2001 J.League Division 1

Will (24 goals)
Highest attendance	60,553 - Urawa Reds vs. F. Marinos (13 October)
Lowest attendance	4,014 - JEF Utd. vs. Gamba (31 October)
Average attendance	16,548
	← 2000 2002 →

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^[a]	15	6	1	1	1	6	24	22	+2	21
8	Consadole Sapporo^[a]	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^[b]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kashima Antlers^[a]	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^[b]	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^[b]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
^ ^a ^b Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	FMA	REY	JÚB	CER	GAM	TOK	SSP	GRA	VER	SFR	AVI	VIS	JEF	CON	RED
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship

Suntory Championship

2 December 2001

1st Leg

Júbilo Iwata	2–2	Kashima Antlers
Hattori 11' Nakayama 54'	Report	Akita 80' Hirase 83'

Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi

Attendance: 32,368

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

9 December 2001

2nd Leg

Kashima Antlers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Júbilo Iwata
Ogasawara 100'	Report

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 40,115

Referee: Leslie Mottram

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^[a]	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^[b]	30	10	1	4	4	11	44	46	−2	36
11	Consadole Sapporo^[b]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup
^ ^a ^b 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.

References

[table_note_RED0.21422115676767-1] Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

[table_note_ANT0.21422115676767-2] Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup

[table_note_ANT0.46218757771989-3] Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup

[table_note_RED0.46218757771989-4] Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

[table_note_ANT0.31267216583373-5] Champion from 2000 J.League Division 1 and Cup-Winner 2000 Emperor's Cup

[table_note_RED0.31267216583373-6] Promoted from 2000 J.League Division 2

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