2006 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season	2006
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds; 1st J.League title; 5th Japanese title
Relegated	Avispa Fukuoka; Cerezo Osaka; Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions League	Urawa Red Diamonds; Kawasaki Frontale; (all to the group stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	976 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Magno Alves & Washington (26)
Highest attendance	62,241 (Round 34,; Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Gamba Osaka)
Lowest attendance	3,671 (Round 6,; Kyoto Purple Sanga vs. Avispa Fukuoka)
Average attendance	18,292
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 J.League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.

General

Promotion/relegation

At the end of the 2005 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1.
At the end of the 2005 season, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2.
At the end of the 2005 season, Ehime FC was promoted to J2.

Changes in competition format

The Division 2 was expanded to 13 clubs.
In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. two-legged league cup games) away goals rule is adopted.

Changes in clubs

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Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd place
J.League Division 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki Frontale	Gamba Osaka
J.League Division 2	Yokohama FC	Kashiwa Reysol	Vissel Kobe
Emperor's Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Antlers Consadole Sapporo
Nabisco Cup	JEF United Chiba	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka

Clubs

The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu were newly promoted clubs.

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Brazil Edmílson	Brazil Fabinho Santos	Brazil Silvinho
Avispa Fukuoka	Brazil Alex	Brazil Baron	Brazil Roberto		Brazil Alexandre	Brazil Gláucio
Cerezo Osaka	Brazil Bruno Quadros	Brazil Pingo	Brazil Zé Carlos		Brazil Japa	Brazil André Neitzke
FC Tokyo	Brazil Jean	Brazil Lucas Severino	Brazil Washington		Brazil Rychely	Paraguay Santiago Salcedo
Gamba Osaka	Brazil Fernandinho	Brazil Magno Alves	Brazil Sidiclei		Brazil Lucas Chiaretti
JEF United Chiba	Austria Mario Haas	Bulgaria Ilian Stoyanov	Serbia Nebojša Krupniković	South Korea Kim Dong-soo
Júbilo Iwata	Brazil Fabrício	South Korea Kim Jin-kyu
Kashima Antlers	Brazil Alex Mineiro	Brazil Fábio Santos	Brazil Fernando		Brazil Chumbinho
Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil Juninho	Brazil Magnum	Brazil Marcão	North Korea Jong Tae-se		Brazil Marcus Vinícius
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Brazil André Pinto	Brazil Paulinho	Brazil Pinheiro		Brazil Diego	Brazil Alemão Brazil Ricardo
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Norway Frode Johnsen	Slovakia Marek Špilár	South Korea Kim Jung-woo
Oita Trinita	Brazil Edmilson Alves	Brazil Rafael	Brazil Túlio		Brazil Platini	Brazil Osmar
Omiya Ardija	Brazil Alison	Brazil Toninho				Brazil Rodrigo Gral Honduras Saúl Martínez
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil Beto	Brazil Ueslei	Croatia Dario Dabac	North Korea Ri Han-jae	South Korea Jo Woo-jin	Brazil Dininho
Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil Alexandre Goulart	Brazil Marquinhos	South Korea Cho Jae-jin
Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil Nenê	Brazil Robson Ponte	Brazil Washington		Spain Sergio Escudero
Ventforet Kofu	Brazil Alair	Brazil Baré	Brazil Biju		Brazil Josimar Brazil Neto
Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil Dutra	Brazil Marques				Brazil Magrão

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

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urawa Red Diamonds (C)	34	22	6	6	67	28	+39	72	Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	7	7	84	55	+29	67
3	Gamba Osaka	34	20	6	8	80	48	+32	66
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	18	6	10	60	41	+19	60
5	Júbilo Iwata	34	17	7	10	68	51	+17	58
6	Kashima Antlers	34	18	4	12	62	53	+9	58
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	13	9	12	51	49	+2	48
8	Oita Trinita	34	13	8	13	47	45	+2	47
9	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	6	15	49	43	+6	45
10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	6	15	50	56	−6	45
11	JEF United Chiba	34	13	5	16	57	58	−1	44
12	Omiya Ardija	34	13	5	16	43	55	−12	44
13	FC Tokyo	34	13	4	17	56	65	−9	43
14	Albirex Niigata	34	12	6	16	46	65	−19	42
15	Ventforet Kofu	34	12	6	16	42	64	−22	42
16	Avispa Fukuoka (R)	34	5	12	17	32	56	−24	27	2006 promotion/relegation Series
17	Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	6	9	19	44	70	−26	27	Relegation to 2007 J.League Division 2
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga (R)	34	4	10	20	38	74	−36	22	Relegation to 2007 J.League Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2006. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	AVI	CER	FRO	GAM	GRA	JEF	JÚB	SAN	SFR	SSP	TOK	TRI	RED	VEN	FMA
Albirex Niigata		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–0
Kashima Antlers	5–1		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–4	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–3
Omiya Ardija	1–2	0–3		2–2	2–0	1–5	0–2	1–4	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–1
Avispa Fukuoka	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	4–5	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–3
Cerezo Osaka	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–0		1–3	1–6	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–0
Kawasaki Frontale	6–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–0		3–2	4–2	2–2	3–4	2–0	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
Gamba Osaka	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0		5–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1
Nagoya Grampus Eight	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	3–3		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	5–1	1–1
JEF United Chiba	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	3–4	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2
Júbilo Iwata	7–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	3–1
Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–4	2–7	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–3		2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–4
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	3–4	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–0		1–2	5–2	0–1	1–4	1–3	3–0
Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–3	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–0
FC Tokyo	1–4	2–4	1–2	5–1	2–3	5–4	3–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1		2–0	0–0	1–3	1–2
Oita Trinita	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–1		2–1	3–2	1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0		3–0	1–0
Ventforet Kofu	0–4	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1		1–0
Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2006. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Brazil Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka	26
1	Brazil Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	26
3	Brazil Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	20
4	Brazil Lucas Severino	FC Tokyo	18
	Japan Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Japan Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale
7	Brazil Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	16
	Japan Ryūji Bando	Gamba Osaka
	South Korea Cho Jae-jin	Shimizu S-Pulse
10	Japan Ryoichi Maeda	Júbilo Iwata	15

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	774,749	62,241	16,040	45,573	+15.8%^†
2	Albirex Niigata	658,050	42,056	33,993	38,709	−3.5%^†
3	FC Tokyo	409,634	41,528	17,033	24,096	−11.1%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	402,270	50,572	11,623	23,663	−8.0%^†
5	Oita Trinita	345,955	28,690	12,843	20,350	−7.8%^†
6	Júbilo Iwata	306,033	37,711	10,560	18,002	+4.1%^†
7	Gamba Osaka	276,395	20,916	8,388	16,259	+1.8%^†
8	Kashima Antlers	262,365	34,236	7,427	15,433	−17.2%^†
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight	253,702	32,109	6,618	14,924	+12.3%^†
10	Kawasaki Frontale	243,780	23,005	9,430	14,340	+5.0%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	243,137	24,920	9,079	14,302	+12.2%^†
12	Avispa Fukuoka	234,259	21,545	8,585	13,780	+27.8%^†
13	JEF United Chiba	227,680	17,438	8,567	13,393	+40.5%^†
14	Cerezo Osaka	221,438	30,561	6,282	13,026	−26.2%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu	207,629	17,000	8,025	12,213	+76.2%^†
16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	190,066	17,564	5,545	11,180	−10.8%^†
17	Omiya Ardija	173,986	35,059	4,873	10,234	+2.5%^†
18	Kyoto Purple Sanga	166,280	16,492	3,670	9,781	+24.5%^†
	League total	5,597,408	62,241	3,670	18,292	−2.5%^†

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club
Player of the Year	Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Japan Jungo Fujimoto	Shimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year	Germany Guido Buchwald	Urawa Red Diamonds
Top Scorer	Brazil Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka
Top Scorer	Brazil Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds
Fair Play Player Award	Japan Satoru Yamagishi	JEF United Chiba
Fair Play Player Award	Japan Yuichi Nemoto	Oita Trinita
Referee of the Year	Japan Toru Kamikawa
Assistant Referee of the Year	Japan Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Meritoriousness Player Award	Japan Masaaki Sawanobori
	Japan Naoki Soma
	Japan Nobuyuki Kojima

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1)	Júbilo Iwata	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
DF	Akira Kaji (1)	Gamba Osaka	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (1)	Gamba Osaka	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
MF	Keita Suzuki (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
MF	Kengo Nakamura (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endō (4)	Gamba Osaka	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (2)	JEF United Chiba	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
FW	Magno Alves (1)	Gamba Osaka	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
FW	Washington (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

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

References

↑ "2006 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

External links

[table_note_res_CLGS0.33282181263567-1] Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.

[2] "2006 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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8 titles	Kashima Antlers 1996 1998 2000 2001 2007 2008 2009 2016
5 titles	Yokohama F. Marinos 1995 2003 2004 2019 2022
4 titles	Kawasaki Frontale 2017 2018 2020 2021
3 titles	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 Vissel Kobe 2023

2006 J.League Division 1

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General

Promotion/relegation

Changes in competition format

Changes in clubs

Honours

Clubs

Foreign players

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Table

Results

Top scorers

Attendance

Awards

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Best Eleven

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