2006 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season 2006
Champions Yokohama FC
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
Promoted Yokohama FC
Kashiwa Reysol
Vissel Kobe
Matches played 312
Goals scored 833 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Borges (26 goals total)
Highest attendance 18,648 (Round 14,
Vegalta vs. Bellmare)
Lowest attendance 1,019 (Round 23,
HollyHock vs. Thespa)
Average attendance 6,406
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League.

In this season, number of participating clubs became thirteen, increased by one from the previous season. The 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

Changes in Competition Formats

Changes in clubs

none

Participating clubs

Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined the J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League.

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:

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

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Yokohama FC (C) (P) 48 26 15 7 61 32+29 93 Promotion to 2007 J. League Division 1
2 Kashiwa Reysol (P) 48 27 7 14 84 60+24 88
3 Vissel Kobe (P) 48 25 11 12 78 53+25 86
4 Sagan Tosu 48 22 13 13 64 49+15 79
5 Vegalta Sendai 48 21 14 13 75 43+32 77
6 Consadole Sapporo 48 20 12 16 77 67+10 72
7 Tokyo Verdy 1969 48 21 8 19 69 75−6 71
8 Montedio Yamagata 48 17 14 17 68 57+11 65
9 Ehime FC 48 14 11 23 51 63−12 53
10 Mito HollyHock 48 14 9 25 48 69−21 51
11 Shonan Bellmare 48 13 10 25 61 87−26 49
12 Thespa Kusatsu 48 9 15 24 54 86−32 42
13 Tokushima Vortis 48 8 11 29 43 92−49 35

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Final Results

Rounds 1 & 2
Home ╲ Away BEL CON EHIHOLMONREYSAGSPAVEGVERVISVORYFC
Shonan Bellmare 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 0–2
Consadole Sapporo 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–6 4–2 0–1
Ehime FC 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
Mito HollyHock 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0
Montedio Yamagata 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–2
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 2–1
Sagan Tosu 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0
Thespa Kusatsu 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–4 0–0 0–4 3–2 0–2 0–0
Vegalta Sendai 2–2 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Tokyo Verdy 1969 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–2
Vissel Kobe 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–0
Tokushima Vortis 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 3–0 1–1
Yokohama FC 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0

Updated to games played on July 8, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 3 & 4
Home ╲ Away BEL CON EHIHOLMONREYSAGSPAVEGVERVISVORYFC
Shonan Bellmare 1–6 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 2–4 0–1
Consadole Sapporo 1–5 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–4 6–0 1–2
Ehime FC 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–2
Mito HollyHock 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2
Montedio Yamagata 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–3
Kashiwa Reysol 4–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–5 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–3
Sagan Tosu 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Thespa Kusatsu 0–0 0–2 2–5 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Vegalta Sendai 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
Tokyo Verdy 1969 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–4 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–1
Vissel Kobe 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Tokushima Vortis 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2
Yokohama FC 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Borges Vegalta Sendai
26
2 Brazil Hulk Consadole Sapporo
25
3 Japan Tatsunori Arai Sagan Tosu
23
Brazil Leandro Montedio Yamagata
23
5 Brazil Diego Kashiwa Reysol
21
6 Brazil Alemão Yokohama FC
18
7 Brazil Anderson Mito HollyHock
17
8 Japan Kazuki Hiramoto Tokyo Verdy 1969
15
Japan Atsuhiro Miura Vissel Kobe
15
10 Brazil Lopes Vegalta Sendai
14
Japan Toshiya Tanaka Ehime FC
14

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Vegalta Sendai 346,868 18,648 10,529 14,453 -0.90705409815489−9.2%†
2 Consadole Sapporo 251,476 18,547 3,896 10,478 -0.94116590317075−5.8%†
3 Kashiwa Reysol 199,872 11,471 4,464 8,328 -0.66666666666667−33.3%†
4 Sagan Tosu 179,151 18,231 4,121 7,465 -0.95035009548059−4.9%†
5 Vissel Kobe 165,834 15,407 3,750 6,910 -0.46335412056595−53.6%†
6 Tokyo Verdy 1969 136,926 11,176 2,982 5,705 -0.38767328078282−61.2%†
7 Shonan Bellmare 128,766 10,723 2,551 5,365 -0.93369300382875−6.6%†
8 Yokohama FC 122,852 11,472 2,690 5,119 -0.86207477265072−13.7%†
9 Montedio Yamagata 122,042 13,043 2,236 5,085 -0.85476550680787−14.5%†
10 Ehime FC 99,334 10,922 2,091 4,139 0.45534458509142+45.5%‡
11 Thespa Kusatsu 89,670 6,355 1,608 3,736 -0.94367264460722−5.6%†
12 Tokushima Vortis 83,452 6,970 1,257 3,477 -0.7963811268896−20.3%†
13 Mito HollyHock 72,405 9,482 1,019 3,017 -0.90491901619676−9.5%†
League total 1,998,648 18,648 1,019 6,406 -0.85618818497728−14.3%†

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

References

  1. ↑ "2006 J2 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

See also

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