2001 J.League Division 2

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J.League Division 2
Season2001
Champions Kyoto Purple Sanga
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
Promoted Kyoto Purple Sanga
Vegalta Sendai
Matches played264
Goals scored760 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Marcos (34 goals)
Highest attendance42,011 [1]
Albirex Niigata 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga
(3 November 2001)
Lowest attendance754 [1]
Mito HollyHock 0-2 Omiya Ardija
(23 May 2001)
Total attendance1,505,722
Average attendance5,703 [1]
2000
2002

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2001 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Kyoto Purple Sanga won the championship.

Clubs

The following 12 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2001 season.

Personnel

ClubHead coach
Albirex Niigata Flag of Japan.svg Yasuharu Sorimachi
Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Kyoto Purple Sanga Flag of Germany.svg Gert Engels
Mito HollyHock Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Kanno
Montedio Yamagata Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Hashiratani
Oita Trinita Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Kobayashi
Omiya Ardija Flag of Japan.svg Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare Flag of Japan.svg Koji Tanaka
Vegalta Sendai Flag of Japan.svg Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu Flag of Brazil.svg Luís dos Reis
Yokohama FC Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyoshi Shinto

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Non-visa foreignType-C contractFormer players
Albirex Niigata Flag of Brazil.svg Andradina Flag of Brazil.svg Marquinho Flag of Brazil.svg Serjão Flag of Brazil.svg Lindomar
Kawasaki Frontale Flag of Brazil.svg Aílton Flag of Brazil.svg Edmilson Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Pitbull
Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Sheik
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardinho
Kyoto Purple Sanga Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Sowisz Flag of South Korea.svg An Hyo-yeon Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ji-sung
Mito HollyHock Flag of South Korea.svg An Seon-jin Flag of South Korea.svg Sin Byung-ho Flag of North Korea.svg Hwang Hak-sun
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lorenzo Staelens Flag of Brazil.svg Bentinho Flag of Brazil.svg Gugu Flag of Brazil.svg Erikson Noguchipinto Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Montebeler Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Kubica
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Moon-sik
Omiya Ardija Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Garcia Flag of Brazil.svg Toninho Flag of Panama.svg Jorge Dely Valdés Flag of Brazil.svg Baré Flag of Brazil.svg Jorginho
Flag of Panama.svg Alfredo Anderson
Sagan Tosu Flag of Ghana.svg Michael Yano
Shonan Bellmare Flag of Colombia.svg Arley Dinas Flag of Colombia.svg Ever Palacios Flag of Colombia.svg Hernán Gaviria Flag of Colombia.svg James Angulo
Vegalta Sendai Flag of Brazil.svg Celso Vieira Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Flag of the Philippines.svg Satoshi Ōtomo
Ventforet Kofu Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Flag of Brazil.svg Freitas Flag of Brazil.svg Vagner Flag of Brazil.svg Deili Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hwang-jung
Yokohama FC

Final table

PosTeamPldWOTWDOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1 Kyoto Purple Sanga [a] (C)4423550117948+3184Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
2 Vegalta Sendai 442435397856+2283Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
3 Montedio Yamagata 442076476139+2280
4 Albirex Niigata 442244777947+3278
5 Omiya Ardija 4420661117343+3078
6 Oita Trinita 442414697552+2378
7 Kawasaki Frontale [a] 4417334176960+960
8 Shonan Bellmare 4416442186461+360
9 Yokohama FC [b] 44123132558812343
10 Sagan Tosu 4482422845823732
11 Mito HollyHock 4453462641935225
12 Ventforet Kofu 4471233138986025
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Relegated from 2000 J.League Division 1
  2. Promoted from 2000 JFL

Attendances

#Football clubTotal attendanceHome gamesAverageHighestLowest
1 Albirex Niigata 366,5002216,65942,0112,373
2 Vegalta Sendai 308,2432214,01119,4128,282
3 Oita Trinita 146,043226,63829,2261,847
4 Montedio Yamagata 96,592224,39117,3961,803
5 Shonan Bellmare 90,472224,1126,6142,884
6 Omiya Ardija 85,014223,8647,0381,665
7 Kyoto Purple Sanga 83,777223,80812,7001,705
8 Kawasaki Frontale 83,240223,7848,1261,169
9 Sagan Tosu 76,527223,47912,8101,488
10 Ventforet Kofu 68,850223,1305,5411,508
11 Yokohama FC 66,160223,0077,1741,311
12 Mito HollyHock 34,304221,5593,472754

Source: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/