2001 J.League Division 1

9th season of J1 League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2001 J.League Division 1 season was the ninth season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. The league began on March 10 and ended on November 24. At the end of the season, the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Júbilo Iwata who won the first stage.

Season2001
ChampionsKashima Antlers
4th J.League title
4th Japanese title
PromotedUrawa Red Diamonds
Consadole Sapporo
RelegatedAvispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
J.League Division 1
Season2001
ChampionsKashima Antlers
4th J.League title
4th Japanese title
PromotedUrawa Red Diamonds
Consadole Sapporo
RelegatedAvispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
AFC Champions LeagueKashima Antlers
Shimizu S-Pulse (as Emperor's Cup winner)
Matches240
Goals788 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerWill (24 goals)
Highest attendance60,553 - Reds vs. Marinos (13 October)
Lowest attendance4,014 - JEF Utd. vs. Gamba (31 October)
Average attendance16,548
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Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2001 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Urawa Red Diamonds were promoted from Division 2.

Personnel

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ClubHead coach
Avispa FukuokaArgentina Nestor Omar Piccoli
Cerezo OsakaJapan Akihiro Nishimura
Consadole SapporoJapan Takeshi Okada
FC TokyoJapan Kiyoshi Okuma
Gamba OsakaJapan Kazuhiko Takemoto
JEF United IchiharaSlovenia Zdenko Verdenik
Júbilo IwataJapan Masakazu Suzuki
Kashima AntlersBrazil Toninho Cerezo
Kashiwa ReysolEngland Steve Perryman
Nagoya Grampus EightJapan Tetsuro Miura
Sanfrecce HiroshimaRussia Valery Nepomnyashchy
Shimizu S-PulseFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Zemunović
Tokyo Verdy 1969Japan Yukitaka Omi
Urawa Red DiamondsBrazil Pita
Vissel KobeJapan Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. MarinosBrazil Sebastião Lazaroni
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Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players
Avispa Fukuoka Argentina Claudio Biaggio Argentina David Bisconti South Korea Noh Jung-yoon Argentina Martín Vilallonga
Romania Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka Brazil Cláudio Brazil Wágner South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan Brazil Marcelo Rosa
Brazil Washington
South Korea Kim Do-keun
South Korea Noh Jung-yoon
Consadole Sapporo Brazil Adalto Brazil Biju Brazil Will Brazil Almir
FC Tokyo Brazil Amaral Brazil Kelly Brazil Sandro
Gamba Osaka Brazil Reginaldo Croatia Mirko Hrgović Croatia Nino Bule French Guiana Claude Dambury
JEF United Ichihara Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Mujčin Slovenia Željko Milinovič South Korea Choi Yong-soo South Korea Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Živković Netherlands Arno van Zwam
Kashima Antlers Brazil Augusto César Brazil Bismarck Brazil Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol South Korea Hong Myung-bo South Korea Hwang Sun-hong South Korea Yoo Sang-chul
Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Marcelo Ramos Brazil Ueslei Netherlands Tarik Oulida Bolivia Ko Ishikawa Brazil Adriano Pimenta Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Australia Steve Corica Ukraine Serhiy Skachenko Uzbekistan Oleg Pashinin Brazil Marcus Tulio Tanaka
North Korea Ri Han-jae		 Australia Tony Popovic
Shimizu S-Pulse Argentina Fernando Oliva Brazil Baron Brazil Alex Brazil Alair
Tokyo Verdy 1969 Brazil Edmundo Brazil Emerson Brazil Marquinhos
Urawa Red Diamonds Brazil Adriano Gerlin Brazil Emerson Sheik Brazil Tuto Brazil Harison Brazil Donizete Oliveira
Vissel Kobe Brazil Daniel Brazil Santos Brazil Sidiclei
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Dutra Brazil Marco Brito Brazil Nasa Brazil Leandro Simioni
Uruguay Marcelo Lipatín
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Overview

First stage

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Júbilo Iwata 15 9 4 1 1 0 32 12 +20 36 Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2 JEF United Ichihara 15 7 3 0 2 3 35 26 +9 27
3 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 5 5 2 0 3 29 20 +9 27
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 6 4 0 2 3 28 18 +10 26
5 Gamba Osaka 15 7 2 0 3 3 29 22 +7 25
6 Kashiwa Reysol 15 6 2 0 2 5 29 23 +6 22
7 Urawa Red Diamonds[a] 15 6 1 1 1 6 24 22 +2 21
8 Consadole Sapporo[a] 15 6 0 3 2 4 20 21 −1 21
9 FC Tokyo 15 5 3 0 0 7 18 19 −1 21
10 Vissel Kobe 15 5 1 2 3 4 16 20 −4 19
11 Kashima Antlers[b] 15 5 1 1 3 5 21 23 −2 18
12 Avispa Fukuoka 15 4 1 0 2 8 13 25 −12 14
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 3 2 0 2 8 25 33 −8 13
14 Cerezo Osaka 15 3 0 2 2 8 22 31 −9 11
15 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 3 0 2 3 7 13 24 −11 11
16 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 2 2 0 3 8 16 31 −15 10
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Source: [citation needed]
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Results

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Home \ Away ANT FMA REY JÚB CER GAM TOK SSP GRA VER SFR AVI VIS JEF CON RED
Kashima Antlers 2–0 3–2OT 1–2 3–4OT 2–1 2–0 0–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 1–2OT 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–1OT 0–1
Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1OT 1–0 5–1 3–2
Júbilo Iwata 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1OT 2–1OT 4–1 2–1OT
Cerezo Osaka 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–2OT 2–1 3–0 1–2
Gamba Osaka 3–1 3–2 3–2OT 2–1 0–1OT 2–3OT 5–0 3–4OT
FC Tokyo 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1OT 1–2 0–3 2–1
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0OT 1–2OT 5–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 1–0OT
Nagoya Grampus Eight 2–1OT 1–1 1–4 3–1 2–1OT 3–2OT 0–2 2–0
Tokyo Verdy 1969 2–1OT 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–0OT 1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 3–2OT 2–3 3–0 3–2OT 2–3 1–0 1–3
Avispa Fukuoka 0–2 1–0OT 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–3OT 0–2
Vissel Kobe 2–2 3–1 0–1OT 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2OT
JEF United Ichihara 2–0 2–0 2–3OT 4–2 2–0 1–2OT 1–3 4–1
Consadole Sapporo 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–3OT
Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–0
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers[a] 15 10 3 0 0 2 36 19 +17 36 Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2 Júbilo Iwata 15 9 4 0 0 2 31 14 +17 35
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 8 0 0 0 7 36 27 +9 24
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 5 4 0 1 5 34 27 +7 23
5 JEF United Ichihara 15 7 0 2 0 6 25 28 −3 23
6 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 7 0 1 1 6 27 25 +2 22
7 Kashiwa Reysol 15 6 0 3 0 6 29 23 +6 21
8 FC Tokyo 15 5 0 5 1 4 29 28 +1 20
9 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 6 0 2 2 5 22 26 −4 20
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 4 2 3 3 3 19 20 −1 19
11 Gamba Osaka 15 5 0 2 1 7 21 26 −5 17
12 Urawa Red Diamonds[b] 15 4 0 3 3 5 20 24 −4 15
13 Vissel Kobe 15 3 0 5 1 6 25 32 −7 14
14 Consadole Sapporo[b] 15 3 1 2 2 7 23 29 −6 13
15 Avispa Fukuoka 15 3 1 2 3 6 22 31 −9 13
16 Cerezo Osaka 15 2 3 0 0 10 19 39 −20 12
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Results

Suntory Championship

1st Leg
More information Júbilo Iwata, 2–2 ...
Júbilo Iwata2–2Kashima Antlers
Hattori 11'
Nakayama 54'		 Report Akita 80'
Hirase 83'
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Attendance: 32,368
2nd Leg
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Kashima Antlers1–0 (a.e.t.)Júbilo Iwata
Ogasawara gold-colored football 100' Report
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Attendance: 40,115

Kashima Antlers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers[a] 30 15 4 1 3 7 57 42 +15 54 Champion and qualified to the AFC Champions League 2002–03 Group stage
2 Júbilo Iwata 30 18 8 1 1 2 63 26 +37 71
3 JEF United Ichihara 30 14 3 2 2 9 60 54 +6 50
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 11 8 0 3 8 62 45 +17 49 Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the AFC Champions League 2002–03 Qualification Round 2
5 Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 12 5 3 1 9 56 45 +11 49
6 Kashiwa Reysol 30 12 2 3 2 11 58 46 +12 43
7 Gamba Osaka 30 12 2 2 4 10 50 48 +2 42
8 FC Tokyo 30 10 3 5 1 11 47 47 0 41
9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 11 2 0 2 15 61 60 +1 37
10 Urawa Red Diamonds[b] 30 10 1 4 4 11 44 46 −2 36
11 Consadole Sapporo[b] 30 9 1 5 4 11 43 50 −7 34
12 Vissel Kobe 30 8 1 7 4 10 41 52 −11 33
13 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 7 2 5 6 10 32 44 −12 30
14 Tokyo Verdy 1969 30 8 2 2 5 13 38 57 −19 30
15 Avispa Fukuoka 30 7 2 2 5 14 35 56 −21 27 Relegated to the 2002 J.League Division 2
16 Cerezo Osaka 30 5 3 2 2 18 41 70 −29 23
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Awards

Individual

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AwardRecipientClub
Player of the YearJapan Toshiya Fujita[1]Júbilo Iwata
Young Player of the YearJapan Koji Yamase[1]Consadole Sapporo
Manager of the YearJapan Masakazu Suzuki[1]Júbilo Iwata
Top ScorerBrazil Will[1]Consadole Sapporo
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Best Eleven

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PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKArno van Zwam (1)Júbilo Iwata Netherlands
DFYutaka Akita (4)Kashima Antlers Japan
DFAkira Narahashi (1)Kashima Antlers Japan
DFGo Oiwa (1)Júbilo Iwata Japan
MFToshiya Fujita (2)Júbilo Iwata Japan
MFTakashi Fukunishi (2)Júbilo Iwata Japan
MFToshihiro Hattori (1)Júbilo Iwata Japan
MFKōji Nakata (1)Kashima Antlers Japan
MFMitsuo Ogasawara (1)Kashima Antlers Japan
FWWill (1)Consadole Sapporo Brazil
FWAtsushi Yanagisawa (2)Kashima Antlers Japan
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* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

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