2010 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season2010
ChampionsNagoya Grampus
1st J.League title
1st Japanese title
RelegatedFC Tokyo
Kyoto Sanga
Shonan Bellmare
Champions LeagueNagoya Grampus
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Kashima Antlers
Matches played306
Goals scored813 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerJoshua Kennedy & Ryoichi Maeda (17 goals)
Highest attendance55,410 (Round 10,
Reds vs. Grampus)
Lowest attendance5,334 (Round 11,
Sanfrecce vs. Cerezo)
Average attendance18,428
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 J.League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4.[1]

A total of eighteen clubs participated in double round-robin format. At the end of the season, top three clubs received automatic qualification to the following years' AFC Champions League. Also, the bottom three clubs were relegated to J2 League by default.

Nagoya Grampus won their first ever Japanese championship. This was also the first time since the advent of the J.League that the top scorer scored less than 20 goals; the honour of scoring 17 goals was shared between Nagoya's Joshua Kennedy and Júbilo Iwata's Ryoichi Maeda. Additionally, this was also the first Japanese top division season in which clubs from the Kantō region did not place among the top three.

Clubs

Location of the clubs in Japan

The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during the 2010 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai, Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare were newly promoted clubs. For the first time since 1995 season, all top-flight teams are located on a single island (Honshū).

Club name Home town(s) Note(s)
Albirex Niigata Niigata & Seirō, Niigata
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Promoted from J2 League in 2009
FC Tokyo Tokyo
Gamba Osaka Suita, Osaka 2010 ACL participant
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka
Kashima Antlers Southwestern cities/towns of Ibaraki 2010 ACL participant
Three-time defending champions
Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2010 ACL participant
Kyoto Sanga Southwestern cities/town in Kyoto
Montedio Yamagata All cities/towns in Yamagata
Nagoya Grampus Nagoya, Aichi
Omiya Ardija Saitama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima 2010 ACL participant
Shonan Bellmare Southcentral cities/towns in Kanagawa Promoted from J2 League in 2009
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Vegalta Sendai Sendai, Miyagi Promoted from J2 League in 2009
Vissel Kobe Kobe, Hyōgo
Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama & Yokosuka

Personnel

Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Hisashi Kurosaki
Cerezo Osaka Levir Culpi
FC Tokyo Kiyoshi Okuma
Gamba Osaka Akira Nishino
Júbilo Iwata Masaaki Yanagishita
Kashima Antlers Oswaldo de Oliveira
Kawasaki Frontale Tsutomu Takahata
Kyoto Purple Sanga Yutaka Akita
Montedio Yamagata Shinji Kobayashi
Nagoya Grampus Dragan Stojković
Omiya Ardija Jun Suzuki
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Mihailo Petrović
Shimizu S-Pulse Kenta Hasegawa
Shonan Bellmare Yasuharu Sorimachi
Urawa Red Diamonds Volker Finke
Vegalta Sendai Makoto Teguramori
Vissel Kobe Masahiro Wada
Yokohama F. Marinos Kazushi Kimura

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players
Albirex Niigata João Paulo Márcio Richardes Michael Cho Young-cheol Fagner Bruno Suzuki
Cerezo Osaka Adriano Amaral Martinez Kim Jin-hyeon
FC Tokyo Ricardinho Kim Young-gwon Seo Yong-duk
Gamba Osaka Dodô Lucas Severino Cho Jae-jin Lee Keun-ho Pedro Júnior
Zé Carlos
Júbilo Iwata Gilsinho Lee Woo-jin Park Joo-ho Hwang Song-su Lee Keun-ho
Kashima Antlers Fellype Gabriel Marquinhos Gilton Lee Jung-soo
Kawasaki Frontale Juninho Renatinho Vitor Júnior Jong Tae-se
Kyoto Sanga Diego Souza Junior Dutra Thiego Kwak Tae-hwi Kim Song-yong
Montedio Yamagata Han Dong-won Kim Byung-suk Kim Kun-hoan
Nagoya Grampus Magnum Danilson Córdoba Igor Burzanović Joshua Kennedy
Omiya Ardija Rafael Marques Mato Neretljak Lee Chun-soo Lee Ho An Yong-hak Dudu
Seo Yong-duk
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ilian Stoyanov Mihael Mikić
Shonan Bellmare Emerson Paulista Jean Valdo Han Kook-young Kim Yeong-gi Choi Seung-in
Shimizu S-Pulse Frode Johnsen Eddy Bosnar
Urawa Red Diamonds Edmílson Robson Ponte Wilfried Sanou Matthew Spiranovic
Vegalta Sendai Elizeu Fernandinho Park Ju-sung Park Sung-ho Ryang Yong-gi Reinaldo Alagoano
Vissel Kobe Edmilson Alves Popó Raphael Botti Lee Jae-min Park Kang-jo
Yokohama F. Marinos Pablo Bastianini Jeong Dong-ho

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 three clubs will be relegated to J.League Division 2. The top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League in the following year.

Changes from previous year
  • Regular season schedule had two months break after May 16 games, due to 2010 FIFA World Cup. The season was resumed from July 17, with exceptions for clubs advancing to the Round of 16 of 2010 AFC Champions League, which 11th-week matches were rescheduled to July 14.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nagoya Grampus (C) 34 23 3 8 54 37 +17 72 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Gamba Osaka 34 18 8 8 65 44 +21 62
3 Cerezo Osaka 34 17 10 7 58 32 +26 61
4 Kashima Antlers 34 16 12 6 51 31 +20 60
5 Kawasaki Frontale 34 15 9 10 61 47 +14 54
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 15 9 10 60 49 +11 54
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 14 9 11 45 38 +7 51
8 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 15 6 13 43 39 +4 51
9 Albirex Niigata 34 12 13 9 48 45 +3 49
10 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 14 6 14 48 41 +7 48
11 Júbilo Iwata 34 11 11 12 38 49 −11 44
12 Omiya Ardija 34 11 9 14 39 45 −6 42
13 Montedio Yamagata 34 11 9 14 29 42 −13 42
14 Vegalta Sendai 34 10 9 15 40 46 −6 39
15 Vissel Kobe 34 9 11 14 37 45 −8 38
16 FC Tokyo (R) 34 8 12 14 36 41 −5 36 Relegation to 2011 J.League Division 2
17 Kyoto Sanga (R) 34 4 7 23 30 60 −30 19
18 Shonan Bellmare (R) 34 3 7 24 31 82 −51 16
Updated to match(es) played on December 4, 2010. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kashima Antlers qualified as 2010 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ALB ANT ARD BEL CER FRO GAM GRA JÚB MON SFR SAN SSP TOK RED VEG VIS FMA
Albirex Niigata 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1
Kashima Antlers 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
Omiya Ardija 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–1
Shonan Bellmare 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–6 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–6 1–3 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–4
Cerezo Osaka 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 6–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–0
Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–3
Gamba Osaka 0–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 4–4 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–4 0–2
Nagoya Grampus 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Júbilo Iwata 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–1 4–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0
Montedio Yamagata 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–5 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Kyoto Sanga 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–4 2–0 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–2
Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–5 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–2
FC Tokyo 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 2–3
Vegalta Sendai 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–1
Vissel Kobe 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–3 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 3–0 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 4, 2010. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1 Joshua Kennedy Nagoya Grampus 17
Ryoichi Maeda Júbilo Iwata
3 Edmílson Urawa Red Diamonds 16
Márcio Richardes Albirex Niigata
5 Adriano Cerezo Osaka 14
Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
Shoki Hirai Gamba Osaka
8 Jungo Fujimoto Shimizu S-Pulse 13
Keiji Tamada Nagoya Grampus
Shinji Okazaki Shimizu S-Pulse

Awards

MVP

Top scorers

Best XI

Position Player
GK Seigo Narazaki
DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka
DF Takahiro Masukawa
DF Tomoaki Makino
MF Márcio Richardes
MF Danilson Córdoba
MF Jungo Fujimoto
MF Kengo Nakamura
MF Yasuhito Endō
FW Joshua Kennedy
FW Ryoichi Maeda

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 678,994 55,410 21,625 39,941 −9.7%†
2 Albirex Niigata 519,221 41,002 19,152 30,542 −8.7%†
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 436,624 43,025 12,184 25,684 +16.4%†
4 FC Tokyo 426,899 30,672 17,477 25,112 −3.0%†
5 Kashima Antlers 356,430 35,251 9,472 20,966 −3.0%†
6 Nagoya Grampus 339,638 34,098 7,991 19,979 +25.4%†
7 Kawasaki Frontale 315,550 22,407 7,348 18,562 −1.5%†
8 Shimizu S-Pulse 306,022 38,851 7,117 18,001 +0.4%†
9 Vegalta Sendai 294,644 26,391 12,119 17,332 +33.8%†
10 Gamba Osaka 283,111 20,973 9,093 16,654 −6.0%†
11 Cerezo Osaka 255,439 37,860 8,041 15,026 +51.6%†
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 247,550 23,948 5,334 14,562 −7.4%†
13 Vissel Kobe 218,004 19,506 8,707 12,824 −1.9%†
14 Júbilo Iwata 206,324 31,266 7,030 12,137 −10.2%†
15 Montedio Yamagata 199,069 20,231 7,019 11,710 −2.9%†
16 Shonan Bellmare 188,614 14,095 6,032 11,095 +43.7%†
17 Omiya Ardija 188,088 29,575 7,831 11,064 −19.3%†
18 Kyoto Sanga 178,673 15,222 6,818 10,510 −5.5%†
League total 5,638,894 55,410 5,334 18,428 −2.9%†

Updated to games played on December 4, 2010
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J2.

References

  1. ^ "J-League to kick off season March 6".
  2. ^ "2010 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
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