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Worst signing – Marcos Aurélio

Hard to look beyond Shimizu S-Pulse striker Marcos Aurélio, whose zero goals scored despite being the top-paid player at the club inevitably lead to his departure to Brazilian side Coritiba at the end of the season.

Most frequent flyer – Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka coach Akira Nishino could be forgiven for despising the sight of airport lounges after his team set off Madhur matka on a jet-setting cavalcade that would have made Marco Polo blush.

After winning the pointless Pan-Pacific Championships in Hawaii last February, Gamba’s main source of travel was the AFC Champions League, in which Gamba remarkably won every single one of their away games on trips to Australia, South Korea, Thailand and Syria, as Gamba deservedly lifted the Asian crown.

They also won the Emperor’s Cup for good measure, although an eighth place finish in the league provides an ominous warning for those wishing to achieve success both at home and abroad.

Thanks for coming – Consadole Sapporo

No team has been as unprepared for top flight football since, well, Yokohama FC the season before. Yet Consadole Sapporo were always going to face an uphill task.

Their collection of Hokkaido-born misfits and loan-signing cast-offs got off to an inauspicious start when they were belted 4-0 by Kashima Antlers on the opening day – Kashima missed two penalties in that game – and things rarely got much better as Sapporo notched up a mildly embarrasing four wins for the season.