2000 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season	2000
Champions	Kashima Antlers; 3rd J.League title; 3rd Japanese title
Relegated	Kyoto Purple Sanga; Kawasaki Frontale
Asian Club Championship	Kashima Antlers
Matches played	240
Goals scored	712 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Masashi Nakayama (20 goals)
Highest attendance	50,399 - Antlers vs. Reysol (November 26)
Lowest attendance	2,738 - Vissel vs. Verdy (April 4)
Average attendance	11,065
	← 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	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	Roberto Torres				Dmitri Radchenko
Kashima Antlers	Bebeto	Bismarck	Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol	Maurício	Saša Drakulić	Hong Myung-bo	Hwang Sun-hong			Park Kun-ha
Kawasaki Frontale	Daniel Rossi	Luiz	Mazinho	Paulo Isidoro	Ricardinho		Pedrinho Guido Alvarenga
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Edinho Baiano	Régis Pitbull	Park Ji-sung				Fabrício
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Ueslei	Dragan Stojković	Tarik Oulida				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

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: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

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: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

December 3, 2000
15:02

Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Kashima Antlers

Attendance: 41,595

December 10, 2000
19:34

Kashima Antlers	3 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Suzuki 24' Narahashi 39' Nakata 44'

Attendance: 44,665

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	Relegated to the 2001 J.League Division 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1
^ ^a ^b Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2
^ 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
^ Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup