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J. League
Season 2009
Champions Kashima Antlers
7th J. League title
7th Japanese title
Relegated Kashiwa Reysol
JEF United Chiba
Oita Trinita
Champions League Kashima Antlers
Kawasaki Frontale
Gamba Osaka
(all to the group stage)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 791 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Ryoichi Maeda (20 goals total)
Highest attendance 53,783 (Round 34,
Red Diamonds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance 5,567 (Round 12,
Sanga vs. JEF United)
Average attendance 19,126
← 2008
2010 →

The 2009 J. League season was the 17th season since the establishment of the J. League. The season started on March 7, 2009 and ended on December 5, 2009.

Contents

[edit] General

[edit] Promotion and Relegation

Following the 2008 season:

[edit] Changes in Competition Formats

  • Fourth foreign slot (AFC slot) has been created to each club's roster.
  • Division 2 (J2) has been expanded to 18 clubs.
  • Promotion/Relegation Series had been eliminated to accommodate the 18-club J2; Division 2 club which finishes third place at the end of the season will receive automatic promotion to J1.

[edit] Changes in Clubs

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[edit] J. League Division 1 (J1)

[edit] 2009 J1 Clubs



The following eighteen clubs will play in J. League Division 1 during the 2009 season. Of these clubs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Montedio Yamagata are the newly promoted clubs.

  • Montedio Yamagata Arrowupgreen.png
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Omiya Ardija
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • F.C. Tokyo
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Albirex Nigata
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Júbilo Iwata
  • Nagoya Grampus
  • Kyoto Sanga F.C.
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima Arrowupgreen.png
  • Oita Trinita

[edit] 2009 J1 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
  • Disciplinary points

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 three clubs will be relegated to J2. The top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League in the following year.

Changes from Previous Year
  • Bottom three clubs are relegated by default; during 2004-2008 season, the 16th-place club needed to win playoffs to avoid relegation.
  • The fourth foreign player slot (AFC player slot) is introduced

[edit] 2009 J1 Table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers  (C) (Q) 34 20 6 8 51 30 +21 66 Qualification to 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Kawasaki Frontale  (Q) 34 19 7 8 64 40 +24 64
3 Gamba Osaka  (Q) 34 18 6 10 62 44 +18 60
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 11 8 53 44 +9 56
5 F.C. Tokyo 34 16 5 13 47 39 +8 53
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 16 4 14 43 43 0 52
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 13 12 9 44 41 +3 51
8 Albirex Niigata 34 13 11 10 42 31 +11 50
9 Nagoya Grampus 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 11 13 10 43 37 +6 46
11 Júbilo Iwata 34 11 8 15 50 60 −10 41
12 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 34 11 8 15 35 47 −12 41
13 Omiya Ardija 34 9 12 13 40 47 −7 39
14 Vissel Kobe 34 10 9 15 40 48 −8 39
15 Montedio Yamagata 34 10 9 15 32 40 −8 39
16 Kashiwa Reysol  (R) 34 7 13 14 41 57 −16 34 Relegation to J2
17 Oita Trinita  (R) 34 8 6 20 26 45 −19 30
18 JEF United Chiba  (R) 34 5 12 17 32 56 −24 27

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
Winners of the 2009 Emperor's Cup will qualify for the group stage of the 2010 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] 2009 J1 Results

Home \ Away1 ALB ANT ARD FRO GAM GRA JEF JÚB MON REY SFR SAN SSP TOK TRI URA VIS YFM
Albirex Niigata 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Kashima Antlers 0–1 2–0 2–32 5–1 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Omiya Ardija 0–1 3–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 7–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–0
Gamba Osaka 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–4 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0
Nagoya Grampus 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–3 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–1
JEF United Chiba 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
Júbilo Iwata 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–6 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Montedio Yamagata 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–4 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–0 0–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–3 3–2
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 5–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
F.C. Tokyo 1–4 1–2 3–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Oita Trinita 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 0–3 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Vissel Kobe 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–4 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 5–0

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J. League Division 1
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The Kashima-hosted game against Kawasaki Frontale on the 25th week was halted at 74th minute due to the pitch condition caused by heavy rain, the score at the moment was 1–3 (Marquinhos Goal 30' — Chong Tese Goal 19', 32', Juninho Goal 66'). The game resumed on October 7 from the 74th minute. (Iwamasa Goal 74')[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] J1 Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1
 Japan Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata
20
2
 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
17
Brazil Edmilson Urawa Red Diamonds
17
4
 Japan Naohiro Ishikawa F.C. Tokyo
15
Japan Hisato Sato Sanfrecce Hiroshima
15
6
 North Korea Chong Tese Kawasaki Frontale
14
Japan Shinji Okazaki Shimizu S-Pulse
14
8
 Brazil Marquinhos Kashima Antlers
13
Brazil Pedro Júnior Gamba Osaka[3]
13
Japan Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos
13

[edit] J. League Division 2 (J2)

[edit] 2009 J2 Clubs


The following eighteen clubs will play in J. League Division 2 during the 2009 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy were relegated from Division 1 last year. Also, Tochigi S.C., Kataller Toyama, and Fagiano Okayama newly joined from Japan Football League.

  • Consadole Sapporo Arrowdownred.png
  • Vegalta Sendai
  • Mito HollyHock
  • Tochigi S.C. Arrowupgreen.png
  • Thespa Kusatsu
  • Tokyo Verdy Arrowdownred.png
  • Yokohama F.C.
  • Shonan Bellmare
  • Ventforet Kofu
  • Kataller Toyama Arrowupgreen.png
  • F.C. Gifu
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Fagiano Okayama Arrowupgreen.png
  • Tokushima Vortis
  • Ehime F.C.
  • Avispa Fukuoka
  • Sagan Tosu
  • Roasso Kumamoto

[edit] 2009 J2 Format

Eighteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 51 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
  • Disciplinary points

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 three clubs will be promoted to J1.

Changes from Previous Year
  • Eighteen participating clubs, increased by three from last year
  • Number of games per club increased to 51, up from 42.
  • The fourth foreign player slot (AFC player slot) is introduced
  • Top three clubs now receives promotion by default; during 2004-2008 season, the third place club needed to win playoffs for the promotion.

[edit] 2009 J2 Table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Vegalta Sendai  (C) (P) 51 32 10 9 87 39 +48 106 Promotion to J1
2 Cerezo Osaka  (P) 51 31 11 9 100 53 +47 104
3 Shonan Bellmare  (P) 51 29 11 11 84 52 +32 98
4 Ventforet Kofu 51 28 13 10 76 46 +30 97
5 Sagan Tosu 51 25 13 13 71 51 +20 88
6 Consadole Sapporo 51 21 16 14 74 61 +13 79
7 Tokyo Verdy 51 21 11 19 68 61 +7 74
8 Mito HollyHock 51 21 10 20 70 79 −9 73
9 Tokushima Vortis 51 19 15 17 67 52 +15 72
10 Thespa Kusatsu 51 18 11 22 64 76 −12 65
11 Avispa Fukuoka 51 17 14 20 52 71 −19 65
12 F.C. Gifu 51 16 14 21 62 72 −10 62
13 Kataller Toyama 51 15 16 20 48 58 −10 61
14 Roasso Kumamoto 51 16 10 25 66 82 −16 58
15 Ehime F.C. 51 12 11 28 54 80 −26 47
16 Yokohama F.C. 51 11 11 29 43 70 −27 44
17 Tochigi S.C. 51 8 13 30 38 77 −39 37
18 Fagiano Okayama 51 8 12 31 40 84 −44 36

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] 2009 J2 Results

[edit] Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away1 AVI BEL CER CON EHI FAG GIF HOL KAT ROS SAG SPA TOC VEG VEN VER VOR YFC
Avispa Fukuoka 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 1–0
Shonan Bellmare 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1
Cerezo Osaka 4–1 3–4 3–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 5–3 2–3 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0
Consadole Sapporo 3–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Ehime F.C. 3–0 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–3
Fagiano Okayama 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1
F.C. Gifu 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0
Mito HollyHock 5–0 1–5 2–3 0–0 1–0 4–3 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–5 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Kataller Toyama 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0
Roasso Kumamoto 2–3 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1
Sagan Tosu 3–1 4–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0
Thespa Kusatsu 3–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2
Tochigi S.C. 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 3–3 0–3 0–0 1–0
Vegalta Sendai 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0
Tokyo Verdy 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 4–0 2–1
Tokushima Vortis 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 6–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0
Yokohama F.C. 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–2

Updated to games played on August 16, 2009
Source: J. League Division 2
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Round 3

Home \ Away1 AVI BEL CER CON EHI FAG GIF HOL KAT ROS SAG SPA TOC VEG VEN VER VOR YFC
Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Shonan Bellmare 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Cerezo Osaka 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 5–0 1–0 1–1
Consadole Sapporo 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–1
Ehime F.C. 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–2
Fagiano Okayama 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
F.C. Gifu 1–1 2–4 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2
Mito HollyHock 2–3 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–4 0–3
Kataller Toyama 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–3 0–0
Roasso Kumamoto 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–5 2–0 2–1 1–1
Sagan Tosu 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
Thespa Kusatsu 1–2 2–5 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–6 0–1 3–2 1–0
Tochigi S.C. 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–0
Vegalta Sendai 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Ventforet Kofu 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Tokyo Verdy 1–0 2–4 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–1
Tokushima Vortis 0–0 3–0 4–1 6–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–1
Yokohama F.C. 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J. League Division 2
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] J2 Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[4]
1
 Japan Shinji Kagawa Cerezo Osaka
27
2
 Japan Ken Tokura Thespa Kusatsu
23
3
 Japan Masashi Oguro Tokyo Verdy
21
4
 Japan Takashi Inui Cerezo Osaka
20
5
 Brazil Maranhão Ventforet Kofu
19
Japan Hiroyuki Takasaki Mito HollyHock
19
Brazil Thiago Quirino Consadole Sapporo
19
8
 Japan Yoshihiro Uchimura Ehime F.C.
18
9
 Japan Koichi Sato F.C. Gifu
16
Brazil Marcelo Soares Vegalta Sendai
16
Japan Tetsuya Okubo Avispa Fukuoka
16

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ J. League official website -News Release - Notice of the rematch for a suspended game - Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale on the 25th week of J. League Division 1 on 2009 (Japanese) (2009Jリーグ J1リーグ戦　第25節「鹿島アントラーズ vs 川崎フロンターレ」　試合の取り扱いについて?) dated September 15, 2009
  2. ^ "J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=score&y=NEW0100&l=E. Retrieved 23 September 2009. 
  3. ^ Transferred from Albirex Niigata after 24th week
  4. ^ "J2 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&y=NEW0100&l=E. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
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