2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season

The 2002 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's eleventh season in existence and their tenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season eighth in the league.

Shimizu S-Pulse

2002 season
Manager	Zdravko Zemunović
Stadium	Nihondaira Sports Stadium
J. League 1	8th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Alessandro Santos (9)
Home colours Away colours
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Competitions

Competitions	Position
J. League 1	8th / 16 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	Semifinals

Domestic results

J. League 1

Match	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score
1-1	2002.3.3	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Vissel Kobe	1-0 a.e.t. (sudden death)
1-2	2002.3.9	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashima Antlers	1-0
1-3	2002.3.16	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Urawa Red Diamonds	2-1
1-4	2002.3.31	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	2-1 a.e.t. (sudden death)
1-5	2002.4.6	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0-4
1-6	2002.4.14	Ichihara Seaside Stadium	JEF United Ichihara	1-1 a.e.t.
1-7	2002.4.21	Hiroshima Big Arch	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0-0 a.e.t.
1-8	2002.7.14	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Gamba Osaka	1-4
1-9	2002.7.20	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	1-0
1-10	2002.7.24	Yamaha Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	1-3
1-11	2002.7.27	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Tokyo Verdy 1969	1-2
1-12	2002.8.3	Sapporo Dome	Consadole Sapporo	3-2
1-13	2002.8.7	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	2-1
1-14	2002.8.10	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	1-0
1-15	2002.8.17	National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)	Yokohama F. Marinos	0-0 a.e.t.
2-1	2002.9.1	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0-3
2-2	2002.9.7	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	JEF United Ichihara	1-0
2-3	2002.9.14	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	Gamba Osaka	1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death)
2-4	2002.9.18	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Júbilo Iwata	0-2
2-5	2002.9.21	Sendai Stadium	Vegalta Sendai	1-3
2-6	2002.9.28	Saitama Stadium 2002	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death)
2-7	2002.10.5	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Consadole Sapporo	3-0
2-8	2002.10.12	Tokyo Stadium	Tokyo Verdy 1969	0-2
2-9	2002.10.19	Shizuoka Stadium	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2-1
2-11	2002.10.26	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2-1 a.e.t. (sudden death)
2-10	2002.10.30	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	Kashiwa Reysol	0-1
2-12	2002.11.9	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Yokohama F. Marinos	1-2
2-13	2002.11.16	Tokyo Stadium	F.C. Tokyo	2-1
2-14	2002.11.24	Nihondaira Sports Stadium	Kashima Antlers	2-1
2-15	2002.11.30	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	Vissel Kobe	0-3

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2002 Emperor's Cup

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sagan Tosu

15 December 2002 (2002-12-15) Third round	Shimizu S-Pulse	4–2	Sagan Tosu	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
	Sawanobori 47', 61' Baron 50' Yoshida 90'	Report	Koishi 80', 90'	Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 4,764

Shimizu S-Pulse v Shonan Bellmare

22 December 2002 (2002-12-22) Fourth round	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Shonan Bellmare	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
	Baron 12' Ahn Jung-hwan 79' 120'	Report	Tokisaki 8' Toda 81'	Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 6,753

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

25 December 2002 (2002-12-25) Quarterfinals	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
	Baron 17'	Report	Kubo 31' (pen.), 62' Morisaki 84'	Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 6,835

J. League Cup

Main article: 2002 J.League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Tokyo	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Quarterfinals
2	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12
3	Tokyo Verdy 1969	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7
4	Vissel Kobe	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	2

Source: rsssf.com

FC Tokyo v Shimizu S-Pulse

27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) 1	FC Tokyo	3–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Tokyo
13:00	Miyazawa 19' Kelly 44' Fukuda 78'	Report	Koga  34'	Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana

Shimizu S-Pulse v Vissel Kobe

30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Vissel Kobe	Shizuoka, Shizuoka
19:00	Baron 16'  34' Sawanobori  35' 76'	Report	Daniel  63' Jo 70' Yoshimura  79'	Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,946 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto

Tokyo Verdy 1969 v Shimizu S-Pulse

3 May 2002 (2002-05-03) 3	Tokyo Verdy 1969	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Tokyo
15:00	Edmundo  4' 79' Hiramoto 47'	Report		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Shimizu S-Pulse v Tokyo Verdy 1969

6 May 2002 (2002-05-06) 4	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	Tokyo Verdy 1969	Shizuoka, Shizuoka
15:04	Baron 41' Sawanobori 57' Ota 89'	Report	Yamada 12'	Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 9,681 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama

Vissel Kobe v Shimizu S-Pulse

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09) 5	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kobe
19:00	Ataliba  11'	Report	Sawanobori 19' Pecelj  26' Unknown 77' (o.g.) Oenoki  78'	Stadium: Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,844 Referee: Akio Okutani

Shimizu S-Pulse v FC Tokyo

12 May 2002 (2002-05-12) 6	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	FC Tokyo	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
13:04	Pecelj  8' Kuboyama 22', 32' Morioka  29' Hiramatsu  55'	Report	Yamao  57' Komine  77'  88' Fukuda 84'  87'	Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 11,390 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Final stage

JEF United Ichihara v Shimizu S-Pulse

4 September 2002 (2002-09-04) Quarterfinals	JEF United Ichihara	0–3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ichihara
19:03	Muto  41' Nakanishi  57'  85'	Report	Hiramatsu 27' Alex 55' Ikeda  61' Kuboyama 89'	Stadium: Ichihara Stadium Attendance: 3,345 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Kashima Antlers v Shimizu S-Pulse

2 October 2002 (2002-10-02) Semifinals	Kashima Antlers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima
19:00	Unknown 25' (o.g.) Hasegawa 106'	Report	Pecelj  65' Alex 67' Toda  76'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,102 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

International results

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Shimizu S-Pulse qualified for this tournament as runners-up of the 2000 Emperor's Cup, as the winners (Kashima Antlers) have already qualified to the Asian Club Championship as the league winners.

Second round

South China v Shimizu S-Pulse

21 November 2001 (2001-11-21) 1st Leg	South China	3–2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hong Kong
		Report		Stadium: Happy Valley Racecourse

Shimizu S-Pulse v South China

28 November 2001 (2001-11-28) 2nd Leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	6–0 (8–3 agg.)	South China	Shizuoka, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Quarterfinals

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Shimizu S-Pulse

13 February 2002 (2002-02-13) 1st Leg	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Jeonju, South Korea
		Report		Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

Shimizu S-Pulse v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

20 February 2002 (2002-02-20) 2nd Leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–2 (3–3a agg.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Shizuoka, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium

AFC Champions League (qualification)

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification

Shimizu S-Pulse entered the qualifying rounds as winners of the 2001 Emperor's Cup.

Third qualifying round

Shimizu S-Pulse v New Radiant

9 October 2002 (2002-10-09) 1st Leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	7–0	New Radiant	Shizuoka, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium

New Radiant v Shimizu S-Pulse

23 October 2002 (2002-10-23) 2nd Leg	New Radiant	0–0 (0–7 agg.)	Shimizu S-Pulse	Malé, Maldives
		Report		Stadium: National Football Stadium

Fourth qualifying round

South China v Shimizu S-Pulse

12 November 2002 (2002-11-12) 1st Leg	South China	0–5	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hong Kong
20:00		Report		Stadium: Happy Valley Racecourse

Shimizu S-Pulse v South China

27 November 2002 (2002-11-27) 2nd Leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1 (8–1 agg.)	South China	Shizuoka, Japan
19:00		Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Shimizu S-Pulse qualified to the 2002–03 AFC Champions League.

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
					Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Masanori Sanada	(1968-03-06)March 6, 1968 (aged 33)	cm / kg	13	0
2	DF	Toshihide Saito	(1973-04-20)April 20, 1973 (aged 28)	cm / kg	20	1
3	DF	Takuma Koga	(1969-04-30)April 30, 1969 (aged 32)	cm / kg	16	0
4	MF	Kazuyuki Toda	(1977-12-30)December 30, 1977 (aged 24)	cm / kg	22	1
5	MF	Yasuhiro Yoshida	(1969-07-14)July 14, 1969 (aged 32)	cm / kg	27	1
6	MF	Katsumi Oenoki	(1965-04-03)April 3, 1965 (aged 36)	cm / kg	18	0
7	MF	Teruyoshi Ito	(1974-08-31)August 31, 1974 (aged 27)	cm / kg	22	0
8	MF	Alessandro Santos	(1977-07-20)July 20, 1977 (aged 24)	cm / kg	29	9
9	FW	Baron	(1974-01-19)January 19, 1974 (aged 28)	cm / kg	28	6
10	MF	Masaaki Sawanobori	(1970-01-12)January 12, 1970 (aged 32)	cm / kg	29	3
11	DF	Ryuzo Morioka	(1975-10-07)October 7, 1975 (aged 26)	cm / kg	3	1
12	DF	Srđan Pecelj	(1975-03-12)March 12, 1975 (aged 26)	cm / kg	7	2
13	MF	Kohei Hiramatsu	(1980-04-19)April 19, 1980 (aged 21)	cm / kg	27	2
14	DF	Tsuyoshi Tanikawa	(1980-04-25)April 25, 1980 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
15	FW	Yoshikiyo Kuboyama	(1976-07-21)July 21, 1976 (aged 25)	cm / kg	16	1
16	GK	Keisuke Hada	(1978-02-20)February 20, 1978 (aged 24)	cm / kg	6	0
17	FW	Takayuki Yokoyama	(1972-12-22)December 22, 1972 (aged 29)	cm / kg	11	0
18	FW	Kotaro Yamazaki	(1978-10-19)October 19, 1978 (aged 23)	cm / kg	0	0
19	DF	Shohei Ikeda	(1981-04-27)April 27, 1981 (aged 20)	cm / kg	27	0
20	GK	Takaya Kurokawa	(1981-04-07)April 7, 1981 (aged 20)	cm / kg	11	0
21	DF	Kazumichi Takagi	(1980-11-21)November 21, 1980 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
22	MF	Keisuke Ota	(1981-07-23)July 23, 1981 (aged 20)	cm / kg	2	0
23	MF	Juninho	(1982-07-07)July 7, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
24	GK	Satoshi Asayama	(1983-04-25)April 25, 1983 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
25	DF	Daisuke Ichikawa	(1980-05-14)May 14, 1980 (aged 21)	cm / kg	30	1
26	DF	Alair	(1982-01-27)January 27, 1982 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
26	FW	Ahn Jung-Hwan	(1976-01-27)January 27, 1976 (aged 26)	cm / kg	10	3
27	MF	Jun Muramatsu	(1982-04-10)April 10, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	6	0
28	MF	Hayato Suzuki	(1982-05-13)May 13, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
29	DF	Kazuki Tsuda	(1982-07-26)July 26, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
30	MF	Jumpei Takaki	(1982-09-01)September 1, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	10	1
31	FW	Tatsuya Shiozawa	(1982-11-11)November 11, 1982 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
32	MF	Daisuke Tanaka	(1983-01-06)January 6, 1983 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
33	MF	Ryosuke Fukazawa	(1983-06-29)June 29, 1983 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
34	FW	Igor Cvitanović	(1970-11-01)November 1, 1970 (aged 31)	cm / kg	5	1

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