2001 J. League Division 2
Encyclopedia
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Kyoto Purple Sanga won the championship.Final table
| Pos | Club | P | W/OT | D | L/OT | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Kyoto Purple Sanga (R) | 44 | 23/5 | 5 | 11/0 | 79 | 48 | 84 |
| 2 | Vegalta Sendai Vegalta Sendai is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J. League Division 1. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.-History:Founded in 1988... |
44 | 24/3 | 5 | 9/3 | 78 | 56 | 83 |
| 3 | Montedio Yamagata Montedio Yamagata Montedio Yamagata is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 1.Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte and Dio .-History:... |
44 | 20/7 | 6 | 7/4 | 61 | 39 | 80 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata Albirex Niigata is a Japanese J. League Division 1 association football team. Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J. League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2003, while still playing in the second tier of Japanese football , Albirex attracted the best average crowd in... |
44 | 22/4 | 4 | 7/7 | 79 | 47 | 78 |
| 5 | Omiya Ardija Omiya Ardija is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds... |
44 | 20/6 | 6 | 11/1 | 73 | 43 | 78 |
| 6 | Oita Trinita Oita Trinita is a J. League Division 2 team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.The team's home town is Ōita... |
44 | 24/1 | 4 | 9/6 | 75 | 52 | 78 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale Kawasaki Frontale is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:... (R) |
44 | 17/3 | 3 | 17/4 | 69 | 60 | 60 |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"... |
44 | 16/4 | 4 | 18/2 | 64 | 61 | 60 |
| 9 | Yokohama F.C. (P) | 44 | 12/3 | 1 | 25/3 | 58 | 81 | 43 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu Sagan Tosu is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.Sagan is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one... |
44 | 8/2 | 4 | 28/2 | 45 | 82 | 32 |
| 11 | Mito HollyHock Mito HollyHock is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.... |
44 | 5/3 | 4 | 26/6 | 41 | 93 | 25 |
| 12 | Ventforet Kofu Ventforet Kofu are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt... |
44 | 7/1 | 2 | 31/3 | 38 | 98 | 25 |
| Legend | |
| Champion and Promted to the 2002 J. League Division 1 | |
| Promted to the 2002 J. League Division 1 | |
| (R) | Relegated from 2000 J. League Division 1 |
| (P) | Promoted from 2000 JFL |