2003 J.League Division 2

Marcus (32 goals total)
Highest attendance	42,223 (Round 44,; Albirex vs. Ardija)
Lowest attendance	1,337 (Round 4,; HollyHock vs. Ardija)
Average attendance	7,895
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 J. League Division 2 season was the 32nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 5th season since the establishment of J2 League.

In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. The top two received promotion to the J. League Division 1. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

General

Promotion and relegation

To be completed

Changes in competition formats

To be completed

Changes in clubs

To be completed

Participating clubs

Consadole Sapporo

Locations of the 2003 J.League 2 teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (C, P)	44	27	7	10	80	40	+40	88	Promotion to 2004 J. League Division 1
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (P)	44	25	11	8	65	35	+30	86	Promotion to 2004 J. League Division 1
3	Kawasaki Frontale	44	24	13	7	88	47	+41	85
4	Avispa Fukuoka	44	21	8	15	67	62	+5	71
5	Ventforet Kofu	44	19	12	13	58	46	+12	69
6	Omiya Ardija	44	18	7	19	52	61	−9	61
7	Mito HollyHock	44	15	11	18	37	41	−4	56
8	Montedio Yamagata	44	15	10	19	52	60	−8	55
9	Consadole Sapporo	44	13	13	18	57	56	+1	52
10	Shonan Bellmare	44	11	11	22	33	53	−20	44
11	Yokohama FC	44	10	12	22	49	88	−39	42
12	Sagan Tosu	44	3	11	30	40	89	−49	20

Home \ Away	ALB	SFR	FRO	AVI	VEN	ARD	HOL	MON	CON	BEL	YFC	SAG
Albirex Niigata		1–2	1–0	4–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0		2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	6–1	2–1
Kawasaki Frontale	0–4	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	6–3
Avispa Fukuoka	1–2	0–2	0–2		1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	5–2
Ventforet Kofu	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–1		1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
Omiya Ardija	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3		1–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Mito HollyHock	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2		0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Montedio Yamagata	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–3	0–2	1–1	4–1
Consadole Sapporo	2–0	0–2	0–0	5–0	3–3	6–2	2–4	1–0		1–1	1–3	3–0
Shonan Bellmare	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2		1–1	2–1
Yokohama FC	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–5	0–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	2–0		1–1
Sagan Tosu	0–1	3–4	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	5–2

Home \ Away	ALB	SFR	FRO	AVI	VEN	ARD	HOL	MON	CON	BEL	YFC	SAG
Albirex Niigata		3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	5–1	2–1	4–2	2–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0		1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	2–1		5–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	7–1
Avispa Fukuoka	2–1	3–1	2–3		3–0	5–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Ventforet Kofu	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Omiya Ardija	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–0		3–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–0
Mito HollyHock	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2		1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0
Montedio Yamagata	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1
Consadole Sapporo	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	4–1		1–2	2–2	4–1
Shonan Bellmare	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–2		1–0	2–1
Yokohama FC	1–7	0–2	2–5	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–0		3–1
Sagan Tosu	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Marcus	Albirex Niigata	32
2	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	28
3	Baré	Omiya Ardija	22
4	Bentinho	Avispa Fukuoka	20
5	Augusto	Kawasaki Frontale	17
6	Marcelo	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	14
7	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale	13
7	Yusaku Ueno	Albirex Niigata	13
9	Shoji Jo	Yokohama FC	12
10	Kosei Nakamura	Montedio Yamagata	11
10	Hiroyuki Hayashi	Avispa Fukuoka	11

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Albirex Niigata	667,447	42,223	8,644	30,339	+41.3%^†
2	Consadole Sapporo	236,861	23,590	3,653	10,766	−44.5%^†
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	198,004	26,158	3,471	9,000	−17.7%^†
4	Avispa Fukuoka	163,165	13,921	3,448	7,417	+14.3%^†
5	Kawasaki Frontale	159,678	22,087	2,438	7,258	+38.3%^†
6	Ventforet Kofu	127,515	13,043	2,382	5,796	+17.9%^†
7	Omiya Ardija	111,274	20,686	1,357	5,058	−3.9%^†
8	Shonan Bellmare	104,085	8,276	2,772	4,731	+4.0%^†
9	Montedio Yamagata	96,142	10,096	2,743	4,370	+16.4%^†
10	Yokohama FC	82,351	8,574	1,851	3,743	+7.7%^†
11	Sagan Tosu	69,789	5,756	1,585	3,172	−18.5%^†
12	Mito HollyHock	67,874	5,889	1,337	3,085	+12.6%^†
	League total	2,084,185	42,223	1,337	7,895	+15.4%^†

2003 J.League Division 2

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

Changes in clubs

Participating clubs

League format

Final league table

Final results

Top scorers

Attendance figures

References