2007 in Japanese football

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Japanese football in 2007

J.League Division 1

Main article: 2007 J.League Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers (C) 34 22 6 6 60 36 +24 72 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 20 10 4 55 28 +27 70 2008 AFC Champions League Knockout Stage
3 Gamba Osaka 34 19 10 5 71 37 +34 67 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage[a][b]
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 18 7 9 53 36 +17 61
5 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 12 8 66 48 +18 54
6 Albirex Niigata 34 15 6 13 48 47 +1 51
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 14 8 12 54 35 +19 50
8 Kashiwa Reysol 34 14 8 12 43 36 +7 50
9 Júbilo Iwata 34 15 4 15 54 55 −1 49
10 Vissel Kobe 34 13 8 13 58 48 +10 47
11 Nagoya Grampus Eight 34 13 6 15 43 45 −2 45
12 FC Tokyo 34 14 3 17 49 58 −9 45
13 JEF United Chiba 34 12 6 16 51 56 −5 42
14 Oita Trinita 34 12 5 17 42 60 −18 41
15 Omiya Ardija 34 8 11 15 24 40 −16 35
16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (R) 34 8 8 18 44 71 −27 32 2007 promotion/relegation Series
17 Ventforet Kofu (R) 34 7 6 21 33 65 −32 27 Relegation to 2008 J.League Division 2
18 Yokohama FC (R) 34 4 4 26 19 66 −47 16
Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2007. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and have already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.
  2. ^ Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.

J.League Division 2

Main article: 2007 J.League Division 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Consadole Sapporo (C, P) 48 27 10 11 66 45 +21 91 Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 1
2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 (P) 48 26 11 11 90 57 +33 89
3 Kyoto Sanga (P) 48 24 14 10 80 59 +21 86 2007 promotion/relegation Series
4 Vegalta Sendai 48 24 11 13 72 54 +18 83
5 Cerezo Osaka 48 24 8 16 72 55 +17 80
6 Shonan Bellmare 48 23 8 17 72 55 +17 77
7 Avispa Fukuoka 48 22 7 19 77 61 +16 73
8 Sagan Tosu 48 21 9 18 63 66 −3 72
9 Montedio Yamagata 48 15 13 20 46 56 −10 58
10 Ehime FC 48 12 9 27 39 66 −27 45
11 Thespa Kusatsu 48 7 21 20 42 71 −29 42
12 Mito HollyHock 48 8 10 30 32 70 −38 34
13 Tokushima Vortis 48 6 15 27 31 67 −36 33
Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2007. Source: J. League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Japan Football League

Main article: 2007 Japan Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sagawa Express[a] (C) 34 26 5 3 81 31 +50 83
3 Rosso Kumamoto[b] (P) 34 21 6 7 65 34 +31 69 Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 2[c]
3 FC Gifu[b] (P) 34 17 9 8 45 31 +14 60
4 ALO's Hokuriku 34 16 11 7 50 35 +15 59
5 Honda FC 34 16 10 8 61 42 +19 58
6 YKK AP 34 16 7 11 60 53 +7 55
7 Yokogawa Musashino 34 16 6 12 50 44 +6 54
8 Tochigi SC[b] 34 14 10 10 43 29 +14 52
9 JEF Reserves 34 14 10 10 50 45 +5 52
10 Ryutsu Keizai University 34 15 5 14 58 49 +9 50
11 Sony Sendai 34 13 5 16 46 59 −13 44
12 SP Kyoto 34 13 4 17 45 57 −12 43
13 TDK SC 34 11 9 14 49 47 +2 42
14 Gainare Tottori[b] 34 10 9 15 42 51 −9 39
15 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 34 11 2 21 36 53 −17 35
16 FC Kariya 34 8 4 22 36 59 −23 28
17 FC Ryukyu 34 7 6 21 38 82 −44 27
18 Arte Takasaki 34 1 4 29 17 71 −54 7
Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2007. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2007 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
  2. ^ a b c d J. League Associate Membership
  3. ^ Must hold J. League Associate Membership, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted.


Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 2007 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2007 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 2007 J.League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

2007.03.24 Japan 2–0 Peru Kanagawa, Japan
Maki 19'
Takahara 54'		 JFA Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 60,400
2007.06.01 Japan 2–0 Montenegro Shizuoka, Japan
Nakazawa 23'
Takahara 38'		 JFA Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium
Attendance: 28,635
2007.06.05 Japan 0–0 Colombia Saitama, Japan
JFA Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 45,091
2007.07.09 Japan 1–1 Qatar Hanoi, Vietnam
Takahara (60) JFA ? ?' Attendance: 5,000
2007.07.13 Japan 3–1 United Arab Emirates Hanoi, Vietnam
Takahara 22', 27'
S. Nakamura 42'		 JFA ? ?' Attendance: 5,000
2007.07.16 Japan 4–1 Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
Maki 12', 59'
Endō 31'
S. Nakamura 52'		 JFA ? ?' Attendance: 40,000
2007.07.21 Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Australia Hanoi, Vietnam
Takahara 72' JFA ? ?' Attendance: 25,000
2007.07.25 Japan 2–3 Saudi Arabia Hanoi, Vietnam
Nakazawa 37'
Abe 53'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Attendance: 10,000
2007.07.28 Japan 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 South Korea Palembang, Indonesia
JFA Attendance: 10,000
2007.08.22 Japan 2–0 Cameroon Ōita, Japan
Tulio 25'
Yamase 89'		 JFA Stadium: Ōita Stadium
Attendance: 37,240
2007.09.07 Japan 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Austria Klagenfurt, Austria
JFA Attendance: 26,142
2007.09.11 Japan 4–3 Switzerland Klagenfurt, Austria
S. Nakamura 53', 78'
Maki 68'
Yano 90'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Attendance: 19,500
2007.10.17 Japan 4–1 Egypt Osaka, Japan
Ōkubo 21', 42'
Maeda 53'
Kaji 68'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 41,901

Players statistics

Player -2006 03.24 06.01 06.05 07.09 07.13 07.16 07.21 07.25 07.28 08.22 09.07 09.11 10.17 2007 Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 98(0) O - O O O O O O O O O O O 12(0) 110(0)
Junichi Inamoto 65(4) - - O - - - - - - - O O - 3(0) 68(4)
Shunsuke Nakamura 63(16) O - O O O(1) O(1) O O O - O O(2) - 10(4) 73(20)
Kōji Nakata 56(2) - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 57(2)
Yuji Nakazawa 53(9) O O(1) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O 13(2) 66(11)
Seigo Narazaki 50(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 51(0)
Akira Kaji 49(1) O - - O O O O O O O O O O(1) 11(1) 60(2)
Naohiro Takahara 44(17) O(1) O(1) O O(1) O(2) O O(1) O O - - - - 9(6) 53(23)
Yasuhito Endō 44(3) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O O 13(1) 57(4)
Keisuke Tsuboi 39(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 40(0)
Yoshito Ōkubo 19(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - O(2) 2(2) 21(2)
Seiichiro Maki 17(3) O(1) O O - O O(2) O O - - O O(1) - 9(4) 26(7)
Yūichi Komano 15(0) O O O - O O O O O O O O O 12(0) 27(0)
Yuki Abe 13(1) O O O O O O O O(1) O O - - O 11(1) 24(2)
Hisato Satō 12(3) - O - - - O O O O O - O - 7(0) 19(3)
Keita Suzuki 7(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 20(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka 6(1) - - - - - - - - - O O - - 2(0) 8(1)
Yasuyuki Konno 6(0) - O O O O - O - - O O - O 8(0) 14(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 5(1) O - - - - - - - - O(1) O O - 4(1) 9(2)
Naotake Hanyu 5(0) O - O O O O - O O - - - - 7(0) 12(0)
Daisuke Matsui 4(1) - - - - - - - - - - O O - 2(0) 6(1)
Kengo Nakamura 3(1) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 16(1)
Satoru Yamagishi 3(0) - O - O - - - - O - - O O 5(0) 8(0)
Ryūji Bando 2(2) - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 3(2)
Koji Yamase 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O(1) - - - 1(1) 2(1)
Daiki Takamatsu 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Kisho Yano 0(0) O O - - - - O O O - O O(1) - 7(1) 7(1)
Jungo Fujimoto 0(0) O O O - - - - - - - - - O 4(0) 4(0)
Koki Mizuno 0(0) O O - - O O - - - - - - - 4(0) 4(0)
Hideo Hashimoto 0(0) - O - O - - - - - O - - O 4(0) 4(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - O(1) 2(1) 2(1)
Akihiro Ienaga 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

2007.02.09 Japan 1–0 Norway Cyprus
Ono ?'
2007.02.12 Japan 2–2 Sweden Cyprus
Miyama ?'
Arakawa ?'		 ? ?'
? ?'
2007.02.14 Japan 2–0 Scotland Cyprus
Sakaguchi ?', ?'
2007.03.10 Japan 2–0 Mexico Tokyo, Japan
Sawa ?'
Miyama ?'		 Stadium: National Stadium
2007.03.17 Japan 1–2 Mexico Mexico
Arakawa ?' ? ?'
? ?'
2007.04.07 Japan 2–0 Vietnam Tokyo, Japan
Sawa ?'
Sakai ?'		 Stadium: National Stadium
2007.04.15 Japan 4–0 Thailand Thailand
Sawa ?'
Arakawa ?'
Ono ?', ?'
2007.06.03 Japan 6–1 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Miyamoto ?'
Ono ?'
Arakawa ?'
?' (o.g.)
Ito ?'
Sawa ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: National Stadium
2007.06.10 Japan 2–2 South Korea South Korea
Ono ?'
Miyama ?'		 ? ?'
? ?'
2007.07.28 Japan 1–4 United States United States
Nagasato ?' ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
2007.08.04 Japan 8–0 Vietnam Vietnam
Sakai ?'
Iwashimizu ?'
Ono ?', ?'
Miyama ?'
Miyamoto ?'
Sawa ?'
Nagasato ?'
2007.08.12 Japan 5–0 Thailand Tokyo, Japan
Ono ?'
Nagasato ?'
Yanagita ?'
Sawa ?'
Sakaguchi ?'		 Stadium: National Stadium
2007.08.30 Japan 0–0 Canada Tokyo, Japan
Stadium: National Stadium
2007.09.02 Japan 2–1 Brazil Chiba, Japan
Iwashimizu ?'
?' (o.g.)		 ? ?' Stadium: Chiba Soga Football Stadium
2007.09.11 Japan 2–2 England China
Miyama ?', ?' ? ?'
? ?'
2007.09.14 Japan 1–0 Argentina China
Nagasato ?'
2007.09.17 Japan 0–2 Germany China
? ?'
? ?'

Players statistics

Player -2006 02.09 02.12 02.14 03.10 03.17 04.07 04.15 06.03 06.10 07.28 08.04 08.12 08.30 09.02 09.11 09.14 09.17 2007 Total
Homare Sawa 116(59) - - - O(1) O O(1) O(1) O(1) O O O(1) O(1) O O O O O 14(6) 130(65)
Tomoe Sakai 93(5) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O(1) O O O O O O 17(2) 110(7)
Hiromi Isozaki 91(4) O O - O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 16(0) 107(4)
Nozomi Yamago 80(0) - - O - - - - - O - - O - - - - - 3(0) 83(0)
Mio Otani 66(31) - O - - O - O O O - - - O O - - - 7(0) 73(31)
Miyuki Yanagita 62(10) O O - O O O O O O O O O(1) O O - - O 14(1) 76(11)
Tomomi Miyamoto 61(11) O O - O O O O O(1) O O O(1) O O O O O O 16(2) 77(13)
Kozue Ando 43(7) - O O - - O - O - O - O - O O O - 9(0) 52(7)
Karina Maruyama 40(10) - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 41(10)
Eriko Arakawa 39(13) O O(1) - O O(1) O O(1) O(1) O O O - O O O O O 15(4) 54(17)
Kyoko Yano 35(1) - - - - O - - - O O - - O O - O - 6(0) 41(1)
Aya Miyama 33(9) O O(1) O O(1) O O O O O(1) O O(1) O O O O(2) O O 17(6) 50(15)
Shinobu Ono 29(10) O(1) O O O O O O(2) O(1) O(1) O O(2) O(1) O O O O O 17(8) 46(18)
Ayumi Hara 29(1) - - - - - - - - - - O O - O O - O 5(0) 34(1)
Aya Shimokozuru 26(0) - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 27(0)
Yuki Nagasato 23(15) O O O O - - - - - O(1) O(1) O(1) O O O O(1) O 12(4) 35(19)
Miho Fukumoto 19(0) O O - O O O O O - O O - O O O O O 14(0) 33(0)
Maiko Nakaoka 13(0) - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 14(0)
Azusa Iwashimizu 10(3) O O - O O - - - O O O(1) O O O(1) O O O 13(2) 23(5)
Kanako Ito 9(2) - - - - - - - O(1) - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 10(3)
Mizuho Sakaguchi 7(10) - - O(2) - - O O - - O - O(1) - - - - - 5(3) 12(13)
Rumi Utsugi 7(0) O - - O O O O - - - - - - O O O O 9(0) 16(0)
Ayako Kitamoto 6(3) - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 7(3)
Nayuha Toyoda 5(0) - O O - - O O O - O O O - - - - - 8(0) 13(0)
Yukari Kinga 3(0) O O O O O O O O O O O - O O O O O 16(0) 19(0)
Mami Yamaguchi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)