2004 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season 2004
Champions Yokohama F. Marinos
3rd J. League title
5th Japanese title
Champions League Yokohama F. Marinos
Júbilo Iwata
(all to the group stage)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 744 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Emerson (27 goals total)
Highest attendance 58,334 (Round 24,
Red Diamonds vs. F. Marinos)
Lowest attendance 4,429 (Round 5,
Gamba vs. JEF United)
Average attendance 18,965
2003
2005

The 2004 J. League Division 1 season was the 12th season of the J1 League. The league fixture began on March 13, 2004 and ended on December 11, 2004. The Suntory Championship 2004 took place on December 5 and December 11, 2004. The first ever J. League Promotion/Relegation Series took place on December 4 and December 12, 2004.

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in Competition Formats

Changes in clubs

none

Clubs

Following sixteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2004 season. Of these clubs, Albirex Nigata and Sanfrecce Hiroshima were newly promoted from Division 2.

Format

In the 2004 season, the league was conducted split-season format, 1st Stage and 2nd Stage. In each stage, sixteen clubs played in a single round-robin format, a total of 15 games per club (per stage). A club received 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The club were ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

A draw would be conducted, if necessary. The club that finished at the top of the table is declared stage champion and qualifies for the Suntory Championship. The first stage winner, hosts the first leg in the championship series. If the a single club win both stages, the club is declared the season champions and championship series will not be held. Meanwhile, the last-placed (16th-placed) club must play Pro/Rele Series at the end of the season.

Changes in Competition Format

First Stage

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yokohama F. Marinos (A) 15 11 3 1 26 13+13 36 Qualification for Suntory Championship
2 Júbilo Iwata 15 11 1 3 31 16+15 34
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 7 4 4 30 24+6 25
4 Gamba Osaka 15 7 3 5 31 23+8 24
5 Kashima Antlers 15 7 3 5 18 14+4 24
6 FC Tokyo 15 6 5 4 19 190 23
7 JEF United Ichihara 15 5 7 3 28 23+5 22
8 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 5 5 5 24 22+2 20
9 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 5 4 6 21 232 19
10 Oita Trinita 15 5 2 8 21 276 17
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 3 7 5 20 277 16
12 Vissel Kobe 15 3 6 6 21 254 15
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 3 6 6 15 194 15
14 Albirex Niigata 15 3 5 7 16 259 14
15 Kashiwa Reysol 15 3 3 9 14 228 12
16 Cerezo Osaka 15 2 4 9 17 3013 10

Updated to games played on June 26, 2004.
Source: J. League Division 1
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALB ANT CERGAMGRAJEFJÚBREYSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVERVISFMA
Albirex Niigata 14 12 33 03 01 00 13
Kashima Antlers 22 11 32 10 00 30 20
Cerezo Osaka 12 10 01 12 12 15 12 22
Gamba Osaka 02 22 02 10 40 32 63
Nagoya Grampus Eight 11 13 10 22 21 30 12 22
JEF United Ichihara 21 21 11 11 11 11 22 30
Júbilo Iwata 32 42 20 21 31 20 22 12
Kashiwa Reysol 12 01 02 13 00 21 12
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 02 11 13 30 11 00 20
Shimizu S-Pulse 12 12 10 00 12 43 31
FC Tokyo 10 11 21 32 21 11 32 02
Oita Trinita 01 30 43 23 21 21 11
Urawa Red Diamonds 10 42 33 11 21 41 21
Tokyo Verdy 1969 30 22 21 01 00 31 13
Vissel Kobe 22 21 20 51 12 00 11 02
Yokohama F. Marinos 10 21 21 21 20 11 11 31

Updated to games played on June 26, 2004.
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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Second stage

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Urawa Red Diamonds (A) 15 12 1 2 40 15+25 37 Qualification for Suntory Championship
2 JEF United Ichihara 15 8 4 3 27 22+5 28
3 Gamba Osaka 15 8 3 4 28 25+3 27
4 Kashima Antlers 15 7 3 5 23 17+6 24
5 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 7 3 5 25 21+4 24
6 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 6 5 4 21 17+4 23
7 Albirex Niigata 15 7 2 6 31 332 23
8 Vissel Kobe 15 6 3 6 29 301 21
9 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 6 2 7 22 231 20
10 FC Tokyo 15 4 6 5 21 221 18
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 3 7 5 21 232 16
12 Cerezo Osaka 15 4 4 7 25 349 16
13 Júbilo Iwata 15 3 5 7 23 285 14
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 4 1 10 17 269 13
15 Kashiwa Reysol 15 2 7 6 15 2712 13
16 Oita Trinita 15 3 4 8 14 2915 13

Updated to games played on November 28, 2004.
Source: J. League Division 1
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALB ANT CERGAMGRAJEFJÚBREYSFRSSPTOKTRIREDVERVISFMA
Albirex Niigata 10 12 00 33 13 32 42 30
Kashima Antlers 43 01 10 00 00 23 10 31
Cerezo Osaka 30 21 43 12 02 12 11
Gamba Osaka 63 21 71 51 12 31 13 02
Nagoya Grampus Eight 02 52 12 02 21 11 21
JEF United Ichihara 22 21 21 20 04 21 51
Júbilo Iwata 31 44 22 12 12 11 12
Kashiwa Reysol 11 22 00 22 11 04 02 03
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 22 32 11 00 30 22
Shimizu S-Pulse 24 01 12 12 21 30 13 12
FC Tokyo 01 33 00 12 11 10 31
Oita Trinita 03 04 11 22 10 14 23 20
Urawa Red Diamonds 41 21 12 32 10 21 72 00
Tokyo Verdy 1969 20 11 31 12 40 01 02 00
Vissel Kobe 34 21 33 21 12 22 23
Yokohama F. Marinos 12 21 30 01 21 21 22

Updated to games played on November 28, 2004.
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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Suntory Championship

Yokohama F. Marinos won the first stage and thus hosted the first game. They won the first leg by 1–0 thanks to Ryuji Kawai's goal. In the second leg, Alessandro Santos scored from the free kick in 76th minute to level the aggregate score. The clubs played in sudden death extra time, however neither club could break the scoreline. Yokohama upset the home club in the penalties winning them and series overall.

December 5, 2004
19:05
Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Kawai  66' Report

December 11, 2004
19:37
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 – 0 (a.e.t) Yokohama F. Marinos
Alex Santos  76' Report
  Penalties  
Tulio
Alex Santos
Nenê
Hasebe
2 – 4 Oku
Ueno
Sakata
Dutra
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 59,715
Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Overall Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yokohama F. Marinos (C) 30 17 8 5 47 30+17 59 Qualification to AFC Champions League 2005 Group stage
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 30 19 5 6 70 39+31 62
3 Gamba Osaka 30 15 6 9 69 48+21 51
4 JEF United Ichihara 30 13 11 6 55 45+10 50
5 Júbilo Iwata 30 14 6 10 54 44+10 48 Qualification to AFC Champions League 2005 Group stage 1
6 Kashima Antlers 30 14 6 10 41 31+10 48
7 Nagoya Grampus Eight 29 12 8 9 49 43+6 44
8 FC Tokyo 30 10 11 9 40 411 41
9 Tokyo Verdy 1969 30 11 6 13 43 463 39
10 Albirex Niigata 30 10 7 13 47 5811 37
11 Vissel Kobe 30 9 9 12 50 555 36
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 6 13 11 36 426 31
13 Oita Trinita 30 8 6 16 35 5621 30
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 8 15 37 5316 29
15 Cerezo Osaka 30 6 8 16 42 6422 26
16 Kashiwa Reysol (O) 30 5 10 15 29 4920 25 2004 Promotion/Relegation Series

Updated to games played on November 28, 2004.
Source: J. League Division 1 first stage, J. League Division 1 second stage
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Júbilo Iwata qualified to 2005 ACL as 2003 Emperor's Cup winners.
(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.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Qatar Emerson Urawa Red Diamonds
27
2 Japan Masashi Oguro Gamba Osaka
20
3 Japan Ryūji Bando Vissel Kobe
17
Brazil Marques Nagoya Grampus Eight
17
5 Brazil Rodrigo Gral Júbilo Iwata
16
6 Japan Yoshito Ōkubo Cerezo Osaka
15
Brazil Edimilson Albirex Niigata
15
8 Brazil Marquinhos JEF United Ichihara
12
South Korea Ahn Jung-Hwan Yokohama F. Marinos
12
10 Brazil Lucas FC Tokyo
11
Brazil Magno Alves Oita Trinita
11

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Albirex Niigata 565,336 41,955 11,150 37,689 0.24226243449026+24.2%
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 549,903 58,334 18,029 36,660 0.27049038294923+27.0%
3 FC Tokyo 381,575 41,469 16,349 25,438 0.02029520295203+2.0%
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 372,273 52,961 13,554 24,818 -0.994430420322960.5%
5 Oita Trinita 328,336 29,435 14,871 21,889 0.024142609834838+2.4%
6 Kashima Antlers 263,777 31,965 8,474 17,585 -0.8293246557253317.0%
7 Júbilo Iwata 256,889 29,842 11,505 17,126 -0.991834134476170.8%
8 Vissel Kobe 236,031 29,835 10,035 15,735 0.40553818669049+40.5%
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 235,686 32,406 7,719 15,712 -0.937022900763366.2%
10 Tokyo Verdy 1969 225,878 35,556 7,372 15,059 -0.8574275465467214.2%
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 222,005 29,332 5,251 14,800 0.64444444444444+64.4%
12 Cerezo Osaka 214,844 22,778 7,010 14,323 0.03385303883355+3.3%
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 203,521 39,120 8,230 13,568 -0.8332105133873716.6%
14 Gamba Osaka 187,752 18,011 4,429 12,517 0.2245157503424+22.4%
15 Kashiwa Reysol 157,702 21,711 7,049 10,513 -0.966890462613813.3%
16 JEF United Ichihara 150,187 34,793 5,093 10,012 0.031208157379751+3.1%
League total 4,551,695 58,334 4,429 18,965 0.093020575182987+9.3%

Updated to games played on November 28, 2004
Source: J. League Division 1: first stage, second stage

Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the YearJapan Yuji NakazawaYokohama F. Marinos
Young Player of the YearJapan Takayuki MorimotoTokyo Verdy 1969
Manager of the YearJapan Takeshi OkadaYokohama F. Marinos
Top scorerBrazil EmersonUrawa Red Diamonds27 goals.

Best Eleven

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKYoichi Doi (1)FC Tokyo Japan
DFMarcus Tulio Tanaka (1)Urawa Red Diamonds Japan
DFDutra (2)Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil
DFYuji Nakazawa (3)Yokohama F. Marinos Japan
MFMitsuo Ogasawara (4)Kashima Antlers Japan
MFMakoto Hasebe (1)Urawa Red Diamonds Japan
MFDaisuke Oku (3)Yokohama F. Marinos Japan
MFYasuhito Endo (2)Gamba Osaka Japan
FWEmerson (3)Urawa Red Diamonds Qatar
FWMarques (1)Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil
FWMasashi Oguro (1)Gamba Osaka Japan

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

References

  1. "2004 J1 first stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.; "2004 J1 second stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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