2002 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season	2002
Champions	Júbilo Iwata; 3rd J.League title; 4th Japanese title
Relegated	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Consadole Sapporo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	683 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Naohiro Takahara (26 goals)
Highest attendance	57,902 Urawa Reds vs. Júbilo (July 13)
Lowest attendance	3,287 JEF Utd. vs Vegalta (September 18）
Average attendance	16,368
	← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 season was the tenth season since the establishment of the J.League. The league began on March 2, 2002 and ended on November 30, 2002. The Suntory Championship was not held, because Júbilo Iwata was winner of both stages. At the end of the season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo were relegated to J2.

General

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2001 season, Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vegalta Sendai were promoted to J1.
At the end of the 2001 season, Avispa Fukuoka and Cerezo Osaka were relegated to J2.

Changes in competition formats

Extra time was scratched for J.League Division 2. After regulation time, clubs in J2 now receives 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, and 0pts for a loss. (NOTE: J1 still has extra time)

Changes in clubs

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Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J.League Division 1	Júbilo Iwata	Yokohama F. Marinos	Gamba Osaka
J.League Division 2	Oita Trinita	Cerezo Osaka	Albirex Niigata
Emperor's Cup	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kashima Antlers	JEF United Ichihara Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nabisco Cup	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Red Diamonds	Gamba Osaka Shimizu S-Pulse
XEROX Super Cup	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima Antlers

Clubs

Location of the clubs in Japan

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2002 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vegalta Sendai were promoted from Division 2.

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Consadole Sapporo	Biju	Jadílson	Luis Robson	Srđan Baljak			Max Sandro
FC Tokyo	Amaral	Jean	Kelly			Oh Jang-eun	Marcelo Mattos
Gamba Osaka	Fabinho	Magrão	Marcelinho Carioca
JEF United Ichihara	Ľubomír Moravčík	Željko Milinovič	Choi Yong-soo		Kim Wi-man		Edin Mujčin
Júbilo Iwata	Rodrigo Gral	Aleksandar Živković	Arno van Zwam			Kim Geun-chol
Kashima Antlers	Augusto César	Euller	Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol	César Sampaio	Edílson	Ricardinho Santos			Ricardinho Oliveira	Hwang Sun-hong Yoo Sang-chul
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Daniel Sanabria	An Hyo-yeon	Park Ji-sung			Richard Estigarribia	Ned Zelic
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Ivica Vastić	Ueslei	Andrej Panadić				Marcelo Ramos Tarik Oulida Jeong Yong-dae
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Michel Pensée	Tomislav Erceg			Marcus Tulio Tanaka Ri Han-jae		Neško Milovanović
Shimizu S-Pulse	Srđan Pecelj	Baron	Ahn Jung-hwan			Juninho	Alair Igor Cvitanović
Tokyo Verdy 1969	Alexandre Lopes	Edmundo	Marquinhos
Urawa Red Diamonds	Ned Zelic	Emerson Sheik	Tuto				Harison
Vegalta Sendai	Marcos	Ricardo	Silvinho
Vissel Kobe	Daniel	Harison	Oséas	Sidiclei			Ataliba
Yokohama F. Marinos	Dutra	Nasa	Will			Léo Paulista

Overview

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Júbilo Iwata	15	9	4	1	1	39	17	+22	36	Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	8	3	3	1	28	11	+17	33
3	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	9	1	0	5	28	18	+10	29
4	Gamba Osaka	15	8	1	1	5	35	19	+16	27
5	Kashima Antlers^[a]	15	9	0	0	6	21	18	+3	27
6	Kyoto Purple Sanga^[b]	15	5	4	1	5	26	18	+8	24
7	Shimizu S-Pulse^[c]	15	5	3	3	4	17	19	−2	24
8	JEF United Ichihara	15	6	1	3	5	22	23	−1	23
9	Vegalta Sendai^[b]	15	6	1	0	8	23	27	−4	20
10	FC Tokyo	15	5	0	2	8	23	27	−4	17
11	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	3	2	1	9	21	24	−3	14
12	Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	2	3	1	9	15	24	−9	13
13	Vissel Kobe	15	3	1	1	10	12	22	−10	12
14	Kashiwa Reysol	15	3	1	0	11	20	31	−11	11
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	3	0	1	11	14	26	−12	10
16	Consadole Sapporo	15	2	0	0	13	15	35	−20	6

Source: J.League Data Site
Notes:

^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
^ ^a ^b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Júbilo Iwata	15	9	4	0	2	33	13	+20	35	Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2	Gamba Osaka	15	7	3	0	5	24	13	+11	27
3	Kashima Antlers^[a]	15	8	1	0	6	25	21	+4	26
4	Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	6	2	2	5	26	19	+7	24
5	FC Tokyo	15	6	2	0	7	20	19	+1	22
6	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	5	3	1	6	16	16	0	22
7	Kyoto Purple Sanga^[b]	15	6	2	0	7	18	24	−6	22
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	4	4	1	6	20	14	+6	21
9	Kashiwa Reysol	15	6	0	3	6	18	17	+1	21
10	Vissel Kobe	15	5	1	2	7	21	22	−1	19
11	JEF United Ichihara	15	6	0	0	9	16	19	−3	18
12	Shimizu S-Pulse^[c]	15	5	1	0	9	16	24	−8	17
13	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	5	0	1	9	21	23	−2	16
14	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	4	1	2	8	18	21	−3	16
15	Vegalta Sendai^[b]	15	3	1	1	10	17	30	−13	12
16	Consadole Sapporo	15	2	1	1	11	15	29	−14	9

Source: J.League Data Site
Notes:

^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
^ ^a ^b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Championship

The Suntory Championship was not held, because Júbilo Iwata was winner of both stages.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Júbilo Iwata	30	18	8	1	3	72	30	+42	71	Champion and qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League^[a]
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	30	13	6	4	7	44	27	+17	55
3	Gamba Osaka	30	15	4	1	10	59	32	+27	54
4	Kashima Antlers^[b]	30	17	1	0	12	46	39	+7	53
5	Kyoto Purple Sanga^[c]	30	11	6	1	12	44	42	+2	46	Cup-Winner 2002 Emperor's Cup qualified for the AFC Champions League 2003–04^[d]
6	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	14	1	1	14	49	41	+8	45
7	JEF United Ichihara	30	12	1	3	14	38	42	−4	41
8	Shimizu S-Pulse^[e]	30	10	4	3	13	33	43	−10	41
9	FC Tokyo	30	11	2	2	15	43	46	−3	39
10	Tokyo Verdy 1969	30	8	5	3	14	41	43	−2	37
11	Urawa Red Diamonds	30	7	6	2	15	41	38	+3	35
12	Kashiwa Reysol	30	9	1	3	17	38	48	−10	32
13	Vegalta Sendai^[c]	30	9	2	1	18	40	57	−17	32
14	Vissel Kobe	30	8	2	3	17	33	44	−11	31
15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	7	1	3	19	32	47	−15	26	Relegated to the 2003 J.League Division 2
16	Consadole Sapporo	30	4	1	1	24	30	64	−34	15	Relegated to the 2003 J.League Division 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Jubilo later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League.
^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
^ ^a ^b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
^ AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Kyoto Sanga was later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League. But Sanga was relegated to the Division 2 in 2003, so this spot was withdrawn.
^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Top scorers

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Goals Per Game
1st	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata	26	2/2	27	79	1.04
2nd	Magrão	Gamba Osaka	22	5/5	29	81	0.73
3rd	Ueslei	Nagoya Grampus Eight	20	2/2	27	115	0.76
4th	Marcos	Vegalta Sendai	18	2/2	24	79	0.72
5th	Masashi Nakayama	Júbilo Iwata	16	1/1	29	79	0.54
	Edmundo	Tokyo Verdy 1969		5/5	26	110	0.57
	Choi Yong-soo	JEF United Ichihara		7/8	23	74	0.68
8th	Emerson Sheik	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	1/1	24	118	0.61
8th	Amaral	FC Tokyo	15	4/4	29	72	0.54
10th	Will	Yokohama F. Marinos	14	2/2	24	97	0.55

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club
Player of the Year	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata
Young Player of the Year	Keisuke Tsuboi	Urawa Red Diamonds
Manager of the Year	Masakazu Suzuki	Júbilo Iwata
Top Scorer	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Hitoshi Sogahata (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
DF	Hideto Suzuki (1)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
DF	Makoto Tanaka (2)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
DF	Naoki Matsuda (2)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Hiroshi Nanami (2)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara (2)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Takashi Fukunishi (3)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
MF	Toshiya Fujita (3)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
FW	Emerson Sheik (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil
FW	Masashi Nakayama (4)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan
FW	Naohiro Takahara (1)	Júbilo Iwata	Japan

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

Attendance

Team	Attendance (Average)
Team	Division 1	Division 2
Urawa Red Diamonds	394,445 (26,296)
Yokohama F. Marinos	361,613 (24,108)
FC Tokyo	332,597 (22,173)
Vegalta Sendai	327,925 (21,862)
Kashima Antlers	323,855 (21,590)
Albirex Niigata		472,507 (21,478)
Consadole Sapporo	287,098 (19,140)
Júbilo Iwata	248,462 (16,564)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	244,848 (16,323)
Tokyo Verdy 1969	226,926 (15,128)
Shimizu S-Pulse	224,443 (14,963)
Gamba Osaka	191,429 (12,762)
Oita Trinita		271,669 (12,349)
Kashiwa Reysol	169,716 (11,314)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	164,111 (10,941)
Vissel Kobe	157,011 (10,467)
Kyoto Purple Sanga	155,276 (10,352)
Cerezo Osaka		174,951 (7,952)
JEF United Ichihara	118,460 (7,897)
Avispa Fukuoka		142,808 (6,491)
Omiya Ardija		115,846 (5,266)
Kawasaki Frontale		115,431 (5,247)
Ventforet Kofu		108,108 (4,914)
Shonan Bellmare		100,125 (4,551)
Sagan Tosu		85,586 (3,890)
Montedio Yamagata		82,601 (3,755)
Yokohama FC		76,498 (3,477)
Mito HollyHock		60,262 (2,739)

External links

J. League Official Stats

[table_note_ANT0.95494883086297-1] Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1

[table_note_SAN0.95494883086297-2] Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2

[table_note_SSP0.95494883086297-3] Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

[table_note_ANT0.046980821549418-4] Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1

[table_note_SAN0.046980821549418-5] Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2

[table_note_SSP0.046980821549418-6] Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

[table_note_res_CQCL0.42041515625101-7] AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Jubilo later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League.

[table_note_ANT0.42041515625101-8] Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1

[table_note_SAN0.42041515625101-9] Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2

[table_note_res_CWQCL0.42041515625101-10] AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Kyoto Sanga was later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League. But Sanga was relegated to the Division 2 in 2003, so this spot was withdrawn.

[table_note_SSP0.42041515625101-11] Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

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