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Season
  
2008

Start date
  
2008

Matches played
  
315

Average attendance
  
7,072

Goals scored
  
851

Promoted
  
2008 J.League Division 2

Champions
  
Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima1st J2 title1st D2 title

Top goalscorer
  
Hisato Satō (28 goals total)

Highest attendance
  
36,945 (Round 24,Yokohama vs. Thespa)

Lowest attendance
  
1,036 (Round 17,HollyHock vs. Vortis)

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2009 J.League Division 2

The 2008 J. League Division 2 season is the 37th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 10th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 8 and ended on December 6.

Contents

In this season, the number of participating clubs was increased by two, making the total number, fifteen. Unlike the first nine seasons, the clubs played in triple round-robin format, instead of quadruple round-robin format. At the end of the season, top two clubs were promoted and third-placed club advanced to the Pro/Rele Series. There were no relegation to third-tier Japan Football League.

Promotion and Relegation

  • At the end of the 2007 season, Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969 and Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga were promoted to J1
  • At the end of the 2007 season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu and Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC were relegated to J2
  • At the end of the 2007 season, Rosso Kumamoto !Rosso Kumamoto and FC Gifu !FC Gifu were promoted from the JFL.

    • Changes in Competition Formats

  • The Division 2 was expanded to 15 clubs.
  • The new J2 format will consist of triple round-robin instead of quadruple round-robin to reduce the games played by team to 42 games.

    • Changes in Clubs

  • Rosso Kumamoto !Rosso Kumamoto was renamed Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto before joining the League.

    • Participating clubs

    Following fifteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ventforet Kofu, and Yokohama F.C. relegated from Division 1 last year. Also, Roasso Kumamoto and F.C. Gifu newly joined from Japan Football League.

  • Vegalta Sendai
  • Montedio Yamagata
  • Mito HollyHock
  • Thespa Kusatsu
  • Yokohama F.C.
  • Shonan Bellmare
  • Ventforet Kofu
  • F.C. Gifu
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • Tokushima Vortis
  • Ehime F.C.
  • Avispa Fukuoka
  • Sagan Tosu
  • Roasso Kumamoto

    • League Format

    Fifteen clubs will play in triple round-robin format, a total of 42 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
  • Disciplinary points

    • 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
  • Thirteen participating clubs (2006–2007) to fifteen clubs (2008)
  • Quadruple round-robin format (1999–2007) to triple round-robin format (2008–2009)
  • Introduction of Disciplinary points for tie breaker (2008–)

    • Final league table

    Updated to games played on December 6, 2008.
    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 August 10, 2008.
    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.

    Round 3

    Updated to games played on December 6, 2008.
    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 6, 2008
    Source: J. League Division 2
    Notes:
    † Team played previous season in J1.
    ‡ Team played previous season in JFL.

    References

    2008 J.League Division 2 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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