The 2005 J.League Division 1 season was the 13th season since the establishment of J.League Division 1. It began on March 5 and ended on December 3, followed by J. League promotion/relegation series matches on December 7 and 10.
General
Promotion and relegation At the end of the 2004 season, Kawasaki Frontale and Omiya Ardija were promoted to J1. At the end of the 2004 season, there were no relegation to J2. At the end of the 2004 season, Tokushima Vortis and Thespakusatsu Gunma were promoted to J2 from JFL.
Changes in competition formats The Division 1 was expanded to 18 clubs, and Division 2 stays at 12 clubs. The format of Division 1 was changed from the double-season format to a single season. In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. league cup finals), golden goal rules were eliminated. Clubs now had to play the full extra time.
Changes in clubs JEF United relocates from Ichihara to the prefecture capital, Chiba, and becomes JEF United Ichihara Chiba.
Honours CompetitionChampionRunner-up3rd placeJ.League Division 1Gamba OsakaUrawa Red DiamondsKashima AntlersJ.League Division 2Kyoto Purple SangaAvispa FukuokaVentforet KofuEmperor's CupUrawa Red DiamondsShimizu S-PulseCerezo OsakaOmiya ArdijaNabisco CupJEF United Ichihara ChibaGamba OsakaUrawa Red DiamondsYokohama F. MarinosXEROX Super CupTokyo Verdy 1969Yokohama F. Marinos
Clubs
Following eighteen clubs played in J.League Division 1 during 2005 season. Of these clubs, Omiya Ardija and Kawasaki Frontale were newly promoted clubs.
Albirex Niigata Cerezo Osaka FC Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
Personnel Club Head coachAlbirex Niigata Yasuharu SorimachiCerezo Osaka Shinji KobayashiFC Tokyo Hiromi HaraGamba Osaka Akira NishinoJEF United Ichihara Chiba Ivica OsimJúbilo Iwata Masakuni YamamotoKashima Antlers Toninho CerezoKashiwa Reysol Hiroshi HayanoKawasaki Frontale Takashi SekizukaNagoya Grampus Eight Hitoshi NakataOita Trinita Péricles ChamuscaOmiya Ardija Toshiya MiuraSanfrecce Hiroshima Takeshi OnoShimizu S-Pulse Kenta HasegawaTokyo Verdy 1969 VadãoUrawa Red Diamonds Guido BuchwaldVissel Kobe Pavel ŘehákYokohama F. Marinos Takeshi Okada
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Albirex Niigata Ânderson Lima Edmílson Fabinho Santos Neto Potiguar Marcel Sacramento Cerezo Osaka Bruno Quadros Fabinho Zé Carlos FC Tokyo Jean Lucas Severino Santiago Salcedo Rychely Danilo Gomes Gamba Osaka Clemerson Fernandinho Sidiclei JEF United Ichihara Chiba Mario Haas Ilian Stoyanov Gabriel Popescu Kim Dong-soo Júbilo Iwata Choi Yong-soo Kim Jin-kyu Ibrahima Rene Camara Rodrigo Gral Kashima Antlers Alex Mineiro Fernando Ricardinho Ari Kashiwa Reysol Cléber Santana França Reinaldo Ricardinho Choi Sung-kuk Kawasaki Frontale Augusto César Juninho Marcus Vinícius Chong Yong-de Hulk Nagoya Grampus Eight Claiton An Yong-hak Jorge Sebastián Núñez Eduardo Luizão Marques Ueslei Oita Trinita Edmilson Alves Magno Alves Túlio Dodô Patrick Zwaanswijk Omiya Ardija Leandro Toninho Tuto Christian Sanfrecce Hiroshima Beto Dininho Galvão Ri Han-jae Jorginho Shimizu S-Pulse Marquinhos Cho Jae-jin Choi Tae-uk Rogério Corrêa Tokyo Verdy 1969 Gil Washington Lee Woo-jin Moon Je-chun Urawa Red Diamonds Nenê Robson Ponte Tomislav Marić Eliézio Sergio Escudero Emerson Sheik Alpay Özalan Vissel Kobe Ivo Ulich Martin Müller Pavel Horváth Park Kang-jo Diego Souza Roger Machado Patrick Mboma Yokohama F. Marinos Dutra Magrão Rodrigo Gral Adhemar Ahn Jung-hwan
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: Goal differential Goals scored Head-to-head results 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 two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/relegation Series. Changes from previous year Number of clubs competing increased from 16 to 18 The season format was changed from the double-season format to a single season. Number of games per club increased from 30 games to 34 games per season.
Table
Results
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 ClemersonGamba Osaka2 WashingtonTokyo Verdy 19693 EdmílsonAlbirex Niigata18 Magno AlvesOita Trinita Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima6 JuninhoKawasaki Frontale16 Masashi OguroGamba Osaka8 Alex MineiroKashima Antlers9 Robert CullenJúbilo Iwata10 Ryoichi MaedaJúbilo Iwata12 Seiichiro MakiJEF United Ichihara Chiba Yuki AbeJEF United Ichihara Chiba
Attendance figures
Awards
Individual
AwardRecipientClubPlayer of the Year ClemersonGamba OsakaYoung Player of the Year Robert CullenJúbilo IwataManager of the Year Akira NishinoGamba OsakaTop Scorer ClemersonGamba OsakaFair Play Player Award Masashi OguroGamba Osaka Teruyuki MoniwaFC TokyoReferee of the Year Kazuhiko MatsumuraAssistant Referee of the Year Masatoshi ShibataMeritoriousness Player Award Bismarck
Best Eleven PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKMotohiro Yoshida (1)Cerezo OsakaDFIlian Stoyanov (1)JEF United Ichihara ChibaDFMarcus Tulio Tanaka (2)Urawa Red DiamondsDFYuji Nakazawa (4)Yokohama F. MarinosMFFernandinho (1)Gamba OsakaMFMitsuo Ogasawara (5)Kashima AntlersMFTatsuya Furuhashi (1)Cerezo OsakaMFYasuhito Endō (3)Gamba OsakaMFYuki Abe (1)JEF United Ichihara ChibaFWClemerson (1)Gamba OsakaFWHisato Satō (1)Sanfrecce Hiroshima * The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.
References
External links J.LEAGUE Official Stats (English) 2005 J.LEAGUE Season, Club, and Player Stats (English) Complete J1 & J2 Results from 2005 Season (RSSSF)