2006 J.League Division 1

14th season of J1 League J.League Division 1 2006 Urawa Red Diamonds1st J.League title5th Japanese title Champions League Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki Frontale(all to the group stage) Avispa FukuokaCerezo OsakaKyoto Purple Sanga Magno Alves & Washington (26) 306 976 62,241 (Round 34,Reds vs. Gamba) 3,671 (Round 6,Sanga vs. Avispa) 18,292 2005 2007 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. General Promotion/relegation At the end of the 2005 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1. At the end of the 2005 season, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2. At the end of the 2005 season, Ehime FC was promoted to J2. 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 CompetitionChampionRunner-up3rd placeJ.League Division 1Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki FrontaleGamba OsakaJ.League Division 2Yokohama FCKashiwa ReysolVissel KobeEmperor's CupUrawa Red DiamondsGamba OsakaKashima AntlersConsadole SapporoNabisco CupJEF United Ichihara ChibaKashima AntlersKawasaki FrontaleYokohama F. MarinosXEROX Super CupUrawa Red DiamondsGamba Osaka Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area 600 Japan Greater Tokyo area 37 52 57.41 N 139 03 33.01 E Albirex Niigata bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 59 30.28 N 140 38 25.89 E Kashima Antlers top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.916303 139.633377 Omiya Ardija left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 54 11.31 N 139 43 2.97 E Urawa RedDiamonds top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 39 51.4 N 139 31 37.7 E FC Tokyo left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.585895 139.652731 Kawasaki Frontale Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.622376 138.589756 Ventforet Kofu left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.577545 140.122912 JEF UnitedIchihara Chiba bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 30 36.16 N 139 36 22.49 E Yokohama F. Marinos left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 59 04 N 138 28 52 E Shimizu S-Pulse Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.725217 137.875006 Júbilo Iwata Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.122721 136.944301 NagoyaGrampusEight right Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 59 36.52 N 135 42 50.26 E KyotoPurpleSanga top Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.8114 135.5409 Gamba Osaka left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.615339 N 135.516572 E Cerezo Osaka bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 26 26.8 N 132 23 39.3 E SanfrecceHiroshima left Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.585889 N 130.46079 E AvispaFukuoka Japan Greater Tokyo area 33 12 2 N 131 39 27 E Oita Trinita 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. Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Image:Arrowupgreen.png Cerezo Osaka FC Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Image:Arrowupgreen.png Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Urawa Red Diamonds Ventforet Kofu Image:Arrowupgreen.png Yokohama F. Marinos Personnel Club Head coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAlbirex Niigata JPN Jun SuzukiAdidasKameda SeikaAvispa Fukuoka JPN Ryoichi KawakatsuMizunoGeorgiaCerezo Osaka JPN Yuji TsukadaMizunoYanmarFC Tokyo JPN Hisao KuramataAdidasEneosGamba Osaka JPN Akira NishinoUmbroPanasonicJEF United Ichihara Chiba BIH Amar OsimMizunoAutowave Co.Júbilo Iwata BRA Adilson BatistaPumaIida SangyoKashima Antlers BRA Paulo AutuoriNikeTostemKawasaki Frontale JPN Takashi SekizukaAsicsFujitsuKyoto Purple Sanga JPN Naohiko MinobeMizunoKyoceraNagoya Grampus Eight NED Sef VergoossenLe Coq SportifToyotaOita Trinita BRA Péricles ChamuscaPumaMaruhanOmiya Ardija JPN Toshiya MiuraMizunoFlet'sSanfrecce Hiroshima SRB Mihailo PetrovićMizunoDeodeoShimizu S-Pulse JPN Kenta HasegawaPumaJapan AirlinesUrawa Red Diamonds GER Guido BuchwaldNikeVodafoneVentforet Kofu JPN Takeshi OkiDell'ErbaHakubaku Yokohama F. Marinos JPN Takashi MizunumaAdidasNissan Foreign players 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 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 main WDL 5 QR RED Urawa Red Diamonds FRO Kawasaki Frontale GAM Gamba Osaka SSP Shimizu S-Pulse JÚB Júbilo Iwata ANT Kashima Antlers GRA Nagoya Grampus Eight TRI Oita Trinita FMA Yokohama F. Marinos SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima JEF JEF United Ichihara Chiba ARD Omiya Ardija TOK FC Tokyo ALB Albirex Niigata VEN Ventforet Kofu AVI Avispa Fukuoka CER Cerezo Osaka SAN Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 6 6 67 28 C 20 7 7 84 55 20 6 8 80 48 18 6 10 60 41 17 7 10 68 51 18 4 12 62 53 13 9 12 51 49 13 8 13 47 45 13 6 15 49 43 13 6 15 50 56 13 5 16 57 58 13 5 16 43 55 13 4 17 56 65 12 6 16 46 65 12 6 16 42 64 5 12 17 32 56 R 6 9 19 44 70 R 4 10 20 38 74 R #D0F0C0 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot. CLGS CLGS #FFE6E6 2006 promotion/relegation Series RP #FFCCCC Relegation to 2007 J.League Division 2 R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 2, 2006 J. League Division 1 Results main FBR grey 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 December 2, 2006 J. League Division 1 Top scorers PosScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=score&s=34&y=2006&l=E 2006 J1 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629104853/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=score&s=34&y=2006&l=E 29 June 2011 dead dmy-all 1BRA Magno AlvesGamba Osaka26BRA WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds3BRA JuninhoKawasaki Frontale20 4BRA Lucas SeverinoFC Tokyo18JPN Hisato SatōSanfrecce HiroshimaJPN Kazuki GanahaKawasaki Frontale7BRA UesleiSanfrecce Hiroshima16JPN Ryūji BandoGamba OsakaKOR Cho Jae-jinShimizu S-Pulse10JPN Ryoichi MaedaJúbilo Iwata15 Attendance 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 774749 62241 16040 45573 39357 2 Albirex Niigata 658050 42056 33993 38709 40114 3 FC Tokyo 409634 41528 17033 24096 27101 4 Yokohama F. Marinos 402270 50572 11623 23663 25713 5 Oita Trinita 345955 28690 12843 20350 22080 6 Júbilo Iwata 306033 37711 10560 18002 17296 7 Gamba Osaka 276395 20916 8388 16259 15966 8 Kashima Antlers 262365 34236 7427 15433 18641 9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 253702 32109 6618 14924 13288 10 Kawasaki Frontale 243780 23005 9430 14340 13658 11 Shimizu S-Pulse 243137 24920 9079 14302 12752 12 Avispa Fukuoka 234259 21545 8585 13780 10786 † 13 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 227680 17438 8567 13393 9535 14 Cerezo Osaka 221438 30561 6282 13026 17648 15 Ventforet Kofu 207629 17000 8025 12213 6931 † 16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 190066 17564 5545 11180 12527 17 Omiya Ardija 173986 35059 4873 10234 9980 18 Kyoto Purple Sanga 166280 16492 3670 9781 7857 † 5597408 62241 3670 18292 18765 December 2, 2006 J. League Division 1 † Team played previous season in J2. Awards Individual AwardRecipientClubPlayer of the YearJPN Marcus Tulio TanakaUrawa Red DiamondsYoung Player of the YearJPN Jungo FujimotoShimizu S-PulseManager of the YearGER Guido BuchwaldUrawa Red DiamondsTop ScorerBRA Magno AlvesGamba OsakaBRA WashingtonUrawa Red DiamondsFair Play Player AwardJPN Satoru YamagishiJEF United Ichihara ChibaJPN Yuichi NemotoOita TrinitaReferee of the YearJPN Toru KamikawaAssistant Referee of the YearJPN Yoshikazu HiroshimaMeritoriousness Player AwardJPN Masaaki SawanoboriJPN Naoki SomaJPN Nobuyuki Kojima Best Eleven {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !Position !Footballer !Club !Nationality |- |GK |Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1) |Júbilo Iwata |JPN |- |DF |Satoshi Yamaguchi (1) |Gamba Osaka |JPN |- |DF |Marcus Tulio Tanaka (3) |Urawa Red Diamonds |JPN |- |DF |Hiroyuki Taniguchi (1) |Kawasaki Frontale |JPN |- |MF |Keita Suzuki (1) |Urawa Red Diamonds |JPN |- |MF |Yuki Abe (2) |JEF United Ichihara Chiba |JPN |- |MF |Akira Kaji (1) |Gamba Osaka |JPN |- |MF |Kengo Nakamura (1) |Kawasaki Frontale |JPN |- |MF |Yasuhito Endō (4) |Gamba Osaka |JPN |- |MF |Magno Alves (1) |Gamba Osaka |BRA |- |FW |Washington (1) |Urawa Red Diamonds |BRA * The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11. References External links J. League Official Stats rsssf.com first 1 2006 Japan