2008 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2008 Sanfrecce Hiroshima1st J2 title1st D2 title Sanfrecce HiroshimaMontedio Yamagata Hisato Satō (28 goals total) 315 851 36,945 (Round 24,Yokohama vs. Thespa) 1,036 (Round 17,HollyHock vs. Vortis) 7,072 2007 2009 The 2008 J. League Division 2 season was the 37th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 10th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 8 and ended on December 6. In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by two, making the total number, fifteen. Unlike the first nine seasons, the clubs played in triple round-robin format, instead of quadruple round-robin format. At the end of the season, top two clubs were promoted and third-placed club advanced to the Pro/Rele Series. There were no relegation to third-tier Japan Football League. General Promotion and relegation At the end of the 2007 season, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy 1969 and Kyoto Sanga were promoted to J1 At the end of the 2007 season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu and Yokohama FC were relegated to J2 At the end of the 2007 season, Rosso Kumamoto and FC Gifu were promoted from the JFL. Changes in competition format The Division 2 was expanded to 15 clubs. The new J2 format will consist of triple round-robin instead of quadruple round-robin to reduce the games played by team to 42 games. Changes in clubs Rosso Kumamoto was renamed Roasso Kumamoto before joining the League. Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2008 J.League 2 teams 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 35.622320 138.589754 Ventforet Kofu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.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 35.441359 136.766090 FC Gifu left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.615385 135.516684 Cerezo Osaka right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.440781 132.394287 Sanfrecce Hiroshima top Arrows 12x12 s.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 bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Following fifteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu, and Yokohama F.C. relegated from Division 1 last year. Also, Roasso Kumamoto and F.C. Gifu newly joined from Japan Football League. Vegalta Sendai Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Thespa Kusatsu Yokohama F.C. Image:Arrowdownred.png Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Image:Arrowdownred.png F.C. Gifu Image:Arrowupgreen.png Cerezo Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima Image:Arrowdownred.png Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. Avispa Fukuoka Sagan Tosu Roasso Kumamoto Image:Arrowupgreen.png League format Fifteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 42 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 two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/relegation series. Changes from Previous Year Thirteen participating clubs (2006–2007) to fifteen clubs (2008) Quadruple round-robin format (1999–2007) to triple round-robin format (2008–2009) Introduction of Disciplinary points for tie breaker (2008–) Final league table main WDL 5 P SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima MON Montedio Yamagata VEG Vegalta Sendai CER Cerezo Osaka BEL Shonan Bellmare SAG Sagan Tosu VEN Ventforet Kofu AVI Avispa Fukuoka SPA Thespa Kusatsu YFC Yokohama FC HOL Mito HollyHock ROS Roasso Kumamoto GIF FC Gifu EHI Ehime FC VOR Tokushima Vortis 31 7 4 99 35 C,P 23 9 10 66 40 P 18 16 8 62 47 21 6 15 81 60 19 8 15 68 48 19 7 16 50 51 15 14 13 56 47 15 13 14 55 66 13 14 15 45 52 11 17 14 51 56 13 8 21 52 70 10 13 19 46 72 10 12 20 41 69 9 10 23 39 66 7 8 27 40 72 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 1 P P #EDF97C 2008 promotion/relegation Series PP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 6, 2008 J. League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 & 2 FBR grey AVI BEL CER EHI GIF HOL MON ROS SAG SFR SPA VEG VEN VOR YFC Avispa Fukuoka 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–5 2–1 0–3 2–4 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 Shonan Bellmare 4–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 Cerezo Osaka 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–2 Ehime FC 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 FC Gifu 0–1 0–0 0–5 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 Mito HollyHock 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 Montedio Yamagata 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 3–5 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 Roasso Kumamoto 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 Sagan Tosu 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 5–2 4–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 Thespa Kusatsu 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 Ventforet Kofu 2–2 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 Tokushima Vortis 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–4 2–3 1–3 1–3 0–2 Yokohama FC 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–5 5–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 August 10, 2008 J. League Division 2 main Round 3 FBR grey AVI BEL CER EHI GIF HOL MON ROS SAG SFR SPA VEG VEN VOR YFC Avispa Fukuoka 3–1 3–2 2–2 null null null 2–2 2–2 null null null null 3–1 0–0 Shonan Bellmare null null null 3–0 1–0 null 0–1 null null 4–0 1–2 1–0 null 1–0 Cerezo Osaka null 2–1 2–1 null 2–1 2–2 null null 2–3 null 3–4 null 3–2 null Ehime FC null 2–2 null null 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 null 1–0 null 0–1 null null FC Gifu 1–1 null 0–6 0–1 null 1–2 null 1–0 null null null null 1–1 0–1 Mito HollyHock 0–0 null null null 1–4 null null 1–1 1–4 null null 1–2 2–0 2–3 Montedio Yamagata 1–0 1–0 null null null 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 null null 1–1 null null Roasso Kumamoto null null 2–2 null 1–1 0–2 null null 1–2 null 0–4 null 2–2 1–0 Sagan Tosu null 0–1 1–4 null null null null 1–2 null 3–2 4–1 1–1 null 3–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–0 2–0 null 4–1 7–1 null null null 5–1 4–3 null null 3–0 null Thespa Kusatsu 1–1 null 0–4 null 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 null null null null 1–0 null Vegalta Sendai 3–0 null null 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 null null 1–1 1–0 null null null Ventforet Kofu 0–1 null 2–3 null 4–0 null null 5–1 null 2–0 2–2 1–1 null null Tokushima Vortis null 0–0 null 5–0 null null 0–3 null 2–0 null null 1–1 0–2 1–2 Yokohama FC null null 2–2 2–2 null null 1–4 null null 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 null December 6, 2008 J. League Division 2 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=45&y=2008&l=E 2008 J2 Top Scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629104752/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=45&y=2008&l=E 2011-06-29 dead 1JPN Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima 28 2JPN Yutaka TakahashiRoasso Kumamoto 19 3JPN Naoki IshiharaShonan Bellmare 18JPN Yoshihito FujitaSagan Tosu 18 5JPN Tomoyuki ArataMito HollyHock 17 6BRA AndersonYokohama FC 16JPN Rui KomatsuCerezo Osaka 16JPN Shinji KagawaCerezo Osaka 16 9JPN Kōji MorisakiSanfrecce Hiroshima 14JPN Yojiro TakahagiSanfrecce Hiroshima 14JPN Tetsuya ŌkuboAvispa Fukuoka 14 Attendance 1 Vegalta Sendai 295679 23745 10317 14080 14685 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 227631 19349 4622 10840 11423 † 3 Cerezo Osaka 221629 21200 5554 10554 6627 4 Ventforet Kofu 217428 14521 7267 10354 13734 † 5 Avispa Fukuoka 211651 15158 5729 10079 9529 6 Sagan Tosu 152486 21029 3869 7261 6114 7 Yokohama FC 142655 36945 2536 6793 14039 † 8 Montedio Yamagata 131725 15422 2479 6273 4243 9 Shonan Bellmare 125865 11660 3543 5994 4677 10 Roasso Kumamoto 110860 20635 2026 5279 3569 ‡ 11 Thespa Kusatsu 88510 8096 1819 4215 3808 12 Tokushima Vortis 81093 11897 2146 3862 3289 13 FC Gifu 78650 8374 2028 3745 3529 ‡ 14 Ehime FC 77775 7809 2088 3704 3317 15 Mito HollyHock 63933 5573 1036 3044 2415 2227570 36945 1036 7072 6521 December 6, 2008 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1.‡ Team played previous season in JFL. March 2012 References second 2 2008 Japan Japan