2009 J.League Division 2

Club football season in Japan J.League Division 2 2009 Vegalta Sendai1st J2 title1st D2 title Vegalta SendaiCerezo OsakaShonan Bellmare Shinji Kagawa (27 goals total) 459 1164 22,707 (Round 25,Consadole vs. HollyHock) 615 (Round 44,Fagiano vs. Tochigi) 6,326 2008 2010 The 2009 J. League Division 2 season was the 38th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 11th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 7 and ended on December 5. In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by three, making the total number, eighteen. The clubs played in triple round-robin format. Starting this season, all top three clubs were promoted by default and Pro/Rele Series was eliminated accordingly. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League. General Promotion and relegation Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy were relegated to J2 Fagiano Okayama, Kataller Toyama and Tochigi SC were promoted from the JFL. Changes in competition format Fourth foreign slot (AFC slot) has been created to each club's roster. Promotion/relegation Series had been eliminated to accommodate the 18-club J2; Division 2 club which finishes third place at the end of the season will receive automatic promotion to J1. Changes in clubs none Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2009 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 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 35.343532 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 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 34.615385 135.516684 Cerezo Osaka top Arrows 12x12 n.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 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 bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 32.836872 130.800095 Roasso Kumamoto right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during the 2009 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy were relegated from Division 1 last year. Tochigi S.C., Kataller Toyama, and Fagiano Okayama newly joined from Japan Football League. Consadole Sapporo Image:Arrowdownred.png Vegalta Sendai Mito HollyHock Tochigi S.C. Image:Arrowupgreen.png Thespa Kusatsu Tokyo Verdy Image:Arrowdownred.png Yokohama F.C. Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Kataller Toyama Image:Arrowupgreen.png F.C. Gifu Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Image:Arrowupgreen.png Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. Avispa Fukuoka Sagan Tosu Roasso Kumamoto League format Eighteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 51 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. The top three clubs will be promoted to J1. Changes from Previous Year Eighteen participating clubs, increased by three from last year Number of games per club increased to 51, up from 42. The fourth foreign player slot (AFC player slot) is introduced Top three clubs now receives promotion by default; during 2004–2008 seasons, the third place club needed to win playoffs for the promotion. Final league table main WDL 5 P VEG Vegalta Sendai CER Cerezo Osaka BEL Shonan Bellmare VEN Ventforet Kofu SAG Sagan Tosu CON Consadole Sapporo VER Tokyo Verdy HOL Mito HollyHock VOR Tokushima Vortis SPA Thespa Kusatsu AVI Avispa Fukuoka GIF FC Gifu KAT Kataller Toyama ROS Roasso Kumamoto EHI Ehime FC YFC Yokohama FC TOC Tochigi SC FAG Fagiano Okayama 32 10 9 87 39 C,P 31 11 9 100 53 P 29 11 11 84 52 P 28 13 10 76 46 25 13 13 71 51 21 16 14 74 61 21 11 19 68 61 21 10 20 70 79 19 15 17 67 52 18 11 22 64 76 17 14 20 52 71 16 14 21 62 72 15 16 20 48 58 16 10 25 66 82 12 11 28 54 80 11 11 29 43 70 8 13 30 38 77 8 12 31 40 84 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 P P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 5, 2009 J.League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 and 2 FBR grey AVI BEL CER CON EHI FAG GIF HOL KAT ROS SAG SPA TOC VEG VEN VER VOR YFC Avispa Fukuoka 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 1–0 Shonan Bellmare 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 Cerezo Osaka 4–1 3–4 3–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 5–3 2–3 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 Consadole Sapporo 3–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 Ehime FC 3–0 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 Fagiano Okayama 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 FC Gifu 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 Mito HollyHock 5–0 1–5 2–3 0–0 1–0 4–3 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–5 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 Kataller Toyama 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 Roasso Kumamoto 2–3 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 Sagan Tosu 3–1 4–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 Thespa Kusatsu 3–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 Tochigi SC 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 3–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 Ventforet Kofu 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 Tokyo Verdy 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 4–0 2–1 Tokushima Vortis 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 6–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 Yokohama FC 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 August 16, 2009 J. League Division 2 main Round 3 FBR grey AVI BEL CER CON EHI FAG GIF HOL KAT ROS SAG SPA TOC VEG VEN VER VOR YFC Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 null null null null 1–0 3–1 1–1 null null null 3–1 2–0 2–1 null 0–0 null Shonan Bellmare null null null 1–0 3–1 null null null null 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 null 2–2 1–0 1–0 Cerezo Osaka 0–0 2–1 null 3–1 null 2–1 0–1 null null null 5–0 1–0 null 1–1 null null null Consadole Sapporo 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 null null 1–1 1–1 null 3–3 null 1–0 null null null null 3–1 Ehime FC 0–1 null null null 0–1 null null 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 null null null 3–1 0–1 0–2 Fagiano Okayama 2–2 null 1–3 0–1 null 0–2 null null 2–1 null null 0–1 null 0–1 0–2 null null FC Gifu null 1–1 null 2–4 3–3 null 3–1 null null null null null null 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 Mito HollyHock null 2–3 null null 1–0 4–2 null null 0–1 1–3 null 0–2 0–4 null null 0–3 null Kataller Toyama null 0–3 0–1 null null 2–0 0–2 2–3 null null 0–2 null 2–3 null null 0–0 null Roasso Kumamoto 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 null null 2–5 null 2–0 2–1 null null null null null null 1–1 Sagan Tosu 3–1 null 2–1 null null 0–0 1–0 null 1–0 null null null 1–1 1–2 2–1 null 2–1 Thespa Kusatsu 1–2 null null 2–5 null 2–1 1–0 2–0 null 0–6 0–1 3–2 null 1–0 null null null Tochigi SC null null null null 1–1 null 2–1 null 1–1 0–2 0–2 null null 1–2 2–3 0–0 null Vegalta Sendai null null 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 null null 1–0 null 2–0 2–0 null null null 1–0 Ventforet Kofu null 2–3 null 2–1 1–1 null null 2–0 1–0 2–1 null null null 1–1 null null 0–1 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 null 2–4 2–2 null null null 2–0 0–1 0–2 null 2–1 null 0–2 0–1 null null Tokushima Vortis null null 0–0 3–0 null 4–1 null null null 6–0 0–1 1–1 null 0–4 0–1 0–1 null Yokohama FC 2–2 null 0–3 null null 2–1 null 1–1 1–3 null null 1–2 1–0 null null 2–0 1–0 December 5, 2009 J. League Division 2 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=51&y=2009&l=E 2009 J2 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20090707194331/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=51&y=2009&l=E 2009-07-07 dead 1JPN Shinji KagawaCerezo Osaka 27 2JPN Ken TokuraThespa Kusatsu 23 3JPN Masashi OguroTokyo Verdy 21 4JPN Takashi InuiCerezo Osaka 20 5BRA MaranhãoVentforet Kofu 19JPN Hiroyuki TakasakiMito HollyHock 19BRA Thiago QuirinoConsadole Sapporo 19 8JPN Yoshihiro UchimuraEhime FC 18 9JPN Tetsuya OkuboAvispa Fukuoka 16JPN Koichi SatoFC Gifu 16BRA Marcelo SoaresVegalta Sendai 16 Attendance 1 Vegalta Sendai 336719 19063 7154 12951 14080 2 Ventforet Kofu 276463 16844 5582 11059 10354 3 Consadole Sapporo 265376 22707 5112 10207 14547 † 4 Cerezo Osaka 247796 20727 4837 9912 10554 5 Avispa Fukuoka 194071 16531 2869 7763 10079 6 Shonan Bellmare 189088 14080 3301 7273 5994 7 Fagiano Okayama 154039 13228 615 6162 3665 ‡ 8 Roasso Kumamoto 150150 19321 2337 6006 5279 9 Sagan Tosu 154408 13211 3103 5939 7261 10 Tokyo Verdy 143539 9378 2564 5521 14837 † 11 Tochigi SC 117643 15857 1819 4706 5048 ‡ 12 Thespa Kusatsu 112584 8276 1579 4330 4215 13 FC Gifu 107557 9113 1492 4302 3745 14 Tokushima Vortis 105897 13473 1842 4073 3862 15 Kataller Toyama 93507 5520 1862 3740 4306 ‡ 16 Ehime FC 96054 12851 1633 3694 3704 17 Yokohama FC 91898 5489 1541 3535 6793 18 Mito HollyHock 66818 8463 1206 2673 3044 2903607 20727 615 6326 7072 December 5, 2009 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL. March 2012 References second 2 2009 Japan Japan