2001 J.League Division 1 Explained

The 2001 J.League Division 1 season was the ninth season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. The league began on March 10 and ended on November 24.At the end of the season, the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Júbilo Iwata who won the first stage.

Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2001 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Urawa Red Diamonds were promoted from Division 2.

• Avispa Fukuoka
• Cerezo Osaka
  • Consadole Sapporo FC Tokyo
• Gamba Osaka
• JEF United Ichihara
• Júbilo Iwata
• Kashima Antlers
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Nagoya Grampus Eight
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Tokyo Verdy 1969
  • Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe
• Yokohama F. Marinos

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Avispa Fukuoka	Claudio Biaggio	David Bisconti	Noh Jung-yoon				Martín Vilallonga Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka	Cláudio	Wágner	Washington	Yoon Jong-hwan			Marcelo Rosa Kim Do-keun Noh Jung-yoon
Consadole Sapporo	Adalto	Biju	Will				Almir
FC Tokyo	Amaral	Kelly			Sandro
Gamba Osaka	Reginaldo	Mirko Hrgović	Nino Bule				Claude Dambury
JEF United Ichihara	Edin Mujčin	Željko Milinovič	Choi Yong-soo		Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata	Aleksandar Živković	Arno van Zwam
Kashima Antlers	Augusto César	Bismarck	Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol	Hong Myung-bo	Hwang Sun-hong	Yoo Sang-chul
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Marcelo Ramos	Ueslei	Dragan Stojković	Tarik Oulida		Adriano Pimenta
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Steve Corica	Oleg Pashinin			Marcus Tulio Tanaka Ri Han-jae		Tony Popovic Serhiy Skachenko
Shimizu S-Pulse	Fernando Oliva	Baron			Alex	Alair
Tokyo Verdy 1969	Edmundo	Emerson	Marquinhos
Urawa Red Diamonds	Adriano Gerlin	Emerson Sheik	Harison	Tuto			Donizete Oliveira
Vissel Kobe	Daniel	Santos	Sidiclei
Yokohama F. Marinos	Dutra	Marco Brito	Nasa	Marcelo Lipatín			Leandro Simioni

Overview

First stage

Results

Second stage

Results

Suntory Championship

----Kashima Antlers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club
Player of the Year	Toshiya Fujita	Júbilo Iwata
Young Player of the Year	Koji Yamase	Consadole Sapporo
Manager of the Year	Masakazu Suzuki	Júbilo Iwata
Top Scorer	Will	Consadole Sapporo

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Arno van Zwam (1)	Júbilo Iwata
DF	Yutaka Akita (4)	Kashima Antlers
DF	Akira Narahashi (1)	Kashima Antlers
DF	Go Oiwa (1)	Júbilo Iwata
MF	Toshiya Fujita (2)	Júbilo Iwata
MF	Takashi Fukunishi (2)	Júbilo Iwata
MF	Toshihiro Hattori (1)	Júbilo Iwata
MF	Kōji Nakata (1)	Kashima Antlers
MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara (1)	Kashima Antlers
FW	Will (1)	Consadole Sapporo
FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa (2)	Kashima Antlers

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