2010 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2010 Kashiwa Reysol1st J2 title2nd D2 title Kashiwa ReysolVentforet KofuAvispa Fukuoka Mike Havenaar (20 goals total) 342 835 26,875 (Round 19,Consadole vs. Yokohama) 1,456 (Round 27,HollyHock vs. Fagiano) 6,696 2009 2011 November 2022 The 2010 J. League Division 2 season was the 39th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 12th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4.http://japantoday.com/category/sports/view/j-league-to-kick-off-season-march-6 J-League to kick off season March 6April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by one, making the total number, nineteen. As opposed to the last two seasons, clubs will play double-round robin, instead of triple-round robin. At the end of the season, the top three clubs were promoted to J. League Division 1 for the 2011 season. Furthermore, there was no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League. Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2010 J.League 2 teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 43.015100 141.409816 Consadole Sapporo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.510492 139.857194 Tochigi SC right Arrows 12x12 sw.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 35.622320 138.589754 Ventforet Kofu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.664257 139.527137 Tokyo Verdy right Arrows 12x12 sw.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.848488 139.975102 Kashiwa Reysol Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.577537 140.122940 JEF United Chiba right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.469119 139.603770 Yokohama FC right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.625003 137.195638 Kataller Toyama left Arrows 12x12 se.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.441359 136.766090 FC Gifu left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.680658 133.919631 Fagiano Okayama 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 33.890407 130.731746 Giravanz Kitakyushu top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.585803 130.461066 Avispa Fukuoka right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.200783 131.657435 Oita Trinita right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 32.836872 130.800095 Roasso Kumamoto right Arrows 12x12 w.svg The following nineteen clubs will play in J. League Division 2 during the 2010 season. Of these clubs, JEF United Chiba, Kashiwa Reysol, and Oita Trinita were relegated from J1 League last year. Also, Giravanz Kitakyushu (formerly known as New Wave Kitakyushu) newly joined from Japan Football League. Club nameHome town(s)Note(s)Avispa FukuokaFukuoka, FukuokaConsadole SapporoSapporo, HokkaidōEhime FCAll cities/towns in EhimeFagiano OkayamaAll cities/towns in OkayamaFC GifuAll cities/towns in GifuGiravanz KitakyushuKitakyushu, FukuokaPromoted from JFL in 2009Renamed from New Wave KitakyushuJEF United ChibaChiba & Ichihara, ChibaRelegated from J1 League in 2009Kashiwa ReysolKashiwa, ChibaRelegated from J1 League in 2009Kataller ToyamaAll cities/towns in ToyamaMito HollyHockMito, IbarakiOita TrinitaAll cities/towns in OitaRelegated from J1 League in 2009Roasso KumamotoKumamoto, KumamotoSagan TosuTosu, SagaThespa KusatsuAll cities/towns in GunmaTochigi SCUtsunomiya, TochigiTokushima VortisAll cities/towns in TokushimaTokyo VerdyAll cities/towns in TokyoVentforet KofuAll cities/towns in YamanashiYokohama FCYokohama, Kanagawa League format Nineteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 36 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 Disciplinary points 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. Three top clubs will be promoted to J1 (see below). Changes from Previous Year Nineteen participating clubs, increased by one, Giravanz Kitakyushu, from last year Due to abolishment of triple round-robin format, which has been applied for the past two seasons, and installation of double round-robin, the number of games per club decreased to 36, down from 51, the fewest games played in J2, as same as 1999 J2 season. Therefore, regular season schedule had a month break after June 13 games during 2010 FIFA World Cup, first World Cup break as J2 since the 2002 events held in Japan, then the season resumed from July 17. As in J1, J2 teams may now have 7 substitute players per match, up from 5. League table main WDL 5 PR REY Kashiwa Reysol VEN Ventforet Kofu AVI Avispa Fukuoka JEF JEF United Chiba VER Tokyo Verdy YFC Yokohama FC ROS Roasso Kumamoto VOR Tokushima Vortis SAG Sagan Tosu TOC Tochigi SC EHI Ehime FC SPA Thespa Kusatsu CON Consadole Sapporo GIF FC Gifu TRI Oita Trinita HOL Mito HollyHock FAG Fagiano Okayama KAT Kataller Toyama GIR Giravanz Kitakyushu 23 11 2 71 24 C,P 19 13 4 71 40 P 21 6 9 63 34 P 18 7 11 58 37 17 7 12 47 34 16 6 14 54 47 14 12 10 39 43 15 6 15 51 47 13 12 11 42 41 14 8 14 46 42 12 12 12 34 34 14 6 16 36 48 11 13 12 37 38 13 6 17 32 45 10 11 15 39 49 8 14 14 29 45 8 8 20 27 51 8 4 24 39 71 1 12 23 20 65 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2011 J. League Division 1 P P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 4, 2010 J.League Division 2 Results main FBR grey AVI CON EHI FAG GIF GIR HOL JEF KAT REY ROS SAG SPA TOC TRI VEN VER VOR YFC Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 5–0 0–2 6–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 Ehime FC 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 Fagiano Okayama 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 FC Gifu 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 Giravanz Kitakyushu 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–4 Mito HollyHock 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 3–1 JEF United Chiba 1–1 0–3 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 Kataller Toyama 1–2 0–2 3–3 4–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–3 2–3 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 6–0 2–0 Roasso Kumamoto 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 0–2 Sagan Tosu 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–4 Thespa Kusatsu 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–4 1–0 1–4 0–3 Tochigi SC 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 Oita Trinita 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 Ventforet Kofu 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 6–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–4 4–3 3–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 Tokyo Verdy 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 Tokushima Vortis 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 4–0 4–4 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 Yokohama FC 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–4 3–2 1–2 December 4, 2010 J. League Division 2 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=38&y=2010&l=E 2010 J2 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120929061644/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=38&y=2010&l=E 29 September 2012 1JPN Mike HavenaarVentforet Kofu 20 2BRA Ricardo LoboTochigi SC 16JPN Tomohiro TsudaTokushima Vortis 16 4JPN Genki NagasatoAvispa Fukuoka 15 5BRA PaulinhoVentforet Kofu 14 6BRA Leandro DominguesKashiwa Reysol 13JPN Yohei ToyodaSagan Tosu 13 8JPN Masashi OguroMoved on loan to FC Tokyo after 17th week.Yokohama FC 12 9JPN Ryohei HayashiKashiwa Reysol 11 10JPN Kazuki HiramotoTokyo Verdy 10JPN Masato KudoKashiwa Reysol 10JPN Kosuke NakamachiAvispa Fukuoka 10BRA Neto BaianoJEF United Chiba 10 Notes: Attendance 1 Ventforet Kofu 223309 16431 10316 12406 11059 2 JEF United Chiba 210394 18031 8381 11689 14730 † 3 Consadole Sapporo 193280 26875 5429 10738 10207 4 Oita Trinita 188340 14518 4594 10463 18428 † 5 Avispa Fukuoka 158777 14713 5012 8821 7763 6 Kashiwa Reysol 145766 10768 6844 8098 11738 † 7 Fagiano Okayama 128900 11290 4025 7161 6162 8 Roasso Kumamoto 124317 16098 2803 6907 6006 9 Sagan Tosu 119392 12301 3658 6633 5939 10 Yokohama FC 104230 10809 3553 5791 3535 11 Tokyo Verdy 100297 25110 2512 5639 5572 12 Tokushima Vortis 83057 11115 2117 4614 4073 13 Kataller Toyama 80327 10726 2542 4463 3740 14 Thespa Kusatsu 79638 9382 2232 4424 4330 15 Ehime FC 78945 10630 2787 4386 3694 16 Giravanz Kitakyushu 75393 7470 2389 4189 3409 ‡ 17 Tochigi SC 74821 6933 1913 4157 4706 18 Mito HollyHock 64949 10181 1456 3608 2673 19 FC Gifu 55950 5133 2006 3108 4302 2290082 26875 1456 6696 6326 December 4, 2010 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL. References second 2 2010 Japan Japan