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 →

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.

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

2004 J.League Division 2 is located in Japan
Consadole Sapporo
Vegalta Sendai
Montedio Yamagata
Omiya Ardija
Mito HollyHock
Ventforet Kofu
Shonan Bellmare
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama FC
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Avispa Fukuoka
Sagan Tosu
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.

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:

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

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
Hakata no Mori, Fukuoka
Attendance: 20,522
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Kashiwa Reysol2 - 0Avispa Fukuoka
Yuji Unozawa 57'
Yasuhiro Hato 61'		 Official Report
Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
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

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 37
2 Japan Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale 22
Japan Hideo Ōshima Montedio Yamagata 22
4 South Korea Choi Yong-Soo Kyoto Purple Sanga 20
Japan Hisato Satō Vegalta Sendai 20
6 Brazil Marcus Kawasaki Frontale 18
7 Brazil Baré Omiya Ardija 15
8 Brazil Baron Ventforet Kofu 14
9 Japan Michiaki Kakimoto Shonan Bellmare 10
Japan Hiroshi Morita Omiya Ardija 10

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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