#	Team	MP	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1.	Albirex Niigata	42	25	9	8	73:35	38	84
2.	Yokohama FC	42	23	11	8	66:49	17	80
3.	Okayama	42	20	12	10	61:42	19	72
4.	Kumamoto	42	18	13	11	58:48	10	67
5.	Oita Trinita	42	17	15	10	62:52	10	66
6.	Montedio Yamagata	42	17	13	12	62:40	22	64
7.	Vegalta Sendai	42	18	9	15	67:59	8	63
8.	Tokushima	42	13	23	6	48:35	13	62
9.	Verdy	42	16	13	13	62:55	7	61
10.	Chiba	42	17	10	15	44:42	2	61
11.	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	15	11	16	50:54	-4	56
12.	Blaublitz	42	15	11	16	39:46	-7	56
13.	Mito	42	14	12	16	47:46	1	54
14.	Kanazawa	42	13	13	16	56:69	-13	52
15.	Machida	42	14	9	19	51:50	1	51
16.	Renofa Yamaguchi	42	13	11	18	51:54	-3	50
17.	Tochigi SC	42	11	16	15	32:40	-8	49
18.	Kofu	42	11	15	16	47:54	-7	48
19.	Omiya Ardija	42	10	13	19	48:64	-16	43
20.	Kusatsu	42	11	9	22	36:57	-21	42
21.	Ryukyu	42	8	13	21	41:65	-24	37
22.	Grulla Morioka	42	9	7	26	35:80	-45	34