Now that we finally have a Japanese sub-forum, I will make a new thread about the J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision (Jリーグ100年構想). The vision states that by 2093 there will be 100 football clubs in Japan. At the same time each and every club will be loved and supported by the local fans, the local businesses, the local government, and the city/town itself, while the clubs provide them with the environment for healthy sports culture (not just football). To start off here are some facts: > J.LEAGUE started with 10 clubs in 1993 > The league adopted the two-division system since 1999 > In 2005, the league had total of 30 clubs > Ehime FC will join J2 from 2006, making the number of clubs to 31 Some related websites, blogs, and articles: > A Look Ahead, One Hundred Years (English Article) > Follow Ehime! 32 [More] Clubs Looking for J1 Promotion (Article/Japanese) > J.LEAGUE Home Town Report (Site/Japanese) > 100 Clubs in J.LEAGUE (Blog/Japanese) > Blog Living in the J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision (Blog/Japanese) > Underage J.LEAGUE (Blob/Japanese) > Stating J.LEAGUE’s Attendance (blog/Japanese) The 4th one in the links, the one with "Bog living...", is my blog. It's only in Japanese, but may start in english if requested.
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Current JFL clubs looking for future J.LEAGUE promotion: FC Horikoshi Tochigi SC Alo's Hokuriku Yokogawa Musashino FC Tottori SC Mitsubishi Mizuzima FC FC Ryukyu Rosso Kumamotoa Also FC Horikoshi is looking for a name chage: FCホリコシ新名称を公募
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Kofu is looking for a new mascot. http://www.ventforet.co.jp/2005/home/press2005_09.htm#8 Speaking of mascots..., Montedio Yamagata aquired mascots from next year. They will have two of them.
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Hahaha, they look really cool! too bad that they will not take them both will they choose one of them?
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Tokushima made around 15 million dollar on their first year: 経済効果は15億2千万円超 J2初参戦の徳島ヴォルティス
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision When do they anticipate a J3 starting? I would guess you would need a minimum of 10 teams to start a 3rd division. Also I think a playoff for the 2nd promotion spot in J2 (similar to England) would make sense for the J2. Any thoughts?
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision I don't know if you read this article or not, but this article talks about a survey that J.LEAGUE and JFA conducted to figure out how many clubs are planning to join the league in the future. From this survey we know that there is at least 32 clubs out there. From next year, J.LEAGUE will do a research on J3. Making a new division is not that easy. They have to make sure that the 3rd division will be healty.
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision If they are going to set up a 18-club second division, they need to dig up five more from JFL, like Kumamoto and Takasaki (Horikoshi). We know that J2 is a tough league financially (see Kofu and Tosu), and so a nationwide J3 for smaller markets may not be viable. Dividing it to two or three regions could be a realistic option though.
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision There is also the stadium issue..........Omiya is gonna play in three different places not in omiya because their home venue doesn't meet minimum J1 standards. J3 teams could theoretically get up to J1 in 2 years. That would be rough jumping from a 6000/7000 seat venue to 15000-20000 in a short amount of time. J3 would also have to be regional with a playoff system at the end.
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Very nice thread shuvy Montedio have the coolest mascots in the history of any sporting team ever!
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Hey look at the bright side.... Omiya Soccer Park will reconstucted by 2007!! The thing about Omiya was their J1 promotion happened suddently (not in terms of squads but in term of a club and it finance). Unlike Nigata, Kofu, Kawasaki, they did not have time to prepare for 15K stadium. That's why when they were promoted, they told the league that 15k stadium will made by the third year. They have a soccer-only stadium and fans love that. image for www.j-league.or.jp
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Yeah, stadiums with tracks in them aren't good.. and I can't read japanese...*cry*
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Sagan Tosu is a club that used to attract avg of 3k/game prior to the 2005 season. Since the new owner, SAGAN DREAMS, tookover the club last year, they have improved the club in many aspects. The results can be showed with the attendance as it increased to 7k/game. This year, they are going farther. They made a better logo and uniform. Also here's somthing I want to you to look at:
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision GAG! Who did the artwork for that? It looks like they trimmed off the top of the stands (on the right) with a pair of scissors! Talk about cheap production value. Why dont they just admit that they dont have any stands in the end zones. A "real" picture of Tosu Stadium would look just as good. . . . what am I talking about, a REAL picture would look 10,000 times better!
Re: The J.LEAGUE 100 Years Vision Omiya decided to invest more in the club house in the City of Shiki, Saitama Prefecture. They expect to increase revenues by a few hundred million yen because they managed to stay afloat in J1 and made the semifinal of the Emperor's Cup. Improvements include paving the parking lot, refurbishing the exterior wall of the club house and installing air-conditioning units. They will acquire two midfielders, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi and Daigo Kobayashi, from relegated Verdy.
J2's Expansion plans J2 will plan to have 18 teams by 2010! It will play 3 round-robin format while J2 has 15-18 clubs. The final plan is to go 22 clubs. J2は10年に18以上のクラブ数に 10年にJ2は18クラブに 日本協会が拡充策を提言 J2、22チーム目標に=リーグ拡大へ準会員を支援