Football in Japan


Antlers reach 10th major title.
December 1, 2007, 9:22 pm
Filed under: J. League Division 1 | Tags: , , , , ,

Kashima Antlers come to the victory when they beat Shimizu S-Pulse by 3-0 on 1st Dec 2007. At the same time, Urawa Reds lost against Yokohama F.C. by 1-0 which dropped them out from the top of the table. Antlers have won last 9 consecutive wins while Reds have not won last 5  matches.

Antlers, therefore, have won first 10th major titles (5 times in J1, 3 times in League cup and twice in Emperor’s cup) in Japan.



2007 J1 Final Table
December 1, 2007, 8:14 pm
Filed under: J. League Division 1, J1 2007 table | Tags: , , ,

 Team                                   W     D     L      F       A      GD     PTS           

Kashima Antlers                22     6      6     60      36     +24     72

Urawa Reds                        20    10     4     55      28     +27     70

3  Gamba Osaka                     19    10     5     71      37     +34     67

4  Shimizu S-Pulse                  18     7      9     53      36     +17     61

5  Kwasaki Frontale               14    12     8      66     48      +18    54

6  Albirex Niigata                   15    6     13     48      47      +1     51

Yokohama F. Marinos        14    8     12     54      35     +19    50

Kashima Reysol                  14    8     12     43      36      +7     50

9  Jubilo Iwata                         15    4     15     54      55      -1     49

10  Vissel Kobe                       13    8     13     58      48     +10    47

11 Nagoya Grampus Eight      13    6     15      43      45     -2      45

12 F.C. Tokyo                        14    3     17     49      58      -9     45

13 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 12     6     16     51      56      -5     42

14 Oita Trinita                       12    5     17      42      60     -18    41

15 Omiya Ardija                      8     11   15      24      40     -16    35

16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima           8     8     18      44      71     -27    32

17 Venforet Kofu                    7     6     21      33      65     -32    27

18 Yokohama F.C.                  4     4     26      19      66     -47    16

- Kashima Antlers will play ACL as 2007 J1 champion.

- Urawa Reds will play ACL as 2007 ACL holder and also they won 2006 Emperor’s cup.

- Gamba Osaka will play ACL as 2006 Emperor’s cup  runner-up and 2007 J1 3rd place.

- Sanferecce Hiroshima will play two matches which is called promotion and relegation series against Kyoto Sanga F.C., J2 3rd on 05/12/07 away and 08/12/07 home.

- Venforet Kofu and Yokohama F.C. are relegated to J2.



2007 J1 final matche results
December 1, 2007, 7:30 am
Filed under: J. League Division 1, J1 2007 results | Tags: , , , ,

01/12/2007

Kashima Antlers 3-0 Shimizu S-Pulse

Omiya Ardija 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale

JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0-2 Nagoya Grampus Eight

Yokohama F.C. 1-0 Urawa Reds

Ventforet Kofu 0-1 F.C. Tokyo

Albirex Niigata 0-2 Oita Trinita

Jubilo Iwata 4-0 Kashiwa Reysol

Vissel Kobe 0-0 Yokohama F. Marinos

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-2 Gamba Osaka



2007 J2 Final Table
December 1, 2007, 7:10 am
Filed under: J. League Division 2, J2 2007 table | Tags: , , ,

 Team                                    W     D     L      F       A      GD     PTS 

1  Consadole Sapporo             27    10    11     66      45     +21     91

2  Tokyo Verdy 1969             26    11    11     90     57     +33     89

3  Kyoto Sanga F.C.               24    14    10     80     59     +21     86

4  Vegalta Sendai                    24    11    13     72     54     +18     83

5  Cerezo Osaka                     24     8     16     72     55     +17     80

6  Shonan Bellmare                23     8     17     72     55     +17     77

7  Avispa Fukuoka                 22     7     19     77      61     +16     73

8  Sagan Tosu                         21     9     18     63     66       -3     72

9  Montedio Yamagata           15    13     20     46     56     -10     58

10 Ehime F.C.                        12     9      27     39     66     -27     45

11 Thespa Kusatsu                  7     21     20     42     71     -29     42

12 Mito HollyHock                8    10     30     32      70     -38     34

13 Tokushima Vortis              6    15     27     31      67     -36     33 

- Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy 1969 are promoted to J1. 

- Kyoto Sanga F.C. will play two matches which is called promotion and relegation series against Sanferecce Hiroshima, J1 16th on 05/12/07 home and 08/12/07 away.

 



Consadole come from behind victory.
December 1, 2007, 6:28 am
Filed under: J. League Division 2 | Tags: , ,

Consadole Sapporo beat  Mito HollyHock by 2-1 that comes to the J2 champion while Tokyon Verdy failed to reach three points against Cerezo Osaka on 1st Dec 2007.   

Consadole striker, Davi scored 43′and late 83′goals for  Consadole although Verdy conceded a late goal against Cerezo, Rui Komatsu at 76′ which dropped them from top of the table by 2-2, draw.

Runners-up, Tokyo Verdy 1969 failed to win J2 but they have been promoted to J1 next season and 3rd place, Kyoto Sanga will play two matches against the team from 16th in J1 to get the place in J1.   



J2 results
December 1, 2007, 5:06 am
Filed under: J. League Division 2, J2 2007 results | Tags: , , ,

01/12/07 

Consadole Sapporo 2-1 Mito HollyHock

Vegalta Sendai 2-0 Tokushima Vortis

Thespa Kusatsu 1-1 Kyoto Sanga F.C.

Cerezo Osaka 2-2 Tokyo Verdy 1969

Ehime F.C. 2-1 Shonan Bellmare

Avispa Fukuoka 1-3 Sagan Tosu



J2 final matches 2007
December 1, 2007, 12:33 am
Filed under: Fixtures, J. League Division 2 | Tags: , ,

01/12/07

Consadole Sapporo v Mito HollyHock

Vegalta Sendai v Tokushima Vortis

Thespa Kusatsu v Kyoto Sanga F.C.

Cerezo Osaka v Tokyo Verdy 1969

Ehime F.C. v Shonan Bellmare

Avispa Fukuoka v Sagan Tosu