2006 J.League Division 1


The 2006 J.League Division 1 season was the 14th season since the establishment of the J.League. It began on March 4 and ended on December 2.

General

Promotion/relegation

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Honours

Clubs

Following eighteen clubs played in J.League Division 1 during 2006 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Avispa Fukuoka, and Ventforet Kofu are newly promoted clubs.
Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin 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:
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 two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation Series.
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Table

Results

Top scorers

Attendance

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the Year Marcus Tulio TanakaUrawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year Jungo FujimotoShimizu S-Pulse
Manager of the Year Guido BuchwaldUrawa Red Diamonds
Top Scorer WashingtonUrawa Red Diamonds26 goals.
Top Scorer Magno AlvesGamba Osaka26 goals.
Fair Play Player Award Satoru YamagishiJEF United Ichihara Chiba
Fair Play Player Award Yuichi NemotoOita Trinita
Referee of the Year Toru Kamikawa
Assistant Referee of the Year Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Meritoriousness Player Award Nobuyuki Kojima
Meritoriousness Player Award Naoki Soma
Meritoriousness Player Award Masaaki Sawanobori

Best Eleven