2000 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season2000
ChampionsKashima Antlers
3rd J.League title
3rd Japanese title
RelegatedKyoto Purple Sanga
Kawasaki Frontale
Asian Club ChampionshipKashima Antlers
Matches played240
Goals scored712 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerMasashi Nakayama (20 goals)
Highest attendance50,399 - Antlers vs. Reysol (November 26)
Lowest attendance2,738 - Vissel vs. Verdy (April 4)
Average attendance11,065
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 J.League Division 1 season was the eighth season of the J.League Division 1. The league began on March 11 and ended on November 26. At the end of the season, the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Yokohama F. Marinos who won the first stage.

Clubs

The following 16 clubs participated in Division 1 during 2000 season. Of these clubs, Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo were promoted from Division 2.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka Nestor Omar Piccoli
Cerezo Osaka Hiroshi Soejima
FC Tokyo Kiyoshi Okuma
Gamba Osaka Hiroshi Hayano
JEF United Ichihara Zdenko Verdenik
Júbilo Iwata Masakazu Suzuki
Kashima Antlers Toninho Cerezo
Kashiwa Reysol Akira Nishino
Kawasaki Frontale Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kyoto Purple Sanga Gert Engels
Nagoya Grampus Eight João Carlos
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse Steve Perryman
Verdy Kawasaki Chang Woe-ryong
Vissel Kobe Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. Marinos Osvaldo Ardiles

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Non-visa foreign Former players
Avispa Fukuoka David Bisconti Eduardo Bustos Montoya Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka Pericles Noh Jung-yoon Yoon Jong-hwan
FC Tokyo Amaral Tuto Sandro
Gamba Osaka Reginaldo Nino Bule Claude Dambury Andradina
JEF United Ichihara Baron Owusu Benson Cosmin Olăroiu Ovidiu Burcă
Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata Aleksandar Živković Arno van Zwam Dmitri Radchenko Roberto Torres
Kashima Antlers Bebeto Bismarck Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol Maurício Saša Drakulić Hong Myung-bo Hwang Sun-hong Park Kun-ha
Kawasaki Frontale Daniel Rossi Luiz Paulo Isidoro Ricardinho Mazinho
Pedrinho
Guido Alvarenga
Kyoto Purple Sanga Edinho Baiano Régis Pitbull Park Ji-sung Fabrício
Nagoya Grampus Eight Ueslei Dragan Stojković Tarik Oulida Ko Ishikawa Romildo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Steve Corica Tony Popovic Miguel Simão
Shimizu S-Pulse Fernando Oliva Santos Stuart Thurgood Alex Fabinho
Verdy Kawasaki Kim Do-keun Kim Hyun-seok Ryang Kyu-sa
Vissel Kobe Fabinho Choi Sung-yong Ha Seok-ju
Yokohama F. Marinos Edmílson Matias Goran Jurić Yoo Sang-chul Raul Maldonado
Abdeljalil Hadda
Sin Byung-ho

Overview

First stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 10 0 0 1 4 32 21 +11 30 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000
2 Cerezo Osaka 15 9 1 0 1 4 34 25 +9 29
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 8 2 0 1 4 21 17 +4 28
4 Kashiwa Reysol 15 6 4 0 1 4 25 22 +3 26
5 Júbilo Iwata[a] 15 7 2 0 3 3 32 25 +7 25
6 FC Tokyo[b] 15 7 1 0 1 6 24 22 +2 23
7 Vissel Kobe 15 7 0 1 1 6 21 17 +4 22
8 Kashima Antlers 15 6 2 0 0 7 20 17 +3 22
9 Verdy Kawasaki 15 5 2 1 3 4 26 23 +3 20
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 4 3 1 1 6 17 15 +2 19
11 JEF United Ichihara 15 6 0 1 2 6 22 22 0 19
12 Nagoya Grampus Eight[c] 15 4 3 1 2 5 17 18 −1 19
13 Gamba Osaka 15 5 0 2 2 6 20 23 −3 17
14 Avispa Fukuoka 15 3 3 0 1 8 19 28 −9 15
15 Kawasaki Frontale[b] 15 2 1 2 0 10 14 29 −15 10
16 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 2 0 1 4 8 16 36 −20 7
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2
  3. ^ Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers 15 9 1 4 1 0 28 10 +18 33 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000
2 Kashiwa Reysol 15 9 2 1 0 3 23 10 +13 32
3 Júbilo Iwata[a] 15 10 0 0 1 4 35 17 +18 30
4 Gamba Osaka 15 8 2 0 1 4 27 20 +7 28
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 7 1 1 1 5 24 24 0 24
6 Avispa Fukuoka 15 6 1 2 4 2 22 20 +2 22
7 Nagoya Grampus Eight[b] 15 7 0 1 2 5 25 27 −2 22
8 FC Tokyo[c] 15 5 2 1 1 6 23 19 +4 20
9 Cerezo Osaka 15 5 2 0 1 7 20 24 −4 19
10 Verdy Kawasaki 15 5 0 3 1 6 20 21 −1 18
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 5 1 1 3 5 23 25 −2 18
12 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 5 1 1 1 7 23 30 −7 18
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 2 3 2 0 8 13 19 −6 14
14 Vissel Kobe 15 3 1 0 1 10 19 32 −13 11
15 Kawasaki Frontale[c] 15 1 3 2 0 9 12 27 −15 11
16 JEF United Ichihara 15 2 1 1 3 8 15 27 −12 9
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup
  3. ^ a b Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2

Suntory Championship

Yokohama F. Marinos0 – 0Kashima Antlers
Attendance: 41,595
Kashima Antlers3 – 0Yokohama F. Marinos
Suzuki 24'
Narahashi 39'
Nakata 44'
Attendance: 44,665

Overall table

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers 30 15 3 4 1 7 48 27 +21 55 Champion and qualified to the Asian Club Championship 2001–02 First Round
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 17 1 1 2 9 56 45 +11 54
3 Kashiwa Reysol 30 15 6 1 1 7 48 32 +16 58
4 Júbilo Iwata[a] 30 17 2 0 4 7 67 42 +25 55
5 Cerezo Osaka 30 14 3 0 2 11 54 49 +5 48
6 Gamba Osaka 30 13 2 2 3 10 47 43 +4 45
7 FC Tokyo[b] 30 12 3 1 2 12 47 41 +6 43
8 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 10 5 2 1 12 34 36 −2 42 Runners-Up 2000 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2002 Second Round[c]
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight[d] 30 11 3 2 4 10 42 45 −3 41
10 Verdy Kawasaki 30 10 2 4 4 10 46 44 +2 38
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 9 4 2 4 11 40 40 0 37
12 Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 4 2 5 10 41 48 −7 37
13 Vissel Kobe 30 10 1 1 2 16 40 49 −9 33
14 JEF United Ichihara 30 8 1 2 5 14 37 49 −12 28
15 Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 7 1 2 5 15 39 66 −27 25 Relegated to the 2001 J.League Division 2
16 Kawasaki Frontale[b] 30 3 4 4 0 19 26 56 −30 21
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2
  3. ^ Kashima Antlers is Winner of the Emperor's Cup 2000 and has qualified as Champion of J.League 2000 to the Asian Club Championship 2001–02, therefore Shimizu S-Pulse got the spot as Runners-Up in Emperor's Cup 2000 to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2002 Second Round
  4. ^ Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup

References

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