 71 8 10 30 32 70 6 15 27 31 67 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 1 P P #EDF97C 2007 promotion/relegation Series PP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 1, 2007 J. League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 & 2 FBR grey AVI BEL CER CON EHI HOL MON SAG SAN SPA VEG VER VOR Avispa Fukuoka 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 Shonan Bellmare 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 4–1 2–4 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 1–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 Consadole Sapporo 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 Ehime FC 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–4 1–3 0–1 Mito HollyHock 1–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 Montedio Yamagata 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 Sagan Tosu 0–5 0–5 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 Kyoto Sanga 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–4 1–1 Thespa Kusatsu 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–5 1–0 3–1 1–3 5–0 2–1 0–3 Tokushima Vortis 0–1 0–2 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 0–1 July 7, 2007 J. League Division 2 main Rounds 3 & 4 FBR grey AVI BEL CER CON EHI HOL MON SAG SAN SPA VEG VER VOR Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 Cerezo Osaka 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 Ehime FC 3–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 Mito HollyHock 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 Montedio Yamagata 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 Sagan Tosu 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 Kyoto Sanga 4–3 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 Thespa Kusatsu 1–5 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 Tokushima Vortis 0–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 December 1, 2007 J. League Division 2 Top scorers PosScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=52&y=2007&l=E 2007 J2 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629104739/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=52&y=2007&l=E 29 June 2011 dead dmy-all 1BRA HulkTokyo Verdy 1969 37 2BRA AlexAvispa Fukuoka 26 3JPN Yoshihito FujitaSagan Tosu 24BRA PaulinhoKyoto Sanga 24 5JPN Tatsuya FuruhashiCerezo Osaka 18 6BRA DaviConsadole Sapporo 17 7BRA LincolnAvispa Fukuoka 16 8BRA AndreKyoto Sanga 15 9JPN Hiroki BandaiVegalta Sendai 14BRA LopesVegalta Sendai 14 Attendance 1 Vegalta Sendai 352432 19033 11301 14685 14453 2 Consadole Sapporo 290676 32599 2161 12112 10478 3 Avispa Fukuoka 228702 17361 2724 9529 13780 † 4 Tokyo Verdy 1969 175850 16342 2481 7327 5705 5 Kyoto Sanga 159105 17163 2507 6629 9781 † 6 Cerezo Osaka 159044 20170 2711 6627 13026 † 7 Sagan Tosu 146731 16661 2860 6114 7465 8 Shonan Bellmare 112254 7968 3092 4677 5365 9 Montedio Yamagata 101836 9190 1944 4243 5085 10 Thespa Kusatsu 91401 6817 2061 3808 3736 11 Ehime FC 79619 6381 1933 3317 4139 12 Tokushima Vortis 78936 6566 1802 3289 3477 13 Mito HollyHock 57957 6543 958 2415 3017 2034543 32599 958 6521 6406 December 1, 2007 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1. March 2012 References second 2 2007 Japan Japan