AS THEY ARE ALL INTERESTED IN WORLD CUP DRAW (yes, we are in the same group of Aussie, Croat, Brasil!), "expanded TOYOTA CUP" is kicked off in Tokyo today. The cup's tickets used to be VERY hard to get but now it has broken. Final tickets are STILL available and prices are reduced from the list prices on the black market due to expensive regular prices. Liverpool and Sao Paulo will save the tournament?

2005.12.10
Ventforet Kofu is promoted to J1 2006

Bare scored 6 times to crush Kashiwa's hope.
Kofu 8. Kashiwa 3 (aggregate)

Summary
J1 League champions: Gamba Osaka
2nd place: Urawa Reds
Kashiwa Reysol (16th place. playoff loser), Tokyo Verdy 1969 (17th) and Vissel Kobe (18th) are relegated to J2 2006
Kyoto Purple-Sanga (1st place) and Avispa Fukuoka (2nd), and Ventforet Kofu (3rd. Playoff winner) are promoted to J1 2006.

2005.12.03
Gamba Osaka won 2005 J.League

Histric scrambled league, the champion is the most offensive team. The attack of the top scorer Araujo with Fernandinho and Oguro is very attractive that helped the poor defence and nervous Nishino's managemnt. Congratulations! Gamba.
Our Urawa Reds chased and finally reached 1 point behind without a single week top position. Kashima Antlers lead the spring / summer season, but they failed to keep their top form. Jef United Ichihara Chiba and Cerezo Osaka are new favorites. They have good systems, well organized, work hard.
2005 is the first season that employed single season (they used to have the dual season system) that brought the very exciting year.
- takahasi@goal2002.com

2005 J.LEAGUE Division 1 Final Table
	PT	GP	W	D	L	GD	(GF	GA)
Gamba Osaka	60	34	18	6	10	24	82	58
Urawa Reds	59	34	17	8	9	28	65	37
Kashima Antlers	59	34	16	11	7	22	61	39
JEF United Ichihara Chiba	59	34	16	11	7	14	56	42
Cerezo Osaka	59	34	16	11	7	8	48	40
Jubilo Iwata	51	34	14	9	11	10	51	41
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	50	34	13	11	10	8	50	42
Kawasaki Frontale	50	34	15	5	14	7	54	47
Yokohama F-Marinos	48	34	12	12	10	1	41	40
FC Tokyo	47	34	11	14	9	3	43	40
Oita Trinita	43	34	12	7	15	1	44	43
Albirex Niigata	42	34	11	9	14	-15	47	62
Omiya Ardija	41	34	12	5	17	-11	39	50
Nagoya Grampus Eight	39	34	10	9	15	-6	43	49
Shimizu S-Pulse	39	34	9	12	13	-9	40	49
Kashiwa Reysol	35	34	8	11	15	-15	39	54
Tokyo Verdy 1969	30	34	6	12	16	-33	40	73
Vissel Kobe	21	34	4	9	21	-37	30	67

2005.11.26
Who knows? Cerezo 58pt, Gamba 57pt, Urawa, Kashima and Chiba 56pt

Final matchday 34th is on 3rd Dec.
Tokyo Verdy 1969 was relegated and Kashiwa Raysol confirmed 16th place to go to the J1/J2 playoffs.

2005.11.20
J1. Gamba 57pt, Cerezo 56pt, Kashima 55pt. 3 matches to go

Vissel Kobe was relegated to J2 after losing todays match.

2005.11.05
Ivica made Ichihara Run. Jef won their first title.

Chiba 0-0 Gamba Osaka (5 PK 4)
Jef Ichihara United Ichihara Chiba lead by the most respected coach Ivica Osim won the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup at National stadium, Tokyo. Osim's players are faithful in their running soccer to be cup winners.

2005.10.30
Gamba stolled. Scrambled, J.League

J1 Table
	PT	GP	W	D	L	GD	(GF	GA)	12 Nov	20 Nov	23 Nov	26,27 Nov	3 Dec
G-Osaka	54	29	16	6	7	24	74	50	Urawa(H)	Nagoya(A)	Omiya(A)	Chiba(H)	Kawasaki(A)
Kashima	53	29	15	8	6	20	53	33	FC-Tokyo(H)	Oita(A)	Yokohama-M(H)	Shimizu(A)	Kashiwa(H)
Urawa	50	29	14	8	7	22	55	33	G-Osaka(A)	Tokyo-V(H)	Chiba(A)	Iwata(H)	Niigata(A)
C-Osaka	50	29	14	8	7	5	41	36	Tokyo-V(A)	Kawasaki-F(H)	Oita(H)	Yokohama-M(A)	FC-Tokyo(H)
Chiba	49	29	13	10	6	12	48	36	Iwata(H)	FC-Tokyo(A)	Urawa(H)	G-0saka(A)	Nagoya(H)

2005.08.07
Rather exciting. East Asian Championship 2005

Korea 0. Japan 1. 7 Aug 2005 in Daegu, Korea.

The second championship of EAFF of Japan, Korea, Korea DPR, and China, was held in Korea. Japan (as same could be true to other countreis) did not call European based players and has already lost the chance of this cup before this match.

There was a little surprise at the second match against China that Zico changed all eleven men from the first match of top players. The match was not so impressive but the striker Tanaka Tatsuya lead the team draw with China. Zico followed his selection again for the third match. For Korea, the match was for their championship. But they failed to complete tons of shoots. After joining Japanese top players of Ogasawara and Nakazawa, the match has changed and Japan won the defensive match.

As this tournament was held by suspending the J.League schedule and not so many Japanese fans have interedted in but it was rather exciting.
How about in Korea? The stadium seemed to be not full. They always enjoy the match against Japan, didn't they?

Men's winner is China and women's winner is Korea.

East Asian Football Championship 2005 Table
	PT	GP	W	D	L	GD	(GF	GA)
China	5	3	1	2	0	2	5	3
Japan	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	3
Korea DPR	4	3	1	1	1	-1	1	2
Korea	2	3	0	2	1	-1	1	2

2005.06.22
Japan beat Euro Champ Greece and draw with Brazil but not reached semis

Japan proved thier performance for these two matches. Each players kept looking for their chances proactively and made several beautiful chances. I can't understand what happened to Zico's team playing such a poor performance in Asian qualifiers. But, it is the good opportunity to have confidence in our team to work forward the next year's glory. - 25 Jun 2005. by takahasi@goal2002.com

Japan 2. Brazil 2. 22 Jun 2005
Robinho, Nakamura, Ronaldinho, and Oguro scored.
Elevens of Japan are GK. Kawaguchi; DF. Kaji, Tanaka, Miyamoto, Alex; MF. Nakata, Fukunishi, Ogasawara, Nakamura; FW. Yanagisawa, Tamada (Oguro).
And of Brazil are GK. Marcos; DF. Cicinho, Lucio, Juan, Leo; MF. Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ze Roberto, Gilberto Silva; FW. Adriano, Robinho.
Japan 1. Greece 0. 19 Jun 2005
Oguro scored.
Key players of Japan are same as the Brazil match.
Those of Greece are GK. Nikopolidis; DF. Tavlaridis, Kyrgiakos, Basinas; MF. Giannakopoulos, Fyssas, Karagounis, Katsouranis, Lakis; FW. Charisteas, Vryzas

2005.06.16
Japan 1. Mexico 2. FIFA Confederations Cup Germany

Socoreres are Yanagisawa , Zinha and Jose Fonseca. FIFA official - 16 June 2005.

2005.06.11
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup 1st Round Results

Urawa, G-Osaka, Chiba, Shimizu (group league leaders), Omiya, C-Osaka (two best runnner-ups), and Yokohama-M, Iwata (seeded of ACL) go to the home-and-away tournament re-starting on 6th August. - 11 June 2005.

2005.06.08
Japan qualified

Korea DPR 0. Japan 2. - Wed Jun 8 21:25:33 JST 2005

mail to takahasi@goal2002.com

2005.06.06
Today, DPR Korea vs Japan in Thailand behind the closed doors.

Japan will qualify the 2006 world cup, if they win one or more points.

Japan 1. Bahrain 0. Worldcup Qualifier

Ogasawara's goal lead Japan one point to qualify.
Japan: Kawaguchi; Tanaka, Miyamoto, Nakazawa; Kaji, Nakata, Fukunishi, Alex, Ogasawara, Nakamura; Ogasawara

2005.05.14
Kashima has 9 points ahead. J.League goes into 6 weeks break

Kashima has 9 points ahead followed by dark horse Hiroshima and G-Osaka of scoring leader Oguro. J.League goes into 6 weeks break due to World Cup Preliminaries and the Confederations Cup.

J1 Section 12
2005.05.14	SAT	15:00	Omiya	vs	Hiroshima	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	7163	Kumagaya Athletic
2005.05.14	SAT	15:00	Tokyo-V	vs	Kashiwa	1	-	0	(1	-	0)	31571	Ajinomoto
2005.05.14	SAT	15:00	Kawasaki-F	vs	Shimizu	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	11668	Todoroki
2005.05.14	SAT	15:00	Niigata	vs	Kashima	2	-	2	(0	-	0)	40085	Niigata Big Swan
2005.05.14	SAT	15:00	C-Osaka	vs	G-Osaka	2	-	4	(1	-	2)	42053	Nagai
2005.05.14	SAT	16:00	Nagoya	vs	Kobe	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	17991	Toyota
2005.05.14	SAT	19:00	Chiba	vs	FC-Tokyo	2	-	1	(2	-	0)	8593	Ichihara
2005.05.15	SUN	13:30	Iwata	vs	Oita	2	-	1	(1	-	0)	13559	Yamaha
2005.05.15	SUN	14:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Urawa	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	53097	Nissan

2005.05.08
Goalden week match #4, 8th May 2005

J1 Section 11
2005.05.08	SUN	14:00	Urawa	vs	Chiba	0	-	0				50643	Saitama
2005.05.08	SUN	14:00	G-Osaka	vs	Nagoya	3	-	1	(2	-	0)	13687	Expo'70
2005.05.08	SUN	14:00	Oita	vs	Kawasaki-F	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	21078	Oita Big Eye
2005.05.08	SUN	15:00	Kashima	vs	Tokyo-V	2	-	1	(0	-	0)	20282	Kashima
2005.05.08	SUN	15:00	Kashiwa	vs	Niigata	0	-	0				10144	Kashiwanoha
2005.05.08	SUN	15:00	FC-Tokyo	vs	Omiya	3	-	3	(2	-	1)	22175	Ajinomoto
2005.05.08	SUN	15:00	Shimizu	vs	C-Osaka	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	15700	Nihondaira
2005.05.08	SUN	15:00	Hiroshima	vs	Yokohama-M	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	22607	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.05.08	SUN	16:00	Kobe	vs	Iwata	0	-	0				20282	Kobe Wing

2005.05.04
Goalden week match #3, 4th May 2005

J.League Results 28th April

J1 Section 10
2005.05.04	WED	14:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Shimizu	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	33710	Nissan
2005.05.04	WED	14:00	Iwata	vs	G-Osaka	2	-	1	(1	-	1)	16579	Yamaha
2005.05.04	WED	15:00	Niigata	vs	Kawasaki-F	2	-	1	(0	-	1)	41422	Niigata Big Swan
2005.05.04	WED	15:00	C-Osaka	vs	Tokyo-V	0	-	0				19013	Nagai
2005.05.04	WED	16:00	Omiya	vs	Kashiwa	1	-	0	(1	-	0)	14846	Saitama
2005.05.04	WED	16:00	Chiba	vs	Hiroshima	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	9398	Ichihara
2005.05.04	WED	16:00	FC-Tokyo	vs	Kashima	0	-	2	(0	-	2)	40300	Ajinomoto
2005.05.04	WED	16:00	Kobe	vs	Urawa	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	25104	Kobe Wing
2005.05.04	WED	19:00	Nagoya	vs	Oita	0	-	0				12659	Mizuho Athletic

2005.05.01
Nakayama scored unexplored 150 J.League goals

Nakayama Masahi (37) of Jubilo Iwata socred his 150th J.League goals on 1st May 2005. He has the year record of 36 goals of J.League from 27 matches in 1998. He is known as the first Japanese scorer of the World Cup game (in France vs Jamaica) as well.
He has been the leader of Japanese football scene from his aggressive play style and his best conversation. - 2005/5/1 goal2002.com

J1 Section 9
2005.05.01	SUN	13:00	Shimizu	vs	Omiya	2	-	1	(1	-	0)	14118	Nihondaira
2005.05.01	SUN	14:00	Urawa	vs	Nagoya	3	-	0	(2	-	0)	55476	Saitama
2005.05.01	SUN	14:00	G-Osaka	vs	Kobe	3	-	1	(1	-	0)	14625	Expo'70
2005.05.01	SUN	14:00	Oita	vs	FC-Tokyo	2	-	1	(0	-	0)	26218	Oita Big Eye
2005.05.01	SUN	15:00	Kashima	vs	C-Osaka	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	26019	Kashima
2005.05.01	SUN	15:00	Kawasaki-F	vs	Chiba	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	13667	Todoroki
2005.05.01	SUN	16:00	Kashiwa	vs	Iwata	0	-	4	(0	-	2)	12837	Kashiwanoha
2005.05.01	SUN	16:00	Hiroshima	vs	Niigata	5	-	0	(2	-	0)	12408	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.05.01	SUN	19:00	Tokyo-V	vs	Yokohama-M	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	18133	Ajinomoto

2005.04.29
Korea DPR to play next home game on neutral ground and behind closed doors - FIFA decision. 29th April

Following the incidents that occurred during the games of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany preliminary competition Korea DPR-Bahrain (26 March 2005) and Korea DPR-Iran (30 March 2005), the next scheduled "home game" of Korea DPR in this competition (v. Japan on 8 June 2005) will be played on neutral ground and behind closed doors. FIFA will announce the venue in due course.
In addition, the DPR Korea Football Association has been fined CHF 20,000.

Iran home match will be played with a maximum attendance of 50,000 spectators due to the stampede at the match on March vs Japan.

2005.04.26
J.League Results 28th April

J1 Section 8
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Omiya	vs	Oita	3	-	1	(2	-	1)	5129	Omiya
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Chiba	vs	G-Osaka	3	-	1	(1	-	0)	4885	Ichihara
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	FC-Tokyo	vs	Kashiwa	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	18089	Ajinomoto
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Kawasaki-F	vs	Yokohama-M	2	-	1	(1	-	0)	12795	Todoroki
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Niigata	vs	Shimizu	0	-	0				40882	Niigata Big Swan
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Iwata	vs	Urawa	2	-	2	(1	-	1)	30865	Shizuoka Ecopa
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Nagoya	vs	Tokyo-V	5	-	4	(4	-	2)	77850	Mizuho Athletic
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	C-Osaka	vs	Hiroshima	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	6113	Nagai
2005.04.28	THU	19:00	Kobe	vs	Kashima	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	9612	Kobe Univer

2005.04.24
J.League Results 23rd-24th April

J1 Section 7
2005.04.23	SAT	15:00	Urawa	vs	C-Osaka	1	-	2	(0	-	2)		Komaba
2005.04.23	SAT	15:00	Shimizu	vs	Chiba	2	-	1	(0	-	0)	9474	Nihondaira
2005.04.23	SAT	15:00	G-Osaka	vs	FC-Tokyo	5	-	3	(0	-	1)	11728	Expo'70
2005.04.23	SAT	15:00	Hiroshima	vs	Kawasaki-F	2	-	1	(1	-	0)	8574	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.04.23	SAT	15:00	Oita	vs	Kobe	2	-	1	(0	-	0)	21438	Oita Big Eye
2005.04.23	SAT	16:00	Tokyo-V	vs	Niigata	2	-	2	(1	-	1)	11575	Tokyo National Stadium
2005.04.23	SAT	19:00	Kashiwa	vs	Nagoya	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	10188	Kashiwa
2005.04.24	SUN	14:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Omiya	1	-	2	(0	-	0)	18155	Nissan
2005.04.24	SUN	15:00	Kashima	vs	Iwata	2	-	1	(2	-	0)	25128	Kashima

2005.04.17
Kashima Antlers runs. J.League Results. 16th-17th April

J1 Section 6
2005.04.16	SAT	15:00	Chiba	vs	Kashima	2	-	4	(1	-	1)	16209	Tokyo National Stadium
2005.04.16	SAT	15:00	Yokohama-M	vs	G-Osaka	2	-	2	(1	-	1)	23466	Nissan
2005.04.16	SAT	15:00	Shimizu	vs	Oita	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	7931	Nihondaira
2005.04.16	SAT	15:00	C-Osaka	vs	Kashiwa	1	-	1	(1	-	1)	9403	Nagai
2005.04.16	SAT	15:00	Hiroshima	vs	Kobe	2	-	0	(2	-	0)	10431	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.04.16	SAT	15:30	FC-Tokyo	vs	Urawa	0	-	2	(0	-	0)	40113	Ajinomoto
2005.04.16	SAT	19:00	Niigata	vs	Iwata	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	40387	Niigata Big Swan
2005.04.17	SUN	15:00	Omiya	vs	Tokyo-V	2	-	3	(0	-	2)	8959	Omiya
2005.04.17	SUN	15:00	Kawasaki-F	vs	Nagoya	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	14565	Todoroki

2005.04.13
J.League Results. 13th April

J1 Section 5
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Kashima	vs	Omiya	2	-	0	(1	-	0)	7076	Kashima
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Urawa	vs	Shimizu	1	-	1	(1	-	1)	15760	Komaba
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Kashiwa	vs	Yokohama-M	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	27328	Tokyo National Stadium
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Tokyo-V	vs	Hiroshima	1	-	4	(0	-	1)	3267	Ajinomoto
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Iwata	vs	Chiba	1	-	3	(0	-	2)	9854	Yamaha
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Nagoya	vs	FC-Tokyo	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	6820	Mizuho Athletic
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	G-Osaka	vs	Niigata	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	6646	Expo'70
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Kobe	vs	Kawasaki-F	1	-	6	(0	-	1)	7643	Kobe Univer
2005.04.13	WED	19:00	Oita	vs	C-Osaka	1	-	2	(1	-	0)	14830	Oita Big Eye

2005.04.09
J.League Results. 9th April

Urawa won only two points after four matches and stays in the bottom.

2004 season co-champions Urawa Reds couldn't start the season 2005. As many players are not in the top form yet, and are troubed by referee's whitsle (three red cards for the first three matches), they could not get results. After the successful season 2004, the club did not move the other clubs' top players. It is said that coach Guido Buchwald prefered maturing the team for this season, but the eleven has not found their additional strength.

J1 Section 4
2005.04.10	SUN	14:00	FC-Tokyo	vs	Iwata	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	32049	Ajinomoto
2005.04.10	SUN	15:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Kobe	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	20548	Nissan
2005.04.09	SAT	15:00	Chiba	vs	Oita	4	-	2	(2	-	2)	5352	Ichihara
2005.04.09	SAT	15:00	Shimizu	vs	Kashiwa	1	-	2	(0	-	1)	9735	Nihondaira
2005.04.09	SAT	15:00	Hiroshima	vs	Kashima	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	12085	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.04.09	SAT	16:00	Urawa	vs	G-Osaka	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	51249	Saitama
2005.04.09	SAT	16:00	Niigata	vs	Omiya	3	-	2	(1	-	1)	40573	Niigata Big Swan
2005.04.09	SAT	16:00	C-Osaka	vs	Nagoya	1	-	0	(1	-	0)	13040	Nagai
2005.04.09	SAT	19:00	Kawasaki-F	vs	Tokyo-V	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	11061	Todoroki

2005.04.02
J.League Results. 2nd April

J1 Section 3
2005.04.02	SAT	14:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Niigata	4	-	1	(3	-	0)	21444	Nissan
2005.04.02	SAT	15:00	Kashiwa	vs	Kashima	1	-	3	(0	-	2)	12126	Kashiwanoha
2005.04.02	SAT	15:00	Iwata	vs	Shimizu	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	37384	Shizuoka Ecopa
2005.04.02	SAT	15:00	Nagoya	vs	Hiroshima	1	-	1	(0	-	0)	17153	Toyota
2005.04.02	SAT	16:00	Omiya	vs	C-Osaka	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	7006	Omiya
2005.04.02	SAT	16:00	Kobe	vs	FC-Tokyo	1	-	2	(0	-	2)	18868	Kobe Wing
2005.04.02	SAT	19:00	Oita	vs	Urawa	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	28847	Oita Big Eye

2005.03.30
Zico's luck brought Bahrain's own goal this time

Japan 1. Bahrain 0. World Cup Asian Quailfires Group B.
- Mar 30, 2005

World Cup Preliminaries Asian Group B Table
	PT	GP	W	D	L	GD	(GF	GA)
Iran	7	3	2	1	0	3	4	1
Japan	6	3	2	0	1	1	4	3
Bahrain	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	2
Korea DPR	0	3	0	0	3	-4	2	6

2005.03.29
Japan vs Bahrain in Saitama 30 March

Zico to revert to 3-5-2 after Tehran debacle
Japan coach Zico is set to revert to his tried-and-tested 3-5-2 formation for Wednesday's crucial final-round World Cup qualifier against Bahrain at Saitama. (Daily Yomiuri)
Japan faces on a tight situation but the media is still discussing about the Zico's system. - Mar 29, 2005

2005.03.26
Deadly Soccer Stampede in Iran

Iran victory overshadowed by death and injury to fans
Reports from Tehran indicate that so far 3 fans have died (5 died), and 32 more hospitalised with injuries, in a stampede after completion of Iran's World Cup Qaulifier against Japan during which 130,000 fans were packed into a 100,000 capacity Azadi Stadium.
....
A pass by Mahdavikia reached Karimi on the right edge of the penalty area, who sent a perfect cross to Hashemian who scored his, and Irans second with a precise header. (Iran Sports Press)

Bundesliga quartet brings Iran one step closer to 2006 World Cup
A quartet of Bundesliga players brought Iran one step closer the 2006 World Cup in Germany after beating Japan 2-1 (1- 0) in Fridays qualifying game in Teherans Azadi stadium. (Iran Weekly Press Digest

Iran - Japan: 2 - 1 (1 - 0)
Goals: Vahid Hashemian 2, Takashi Fukunishi

2005.03.25
Iran 2. Japan 1. Worldcup Asian Qualifiers

Fukunishi's goal couldn't bring Japan a point.
Japan:
Narazaki;
Kaji, Miyamoto, Nakazawa, Miura;
Ono (Ogasawara), Fukunishi, Nakamura, Nakata;
Takahara (Oguro), Tamada (Yanagisawa).

2005.03.24
Today! Iran vs Japan, 25 March 2005

100,000 Iranian in Asady Teheran.

2005.03.18
Barcelona to play Yokohama and Urawa in June

Barca officials said they will travel to Japan from 10 to 15 June. - Mar 18, 2005

2005.03.17
Club World Championship 2005

FIFA and JFA announced the competition's name: the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup 2005.
Final will be on 18th December 2005. As the name was confirmed "Toyota Cup", the final venue is "Nissan Stadium" after the stadium sold the naming rights. - Mar 17, 2005

2005 AFC Champions League

Iwata and Yokohama won the 2nd match. match results and fixtures - Mar 17, 2005

2005.03.13
J.League Results

J1 Section 2
2005.03.12	SAT	15:00	Omiya	vs	Kobe	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	9926	Saitama
2005.03.12	SAT	15:00	Tokyo-V	vs	Shimizu	0	-	0				12687	Ajinomoto
2005.03.12	SAT	15:30	Kashima	vs	G-Osaka	2	-	2	(0	-	1)	25944	Kashima
2005.03.12	SAT	15:30	Kawasaki-F	vs	Urawa	3	-	3	(1	-	1)	24332	Todoroki
2005.03.12	SAT	16:00	C-Osaka	vs	Yokohama-M	2	-	3	(2	-	1)	19143	Nagai
2005.03.12	SAT	16:00	Hiroshima	vs	FC-Tokyo	0	-	0				15465	Hiroshima Big Arch
2005.03.12	SAT	19:00	Chiba	vs	Kashiwa	2	-	2	(1	-	1)	6612	Ichihara
2005.03.13	SUN	14:00	Niigata	vs	Oita	2	-	1	(1	-	1)	35337	Niigata Big Swan
2005.03.13	SUN	15:30	Iwata	vs	Nagoya	0	-	3	(0	-	0)	16251	Yamaha

2005.03.09
2005 AFC Champions League

Yokohama F-Marinos (2004 J.League Champions) and Jubilo Iwata (2003-2004 Emperor's Cup Winners) have suffered defeats in Asian Champions League openers. - Mar 9, 2005

2005.03.06
2005 Season J.League Opening

Champion Yokohama F-Marinos and Co-Champion Urawa Reds lose in their home.
Newly promoted Omiya won their first match in Osaka.
- Mar 5-6, 2005

J1 Section 1
2005.03.05	SAT	14:00	Urawa	vs	Kashima	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	52789	Saitama
2005.03.05	SAT	14:00	Nagoya	vs	Chiba	2	-	2	(1	-	0)	17239	Mizuho Athletic
2005.03.05	SAT	15:00	Shimizu	vs	Hiroshima	1	-	1	(0	-	0)	12208	Nihondaira
2005.03.05	SAT	15:00	G-Osaka	vs	Omiya	0	-	2	(0	-	0)	16168	Expo'70
2005.03.05	SAT	16:00	Yokohama-M	vs	Iwata	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	41868	Nissan
2005.03.05	SAT	16:00	Oita	vs	Tokyo-V	1	-	2	(0	-	2)	21630	Oita Big Eye
2005.03.05	SAT	19:00	FC-Tokyo	vs	Niigata	4	-	0	(2	-	0)	28450	Ajinomoto
2005.03.06	SUN	15:00	Kobe	vs	C-Osaka	3	-	1	(1	-	0)	23226	Kobe Wing
2005.03.06	SUN	15:30	Kashiwa	vs	Kawasaki-F	1	-	1	(0	-	0)	11875	Kashiwa

Table and fixtures are here

It is coming

2005 J.League will start from 5th March.

2005.02.09
Japan 2. Korea DPR 1. World Cup Asian Final Round Match #1

Japan 2. Korea DPR 1.
World Cup Asian Final Round Match #1
on Wednesday 9th February

Dramatic ending. Late minutes' Oguro's goal save Zico's team.
Japan 2. DPR Korea 1. - Feb 9, 2005

Zico has already announced tomorrow's eleven as following; GK Kawaguchi (Iwata), DF Tanaka (Iwata), Miyamoto (G.Osaka), Nakazawa (Yokohama M), MF Kaji (FC.Tokyo), Endo (G.Osaka), Fukunishi (Iwata), Alex (Urawa), Ogasawara (Kashima), FW Suzuki (Kashima), Tamada (Kashiwa). As Nakamura (Reggina Ita.), and Takahara (HSV Ger.) have joined the team, Euro based stars, Nakata (Fiorentina), Ono (Feyenoord), and Inamoto (Cardiff) were not called due to their condition and the eleven was consists of only J.League players.
The match. Japan vs Korea DPR. Saitama Stadium 19.30 9th February, 2005. - Feb 8, 2005

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2005.12.11 FIFA Club World Championship

2005.12.10 Ventforet Kofu is promoted to J1 2006

2005.12.03 Gamba Osaka won 2005 J.League

2005.11.26 Who knows? Cerezo 58pt, Gamba 57pt, Urawa, Kashima and Chiba 56pt

2005.11.20 J1. Gamba 57pt, Cerezo 56pt, Kashima 55pt. 3 matches to go

2005.11.05 Ivica made Ichihara Run. Jef won their first title.

2005.10.30 Gamba stolled. Scrambled, J.League

2005.08.07 Rather exciting. East Asian Championship 2005

2005.06.22 Japan beat Euro Champ Greece and draw with Brazil but not reached semis

2005.06.16 Japan 1. Mexico 2. FIFA Confederations Cup Germany

2005.06.11 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup 1st Round Results

2005.06.08 Japan qualified

2005.06.06 Today, DPR Korea vs Japan in Thailand behind the closed doors.

Japan 1. Bahrain 0. Worldcup Qualifier

2005.05.14 Kashima has 9 points ahead. J.League goes into 6 weeks break

2005.05.08 Goalden week match #4, 8th May 2005

2005.05.04 Goalden week match #3, 4th May 2005

2005.05.01 Nakayama scored unexplored 150 J.League goals

2005.04.29 Korea DPR to play next home game on neutral ground and behind closed doors - FIFA decision. 29th April

2005.04.26 J.League Results 28th April

2005.04.24 J.League Results 23rd-24th April

2005.04.17 Kashima Antlers runs. J.League Results. 16th-17th April

2005.04.13 J.League Results. 13th April

2005.04.09 J.League Results. 9th April

2005.04.02 J.League Results. 2nd April

2005.03.30 Zico's luck brought Bahrain's own goal this time

2005.03.29 Japan vs Bahrain in Saitama 30 March

2005.03.26 Deadly Soccer Stampede in Iran

2005.03.25 Iran 2. Japan 1. Worldcup Asian Qualifiers

2005.03.24 Today! Iran vs Japan, 25 March 2005

2005.03.18 Barcelona to play Yokohama and Urawa in June

2005.03.17 Club World Championship 2005