- J. League 2004
The J. League 2004 season is the 12th season of the J. League. The league fixture began on
March 13 ,2004 and ended onDecember 11 , 2004. TheSuntory Championship 2004 took place onDecember 5 andDecember 11 , 2004. The first everJ. League Promotion/Relegation Series took place onDecember 4 andDecember 12 , 2004.General
Promotion and relegation
*At the end of the 2003 Season,
Albirex Niigata andSanfrecce Hiroshima were promoted to J1
*At the end of the 2003 Season,Vegalta Sendai andKyoto Purple Sanga were relegated to J2.Changes in Competition Formats
*This was the last J. League Division 1 season to be competed in 2 stages (or two halves).
*This was also the last J. League Division 1 season with 16 clubs. The division was expanded to 18 clubs in the 2005 Season.Changes in clubs
"none"
Honours
Suntory Championship 2004
Yokohama F. Marinos won the first stage and thus hosted the first game. They won the first leg by 1-0. In the second leg, Alessandro Santos scored in 76th minute off the free kick to level the
aggregate score . The clubs played in suddent deathextra time , however neither club could break the scoreline. Yokohama upset the home club, in the penalties by score of 4-2.footballbox
date = December 5, 2004
19:05
team1 = F Marinos
score = 1 - 0
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/ship/200401000401101_W0201_E.html Official Report]
team2 = Red Diamonds
goals1 =Ryuji Kawai 66'
goals2 =
stadium = International Stadium,Yokohama
Attendance: 64,899
Referee: Masayoshi Okada----footballbox
date = December 11, 2004
19:37
team1 = Red Diamonds
score = 1 - 0 (1 - 0) a.e.t
pk 2 - 4
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/expands/200490300102101_W0201_E.html Official Report]
team2 = F Marinos
goals1 =Alessandro Santos 76'
goals2 =
stadium =Saitama Stadium 2002 ,Urawa
Attendance: 59,715
Referee: Toru KamikawaOverall Standings
2004 J2 Golden Boots Ranking
* 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/jap04.html rsssf.com]J. League
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