2008 J.League Division 1

Clubs

1. 000000;"Albirex Niigata]]|position=bottom}}
2. FFFFFF;"Kashima Antlers]]|position=top}}
3. 000000;"Omiya Ardija]]|position=left}}
4. 000000;"Urawa Red Diamonds]]|position=top}}
5. FFFFFF;"FC Tokyo]]|position=left}}
6. 000000;"Kawasaki Frontale]]}}
7. FFFFFF;"Yokohama F. Marinos]]|position=left}}
8. 000000;"Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
9. 000000;"Júbilo Iwata]]}}
10. 000000;"Nagoya Grampus]]|position=top}}
11. FFFFFF;"Kyoto Purple Sanga]]|position=left}}
12. FFFFFF;"Gamba Osaka]]|position=right}}
13. FFFFFF;"Vissel Kobe]]|position=bottom}} The following 18 clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy, and Kyoto Purple Sanga are newly promoted clubs.

Personnel

Foreign players

Format

Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 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
• Disciplinary points 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 bottom two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged promotion/relegation Series. The champions of this season qualifies to the AFC Champions League and one to three more clubs may also qualify. ;Changes from Previous Year
• Introduction of Disciplinary points for tie breaker (2008–)
• Top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League
• The J.League will not qualify to the abolished A3 Champions Cup.

Table

Results

Player statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Awards

Individual awards

Best Eleven

Attendances

--|notes=† Team played previous season in J2.|date=November 2019}}

References

References

1. "2008 J1 Top Scorers". J-League.