2005 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season	2005
Champions	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka 1st J. League title 1st Japanese title
Relegated	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969 Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe
Champions League	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969 (all to the group stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	873 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Araújo (33 goals total)
Highest attendance	55,476 (Round 9, Red Diamonds vs. Grampus Eight)
Lowest attendance	3,267 (Round 5, Verdy 1969 vs. Sanfrecce)
Average attendance	18,765
← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 season was the 13th season since the establishment of J. League. It began on March 5 and ended on December 3, followed by promotion/relegation series matches on December 7 and 10.

General

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2004 season, Kawasaki Frontale and Omiya Ardija were promoted to J1
At the end of the 2004 season, there were no relegation to J2.
At the end of the 2004 season, Tokushima Vortis and Thespa Kusatsu were promoted to J2 from JFL

Changes in competition formats

The Division 1 was expanded to 18 clubs, and Division 2 stays at 12 clubs.
The format of Division 1 was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. league cup finals), golden goal rules were eliminated. Clubs now had to play the full extra time.

Changes in clubs

JEF United relocates from Ichihara to the prefecture capital, Chiba, and becomes JEF United Ichihara Chiba.

Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Antlers
J. League Division 2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu
Emperor's Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija
Nabisco Cup	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos

Clubs

Following eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 1 during 2005 season. Of these clubs, Omiya Ardija and Kawasaki Frontale were newly promoted clubs.

Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol
F.C. Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
Albirex Nigata
Shimizu S-Pulse
Jublio Iwata
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Vissel Kobe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Oita Trinita

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

Number of clubs competing increased from 16 to 18
The season format was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
Number of games per club increased from 30 games to 34 games per season.

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (C)	34	18	6	10	82	58	+24	60	Qualification to 2006 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	17	8	9	65	37	+28	59
3	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	16	11	7	61	39	+22	59
4	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	34	16	11	7	56	42	+14	59
5	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	34	16	11	7	48	40	+8	59
6	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	34	14	9	11	51	41	+10	51
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	50	42	+8	50
8	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	15	5	14	54	47	+7	50
9	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	12	12	10	41	40	+1	48
10	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	34	11	14	9	43	40	+3	47
11	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	34	12	7	15	44	43	+1	43
12	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	11	9	14	47	62	−15	42
13	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	34	12	5	17	39	50	−11	41
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	10	9	15	43	49	−6	39
15	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	34	9	12	13	40	49	−9	39
16	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol (R)	34	8	11	15	39	54	−15	35	Relegation to 2006 J. League Division 2 ¹
17	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969 (R)	34	6	12	16	40	73	−33	30
18	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe (R)	34	4	9	21	30	67	−37	21

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Tokyo Verdy 1969 qualified to 2006 ACL as 2004 Emperor's Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Albirex Niigata !ALB	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Omiya Ardija !ARD	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Kawasaki Frontale !FRO	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus Eight !GRA	JEF United Chiba !JEF	Júbilo Iwata !JÚB	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !SFR	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	FC Tokyo !TOK	Oita Trinita !TRI	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !VER	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA
Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata		2–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	3–2	1–0
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	7–2		2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–2
Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	1–4	0–2		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	1–0	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–3
Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2		2–4	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–1
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	1–1	3–3	0–2	4–1	3–2		3–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	4–2	3–3	5–3	1–2	2–1	7–1	3–1	3–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–1		2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	5–4	0–2	1–1
JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	3–2	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–1		2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–2
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–3		1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	6–0	1–0	3–1
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–4		1–1	1–2	4–2	0–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0		3–1	0–0	0–4	3–4	3–0	2–0	0–1
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1		0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	4–0	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–0		0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–0
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	7–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2		4–1	2–2	0–0
Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–4	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–2	4–2	0–7		3–3	1–1
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	1–6	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–2
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–1

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Araújo	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	33
2	Washington	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	22
3	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18
	Edimilson	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	18
	Magno Alves	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	18
6	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	16
6	Masashi Oguro	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	16
8	Alex Mineiro	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	15
9	Robert Cullen	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	13
10	Seiichiro Maki	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	12
	Ryoichi Maeda	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	12
	Yuki Abe	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	12

Attendance Figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	681,945	41,988	35,337	40,114	0.064342381066093+6.4%^†
2	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	669,066	55,476	15,760	39,357	0.073567921440262+7.3%^†
3	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	460,721	43,104	18,089	27,101	0.065374636370784+6.5%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	437,121	53,097	14,450	25,713	0.036062535256669+3.6%^†
5	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	375,359	30,048	12,683	22,080	0.0087258440312485+0.8%^†
6	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	316,897	35,467	7,076	18,641	0.06005117998294+6.0%^†
7	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	300,020	43,927	5,232	17,648	0.23214410388885+23.2%^†
8	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	294,040	37,384	9,854	17,296	0.0099264276538595+0.9%^†
9	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	271,416	22,884	6,646	15,966	0.27554525844851+27.5%^†
10	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	253,524	25,104	7,643	14,913	-0.94775977121068−5.2%^†
11	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	250,177	35,257	3,267	14,716	-0.97722292316887−2.2%^†
12	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	232,183	24,332	7,023	13,658	0.4930039352864+49.3%^†
13	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	225,896	22,110	6,348	13,288	-0.84572301425662−15.4%^†
14	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	216,784	21,730	7,280	12,752	-0.93985849056604−6.0%^†
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima	212,960	26,083	6,230	12,527	-0.84641891891892−15.3%^†
16	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	212,368	27,328	6,457	12,492	0.18824312755636+18.8%^†
17	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	169,667	30,038	4,556	9,980	0.63392272429601+63.3%^†
18	JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba	162,089	17,087	4,249	9,535	-0.95235717139433−4.7%^‡
	League total	5,742,233	55,476	3,267	18,765	-0.9894542578434−1.0%^†

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.
^‡ Relocated from Ichihara to Chiba.

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Araújo	Gamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year	Robert Cullen	Jubilo Iwata
Manager of the Year	Akira Nishino	Gamba Osaka
Top scorer	Araújo	Gamba Osaka	33 goals.
Fair Play Player Award	Teruyuki Moniwa	FC Tokyo
Fair Play Player Award	Masashi Oguro	Gamba Osaka
Referee of the Year	Kazuhiko Matsumura
Assistant Referee of the Year	Masatoshi Shibata
Meritoriousness Player Award	Bismarck

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Motohiro Yoshida (1)	Cerezo Osaka	Japan
DF	Ilian Stoyanov (1)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Bulgaria
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Yuji Nakazawa (4)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara (5)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (1)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Japan
MF	Fernandinho (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil
MF	Yasuhito Endo (3)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Tatsuya Furuhashi (1)	Cerezo Osaka	Japan
FW	Araújo (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil
FW	Hisato Satō (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

References

↑ "2005 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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2005 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	FIFA Confederations Cup East Asian Football Championship FIFA World Cup qualification AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Kyoto Purple Sanga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tokushima Vortis Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

J1 League champions

8 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2016)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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