2009 J.League Division 1

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J.League Division 1
Season2009
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
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(all to the group stage)
Matches played306
Goals scored791 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Ryoichi Maeda (20 goals)
Highest attendance53,783 (Round 34,
Reds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance5,567 (Round 12,
Sanga vs. JEF United)
Average attendance18,985
2008
2010

The 2009 J.League Division 1 season was the 45th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 17th season since the establishment of J.League Division 1. The season started on March 7 and ended on December, 5.

Contents

A total of eighteen clubs participated in double round-robin format. At the end of the season, top three clubs received automatic qualification to the following years' AFC Champions League. Also starting this season, the bottom three clubs were relegated to J.League Division 2 by default.

Kashima Antlers became the first Japanese club win J.League Division 1 in three straight seasons.

Clubs

Japan location map with Tokyo Greater Area Inset.svg

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

Club NameHome Town(s)Note(s)
Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Gamba Osaka Suita, Osaka 2009 ACL participant
JEF United Chiba Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka
Kashima Antlers Southwestern cities/towns of Ibaraki 2009 ACL participant
Two-time defending champions
Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa, Chiba
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2009 ACL participant
Kyoto Sanga Southwestern cities/town in Kyoto
Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata Promoted from J2 League in 2008
Nagoya Grampus Nagoya, Aichi 2009 ACL participant
Oita Trinita All cities/towns in Ōita
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Promoted from J2 League in 2008
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka

Personnel

ClubHead coach
Albirex Niigata Flag of Japan.svg Jun Suzuki
FC Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Jofuku
Gamba Osaka Flag of Japan.svg Akira Nishino
JEF United Chiba Flag of Japan.svg Atsuhiko Ejiri
Júbilo Iwata Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Yanagishita
Kashima Antlers Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo de Oliveira
Kashiwa Reysol Flag of Brazil.svg Nelsinho Baptista
Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Sekizuka
Kyoto Purple Sanga Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Kato
Montedio Yamagata Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Kobayashi
Nagoya Grampus Flag of Serbia.svg Dragan Stojković
Oita Trinita Flag of Serbia.svg Ranko Popović
Omiya Ardija Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Woe-ryong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Flag of Serbia.svg Mihailo Petrović
Shimizu S-Pulse Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Hasegawa
Urawa Red Diamonds Flag of Germany.svg Volker Finke
Vissel Kobe Flag of Japan.svg Toshiya Miura
Yokohama F. Marinos Flag of Japan.svg Kokichi Kimura

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 AFC playerNon-visa foreignType-C contractFormer players
Albirex Niigata Flag of Brazil.svg Éverton Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Gilton Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Richardes Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Young-cheol Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Suzuki
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Júnior
FC Tokyo Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Quadros Flag of Brazil.svg Caboré
Gamba Osaka Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Severino Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Júnior Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Jae-jin Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Dong-hyuk
JEF United Chiba Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Flag of Brazil.svg Michael Flag of Brazil.svg Neto Baiano Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddy Bosnar
Júbilo Iwata Flag of Brazil.svg Gilsinho Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Flag of Brazil.svg Ferrugem
Kashima Antlers Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Flag of Brazil.svg Marquinhos Flag of South Korea.svg Park Joo-ho
Kashiwa Reysol Flag of Brazil.svg Anselmo Ramon Flag of Brazil.svg França Flag of Brazil.svg Popó Flag of South Korea.svg Park Dong-hyuk Flag of Nigeria.svg Adebayo Adigun Flag of Brazil.svg Alceu
Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho Flag of Brazil.svg Renatinho Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Júnior Flag of North Korea.svg Jong Tae-se
Kyoto Sanga Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Souza Flag of Brazil.svg Sidiclei Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-soo Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-yong Flag of Brazil.svg Paulinho
Montedio Yamagata Flag of Brazil.svg Jajá Flag of Brazil.svg Léo San Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Byung-suk Flag of Brazil.svg Fagner Flag of Brazil.svg André Silva
Nagoya Grampus Flag of Brazil.svg Magnum Flag of Montenegro.svg Igor Burzanović Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Bajalica Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Kennedy Flag of Brazil.svg Davi
Oita Trinita Flag of Brazil.svg Edmilson Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Fernandinho Flag of Brazil.svg Ueslei Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jung-han Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto
Omiya Ardija Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Marques Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Flag of South Korea.svg Park Won-jae Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Yong-duk Flag of Brazil.svg Dênis Marques
Flag of Slovenia.svg Klemen Lavrič
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ilian Stoyanov Flag of Croatia.svg Mihael Mikić Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Han-jae
Shimizu S-Pulse Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Paulo Flag of Norway.svg Frode Johnsen Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-sub
Urawa Red Diamonds Flag of Brazil.svg Edmílson Flag of Brazil.svg Robson Ponte Flag of Ghana.svg Mohammed Faisal
Vissel Kobe Flag of Brazil.svg Alan Bahia Flag of Brazil.svg Marcel Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Botti Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Nam-il Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kang-jo
Yokohama F. Marinos Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kun-hoan Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Dong-ho

League 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:

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

Changes from previous year

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers (C)3420685130+2166Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage [a]
2 Kawasaki Frontale 3419786440+2464
3 Gamba Osaka 34186106244+1860
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34151185344+956
5 FC Tokyo 34165134739+853
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 34164144343052
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 34131294441+351
8 Albirex Niigata 341311104231+1150
9 Nagoya Grampus 34148124642+450
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 341113104337+646
11 Júbilo Iwata 341181550601041
12 Kyoto Sanga 341181535471241
13 Omiya Ardija 34912134047739
14 Vissel Kobe 34109154048839
15 Montedio Yamagata 34109153240839
16 Kashiwa Reysol (R)347131441571634Relegation to 2010 J.League Division 2
17 Oita Trinita (R)34862026451930
18 JEF United Chiba (R)345121732562427
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Sanfrecce Hiroshima received fourth Japanese berth in the group stage of the 2010 AFC Champions League because Gamba Osaka, the winners of the 2009 Emperor's Cup, had been already qualified for ACL through J.League championship.

Results

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD FRO GAM GRA JEF JÚB MON REY SFR SAN SSP TOK TRI RED VIS FMA
Albirex Niigata 2–10–02–21–22–12–23–31–10–13–31–20–11–10–00–12–02–1
Kashima Antlers 0–12–02–3 [a] 5–11–43–01–02–01–12–12–12–13–11–02–01–00–0
Omiya Ardija 0–13–12–33–20–21–11–10–31–10–12–10–00–33–01–11–10–0
Kawasaki Frontale 1–01–13–11–03–13–22–02–01–17–04–11–12–12–00–22–22–0
Gamba Osaka 0–20–14–12–12–32–04–12–14–02–24–11–44–21–01–03–20–0
Nagoya Grampus 1–00–31–10–22–10–13–32–02–30–01–13–11–23–20–11–02–1
JEF United Chiba 0–10–20–21–10–30–21–11–20–02–11–11–22–10–20–11–11–1
Júbilo Iwata 0–20–03–12–11–32–13–22–62–30–13–0 3–0 0–13–11–11–01–1
Montedio Yamagata 0–11–10–00–11–10–01–03–10–01–20–00–11–00–02–31–00–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–41–22–22–30–21–21–11–20–11–20–05–00–32–12–30–11–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–21–02–31–12–20–04–10–13–14–14–10–02–01–02–14–33–2
Kyoto Sanga 1–00–11–33–12–10–12–12–31–01–22–00–12–11–11–01–02–0
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–12–21–01–00–20–02–2 5–1 4–11–11–13–31–23–12–21–00–0
FC Tokyo 1–41–23–22–30–03–01–23–21–04–00–00–02–12–00–11–00–0
Oita Trinita 0–01–21–11–01–32–11–22–10–10–00–11–02–10–11–00–21–2
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–00–10–32–30–00–33–13–24–11–42–11–00–13–11–02–01–2
Vissel Kobe 1–01–01–23–13–12–22–21–13–13–10–01–10–10–23–23–22–2
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–12–11–02–11–22–11–11–01–23–32–43–02–00–11–22–05–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Kashima Antlers-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 Soccerball shade.svg30'Jong Tae-se Soccerball shade.svg19', 32', Juninho Soccerball shade.svg66'). The game resumed on October 7 from the 74th minute. (Iwamasa Soccerball shade.svg74') [1]

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals [2]
1 Flag of Japan.svg Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata 20
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Edmílson Urawa Red Diamonds 17
Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
4 Flag of Japan.svg Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15
Flag of Japan.svg Naohiro Ishikawa FC Tokyo
6 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Okazaki Shimizu S-Pulse 14
Flag of North Korea.svg Jong Tae-se Kawasaki Frontale
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Marquinhos Kashima Antlers 13
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Júnior Gamba Osaka [note 1]
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos

Notes:

  1. Transferred from Albirex Niigata after 24th week

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 751,56553,78318,77744,210−7.1%
2 Albirex Niigata 568,58240,26824,39233,446−3.0%
3 FC Tokyo 440,03240,70118,22125,884+0.7%
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 374,97540,22811,02522,057−6.9%
5 Kashima Antlers 367,48637,87814,47321,617+9.7%
6 Kawasaki Frontale 320,39422,39014,69618,847+7.3%
7 Oita Trinita 313,28124,83314,16318,428−9.3%
8 Shimizu S-Pulse 304,90030,8519,75617,935+8.0%
9 Gamba Osaka 301,10520,39410,15917,712+9.8%
10 Nagoya Grampus 270,77332,4359,35515,928−3.8%
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 267,29927,1139,47915,723+45.0%
12 JEF United Chiba 250,41317,91612,34914,730+4.6%
13 Omiya Ardija 233,01337,8427,79613,707+46.6%
14 Júbilo Iwata 229,89122,1528,71613,523−12.6%
15 Vissel Kobe 222,15320,7216,00213,068+0.7%
16 Montedio Yamagata 204,95320,1026,55412,056+92.2%
17 Kashiwa Reysol 199,55232,8548,12411,738−4.6%
18 Kyoto Sanga 189,14918,1215,56711,126−18.7%
League total5,809,51653,7835,56718,985−1.1%

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual awards

AwardRecipientClub
Most Valuable Player Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuo Ogasawara Kashima Antlers
Rookie of the Year Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos
Manager of the Year Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo de Oliveira Kashima Antlers
Top Scorer Flag of Japan.svg Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata

Best eleven

PosFootballerClubNationality
GK Eiji Kawashima Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
DF Atsuto Uchida Kashima Antlers Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
DF Daiki Iwamasa Kashima Antlers Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka Nagoya Grampus Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
DF Yuto Nagatomo FC Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
MF Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
MF Mitsuo Ogasawara Kashima Antlers Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
MF Naohiro Ishikawa FC Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
MF Yasuhito Endō Gamba Osaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
FW Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
FW Shinji Okazaki Shimizu S-Pulse Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

References

  1. J. League official website -News Release Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine – 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. "2009 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 17 April 2010.