2001 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2001 Kyoto Purple Sanga1st J2 title1st D2 title Kyoto Purple SangaVegalta Sendai Marcos (34 goals) 264 760 1,505,722 42,011J. League Data Site https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/ 2026-07-28 data.j-league.or.jpAlbirex Niigata 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga(3 November 2001) 754attMito HollyHock 0-2 Omiya Ardija(23 May 2001) 5,703att 2000 2002 Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2001 season. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Kyoto Purple Sanga won the championship. Clubs The following 12 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2001 season. Albirex Niigata Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC Personnel Club Head coachAlbirex Niigata JPN Yasuharu SorimachiKawasaki Frontale JPN Nobuhiro IshizakiKyoto Purple Sanga GER Gert EngelsMito HollyHock JPN Masaaki KannoMontedio Yamagata JPN Koichi HashirataniOita Trinita JPN Shinji KobayashiOmiya Ardija JPN Toshiya MiuraSagan Tosu JPN Kazuhiro KosoShonan Bellmare JPN Koji TanakaVegalta Sendai JPN Hidehiko ShimizuVentforet Kofu BRA Luís dos ReisYokohama FC JPN Katsuyoshi Shinto Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Albirex Niigata Brazil Andradina Brazil Marquinho Brazil Serjão Brazil Lindomar Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Aílton Brazil Edmilson Brazil Luiz Brazil Daniel PitbullBrazil Emerson SheikBrazil Ricardinho Kyoto Purple Sanga Poland Piotr Sowisz South Korea An Hyo-yeon South Korea Park Ji-sung Mito HollyHock South Korea An Seon-jin South Korea Sin Byung-ho North Korea Hwang Hak-sun Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Belgium Lorenzo Staelens Brazil Bentinho Brazil Gugu Brazil Erikson Noguchipinto Brazil Leandro Montebeler Poland Andrzej KubicaSouth Korea Choi Moon-sik Omiya Ardija Brazil Alex Garcia Brazil Toninho Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Brazil Baré Brazil JorginhoPanama Alfredo Anderson Sagan Tosu Ghana Michael Yano Shonan Bellmare Colombia Arley Dinas Colombia Ever Palacios Colombia Hernán Gaviria Colombia James Angulo Vegalta Sendai Brazil Celso Vieira Brazil Marcos Brazil Ricardo Philippines Satoshi Ōtomo Ventforet Kofu Brazil Alex Brazil Freitas Brazil Vagner Brazil Deili South Korea Kim Hwang-jung Yokohama FC Final table main WDL OT 0 P 5 SAN Kyoto Purple Sanga VEG Vegalta Sendai MON Montedio Yamagata ALB Albirex Niigata ARD Omiya Ardija TRI Oita Trinita FRO Kawasaki Frontale BEL Shonan Bellmare YFC Yokohama FC SAG Sagan Tosu HOL Mito HollyHock VEN Ventforet Kofu 23 5 5 11 0 79 48 C 24 3 5 9 3 78 56 20 7 6 7 4 61 39 22 4 4 7 7 79 47 20 6 6 11 1 73 43 24 1 4 9 6 75 52 17 3 3 17 4 69 60 16 4 4 18 2 64 61 12 3 1 25 3 58 81 8 2 4 28 2 45 82 5 3 4 26 6 41 93 7 1 2 31 3 38 98 Relegated from 2000 J.League Division 1 SAN Promoted from 2000 JFL #D0F0C0 Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1 CP #DDFFDD Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1 P complete Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Total attendance!!Home games!!Average !!Highest!!Lowest - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Albirex Niigata 366,500 22 16,659 42,011 2,373 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Vegalta Sendai 308,243 22 14,011 19,412 8,282 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oita Trinita 146,043 22 6,638 29,226 1,847 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Montedio Yamagata 96,592 22 4,391 17,396 1,803 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shonan Bellmare 90,472 22 4,112 6,614 2,884 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Omiya Ardija 85,014 22 3,864 7,038 1,665 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kyoto Purple Sanga 83,777 22 3,808 12,700 1,705 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kawasaki Frontale 83,240 22 3,784 8,126 1,169 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sagan Tosu 76,527 22 3,479 12,810 1,488 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ventforet Kofu 68,850 22 3,130 5,541 1,508 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Yokohama FC 66,160 22 3,007 7,174 1,311 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Mito HollyHock 34,304 22 1,559 3,472 754 } Source:att References second 2 2001 Japan Japan