2006 J.League Division 2

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Season 2006 Location Japan Matches played 312		Dates 4 Mar 2006 – 2 Dec 2006 Goals scored 833

Champions Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC 1st J2 title 1st D2 title Promoted Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe Top goalscorer Borges (26 goals total) Highest attendance 18,648 (Round 14, Vegalta vs. Bellmare) Lowest attendance 1,019 (Round 23, HollyHock vs. Thespa) People also search for 2008 J.League Division 2

The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League.

In this season, number of participating clubs became thirteen, increased by one from the previous season. The clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third-placed finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

Promotion and Relegation

At the end of the 2005 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1

At the end of the 2005 season, Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2.

At the end of the 2005 season, Ehime FC !Ehime FC was promoted to J2.

Changes in Competition Formats

Number of participating club increased to 13 games

Each clubs will play 48 games instead 44 games

Changes in clubs

none

Participating clubs

Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined the J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League.

Consadole Sapporo

Vegalta Sendai

Montedio Yamagata

Mito HollyHocks

Thespa Kusatsu

Kashiwa Reysol

Tokyo Verdy 1969

Yokohama F.C.

Shonan Bellmare

Vissel Kobe

Tokushima Vortis

Ehime F.C.

Sagan Tosu

League Format

Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 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 top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation series.

Changes from Previous Year

Number of clubs changed from 12 (2001–2005) to 13 (2006–2007)

Number of games per clubs increased from 44 games (2001–2005) to 48 games (2006–2007)

Final league table

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Final Results

Rounds 1 & 2

Updated to games played on July 8, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 3 & 4

Updated to games played on December 2, 2006.
Source: J. League Division 2
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 2
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J1.
^‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

References

2006 J.League Division 2 Wikipedia

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