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2004 J.League Division 2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | J. League Division 2 |
| season | 2004 |
| winners | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 2nd J2 title | |
| 3rd D2 title | |
| promoted | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Omiya Ardija | |
| league topscorer | Juninho (37 goals) |
| matches | 264 |
| total goals | 635 |
| highest attendance | 20,062 (Round 10, |
| Montedio vs. Vegalta) | |
| lowest attendance | 1,338 (Round 31, |
| HollyHock vs. Bellmare) | |
| average attendance | 7,213 |
| prevseason | [2003](2003-j-league-division-2) |
| nextseason | [2005](2005-j-league-division-2) |
2nd J2 title 3rd D2 title Omiya Ardija Montedio vs. Vegalta) HollyHock vs. Bellmare) The 2004 J. League Division 2 season was the 33rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 6th season since the establishment of J2 League.
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.
Clubs
The following twelve clubs participated in J. League Division 2 during 2004 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated from Division 1 last season.
- Avispa Fukuoka
- Consadole Sapporo
- Kawasaki Frontale
- Kyoto Purple Sanga [[Image:Arrowdownred.png]]
- Mito HollyHock
- Montedio Yamagata
- Omiya Ardija
- Sagan Tosu
- Shonan Bellmare
- Vegalta Sendai [[Image:Arrowdownred.png]]
- Ventforet Kofu
- Yokohama FC
Personnel
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Avispa Fukuoka | JPN Hiroshi Matsuda |
| Consadole Sapporo | JPN Masaaki Yanagishita |
| Kawasaki Frontale | JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | JPN Koichi Hashiratani |
| Mito HollyHock | JPN Hideki Maeda |
| Montedio Yamagata | JPN Koichi Hashiratani |
| Omiya Ardija | JPN Eijun Kiyokumo |
| Sagan Tosu | JPN Yoshinori Sembiki |
| Shonan Bellmare | JPN Matsuichi Yamada |
| Vegalta Sendai | SVN Zdenko Verdenik |
| Ventforet Kofu | JPN Hideki Matsunaga |
| Yokohama FC | GER Pierre Littbarski |
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Non-visa foreign | Type-C contract | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avispa Fukuoka | Brazil Bentinho | Brazil Serjão | Brazil Alex | |||
| Consadole Sapporo | Brazil *Andradina* | |||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | Brazil Augusto César | Brazil Juninho | Brazil **Robert** | Brazil **Diogo Tilico** | Panama *Jorge Dely Valdés* | |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | Brazil Biju | South Korea Choi Yong-soo | South Korea Kim Do-kyun | Brazil ***Leandro Vieira*** | ||
| Mito HollyHock | Chile Francisco Fernández | Chile Frank Lobos | Brazil Marcus Tulio Tanaka | |||
| North Korea Hwang Hak-sun | ||||||
| Montedio Yamagata | Brazil Nivaldo | Brazil *Alexandre* | ||||
| Omiya Ardija | Brazil Baré | Brazil **Edson Araújo** | Brazil Toninho | Brazil *Alexandre Finazzi* | ||
| Sagan Tosu | Brazil Jefferson | Brazil **Juninho** | Brazil Pericles | Brazil *Bruno Cabrerizo* | ||
| Brazil *Junior Coimbra* | ||||||
| Shonan Bellmare | Colombia Ever Palacios | South Korea Kim Geun-chol | Brazil *Santos* | |||
| Colombia *Hámilton Ricard* | ||||||
| Vegalta Sendai | Brazil **Fábio Nunes** | Brazil Silvinho | Macedonia **Goce Sedloski** | North Korea Ryang Yong-gi | Brazil *Marcos* | |
| Slovakia *Jozef Gašpar* | ||||||
| Ventforet Kofu | Brazil Jorginho | Brazil Alair | Brazil *Juninho* | |||
| Yokohama FC | Albania **Rudi Vata** | Germany **Dirk Lehmann** | Netherlands Mathieu Boots | Philippines Satoshi Ōtomo | Argentina *Fernando Moner* | |
| Germany *Dirk van der Ven* |
League format
Twelve clubs played 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
Final results
Promotion / relegation Playoff
13:03 89' Yazawa
15:04 Hato 61' Kashiwa Reysol won on 4-0 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRA Juninho | Kawasaki Frontale | 37 | ||||||||
| JPN Kazuki Ganaha | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | ||||||||
| JPN Hideo Ōshima | Montedio Yamagata | 22 | ||||||||
| KOR Choi Yong-soo | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 20 | ||||||||
| JPN Hisato Satō | Vegalta Sendai | 20 | ||||||||
| BRA Marcus Vinícius | Kawasaki Frontale | 18 | ||||||||
| BRA Baré | Omiya Ardija | 15 | ||||||||
| BRA Baron | Ventforet Kofu | 14 | ||||||||
| JPN Michiaki Kakimoto | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | ||||||||
| JPN Hiroshi Morita | Omiya Ardija | 10 |
Attendance figures
--|notes=† Team played previous season in J1.}}
References
References
- "2004 J2 Top scorers". J-League.
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