2001 Kyoto Purple Sanga season

Kyoto Purple Sanga
2001 season
Manager	Gert Engels
Stadium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
J.League 2	1st
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J.League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	Teruaki Kurobe (30)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2000 2002 →

Last updated December 11, 2025

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League 2	1st / 12 clubs
Emperor's Cup	4th round
J.League Cup	1st round

Domestic results

J.League 2

10 March 2001 (2001-03-10)1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Montedio Yamagata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

17 March 2001 (2001-03-17)2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0	Albirex Niigata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)3	Kawasaki Frontale	2-4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

31 March 2001 (2001-03-31)4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Shonan Bellmare	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

8 April 2001 (2001-04-08)5	Vegalta Sendai	3-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 April 2001 (2001-04-13)6	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Oita Trinita	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

21 April 2001 (2001-04-21)7	Omiya Ardija	0-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Omiya Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 April 2001 (2001-04-28)8	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Mito HollyHock	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 May 2001 (2001-05-03)9	Yokohama FC	3-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 May 2001 (2001-05-06)10	Kyoto Purple Sanga	4-0	Ventforet Kofu	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 May 2001 (2001-05-13)11	Sagan Tosu	1-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 May 2001 (2001-05-19)12	Albirex Niigata	3-4 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Niigata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 May 2001 (2001-05-23)13	Kyoto Purple Sanga	4-0	Kawasaki Frontale	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

26 May 2001 (2001-05-26)14	Oita Trinita	3-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Ōita Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 June 2001 (2001-06-16)15	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-3	Omiya Ardija	Tottori Soccer Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

23 June 2001 (2001-06-23)16	Ventforet Kofu	1-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kose Sports Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

29 June 2001 (2001-06-29)17	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Sagan Tosu	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

7 July 2001 (2001-07-07)18	Mito HollyHock	0-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hitachinaka City Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

11 July 2001 (2001-07-11)19	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Yokohama FC	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

14 July 2001 (2001-07-14)20	Montedio Yamagata	2-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yamagata Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)21	Shonan Bellmare	0-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

25 July 2001 (2001-07-25)22	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Vegalta Sendai	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 July 2001 (2001-07-28)23	Sagan Tosu	1-0	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Tosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 August 2001 (2001-08-03)24	Kawasaki Frontale	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11)25	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0	Mito HollyHock	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

14 August 2001 (2001-08-14)26	Yokohama FC	1-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18)27	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-0	Oita Trinita	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25)28	Omiya Ardija	0-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Omiya Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01)29	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-2	Shonan Bellmare	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)30	Vegalta Sendai	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08)31	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-0	Ventforet Kofu	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)32	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-0	Albirex Niigata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

19 September 2001 (2001-09-19)33	Montedio Yamagata	4-3	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yamagata Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22)34	Mito HollyHock	0-1 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hitachinaka City Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

29 September 2001 (2001-09-29)35	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-1	Omiya Ardija	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)36	Oita Trinita	0-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Oita Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13)37	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-3	Yokohama FC	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

17 October 2001 (2001-10-17)38	Ventforet Kofu	0-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kose Sports Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

20 October 2001 (2001-10-20)39	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1	Sagan Tosu	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

28 October 2001 (2001-10-28)40	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-0 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Montedio Yamagata	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03)41	Albirex Niigata	2-3 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Niigata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

6 November 2001 (2001-11-06)42	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3-2 (GG) (a.e.t.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

10 November 2001 (2001-11-10)43	Shonan Bellmare	1-2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

18 November 2001 (2001-11-18)44	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-1	Vegalta Sendai	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

25 November 2001 (2001-11-25)1st Round	Nirasaki Astoros	0-4	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Kose Sports Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

2 December 2001 (2001-12-02)2nd Round	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3-0	Gunma Fortona	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

9 December 2001 (2001-12-09)3rd Round	Yokohama F. Marinos	0-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

16 December 2001 (2001-12-16)4th Round	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-4	JEF United Ichihara	Nagasaki Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J.League Cup

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)1st Round-1	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0-2	Gamba Osaka	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)1st Round-2	Gamba Osaka	2-0 (4-0 agg.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League 2		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Naohito Hirai	(1978-07-16)July 16, 1978 (aged 22)	cm / kg	15	0
2	DF		Hiroshi Noguchi	(1972-02-25)February 25, 1972 (aged 29)	cm / kg	40	4
3	DF		Tadashi Nakamura	(1971-06-10)June 10, 1971 (aged 29)	cm / kg	26	2
4	DF		Naoto Otake	(1968-10-18)October 18, 1968 (aged 32)	cm / kg	18	2
5	DF		Kazuki Teshima	(1979-06-07)June 7, 1979 (aged 21)	cm / kg	42	0
6	DF		Jin Sato	(1974-09-27)September 27, 1974 (aged 26)	cm / kg	24	1
7	MF		Park Ji-Sung	(1981-02-25)February 25, 1981 (aged 20)	cm / kg	38	3
8	MF		Makoto Atsuta	(1976-09-16)September 16, 1976 (aged 24)	cm / kg	37	3
9	FW		Teruaki Kurobe	(1978-03-06)March 6, 1978 (aged 23)	cm / kg	41	30
10	MF		Daisuke Matsui	(1981-05-11)May 11, 1981 (aged 19)	cm / kg	37	7
11	MF		Kiyotaka Ishimaru	(1973-10-30)October 30, 1973 (aged 27)	cm / kg	37	3
12	GK		Masahiko Nakagawa	(1969-08-26)August 26, 1969 (aged 31)	cm / kg	29	0
13	MF		Kenji Miyazaki	(1977-06-24)June 24, 1977 (aged 23)	cm / kg	4	0
14	MF		Michiyasu Osada	(1978-03-05)March 5, 1978 (aged 23)	cm / kg	7	0
15	MF		Tomoaki Matsukawa	(1973-04-18)April 18, 1973 (aged 27)	cm / kg	36	3
16	DF		Shigeki Tsujimoto	(1979-06-23)June 23, 1979 (aged 21)	cm / kg	20	2
17	MF		Shinya Tomita	(1980-05-08)May 8, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	11	0
18	FW		Yusaku Ueno	(1973-11-01)November 1, 1973 (aged 27)	cm / kg	42	10
19	MF		Hiroshi Otsuki	(1980-04-23)April 23, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
20	FW		An Hyo-Yeon	(1978-04-16)April 16, 1978 (aged 22)	cm / kg	39	8
21	GK		Hideaki Ueno	(1981-05-31)May 31, 1981 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
22	MF		Daisuke Saito	(1980-08-29)August 29, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
23	DF		Masato Kawaguchi	(1981-06-18)June 18, 1981 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
24	FW		Kentaro Yoshida	(1980-10-05)October 5, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	2	0
25	DF		Kazuhiro Suzuki	(1976-11-16)November 16, 1976 (aged 24)	cm / kg	29	0
26	DF		Shuichi Kamimura	(1981-09-01)September 1, 1981 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
27	DF		Makoto Kakuda	(1983-07-10)July 10, 1983 (aged 17)	cm / kg	8	0
28	GK		Hiromasa Takashima	(1980-04-17)April 17, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
29	DF		Hideaki Kubo	(1979-03-12)March 12, 1979 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
30	MF		Shohei Yamamoto	(1982-08-29)August 29, 1982 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
31	DF		Masayoshi Yoshida	(1982-08-04)August 4, 1982 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
32	MF		Piotr Sowisz	(1971-09-10)September 10, 1971 (aged 29)	cm / kg	11	1

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2001 Kyoto Purple Sanga season

Contents

Competitions

Domestic results

J.League 2

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Player statistics

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