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J.League Division 1
Season	2008
Champions	Kashima Antlers 6th J.League title 6th Japanese title
Relegated	Tokyo Verdy Consadole Sapporo
Champions League	Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Gamba Osaka (all to the group stage)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	783 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marquinhos (21 goals)
Highest attendance	61,246 (Round 1, Marinos vs. Reds)
Lowest attendance	6,125 (Round 23, Ardija vs. Marinos)
Average attendance	19,202
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 J.League Division 1 season was the 44th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 16th season since the establishment of J.League Division 1. The season began on March 8 and ended on December 6.

A total of eighteen clubs participated in double round-robin format. Starting this season, top three clubs received automatic qualification to the following years' AFC Champions League. The bottom two clubs were relegated to J.League Division 2 by default, while 16th-placed club had to defend their spot in the top-flight in the pro/rele series.

Clubs

Oita Trinita class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in Japan

The following 18 clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2008 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy, and Kyoto Purple Sanga are newly promoted clubs.

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata	Niigata & Seirō, Niigata
Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo, Hokkaido	Promoted from J2 League in 2007
FC Tokyo	Tokyo
Gamba Osaka	Suita, Osaka	2008 ACL participant
JEF United Chiba	Chiba & Ichihara, Chiba
Júbilo Iwata	Iwata, Shizuoka
Kashima Antlers	Southwestern cities/towns of Ibaraki	2008 ACL participant Defending champions
Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa, Chiba
Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Southwestern cities/town in Kyoto	Promoted from J2 League in 2007
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Nagoya, Aichi	Renamed from Nagoya Grampus Eight
Oita Trinita	All cities/towns in Ōita
Omiya Ardija	Saitama
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka
Tokyo Verdy	Tokyo	Promoted from J2 League in 2007 Renamed from Tokyo Verdy 1969
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama	2008 ACL Participant
Vissel Kobe	Kobe, Hyōgo
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama & Yokosuka

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	Jun Suzuki
Consadole Sapporo	Toshiya Miura
FC Tokyo	Hiroshi Jofuku
Gamba Osaka	Akira Nishino
JEF United Chiba	Alex Miller
Júbilo Iwata	Hans Ooft
Kashima Antlers	Oswaldo de Oliveira
Kashiwa Reysol	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Kawasaki Frontale	Tsutomu Takahata
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hisashi Kato
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Dragan Stojković
Oita Trinita	Péricles Chamusca
Omiya Ardija	Yasuhiro Higuchi
Shimizu S-Pulse	Kenta Hasegawa
Tokyo Verdy	Tetsuji Hashiratani
Urawa Red Diamonds	Gert Engels
Vissel Kobe	Hiroshi Matsuda
Yokohama F. Marinos	Kokichi Kimura

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Alessandro	Davi	Márcio Richardes		Michael Fitzgerald	Luís Augusto
Consadole Sapporo	Anderson	Claiton	Davi	Chong Yong-de		Alceu Edson Nonato
FC Tokyo	Bruno Quadros	Cabore	Emerson Paulista
Gamba Osaka	Lucas Severino	Mineiro	Rôni			Baré
JEF United Chiba	Eddy Bosnar	Michael	Reinaldo	Kim Dong-soo		Mirko Hrgović Park Jong-jin
Júbilo Iwata	Ferrugem	Gilsinho
Kashima Antlers	Danilo	Marcinho	Marquinhos
Kashiwa Reysol	Alex	França	Popó
Kawasaki Frontale	Juninho	Renatinho	Vitor Júnior	Jong Tae-se		Hulk
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Ataliba	Fernandinho	Sidiclei		William Pinheiro	Paulinho
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Magnum	Frode Johnsen	Miloš Bajalica
Oita Trinita	Edmilson Alves	Roberto	Ueslei
Omiya Ardija	Dênis Marques	Leandro Euzébio	Klemen Lavrič			Pedro Júnior
Shimizu S-Pulse	Marcos Aurélio	Marcos Paulo			Kim Dong-sub	Fernandinho
Tokyo Verdy	Diego Souza	Leandro		Osama Elsamni		Francismar Hulk
Urawa Red Diamonds	Edmílson	Robson Ponte
Vissel Kobe	Leandro	Raphael Botti	Kim Nam-il	Park Kang-jo
Yokohama F. Marinos	Lopes Tigrão	Kim Kun-hoan		Ariajasuru Hasegawa		Rôni

Format

Eighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) 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:

Goal differential
Goals scored
Head-to-head results
Disciplinary points

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. The champions of this season qualifies to the AFC Champions League and one to three more clubs may also qualify.

Changes from Previous Year

Introduction of Disciplinary points for tie breaker (2008–)
Top three clubs will qualify to AFC Champions League
The J.League will not qualify to the abolished A3 Champions Cup.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashima Antlers (C)	34	18	9	7	56	30	+26	63	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	18	6	10	65	42	+23	60
3	Nagoya Grampus	34	17	8	9	48	35	+13	59
4	Oita Trinita	34	16	8	10	33	24	+9	56	Qualification for Pan-Pacific Championship 2009
5	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	16	7	11	50	42	+8	55
6	FC Tokyo	34	16	7	11	50	46	+4	55
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	8	11	50	42	+8	53
8	Gamba Osaka	34	14	8	12	46	49	−3	50	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
9	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	9	12	43	32	+11	48
10	Vissel Kobe	34	12	11	11	39	38	+1	47
11	Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	7	14	48	45	+3	46
12	Omiya Ardija	34	12	7	15	36	45	−9	43
13	Albirex Niigata	34	11	9	14	32	46	−14	42
14	Kyoto Sanga	34	11	8	15	37	46	−9	41
15	JEF United Chiba	34	10	8	16	36	53	−17	38
16	Júbilo Iwata (O)	34	10	7	17	40	48	−8	37	2008 promotion/relegation series
17	Tokyo Verdy (R)	34	10	7	17	38	50	−12	37	Relegation to 2009 J.League Division 2
18	Consadole Sapporo (R)	34	4	6	24	36	70	−34	18	Relegation to 2009 J.League Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2008. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Qualified as the winner of 2008 J.League Cup.
Qualified as the winner of 2008 Emperor's Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	CON	FRO	GAM	GRA	JEF	JÚB	REY	SAN	SSP	TOK	TRI	RED	VER	VIS	FMA
Albirex Niigata		0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–0
Kashima Antlers	0–0		2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–1
Omiya Ardija	2–0	1–1		1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0
Consadole Sapporo	0–1	0–1	1–2		0–2	3–3	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2
Kawasaki Frontale	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–1		4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1
Gamba Osaka	2–2	0–0	2–3	4–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2
Nagoya Grampus	2–0	0–4	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–2		3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
JEF United Chiba	0–0	3–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–1		1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–3
Júbilo Iwata	1–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–4	3–0	2–1	0–0		3–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–5	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	5–1	3–0	1–3
Kyoto Sanga	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1		1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	1–0
Shimizu S-Pulse	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1
FC Tokyo	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	5–1	0–1	3–3	1–5		1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Oita Trinita	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–3	2–3	0–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		3–2	0–1	1–6
Tokyo Verdy	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–1		0–2	3–2
Vissel Kobe	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1		1–0
Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on December 6, 2008. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	21
2	Davi	Consadole Sapporo	16
3	Jong Tae-se	Kawasaki Frontale	14
3	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Kyoto Sanga	14
5	Alessandro	Albirex Niigata	13
6	Shingo Akamine	FC Tokyo	12
	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	12
	Frode Johnsen	Nagoya Grampus	12
9	7 players tied		11

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Yoshizumi Ogawa	Nagoya Grampus	12
2	Kengo Nakamura	Kawasaki Frontale	11
2	Kota Ueda	Júbilo Iwata	11
4	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	10
5	Claiton	Consadole Sapporo	9
6	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka	8
	Danilo	Kashima Antlers	8
	Akihiro Hyodo	Shimizu S-Pulse	8
9	Yoshito Ōkubo	Vissel Kobe	7
9	Lucas	Gamba Osaka	7

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Recipient	Club
Most Valuable Player	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers
Rookie of the Year	Yoshizumi Ogawa	Nagoya Grampus
Manager of the Year	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Kashima Antlers
Top Scorer	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers

Best Eleven

Pos	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Seigo Narazaki	Nagoya Grampus	Japan
DF	Atsuto Uchida	Kashima Antlers	Japan
DF	Daiki Iwamasa	Kashima Antlers	Japan
DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Nagoya Grampus	Japan
DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi	Gamba Osaka	Japan
DF	Yuji Nakazawa	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Kengo Nakamura	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka	Japan
MF	Yoshizumi Ogawa	Nagoya Grampus	Japan
FW	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	Brazil
FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Kyoto Sanga	Japan

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	809,353	57,050	16,225	47,609	+2.0%
2	Albirex Niigata	586,325	40,359	22,740	34,490	−9.9%
3	FC Tokyo	437,176	37,154	17,122	25,716	+1.7%
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	402,593	61,246	9,583	23,682	−1.5%
5	Oita Trinita	345,481	31,744	9,376	20,322	+2.8%
6	Kashima Antlers	335,140	36,412	6,725	19,714	+21.4%
7	Kawasaki Frontale	298,597	21,952	10,884	17,565	+1.3%
8	Shimizu S-Pulse	282,190	20,330	13,855	16,599	+4.1%
9	Nagoya Grampus	281,442	34,436	7,353	16,555	+6.2%
10	Gamba Osaka	274,169	20,773	10,039	16,128	−7.5%
11	Júbilo Iwata	262,911	27,866	8,216	15,465	−5.5%
12	Tokyo Verdy	252,231	30,517	8,060	14,837	+102.5%
13	Consadole Sapporo	247,305	28,901	7,010	14,547	+20.1%
14	JEF United Chiba	239,436	17,152	8,694	14,084	−0.5%
15	Kyoto Sanga	232,671	19,680	8,192	13,687	+106.5%
16	Vissel Kobe	220,672	23,088	7,839	12,981	+4.2%
17	Kashiwa Reysol	209,229	36,785	7,474	12,308	−5.1%
18	Omiya Ardija	158,944	12,505	6,125	9,350	−18.4%
	League total	5,875,865	61,246	6,125	19,202	+0.7%

Updated to games played on December 6, 2008
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

References

"2008 J1 Top Scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Asuka FC Atletico Suzuka Club Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Iwate Grulla Morioka Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori FC Tiamo Hirakata Veertien Mie Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino YSCC Yokohama
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Sony Sendai Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Kagura Shimane Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23

2008 in Japanese football

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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)

AFC competitions

Men	AFC Champions League FIFA Club World Cup Suruga Bank Championship

Related to national teams

Men	Summary FIFA World Cup qualification East Asian Football Championship
Women	Summary
Youth	AFC U-19 Championship qualification AFC U-16 Championship qualification

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

v t e J1 League champions
8 titles	Kashima Antlers 1996 1998 2000 2001 2007 2008 2009 2016
5 titles	Yokohama F. Marinos 1995 2003 2004 2019 2022
4 titles	Kawasaki Frontale 2017 2018 2020 2021
3 titles	Júbilo Iwata 1997 1999 2002 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2012 2013 2015
2 titles	Tokyo Verdy 1993 1994 Gamba Osaka 2005 2014 Vissel Kobe 2023 2024
1 title	Urawa Red Diamonds 2006 Nagoya Grampus 2010 Kashiwa Reysol 2011

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