2010 J.League Division 1

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J.League Division 1
Season2010
Champions Nagoya Grampus
1st J. League title
1st Japanese title
Relegated FC Tokyo
Kyoto Sanga
Shonan Bellmare
Champions League Nagoya Grampus
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Kashima Antlers
Matches played306
Goals scored813 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Joshua Kennedy, Ryoichi Maeda (17 goals total)
Highest attendance55,410 (Round 10,
Red Diamonds vs. Grampus)
Lowest attendance5,334 (Round 11,
Sanfrecce vs. Cerezo)
Average attendance18,428
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The 2010 J.League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4. [1]

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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 the bottom three clubs were relegated to J2 League by default.

Nagoya Grampus won their first Japanese championship. This was also the first time since the advent of the J.League that the top scorer scored less than 20 goals; the honour of scoring 17 goals was shared between Nagoya's Joshua Kennedy and Júbilo Iwata's Ryoichi Maeda. Additionally, this was also the first Japanese top division season in which clubs from the Kantō region did not place among the top three.

Clubs

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Location of the clubs in Japan

The following eighteen clubs will play in J.League Division 1 during the 2010 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai, Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare are the newly promoted clubs. For the first time since 1995 season all top-flight teams are located on a single island (Honshū).

Club NameHome Town(s)Note(s)
Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Promoted from J2 League in 2009
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Gamba Osaka Suita, Osaka 2010 ACL Participant
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka
Kashima Antlers Southwestern cities/towns of Ibaraki 2010 ACL Participant
Three-time Defending Champions
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2010 ACL Participant
Kyoto Sanga Southwestern cities/town in Kyoto
Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata
Nagoya Grampus Nagoya, Aichi
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima 2010 ACL Participant
Shonan Bellmare Southcentral cities/towns in Kanagawa Promoted from J2 League in 2009
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Vegalta Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Promoted from J2 League in 2009
Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka

Foreign Players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerType-C ContractNon-Visa ForeignFormer Players
Albirex Niigata Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Richardes Flag of Brazil.svg Michael Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Young-cheol Flag of Brazil.svg Fagner
Cerezo Osaka Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Flag of Brazil.svg Amaral (footballer, born 1983) Flag of Brazil.svg Martinez Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jin-hyeon
FC Tokyo Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardinho Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-gwon Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Yong-duk
Gamba Osaka Flag of Brazil.svg Dodô Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Severino Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Jae-jin Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Júnior
Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Carlos
Júbilo Iwata Flag of Brazil.svg Gilsinho Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woo-jin Flag of South Korea.svg Park Joo-ho Flag of North Korea.svg Hwang Song-su Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Keun-ho
Kashima Antlers Flag of Brazil.svg Fellype Gabriel Flag of Brazil.svg Marquinhos Flag of Brazil.svg Gilton Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-soo
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 Thiego Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Souza Flag of Brazil.svg Junior Dutra Flag of South Korea.svg Kwak Tae-hwi Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-yong
Montedio Yamagata Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Byung-suk Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kun-hoan Flag of South Korea.svg Han Dong-won
Nagoya Grampus Flag of Brazil.svg Magnum Flag of Colombia.svg Danilson Córdoba Flag of Montenegro.svg Igor Burzanović Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Kennedy
Omiya Ardija Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Marques Flag of Croatia.svg Mato Neretljak Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chun-soo Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Ho Flag of North Korea.svg An Yong-hak Flag of Brazil.svg Dudu
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Yong-duk
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ilian Stoyanov Flag of Croatia.svg Mihael Mikić
Shonan Bellmare Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Flag of Brazil.svg Erivaldo Flag of Brazil.svg Jean Flag of South Korea.svg Han Kook-young Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Seung-in Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Yeong-gi
Shimizu S-Pulse Flag of Norway.svg Frode Johnsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddy Bosnar
Urawa Red Diamonds Flag of Brazil.svg Edmílson Flag of Brazil.svg Robson Ponte Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Wilfried Sanou Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Spiranovic
Vegalta Sendai Flag of Brazil.svg Elizeu Flag of Brazil.svg Fernandinho Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ju-sung Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-ho Flag of North Korea.svg Ryang Yong-gi Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo Alagoano
Vissel Kobe Flag of Brazil.svg Edmilson Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Popó Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Botti Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jae-min Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kang-jo
Yokohama F. Marinos Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Bastianini Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Dong-ho

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 J.League Division 2. The top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League in the following year.

Changes from previous year

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nagoya Grampus (C)3423385437+1772Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
2 Gamba Osaka 3418886544+2162
3 Cerezo Osaka 34171075832+2661
4 Kashima Antlers 34161265131+2060
5 Kawasaki Frontale 34159106147+1454
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 34159106049+1154
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34149114538+751
8 Yokohama F. Marinos 34156134339+451
9 Albirex Niigata 34121394845+349
10 Urawa Red Diamonds 34146144841+748
11 Júbilo Iwata 341111123849−1144
12 Omiya Ardija 34119143945−642
13 Montedio Yamagata 34119142942−1342
14 Vegalta Sendai 34109154046−639
15 Vissel Kobe 34911143745−838
16 FC Tokyo (R)34812143641−536Relegation to 2011 J.League Division 2
17 Kyoto Sanga (R)3447233060−3019
18 Shonan Bellmare (R)3437243182−5116
Updated to match(es) played on December 4, 2010. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Kashima Antlers qualified as 2010 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD BEL CER FRO GAM GRA JÚB MON SFR SAN SSP TOK RED VEG VIS FMA
Albirex Niigata 2–10–03–11–12–11–24–11–13–12–21–14–12–10–21–11–12–1
Kashima Antlers 2–23–01–00–12–12–11–01–23–10–02–11–11–12–01–03–02–0
Omiya Ardija 2–20–13–03–02–21–30–10–02–10–02–13–00–21–20–32–21–1
Shonan Bellmare 2–01–11–30–41–61–30–10–01–11–32–23–61–31–41–02–21–4
Cerezo Osaka 2–12–12–02–10–0 1–1 0–16–23–01–13–11–04–12–30–02–12–0
Kawasaki Frontale 2–11–20–04–21–21–24–01–12–02–01–00–02–11–13–23–01–3
Gamba Osaka 0–01–15–12–1 3–2 4–41–22–01–02–01–11–12–03–22–22–40–2
Nagoya Grampus 1–11–42–12–11–02–33–12–02–12–11–03–30–13–12–12–01–1
Júbilo Iwata 1–12–31–13–20–33–14–31–20–02–12–3 2–1 2–12–10–13–20–0
Montedio Yamagata 1–01–11–01–13–30–02–10–11–01–01–00–30–31–13–10–00–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–01–11–23–00–50–30–21–01–12–13–01–12–12–11–01–13–0
Kyoto Sanga 0–21–10–20–10–13–41–20–20–11–20–32–42–00–42–13–01–2
Shimizu S-Pulse 0–22–12–15–03–22–00–31–5 0–0 3–02–11–11–22–15–11–01–2
FC Tokyo 1–11–10–13–00–01–21–10–11–11–10–21–12–20–10–02–21–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–01–10–12–12–03–00–22–10–10–10–12–01–11–01–10–42–3
Vegalta Sendai 2–32–13–12–11–11–11–31–23–02–01–11–01–33–21–10–10–1
Vissel Kobe 1–20–03–10–00–00–41–31–23–00–21–22–01–00–01–02–01–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 3–01–30–23–00–04–01–00–21–00–12–12–21–21–21–40–11–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4, 2010. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals [2]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Kennedy Nagoya Grampus 17
Flag of Japan.svg Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata 17
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Edmílson Urawa Red Diamonds 16
Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Richardes Albirex Niigata 16
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Cerezo Osaka 14
Flag of Japan.svg Shoki Hirai Gamba Osaka 14
Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 14
8 Flag of Japan.svg Jungo Fujimoto Shimizu S-Pulse 13
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Okazaki Shimizu S-Pulse 13
Flag of Japan.svg Keiji Tamada Nagoya Grampus 13

Awards

MVP

Best XI

PositionPlayer
GK Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Narazaki
DF Flag of Japan.svg Marcus Tulio Tanaka
DF Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Masukawa
DF Flag of Japan.svg Tomoaki Makino
MF Flag of Colombia.svg Danilson
MF Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Richardes
MF Flag of Japan.svg Kengo Nakamura
MF Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhito Endō
MF Flag of Japan.svg Jungo Fujimoto
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Kennedy
FW Flag of Japan.svg Ryoichi Maeda

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 678,99455,41021,62539,941−9.7%†
2 Albirex Niigata 519,22141,00219,15230,542−8.7%†
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 436,62443,02512,18425,684+16.4%†
4 FC Tokyo 426,89930,67217,47725,112−3.0%†
5 Kashima Antlers 356,43035,2519,47220,966−3.0%†
6 Nagoya Grampus 339,63834,0987,99119,979+25.4%†
7 Kawasaki Frontale 315,55022,4077,34818,562−1.5%†
8 Shimizu S-Pulse 306,02238,8517,11718,001+0.4%†
9 Vegalta Sendai 294,64426,39112,11917,332+33.8%†
10 Gamba Osaka 283,11120,9739,09316,654−6.0%†
11 Cerezo Osaka 255,43937,8608,04115,026+51.6%†
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 247,55023,9485,33414,562−7.4%†
13 Vissel Kobe 218,00419,5068,70712,824−1.9%†
14 Júbilo Iwata 206,32431,2667,03012,137−10.2%†
15 Montedio Yamagata 199,06920,2317,01911,710−2.9%†
16 Shonan Bellmare 188,61414,0956,03211,095+43.7%†
17 Omiya Ardija 188,08829,5757,83111,064−19.3%†
18 Kyoto Sanga 178,67315,2226,81810,510−5.5%†
League total5,638,89455,4105,33418,428−2.9%†

Updated to games played on December 4, 2010
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

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