2005 J.League Division 1

Template:Infobox football league season 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[edit source | edit]

Promotion and relegation[edit source | edit]

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[edit source | edit]

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[edit source | edit]

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

Honours[edit source | edit]

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

Clubs[edit source | edit]

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Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol
FC 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[edit source | edit]

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[edit source | edit]

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Results[edit source | edit]

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Top scorers[edit source | edit]

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

Attendance figures[edit source | edit]

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Awards[edit source | edit]

Individual[edit source | edit]

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Araújo	Gamba Osaka
Young Player of the Year	Robert Cullen	Júbilo 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[edit source | edit]

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Motohiro Yoshida (1)	Cerezo Osaka	Japan
DF	Ilian Stoyanov (1)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	Template:BUL
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 Endō (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[edit source | edit]

↑ "2005 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 17 April 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit source | edit]

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[1] "2005 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 17 April 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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