2001 J.League Division 1
# 2001 J.League Division 1

The 2001 season was the ninth season since the establishment of the J-League. 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

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

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Júbilo Iwata | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 36 | Qualification to the Suntory Championship |
| 2 | JEF United Ichihara | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 27 | |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 27 | |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 26 | |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 25 | |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 22 | |
| 7 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 21 | |
| 9 | FC Tokyo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 21 | |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 19 | |
| 11 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 18 | |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 14 | |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 13 | |
| 14 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 11 | |
| 15 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 11 | |
| 16 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 10 | |

* 1 2 Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2
* ↑ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | FMA | REY | JÚB | CER | GAM | TOK | SSP | GRA | VER | SFR | AVI | VIS | JEF | CON | RED |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashima Antlers | | 2–0 | $3–2^{OT}$ | 1–2 | | | | $3–4^{OT}$ | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | 0–3 |
| Yokohama F Marinos | | | 0–2 | $1–2^{OT}$ | | | 0–2 | 1–3 | | | 2–1 | | $0–1^{OT}$ | | | 0–1 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | | | | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–1 | | | $2–1^{OT}$ | 1–0 | 5–1 | | | 3–2 |
| Júbilo Iwata | | | | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | $2–1^{OT}$ | | $2–1^{OT}$ | | 4–1 | $2–1^{OT}$ | |
| Cerezo Osaka | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | | | $1–2^{OT}$ | 2–1 | | | | 3–0 | | | 1–2 | |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | 3–2 | $3–2^{OT}$ | | 2–1 | | | $0–1^{OT}$ | $2–3^{OT}$ | 5–0 | | | | $3–4^{OT}$ | | |
| FC Tokyo | 2–0 | | | | | 0–2 | | | 0–1 | $2–1^{OT}$ | | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | | | | $1–0^{OT}$ | | | $1–2^{OT}$ | | | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 5–2 | $1–0^{OT}$ |
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | $2–1^{OT}$ | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 3–1 | | | $2–1^{OT}$ | | | $3–2^{OT}$ | | 0–2 | | | 2–0 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 | $2–1^{OT}$ | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | | | | $1–0^{OT}$ | 1–2 | | |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | | | | 1–4 | $3–2^{OT}$ | 2–3 | 3–0 | | | $3–2^{OT}$ | | 2–3 | | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 0–2 | $1–0^{OT}$ | | | | 2–0 | | | 0–4 | 1–0 | | | | $2–3^{OT}$ | 0–2 | |
| Vissel Kobe | | | | 2–2 | 3–1 | $0–1^{OT}$ | 2–0 | | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | $1–2^{OT}$ |
| JEF United Ichihara | 2–0 | 2–0 | $2–3^{OT}$ | | 4–2 | | | 2–0 | $1–2^{OT}$ | | 1–3 | | 4–1 | | | |
| Consadole Sapporo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | | | $2–3^{OT}$ | | |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | | | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | 4–2 | | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Second stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 36 | Qualification to the Suntory Championship |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 35 | |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 24 | |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 23 | |
| 5 | JEF United Ichihara | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 23 | |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 21 | |
| 8 | FC Tokyo | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 20 | |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 20 | |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 19 | |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 17 | |
| 12 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 15 | |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 14 | |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 13 | |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 13 | |
| 16 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 12 | |

* ↑ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
* 1 2 Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

### Results

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

## Championship

### Suntory Championship

Kashima Antlers won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 54 | Champion and qualified to the AFC Champions League 2002–03 Group stage |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 30 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 71 | |
| 3 | JEF United Ichihara | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 50 | |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 30 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 49 | Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the AFC Champions League 2002–03 Qualification Round 2 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 43 | |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 42 | |
| 8 | FC Tokyo | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 36 | |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 34 | |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 30 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 33 | |
| 13 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 30 | |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 27 | Relegated to the 2002 J.League Division 2 |
| 16 | Cerezo Osaka | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 23 | Relegated to the 2002 J.League Division 2 |

* ↑ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
* 1 2 Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

## Awards

### Individual

| Award | Recipient | Club | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 24 goals. |

### Best Eleven

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

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