2000 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2

Season	2000
Champions	Consadole Sapporo 1st J2 title 4th D2 title
Promoted	Consadole Sapporo Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches played	220
Goals scored	110 (0.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emerson Sheik (31 goals)
Highest attendance	20,207 [1] Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu (19 November 1999)
Lowest attendance	721 [1] Mito HollyHock 1–4 Sagan Tosu (2 August 2000)
Total attendance	1,340,820
Average attendance	6,095
← 1999 2001 →

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2000 season.

Overview

It was contested by 11 teams, and Consadole Sapporo won the championship.

Clubs

The following 11 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2000 season.

• Albirex Niigata
• Consadole Sapporo
• Mito HollyHock
• Montedio Yamagata
• Oita Trinita
• Omiya Ardija
• Sagan Tosu
• Shonan Bellmare
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Vegalta Sendai
• Ventforet Kofu

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	Yoshikazu Nagai
Consadole Sapporo	Takeshi Okada
Mito HollyHock	Branko Babić
Montedio Yamagata	Shigeharu Ueki
Oita Trinita	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija	Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu	Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare	Hisashi Kato
Urawa Red Diamonds	Kenzo Yokoyama
Vegalta Sendai	Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu	Yuji Tsukada

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Marco Túlio	Nasa	Serjão
Consadole Sapporo	Almir	Biju	Emerson Sheik
Mito HollyHock	Cléber	João Paulo	Leandro Perez	Michael Yano
Montedio Yamagata	Washington	Edwin Ifeanyi			Jeferson
Oita Trinita	Andradina	Sidiclei	Will		André Gugu Valdney
Omiya Ardija	Jorginho	Mark Burke	Jan Veenhof
Sagan Tosu	André	Gugu		Pak Yong-ho
Shonan Bellmare	Branko Hucika	Ángel Ortiz	Daniel Sanabria		Vitaliy Parakhnevych
Urawa Red Diamonds	Adiel	Andrzej Kubica	Fernando Picun		Željko Petrović
Vegalta Sendai	Ricardo	Slobodan Dubajić		Satoshi Ōtomo	Rodrigo
Ventforet Kofu	Sandro Zamboni	Ovidiu Burcă		Kim Hwang-jung Kim Myung-hwi	Antônio

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Consadole Sapporo (C)	40	27	4	5	0	4	71	22	+49	94	Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1
2	Urawa Red Diamonds [a]	40	23	5	3	2	7	82	40	+42	82	Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1
3	Oita Trinita	40	26	0	3	3	8	80	38	+42	81
4	Omiya Ardija	40	21	2	1	2	14	55	49	+6	68
5	Vegalta Sendai	40	15	4	2	4	15	60	69	−9	55
6	Sagan Tosu	40	13	2	5	5	15	41	52	−11	48
7	Albirex Niigata	40	11	4	5	2	18	54	63	−9	46
8	Shonan Bellmare [a]	40	12	3	1	7	17	59	71	−12	43
9	Mito HollyHock [b]	40	9	6	4	2	19	37	61	−24	43
10	Montedio Yamagata	40	9	2	2	3	24	40	61	−21	33
11	Ventforet Kofu	40	5	0	3	2	30	31	84	−53	18

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Relegated from 1999 J.League Division 1
2. Promoted from 1999 JFL

Top scorers

As of 19 November 2000

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Emerson Sheik	Consadole Sapporo	31
2	Will	Oita Trinita	22
3	Naoki Naruo	Albirex Niigata	17
4	Jorginho	Omiya Ardija	15
	Ryūji Bando	Consadole Sapporo
6	Yoshika Matsubara	Shonan Bellmare	12
	Yuichiro Nagai	Urawa Red Diamonds
8	Masakiyo Maezono	Shonan Bellmare	11
	Shingo Suzuki	Albirex Niigata
	Andrzej Kubica	Urawa Red Diamonds

Attendances

#	Football club	Total attendance	Home games	Average	Highest	Lowest
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	338,457	20	16,923	20,207	13,408
2	Consadole Sapporo	258,206	20	12,910	19,863	3,162
3	Vegalta Sendai	177,697	20	8,885	18,706	5,033
4	Shonan Bellmare	99,362	20	4,968	14,868	2,186
5	Oita Trinita	96,368	20	4,818	14,639	1,863
6	Albirex Niigata	80,139	20	4,007	11,662	1,786
7	Sagan Tosu	74,289	20	3,714	10,177	1,869
8	Montedio Yamagata	69,352	20	3,468	11,671	1,252
9	Omiya Ardija	69,531	20	3,477	9,499	844
10	Mito HollyHock	40,415	20	2,021	6,155	721
11	Ventforet Kofu	37,004	20	1,850	6,005	724

Source: ^[1]

References

1. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/