Official 2009 J2 Thread [R]

aiueo-redded · Jan 8, 2009

The 18 contenders

Tokyo Verdy
Consadole Sapporo
Vegalta Sendai
Cerezo Osaka
Shonan Bellmare
Sagan Tosu
Ventforet Kofu
Avispa Fukuoka
Thespa Kusatsu
Yokohama FC
Mito Hollyhock
Rosso Kumamoto
FC Gifu
Ehime FC
Tokushima Vortis
Tochigi SC
Kataller Toyama
Fagiano Okayama

Recent performance

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[B]Tokyo Verdy[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 1   |     9/16        17/18          --           --         17/18
Division 2   |      --           --          7/13         2/13          --
Nabisco Cup  |    Last 4     Group Stage      --           --       Group Stage
Emperor's Cup|    [B][COLOR="Gold"]Winner[/COLOR][/B]      4th Round    3rd Round    3rd Round    4th Round

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[B]Consadole Sapporo[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 1   |      --           --           --           --         18/18
Division 2   |    12/12         6/12         6/13         1/13          --
Nabisco Cup  |      --           --           --           --       Group Stage
Emperor's Cup|    Last 8      3rd Round     Last 4      3rd Round    4th Round

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[B]Vegalta Sendai[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 2   |     6/12         4/12         5/13         4/13         3/15
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round    4th Round    4th Round    3rd Round    4th Round

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[B]Cerezo Osaka[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 1   |    15/16         5/18        17/18          --           --
Division 2   |      --           --           --          5/13         4/15
Nabisco Cup  |  Group Stage    Last 8       Last 8         --           --
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round     Last 4      4th Round    4th Round    4th Round

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[B]Shonan Bellmare[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 2   |    10/12         7/12        11/13         6/13         5/15
Emperor's Cup|    Last 16     3rd Round    4th Round    4th Round    3rd Round

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[B]Sagan Tosu[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 2   |    11/12         8/12         4/13         8/13         6/15
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round    4th Round    4th Round     Last 16      Last 8

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[B]Ventforet Kofu[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
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Division 1   |      --           --         15/18        17/18          --
Division 2   |     7/12         3/12          --           --          7/15
Nabisco Cup  |      --           --       Group Stage    Last 8         --
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round    4th Round     Last 8       Last 16     4th Round

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[B]Avispa Fukuoka[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 1   |      --           --         16/18          --           --
Division 2   |     3/12         2/12          --          7/13         8/15
Nabisco Cup  |      --           --       Group Stage      --           --
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round    4th Round     Last 16     4th Round    3rd Round

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[B]Thespa Kusatsu[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2   |      --         12/12        12/13        11/13         9/15
JFL          |     3/16          --           --           --           --
Emperor's Cup|    Last 8      4th Round    4th Round    4th Round    4th Round

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[B]Yokohama FC[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 1   |      --           --           --         18/18          --
Division 2   |     8/12        11/12         1/13          --         10/15
Nabisco Cup  |      --           --           --       Group Stage      --
Emperor's Cup|    Last 16     4th Round    3rd Round     Last 16     4th Round

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[B]Mito Hollyhock[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2   |     9/12        10/12        10/13        12/13        11/15
Emperor's Cup|   4th Round    4th Round    3rd Round    4th Round    4th Round

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[B]Roasso Kumamoto[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2   |      --           --           --           --         12/15
JFL          |      --           --          5/18         2/18          --
Kyushu League|     4/10         1/10          --           --           --
Emperor's Cup|   3rd Round    1st Round    3rd Round    1st Round    3rd Round

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[B]FC Gifu[/B]
                    2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2    |      --           --           --           --         13/15
JFL           |      --           --           --          3/18          --
Tokai League 1|      --           --          1/8           --           --
Tokai League 2|     3/8          2/8           --           --           --
Emperor's Cup |      --           --        3rd Round    3rd Round    4th Round

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[B]Ehime FC[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2   |      --           --          9/13        10/13        14/15
JFL          |     5/16         1/16          --           --           --
Emperor's Cup|   3rd Round    3rd Round    4th Round     Last 8      4th Round

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[B]Tokushima Vortis[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Division 2   |      --          9/12        13/13        13/13        15/15
JFL          |     1/16          --           --           --           --
Emperor's Cup|   2nd Round    4th Round    4th Round    4th Round    3rd Round

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[B]Tochigi SC[/B]
                   2004         2005         2006         2007         2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
JFL          |     9/16         4/16         7/18         8/18         2/18
Emperor's Cup|   3rd Round    3rd Round    4th Round    3rd Round    4th Round

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[B]Kataller Toyama[/B]
                   2008
---------------------------
JFL          |     3/18      
Emperor's Cup|   2nd Round

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[B]Fagiano Okayama[/B]
                     2004        2005        2006        2007        2008
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JFL             |     --          --          --          --         4/18
Chugoku League  |     --         2/7         1/8         1/8          --
Okayama League 1|    1/12         --          --          --          --
Emperor's Cup   |     --          --          --          --       3rd Round

Ishikawa18 · Jan 8, 2009

hey basse,
update your blog and bring us some news from Cerezo!!!

nipponbasse83 · Jan 8, 2009

Ishikawa18 said: ↑

hey basse,
update your blog and bring us some news from Cerezo!!!
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hehe hi there ishi, i will i will. Been quite busy lately with the holidays and stuff so no energy to take care of the blogs. Im committed to a norwegian site as well you see, plus im contributing on www.japanesesoccer.net as well. Therefore i've pretty much decided that www.j-leaguefans.com will be killed and buried. But i'll keep the Cerezo one i think

Ishikawa18 · Jan 8, 2009

nipponbasse83 said: ↑

Therefore i've pretty much decided that www.j-leaguefans.com will be killed and buried.
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Aaaah! please not, it shows whitch blog got the newest entry!
and i need that

SamuraiBlue2002 · Jan 8, 2009

I hope that my hometown team, Tokushima Vortis, can do better next year. I'm betting on Cerezo to win it this year.

goru_no_ura · Jan 9, 2009

SamuraiBlue2002 said: ↑

I hope that my hometown team, Tokushima Vortis, can do better next year. I'm betting on Cerezo to win it this year.
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Is Minobe still the manager...? If yes, I think you need A LOT of luck. He is a nice guy, but I can't think of a worse coach in Japan, really...

SamuraiBlue2002 · Jan 9, 2009

I haven't read any news reports that he's been fired and the official website still lists him as the manager so I guess its safe to safe that he still is unfortunately...

I wish that we could have signed Doumbia Seydou, but I would have felt bad for ruining his potential by making him stay at Vortis . Glad to see him in Europe and I'm wondering if we are starting to see a trend with young African and South American players going to Japan and then making the leap to Europe (i.e. Hulk). I think its great because it gives them experience and helps crappy clubs like mine (try to) get some good results.

nipponbasse83 · Jan 9, 2009

Ishikawa18 said: ↑

Aaaah! please not, it shows whitch blog got the newest entry!
and i need that
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ah yeah, That's quite handy isn't it? But i'l only copy that application to my Cerezo-blog then so don't worry

nipponbasse83 · Jan 9, 2009

SamuraiBlue2002 said: ↑

I haven't read any news reports that he's been fired and the official website still lists him as the manager so I guess its safe to safe that he still is unfortunately...

I wish that we could have signed Doumbia Seydou, but I would have felt bad for ruining his potential by making him stay at Vortis . Glad to see him in Europe and I'm wondering if we are starting to see a trend with young African and South American players going to Japan and then making the leap to Europe (i.e. Hulk). I think its great because it gives them experience and helps crappy clubs like mine (try to) get some good results.
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I guess Doumbia was a bit too good for J2. Any clue about how he's doing in Grasshoppers now? He got his debut for Ivory Coast NT while playing for Tokushima I remember, and pretty much were a one-man attack.

Let's hope TOkushima can avoid the wooden-spoon this season atleast I rate Tokushima higher than Ehime, atleast Tokushima's maximum potential seems alot bigger, but they're not stable enough. The 5-0 win over Ehime in one of the final rounds must have tasted good though.

Kashiwagi · Jan 9, 2009

Doumbia played 14 games with the Young Boys Berne and scored 5 goals (Wikipedia). A good start i think and i'm very happy for him. Doumbia is a great guy and you can see that in the interviews he gave in Japan (of course, it's better when you understand french ) and another recently when he said that play in Japan was a very good experience for him, in term of football and human relation. But also, he have a very good potential for to become a great footballer. I hope the better for him.

Ishikawa18 · Jan 9, 2009

I hope Avispa will return to the top clubs this year.
Now we have two great forwards with Okubo and Takahashi. They scored 33 goals in 2008.
I hope the no-name brazilians will do well...but I'm really worried about that
The lost of Hokuto is still a heartbreaker for me and i hope we can fill this hope, but Kudo and Tanaka are good ones and i'm sure one of them can replace him on the right side.

SamuraiBlue2002 · Jan 9, 2009

It's nice to see him doing well in Switzerland and I hope the best for him. Yea, I have to say that the biggest positive from last season was the 5-0 against Ehime. It's not looking good right now though. All of our Brazilians finished their loans and we have not signed any new ones. I hope that we get some quality players.

Ishikawa18 · Jan 29, 2009

Avispa Fukuoka list:

1 - Kamiyama
2 - Miyamoto
3 - Yamagata
4 - M. Tanaka
5 - Nagano
6 - Wellington
7 - Kudo
8 - Suzuki
9 - Kurobe
10 - Jogo
11 - Y. Tanaka
13 - Nagira
14 - Nakaharai
15 - Alex
16 - Hisanaga
17 - Nakajima
18 - Takahashi
19 - Okubo
20 - Miyahara
21 - Oyama
22 - Yoshida
23 - Rokutan
24 - Kugisaki
25 - Kasagawa
26 - Okamoto
27 - Niwa
28 - Yamaguchi

Cerezo Osaka:

1 - Tada
2 - Haneda
3 - Thiago
4 - Fujimoto
5 - Maeda
6 - Hamada
7 - Inui
8 - Kagawa
9 - Kaio
10 - Martinez
11 - Kakitani
13 - Hirajima
14 - Ezoe
15 - Komatsu
16 - Omata
17 - Sakemoto
19 - Ishigami
20 - Nishizawa
21 - Kim Jin-Hyeon
22 - Suzuki
23 - Yamashita
24 - Shiratani
25 - Kurogi
26 - Yamaguchi
27 - Tanno
28 - Maruhashi
29 - Kokeguchi

goru_no_ura · Jan 29, 2009

Ishikawa18 said: ↑

I hope the no-name brazilians will do well...but I'm really worried about that
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There once where two no-name brazilians that came to Kyoto in 2005, their names were Paulinho and Alemao...

Good luck!

Ishikawa18 · Feb 7, 2009

An Avispa-foot will kick of J2 season 2009!
i hope that's a good sign

Ishikawa18 · Feb 9, 2009

Avispa got a pretty hard end of the first round

12 - Consadole Sapporo - (H)
13 - Vegalta Sendai - (A)
14 - Sagan Tosu - (H)
15 - Tokyo Verdy - (A)
16 - Ventforet Kofu - (H)
17 - Cerezo Osaka - (A)

we must go trough it without to much damage

SamuraiBlue2002 · Feb 11, 2009

I'm feeling it this year! Tokushima Vortis will do one better and finish 2nd from last!

（ΦωΦ）ふふふ････

fc koshigaya · Feb 14, 2009

SamuraiBlue2002 said: ↑

I'm feeling it this year! Tokushima Vortis will do one better and finish 2nd from last!

（ΦωΦ）ふふふ････
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That would still be 2 places lower than last year.

Ishikawa18 · Feb 15, 2009

2009 Schedule

http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/news/2009020003_W0501_E.html

setagaya-redded · Feb 15, 2009

Ishikawa18 said: ↑

2009 Schedule

http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/news/2009020003_W0501_E.html
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51 matches...
so annoying.

Ishikawa18 · Feb 15, 2009

setagaya said: ↑

51 matches...
so annoying.
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yes, a 34 round season like J1 would be much easier
after 1 1/2 month, we are at round 10 already...
no time for rehabilitation

zappin · Feb 15, 2009

setagaya said: ↑

51 matches...
so annoying.
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It is a long, hard season but the smaller clubs need the ticket sales from the extra games just to survive so until J2 gets a few more clubs (hopefully in 2010) it's the best option for everybody involved.

Ishikawa18 · Feb 15, 2009

zappin said: ↑

...the smaller clubs need the ticket sales from the extra games just to survive... it's the best option for everybody involved.
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you're right..especially Avispa
I hope for 40 games in 2010

MARUNE7701 · Feb 17, 2009

hopefully Avispa does well................

Ishikawa18 · Feb 17, 2009

MARUNE7701 said: ↑

hopefully Avispa does well................
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Thanks