2002 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season2002
ChampionsJúbilo Iwata
3rd J.League title
4th Japanese title
RelegatedSanfrecce Hiroshima
Consadole Sapporo
Matches played240
Goals scored683 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerNaohiro Takahara (26 goals)
Highest attendance57,902 Urawa Reds vs. Júbilo (July 13)
Lowest attendance3,287 JEF Utd. vs Vegalta (September 18）
Average attendance16,368
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 season was the tenth season since the establishment of the J.League. The league began on March 2, 2002 and ended on November 30, 2002. The Suntory Championship was not held, because Júbilo Iwata was winner of both stages. At the end of the season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo were relegated to J2.

General

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Promotion and relegation

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Changes in competition formats

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  • Extra time was scratched for J.League Division 2. After regulation time, clubs in J2 now receives 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, and 0pts for a loss. (NOTE: J1 still has extra time)

Changes in clubs

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none

Honours

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Competition Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
J.League Division 1 Júbilo Iwata Yokohama F. Marinos Gamba Osaka
J.League Division 2 Oita Trinita Cerezo Osaka Albirex Niigata
Emperor's Cup Kyoto Purple Sanga Kashima Antlers JEF United Ichihara
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nabisco Cup Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka
Shimizu S-Pulse
XEROX Super Cup Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers

Clubs

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Location of the clubs in Japan

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2002 season. Of these clubs, Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vegalta Sendai were promoted from Division 2.

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
Consadole Sapporo Brazil Biju Brazil Jadílson Brazil Luis Robson Serbia Srđan Baljak Brazil Max Sandro
FC Tokyo Brazil Amaral Brazil Jean Brazil Kelly South Korea Oh Jang-eun Brazil Marcelo Mattos
Gamba Osaka Brazil Fabinho Brazil Magrão Brazil Marcelinho Carioca
JEF United Ichihara North Korea Kim Wi-man Slovakia Ľubomír Moravčík Slovenia Željko Milinovič South Korea Choi Yong-soo Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Mujčin
Júbilo Iwata Brazil Rodrigo Gral Netherlands Arno van Zwam Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Živković South Korea Kim Geun-chol
Kashima Antlers Brazil Augusto César Brazil Euller Brazil Fabiano
Kashiwa Reysol Brazil César Sampaio Brazil Edílson Brazil Ricardinho Oliveira Brazil Ricardinho Santos South Korea Hwang Sun-hong
South Korea Yoo Sang-chul
Kyoto Purple Sanga Paraguay Daniel Sanabria Paraguay Richard Estigarribia South Korea An Hyo-yeon South Korea Park Ji-sung Australia Ned Zelic
Nagoya Grampus Eight Austria Ivica Vastić Brazil Ueslei Croatia Andrej Panadić Brazil Marcelo Ramos
Netherlands Tarik Oulida
South Korea Jeong Yong-dae
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Cameroon Michel Pensée Croatia Tomislav Erceg North Korea Ri Han-jae Serbia and Montenegro Neško Milovanović
Shimizu S-Pulse Bosnia and Herzegovina Srđan Pecelj Brazil Baron Brazil Juninho South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan Brazil Alair
Croatia Igor Cvitanović
Tokyo Verdy 1969 Brazil Alexandre Lopes Brazil Edmundo Brazil Marquinhos
Urawa Red Diamonds Australia Ned Zelic Brazil Emerson Sheik Brazil Tuto Brazil Harison
Vegalta Sendai Brazil Marcos Brazil Ricardo Brazil Silvinho
Vissel Kobe Brazil Daniel Brazil Harison Brazil Oséas Brazil Sidiclei
Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil Dutra Brazil Léo Paulista Brazil Nasa Brazil Will

First stage

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Júbilo Iwata 15 9 4 1 1 39 17 +22 36 Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 8 3 3 1 28 11 +17 33
3 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 9 1 0 5 28 18 +10 29
4 Gamba Osaka 15 8 1 1 5 35 19 +16 27
5 Kashima Antlers[a] 15 9 0 0 6 21 18 +3 27
6 Kyoto Purple Sanga[b] 15 5 4 1 5 26 18 +8 24
7 Shimizu S-Pulse[c] 15 5 3 3 4 17 19 −2 24
8 JEF United Ichihara 15 6 1 3 5 22 23 −1 23
9 Vegalta Sendai[b] 15 6 1 0 8 23 27 −4 20
10 FC Tokyo 15 5 0 2 8 23 27 −4 17
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 3 2 1 9 21 24 −3 14
12 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 2 3 1 9 15 24 −9 13
13 Vissel Kobe 15 3 1 1 10 12 22 −10 12
14 Kashiwa Reysol 15 3 1 0 11 20 31 −11 11
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 3 0 1 11 14 26 −12 10
16 Consadole Sapporo 15 2 0 0 13 15 35 −20 6
Source: J.League Data Site
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
  3. ^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Second stage

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Júbilo Iwata 15 9 4 0 2 33 13 +20 35 Qualification to the Suntory Championship
2 Gamba Osaka 15 7 3 0 5 24 13 +11 27
3 Kashima Antlers[a] 15 8 1 0 6 25 21 +4 26
4 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 6 2 2 5 26 19 +7 24
5 FC Tokyo 15 6 2 0 7 20 19 +1 22
6 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 5 3 1 6 16 16 0 22
7 Kyoto Purple Sanga[b] 15 6 2 0 7 18 24 −6 22
8 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 4 4 1 6 20 14 +6 21
9 Kashiwa Reysol 15 6 0 3 6 18 17 +1 21
10 Vissel Kobe 15 5 1 2 7 21 22 −1 19
11 JEF United Ichihara 15 6 0 0 9 16 19 −3 18
12 Shimizu S-Pulse[c] 15 5 1 0 9 16 24 −8 17
13 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 5 0 1 9 21 23 −2 16
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 4 1 2 8 18 21 −3 16
15 Vegalta Sendai[b] 15 3 1 1 10 17 30 −13 12
16 Consadole Sapporo 15 2 1 1 11 15 29 −14 9
Source: J.League Data Site
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
  2. ^ a b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
  3. ^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Championship

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The Suntory Championship was not held, because Júbilo Iwata was winner of both stages.

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W OTW D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Júbilo Iwata 30 18 8 1 3 72 30 +42 71 Champion and qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League[a]
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 13 6 4 7 44 27 +17 55
3 Gamba Osaka 30 15 4 1 10 59 32 +27 54
4 Kashima Antlers[b] 30 17 1 0 12 46 39 +7 53
5 Kyoto Purple Sanga[c] 30 11 6 1 12 44 42 +2 46 Cup-Winner 2002 Emperor's Cup qualified for the AFC Champions League 2003–04[d]
6 Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 14 1 1 14 49 41 +8 45
7 JEF United Ichihara 30 12 1 3 14 38 42 −4 41
8 Shimizu S-Pulse[e] 30 10 4 3 13 33 43 −10 41
9 FC Tokyo 30 11 2 2 15 43 46 −3 39
10 Tokyo Verdy 1969 30 8 5 3 14 41 43 −2 37
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 30 7 6 2 15 41 38 +3 35
12 Kashiwa Reysol 30 9 1 3 17 38 48 −10 32
13 Vegalta Sendai[c] 30 9 2 1 18 40 57 −17 32
14 Vissel Kobe 30 8 2 3 17 33 44 −11 31
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 7 1 3 19 32 47 −15 26 Relegated to the 2003 J.League Division 2
16 Consadole Sapporo 30 4 1 1 24 30 64 −34 15
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Jubilo later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Champion from 2001 J.League Division 1
  3. ^ a b Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
  4. ^ AFC Champions League 2003–04 was not held, therefore Kyoto Sanga wes later qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League. But Sanga was relegated to the Division 2 in 2003, so this spot was withdrawn.
  5. ^ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup

Top scorers

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Pos Footballer Club Goals PK GP Shots Goals Per Game
1st Japan Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata 26 2/2 27 79 1.04
2nd Brazil Magrão Gamba Osaka 22 5/5 29 81 0.73
3rd Brazil Ueslei Nagoya Grampus Eight 20 2/2 27 115 0.76
4th Brazil Marcos Vegalta Sendai 18 2/2 24 79 0.72
5th Japan Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata 16 1/1 29 79 0.54
Brazil Edmundo Tokyo Verdy 1969 16 5/5 26 110 0.57
South Korea Choi Yong-soo JEF United Ichihara 16 7/8 23 74 0.68
8th Brazil Emerson Sheik Urawa Red Diamonds 15 1/1 24 118 0.61
Brazil Amaral FC Tokyo 15 4/4 29 72 0.54
10th Brazil Will Yokohama F. Marinos 14 2/2 24 97 0.55

Awards

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Individual

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Award Recipient Club Notes
Player of the Year Japan Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata
Young Player of the Year Japan Keisuke Tsuboi Urawa Red Diamonds
Manager of the Year Japan Masakazu Suzuki Júbilo Iwata
Top scorer Japan Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata 26 goals.

Best Eleven

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Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Hitoshi Sogahata (1) Kashima Antlers  Japan
DF Hideto Suzuki (1) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
DF Makoto Tanaka (2) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
DF Naoki Matsuda (2) Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (2) Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Takashi Fukunishi (3) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
MF Toshiya Fujita (3) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
MF Hiroshi Nanami (2) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
FW Emerson Sheik (1) Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
FW Naohiro Takahara (1) Júbilo Iwata  Japan
FW Masashi Nakayama (4) Júbilo Iwata  Japan

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

Attendance

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Team Attendance
(Average)
Division 1 Division 2
Urawa Red Diamonds 394,445
(26,296)
Yokohama F. Marinos 361,613
(24,108)
FC Tokyo 332,597
(22,173)
Vegalta Sendai 327,925
(21,862)
Kashima Antlers 323,855
(21,590)
Albirex Niigata 472,507
(21,478)
Consadole Sapporo 287,098
(19,140)
Júbilo Iwata 248,462
(16,564)
Nagoya Grampus Eight 244,848
(16,323)
Tokyo Verdy 1969 226,926
(15,128)
Shimizu S-Pulse 224,443
(14,963)
Gamba Osaka 191,429
(12,762)
Oita Trinita 271,669
(12,349)
Kashiwa Reysol 169,716
(11,314)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 164,111
(10,941)
Vissel Kobe 157,011
(10,467)
Kyoto Purple Sanga 155,276
(10,352)
Cerezo Osaka 174,951
(7,952)
JEF United Ichihara 118,460
(7,897)
Avispa Fukuoka 142,808
(6,491)
Omiya Ardija 115,846
(5,266)
Kawasaki Frontale 115,431
(5,247)
Ventforet Kofu 108,108
(4,914)
Shonan Bellmare 100,125
(4,551)
Sagan Tosu 85,586
(3,890)
Montedio Yamagata 82,601
(3,755)
Yokohama FC 76,498
(3,477)
Mito HollyHock 60,262
(2,739)
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