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 played	306
Goals scored	867 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juninho (22 goals total)
Highest attendance	62,132 (Round 33,; Red Diamonds vs. Antlers)
Lowest attendance	4,114 (Round 30,; Yokohama FC vs. Ardija)
Average attendance	19,066
	← 2006 2008 →

2007 J.League Division 1

15th season of J1 League

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.

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[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_CLGSb0.087423124856978-2] Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.

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"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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Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Type-C Contract	Non-Visa Foreign	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		Park Jong-Jin		Kim Dong-soo	Ilian Stoyanov
Júbilo Iwata	Fabrício	Henrique	Marquinhos Paraná
Kashima Antlers	Danilo	Fabão	Marquinhos
Kashiwa Reysol	Alceu	França	Márcio Araújo		Bruno Roque
Kawasaki Frontale	Juninho	Francismar	Magnum			Jong Tae-se
Nagoya Grampus	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	Mauricio Salles		Pedro Júnior		Alison Enílton
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ueslei	Ilian Stoyanov	Dario Dabac		Jo Woo-Jin	Ri Han-jae
Shimizu S-Pulse	Alexandre	Anderson	Fernandinho	Cho Jae-jin	Kim Dong-sub
Urawa Red Diamonds	Nenê	Robson Ponte	Washington
Ventforet Kofu	Alberto	Dženan Radončić					Josimar
Vissel Kobe	Emerson Thome	Leandro	Raphael Botti		Kim Tae-Yeon	Park Kang-jo	Gabriel
Yokohama FC	Adriano Pimenta	Marcos Paulo	Cho Young-cheol	Oh Beom-seok	Bae Seung-jin	Chong Yong-de	Anderson Gilmar
Yokohama F. Marinos	Marques				Eltinho		Marcus Vinicius

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	Relegation to 2008 J.League Division 2

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

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
	Yoshito Ōkubo	Vissel Kobe	14
	Hideo Ōshima	Yokohama F. Marinos	14
10	Cho Jae-jin	Shimizu S-Pulse	13
10	Frode Johnsen	Nagoya Grampus Eight	13

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%^†

2007_J.League_Division_1

2007 J.League Division 1

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

Honours

Clubs

Foreign Players

Format

Table

Results

Top scorers

Attendance

Awards

Individual

Best Eleven

References

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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

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
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	22 goals
Fair Play Player Award	Daisuke Sakata	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Teruyoshi Ito	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Referee of the Year	Masayoshi Okada
Assistant Referee of the Year	Toru Sagara
Meritoriousness Player Award	Yasuto Honda
	Amaral
	Shoji Jo

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