The 2004 J. League Division 2 season was the 33rd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 6th season since the establishment of J. League Division 2.
In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. Starting this season, promotion slots increased to 2.5 slots. The top two received automatic promotion and the third-placed finisher advanced to the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.
Clubs
The following twelve clubs participated in J. League Division 2 during 2004 season. Of these clubs, Vegalta Sendai and Kyoto Purple Sanga were relegated from Division 1 last season.
Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC
Personnel Club Head coachAvispa Fukuoka Hiroshi MatsudaConsadole Sapporo Masaaki YanagishitaKawasaki Frontale Takashi SekizukaKyoto Purple Sanga Koichi HashirataniMito HollyHock Hideki MaedaMontedio Yamagata Jun SuzukiOmiya Ardija Toshiya MiuraSagan Tosu Ikuo MatsumotoShonan Bellmare Matsuichi YamadaVegalta Sendai Zdenko VerdenikVentforet Kofu Hideki MatsunagaYokohama FC Pierre Littbarski
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Avispa Fukuoka Bentinho Edílson Roberto Alex Consadole Sapporo Andradina Kawasaki Frontale Augusto César Juninho Marcus Vinícius Diogo Tilico Kyoto Purple Sanga Biju Choi Yong-soo Kim Do-kyun Leandro Vieira Mito HollyHock Marquinho Francisco Fernández Hwang Hak-sun Montedio Yamagata Denni Léo San Omiya Ardija Baré Toninho Tuto Daniel Bueno Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Amaral Kim Geun-chol Ever Palacios Vegalta Sendai Fábio Nunes Silvinho Goce Sedloski Ryang Yong-gi Marcos Jozef Gašpar Ventforet Kofu Alair Lê Baron Careca Yokohama FC Jefferson Mathieu Boots Steven Tweed Satoshi Ōtomo
League format Twelve clubs played in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 44 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 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 top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/relegation series. Changes from previous year Inception of Pro/Rele series for the 3rd place.
Final league table
Final results
Promotion / relegation Playoff
Kashiwa Reysol won on 4-0 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Juninho Kawasaki Frontale 37 2 Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale 22 Hideo Ōshima Montedio Yamagata 22 4 Choi Yong-soo Kyoto Purple Sanga 20 Hisato Satō Vegalta Sendai 20 6 Marcus Vinícius Kawasaki Frontale 18 7 Baré Omiya Ardija 15 8 Baron Ventforet Kofu 14 9 Michiaki Kakimoto Shonan Bellmare 10 Hiroshi Morita Omiya Ardija 10
Attendance figures
References
External links rsssf.com