# 2009 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 2009

## J.League Division 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers (C) | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 66 | Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 60 | Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 56 | Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 5 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 53 | |
| 6 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 52 | |
| 7 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 51 | |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 50 | |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Júbilo Iwata | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 41 | |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 41 | |
| 13 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 39 | |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 39 | |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 39 | |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to 2010 J.League Division 2 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 30 | Relegation to 2010 J.League Division 2 |
| 18 | JEF United Chiba (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 27 | Relegation to 2010 J.League Division 2 |
* ↑ Sanfrecce Hiroshima received fourth Japanese berth in the group stage of the 2010 AFC Champions League because Gamba Osaka, the winners of the 2009 Emperor's Cup, has been already qualified for ACL through J.League championship.

## J.League Division 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai (C, P) | 51 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 106 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka (P) | 51 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 100 | 53 | +47 | 104 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 3 | Shonan Bellmare (P) | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 98 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 97 | |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 51 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 88 | |
| 6 | Consadole Sapporo | 51 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 79 | |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 51 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 74 | |
| 8 | Mito HollyHock | 51 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 79 | −9 | 73 | |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 51 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 72 | |
| 10 | Thespa Kusatsu | 51 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 64 | 76 | −12 | 65 | |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 51 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 65 | |
| 12 | FC Gifu | 51 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 62 | |
| 13 | Kataller Toyama | 51 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 61 | |
| 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 51 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 58 | |
| 15 | Ehime FC | 51 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 47 | |
| 16 | Yokohama FC | 51 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 70 | −27 | 44 | |
| 17 | Tochigi SC | 51 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 37 | |
| 18 | Fagiano Okayama | 51 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 84 | −44 | 36 | |

## Japan Football League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sagawa Shiga (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 66 | |
| 2 | Yokogawa Musashino | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 59 | |
| 4 | New Wave Kitakyushu (P) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 58 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 2 |
| 5 | Gainare Tottori | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 56 | |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 54 | |
| 7 | Honda FC | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 51 | |
| 8 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 48 | |
| 9 | SP Kyoto | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 47 | |
| 10 | TDK SC | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 46 | |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 44 | |
| 12 | JEF Reserves | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 41 | |
| 13 | Honda Lock | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 | |
| 14 | Arte Takasaki | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 40 | |
| 15 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 40 | |
| 16 | FC Ryukyu | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 38 | |
| 17 | FC Kariya (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 31 | Promotion/relegation Series |
| 18 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 18 | Relegation to Okayama prefectural league |
* 1 2 3 4 Occupied one of the top 4 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2009 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
* 1 2 J. League Associate Membership and submitted applications to J. League board by 30 September.
* ↑ Must hold J. League Associate Membership and submit applications to J. League board by 30 September, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted. V-Varen Nagasaki and Machida Zelvia, both associate members, announced that they would not submit applications for this year due to some unresolved problems pointed out by J. League at the preliminary review.
* ↑ Series' occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.
* ↑ Mitsubishi Mizushima F.C. submitted a letter to JFL headquarters on 30 September regarding withdrawal from JFL by the end of 2009 season regardless of their 2009 results due to "various factors including recent economic slump." However, Chugoku Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues, declined to accept Mizushima as its 2010 league member because of their voluntary withdrawal from JFL. Therefore, the highest division which Mizushima will be able to play in 2010 season is Okayama prefectural league division 1.

## National team (Men)
### Results
### Players statistics

| Player | -2008 | 01.20 | 01.28 | 02.04 | 02.11 | 03.28 | 05.27 | 05.31 | 06.06 | 06.10 | 06.17 | 09.05 | 09.09 | 10.08 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 2009 | Total |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 82(22) | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(2) | 93(24) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 82(15) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 14(2) | 96(17) |
| Yasuhito Endō | 73(7) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 12(0) | 85(7) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 70(4) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | - | O | - | 4(1) | 74(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 63(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 69(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 53(13) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | 10(1) | 63(14) |
| Yūichi Komano | 40(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(0) | 49(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 35(8) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 38(8) |
| Yoshito Ōkubo | 33(5) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 42(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 33(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 41(3) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 29(3) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | - | - | 12(2) | 41(5) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 26(0) | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 33(0) |
| Hisato Satō | 25(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | 3(1) | 28(4) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 19(4) | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 13(2) | 32(6) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 16(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(1) | 27(1) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 14(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 27(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 13(1) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | 8(0) | 21(1) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 12(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(3) |
| Kisho Yano | 12(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 7(1) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | - | - | 11(2) | 18(3) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 6(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 6(0) | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 13(0) |
| Michihiro Yasuda | 5(0) | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 6(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 4(0) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(3) | - | O(3) | O | O(1) | 16(15) | 20(15) |
| Shuhei Terada | 4(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 3(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(2) |
| Ryōta Tsuzuki | 3(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Kazumichi Takagi | 3(0) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 2(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 8(0) | 10(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 1(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | 10(3) | 11(3) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 8(0) |
| Takeshi Aoki | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Satoshi Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoki Yamada | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daiki Iwamasa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## National team (Women)
### Players statistics

| Player | -2008 | 07.29 | 08.01 | 11.14 | 2009 | Total |
| Homare Sawa | 145(72) | - | - | O | 1(0) | 146(72) |
| Nozomi Yamago | 86(0) | - | O | O | 2(0) | 88(0) |
| Eriko Arakawa | 68(20) | - | - | O | 1(0) | 69(20) |
| Aya Miyama | 68(19) | - | - | O(1) | 1(1) | 69(20) |
| Kozue Ando | 68(10) | O | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 71(11) |
| Shinobu Ono | 65(25) | O | O(1) | O(1) | 3(2) | 68(27) |
| Karina Maruyama | 58(13) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 60(13) |
| Yuki Nagasato | 52(28) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 55(28) |
| Kyoko Yano | 51(1) | - | - | O | 1(0) | 52(1) |
| Azusa Iwashimizu | 41(5) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 44(5) |
| Yukari Kinga | 37(1) | O | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 40(2) |
| Rumi Utsugi | 26(4) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 29(4) |
| Yuka Miyazaki | 17(2) | - | O | - | 1(0) | 18(2) |
| Nayuha Toyoda | 17(0) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 19(0) |
| Ayako Kitamoto | 9(3) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 12(3) |
| Ayumi Kaihori | 3(0) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Aya Sameshima | 2(1) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 5(1) |
| Nahomi Kawasumi | 1(0) | O | O | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Mami Yamaguchi | 1(0) | - | O(1) | - | 1(1) | 2(1) |
| Asano Nagasato | 0(0) | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Miwa Yonetsu | 0(0) | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Maiko Nasu | 0(0) | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Megumi Kamionobe | 0(0) | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |