2002 J.League Division 2

J.League Division 2 2002 Oita Trinita1st J2 title1st D2 title Oita TrinitaCerezo Osaka Marcus Vinícius (19 goals) 264 671 1,806,392 42,211https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/ J. League Data Site Albirex Niigata 0-0 Cerezo Osaka (10 August 2002) 1,136attMito HollyHock 0-2 Sagan Tosu (7 August 2002) 6,842att 2001 2003 The 2002 J.League Division 2 season was the 31st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 4th season since the establishment of J.League Division 2. Starting this season, extra-time rule was abolished and the league adopted the traditional 3-1-0 points system. The 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 2002 J.League 2 teams 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 34.615385 135.516684 Cerezo Osaka right Arrows 12x12 w.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 Japan Greater Tokyo area 33.200783 131.657435 Oita Trinita right Arrows 12x12 w.svg The following 12 clubs played in J.League Division 2 during 2002 season. Of these clubs, Cerezo Osaka and Avispa Fukuoka were relegated from J.League Division 1 last year. Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki Frontale Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC Personnel Club Head coachAlbirex Niigata JPN Yasuharu SorimachiAvispa Fukuoka JPN Shigekazu NakamuraCerezo Osaka JPN Akihiro NishimuraKawasaki Frontale JPN Nobuhiro IshizakiMito HollyHock JPN Masaaki KannoMontedio Yamagata JPN Koichi HashirataniOita Trinita JPN Shinji KobayashiOmiya Ardija NED Henk DuutSagan Tosu JPN Hiroshi SoejimaShonan Bellmare JPN Koji TanakaVentforet Kofu JPN Takeshi OkiYokohama FC JPN Katsuyoshi Shinto Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Albirex Niigata Brazil Beto Brazil Marcus Vinícius Brazil Serjão North Korea An Yong-hak Avispa Fukuoka Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoltan Sabo South Korea Noh Jung-yoon Argentina David Bisconti Cerezo Osaka Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Turković Brazil João Carlos South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan South Korea Chong Yong-de Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Bentinho Brazil Marlon Brazil Marquinho Brazil Alex Brazil Marcos Aurélio Mito HollyHock South Korea An Seon-jin North Korea Hwang Hak-sun Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Brazil Andradina Brazil Fabinho Santos Brazil Sandro Brazil Marcelo MattosSouth Korea Kim Sung-kil Omiya Ardija Brazil Toninho Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Turkey Fuat Usta Brazil Jorginho Sagan Tosu Argentina David Bisconti Brazil Erikson Noguchipinto Shonan Bellmare Colombia Ever Palacios Brazil Silva Ventforet Kofu Brazil Jorginho Brazil Alair Yokohama FC Argentina Fernando Moner 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 will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs are promoted to J1. Final league table main WDL 5 PR TRI Oita Trinita CER Cerezo Osaka ALB Albirex Niigata FRO Kawasaki Frontale BEL Shonan Bellmare ARD Omiya Ardija VEN Ventforet Kofu AVI Avispa Fukuoka SAG Sagan Tosu HOL Mito HollyHock MON Montedio Yamagata YFC Yokohama FC 28 10 6 67 34 C,P 25 12 7 93 53 P 23 13 8 75 47 23 11 10 71 53 16 16 12 46 43 14 17 13 52 42 16 10 18 51 55 10 12 22 58 69 9 14 21 41 64 11 7 26 45 73 6 17 21 29 57 8 11 25 43 81 #D0F0C0 Promotion to 2003 J.League Division 1 P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 24, 2002 J.League Data Site Top scorers PosPlayerClubGoalsPKGPShotsGoals per game 1stBRA Marcus ViníciusAlbirex Niigata 19 4/5 36 139 0.55 2ndJPN Yoshito ŌkuboCerezo Osaka 18 1/2 29 65 0.91BRA AndradinaOita Trinita 1/1 39 117 0.50 4thBRA BentinhoKawasaki Frontale 16 3/3 36 176 0.44 5thJPN Takayoshi OnoMito HollyHock 14 2/2 36 85 0.46JPN Hiroshi MoritaSagan Tosu 0/0 38 86 0.45ARG David Bisconti 4/4 39 92 0.42 8thJPN Yasuo ManakaCerezo Osaka 13 1/1 28 67 1.05PAN Jorge Dely ValdésOmiya Ardija 2/2 32 72 0.46 10thJPN Hiroaki MorishimaCerezo Osaka 12 0/0 37 75 0.34BRA MarlonKawasaki Frontale 0/0 23 74 0.58 Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Total attendance!!Home games!!Average !!Highest!!Lowest - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Albirex Niigata 472,507 22 21,478 42,211 9,125 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oita Trinita 271,669 22 12,349 27,431 3,094 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Cerezo Osaka 174,951 22 7,952 32,067 3,067 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Avispa Fukuoka 142,808 22 6,491 14,475 3,284 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Omiya Ardija 115,846 22 5,266 19,782 2,517 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Kawasaki Frontale 115,431 22 5,247 20,405 3,044 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shonan Bellmare 100,125 22 4,551 9,739 2,120 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ventforet Kofu 108,108 22 4,914 13,000 2,954 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sagan Tosu 85,586 22 3,890 8,464 1,796 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Montedio Yamagata 82,601 22 3,755 8,996 1,908 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Yokohama FC 76,498 22 3,477 11,118 1,518 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Mito HollyHock 60,262 22 2,739 5,576 1,136 } Source:att References second 2 2002 Japan Japan