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(Redirected from J. League 2000) 8th season of J1 League Football league season
J.League Division 1
Season2000
ChampionsKashima Antlers
3rd J.League title
3rd Japanese title
RelegatedKyoto Purple Sanga
Kawasaki Frontale
Asian Club ChampionshipKashima Antlers
Matches played240
Goals scored712 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerMasashi Nakayama (20 goals)
Highest attendance50,399 - Antlers vs. Reysol (November 26)
Lowest attendance2,738 - Vissel vs. Verdy (April 4)
Average attendance11,065
← 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.

Personnel

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

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Non-visa foreign Former players
Avispa Fukuoka Argentina David Bisconti Argentina Eduardo Bustos Montoya Romania Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka Brazil Pericles South Korea Noh Jung-yoon South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan
FC Tokyo Brazil Amaral Brazil Tuto Brazil Sandro
Gamba Osaka Brazil Reginaldo Croatia Nino Bule French Guiana Claude Dambury Brazil Andradina
JEF United Ichihara Brazil Baron Ghana Owusu Benson Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Ovidiu Burcă
South Korea Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Živković Netherlands Arno van Zwam Russia Dmitri Radchenko Paraguay Roberto Torres
Kashima Antlers Brazil Bebeto Brazil Bismarck Brazil Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil Maurício Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Drakulić South Korea Hong Myung-bo South Korea Hwang Sun-hong South Korea Park Kun-ha
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Daniel Rossi Brazil Luiz Brazil Paulo Isidoro Brazil Ricardinho Brazil Mazinho
Brazil Pedrinho
Paraguay Guido Alvarenga
Kyoto Purple Sanga Brazil Edinho Baiano Brazil Régis Pitbull South Korea Park Ji-sung Brazil Fabrício
Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Ueslei Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Netherlands Tarik Oulida Bolivia Ko Ishikawa Brazil Romildo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Australia Steve Corica Australia Tony Popovic Portugal Miguel Simão
Shimizu S-Pulse Argentina Fernando Oliva Brazil Santos England Stuart Thurgood Brazil Alex Brazil Fabinho
Verdy Kawasaki South Korea Kim Do-keun South Korea Kim Hyun-seok North Korea Ryang Kyu-sa
Vissel Kobe Brazil Fabinho South Korea Choi Sung-yong South Korea Ha Seok-ju
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Edmílson Matias Croatia Goran Jurić South Korea Yoo Sang-chul Argentina Raul Maldonado
Morocco Abdeljalil Hadda
South Korea Sin Byung-ho

Overview

First stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama F. Marinos 15 10 0 0 1 4 32 21 +11 30 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000
2 Osaka Prefecture Cerezo Osaka 15 9 1 0 1 4 34 25 +9 29
3 Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse 15 8 2 0 1 4 21 17 +4 28
4 Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Reysol 15 6 4 0 1 4 25 22 +3 26
5 Shizuoka Prefecture Júbilo Iwata 15 7 2 0 3 3 32 25 +7 25
6 Tokyo FC Tokyo 15 7 1 0 1 6 24 22 +2 23
7 Hyōgo Prefecture Vissel Kobe 15 7 0 1 1 6 21 17 +4 22
8 Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers 15 6 2 0 0 7 20 17 +3 22
9 Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki 15 5 2 1 3 4 26 23 +3 20
10 Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 4 3 1 1 6 17 15 +2 19
11 Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara 15 6 0 1 2 6 22 22 0 19
12 Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 4 3 1 2 5 17 18 −1 19
13 Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka 15 5 0 2 2 6 20 23 −3 17
14 Fukuoka Prefecture Avispa Fukuoka 15 3 3 0 1 8 19 28 −9 15
15 Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki Frontale 15 2 1 2 0 10 14 29 −15 10
16 Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 2 0 1 4 8 16 36 −20 7
Source:
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 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 15 7 0 1 2 5 25 27 −2 22
8 FC Tokyo 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 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:
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

Yokohama F. Marinos0 – 0Kashima Antlers
International Stadium YokohamaAttendance: 41,595Referee: Leslie Mottram
Kashima Antlers3 – 0Yokohama F. Marinos
Suzuki 24'
Narahashi 39'
Nakata 44'
Tokyo National StadiumAttendance: 44,665Referee: 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 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 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
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 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 30 3 4 4 0 19 26 56 −30 21
Source:
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

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