Season 2007 Goals scored 867 | Dates 3 Mar 2007 – 1 Dec 2007 Matches played 306 | |
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Champions League Kashima Antlers !Kashima AntlersUrawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red DiamondsGamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka(all to the group stage) Top goalscorer Juninho (22 goals total) Highest attendance 62,132 (Round 33,Red Diamonds vs. Antlers) People also search for 2008 J.League Division 1 | ||
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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.
Contents
- 2007 j league 09 shimizu vs iwata 1 8
- Promotion and relegation
- Changes in competition formats
- Clubs
- Format
- Table
- Results
- Attendance
- Best Eleven
- References
Promotion and relegation
Changes in competition formats
Clubs
Following eighteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Yokohama F.C., Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were 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 1, 2007.
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 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 !Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.
2 Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.
(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 1, 2007.
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
Updated to games played on December 1, 2007
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.