Season 2006 End date December 2, 2006 Matches played 306 | Start date 2006 Goals scored 976 | |
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Champions League Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale(all to the group stage) Top goalscorer Borges (26 goals total) Highest attendance 62,241 (Round 34,Red Diamonds vs. Gamba) Lowest attendance 3,671 (Round 6,Purple Sanga vs. Avispa) People also search for 2007 J.League Division 1 | ||
The 2006 J. League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J. League. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.
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Promotion/relegation
Changes in competition format
Changes in clubs
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Clubs
Following eighteen clubs played in J. League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu are newly promoted clubs.
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:
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.
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Table
Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2005 Emperor's Cup and already qualified for 2007 ACL; therefore Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale takes the second ACL spot.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Attendance Figures
Updated to games played on December 2, 2006
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.
Best Eleven
* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.