J. League 2006

The 2006 season was the 14th season of the Japan Professional Football League. It began on March 4 2006 and ended on December 2 2006.

General

Promotion/relegation

* At the end of the 2005 Season, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka,and Ventforet Kofu were promoted to J1
* At the end of the 2005 Season, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe were relegated to J2.
* At the end of the 2005 Season, Ehime F.C. was promoted to J2 from JFL

Changes in competition format

* The Division 2 was expanded to 13 clubs.
* In games that require extra time in case of a tie (i.e. two-legged league cup games) away goals rule is adopted.

Changes in clubs

"none"

Honours

J. League Division 2

2006 J2 Clubs

Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, Tokyo Verdy 1969, and Vissel Kobe relegated from J1 last year. Also, Ehime F.C. newly joined the J. League Division 2 from Japan Football League.

* Consadole Sapporo
* Vegalta Sendai
* Montedio Yamagata
* Mito HollyHocks
* Thespa Kusatsu
* Kashiwa Reysol
* Tokyo Verdy 1969
* Yokohama F.C.
* Shonan Bellmare
* Vissel Kobe
* Tokushima Vortis
* Ehime F.C.
* Sagan Tosu

2006 J2 Format

Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 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
* Number of clubs changed from 12 (2001-2005) to 13 (2006-2007)
* Number of games per clubs increased from 44 games (2001-2005) to 48 games (2006-2007)

2006 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]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/jpn06.html rsssf.com]

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