2006 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2006 Yokohama FC1st J2 title1st D2 title Yokohama FCKashiwa ReysolVissel Kobe Borges (26 goals total) 312 833 18,648 (Round 14,Vegalta vs. Bellmare) 1,019 (Round 23,HollyHock vs. Thespa) 6,406 2005 2007 The 2006 J. League Division 2 season was the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League. In this season, number of participating clubs became thirteen, increased by one from the previous season. The 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 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 Number of participating clubs increased to 13 games Each clubs will play 48 games instead 44 games Changes in clubs none Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2006 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 35.848488 139.975102 Kashiwa Reysol Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.343532 139.341226 Shonan Bellmare left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.469119 139.603770 Yokohama FC right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan 34.656689 135.168978 Vissel Kobe left Arrows 12x12 e.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 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined the J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League. Consadole Sapporo Vegalta Sendai Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHocks Thespa Kusatsu Kashiwa Reysol Image:Arrowdownred.png Tokyo Verdy 1969 Image:Arrowdownred.png Yokohama F.C. Shonan Bellmare Vissel Kobe Image:Arrowdownred.png Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. Image:Arrowupgreen.png Sagan Tosu League format Thirteen clubs played 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. Schedule The tournament ran from March 4 to December 2. With 13 teams, one team always had a bye each matchday, stretching the schedule over 52 weeks. Unlike J1, it continued uninterrupted during the World Cup in Germany. Final league table main WDL 5 P YFC Yokohama FC REY Kashiwa Reysol VIS Vissel Kobe SAG Sagan Tosu VEG Vegalta Sendai CON Consadole Sapporo VER Tokyo Verdy 1969 MON Montedio Yamagata EHI Ehime FC HOL Mito HollyHock BEL Shonan Bellmare SPA Thespa Kusatsu VOR Tokushima Vortis 26 15 7 61 32 C,P 27 7 14 84 60 P 25 11 12 78 53 P 22 13 13 64 49 21 14 13 75 43 20 12 16 77 67 21 8 19 69 75 17 14 17 68 57 14 11 23 51 63 14 9 25 48 69 13 10 25 61 87 9 15 24 54 86 8 11 29 43 92 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2007 J. League Division 1 P P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 2, 2006 J. League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 & 2 FBR grey BEL CON EHI HOL MON REY SAG SPA VEG VER VIS VOR YFC Shonan Bellmare 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 0–2 Consadole Sapporo 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–6 4–2 0–1 Ehime FC 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 Mito HollyHock 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 Montedio Yamagata 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 Sagan Tosu 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 Thespa Kusatsu 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–4 0–0 0–4 3–2 0–2 0–0 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 Tokyo Verdy 1969 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–2 Vissel Kobe 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 Tokushima Vortis 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 3–0 1–1 Yokohama FC 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 July 8, 2006 J. League Division 2 main Rounds 3 & 4 FBR grey BEL CON EHI HOL MON REY SAG SPA VEG VER VIS VOR YFC Shonan Bellmare 1–6 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 2–4 0–1 Consadole Sapporo 1–5 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 6–0 1–2 Ehime FC 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 Mito HollyHock 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 Montedio Yamagata 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 Kashiwa Reysol 4–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–5 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–3 Sagan Tosu 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 Thespa Kusatsu 0–0 0–2 2–5 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–4 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–1 Vissel Kobe 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 Tokushima Vortis 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 Yokohama FC 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 December 2, 2006 J. League Division 2 Top scorers PosScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=52&y=2006&l=E 2006 J2 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629104834/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=52&y=2006&l=E 2011-06-29 dead 1BRA BorgesVegalta Sendai 26 2BRA HulkConsadole Sapporo 25 3JPN Tatsunori AraiSagan Tosu 23BRA LeandroMontedio Yamagata 23 5BRA DiegoKashiwa Reysol 21 6BRA AlemãoYokohama FC 18 7BRA AndersonMito HollyHock 17 8JPN Kazuki HiramotoTokyo Verdy 1969 15JPN Atsuhiro MiuraVissel Kobe 15 10BRA LopesVegalta Sendai 14JPN Toshiya TanakaEhime FC 14 Attendance 1 Vegalta Sendai 346868 18648 10529 14453 15934 2 Consadole Sapporo 251476 18547 3896 10478 11133 3 Kashiwa Reysol 199872 11471 4464 8328 12492 † 4 Sagan Tosu 179151 18231 4121 7465 7855 5 Vissel Kobe 165834 15407 3750 6910 14913 † 6 Tokyo Verdy 1969 136926 11176 2982 5705 14716 † 7 Shonan Bellmare 128766 10723 2551 5365 5746 8 Yokohama FC 122852 11472 2690 5119 5938 9 Montedio Yamagata 122042 13043 2236 5085 5949 10 Ehime FC 99334 10922 2091 4139 2844 ‡ 11 Thespa Kusatsu 89670 6355 1608 3736 3959 12 Tokushima Vortis 83452 6970 1257 3477 4366 13 Mito HollyHock 72405 9482 1019 3017 3334 1998648 18648 1019 6406 7482 December 2, 2006 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL. March 2012 References second 2 2006 Japan Japan