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 69 756 71
8 Montedio Yamagata 48 17 14 17 68 57+11 65
9 Ehime FC 48 14 11 23 51 6312 53
10 Mito HollyHock 48 14 9 25 48 6921 51
11 Shonan Bellmare 48 13 10 25 61 8726 49
12 Thespa Kusatsu 48 9 15 24 54 8632 42
13 Tokushima Vortis 48 8 11 29 43 9249 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 21 13 13 11 12 01 43 10 20 20 50 02
Consadole Sapporo 41 31 01 22 12 22 30 11 40 16 42 01
Ehime FC 12 21 11 02 01 12 00 12 00 02 10 10
Mito HollyHock 30 31 01 11 01 00 21 02 01 13 21 10
Montedio Yamagata 21 01 22 30 30 11 21 03 23 00 21 12
Kashiwa Reysol 11 21 10 11 13 20 21 21 41 01 40 21
Sagan Tosu 20 01 41 00 20 22 21 15 12 13 21 00
Thespa Kusatsu 22 22 21 10 31 04 34 00 04 32 02 00
Vegalta Sendai 22 02 31 41 11 01 30 51 30 00 10 00
Tokyo Verdy 1969 20 20 10 01 01 23 11 32 20 02 41 02
Vissel Kobe 10 12 10 40 42 11 00 03 01 31 30 00
Tokushima Vortis 11 00 02 00 14 10 00 21 04 20 30 11
Yokohama FC 20 12 20 20 10 20 00 10 00 00 21 10

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 16 02 10 10 03 12 21 03 30 22 24 01
Consadole Sapporo 15 11 31 11 21 02 22 31 20 14 60 12
Ehime FC 12 10 01 22 31 02 10 12 12 00 33 22
Mito HollyHock 32 01 01 20 01 22 11 00 12 12 20 12
Montedio Yamagata 11 00 20 51 10 13 30 10 01 11 21 23
Kashiwa Reysol 40 23 31 31 21 25 20 21 41 30 21 33
Sagan Tosu 21 40 00 10 12 21 01 10 20 01 20 01
Thespa Kusatsu 00 02 25 31 11 11 00 02 11 11 10 11
Vegalta Sendai 42 00 11 31 00 20 01 52 12 21 11 11
Tokyo Verdy 1969 31 12 14 14 10 41 32 11 11 52 42 11
Vissel Kobe 22 11 10 20 10 34 20 32 10 21 41 12
Tokushima Vortis 21 00 01 12 05 00 12 31 13 22 12 02
Yokohama FC 11 30 20 32 21 10 10 02 31 12 01 00

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 -0.907054098154899.2%
2 Consadole Sapporo 251,476 18,547 3,896 10,478 -0.941165903170755.8%
3 Kashiwa Reysol 199,872 11,471 4,464 8,328 -0.6666666666666733.3%
4 Sagan Tosu 179,151 18,231 4,121 7,465 -0.950350095480594.9%
5 Vissel Kobe 165,834 15,407 3,750 6,910 -0.4633541205659553.6%
6 Tokyo Verdy 1969 136,926 11,176 2,982 5,705 -0.3876732807828261.2%
7 Shonan Bellmare 128,766 10,723 2,551 5,365 -0.933693003828756.6%
8 Yokohama FC 122,852 11,472 2,690 5,119 -0.8620747726507213.7%
9 Montedio Yamagata 122,042 13,043 2,236 5,085 -0.8547655068078714.5%
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 -0.943672644607225.6%
12 Tokushima Vortis 83,452 6,970 1,257 3,477 -0.796381126889620.3%
13 Mito HollyHock 72,405 9,482 1,019 3,017 -0.904919016196769.5%
League total 1,998,648 18,648 1,019 6,406 -0.8561881849772814.3%

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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