J. League 2005

The J. League 2005 season is the 13th season of the J. League. The league fixture began on March 5, 2005 and ended on December 3, 2005. The J. League Promotion/Relegation Series 2005 took place on December 7 and December 10, 2005.

General

Promotion and relegation

* At the end of the 2004 Season, Kawasaki Frontale and Omiya Ardija were promoted to J1
* At the end of the 2004 Season, there were no relegation to J2.
* At the end of the 2004 Season, Tokushima Vortis and Thespa Kusatsu were promoted to J2 from JFL

Changes in Competition Formats

* The Division 1 was expanded to 18 clubs, and Division 2 stays at 12 clubs.
* The format of Division 1 was changed from the double-season format to a single season.
* In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. league cup finals), golden goal rules were eliminated. Clubs now had to play the full extra time.

Changes in clubs

* JEF United Ichihara becomes JEF United Ichihara Chiba

Honours

J. League Division 2

2005 J2 Clubs

Following twelve clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 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 were relegated clubs from last year.

* Consadole Sapporo
* Vegalta Sendai
* Montedio Yamagata
* Mito HollyHocks
* Thespa Kusatsu
* Yokohama F.C.
* Shonan Bellmare
* Ventforet Kofu
* Kyoto Purple Sanga
* Tokushima Vortis
* "'Avispa Fukuoka
* Sagan Tosu

2005 J2 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 resultsA 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"

2005 J2 Final standings

=Best Eleven=

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

Attendance

External links

* [http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/results/ J.LEAGUE Official Stats (English)]
* [http://www.worldcupadvice.com/downloads/2005-2006-Japan_J_League.pdf 2005 J.LEAGUE Season, Club, and Player Stats (English)]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/jpn05.html Complete J1 & J2 Results from 2005 Season (RSSSF)]

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