2005 J.League Division 2

The 2005 J.League Division 2 season was the 34th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 7th season since the establishment of J2 League.

J.League Division 2

Season	2005
Champions	Kyoto Purple Sanga 2nd J2 title 2nd D2 title
Promoted	Kyoto Purple Sanga Avispa Fukuoka Ventforet Kofu
Matches played	264
Goals scored	692 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paulinho (22 goals total)
Highest attendance	20,841 (Round 42, Avispa vs. Vortis)
Lowest attendance	1,344 (Round 35, Thespa vs. Ventforet)
Average attendance	7,482
← 2004 2006 →

In this season, two additional clubs joined from the third-tier Japan Football League, though the number of participating clubs stayed at twelve, as no teams were relegated from 2004 J1 League to replace the two promoted clubs. The clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. The third placed-finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There was no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

General

Promotion and relegation

To be completed

Changes in competition formats

To be completed

Changes in clubs

To be completed

Clubs

Consadole Sapporo

Vegalta Sendai

Montedio Yamagata

Thespa Kusatsu

Mito HollyHock

Ventforet Kofu

Shonan Bellmare

Yokohama FC

Kyoto Purple Sanga

Tokushima Vortis

Avispa Fukuoka

Sagan Tosu

Locations of the 2005 J.League 2 teams

The following twelve clubs played in J.League Division 2 during the 2005 season. Thespa Kusatsu and Tokushima Vortis newly joined the J.League Division 2 from Japan Football League. Due to expansion of J.League Division 1, there was no relegated club from 2004 J1 League. Since Tokushima is based in Shikoku, it became the first season for J.League being presented on all four major islands of Japan, Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku.

• Consadole Sapporo
• Vegalta Sendai
• Montedio Yamagata
• Mito HollyHocks
• Thespa Kusatsu
• Yokohama FC
• Shonan Bellmare
• Ventforet Kofu
• Kyoto Purple Sanga
• Tokushima Vortis
• Avispa Fukuoka
• Sagan Tosu

League format

Twelve clubs play in a quadruple round-robin format, a total of 44 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

None

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyoto Purple Sanga (C, P)	44	30	7	7	89	40	+49	97	Promotion to 2006 J.League Division 1
2	Avispa Fukuoka (P)	44	21	15	8	72	43	+29	78
3	Ventforet Kofu (P)	44	19	12	13	78	64	+14	69
4	Vegalta Sendai	44	19	11	14	66	47	+19	68
5	Montedio Yamagata	44	16	16	12	54	45	+9	64
6	Consadole Sapporo	44	17	12	15	54	57	−3	63
7	Shonan Bellmare	44	13	15	16	46	59	−13	54
8	Sagan Tosu	44	14	10	20	58	58	0	52
9	Tokushima Vortis	44	12	16	16	60	76	−16	52
10	Mito HollyHock	44	13	13	18	41	57	−16	52
11	Yokohama FC	44	10	15	19	48	64	−16	45
12	Thespa Kusatsu	44	5	8	31	26	82	−56	23

Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2005. Source: J. League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Final results

Rounds 1 & 2

Home \ Away	SAN	AVI	VEN	VEG	MON	CON	BEL	SAG	VOR	HOL	YFC	SPA
Kyoto Purple Sanga		3–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Avispa Fukuoka	0–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	4–2
Ventforet Kofu	0–3	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–0	4–1	0–1	4–1
Vegalta Sendai	3–1	0–2	2–1		0–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	0–3	1–0	3–4	4–0
Montedio Yamagata	1–3	0–0	3–1	0–0		3–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Consadole Sapporo	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–2		0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Shonan Bellmare	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		4–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Sagan Tosu	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Tokushima Vortis	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2		0–1	2–0	2–1
Mito HollyHock	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–2		2–2	1–0
Yokohama FC	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0		1–0
Thespa Kusatsu	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on July 17, 2005. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 3 & 4

Home \ Away	SAN	AVI	VEN	VEG	MON	CON	BEL	SAG	VOR	HOL	YFC	SPA
Kyoto Purple Sanga		3–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	6–0
Avispa Fukuoka	2–1		2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0
Ventforet Kofu	1–2	0–5		2–1	1–1	0–1	5–2	1–1	5–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
Vegalta Sendai	0–1	2–2	1–0		0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0
Montedio Yamagata	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	2–2	4–0
Consadole Sapporo	3–3	1–3	2–4	2–1	3–1		2–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1
Shonan Bellmare	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0
Sagan Tosu	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2		3–3	1–2	4–1	4–1
Tokushima Vortis	1–5	2–0	1–3	2–4	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1		0–1	1–3	3–2
Mito HollyHock	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1
Yokohama FC	1–1	3–1	3–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–3	1–0		1–0
Thespa Kusatsu	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2005. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Paulinho	Kyoto Purple Sanga	22
2	Baré	Ventforet Kofu	21
3	Gláucio	Avispa Fukuoka	18
4	Tatsunori Arai	Sagan Tosu	17
	Taro Hasegawa	Ventforet Kofu	17
6	Alemão	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15
	Michiaki Kakimoto	Shonan Bellmare	15
	Takaaki Suzuki	Sagan Tosu	15
9	Baron	Vegalta Sendai	14
10	Schwenck	Vegalta Sendai	13

Attendance figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Vegalta Sendai	350,544	19,128	11,695	15,934	−1.6%†
2	Consadole Sapporo	244,935	20,374	4,959	11,133	+17.6%†
3	Avispa Fukuoka	237,299	20,841	6,620	10,786	+23.4%†
4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	172,846	14,170	4,221	7,857	+0.6%†
5	Sagan Tosu	172,816	13,039	4,467	7,855	+117.6%†
6	Ventforet Kofu	152,491	14,234	4,903	6,931	+8.8%†
7	Montedio Yamagata	130,867	19,418	1,647	5,949	−7.3%†
8	Yokohama FC	130,644	12,849	2,863	5,938	+40.7%†
9	Shonan Bellmare	126,416	14,203	3,521	5,746	+22.5%†
10	Tokushima Vortis	96,045	8,226	2,205	4,366	+43.3%†
11	Thespa Kusatsu	87,098	7,314	1,344	3,959	−20.0%†
12	Mito HollyHock	73,339	8,158	1,371	3,334	−11.6%†
	League total	1,975,340	20,841	1,344	7,482	+3.7%†

Updated to games played on December 3, 2005
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in JFL.