J.League Division 1
Season2007
ChampionsKashima Antlers
5th J. League title
5th Japanese title
RelegatedSanfrecce Hiroshima
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama FC
Champions LeagueKashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
Gamba Osaka
(all to the group stage)
Matches played306
Goals scored867 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerJuninho (22 goals total)
Highest attendance62,132 (Round 33,
Red Diamonds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance4,114 (Round 30,
Yokohama FC vs. Ardija)
Average attendance19,066
← 2006
2008 →

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

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

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 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

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.

  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • Omiya Ardija
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • FC Tokyo
  • Kawasaki Frontale
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Yokohama FC
  • Ventforet Kofu
  • Albirex Nigata
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Jublio Iwata
  • Nagayo Grampus Eight
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Oita Trinita

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

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

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 Notes
Player of the YearBrazil Robson PonteUrawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the YearJapan Takanori SugenoYokohama FC
Manager of the YearBrazil Oswaldo de OliveiraKashima Antlers
Top Scorer Brazil JuninhoKawasaki Frontale22 goals
Fair Play Player Award Japan Daisuke SakataYokohama F. Marinos
Japan Teruyoshi ItoShimizu S-Pulse
Japan Hisato SatōSanfrecce Hiroshima
Referee of the YearJapan Masayoshi Okada
Assistant Referee of the YearJapan Toru Sagara
Meritoriousness Player Award Japan Yasuto Honda
Brazil Amaral
Japan Shoji Jo

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 Yuki Abe (3) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Keita Suzuki (2) Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
MF Robson Ponte (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
MF Kengo Nakamura (2) Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
MF Yasuhito Endō (5) Gamba Osaka  Japan
FW Juninho (1) Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
FW Baré (1) Gamba Osaka  Brazil

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

References

  1. ↑ "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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