2009 J.League Division 2

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J.League Division 2
Season2009
Champions Vegalta Sendai
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
Promoted Vegalta Sendai
Cerezo Osaka
Shonan Bellmare
Matches played459
Goals scored1,164 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer Shinji Kagawa (27 goals total)
Highest attendance22,707 (Round 25,
Consadole vs. HollyHock)
Lowest attendance615 (Round 44,
Fagiano vs. Tochigi)
Average attendance6,326
← 2008
2010 →

The 2009 J. League Division 2 season was the 38th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 11th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 7 and ended on December 5.

Contents

In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by three, making the total number, eighteen. The clubs played in triple round-robin format. Starting this season, all top three clubs were promoted by default and Pro/Rele Series was eliminated accordingly. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition format

Changes in clubs

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Clubs

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Locations of the 2009 J.League 2 teams

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

League 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:

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

Final league table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1 Vegalta Sendai (C, P)51321098739+48106Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1
2 Cerezo Osaka (P)513111910053+47104
3 Shonan Bellmare (P)512911118452+3298
4 Ventforet Kofu 512813107646+3097
5 Sagan Tosu 512513137151+2088
6 Consadole Sapporo 512116147461+1379
7 Tokyo Verdy 512111196861+774
8 Mito HollyHock 512110207079−973
9 Tokushima Vortis 511915176752+1572
10 Thespa Kusatsu 511811226476−1265
11 Avispa Fukuoka 511714205271−1965
12 FC Gifu 511614216272−1062
13 Kataller Toyama 511516204858−1061
14 Roasso Kumamoto 511610256682−1658
15 Ehime FC 511211285480−2647
16 Yokohama FC 511111294370−2744
17 Tochigi SC 51813303877−3937
18 Fagiano Okayama 51812314084−4436
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Final results

Rounds 1 and 2
Home \ Away VEG CER BEL VEN SAG CON VER HOL VOR SPA AVI GIF KAT ROS EHI YFC TOC FAG
Vegalta Sendai 1–22–10–11–01–12–22–12–21–13–12–03–13–23–12–11–01–0
Cerezo Osaka 0–03–40–04–13–02–25–32–11–04–11–02–34–14–22–01–04–1
Shonan Bellmare 1–01–02–11–03–22–01–01–21–12–32–25–03–31–02–11–12–1
Ventforet Kofu 2–11–11–00–12–12–11–13–11–06–02–21–24–13–02–01–10–2
Sagan Tosu 2–12–04–31–11–20–01–30–24–23–11–10–00–10–21–02–20–0
Consadole Sapporo 0–14–10–10–01–21–10–11–11–23–03–01–10–13–21–13–24–2
Tokyo Verdy 1–31–22–11–22–01–20–04–00–30–03–01–02–42–02–11–03–0
Mito HollyHock 0–52–31–50–12–00–02–01–02–15–03–31–11–01–00–13–14–3
Tokushima Vortis 0–12–20–02–11–13–30–00–21–32–13–11–23–06–02–02–11–0
Thespa Kusatsu 0–32–42–01–21–31–20–22–21–13–20–10–01–12–23–20–11–1
Avispa Fukuoka 1–02–20–32–40–00–01–21–21–11–20–10–01–11–01–01–00–0
FC Gifu 0–22–12–20–10–10–20–01–13–01–00–20–01–02–12–01–14–0
Kataller Toyama 0–30–01–01–10–00–00–31–20–11–01–13–01–01–22–00–11–2
Roasso Kumamoto 0–30–30–20–11–24–00–21–30–31–22–35–22–31–11–12–01–1
Ehime FC 2–10–12–42–02–31–20–13–10–21–33–03–01–30–20–30–00–0
Yokohama FC 1–02–20–21–30–30–13–10–01–20–20–11–10–01–20–01–21–0
Tochigi SC 1–21–30–13–30–50–10–32–30–00–00–20–10–41–11–21–01–0
Fagiano Okayama 0–00–20–10–00–31–13–20–11–00–31–00–01–22–31–31–12–0
Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2009. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Round 3
Home \ Away VEG CER BEL VEN SAG CON VER HOL VOR SPA AVI GIF KAT ROS EHI YFC TOC FAG
Vegalta Sendai 1–01–02–02–11–01–11–02–04–2
Cerezo Osaka 2–11–10–15–00–02–13–11–0
Shonan Bellmare 1–11–02–21–00–01–01–01–13–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–12–32–12–01–02–11–10–1
Sagan Tosu 1–12–11–22–13–11–01–02–10–0
Consadole Sapporo 0–12–03–31–11–01–13–23–11–0
Tokyo Verdy 0–22–40–12–22–02–11–00–10–2
Mito HollyHock 0–42–31–30–30–11–00–24–2
Tokushima Vortis 0–40–00–10–13–00–11–16–04–1
Thespa Kusatsu 1–00–12–52–01–21–00–63–22–1
Avispa Fukuoka 2–00–12–13–10–01–01–13–1
FC Gifu 1–11–22–41–13–12–13–33–2
Kataller Toyama 2–30–10–32–30–00–20–22–0
Roasso Kumamoto 0–21–02–10–00–12–52–01–1
Ehime FC 0–03–10–12–10–11–01–10–20–1
Yokohama FC 0–32–01–11–01–22–21–31–02–1
Tochigi SC 1–20–22–30–02–11–10–21–1
Fagiano Okayama 1–30–10–10–22–20–22–10–1
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Vegalta Sendai 336,71919,0637,15412,951−8.0%†
2 Ventforet Kofu 276,46316,8445,58211,059+6.8%†
3 Consadole Sapporo 265,37622,7075,11210,207−29.8%†
4 Cerezo Osaka 247,79620,7274,8379,912−6.1%†
5 Avispa Fukuoka 194,07116,5312,8697,763−23.0%†
6 Shonan Bellmare 189,08814,0803,3017,273+21.3%†
7 Fagiano Okayama 154,03913,2286156,162+68.1%‡
8 Roasso Kumamoto 150,15019,3212,3376,006+13.8%†
9 Sagan Tosu 154,40813,2113,1035,939−18.2%†
10 Tokyo Verdy 143,5399,3782,5645,521−62.8%†
11 Tochigi SC 117,64315,8571,8194,706−6.8%‡
12 Thespa Kusatsu 112,5848,2761,5794,330+2.7%†
13 FC Gifu 107,5579,1131,4924,302+14.9%†
14 Tokushima Vortis 105,89713,4731,8424,073+5.5%†
15 Kataller Toyama 93,5075,5201,8623,740−13.1%‡
16 Ehime FC 96,05412,8511,6333,694−0.3%†
17 Yokohama FC 91,8985,4891,5413,535−48.0%†
18 Mito HollyHock 66,8188,4631,2062,673−12.2%†
League total2,903,60720,7276156,326−10.5%†

Updated to games played on December 5, 2009
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

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References

  1. ↑ "2009 J2 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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