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2001 J.League Division 1

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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.

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)
Matches played240
Goals scored788 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerWill (24 goals)
Highest attendance60,553 - Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Yokohama F. Marinos (13 October)
Lowest attendance4,014 - JEF United Ichihara vs. Gamba Osaka (31 October)
Average attendance16,548
← 2000
2002 →

Clubs

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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.

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players
Avispa Fukuoka   Claudio Biaggio   David Bisconti   Noh Jung-yoon   Martín Vilallonga
  Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka   Cláudio   Wágner   Washington   Yoon Jong-hwan   Marcelo Rosa
  Kim Do-keun
  Noh Jung-yoon
Consadole Sapporo   Adalto   Biju   Will   Almir
FC Tokyo   Amaral   Kelly   Sandro
Gamba Osaka   Reginaldo   Mirko Hrgović   Nino Bule   Claude Dambury
JEF United Ichihara   Edin Mujčin   Željko Milinovič   Choi Yong-soo   Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata   Aleksandar Živković   Arno van Zwam
Kashima Antlers   Augusto César   Bismarck   Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol   Hong Myung-bo   Hwang Sun-hong   Yoo Sang-chul
Nagoya Grampus Eight   Marcelo Ramos   Ueslei   Dragan Stojković   Tarik Oulida   Adriano Pimenta
Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Steve Corica   Oleg Pashinin   Marcus Tulio Tanaka
  Ri Han-jae 		  Tony Popovic
  Serhiy Skachenko
Shimizu S-Pulse   Fernando Oliva   Baron   Alex   Alair
Tokyo Verdy 1969   Edmundo   Emerson   Marquinhos
Urawa Red Diamonds   Adriano Gerlin   Emerson Sheik   Harison   Tuto   Donizete Oliveira
Vissel Kobe   Daniel   Santos   Sidiclei
Yokohama F. Marinos   Dutra   Marco Brito   Nasa   Marcelo Lipatín   Leandro Simioni

Overview

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2
  2. ^ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup

Results

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
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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

Results

Suntory Championship

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1st Leg
Júbilo Iwata2–2Kashima Antlers
Hattori   11'
Nakayama   54'		 Report Akita   80'
Hirase   83'
Attendance: 32,368
2nd Leg
Kashima Antlers1–0 (a.e.t.)Júbilo Iwata
Ogasawara   100' Report
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
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

Awards

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Individual

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Award Recipient Club
Player of the Year   Toshiya Fujita Júbilo Iwata
Young Player of the Year   Koji Yamase Consadole Sapporo
Manager of the Year   Masakazu Suzuki Júbilo Iwata
Top Scorer   Will Consadole Sapporo

Best Eleven

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Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Arno van Zwam (1) Júbilo Iwata   Netherlands
DF Yutaka Akita (4) Kashima Antlers   Japan
DF Akira Narahashi (1) Kashima Antlers   Japan
DF Go Oiwa (1) Júbilo Iwata   Japan
MF Toshiya Fujita (2) Júbilo Iwata   Japan
MF Takashi Fukunishi (2) Júbilo Iwata   Japan
MF Toshihiro Hattori (1) Júbilo Iwata   Japan
MF Kōji Nakata (1) Kashima Antlers   Japan
MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (1) Kashima Antlers   Japan
FW Will (1) Consadole Sapporo   Brazil
FW Atsushi Yanagisawa (2) Kashima Antlers   Japan

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

References

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