2000 J.League Division 1

The 2000 J.League Division 1 season was the eighth season of the J.League Division 1. The league began on March 11 and ended on November 26. At the end of the season, the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Yokohama F. Marinos who won the first stage.

Clubs

The following 16 clubs participated in Division 1 during 2000 season. Of these clubs, Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo were promoted from Division 2.

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka	Argentina Nestor Omar Piccoli
Cerezo Osaka	Japan Hiroshi Soejima
FC Tokyo	Japan Kiyoshi Okuma
Gamba Osaka	Japan Hiroshi Hayano
JEF United Ichihara	Slovenia Zdenko Verdenik
Júbilo Iwata	Japan Masakazu Suzuki
Kashima Antlers	Brazil Toninho Cerezo
Kashiwa Reysol	Japan Akira Nishino
Kawasaki Frontale	Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Germany Gert Engels
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Brazil João Carlos
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Scotland Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse	England Steve Perryman
Verdy Kawasaki	South Korea Chang Woe-ryong
Vissel Kobe	Japan Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. Marinos	Argentina Osvaldo Ardiles

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Avispa Fukuoka	Argentina David Bisconti	Argentina Eduardo Bustos Montoya	Romania Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka	Brazil Pericles	South Korea Noh Jung-yoon	South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan
FC Tokyo	Brazil Amaral	Brazil Tuto		Brazil Sandro
Gamba Osaka	Brazil Reginaldo	Croatia Nino Bule	French Guiana Claude Dambury			Brazil Andradina
JEF United Ichihara	Brazil Baron	Ghana Owusu Benson	Romania Cosmin Olăroiu			Romania Ovidiu Burcă South Korea Kim Myung-hwi
Júbilo Iwata	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Živković	Netherlands Arno van Zwam	Russia Dmitri Radchenko			Paraguay Roberto Torres
Kashima Antlers	Brazil Bismarck	Brazil Fabiano				Brazil Bebeto
Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil Maurício	South Korea Hong Myung-bo	South Korea Hwang Sun-hong			Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Drakulić South Korea Park Kun-ha
Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil Daniel Rossi	Brazil Paulo Isidoro	Brazil Ricardinho		Brazil Luiz	Brazil Mazinho Brazil Pedrinho Paraguay Guido Alvarenga
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Brazil Edinho Baiano	Brazil Régis Pitbull	South Korea Park Ji-sung			Brazil Fabrício
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Brazil Ueslei	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković	Netherlands Tarik Oulida	Bolivia Ko Ishikawa		Brazil Romildo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Australia Steve Corica	Australia Tony Popovic	Portugal Miguel Simão
Shimizu S-Pulse	Argentina Fernando Oliva	Brazil Santos		Brazil Alex	England Stuart Thurgood	Brazil Fabinho
Verdy Kawasaki	South Korea Kim Do-keun	South Korea Kim Hyun-seok		North Korea Ryang Kyu-sa
Vissel Kobe	Brazil Fabinho	South Korea Choi Sung-yong	South Korea Ha Seok-ju
Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil Edmílson Matias	Croatia Goran Jurić	South Korea Yoo Sang-chul			Argentina Raul Maldonado Morocco Abdeljalil Hadda South Korea Sin Byung-ho

Overview

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama F. Marinos	15	10	0	0	1	4	32	21	+11	30	Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000
2	Osaka Prefecture Cerezo Osaka	15	9	1	0	1	4	34	25	+9	29
3	Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse	15	8	2	0	1	4	21	17	+4	28
4	Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Reysol	15	6	4	0	1	4	25	22	+3	26
5	Shizuoka Prefecture Júbilo Iwata	15	7	2	0	3	3	32	25	+7	25
6	Tokyo FC Tokyo	15	7	1	0	1	6	24	22	+2	23
7	Hyōgo Prefecture Vissel Kobe	15	7	0	1	1	6	21	17	+4	22
8	Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers	15	6	2	0	0	7	20	17	+3	22
9	Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki	15	5	2	1	3	4	26	23	+3	20
10	Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	4	3	1	1	6	17	15	+2	19
11	Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara	15	6	0	1	2	6	22	22	0	19
12	Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	4	3	1	2	5	17	18	−1	19
13	Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka	15	5	0	2	2	6	20	23	−3	17
14	Fukuoka Prefecture Avispa Fukuoka	15	3	3	0	1	8	19	28	−9	15
15	Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki Frontale	15	2	1	2	0	10	14	29	−15	10
16	Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	2	0	1	4	8	16	36	−20	7

Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kashima Antlers	15	9	1	4	1	0	28	10	+18	33	Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000
2	Kashiwa Reysol	15	9	2	1	0	3	23	10	+13	32
3	Júbilo Iwata	15	10	0	0	1	4	35	17	+18	30
4	Gamba Osaka	15	8	2	0	1	4	27	20	+7	28
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	7	1	1	1	5	24	24	0	24
6	Avispa Fukuoka	15	6	1	2	4	2	22	20	+2	22
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	7	0	1	2	5	25	27	−2	22
8	FC Tokyo	15	5	2	1	1	6	23	19	+4	20
9	Cerezo Osaka	15	5	2	0	1	7	20	24	−4	19
10	Verdy Kawasaki	15	5	0	3	1	6	20	21	−1	18
11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	5	1	1	3	5	23	25	−2	18
12	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	5	1	1	1	7	23	30	−7	18
13	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	2	3	2	0	8	13	19	−6	14
14	Vissel Kobe	15	3	1	0	1	10	19	32	−13	11
15	Kawasaki Frontale	15	1	3	2	0	9	12	27	−15	11
16	JEF United Ichihara	15	2	1	1	3	8	15	27	−12	9

Suntory Championship

Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Kashima Antlers

Kashima Antlers	3 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Suzuki 24' Narahashi 39' Nakata 44'

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashima Antlers	30	15	3	4	1	7	48	27	+21	55	Champion and qualified to the Asian Club Championship 2001–02 First Round
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	30	17	1	1	2	9	56	45	+11	54
3	Kashiwa Reysol	30	15	6	1	1	7	48	32	+16	58
4	Júbilo Iwata	30	17	2	0	4	7	67	42	+25	55
5	Cerezo Osaka	30	14	3	0	2	11	54	49	+5	48
6	Gamba Osaka	30	13	2	2	3	10	47	43	+4	45
7	FC Tokyo	30	12	3	1	2	12	47	41	+6	43
8	Shimizu S-Pulse	30	10	5	2	1	12	34	36	−2	42	Runners-Up 2000 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2002 Second Round
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	11	3	2	4	10	42	45	−3	41
10	Verdy Kawasaki	30	10	2	4	4	10	46	44	+2	38
11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	9	4	2	4	11	40	40	0	37
12	Avispa Fukuoka	30	9	4	2	5	10	41	48	−7	37
13	Vissel Kobe	30	10	1	1	2	16	40	49	−9	33
14	JEF United Ichihara	30	8	1	2	5	14	37	49	−12	28
15	Kyoto Purple Sanga	30	7	1	2	5	15	39	66	−27	25	Relegated to the 2001 J.League Division 2
16	Kawasaki Frontale	30	3	4	4	0	19	26	56	−30	21