2000 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2
Season2000
ChampionsConsadole Sapporo
1st J2 title
4th D2 title
PromotedConsadole Sapporo
Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches played220
Goals scored610 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerEmerson Sheik (31 goals)
Highest attendance20,207[1]
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu
(19 November 1999)
Lowest attendance721[1]
Mito HollyHock 1–4 Sagan Tosu
(2 August 2000)
Total attendance1,340,820
Average attendance6,095
1999
2001

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2000 season.

Overview

It was contested by 11 teams, and Consadole Sapporo won the championship.

Clubs

The following 11 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2000 season.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Yoshikazu Nagai
Consadole Sapporo Takeshi Okada
Mito HollyHock Branko Babić
Montedio Yamagata Shigeharu Ueki
Oita Trinita Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare Hisashi Kato
Urawa Red Diamonds Kenzo Yokoyama
Vegalta Sendai Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu Yuji Tsukada

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Former players
Albirex Niigata Marco Túlio Nasa Serjão
Consadole Sapporo Almir Biju Emerson Sheik
Mito HollyHock Cléber João Paulo Leandro Perez Michael Yano
Montedio Yamagata Washington Edwin Ifeanyi Jeferson
Oita Trinita Andradina Sidiclei Will André
Gugu
Valdney
Omiya Ardija Jorginho Mark Burke Jan Veenhof
Sagan Tosu André Gugu Pak Yong-ho
Shonan Bellmare Branko Hucika Ángel Ortiz Daniel Sanabria Vitaliy Parakhnevych
Urawa Red Diamonds Adiel Andrzej Kubica Fernando Picun Željko Petrović
Vegalta Sendai Ricardo Slobodan Dubajić Satoshi Ōtomo Rodrigo
Ventforet Kofu Sandro Zamboni Ovidiu Burcă Kim Hwang-jung
Kim Myung-hwi
Antônio

Final table

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Consadole Sapporo (C) 40 27 4 5 0 4 71 22 +49 94 Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1
2 Urawa Red Diamonds[a] 40 23 5 3 2 7 82 40 +42 82 Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1
3 Oita Trinita 40 26 0 3 3 8 80 38 +42 81
4 Omiya Ardija 40 21 2 1 2 14 55 49 +6 68
5 Vegalta Sendai 40 15 4 2 4 15 60 69 −9 55
6 Sagan Tosu 40 13 2 5 5 15 41 52 −11 48
7 Albirex Niigata 40 11 4 5 2 18 54 63 −9 46
8 Shonan Bellmare[a] 40 12 3 1 7 17 59 71 −12 43
9 Mito HollyHock[b] 40 9 6 4 2 19 37 61 −24 43
10 Montedio Yamagata 40 9 2 2 3 24 40 61 −21 33
11 Ventforet Kofu 40 5 0 3 2 30 31 84 −53 18
Source:
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Relegated from 1999 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ Promoted from 1999 JFL

Top scorers

As of 19 November 2000
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Emerson Sheik Consadole Sapporo 31
2 Will Oita Trinita 22
3 Naoki Naruo Albirex Niigata 17
4 Jorginho Omiya Ardija 15
Ryūji Bando Consadole Sapporo
6 Yoshika Matsubara Shonan Bellmare 12
Yuichiro Nagai Urawa Red Diamonds
8 Masakiyo Maezono Shonan Bellmare 11
Shingo Suzuki Albirex Niigata
Andrzej Kubica Urawa Red Diamonds

Attendances

# Football club Total attendance Home games Average Highest Lowest
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 338,457 20 16,923 20,207 13,408
2 Consadole Sapporo 258,206 20 12,910 19,863 3,162
3 Vegalta Sendai 177,697 20 8,885 18,706 5,033
4 Shonan Bellmare 99,362 20 4,968 14,868 2,186
5 Oita Trinita 96,368 20 4,818 14,639 1,863
6 Albirex Niigata 80,139 20 4,007 11,662 1,786
7 Sagan Tosu 74,289 20 3,714 10,177 1,869
8 Montedio Yamagata 69,352 20 3,468 11,671 1,252
9 Omiya Ardija 69,531 20 3,477 9,499 844
10 Mito HollyHock 40,415 20 2,021 6,155 721
11 Ventforet Kofu 37,004 20 1,850 6,005 724

Source:[1]

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