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
Season2004
ChampionsKawasaki Frontale
2nd J2 title
3rd D2 title
PromotedKawasaki Frontale
Omiya Ardija
Matches played264
Goals scored635 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerJuninho (33 goals total)
Highest attendance20,062 (Round 10,
Montedio vs. Vegalta)
Lowest attendance1,338 (Round 31,
HollyHock vs. Bellmare)
Average attendance7,213
← 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
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
Avispa Fukuoka0 - 2Kashiwa Reysol
Official Report 47' Harutaka Ono
89' Tatsuya Yazawa
Attendance: 20,522
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Kashiwa Reysol2 - 0Avispa Fukuoka
Yuji Unozawa 57'
Yasuhiro Hato 61'		 Official Report
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
RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Brazil JuninhoKawasaki Frontale37
2 Japan Kazuki GanahaKawasaki Frontale22
Japan Hideo ŌshimaMontedio Yamagata22
4 South Korea Choi Yong-SooKyoto Purple Sanga20
Japan Hisato SatōVegalta Sendai20
6 Brazil MarcusKawasaki Frontale18
7 Brazil BaréOmiya Ardija15
8 Brazil BaronVentforet Kofu14
9 Japan Michiaki KakimotoShonan Bellmare10
Japan Hiroshi MoritaOmiya Ardija10

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.

References
  1. "2004 J2 Top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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