2009 in Japanese football

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Japanese football in 2009

J.League Division 1

Main article: 2009 J.League Division 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers (C) 34 20 6 8 51 30 +21 66 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 19 7 8 64 40 +24 64
3 Gamba Osaka 34 18 6 10 62 44 +18 60
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 11 8 53 44 +9 56
5 FC Tokyo 34 16 5 13 47 39 +8 53
6 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 16 4 14 43 43 0 52
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 13 12 9 44 41 +3 51
8 Albirex Niigata 34 13 11 10 42 31 +11 50
9 Nagoya Grampus 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 11 13 10 43 37 +6 46
11 Júbilo Iwata 34 11 8 15 50 60 −10 41
12 Kyoto Sanga 34 11 8 15 35 47 −12 41
13 Omiya Ardija 34 9 12 13 40 47 −7 39
14 Vissel Kobe 34 10 9 15 40 48 −8 39
15 Montedio Yamagata 34 10 9 15 32 40 −8 39
16 Kashiwa Reysol (R) 34 7 13 14 41 57 −16 34 Relegation to 2010 J.League Division 2
17 Oita Trinita (R) 34 8 6 20 26 45 −19 30
18 JEF United Chiba (R) 34 5 12 17 32 56 −24 27
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sanfrecce Hiroshima received fourth Japanese berth in the group stage of the 2010 AFC Champions League because Gamba Osaka, the winners of the 2009 Emperor's Cup, had been already qualified for ACL through J.League championship.

J.League Division 2

Main article: 2009 J.League Division 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Vegalta Sendai (C, P) 51 32 10 9 87 39 +48 106 Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1
2 Cerezo Osaka (P) 51 31 11 9 100 53 +47 104
3 Shonan Bellmare (P) 51 29 11 11 84 52 +32 98
4 Ventforet Kofu 51 28 13 10 76 46 +30 97
5 Sagan Tosu 51 25 13 13 71 51 +20 88
6 Consadole Sapporo 51 21 16 14 74 61 +13 79
7 Tokyo Verdy 51 21 11 19 68 61 +7 74
8 Mito HollyHock 51 21 10 20 70 79 −9 73
9 Tokushima Vortis 51 19 15 17 67 52 +15 72
10 Thespa Kusatsu 51 18 11 22 64 76 −12 65
11 Avispa Fukuoka 51 17 14 20 52 71 −19 65
12 FC Gifu 51 16 14 21 62 72 −10 62
13 Kataller Toyama 51 15 16 20 48 58 −10 61
14 Roasso Kumamoto 51 16 10 25 66 82 −16 58
15 Ehime FC 51 12 11 28 54 80 −26 47
16 Yokohama FC 51 11 11 29 43 70 −27 44
17 Tochigi SC 51 8 13 30 38 77 −39 37
18 Fagiano Okayama 51 8 12 31 40 84 −44 36
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. 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: 2009 Japan Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sagawa Shiga[a] (C) 34 19 9 6 62 36 +26 66
2 Yokogawa Musashino[a] 34 17 9 8 48 34 +14 60
3 Sony Sendai 34 17 8 9 49 30 +19 59
4 New Wave Kitakyushu[b] (P) 34 16 10 8 49 31 +18 58 Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 2[c]
5 Gainare Tottori[a][b] 34 16 8 10 65 37 +28 56
6 Machida Zelvia 34 14 12 8 38 30 +8 54
7 Honda FC 34 13 12 9 49 38 +11 51
8 MIO Biwako Kusatsu 34 13 9 12 51 43 +8 48
9 SP Kyoto 34 14 5 15 56 46 +10 47
10 TDK SC 34 14 4 16 39 54 −15 46
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 12 8 14 38 43 −5 44
12 JEF Reserves[a] 34 9 14 11 26 37 −11 41
13 Honda Lock 34 9 13 12 34 38 −4 40
14 Arte Takasaki 34 9 13 12 34 46 −12 40
15 Ryutsu Keizai University 34 11 7 16 41 55 −14 40
16 FC Ryukyu 34 11 5 18 42 57 −15 38
17 FC Kariya (R) 34 7 10 17 26 51 −25 31 Promotion/relegation Series[d]
18 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (R) 34 4 6 24 28 69 −41 18 Relegation to Okayama prefectural league[e]
Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2009. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Occupied one of the top 4 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2009 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
  2. ^ a b J. League Associate Membership and submitted applications to J. League board by 30 September.
  3. ^ Must hold J. League Associate Membership and submit applications to J. League board by 30 September, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted. V-Varen Nagasaki and Machida Zelvia, both associate members, announced that they would not submit applications for this year due to some unresolved problems pointed out by J. League at the preliminary review.[1]
  4. ^ Series' occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.
  5. ^ Mitsubishi Mizushima F.C. submitted a letter to JFL headquarters on 30 September regarding withdrawal from JFL by the end of 2009 season regardless of their 2009 results due to "various factors including recent economic slump."[2] However, Chugoku Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues, declined to accept Mizushima as its 2010 league member because of their voluntary withdrawal from JFL. Therefore, the highest division which Mizushima will be able to play in 2010 season is Okayama prefectural league division 1.[3]

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 2009 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2009 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 2009 J.League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

2009.01.20 Japan 2–1 Yemen Kumamoto, Japan
Okazaki 7'
Tanaka 66'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 30,654
2009.01.28 Japan 0–1 Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
JFA ? ?' Attendance: 11,200
2009.02.04 Japan 5–1 Finland Tokyo, Japan
Okazaki 15', 32'
Kagawa 44'
Nakazawa 57'
Yasuda 86'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 34,532
2009.02.11 Japan 0–0 Australia Kanagawa, Japan
JFA Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 65,571
2009.03.28 Japan 1–0 Bahrain Saitama, Japan
S. Nakamura 47' JFA Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,276
2009.05.27 Japan 4–0 Chile Osaka, Japan
Okazaki 20', 24'
Abe 52'
Honda 90'		 JFA Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 43,531
2009.05.31 Japan 4–0 Belgium Tokyo, Japan
Nagatomo 21'
K. Nakamura 23'
Okazaki 60'
Yano 77'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 42,520
2009.06.06 Japan 1–0 Uzbekistan Toshkent, Uzbekistan
Okazaki 9' JFA Attendance: 34,000
2009.06.10 Japan 1–1 Qatar Kanagawa, Japan
2' (o.g.) JFA ? ?' Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 60,256
2009.06.17 Japan 1–2 Australia Melbourne, Australia
Tulio 39' JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Attendance: 69,238
2009.09.05 Japan 0–3 Netherlands Enschede, Netherlands
JFA ? ?'
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2009.09.09 Japan 4–3 Ghana Utrecht, Netherlands
K. Nakamura 53'
Tamada 78'
Okazaki 79'
Inamoto 83'		 JFA ? ?'
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2009.10.08 Japan 6–0 Hong Kong Shizuoka, Japan
Okazaki 18', 75', 78'
Nagatomo 29'
Nakazawa 51'
Tulio 67'		 JFA Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium
Attendance: 16,028
2009.10.10 Japan 2–0 Scotland Kanagawa, Japan
82' (o.g.)
Honda 90'		 JFA Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 61,285
2009.10.14 Japan 5–0 Togo Miyagi, Japan
Okazaki 5', 8', 65'
Morimoto 11'
Honda 85'		 JFA Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Attendance: 32,852
2009.11.14 Japan 0–0 South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa
JFA
2009.11.18 Japan 4–0 Hong Kong Hong Kong
Hasebe 32'
Satō 74'
S. Nakamura 84'
Okazaki 89'		 JFA Attendance: 13,254

Players statistics

Player -2008 01.20 01.28 02.04 02.11 03.28 05.27 05.31 06.06 06.10 06.17 09.05 09.09 10.08 10.10 10.14 11.14 11.18 2009 Total
Shunsuke Nakamura 82(22) - - - O O(1) - O O O - O O O - O O O(1) 11(2) 93(24)
Yuji Nakazawa 82(15) - O O(1) O O O O O O - O O O(1) - O O O 14(2) 96(17)
Yasuhito Endō 73(7) - - O O O O O O - - O O O - O O O 12(0) 85(7)
Junichi Inamoto 70(4) - O - - - - - - - - - O(1) - O - O - 4(1) 74(5)
Seigo Narazaki 63(0) - - - - O O O O O O - - - - - - - 6(0) 69(0)
Keiji Tamada 53(13) - O O O O O - - O O O O(1) O - - - - 10(1) 63(14)
Yūichi Komano 40(0) O - O - - O - O - - - O O O - O O 9(0) 49(0)
Seiichiro Maki 35(8) O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 38(8)
Yoshito Ōkubo 33(5) - - - O O - O O - - - - O O O O O 9(0) 42(5)
Yuki Abe 33(2) - - - - - O(1) O O O O - O - O - - O 8(1) 41(3)
Kengo Nakamura 29(3) O O O - - O O(1) O O O O O(1) - O O - - 12(2) 41(5)
Yasuyuki Konno 26(0) - - O - - O - - O O - - - O O O - 7(0) 33(0)
Hisato Satō 25(3) - - - - - - - - - - - - O - O - O(1) 3(1) 28(4)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 19(4) - - O O O - O O O O(1) O O O(1) - O O O 13(2) 32(6)
Makoto Hasebe 16(0) - - - O O O O O - - O O O - O O O(1) 11(1) 27(1)
Atsuto Uchida 14(1) O O O O O - O - O O O - - O O O O 13(0) 27(1)
Daisuke Matsui 13(1) - - - O O - - - O O - - O O - O O 8(0) 21(1)
Tatsuya Tanaka 12(2) O(1) O - O O - - - - - - - - - - - - 4(1) 16(3)
Kisho Yano 12(1) - - - - - O O(1) O - O - - - - - - - 4(1) 16(2)
Yuto Nagatomo 7(1) - O O O O - O(1) O - O O O O(1) - O - - 11(2) 18(3)
Shinji Kagawa 6(1) O O O(1) - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 4(1) 10(2)
Hideo Hashimoto 6(0) - - O - O O O - O O - - - O - - - 7(0) 13(0)
Michihiro Yasuda 5(0) - - O(1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 6(1)
Shinji Okazaki 4(0) O(1) O O(2) O O O(2) O(1) O(1) O O O O(1) O(3) - O(3) O O(1) 16(15) 20(15)
Shuhei Terada 4(0) O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 6(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 3(2) - - - - - - - - - - - O - O - - - 2(0) 5(2)
Ryōta Tsuzuki 3(0) - - O O - - - - - - - O - - - - - 3(0) 6(0)
Kazumichi Takagi 3(0) O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 5(0)
Shinzo Koroki 2(0) O O - - - - O - O O O O - - - O - 8(0) 10(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O - - 2(0) 4(0)
Keisuke Honda 1(0) - O - - - O(1) O O O - O O - O(1) O(1) O - 10(3) 11(3)
Eiji Kawashima 1(0) O O - - - - - - - - O - - O O O O 7(0) 8(0)
Takeshi Aoki 1(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yuhei Tokunaga 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O O O 5(0) 5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O(1) - - 2(1) 2(1)
Satoshi Yamaguchi 0(0) - - - - - O O - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Takashi Inui 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Mu Kanazaki 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoki Yamada 0(0) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Daiki Iwamasa 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - 1(0) 1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

2009.07.29 Japan 0–0 Germany Germany
2009.08.01 Japan 4–0 France France
Ono ?'
Ando ?'
Kinga ?'
Yamaguchi ?'
2009.11.14 Japan 2–1 New Zealand Saitama, Japan
Miyama ?'
Ono ?'		 ? ?' Stadium: Saitama Komaba Stadium

Players statistics

Player -2008 07.29 08.01 11.14 2009 Total
Homare Sawa 145(72) - - O 1(0) 146(72)
Nozomi Yamago 86(0) - O O 2(0) 88(0)
Eriko Arakawa 68(20) - - O 1(0) 69(20)
Aya Miyama 68(19) - - O(1) 1(1) 69(20)
Kozue Ando 68(10) O O(1) O 3(1) 71(11)
Shinobu Ono 65(25) O O(1) O(1) 3(2) 68(27)
Karina Maruyama 58(13) O O - 2(0) 60(13)
Yuki Nagasato 52(28) O O O 3(0) 55(28)
Kyoko Yano 51(1) - - O 1(0) 52(1)
Azusa Iwashimizu 41(5) O O O 3(0) 44(5)
Yukari Kinga 37(1) O O(1) O 3(1) 40(2)
Rumi Utsugi 26(4) O O O 3(0) 29(4)
Yuka Miyazaki 17(2) - O - 1(0) 18(2)
Nayuha Toyoda 17(0) O O - 2(0) 19(0)
Ayako Kitamoto 9(3) O O O 3(0) 12(3)
Ayumi Kaihori 3(0) O O O 3(0) 6(0)
Aya Sameshima 2(1) O O O 3(0) 5(1)
Nahomi Kawasumi 1(0) O O - 2(0) 3(0)
Mami Yamaguchi 1(0) - O(1) - 1(1) 2(1)
Asano Nagasato 0(0) O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Miwa Yonetsu 0(0) O - O 2(0) 2(0)
Maiko Nasu 0(0) - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Megumi Kamionobe 0(0) - O - 1(0) 1(0)
  1. ^ JFL:Machida became the second club to give up promotion to J2 for the next season, after Nagasaki (JFL:町田が来季のJ2昇格断念…長崎に続き2チーム目) Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Mainichi Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-09-26
  2. ^ Announcement:Withdrawal of Mitsubishi Mizushima FC from JFL (お知らせ「三菱水島FCのJFLからの脱退について」)[permanent dead link‍] JFL official website (Japanese) dated 2009-11-02
  3. ^ Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima withdrawn from JFL – being tossed about by the economic slump, inevitably cause another weakening. (三菱自水島JFL脱退　不況に翻弄、弱体化必至) Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine The Sanyo Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-12-12