2002 J.League Division 1

J. League Division 1
Season	2002
Champions	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata 3rd J. League title 4th Japanese title
Relegated	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo
← 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 Jubilo Iwata was winner of both stages. At the end Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo were relegated to J2.

General

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2001 Season, Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vegalta Sendai were promoted to J1.
At the end of the 2001 Season, Avispa Fukuoka and Cerezo Osaka were relegated to J2.

Changes in competition formats

Extra time was scracted 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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Honours

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

Clubs

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.

Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
JEF United Ichihara
Kashiwa Reysol
F.C. Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Yokohama F. Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse
Jublio Iwata
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Gamba Osaka
Consadole Sapporo
Vissel Kobe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Vegalta Sendai
Kyoto Purple Sanga

First stage

Pos	Club	P	W/OT	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jubilo Iwata	15	9/4	1	1	39	17	22	36
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 (C)	15	9/0	0	6	21	18	3	27
6	Kyoto Purple Sanga (P)	15	5/4	1	5	26	18	8	24
7	Shimizu S-Pulse (CW)	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 (P)	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

Legend
	Qualification to the Suntory Championship
(C)	Champion from 2001 J. League Division 1
(CW)	Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup
(P)	Promoted from 2001 J. League Division 2

Second stage

Pos	Club	P	W/OT	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jubilo Iwata	15	9/4	0	2	33	13	20	35
2	Gamba Osaka	15	7/3	0	5	24	13	12	27
3	Kashima Antlers (C)	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 (P)	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 (CW)	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 (P)	15	3/1	1	10	17	30	-13	12
16	Consadole Sapporo	15	2/1	1	11	15	29	-14	9

Legend
	Qualification to the Suntory Championship
(C)	Champion from 2001 J. League Division 1
(CW)	Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup
(P)	Promoted from 2001 J. League Division 2

Overall Table

Pos	Club	P	W/OT	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jubilo Iwata	30	18/8	1	3	72	30	42	71
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 (C)	30	17/1	0	12	46	39	7	53
5	Kyoto Purple Sanga (P)	30	11/6	1	12	44	42	2	46
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 (CW)	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 (P)	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
16	Consadole Sapporo	30	4/1	1	24	30	64	-34	15

Legend
	Champion and qualified to the AFC Champions League 2004 *
	Relegated to the 2003 J. League Division 2
	Cup-Winner 2002 Emperor's Cup is qualified to the AFC Champions League 2003-04 **
(C)	Champion from 2001 J. League Division 1
(CW)	Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup
(P)	Promoted from 2001 J. League Division 2

* AFC Champions League 2003-04 was not held, therefore Jubilo was later qualified to the AFC Champions League 2004.
** AFC Champions League 2003-04 was not held, therefore Kyoto Sanga wes later qualified for the AFC Champions League 2004. But Sanga was relegeated to the Division 2 in 2003, so this spot was withdrawn.

Top scorers

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

Awards

Individual

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

Best Eleven

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

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

Attendance

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

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J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 FC Tokyo U-23

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Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori !ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC !Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection

2002 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	2001–02 Asian Club Championship AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup

National teams	FIFA World Cup

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Consadole Sapporo F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki Frontale Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

J1 League champions

8 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2016)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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