2001 J.League Division 2

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2001 season.

J.League Division 2

Season	2001
Champions	Kyoto Purple Sanga 1st J2 title 1st D2 title
Promoted	Kyoto Purple Sanga Vegalta Sendai
Matches played	264
Goals scored	760 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcos (34 goals)
Highest attendance	42,011[1] Albirex Niigata 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga (3 November 2001)
Lowest attendance	754[1] Mito HollyHock 0-2 Omiya Ardija (23 May 2001)
Total attendance	1,505,722
Average attendance	5,703[1]
← 2000 2002 →

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 coach
Albirex Niigata	Yasuharu Sorimachi
Kawasaki Frontale	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Gert Engels
Mito HollyHock	Masaaki Kanno
Montedio Yamagata	Koichi Hashiratani
Oita Trinita	Shinji Kobayashi
Omiya Ardija	Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu	Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare	Koji Tanaka
Vegalta Sendai	Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu	Luís dos Reis
Yokohama FC	Katsuyoshi Shinto

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Andradina	Marquinho	Serjão			Lindomar
Kawasaki Frontale	Aílton	Edmilson			Luiz	Daniel Pitbull Emerson Sheik Ricardinho
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Piotr Sowisz	An Hyo-yeon	Park Ji-sung
Mito HollyHock	An Seon-jin	Sin Byung-ho		Hwang Hak-sun
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita	Lorenzo Staelens	Bentinho	Gugu	Erikson Noguchipinto	Leandro Montebeler	Andrzej Kubica Choi Moon-sik
Omiya Ardija	Alex Garcia	Toninho	Jorge Dely Valdés		Baré	Jorginho Alfredo Anderson
Sagan Tosu				Michael Yano
Shonan Bellmare	Arley Dinas	Ever Palacios	Hernán Gaviria			James Angulo
Vegalta Sendai	Celso Vieira	Marcos	Ricardo	Satoshi Ōtomo
Ventforet Kofu	Alex	Freitas	Vagner		Deili	Kim Hwang-jung
Yokohama FC

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyoto Purple Sanga[a] (C)	44	23	5	5	0	11	79	48	+31	84	Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
2	Vegalta Sendai	44	24	3	5	3	9	78	56	+22	83	Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
3	Montedio Yamagata	44	20	7	6	4	7	61	39	+22	80
4	Albirex Niigata	44	22	4	4	7	7	79	47	+32	78
5	Omiya Ardija	44	20	6	6	1	11	73	43	+30	78
6	Oita Trinita	44	24	1	4	6	9	75	52	+23	78
7	Kawasaki Frontale[a]	44	17	3	3	4	17	69	60	+9	60
8	Shonan Bellmare	44	16	4	4	2	18	64	61	+3	60
9	Yokohama FC[b]	44	12	3	1	3	25	58	81	−23	43
10	Sagan Tosu	44	8	2	4	2	28	45	82	−37	32
11	Mito HollyHock	44	5	3	4	6	26	41	93	−52	25
12	Ventforet Kofu	44	7	1	2	3	31	38	98	−60	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Relegated from 2000 J.League Division 1
2. Promoted from 2000 JFL

Attendances

#	Football club	Total attendance	Home games	Average	Highest	Lowest
1	Albirex Niigata	366,500	22	16,659	42,011	2,373
2	Vegalta Sendai	308,243	22	14,011	19,412	8,282
3	Oita Trinita	146,043	22	6,638	29,226	1,847
4	Montedio Yamagata	96,592	22	4,391	17,396	1,803
5	Shonan Bellmare	90,472	22	4,112	6,614	2,884
6	Omiya Ardija	85,014	22	3,864	7,038	1,665
7	Kyoto Purple Sanga	83,777	22	3,808	12,700	1,705
8	Kawasaki Frontale	83,240	22	3,784	8,126	1,169
9	Sagan Tosu	76,527	22	3,479	12,810	1,488
10	Ventforet Kofu	68,850	22	3,130	5,541	1,508
11	Yokohama FC	66,160	22	3,007	7,174	1,311
12	Mito HollyHock	34,304	22	1,559	3,472	754

Source:^[1]