2005 J.League Division 1
# 2005 J.League Division 1

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 | 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

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
* 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

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

* 1 2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 qualified to 2006 ACL as 2004 Emperor's Cup winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANT | ARD | CER | FRO | GAM | GRA | JEF | JÚB | REY | SFR | SSP | TOK | TRI | RED | VER | VIS | FMA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Clemerson | Gamba Osaka | 33 |
| 2 | Washington | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 22 |
| 3 | Hisato Satō | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 |
| 3 | Edmílson | Albirex Niigata | 18 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 10 | Ryoichi Maeda | Júbilo Iwata | 12 |
| 10 | Yuki Abe | JEF United Chiba | 12 |

## Attendance figures

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata | 681,945 | 41,988 | 35,337 | 40,114 | $+6.4%^†$ |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 669,066 | 55,476 | 15,760 | 39,357 | $+7.4%^†$ |
| 3 | FC Tokyo | 460,721 | 43,104 | 18,089 | 27,101 | $+6.5%^†$ |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 437,121 | 53,097 | 14,450 | 25,713 | $+3.6%^†$ |
| 5 | Oita Trinita | 375,359 | 30,048 | 12,683 | 22,080 | $+0.9%^†$ |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 316,897 | 35,467 | 7,076 | 18,641 | $+6.0%^†$ |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 300,020 | 43,927 | 5,232 | 17,648 | $+23.2%^†$ |
| 8 | Júbilo Iwata | 294,040 | 37,384 | 9,854 | 17,296 | $+1.0%^†$ |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 271,416 | 22,884 | 6,646 | 15,966 | $+27.6%^†$ |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 253,524 | 25,104 | 7,643 | 14,913 | $−5.2%^†$ |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 250,177 | 35,257 | 3,267 | 14,716 | $−2.3%^†$ |
| 12 | Kawasaki Frontale | 232,183 | 24,332 | 7,023 | 13,658 | $+49.3%^†$ |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 225,896 | 22,110 | 6,348 | 13,288 | $−15.4%^†$ |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 216,784 | 21,730 | 7,280 | 12,752 | $−6.0%^†$ |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 212,960 | 26,083 | 6,230 | 12,527 | $−15.4%^†$ |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 212,368 | 27,328 | 6,457 | 12,492 | $+18.8%^†$ |
| 17 | Omiya Ardija | 169,667 | 30,038 | 4,556 | 9,980 | $+63.4%^†$ |
| 18 | JEF United Chiba | 162,089 | 17,087 | 4,249 | 9,535 | $−4.8%^‡$ |
| | League total | 5,742,233 | 55,476 | 3,267 | 18,765 | $−1.1%^†$ |

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 | Clemerson | Gamba Osaka | |
| Young Player of the Year | Robert Cullen | Júbilo Iwata | |
| Manager of the Year | Akira Nishino | Gamba Osaka | |
| Top scorer | Clemerson | 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 Endō (3) | Gamba Osaka | Japan |
| MF | Tatsuya Furuhashi (1) | Cerezo Osaka | Japan |
| FW | Clemerson (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.
