Sunday October 25
Kawasaki Frontale 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
Nagoya Grampus 3 Jubilo Iwata 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 FC Tokyo 2
Urawa Reds 0 Omiya Ardija 3
Saturday October 24
Gamba Osaka 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0
Kashima Antlers 3 JEF United Chiba 0
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Montedio Yamagata 1
Kyoto Sanga 1 Oita Trinita 1
Vissel Kobe 1 Albirex Niigata 0
Kawasaki Frontale lead the J-League after 30 rounds of the J1 championship following an incredible
7-0 thrashing of Sanfrecce.
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Sunday September 27
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Vissel Kobe 0
Urawa Reds 1 Yokohama F Marinos 2
Saturday September 26
FC Tokyo 3 Jubilo Iwata 2
Gamba Osaka 2 Kawasaki Frontale 1
JEF United Chiba 1 Montedio Yamagata 2
Kashima Antlers 1 Nagoya Grampus 4
Kyoto Sanga 1, Omiya Ardija 3
Oita Trinita 0 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Albirex Niigata 2
Kashima Antlers remain top of the J-League but now only by a single point as the season approches
its traditionally tight finish.
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Sunday, 3 August
Kawasaki Frontale 2 FC Tokyo 1
Yokohama F Marinos 3 Kyoto Sanga 0
Albirex Niigata 0 Omiya Ardija 0
Jubilo Iwata 3 JEF United Chiba 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Kashima Antlers 0
Oita Trinita 2 Nagoya Grampus 1
Saturday, 2 August
Montedio Yamagata 1 Gamba Osaka 1
Urawa Reds 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Vissel Kobe 1
Kashima Antlers still top the J-League followed Kawasaki Frontale, Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds.
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Kyoto Sanga V. Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2-0)
37' Someya
67' Mizumoto
Kyoto pulled out a good win. Rookie Someya dribbled past a couple of players and took a shot that
deflected off a Hiroshima defender. Mizumoto put in a nice header off a freekick.
Jubilo Iwata V. Kashiwa Reysol (2-3)
20' Naruoka
29' Suganuma
58' Nishi
63' Suganuma
89' Lee
Kashiwa Reysol finally got an away win.
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This was an exciting week of matches with a few key upsets.
Kawasaki Frontale V. Oita Trinita (2-0)
26' Renatinho
61' Renatinho
Oita's terrible run continues with 11 loses in a row in league. Renatinho scored a brace for
Kawasaki. One from a nice run combined with a good through pass from Yabu and the second was a
header from a Yokoyama cross.
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Bottom club JEF United stunned table topping Kashima Antlers as the J. League resumed following the
week-long All-Star break, winning 3-1 at a packed Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba.
Australian defender Eddy Bosnar opened the scoring for United with a thunderbolt free-kick just
before half-time, but it was talismanic striker Seiichiro Maki who stole the show, steering home
two superb headers after the interval.
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Editor's note: This is the final part of furtho's brilliant three part series on Omiya Ardija, a
Japanese team living in the shadow of their near neighbours, the Urawa Reds. Read the first part
here, which looked at Omiya's remarkable promotion to the top Japanese division, a joy tempered as
their inadequate stadium was demolished [.
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Editor's note: This is the second part in a three part series by furtho looking at Omiya Ardija, a
Japanese team living in the shadow of their near neighbours, the Urawa Reds. Read the first part
here, which looked at Omiya's remarkable promotion to the top Japanese division, a joy tempered as
their inadequate stadium [.
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Editor's note: Urawa Reds spent the past week basking in the global spotlight at the World Club
Cup, but there's more to Japanese football than them as Furtho explains in part one of a three part
series looking at "Squirrel Nation". The Derby There's half an hour to go before kick-off. Away
behind one goal, a huddled [.
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