2000 J.League Division 1

8th season of J1 League March 2026 J.League Division 1 2000 Kashima Antlers3rd J.League title3rd Japanese title Kyoto Purple SangaKawasaki Frontale Asian Club Championship Kashima Antlers Masashi Nakayama (20 goals) 240 712 50,399 – Antlers vs. Reysol (November 26)Balitskiy Andrei Fujioka Atsushi 2020-07-15 Japan 2000 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20260123223338/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jap00.html 2026-01-23 2026-03-02 RSSSF 2,738 – Vissel vs. Verdy (April 15) 11,065 1999 2001 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 Image:Arrowupgreen.png Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Image:Arrowupgreen.png Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Verdy Kawasaki Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Personnel Club Head coachAvispa Fukuoka ARG Nestor Omar PiccoliCerezo Osaka JPN Hiroshi SoejimaFC Tokyo JPN Kiyoshi OkumaGamba Osaka JPN Hiroshi HayanoJEF United Ichihara SVN Zdenko VerdenikJúbilo Iwata JPN Masakazu SuzukiKashima Antlers BRA Toninho CerezoKashiwa Reysol JPN Akira NishinoKawasaki Frontale JPN Hiroshi KobayashiKyoto Purple Sanga GER Gert EngelsNagoya Grampus Eight BRA João CarlosSanfrecce Hiroshima SCO Eddie ThomsonShimizu S-Pulse ENG Steve PerrymanVerdy Kawasaki KOR Chang Woe-ryongVissel Kobe JPN Ryoichi KawakatsuYokohama F. Marinos ARG 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 football Claude Dambury Brazil Andradina JEF United Ichihara Brazil Baron Ghana Owusu Benson Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Ovidiu BurcăSouth Korea Kim Myung-hwi Júbilo Iwata FR 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 FR Yugoslavia Saša DrakulićSouth Korea Park Kun-ha Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Daniel Rossi Brazil Paulo Isidoro Brazil Ricardinho Brazil Luiz Brazil MazinhoBrazil PedrinhoParaguay Guido Alvarenga Kyoto Purple Sanga Brazil Edinho Baiano Brazil Régis Pitbull South Korea Park Ji-sung Brazil Fabrício Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Ueslei FR 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 MaldonadoMorocco Abdeljalil HaddaSouth Korea Sin Byung-ho Overview First stage main WDL OT 0 Q FMA Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama F. Marinos CER Osaka Prefecture Cerezo Osaka SSP Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse REY Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Reysol JÚB Shizuoka Prefecture Júbilo Iwata TOK Tokyo FC Tokyo VIS Hyōgo Prefecture Vissel Kobe ANT Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers VER Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki SFR Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima JEF Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara GRA Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight GAM Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka AVI Fukuoka Prefecture Avispa Fukuoka FRO Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki Frontale SAN Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Purple Sanga 10 0 0 4 1 32 21 9 1 0 4 1 34 25 8 2 0 4 1 21 17 6 4 0 4 1 25 22 7 2 0 3 3 32 25 7 1 0 6 1 24 22 7 0 1 6 1 21 17 6 2 0 7 0 20 17 5 2 1 4 3 26 23 4 3 1 6 1 17 15 6 0 1 6 2 22 22 4 3 1 5 2 17 18 5 0 2 6 2 20 23 3 3 0 8 1 19 28 2 1 2 10 0 14 29 2 0 1 8 4 16 36 Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1 Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2 TOK #FFFF99 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000 QC complete RSSSF Second stage main WDL OT 0 Q ANT Kashima Antlers REY Kashiwa Reysol JÚB Júbilo Iwata GAM Gamba Osaka FMA Yokohama F. Marinos AVI Avispa Fukuoka GRA Nagoya Grampus Eight TOK FC Tokyo CER Cerezo Osaka VER Verdy Kawasaki SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima SAN Kyoto Purple Sanga SSP Shimizu S-Pulse VIS Vissel Kobe FRO Kawasaki Frontale JEF JEF United Ichihara 9 1 4 0 1 28 10 9 2 1 3 0 23 10 10 0 0 4 1 35 17 8 2 0 4 1 27 20 7 1 1 5 1 24 24 6 1 2 2 4 22 20 7 0 1 5 2 25 27 5 2 1 6 1 23 19 5 2 0 7 1 20 24 5 0 3 6 1 20 21 5 1 1 5 3 23 25 5 1 1 7 1 23 30 2 3 2 8 0 13 19 3 1 0 10 1 19 32 1 3 2 9 0 12 27 2 1 1 8 3 15 27 Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1 Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2 TOK #FFFF99 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 2000 QC complete RSSSF Suntory Championship December 3, 2000 15:02 Yokohama F. Marinos 0 – 0 Kashima Antlers International Stadium Yokohama 41,595 Leslie Mottram December 10, 2000 19:34 Kashima Antlers 3 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos Suzuki 24 Narahashi 39 Nakata 44 Tokyo National Stadium 44,665 Masayoshi Okada Overall table main WDL OT 0 QR ANT Kashima Antlers FMA Yokohama F. Marinos REY Kashiwa Reysol JÚB Júbilo Iwata CER Cerezo Osaka GAM Gamba Osaka TOK FC Tokyo SSP Shimizu S-Pulse GRA Nagoya Grampus Eight VER Verdy Kawasaki SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima AVI Avispa Fukuoka VIS Vissel Kobe JEF JEF United Ichihara SAN Kyoto Purple Sanga FRO Kawasaki Frontale 15 3 4 7 1 48 27 17 1 1 9 2 56 45 15 6 1 7 1 48 32 17 2 0 7 4 67 42 14 3 0 11 2 54 49 13 2 2 10 3 47 43 12 3 1 12 2 47 41 10 5 2 12 1 34 36 11 3 2 10 4 42 45 10 2 4 10 4 46 44 9 4 2 11 4 40 40 9 4 2 10 5 41 48 10 1 1 16 2 40 49 8 1 2 14 5 37 49 7 1 2 15 5 39 66 3 4 4 19 0 26 56 Champion from 1999 J.League Division 1 Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup Promoted from 1999 J.League Division 2 TOK #D0F0C0 Champion and qualified to the Asian Club Championship 2001–02 First Round C #97DEFF Runners-Up 2000 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2002 Second Round Kashima Antlers is Winner of the Emperor's Cup 2000 and has qualified as Champion of J.League 2000 to the Asian Club Championship 2001–02, therefore Shimizu S-Pulse got the spot as Runners-Up in Emperor's Cup 2000 to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2002 Second Round Q #FFCCCC Relegated to the 2001 J.League Division 2 R R complete RSSSF References first 1 2000 Japan