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.

• Avispa Fukuoka
• Cerezo Osaka
• FC Tokyo
• Gamba Osaka
• JEF United Ichihara
• Júbilo Iwata
• Kashima Antlers
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Kawasaki Frontale
• Kyoto Purple Sanga
• Nagoya Grampus Eight
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Verdy Kawasaki
• Vissel Kobe
• Yokohama F. Marinos

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka	Nestor Omar Piccoli
Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshi Soejima
FC Tokyo	Kiyoshi Okuma
Gamba Osaka	Hiroshi Hayano
JEF United Ichihara	Zdenko Verdenik
Júbilo Iwata	Masakazu Suzuki
Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo
Kashiwa Reysol	Akira Nishino
Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Gert Engels
Nagoya Grampus Eight	João Carlos
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse	Steve Perryman
Verdy Kawasaki	Chang Woe-ryong
Vissel Kobe	Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. Marinos	Osvaldo Ardiles

Foreign players

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

Overview

First stage

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:

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

Second stage

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:

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

Suntory Championship

December 3, 2000
15:02

Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Kashima Antlers

International Stadium Yokohama

Attendance: 41,595

Referee: Leslie Mottram

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December 10, 2000
19:34

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

Tokyo National Stadium

Attendance: 44,665

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Overall table

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1
2. Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2
3. 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
4. Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup