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2001 J.League Division 2

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J.League Division 2
Season2001
ChampionsKyoto Purple Sanga
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
PromotedKyoto Purple Sanga
Vegalta Sendai
Matches played264
Goals scored760 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcos (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.

Overview

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

Clubs

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The following 12 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2000 season.

Personnel

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Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Japan Yasuharu Sorimachi
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Takeshi Okada
Kyoto Purple Sanga Germany Gert Engels
Mito HollyHock Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Babić
Montedio Yamagata Japan Koichi Hashiratani
Oita Trinita Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija Japan Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu Japan Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare Japan Hisashi Kato
Vegalta Sendai Japan Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu Japan Yuji Tsukada

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Former players
Albirex Niigata Brazil Andradina Brazil Marquinho Brazil Serjão Brazil Lindomar
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Adiel Poland Andrzej Kubica Uruguay Fernando Picun Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Petrović
Kyoto Purple Sanga Poland Piotr Sowisz South Korea An Hyo-yeon South Korea Park Ji-sung
Mito HollyHock Brazil Cléber Brazil João Paulo Brazil Leandro Perez Ghana Michael Yano
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita Brazil Andradina Brazil Sidiclei Brazil Will Brazil André
Brazil Gugu
Brazil Valdney
Omiya Ardija Brazil Baré Brazil Toninho Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Brazil Jorginho
Panama Alfredo Anderson
Sagan Tosu Brazil André Brazil Gugu South Korea Pak Yong-ho
Shonan Bellmare Croatia Branko Hucika Paraguay Ángel Ortiz Paraguay Daniel Sanabria Tajikistan Vitaliy Parakhnevych
Vegalta Sendai Brazil Celso Vieira Brazil Marcos Brazil Ricardo Philippines Satoshi Ōtomo
Ventforet Kofu Brazil Sandro Zamboni Romania Ovidiu Burcă South Korea Kim Hwang-jung
South Korea Kim Myung-hwi
Brazil Antônio

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Kyoto Purple Sanga[a] (C) 44 23 5 5 0 11 79 48 +31 84 Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
2 Vegalta Sendai 44 24 3 5 3 9 78 56 +22 83 Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
3 Montedio Yamagata 44 20 7 6 4 7 61 39 +22 80
4 Albirex Niigata 44 22 4 4 7 7 79 47 +32 78
5 Omiya Ardija 44 20 6 6 1 11 73 43 +30 78
6 Oita Trinita 44 24 1 4 6 9 75 52 +23 78
7 Kawasaki Frontale[a] 44 17 3 3 4 17 69 60 +9 60
8 Shonan Bellmare 44 16 4 4 2 18 64 61 +3 60
9 Yokohama FC[b] 44 12 3 1 3 25 58 81 −23 43
10 Sagan Tosu 44 8 2 4 2 28 45 82 −37 32
11 Mito HollyHock 44 5 3 4 6 26 41 93 −52 25
12 Ventforet Kofu 44 7 1 2 3 31 38 98 −60 25
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Relegated from 2000 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ Promoted from 2000 JFL

Attendances

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# Football club Total attendance Home games Average Highest Lowest
1 Albirex Niigata 366,500 22 16,659 42,011 2,373
2 Vegalta Sendai 308,243 22 14,011 19,412 8,282
3 Oita Trinita 146,043 22 6,638 29,226 1,847
4 Montedio Yamagata 96,592 22 4,391 17,396 1,803
5 Shonan Bellmare 90,472 22 4,112 6,614 2,884
6 Omiya Ardija 85,014 22 3,864 7,038 1,665
7 Kyoto Purple Sanga 83,777 22 3,808 12,700 1,705
8 Kawasaki Frontale 83,240 22 3,784 8,126 1,169
9 Sagan Tosu 76,527 22 3,479 12,810 1,488
10 Ventforet Kofu 68,850 22 3,130 5,541 1,508
11 Yokohama FC 66,160 22 3,007 7,174 1,311
12 Mito HollyHock 34,304 22 1,559 3,472 754

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References

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