J.League Division 2 2008
J.League Division 2 2008 | |
master | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Climbers | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Montedio Yamagata |
Relegation ↑ | Vegalta Sendai |
Teams | 15th |
Games | 315 |
Gates | 851 (ø 2.7 per game) |
← J.League Division 2 2007 | |
↑ J. League Division 1 2008 |
The J.League Division 2 2008 was the tenth season of the Japanese J.League Division 2 . Fifteen clubs took part in it. The season began on March 8th and ended on December 6th, 2008, the relegation games with the table sixteenth in Division 1 2008 were played on December 10th and 13th.
Master and thus promoted to the J.League Division 1 2009 was Sanfrecce Hiroshima . In addition to Hiroshima, runner-up Montedio Yamagata also rose. Third-placed Vegalta Sendai failed in the relegation in two games against Júbilo Iwata .
mode
For the first time since Division 2 existed, the teams only played against each other three times, at least once at home, due to the number of participants increasing to 15 clubs; thus there were a total of 42 games per team. There were three points for a win and one point for a draw. The table was created according to the following criteria:
- Number of points scored
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Results of the games among themselves
- Decision game or coin toss
The two clubs with the most points rose to the J.League Division 1 2009 at the end of the season . The table third played with the table sixteenth of the J.League Division 1 2008 in a two- legged manner for another place in Division 1. In the event of a tie after the end of these two games, the away goal rule was applied; should this not result in a decision either, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot- out was carried out.
Attendees
A total of fifteen teams took part in the season, two more than in the previous two seasons. At the end of the preseason, three clubs were promoted to Division 1 in 2008 . Master Consadole Sapporo managed after five years in Division 2 the third promotion to Division 1, runner-up Tokyo Verdy 1969 returned after two years in the first division. In the relegation for a place in Japan's top division, the third-placed Kyōto Sanga narrowly prevailed against the Division 1-sixteenth Sanfrecce Hiroshima , Kyōto managed to return directly to the House of Lords.
In addition to Hiroshima, which was transferred to Division 2 for the second time after the 2003 season , two other clubs were relegated. The bottom of the table, Yokohama FC , returned to the Japanese second division after just one season, while the penultimate Cerezo Osaka returned to Division 2 for the second time after five years in Division 1.
The field of participants was completed by the two new J.League members Roasso Kumamoto and FC Gifu , runner-up and third place in the 2007 Japan Football League . Roasso Kumamoto is the former company team of the telecommunications company NTT West founded in 1969 and played a total of four seasons in the Japan Football League under various names during the 2000s. The FC Gifu, on the other hand, was only created in 2001 and is in the spiritual tradition of the Seinō Transportation SC , which represented the prefecture in the higher-class leagues until 1998.
Clubs of the J.League Division 2 2008 |
- Remarks
- Mito HollyHock played two home games at Hitachinaka City Stadium in Hitachinaka , Ibaraki and one game at Hitachi Athletic Stadium in Hitachi , Ibaraki.
- Roasso Kumamoto played two games at Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium in Kumamoto and one game at Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium in Kagoshima , Kagoshima .
- Sagan Tosu played a home game at the Saga Athletic Stadium in Saga , Saga.
- Thespa Kusatsu played a home game at the Kumagaya Athletic Stadium in Kumagaya , Saitama . The Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma was called Gunma Shikishima Athletic Stadium until April 15, 2008 .
- Vegalta Sendai played a home game at Miyagi Stadium in Rifu , Miyagi.
- Yokohama FC played one home game each at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and at the Nissan Stadium .
Trainer
society | Head coach |
---|---|
Vegalta Sendai | Makoto Teguramori |
Montedio Yamagata | Shinji Kobayashi |
Mito HollyHock | Takashi Kiyama |
Thespa Kusatsu | Shigeharu Ueki |
Yokohama FC | Satoshi tsunami |
Shonan Bellmare | Masaaki Kanno |
Ventforet Kofu | Takayoshi Amma |
FC Gifu | Hideki Matsunaga |
Cerezo Osaka | Levir Culpi |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Michael Petrovic |
Tokushima Vortis | Naohiko Minobe |
Ehime FC | Kazuhito Mochizuki |
Avispa Fukuoka | Pierre Littbarski → Yoshiyuki Shinoda |
Sagan Tosu | Yasuyuki Kishino |
Roasso Kumamoto | Tomoyoshi Ikeya |
player
statistics
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (A) | 42 | 31 | 7th | 4th | 99:35 | +64 | 100 |
2. | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 66:40 | +26 | 78 |
3. | Vegalta Sendai | 42 | 18th | 16 | 8th | 62:47 | +15 | 70 |
4th | Cerezo Osaka | 42 | 21st | 6th | 15th | 81:60 | +21 | 69 |
5. | Shonan Bellmare | 42 | 19th | 8th | 15th | 68:48 | +20 | 65 |
6th | Sagan Tosu | 42 | 19th | 7th | 16 | 50:51 | −1 | 64 |
7th | Ventforet Kofu (A) | 42 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 56:47 | +9 | 59 |
8th. | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 15th | 13 | 14th | 55:66 | −11 | 58 |
9. | Thespa Kusatsu | 42 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 45:52 | −7 | 53 |
10. | Yokohama FC (A) | 42 | 11 | 17th | 14th | 51:56 | −5 | 50 |
11. | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 13 | 8th | 21st | 52:70 | −18 | 47 |
12. | Roasso Kumamoto (N) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19th | 46:72 | −26 | 43 |
13. | FC Gifu (N) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20th | 41:69 | −28 | 42 |
14th | Ehime FC | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 39:66 | −27 | 37 |
15th | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 7th | 8th | 27 | 40:72 | −32 | 29 |
Status: end of the season |
Promotion to J.League Division 1 2009 : Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Montedio Yamagata | |
Relegation against the sixteenth of the J.League Division 1 2008 : Vegalta Sendai | |
(A) | A bsteiger from the J.League Division 1 2007 : Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu and Yokohama FC |
(N) | N Euling from the Japan Football League 2007 : Roasso Kumamoto and FC Gifu |
Crosstab
Relegation
With the expansion of the J.League Division 2 to eighteen clubs for the coming season, the relegation for one place in Division 1 was held for the last time this season. Here Vegalta Sendai met as third in the table on Júbilo Iwata , sixteenth in division 1. As in 2004, the first division held the class. The main player of the two games was Júbilo midfielder Takuya Matsuura , who scored all three goals of his team.
First leg
pairing | Vegalta Sendai - Júbilo Iwata |
Result | 1: 1 |
date | December 10, 2008 |
Stadion |
Yurtec Stadium , Sendai 18,974 spectators |
referee | Kenji Ōgiya |
Gates | 1: 0 Nádson (41.), 1: 1 Takuya Matsuura (53.) |
Return leg
pairing | Júbilo Iwata - Vegalta Sendai |
Result | 2: 1 |
date | December 13, 2008 |
Stadion |
Yamaha Stadium , Iwata 16,693 spectators |
referee | Masayoshi Okada |
Gates | 1: 0 and 2: 0 Takuya Matsuura (41st, 70th), 2: 1 Ryang Yong-gi (89th) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Mito HollyHock Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Roasso Kumamoto Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Sagan Tosu Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Thespa Kusatsu Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Vegalta Sendai Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 Yokohama FC Results & Schedule. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
- ↑ J.League (Japanese)
- ↑ 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 League table. In: J.League data site. J.League, accessed August 26, 2016 .
Web links
- Official website of the J.League (Japanese / English)
- Official J.League Statistics (Japanese / English)