The 2001 J.League Division 1 season was the ninth season since the establishment of the J.League Division 1. The league began on March 10 and ended on November 24. At the end of the season, the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Júbilo Iwata who won the first stage.
Clubs The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2001 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Urawa Red Diamonds were promoted from Division 2.
Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo FC Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
Personnel Club Head coachAvispa Fukuoka Nestor Omar PiccoliCerezo Osaka Akihiro NishimuraConsadole Sapporo Takeshi OkadaFC Tokyo Kiyoshi OkumaGamba Osaka Kazuhiko TakemotoJEF United Ichihara Zdenko VerdenikJúbilo Iwata Masakazu SuzukiKashima Antlers Toninho CerezoKashiwa Reysol Steve PerrymanNagoya Grampus Eight Tetsuro MiuraSanfrecce Hiroshima Valery NepomnyashchyShimizu S-Pulse Zdravko ZemunovićTokyo Verdy 1969 Yukitaka OmiUrawa Red Diamonds PitaVissel Kobe Ryoichi KawakatsuYokohama F. Marinos Sebastião Lazaroni
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Avispa Fukuoka Claudio Biaggio David Bisconti Noh Jung-yoon Martín Vilallonga Pavel Badea Cerezo Osaka Cláudio Wágner Yoon Jong-hwan Marcelo Rosa Washington Kim Do-keun Noh Jung-yoon Consadole Sapporo Adalto Biju Will Almir FC Tokyo Amaral Kelly Sandro Gamba Osaka Reginaldo Mirko Hrgović Nino Bule Claude Dambury JEF United Ichihara Edin Mujčin Željko Milinovič Choi Yong-soo Kim Myung-hwi Júbilo Iwata Aleksandar Živković Arno van Zwam Kashima Antlers Augusto César Bismarck Fabiano Kashiwa Reysol Hong Myung-bo Hwang Sun-hong Yoo Sang-chul Nagoya Grampus Eight Marcelo Ramos Ueslei Tarik Oulida Ko Ishikawa Adriano Pimenta Dragan Stojković Sanfrecce Hiroshima Steve Corica Serhiy Skachenko Oleg Pashinin Marcus Tulio Tanaka Ri Han-jae Tony Popovic Shimizu S-Pulse Fernando Oliva Baron Alex Alair Tokyo Verdy 1969 Edmundo Emerson Marquinhos Urawa Red Diamonds Adriano Gerlin Emerson Sheik Tuto Harison Donizete Oliveira Vissel Kobe Daniel Santos Sidiclei Yokohama F. Marinos Dutra Marco Brito Nasa Leandro Simioni Marcelo Lipatín
Overview First stage
Results
Second stage
Results
Suntory Championship
Kashima Antlers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Overall table
Awards
Individual
AwardRecipientClubPlayer of the Year Toshiya FujitaJúbilo IwataYoung Player of the Year Koji YamaseConsadole SapporoManager of the Year Masakazu SuzukiJúbilo IwataTop Scorer WillConsadole Sapporo
Best Eleven PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKArno van Zwam (1)Júbilo IwataDFYutaka Akita (4)Kashima AntlersDFAkira Narahashi (1)Kashima AntlersDFGo Oiwa (1)Júbilo IwataMFToshiya Fujita (2)Júbilo IwataMFTakashi Fukunishi (2)Júbilo IwataMFToshihiro Hattori (1)Júbilo IwataMFKōji Nakata (1)Kashima AntlersMFMitsuo Ogasawara (1)Kashima AntlersFWWill (1)Consadole SapporoFWAtsushi Yanagisawa (2)Kashima Antlers * The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.
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