J.League & JFL 2006

J1: J.League division-1 2006

The first match day is 4th March, and the last match day is 2nd December 2006.

z-Teams are relegated to J2 automatically.
z'-Teams play the J1/J2 Replace matches.

tabel_.J.League 2006
Home teamREDFROGAMSSPJUBANTGRATRIMARSANJEFARDTOKALBVENAVICERKPSWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
URAWA Red Diamonds2:23:21:03:14:00:01:01:02:12:02:04:03:13:02:13:03:022/6/6673972
KAWASAKI Frontale0:23:22:23:43:24:22:11:13:32:23:12:26:02:02:11:02:020/7/7842967
Gamba OSAKA1:14:03:02:21:05:11:31:13:21:03:11:03:02:02:23:13:220/6/8803266
SHIMIZU S-Pulse2:14:32:32:01:22:04:11:03:01:21:12:01:14:04:01:01:018/6/10601960
Júbilo IWATA3:21:23:21:03:32:22:33:13:03:12:14:17:02:01:13:11:117/7/10681758
KASHIMA Antlers2:22:43:13:13:02:10:10:30:20:42:13:25:13:14:12:01:018/4/1262958
NAGOYA Grampus eight1:00:23:31:13:10:00:31:12:32:12:01:23:15:12:03:21:113/9/1251248
OITA Trinita2:11:10:23:31:22:00:11:21:10:31:20:14:03:20:01:12:113/8/1347247
YOKOHAMA F-Marinos1:31:23:42:30:12:12:10:12:11:11:21:12:03:00:03:14:113/6/1549645
Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA1:41:31:31:22:13:40:00:13:02:41:05:22:11:31:01:11:013/6/1550-645
JEF united ICHIHARA-CHIBA2:01:21:21:30:00:12:32:10:20:11:33:41:32:22:22:12:013/5/1657-144
OMIYA Ardija0:21:50:21:02:10:31:42:22:10:14:20:11:23:12:22:01:013/5/1643-1244
F.C. TOKYO0:05:43:20:13:12:42:12:01:20:22:31:21:41:35:12:32:113/4/1756-943
Albirex NIIGATA2:12:11:04:20:20:12:13:31:01:11:21:22:03:00:12:21:112/6/1646-1942
Ventforet KOFU1:11:03:20:21:12:12:12:01:01:02:33:21:30:41:10:13:112/6/1642-2242
z'- Avispa FUKUOKA0:11:21:11:22:12:10:10:21:30:21:31:10:02:01:11:04:55/12/1732-2427
z- Cerezo OSAKA1:21:31:61:12:32:21:10:22:04:23:20:11:53:12:30:02:26/9/1944-2627
z- KYOTO Purple Sanga1:52:71:42:11:31:20:11:10:42:21:21:11:01:11:12:14:44/10/2038-3622

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In J1, all teams play each other two times (each at home and away).
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points
  • 3: a Win
  • 1: a Draw
  • 0: a Loss

In J1, the bottom two teams, Cerezo and Purple Sanga, shall be relegated to J2 automatically.
The 16th place team, Avispa, shall play in J1/J2 Replace matches.

Reds as J.League champion shall be eligible to play in AFC Champions League 2007.

Reds as J.League champion shall be eligible to play in A3 Champions Cup 2007.

Reds as J.League champion shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 2007.

Frontale as J.League Runner-up team shall be eligible to play in AFC Champions League 2007.

J.League Awards

Player of the Year
Tanaka Marcus TULIO (Reds)
Best Eleven Players
  • KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu (Júbilo)
  • Tanaka Marcus TULIO (Reds)
  • YAMAGUCHI Satoshi (Gamba)
  • KAJI Akira (Gamba)
  • SUZUKI Keita (Reds)
  • ABE Yuki (JEF united)
  • NAKAMURA Kengo (Frontale)
  • TANIGUCHI Hiroyuki (Frontale)
  • ENDO Yasuhito (Gamba)
  • WASHINGTON Stecanela Cerqueira (Reds)
  • MAGNO ALVES De Araujo (Gamba)
Top Scorer
26: WASHINGTON Stecanela Cerqueira (Reds), MAGNO ALVES De Araujo (Gamba)
Rookie of the Year
FUJIMOTO Jungo (S-Pulse)
Prince Takamado Cup: Fair Play Prize
no applicant
Fair Play Prize (Individual)
  • YAMAGISHI Satoru (JEF united)
  • NEMOTO Yuichi (Trinita)
Manager of the Year
Guido BUCHWALD (Reds)
Referee of the Year
KAMIKAWA Toru
Assistant Referee of the Year
HIROSHIMA Yoshikazu
J.League Best Pitch
Hiratsuka stadium (in Hiratsuka)
Special Service Award (Players)
  • KOJIMA Nobuyuki (ex-Thespa, Avispa, Bellmare)
  • SOMA Naoki (ex-Frontale, Verdy, Antlers)
  • SAWANOBORI Masaaki (ex- S-Pulse)

J2: J.League division-2 2006

The first match day is 4th March, and the last match day is 2nd December 2006.

y-Teams are promoted to J1 automatically.
y'-Teams shall be eligible to play in the J1/J2 Replace matches.

tabel_.J.League division-2 2006
Home teamYFCREYVISSAGVEGCONVERMONEHIHOLBELTHEVORWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
y- YOKOHAMA FC2:0
1:0		2:1
0:1		0:0
1:0		0:0
3:1		1:2
3:0		0:0
1:2		1:0
2:1		2:0
2:0		2:0
3:2		2:0
1:1		1:0
0:2		1:0
0:0		26/15/7612993
y- KASHIWA Reysol2:1
3:3		0:1
3:0		2:0
2:5		2:1
2:1		2:1
2:3		4:1
4:1		1:3
2:1		1:0
3:1		1:1
3:1		1:1
4:0		2:1
2:0		4:0
2:1		27/7/14842488
y'- Vissel KOBE0:0
1:2		1:1
3:4		0:0
2:0		0:1
1:0		1:2
1:1		3:1
2:1		4:2
1:0		1:0
1:0		4:0
2:0		1:0
2:2		0:3
3:2		3:0
4:1		25/11/12782586
Sagan TOSU0:0
0:1		2:2
2:1		1:3
0:1		1:5
1:0		0:1
4:0		1:2
2:0		2:0
1:2		4:1
0:0		0:0
1:0		2:0
2:1		2:1
0:1		2:1
2:0		22/13/13641579
Vegalta SENDAI0:0
1:1		0:1
2:0		0:0
2:1		3:0
0:1		0:2
0:0		3:0
1:2		1:1
0:0		3:1
1:1		4:1
3:1		2:2
4:2		5:1
5:2		1:0
1:1		21/14/13753277
Consadole SAPPORO0:1
1:2		1:2
2:1		1:6
1:4		2:2
0:2		1:1
3:1		4:0
2:0		2:2
1:1		3:1
1:1		0:1
3:1		4:1
1:5		3:0
2:2		4:2
6:0		20/12/16771072
TOKYO Verdy 19690:2
1:1		2:3
4:1		0:2
5:2		1:1
3:2		2:0
1:1		2:0
1:2		0:1
1:0		1:0
1:4		0:1
1:4		2:0
3:1		3:2
1:1		4:1
4:2		21/8/1969-671
Montedio YAMAGATA1:2
2:3		3:0
1:0		0:0
1:1		1:1
1:3		0:3
1:0		0:1
0:0		2:3
0:1		2:2
2:0		3:0
5:1		2:1
1:1		2:1
3:0		2:1
2:1		17/14/17681165
EHIME FC1:0
2:2		0:1
3:1		0:2
0:0		1:2
0:2		1:2
1:2		2:1
1:0		0:0
1:2		0:2
2:2		1:1
0:1		1:2
1:2		0:0
1:0		1:0
3:3		14/11/2351-1253
MITO Hollyhock1:0
1:2		0:1
0:1		1:3
1:2		0:0
2:2		0:2
0:0		3:1
0:1		0:1
1:2		1:1
2:0		0:1
0:1		3:0
3:2		2:1
1:1		2:1
2:0		14/9/2548-2151
SHONAN Bellmare0:2
0:1		1:2
0:3		2:0
2:2		0:1
1:2		1:0
0:3		2:1
1:6		2:0
3:0		1:1
1:0		1:3
0:2		1:3
1:0		4:3
2:1		5:0
2:4		13/10/2561-2649
Thespa KUSATSU0:0
1:1		0:4
1:1		3:2
1:1		3:4
0:0		0:0
0:2		2:2
0:2		0:4
1:1		3:1
1:1		2:1
2:5		1:0
3:1		2:2
0:0		0:2
1:0		9/15/2454-3242
TOKUSHIMA Vortis1:1
0:2		1:0
0:0		3:0
1:2		0:0
1:2		0:4
1:3		0:0
0:0		2:0
2:2		1:4
0:5		0:2
0:1		0:0
1:2		1:1
2:1		2:1
3:1		8/11/2943-4935

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In J2, all teams play each other four times (twice each at home and away).
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points
  • 3: a Win
  • 1: a Draw
  • 0: a Loss

In J2, the top two teams, Yokohama FC and Reysol, shall be promoted to J1 automatically.
The 3rd place team, Vissel, shall be eligible to play in J1/J2 Replace matches.

Top Scorer
26: Humberlito BORGES Teixeira (Vegalta)

J.League Cup 2006

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Results

tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Júbilo1:2
0:2		F-Marinos3/6/2006
8/6/2006		Yokohama
Iwata
Gamba0:0
0:2		Antlers4/6/2006
8/6/2006		Kashima
Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
JEF united5:2
3:2		Cerezo4/6/2006
8/6/2006		Osaka
Chiba
Frontale3:4
2:1		Reds3/6/2006
7/6/2006		Urawa, Saitama
Kawasaki
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
F-Marinos0:1
2:1		Antlers2/9/2006
20/9/2006		Kashima
Yokohama
JEF united2:2
3:2
aet		Frontale3/9/2006
20/9/2006		Kawasaki
Chiba
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Antlers0:2JEF united3/11/2006Tokyo National stadium

Preliminary Rounds

The match days are 29th March, 5th, 12th and 26th April, 10th, 14th, 17th, 18th and 21st May 2006.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: group A
Home teamREDMARAVITOKWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- URAWA Red Diamonds4:23:12:05/1/014916
x- YOKOHAMA F-Marinos1:21:02:03/1/29110
Avispa FUKUOKA1:31:10:01/2/34-45
F.C. TOKYO0:01:20:10/2/41-62
tabel_.Preliminary Round: group B
Home teamFROANTTRIKPSWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- KAWASAKI Frontale2:11:04:15/0/114615
x- KASHIMA Antlers3:14:13:23/0/31239
OITA Trinita0:21:02:13/0/36-39
KYOTO Purple Sanga3:42:11:21/0/510-63
tabel_.Preliminary Round: group C
Home teamJEFSSPALBSANWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- JEF united ICHIHARA-CHIBA1:03:22:14/1/110313
SHIMIZU S-Pulse1:01:22:22/2/2808
Albirex NIIGATA0:03:30:11/3/27-16
Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA3:40:10:01/2/37-25
tabel_.Preliminary Round: group D
Home teamCERJUBVENARDGRAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- Cerezo OSAKA1:0-3:21:13/3/08312
x- Júbilo IWATA-1:22:12:13/1/210110
Ventforet KOFU0:12:2-1:12/2/2818
OMIYA Ardija1:12:31:0-2/1/39-17
NAGOYA Grampus eight1:1-1:31:20/3/36-43

note

All eighteen J1 teams are qualified for the competition.

In Preliminary Rounds, all teams play each other two times (each at home and away) except D Group.
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points
  • 3: a Win
  • 1: a Draw
  • 0: a Loss

The top one teams in each group and the three best 2nd-placed teams progress to Quarter-finals. (including one seeded team, Gamba, which play in AFC Champions League 2006)

In the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, the winners of the rounds are determined as follows: 1) total of goals, 2) goals in away match.
If both teams are level at the end of both matches, 30 minutes of extra time shall be played after the second-leg. If the match is still undecided, the winning team shall be decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Awards

Most Valuable Player
MIZUNO Koki (JEF united)
New Hero Award (Under-23)
TANIGUCHI Hiroyuki (Frontale)

Super Cup 2006

tabel_.Super Cup 2006
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Gamba1:3Reds25/2/2006Tokyo National stadium

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All-star Soccer 2006

tabel_.All-star Soccer 2006
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
J-East4:1J-West15/7/2006Kashima

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Awards

Most Valuable Player
NAKAZAWA Yuji (F-Marinos)
Fighting spirit Award
PAULINHO (Purple Sanga)
Most Impressive Player
MAKI Seiichiro (JEF united)

J1/J2 Replace matches

tabel_.J1/J2 Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Avispa0:0
1:1		Vissel6/12/2006
9/12/2006		Kobe
Fukuoka

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In the J1/J2 Replace matches, the winner is determined as follows: 1) total of goals, 2) goals in away match.
If both teams are level at the end of both matches, 30 minutes of extra time shall be played after the second-leg. If the match is still undecided, the winning team shall be decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Vissel shall be promoted to division-1.
Avispa shall be relegated to division-2.

JFL: Japan Football League 2006

The first match day is 19th March, and the last match day is 3rd December 2006.

y-Teams are promoted to J2 automatically.

z-Teams are relegated to each Regional league automatically.
z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.Japan Football League 2006
Home teamHONSETSEOYKKROSYOKTOCALOSONARTTOTJEFKARRYUSPRRKUMMMHLCWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Honda football club0:32:32:22:11:02:01:00:04:13:34:12:01:03:04:12:02:126/5/3774183
Sagawa Express Tokyo SC1:11:00:00:11:21:21:00:13:12:03:01:15:01:05:13:02:023/6/5846175
Sagawa Express Osaka SC0:22:20:11:02:12:11:05:01:03:16:03:21:03:04:22:12:123/3/8683972
YKK AP0:10:32:13:11:11:10:01:15:12:11:02:21:05:12:13:07:119/10/5683467
Rosso KUMAMOTO1:22:31:02:12:20:12:13:13:21:11:03:13:10:00:04:02:020/6/8642566
Yokogawa Musashino FC0:13:40:02:31:11:10:02:11:22:01:02:05:02:03:11:03:017/9/8582060
Tochigi S.C.3:20:00:23:01:34:01:23:21:23:22:10:03:22:13:11:00:017/9/8501560
Alo's Hokuriku1:23:30:22:11:22:22:14:20:10:01:02:00:03:11:14:04:116/9/9532357
SONY Sendai FC2:30:12:10:32:10:20:40:02:10:02:41:11:01:10:24:02:310/7/1748-1737
Arte Takasaki1:21:01:20:20:21:50:00:32:62:22:41:03:11:02:00:40:010/7/1736-2637
SC Tottori3:40:30:02:22:21:31:11:12:11:13:43:41:12:14:13:07:07/15/1261-136
JEF united ICHIHARA-CHIBA club0:31:30:10:33:14:12:21:24:12:13:41:30:10:31:21:23:111/2/2152-1635
Football club Kariya1:20:60:11:32:30:10:21:02:31:11:32:12:12:25:12:33:28/8/1846-1732
FC Ryukyu1:50:62:12:21:20:00:02:41:21:13:30:11:02:03:00:00:06/11/1729-2829
Sagawa Printing SC1:41:30:41:12:41:12:00:10:00:23:12:10:20:01:01:11:37/8/1932-2929
Ryutsu Keizai University1:20:82:50:21:22:30:10:33:03:02:13:52:24:21:23:22:28/4/2248-3528
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC0:00:50:60:40:30:21:20:14:20:12:21:13:20:03:10:44:27/6/2132-4227
z'- Honda Lock SC4:60:12:11:21:52:30:10:52:61:11:10:31:10:12:33:12:15/7/2239-4722

note

In Japan Football League, all teams play each other two times (each at home and away).
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points
  • 3: a Win
  • 1: a Draw
  • 0: a Loss

In Japan Football League, the bottom one team, Honda Lock SC, shall play in Japan Football League Replace matches.

The top one team (Honda football club) in first half season of the league is qualified for the 86th Emperor's Cup.

Football club Kariya changes the team name from Denso.

Arte Takasaki changes the team name from FC Horikoshi.

JEF united ICHIHARA-CHIBA club (JEF club) changes the team name from JEF united ICHIHARA-CHIBA amateur.

Rosso KUMAMOTO is a J.League associate club.

Sagawa Express Tokyo SC and Sagawa Express Osaka SC will combine the teams into Sagawa Express SC (in Shiga) at the end of this season.

Japan Football League Awards

Player of the Year
NITTA Junya (Honda FC)
Top Scorer
23: OKUBO Tetsuya (Sagawa Tokyo)
Rookie of the Year
HORIKIRI Ryosuke (Honda FC)
Manager of the Year
YOSHIZAWA Hideo (Honda FC)
Fighting spirit Award
SHIMIZU Hiroyuki (SC Tottori)
Special Award
NAKANO Yuji and Hiroko (Ryutsu Keizai Univ.)
Special Award
HAYASHI Akihiro (Ryutsu Keizai Univ., U-19 Japan National team)
Best Eleven Players
  • KAWAGUCHI Tsuyoshi (Honda FC)
  • HAMANO Yuki (YKK AP)
  • ISHII Masayuki (Honda FC)
  • HORIKIRI Ryosuke (Honda FC)
  • TOMIYAMA Takuya (Sagawa Tokyo)
  • YAMANE Nobumitsu (Sagawa Tokyo)
  • SHIMADA Shogo (Sagawa Osaka)
  • KUMAGAI Masahiko (Rosso)
  • NITTA Junya (Honda FC)
  • OKUBO Tetsuya (Sagawa Tokyo)
  • GOKYU Sho (Sagawa Osaka)
Fair Play Prize
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC
Best supporters Award
FC Ryukyu's supporters

Japan Football League Replace matches

tabel_.JFL Replace matches
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Honda Lock0:4
1:4		FC Gifu17/12/2006
23/12/2006		Tsuno
Gifu

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FC Gifu shall be promoted to the Japan Football League.
Honda Lock shall be relegated to the Regional League.