Kashima Antlers defeated relegation condemned Consadole Sapporo 1-0 giving the Antlers their second consecutive J-League title. The lone goal came from Takuya Nozawa nine minutes before the break as he thundered home a strike from outside the area.
Kashima Antlers coach Oswaldo Oliveira commented of winning the title:
"It's not easy to win the title for a second straight year, so I'm really happy to achieve such a difficult goal. We have many excellent players and we were able to play in good conditions. This is a victory that remains in my mind throughout my life. We played some high-level games. That's why we were solid even when the times were tough," he added.
A product of the Antler system, Takuya Nozawa said after the match:
"We also won the title by winning the last game last season, but I feel something different in today's victory. We had some tough times and everybody did his best to get past those times with a strong will to win the title."
It was a sad day for Tokyo Verdy 1969 as they lost to Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 who finished second in the table. The match was decided with goals from Renatinho five minutes past the hour and Kengo Nakamura as time wound down. The loss for Verdy, combined with JEF's victory returns them to the purgatory of J-2. Nagoya Grampus Eight and Ōita Trinita played to a scoreless draw with the clubs finishing third and fourth respectively. Shimizu S-Pulse finished their season with a solid 3-1 victory over Kyoto Purple Sanga with Takuro Yajima opening the scoring with seven minutes before the break and Masaki Yamamoto doubling the margin within a minute. Kyoto pushed forward but Kazuki Hara made it 3-0 at the eighty-first minues with Atsushi Yanagisawa adding a consolation goal with five minutes remaining in the season. While few may have took notice, JEF United Ichihara-Chiba 4 - 2 defeat of six-place finisher FC Tokyo must be one of the great clutch performances of the season. With twelve minutes remaining and looking at relegation, JEF came back from a two goal deficit Tatsunori Arai scored with twelve minutes remaining, only to Tatsuya Tanizawa level within the minutes. The onslaught continued as Reinaldo scored three minutes later before Tatsuya added his second of the match with five minutes remaining. The stunning turnaround of JEF complete, with the victory they avoid relegation. While JEF can talk of a great finish, the Red Diamonds will look to the future as Yokohama F. Marinos humiliated them 6-1 at Saitama. Following Shingo Hyodo's goal at the twenty-third minute, Yokohama erupted with five unanswered goals after the break, two by Takanobu Komiyama and Ryuji Kawai each and a further by Hideo Oshima. Albirex Niigata defeated Gamba Osaka 3-2 with Jun Uchida adding the winner in added time. In a mid table battle Kashiwa Reysol defeated Vissel Kobe 2-0 Fereira Popo opening the scoring just before the other and the second coming moments later with an unfortunate own-goal. Júbilo Iwata defensive approach fell short as they lost to Omiya Ardija 1-0 as Daigo Kobayashi scored with fourteen minutes remaining. The loss forces Júbilo into the nerve-racking sixteenth position where they will now have to fight in a playoff battle to avoid relegation.
| J-League final standings | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| Kashima Antlers 鹿島アントラーズ | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 30 | 63 |
| Kawasaki Frontale 川崎フロンターレ | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 42 | 60 |
| Nagoya Grampus 名古屋グランパス | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 35 | 59 |
| Ōita Trinita 大分トリニータ | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 24 | 56 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse 清水エスパルス | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 42 | 55 |
| FC Tokyo ＦＣ東京 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 55 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds 浦和レッズ | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 42 | 53 |
| Gamba Osaka ガンバ大阪 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 50 |
| Yokohama F Marinos 横浜Ｆ・マリノス | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 32 | 48 |
| Vissel Kobe ヴィッセル神戸 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 38 | 47 |
| Kashiwa Reysol 柏レイソル | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 46 |
| Omiya Ardija 大宮アルディージャ | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 45 | 43 |
| Albirex Niigata アルビレックス新潟 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 42 |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga 京都サンガF.C. | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 46 | 41 |
| JEF United Ichihara-Chiba ジェフユナイテッド千葉 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 38 |
| Júbilo Iwata ジュビロ磐田 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 48 | 37 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 東京ヴェルディ | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 50 | 37 |
| Consadole Sapporo コンサドーレ札幌 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 70 | 18 |
