Competition: | J.League Division 2 |
Season: | 2007 |
Winners: | Consadole Sapporo 2nd J2 title 5th D2 title |
Promoted: | Consadole Sapporo Tokyo Verdy 1969 Kyoto Sanga |
League Topscorer: | Hulk (37 goals total) |
Matches: | 312 |
Total Goals: | 782 |
Highest Attendance: | 32,599 (Round 50, Consadole vs. Sanga) |
Lowest Attendance: | 958 (Round 11, HollyHock vs. Bellmare) |
Average Attendance: | 6,521 |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 J. League Division 2 season is the 36th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 9th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.
In this season, thirteen clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third placed-finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.
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Following thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Sanga F.C. relegated from J1 last year.
Thirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 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.
Pos | Scorer | Club | Goals[1] |
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1 | Hulk | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 37 |
2 | Alex | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 |
3 | Yoshihito Fujita | Sagan Tosu | 24 |
Paulinho | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | |
5 | Tatsuya Furuhashi | Cerezo Osaka | 18 |
6 | Davi | Consadole Sapporo | 17 |
7 | Lincoln | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 |
8 | Andre | Kyoto Sanga | 15 |
9 | Hiroki Bandai | Vegalta Sendai | 14 |
Lopes | Vegalta Sendai | 14 |