2007 J.League Division 2
# 2007 J.League Division 2

The 2007 J. League Division 2 season is the 36th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 9th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.

In this season, thirteen clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third placed-finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

## General

### Promotion and relegation

* At the end of the 2006 season, Yokohama FC, Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were promoted to J1
* At the end of the 2006 season, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated to J2.

### Changes in competition format

none

### Changes in clubs

* Kyoto Purple Sanga was renamed to Kyoto Sanga F.C.

## Clubs

Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Sanga F.C. relegated from J1 last year.

* Consadole Sapporo
* Vegalta Sendai
* Montedio Yamagata
* Mito HollyHock
* Thespa Kusatsu
* Tokyo Verdy 1969
* Shonan Bellmare
* Kyoto Sanga F.C.
* Cerezo Osaka
* Tokushima Vortis
* Ehime F.C.
* Avispa Fukuoka
* Sagan Tosu

## League format

Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 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 top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged promotion/relegation series.

### Changes from previous year

none

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Consadole Sapporo (C, P) | 48 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 91 | Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 1 |
| 2 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 (P) | 48 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 89 | Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 1 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga (P) | 48 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 80 | 59 | +21 | 86 | 2007 promotion/relegation Series |
| 4 | Vegalta Sendai | 48 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 83 | |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 48 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 80 | |
| 6 | Shonan Bellmare | 48 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 77 | |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 48 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 77 | 61 | +16 | 73 | |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 48 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 72 | |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 58 | |
| 10 | Ehime FC | 48 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 45 | |
| 11 | Thespa Kusatsu | 48 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 42 | |
| 12 | Mito HollyHock | 48 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 34 | |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 48 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 33 | |

## Final results

Rounds 1 & 2 :

| Home \ Away | CON | VER | SAN | VEG | CER | BEL | AVI | SAG | MON | EHI | SPA | HOL | VOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Consadole Sapporo | | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Montedio Yamagata | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Ehime FC | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Thespa Kusatsu | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Mito HollyHock | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 |
| Tokushima Vortis | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

Rounds 3 & 4 :

| Home \ Away | CON | VER | SAN | VEG | CER | BEL | AVI | SAG | MON | EHI | SPA | HOL | VOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Consadole Sapporo | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Sagan Tosu | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Montedio Yamagata | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Ehime FC | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Thespa Kusatsu | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Mito HollyHock | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Tokushima Vortis | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hulk | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 37 |
| 2 | Alex | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 |
| 3 | Yoshihito Fujita | Sagan Tosu | 24 |
| 3 | Paulinho | Kyoto Sanga | 24 |
| 5 | Tatsuya Furuhashi | Cerezo Osaka | 18 |
| 6 | Davi | Consadole Sapporo | 17 |
| 7 | Lincoln | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 |
| 8 | Andre | Kyoto Sanga | 15 |
| 9 | Hiroki Bandai | Vegalta Sendai | 14 |
| 9 | Lopes | Vegalta Sendai | 14 |

## Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai | 352,432 | 19,033 | 11,301 | 14,685 | $+1.6%^†$ |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 290,676 | 32,599 | 2,161 | 12,112 | $+15.6%^†$ |
| 3 | Avispa Fukuoka | 228,702 | 17,361 | 2,724 | 9,529 | $−30.8%^†$ |
| 4 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 175,850 | 16,342 | 2,481 | 7,327 | $+28.4%^†$ |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 159,105 | 17,163 | 2,507 | 6,629 | $−32.2%^†$ |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 159,044 | 20,170 | 2,711 | 6,627 | $−49.1%^†$ |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 146,731 | 16,661 | 2,860 | 6,114 | $−18.1%^†$ |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 112,254 | 7,968 | 3,092 | 4,677 | $−12.8%^†$ |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 101,836 | 9,190 | 1,944 | 4,243 | $−16.6%^†$ |
| 10 | Thespa Kusatsu | 91,401 | 6,817 | 2,061 | 3,808 | $+1.9%^†$ |
| 11 | Ehime FC | 79,619 | 6,381 | 1,933 | 3,317 | $−19.9%^†$ |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 78,936 | 6,566 | 1,802 | 3,289 | $−5.4%^†$ |
| 13 | Mito HollyHock | 57,957 | 6,543 | 958 | 2,415 | $−20.0%^†$ |
| | League total | 2,034,543 | 32,599 | 958 | 6,521 | $+1.8%^†$ |

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007 Source: J. League Division 2 Notes: $^†$ Team played previous season in J1.

