2011 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season 2011
Champions FC Tokyo
1st J2 title
2nd D2 title
Promoted FC Tokyo
Sagan Tosu
Consadole Sapporo
Matches played 380
Goals scored 939 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Yohei Toyoda (23 goals)
Highest attendance 39,243
Consadole vs F.C. Tokyo
Lowest attendance 1,266
Thespa vs Vortis
Average attendance 6,423
2010
2012

The 2011 J. League Division 2 season was the 40th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 13th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 5 and finished on December 3.[1] Due to the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the season was put on hold from March 12 to April 23.[2]

FC Tokyo won the tournament and returned to J1 immediately after unfortunate relegation that happened last season. By virtue of winning the 2011 Emperor's Cup final, they earned a berth in the 2012 AFC Champions League as well. Sagan Tosu and Consadole Sapporo finished second and third, respectively, and also won the promotion. Consadole are returning to the top flight after three years of absence, while for Tosu this is the first promotion in their history.

Sagan became the last of original ten J2 teams to reach J1, passing the inglorious moniker of the longest-staying D2 dweller to Mito HollyHock.

Teams

As in the previous seasons, the size of the league was increased by one team to twenty overall. Gainare Tottori as 2010 Japan Football League champions were promoted.

Kashiwa Reysol as champions of the 2010 season, runners-up Ventforet Kofu and third-placed team Avispa Fukuoka were promoted to the 2011 J. League Division 1. Kashiwa made their immediate return to the top division, while Kofu and Fukuoka ended three- and four-year tenures in the J2. The three teams were replaced by F.C. Tokyo, Kyoto Sanga F.C. and Shonan Bellmare, who were relegated at the end of the 2010 J. League Division 1 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Shonan only made a cameo appearance at the D1, Kyoto re-entered the second level of the Japanese league pyramid after three years, and Tokyo eventually had to return to the J2 for the first time after eleven seasons.

Club Name Home Town(s) Note(s)
Consadole Sapporo Sapporo, Hokkaidō
Ehime F.C. All cities/towns in Ehime
Fagiano Okayama All cities/towns in Okayama
Gainare Tottori All cities/towns in Tottori Promoted from JFL in 2010
F.C. Gifu All cities/towns in Gifu
Giravanz Kitakyushu Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
JEF United Chiba Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Kataller Toyama All cities/towns in Toyama
Kyoto Sanga F.C. Southwestern cities/towns in Kyoto Relegated from J1 League in 2010
Mito Hollyhock Mito, Ibaraki
Oita Trinita All cities/towns in Oita
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto, Kumamoto
Sagan Tosu Tosu, Saga
Shonan Bellmare Southcentral cities/town in Kanagawa Relegated from J1 League in 2010
Thespa Kusatsu All cities/towns in Gunma
Tochigi S.C. Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Tokushima Vortis All cities/towns in Tokushima
F.C. Tokyo Tokyo Relegated from J1 League in 2010
Tokyo Verdy Tokyo
Yokohama F.C. Yokohama, Kanagawa

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 FC Tokyo (C) (P) 38 23 8 7 67 22+45 77 Promotion to 2012 J. League Division 1 and Qualification to 2012 Champions League1
2 Sagan Tosu (P) 38 19 12 7 68 34+34 69 Promotion to 2012 J. League Division 1
3 Consadole Sapporo (P) 38 21 5 12 49 32+17 68
4 Tokushima Vortis 38 19 8 11 51 38+13 65
5 Tokyo Verdy 38 16 11 11 69 45+24 59
6 JEF United Chiba 38 16 10 12 46 39+7 58
7 Kyoto Sanga 38 17 7 14 50 45+5 58
8 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 16 10 12 45 461 58
9 Thespa Kusatsu 38 16 9 13 51 510 57
10 Tochigi SC 38 15 11 12 44 39+5 56
11 Roasso Kumamoto 38 13 12 13 33 4411 51
12 Oita Trinita 38 12 14 12 42 453 50
13 Fagiano Okayama 38 13 9 16 43 5815 48
14 Shonan Bellmare 38 12 10 16 46 482 46
15 Ehime FC 38 10 14 14 44 5410 44
16 Kataller Toyama 38 11 10 17 36 5317 43
17 Mito HollyHock 38 11 9 18 40 499 42
18 Yokohama FC 38 11 8 19 40 5414 41
19 Gainare Tottori 38 8 7 23 36 6024 31
20 FC Gifu 38 6 6 26 39 8344 24

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011.
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(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.
1 F.C. Tokyo, as winners of the 2011 Emperor's Cup, also qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League}}

Results

Home ╲ Away BEL CON EHIFAGGAIGIFGIRHOLJEFKATROSSAGSANSPATOCTOKTRIVERVORYFC
Shonan Bellmare 02 11 50 01 71 11 32 20 20 10 10 01 20 02 12 22 13 12 01
Consadole Sapporo 01 31 21 20 10 00 21 40 00 30 01 21 10 10 21 20 42 00 02
Ehime FC 00 20 23 32 20 03 01 01 10 11 22 02 12 22 05 11 21 01 00
Fagiano Okayama 11 10 11 21 12 30 01 01 11 40 24 21 12 22 02 00 04 10 10
Gainare Tottori 40 10 24 11 11 01 11 01 00 01 36 21 11 05 15 00 01 02 01
FC Gifu 01 13 11 13 23 13 21 02 11 11 44 32 01 01 02 01 13 02 43
Giravanz Kitakyushu 00 03 22 12 02 32 10 03 21 20 00 10 21 21 10 31 12 11 22
Mito HollyHock 00 12 31 11 31 12 10 10 30 00 05 21 22 01 23 02 11 21 01
JEF United Chiba 20 20 21 21 10 31 10 21 00 11 33 01 23 22 30 32 11 01 11
Kataller Toyama 23 12 21 02 42 10 12 20 12 11 03 11 23 13 10 10 15 02 02
Roasso Kumamoto 11 10 21 10 20 21 00 21 11 11 00 12 10 01 01 21 10 01 01
Sagan Tosu 20 10 12 60 10 20 23 21 10 01 22 21 12 12 00 21 31 11 20
Kyoto Sanga 10 40 00 21 10 31 10 02 21 00 01 00 31 11 14 20 10 12 11
Thespa Kusatsu 10 21 00 12 05 42 22 12 31 00 10 00 24 40 21 11 00 20 11
Tochigi SC 03 11 12 00 10 01 21 00 00 12 01 00 10 21 21 21 24 01 21
FC Tokyo 11 00 11 30 30 40 20 20 10 10 50 10 61 10 00 12 11 10 30
Oita Trinita 31 01 21 10 21 21 22 00 11 12 22 00 13 12 10 00 00 22 10
Tokyo Verdy 22 21 12 40 00 30 40 32 10 12 52 02 11 13 00 00 12 10 72
Tokushima Vortis 40 02 22 22 10 41 01 11 10 31 10 03 21 30 04 02 12 22 41
Yokohama FC 32 12 01 01 01 11 12 10 11 12 12 12 12 20 20 01 22 21 01

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[3]
1 Japan Yohei Toyoda Sagan Tosu
23
2 Japan Takuma Abe Tokyo Verdy
16
3 Japan Masaki Fukai JEF United Chiba
14
Japan Manabu Saito Ehime FC
14
5 Brazil Ricardo Lobo Tochigi SC
12
Japan Yoshihiro Uchimura Consadole Sapporo
12
7 Japan Yasuhito Morishima Oita Trinita
11
8 Brazil Roberto César FC Tokyo
10
Japan Ryota Hayasaka Sagan Tosu
10
Japan Tomoki Ikemoto Giravanz Kitakyushu
10
Japan Yuya Kubo Kyoto Sanga
10

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Tokyo 333,680 35,911 6,795 17,562 -0.6993469257725430.0%
2 Consadole Sapporo 199,162 39,243 4,609 10,482 -0.976159433786552.3%
3 JEF United Chiba 183,911 16,360 6,955 9,680 -0.8281290101805117.1%
4 Oita Trinita 166,807 27,519 4,859 8,779 -0.8390518971614316.0%
5 Sagan Tosu 146,893 22,532 3,724 7,731 0.16553595658073+16.5%
6 Fagiano Okayama 137,911 10,490 4,111 7,258 0.013545594190755+1.3%
7 Shonan Bellmare 131,918 10,425 3,680 6,943 -0.6257773771969437.4%
8 Roasso Kumamoto 131,624 25,005 2,847 6,928 0.0030403938033878+0.3%
9 Kyoto Sanga 119,591 12,287 2,386 6,294 -0.598858230256940.1%
10 Yokohama FC 109,632 16,813 1,853 5,770 -0.996373683301670.3%
11 Tokyo Verdy 108,482 28,832 2,164 5,710 0.012590884908672+1.2%
12 Tokushima Vortis 98,925 11,916 2,165 5,207 0.1285218899003+12.8%
13 Tochigi SC 93,848 9,953 2,493 4,939 0.18811643011787+18.8%
14 FC Gifu 78,273 6,684 2,150 4,120 0.32561132561133+32.5%
15 Giravanz Kitakyushu 76,976 7,080 1,336 4,051 -0.967056576748633.2%
16 Gainare Tottori 70,152 8,212 1,787 3,692 0.058182860418458+5.8%
17 Ehime FC 66,022 7,634 1,563 3,475 -0.7922936616507120.7%
18 Mito HollyHock 63,637 5,227 1,273 3,349 -0.928215077605327.1%
19 Kataller Toyama 62,233 8,663 1,716 3,275 -0.7338113376652526.6%
20 Thespa Kusatsu 61,018 6,520 1,266 3,211 -0.7258137432188127.4%
League total 2,440,695 39,243 1,266 6,423 -0.9592293906814.0%

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011
Source: J. League Division 2

Notes:
Team played previous season in J1.
Team played previous season in JFL.

References

  1. "2011 J. League tournament details" (in Japanese). J. League official website.
  2. "J.League agrees to resume games on April 23". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. "J2 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
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