2007 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season	2007
Champions	Kashima Antlers; 5th J.League title; 5th Japanese title
Relegated	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Ventforet Kofu; Yokohama FC
Champions League	Kashima Antlers; Urawa Red Diamonds; Gamba Osaka; (all to the group stage)
Matches	306
Goals	867 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juninho (22 goals)
Highest attendance	62,132 (Round 33,; Reds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance	4,114 (Round 30,; Yokohama vs. Ardija)
Average attendance	19,066
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 J.League Division 1 season was the 15th season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.

General

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2006 season, Yokohama FC, Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were promoted to J1.
At the end of the 2006 season, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated to J2.

Changes in competition formats

In the past, J.League Champion qualified to A3 Champions Cup, but since 2007 this berth is given to the Nabisco Cup winner.

Honours

Competition	Champion	Runners-up	3rd place
J.League Division 1	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka
J.League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Emperor's Cup	Kashima Antlers	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima Antlers Yokohama F. Marinos
XEROX Super Cup	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	—N/a

Clubs

The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Yokohama FC, Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were newly promoted clubs.

Personnel

Club	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albirex Niigata	Jun Suzuki	Adidas	Kameda Seika
FC Tokyo	Hiromi Hara	Adidas	Eneos
Gamba Osaka	Akira Nishino	Umbro	Panasonic
JEF United Chiba	Amar Osim	Kappa	Fuji Electric
Júbilo Iwata	Atsushi Uchiyama	Puma	Iida Sangyo
Kashima Antlers	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Nike	Tostem
Kashiwa Reysol	Nobuhiro Ishizaki	Umbro	Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale	Takashi Sekizuka	Asics	Fujitsu
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Sef Vergoossen	Le Coq Sportif	Toyota
Oita Trinita	Péricles Chamusca	Puma	None
Omiya Ardija	Satoru Sakuma	Lotto	NTT Docomo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mihailo Petrović	Mizuno	Deodeo
Shimizu S-Pulse	Kenta Hasegawa	Puma	Suzuyo
Urawa Red Diamonds	Holger Osieck	Nike	SAVAS
Ventforet Kofu	Takeshi Oki	Umbro	Nipro
Vissel Kobe	Hiroshi Matsuda	Asics	Rakuten
Yokohama FC	Júlio César Leal	Hummel	Nisso Group
Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshi Hayano	Adidas	Nissan

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Edmílson	Márcio Richardes	Silvinho
FC Tokyo	Evaldo	Lucas Severino			Rychely	Paulo Wanchope
Gamba Osaka	Baré	Magno Alves	Sidiclei
JEF United Chiba	Reinaldo	Nenad Đorđević		Kim Dong-soo	Park Jong-jin	Ilian Stoyanov
Júbilo Iwata	Fabrício	Henrique	Marquinhos Paraná
Kashima Antlers	Danilo	Fabão	Marquinhos
Kashiwa Reysol	Alceu	França	Márcio Araújo		Bruno Roque Seydou Doumbia
Kawasaki Frontale	Francismar	Juninho	Magnum	Jong Tae-se
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Frode Johnsen	Marek Špilár	Kim Jung-woo
Oita Trinita	Edmilson Alves	Luís Augusto	Roberto		Platini	Júnior Maranhão Serginho Baiano
Omiya Ardija	Dênis Marques	Leandro Euzébio			Pedro Júnior	Alison Enílton Mauricio Salles
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ueslei	Ilian Stoyanov	Dario Dabac	Ri Han-jae	Jo Woo-jin
Shimizu S-Pulse	Alexandre Goulart	Fernandinho	Cho Jae-jin		Kim Dong-sub	Anderson Andrade
Urawa Red Diamonds	Nenê	Robson Ponte	Washington	Sergio Escudero
Ventforet Kofu	Alberto	Dženan Radončić				Josimar
Vissel Kobe	Emerson Thome	Leandro	Raphael Botti	Park Kang-jo	Kim Tae-yeon	Gabriel
Yokohama FC	Adriano Pimenta	Marcos Paulo	Oh Beom-seok	Chong Yong-de	Katatau Bae Seung-jin Cho Young-cheol	Anderson Gilmar
Yokohama F. Marinos	Marques				Eltinho	Marcus Vinícius

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.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashima Antlers (C)	34	22	6	6	60	36	+24	72	2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	20	10	4	55	28	+27	70	2008 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage
3	Gamba Osaka	34	19	10	5	71	37	+34	67	2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage^[a]^[b]
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	18	7	9	53	36	+17	61
5	Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	12	8	66	48	+18	54
6	Albirex Niigata	34	15	6	13	48	47	+1	51
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	8	12	54	35	+19	50
8	Kashiwa Reysol	34	14	8	12	43	36	+7	50
9	Júbilo Iwata	34	15	4	15	54	55	−1	49
10	Vissel Kobe	34	13	8	13	58	48	+10	47
11	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	13	6	15	43	45	−2	45
12	FC Tokyo	34	14	3	17	49	58	−9	45
13	JEF United Chiba	34	12	6	16	51	56	−5	42
14	Oita Trinita	34	12	5	17	42	60	−18	41
15	Omiya Ardija	34	8	11	15	24	40	−16	35
16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (R)	34	8	8	18	44	71	−27	32	2007 promotion/relegation Series
17	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	7	6	21	33	65	−32	27	Relegation to 2008 J.League Division 2
18	Yokohama FC (R)	34	4	4	26	19	66	−47	16

Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2007. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and have already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.
↑ Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	FRO	GAM	GRA	JEF	JÚB	REY	SFR	SSP	TOK	TRI	RED	VEN	VIS	YFC	FMA
Albirex Niigata		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–6
Kashima Antlers	3–1		0–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1
Omiya Ardija	2–1	1–2		1–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–0
Kawasaki Frontale	4–3	1–0	1–1		4–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	5–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	6–0	1–2
Gamba Osaka	3–1	5–1	1–0	2–2		3–1	2–0	5–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	6–2	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	0–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight	2–0	3–0	5–0	2–2	1–4		2–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3
JEF United Chiba	1–2	3–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–2		3–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	6–0	2–4	3–2	4–2	4–0	2–3
Júbilo Iwata	2–4	1–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0		4–0	4–2	0–1	5–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–0
Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–0		2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–5	2–0	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3
Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1		1–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
FC Tokyo	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–7	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–0		1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1
Oita Trinita	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–4	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–4	0–0		2–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–3
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	2–1		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Ventforet Kofu	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–6	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–4		4–3	1–0	1–1
Vissel Kobe	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	4–1		3–0	0–0
Yokohama FC	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–3		1–0
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–4	8–1

Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2007. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	22
2	Baré	Gamba Osaka	20
3	Edmílson	Albirex Niigata	19
4	Ueslei	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17
5	Washington	Urawa Red Diamonds	16
6	Leandro	Vissel Kobe	15
7	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	14
Hideo Ōshima	Yokohama F. Marinos
Yoshito Ōkubo	Vissel Kobe
10	Frode Johnsen	Nagoya Grampus Eight	13
Cho Jae-jin	Shimizu S-Pulse

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	793,347	62,123	16,709	46,667	+2.4%^†
2	Albirex Niigata	650,698	42,015	31,500	38,276	−1.1%^†
3	FC Tokyo	429,934	38,439	17,264	25,290	+5.0%^†
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	408,656	53,916	10,828	24,039	+1.6%^†
5	Oita Trinita	335,896	27,811	14,671	19,759	−2.9%^†
6	Gamba Osaka	296,465	20,982	12,163	17,439	+7.3%^†
7	Kawasaki Frontale	294,751	23,355	13,185	17,338	+20.9%^†
8	Júbilo Iwata	278,109	35,072	9,292	16,359	−9.1%^†
9	Kashima Antlers	276,058	36,146	8,036	16,239	+5.2%^†
10	Shimizu S-Pulse	271,180	20,318	11,460	15,952	+11.5%^†
11	Nagoya Grampus Eight	264,939	34,347	7,553	15,585	+4.4%^†
12	JEF United Chiba	240,535	16,756	9,481	14,149	+5.6%^†
13	Yokohama FC	238,662	46,697	4,114	14,039	+174.3%^†
14	Ventforet Kofu	233,476	36,756	8,373	13,734	+12.5%^†
15	Kashiwa Reysol	220,442	35,013	8,947	12,967	+55.7%^†
16	Vissel Kobe	211,822	22,236	7,769	12,460	+80.3%^†
17	Omiya Ardija	194,912	33,162	6,149	11,465	+12.0%^†
18	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	194,199	22,675	6,037	11,423	+2.2%^†
	League total	5,834,081	62,123	4,114	19,066	+4.2%^†

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club
Player of the Year	Robson Ponte	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Takanori Sugeno	Yokohama FC
Manager of the Year	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Kashima Antlers
Top Scorer	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale
Fair Play Player Award	Daisuke Sakata	Yokohama F. Marinos
Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teruyoshi Ito	Shimizu S-Pulse
Referee of the Year	Masayoshi Okada
Assistant Referee of the Year	Toru Sagara
Meritoriousness Player Award	Amaral
Shoji Jo
Yasuto Honda

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Ryōta Tsuzuki (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Daiki Iwamasa (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka (4)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Robson Ponte (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil
MF	Keita Suzuki (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
MF	Kengo Nakamura (2)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endō (5)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Yuki Abe (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
FW	Baré (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil
FW	Juninho (1)	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

References

↑ "2007 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

External links

J. League Official Stats

[1] Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and have already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.

[table_note_res_CLGSb0.1678207778222-2] Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.

[3] "2007 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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v t e J1 League champions
9 titles	Kashima Antlers 1996 1998 2000 2001 2007 2008 2009 2016 2025
5 titles	Yokohama F. Marinos 1995 2003 2004 2019 2022
4 titles	Kawasaki Frontale 2017 2018 2020 2021
3 titles	Júbilo Iwata 1997 1999 2002 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2012 2013 2015
2 titles	Tokyo Verdy 1993 1994 Gamba Osaka 2005 2014 Vissel Kobe 2023 2024
1 title	Urawa Red Diamonds 2006 Nagoya Grampus 2010 Kashiwa Reysol 2011