2004 J.League Division 2

The 2004 J. League Division 2 season is the 33rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 6th season since the establishment of J2 League.

J. League Division 2

Season	2004
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale 2nd J2 title 3rd D2 title
Promoted	Kawasaki Frontale Omiya Ardija
Matches played	264
Goals scored	635 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juninho (33 goals total)
Highest attendance	20,062 (Round 10, Montedio vs. Vegalta)
Lowest attendance	1,338 (Round 31, HollyHock vs. Bellmare)
Average attendance	7,213
← 2003 2005 →

In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. Starting this season, promotion slots increased to 2.5 slots. The top two received automatic promotion and the third-placed finisher advanced to the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were 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

Omiya Ardija

Mito HollyHock

Ventforet Kofu

Shonan Bellmare

Kawasaki Frontale

Yokohama FC

Kyoto Purple Sanga

Avispa Fukuoka

Sagan Tosu

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Locations of the 2004 J.League 2 teams

Following twelve clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2004 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai and Kyoto Purple Sanga relegated from Division 1 last year.

• Consadole Sapporo
• Vegalta Sendai
• Montedio Yamagata
• Mito HollyHocks
• Omiya Ardija
• Kawasaki Frontale
• Yokohama F.C.
• Shonan Bellmare
• Ventforet Kofu
• Kyoto Purple Sanga
• Avispa Fukuoka
• Sagan Tosu

League format

Twelve clubs will play in 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

• Inception of Pro/Rele series for the 3rd place.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C, P)	44	34	3	7	104	38	+66	105	Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 1
2	Omiya Ardija (P)	44	26	9	9	63	38	+25	87
3	Avispa Fukuoka	44	23	7	14	56	41	+15	76	Promotion/relegation playoff
4	Montedio Yamagata	44	19	14	11	58	51	+7	71
5	Kyoto Purple Sanga	44	19	12	13	65	53	+12	69
6	Vegalta Sendai	44	15	14	15	62	66	−4	59
7	Ventforet Kofu	44	15	13	16	51	46	+5	58
8	Yokohama FC	44	10	22	12	42	50	−8	52
9	Mito HollyHock	44	6	19	19	33	60	−27	37
10	Shonan Bellmare	44	7	15	22	39	64	−25	36
11	Sagan Tosu	44	8	11	25	32	66	−34	35
12	Consadole Sapporo	44	5	15	24	30	62	−32	30

Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2004. 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	FRO	ARD	AVI	MON	SAN	VEG	VEN	YFC	HOL	BEL	SAG	CON
Kawasaki Frontale		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–2	5–0	3–2	6–0
Omiya Ardija	1–2		2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–1
Montedio Yamagata	2–1	1–3	0–2		1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–3	2–3	1–4	3–0		1–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Vegalta Sendai	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–5		1–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Ventforet Kofu	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2		6–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Yokohama FC	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
Mito HollyHock	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2		0–0	0–1	2–1
Shonan Bellmare	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–4	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–1		2–2	1–1
Sagan Tosu	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2		2–1
Consadole Sapporo	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on July 11, 2004. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 3 & 4

Home \ Away	FRO	ARD	AVI	MON	SAN	VEG	VEN	YFC	HOL	BEL	SAG	CON
Kawasaki Frontale		0–3	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	4–0	5–1	2–1	5–0	2–0
Omiya Ardija	2–1		2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	0–3		0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Montedio Yamagata	1–1	1–3	1–3		1–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Kyoto Purple Sanga	2–6	2–1	2–1	0–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–2
Vegalta Sendai	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–3		3–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1
Ventforet Kofu	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Yokohama FC	2–5	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	3–2	3–2	1–1
Mito HollyHock	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–1
Shonan Bellmare	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0		3–0	1–1
Sagan Tosu	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0		0–1
Consadole Sapporo	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on November 27, 2004. Source: J. League Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion / relegation Playoff

December 4, 2004
13:03

Avispa Fukuoka	0 - 2	Kashiwa Reysol
	Official Report	47' Harutaka Ono 89' Tatsuya Yazawa

Hakata no Mori, Fukuoka

Attendance: 20,522

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

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December 12, 2004
15:04

Kashiwa Reysol	2 - 0	Avispa Fukuoka
Yuji Unozawa 57' Yasuhiro Hato 61'	Official Report

Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa

Attendance: 13,149

Referee: Joji Kashihara

Kashiwa Reysol won on 4-0 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	37
2	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale	22
	Hideo Ōshima	Montedio Yamagata	22
4	Choi Yong-Soo	Kyoto Purple Sanga	20
	Hisato Satō	Vegalta Sendai	20
6	Marcus	Kawasaki Frontale	18
7	Baré	Omiya Ardija	15
8	Baron	Ventforet Kofu	14
9	Michiaki Kakimoto	Shonan Bellmare	10
	Hiroshi Morita	Omiya Ardija	10

Attendance figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Vegalta Sendai	356,359	18,751	12,023	16,198	−25.4%†
2	Consadole Sapporo	208,241	19,873	5,061	9,466	−12.1%†
3	Kawasaki Frontale	201,264	20,043	4,402	9,148	+26.0%†
4	Avispa Fukuoka	192,349	15,444	5,130	8,743	+17.9%†
5	Kyoto Purple Sanga	171,764	10,579	3,124	7,807	−28.0%†
6	Montedio Yamagata	141,246	20,062	2,964	6,420	+46.9%†
7	Ventforet Kofu	140,141	10,121	2,401	6,370	+9.9%†
8	Omiya Ardija	134,365	12,004	1,901	6,108	+20.8%†
9	Shonan Bellmare	103,208	9,879	2,711	4,691	−0.8%†
10	Yokohama FC	92,818	12,180	2,011	4,219	+12.7%†
11	Mito HollyHock	83,002	9,155	1,338	3,773	+22.3%†
12	Sagan Tosu	79,415	9,565	2,269	3,610	+13.8%†
	League total	1,904,172	20,062	1,338	7,213	−8.6%†

Updated to games played on November 27, 2004
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J1.

External links

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