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.
Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka FC Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Verdy Kawasaki Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
Personnel Club Head coachAvispa Fukuoka Nestor Omar PiccoliCerezo Osaka Hiroshi SoejimaFC Tokyo Kiyoshi OkumaGamba Osaka Hiroshi HayanoJEF United Ichihara Zdenko VerdenikJúbilo Iwata Masakazu SuzukiKashima Antlers Toninho CerezoKashiwa Reysol Akira NishinoKawasaki Frontale Hiroshi KobayashiKyoto Purple Sanga Gert EngelsNagoya Grampus Eight João CarlosSanfrecce Hiroshima Eddie ThomsonShimizu S-Pulse Steve PerrymanVerdy Kawasaki Chang Woe-ryongVissel Kobe Ryoichi KawakatsuYokohama F. Marinos Osvaldo Ardiles
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Avispa Fukuoka David Bisconti Eduardo Bustos Montoya Pavel Badea Cerezo Osaka Pericles Noh Jung-yoon Yoon Jong-hwan FC Tokyo Amaral Tuto Sandro Gamba Osaka Reginaldo Nino Bule Claude Dambury Andradina JEF United Ichihara Baron Owusu Benson Cosmin Olăroiu Ovidiu Burcă Kim Myung-hwi Júbilo Iwata Aleksandar Živković Arno van Zwam Dmitri Radchenko Roberto Torres Kashima Antlers Bismarck Fabiano Bebeto Kashiwa Reysol Maurício Hong Myung-bo Hwang Sun-hong Saša Drakulić Park Kun-ha Kawasaki Frontale Daniel Rossi Paulo Isidoro Ricardinho Luiz Mazinho Pedrinho Guido Alvarenga Kyoto Purple Sanga Edinho Baiano Régis Pitbull Park Ji-sung Fabrício Nagoya Grampus Eight Ueslei Dragan Stojković Tarik Oulida Ko Ishikawa Romildo Sanfrecce Hiroshima Steve Corica Tony Popovic Miguel Simão Shimizu S-Pulse Fernando Oliva Santos Alex Stuart Thurgood Fabinho Verdy Kawasaki Kim Do-keun Kim Hyun-seok Ryang Kyu-sa Vissel Kobe Fabinho Choi Sung-yong Ha Seok-ju Yokohama F. Marinos Edmílson Matias Goran Jurić Yoo Sang-chul Raul Maldonado Abdeljalil Hadda Sin Byung-ho
Overview
First stage
Second stage
Suntory Championship
Overall table
References