2003 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2 2003 Albirex Niigata1st J2 title1st D2 title Albirex NiigataSanfrecce Hiroshima Marcus Vinícius (32 goals) 264 678 42,223 (Round 44,Albirex vs. Ardija) 1,337 (Round 4,HollyHock vs. Ardija) 7,895 2002 2004 The 2003 J. League Division 2 season was the 32nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 5th season since the establishment of J.League Division 2. In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. The top two received promotion to the J. League Division 1. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League. Clubs Japan Greater Tokyo area right 450 Locations of the 2003 J.League 2 teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 43.015100 141.409816 Consadole Sapporo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 38.335547 140.378445 Montedio Yamagata left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 37.882686 139.059288 Albirex Niigata left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.916158 139.633381 Omiya Ardija top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.345278 140.412222 Mito HollyHock right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.622320 138.589754 Ventforet Kofu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.343532 139.341226 Shonan Bellmare left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.585808 139.652689 Kawasaki Frontale right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.469119 139.603770 Yokohama FC right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.440781 132.394287 Sanfrecce Hiroshima top Arrows 12x12 s.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.585803 130.461066 Avispa Fukuoka right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.371683 130.520236 Sagan Tosu bottom Arrows 12x12 n.svg The following twelve clubs participated in J. League Division 2 during 2003 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima were relegated from Division 1 last year. Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Image:Arrowdownred.png Kawasaki Frontale Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Image:Arrowdownred.png Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC Personnel Club Head coachAlbirex Niigata JPN Yasuharu SorimachiAvispa Fukuoka JPN Hiroshi MatsudaConsadole Sapporo KOR Chang Woe-ryongKawasaki Frontale JPN Nobuhiro IshizakiMito HollyHock JPN Hideki MaedaMontedio Yamagata JPN Koichi HashirataniOmiya Ardija JPN Eijun KiyokumoSagan Tosu JPN Yoshinori SembikiSanfrecce Hiroshima JPN Takeshi OnoShonan Bellmare JPN Matsuichi YamadaVentforet Kofu JPN Hideki MatsunagaYokohama FC GER Pierre Littbarski Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Albirex Niigata Brazil Anderson Batatais Brazil Fabinho Santos Brazil Marcus Vinícius Canada Issey Nakajima-FarranNorth Korea An Yong-hak BRA Geílson Avispa Fukuoka Brazil Bentinho Brazil Serjão Brazil Alex Consadole Sapporo Brazil Andradina Brazil Reginaldo Netherlands Tarik Oulida Brazil BetoBrazil RobertBrazil Will Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Augusto César Brazil Juninho Brazil Robert Brazil Diogo Tilico Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Mito HollyHock Chile Francisco Fernández Chile Frank Lobos Brazil Marcus Tulio TanakaNorth Korea Hwang Hak-sun Montedio Yamagata Brazil Nivaldo Brazil Alexandre Omiya Ardija Brazil Baré Brazil Edson Araújo Brazil Toninho Brazil Alexandre Finazzi Sagan Tosu Brazil Jefferson Brazil Juninho Brazil Pericles Philippines Satoshi Ōtomo Brazil Bruno CabrerizoBrazil Junior Coimbra Sanfrecce Hiroshima Brazil César Sampaio Brazil Marcelo Ramos Brazil Ricardo North Korea Ri Han-jae Croatia Tomislav Erceg Shonan Bellmare Colombia Ever Palacios South Korea Kim Geun-chol Brazil SantosColombia Hámilton Ricard Ventforet Kofu Brazil Jorginho Brazil Alair Brazil Juninho Yokohama FC Albania Rudi Vata Germany Dirk Lehmann Netherlands Mathieu Boots Argentina Fernando MonerGermany Dirk van der Ven League format Twelve clubs played in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 44 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order: Goal differential Goals scored Head-to-head results A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs would be declared as the champions. The top two clubs are promoted to J1. League table main WDL 5 PR ALB Albirex Niigata SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima FRO Kawasaki Frontale AVI Avispa Fukuoka VEN Ventforet Kofu ARD Omiya Ardija HOL Mito HollyHock MON Montedio Yamagata CON Consadole Sapporo BEL Shonan Bellmare YFC Yokohama FC SAG Sagan Tosu 27 7 10 80 40 C,P 25 11 8 65 35 P 24 13 7 88 47 21 8 15 67 62 19 12 13 58 46 18 7 19 52 61 15 11 18 37 41 15 10 19 52 60 13 13 18 57 56 11 11 22 33 53 10 12 22 49 88 3 11 30 40 89 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2004 J. League Division 1 P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 23, 2003 J. League Division 2 Final results main Rounds 1 & 2 FBR grey ALB ARD AVI BEL CON FRO HOL MON SAG SFR VEN YFC Albirex Niigata 4–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 Omiya Ardija 1–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 5–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 Consadole Sapporo 2–0 6–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–3 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 5–1 6–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 Mito HollyHock 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 Montedio Yamagata 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 Sagan Tosu 0–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–4 1–1 5–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 Ventforet Kofu 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 Yokohama FC 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–5 July 6, 2003 J. League Division 2 main Rounds 3 & 4 FBR grey ALB ARD AVI BEL CON FRO HOL MON SAG SFR VEN YFC Albirex Niigata 1–0 3–2 2–1 5–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 Omiya Ardija 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 Avispa Fukuoka 2–1 5–3 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 Consadole Sapporo 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 7–1 2–1 4–1 3–3 Mito HollyHock 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 Montedio Yamagata 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 Sagan Tosu 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 Ventforet Kofu 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 Yokohama FC 1–7 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–5 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 November 23, 2003 J. League Division 2 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=44&y=2003&l=E 2003 J2 Top scorers 17 April 2010 j-league.or.jp J-League https://web.archive.org/web/20110629105515/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j2&t=score&s=44&y=2003&l=E 29 June 2011 dead dmy-all 1BRA Marcus ViníciusAlbirex Niigata322BRA JuninhoKawasaki Frontale283BRA BaréOmiya Ardija224BRA BentinhoAvispa Fukuoka205BRA Augusto CésarKawasaki Frontale176BRA Marcelo RamosSanfrecce Hiroshima147JPN Kazuki GanahaKawasaki Frontale 13JPN Yusaku UenoAlbirex Niigata9JPN Shoji JoYokohama FC12 10JPN Hiroyuki HayashiAvispa Fukuoka 11JPN Kosei NakamuraMontedio Yamagata Attendance figures 1 Albirex Niigata 667447 42223 8644 30339 21478 2 Consadole Sapporo 236861 23590 3653 10766 19410 † 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 198004 26158 3471 9000 10941 † 4 Avispa Fukuoka 163165 13921 3448 7417 6491 5 Kawasaki Frontale 159678 22087 2438 7258 5247 6 Ventforet Kofu 127515 13043 2382 5796 4914 7 Omiya Ardija 111274 20686 1357 5058 5266 8 Shonan Bellmare 104085 8276 2772 4731 4551 9 Montedio Yamagata 96142 10096 2743 4370 3755 10 Yokohama FC 82351 8574 1851 3743 3477 11 Sagan Tosu 69789 5756 1585 3172 3890 12 Mito HollyHock 67874 5889 1337 3085 2739 2084185 42223 1337 7895 6842 November 23, 2003 J. League Division 2 † Team played previous season in J1. References second 2 2003 Japan Japan