2007 in Japanese football

2007 football season

2007 season
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Japanese football in 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	Relegation to 2008 J.League Division 2

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:

^ 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.
^ Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.

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	Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 1
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

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	Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 2^[c]
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:

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d J. League Associate Membership
^ 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

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

Japan v Peru

2007.03.24	Japan	2–0	Peru	Kanagawa, Japan
	Maki 19' Takahara 54'	JFA		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 60,400

Japan v Montenegro

2007.06.01	Japan	2–0	Montenegro	Shizuoka, Japan
	Nakazawa 23' Takahara 38'	JFA		Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 28,635

Japan v Colombia

2007.06.05	Japan	0–0	Colombia	Saitama, Japan
		JFA		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 45,091

Japan v Qatar

2007.07.09	Japan	1–1	Qatar	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Takahara (60)	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 5,000

Japan v United Arab Emirates

2007.07.13	Japan	3–1	United Arab Emirates	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Takahara 22', 27' S. Nakamura 42'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 5,000

Japan v Vietnam

2007.07.16	Japan	4–1	Vietnam	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Maki 12', 59' Endō 31' S. Nakamura 52'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 40,000

Japan v Australia

2007.07.21	Japan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Takahara 72'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 25,000

Japan v Saudi Arabia

2007.07.25	Japan	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Nakazawa 37' Abe 53'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 10,000

Japan v South Korea

2007.07.28	Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	South Korea	Palembang, Indonesia
		JFA		Attendance: 10,000

Japan v Cameroon

2007.08.22	Japan	2–0	Cameroon	Ōita, Japan
	Tulio 25' Yamase 89'	JFA		Stadium: Ōita Stadium Attendance: 37,240

Japan v Austria

2007.09.07	Japan	0–0 (3–4 p)	Austria	Klagenfurt, Austria
		JFA		Attendance: 26,142

Japan v Switzerland

2007.09.11	Japan	4–3	Switzerland	Klagenfurt, Austria
	S. Nakamura 53', 78' Maki 68' Yano 90'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 19,500

Japan v Egypt

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

Japan v Norway

2007.02.09	Japan	1–0	Norway	Cyprus
	Ono ?'

Japan v Sweden

2007.02.12	Japan	2–2	Sweden	Cyprus
	Miyama ?' Arakawa ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Scotland

2007.02.14	Japan	2–0	Scotland	Cyprus
	Sakaguchi ?', ?'

Japan v Mexico

2007.03.10	Japan	2–0	Mexico	Tokyo, Japan
	Sawa ?' Miyama ?'			Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v Mexico

2007.03.17	Japan	1–2	Mexico	Mexico
	Arakawa ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Vietnam

2007.04.07	Japan	2–0	Vietnam	Tokyo, Japan
	Sawa ?' Sakai ?'			Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v Thailand

2007.04.15	Japan	4–0	Thailand	Thailand
	Sawa ?' Arakawa ?' Ono ?', ?'

Japan v South Korea

2007.06.03	Japan	6–1	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Miyamoto ?' Ono ?' Arakawa ?' ?' (o.g.) Ito ?' Sawa ?'		? ?'	Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v South Korea

2007.06.10	Japan	2–2	South Korea	South Korea
	Ono ?' Miyama ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v United States

2007.07.28	Japan	1–4	United States	United States
	Nagasato ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Vietnam

2007.08.04	Japan	8–0	Vietnam	Vietnam
	Sakai ?' Iwashimizu ?' Ono ?', ?' Miyama ?' Miyamoto ?' Sawa ?' Nagasato ?'

Japan v Thailand

2007.08.12	Japan	5–0	Thailand	Tokyo, Japan
	Ono ?' Nagasato ?' Yanagita ?' Sawa ?' Sakaguchi ?'			Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v Canada

2007.08.30	Japan	0–0	Canada	Tokyo, Japan
				Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v Brazil

2007.09.02	Japan	2–1	Brazil	Chiba, Japan
	Iwashimizu ?' ?' (o.g.)		? ?'	Stadium: Chiba Soga Football Stadium

Japan v England

2007.09.11	Japan	2–2	England	China
	Miyama ?', ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Argentina

2007.09.14	Japan	1–0	Argentina	China
	Nagasato ?'

Japan v Germany

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)

External links

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League competitions

Men	J.League Division 1 J.League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final) Nadeshiko League Cup (Final)

AFC competitions

Men	AFC Champions League FIFA Club World Cup

Related to national teams

Men	Summary AFC Asian Cup
Women	Summary FIFA Women's World Cup

Club seasons
J.League Division 1	Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Omiya Ardija JEF United Chiba Kashiwa Reysol FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Oita Trinita
J.League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Thespa Kusatsu Tokyo Verdy 1969 Vegalta Sendai Shonan Bellmare Kyoto Sanga FC Cerezo Osaka Tokushima Vortis Ehime FC Avispa Fukuoka Sagan Tosu