J. League 2003

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The 2003 season was the 11 season since the establishment of the J. League. The league began on March 15, 2003 and ended on November 29, 2003.

Contents 1 General 1.1 Promotion/Relegation 1.2 Changes in Competition Formats 1.3 Changes in Clubs 2 Honours 3 League Tables 3.1 Division 1 3.1.1 First Stage 3.1.2 Second Stage 3.1.3 Santory Championship 2003 3.1.4 Overall 3.2 Division 2 4 Top Scorers 4.1 Division 1 4.2 Division 2 5 Awards 5.1 Individual 5.2 Best Eleven 6 Attendance 7 References 8 External links

[edit] General

[edit] Promotion/Relegation

• At the end of the 2002 Season, Oita Trinita, Cerezo Osaka were promoted to division 1.
• At the end of the 2002 Season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Consadole Sapporo were relegated to division 2.

[edit] Changes in Competition Formats

• Extra time was scracted for J. League Division 1. After regulation time, clubs now receives 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, and 0pts for a loss.

[edit] Changes in Clubs

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[edit] Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
J. League Division 1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Júbilo Iwata	JEF Chiba
J. League Division 2	Albirex Niigata	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Frontale
Emperor's Cup	Júbilo Iwata	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima Antlers Shimizu S-Pulse
Nabisco Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Antlers	Júbilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse
Xerox Super Cup	Júbilo Iwata	Kyoto Purple Sanga

[edit] League Tables

[edit] Division 1

[edit] First Stage

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Notes
1.	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	10	2	3	29	16	+13	32	2003 First Stage Champion Qualifies to 2003 Suntory Championship[1]
2.	Júbilo Iwata	15	9	4	2	34	17	+17	31
3.	JEF United Ichihara	15	8	3	4	33	20	+13	27
4.	F.C. Tokyo	15	7	4	4	14	11	+3	25
5.	Cerezo Osaka	15	8	1	6	29	29	±0	25
6.	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	7	3	5	25	23	+2	24
7.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	5	8	2	19	16	+3	23
8.	Kashima Antlers	15	7	2	6	23	21	+2	23
9.	Kashiwa Reysol	15	6	3	6	19	19	±0	21
10.	Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	6	1	8	28	32	-4	19
11.	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	5	3	7	20	18	+2	18
12.	Gamba Osaka	15	4	4	7	26	29	-3	16
13.	Vissel Kobe	15	5	1	9	18	34	-16	16
14.	Oita Trinita	15	4	3	8	20	21	-1	15
15.	Vegalta Sendai	15	3	3	9	17	28	-11	12
16.	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	3	1	11	14	34	-20	10

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Second Stage

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Notes
1.	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	7	5	3	27	17	+10	26	2003 Second Stage Champion Qualifies to 2003 Suntory Championship[2]
2.	JEF United Ichihara	15	7	5	3	24	18	+6	26
3.	Júbilo Iwata	15	7	5	3	22	17	+5	26
4.	Kashima Antlers	15	6	7	2	21	19	+2	25
5.	F.C. Tokyo	15	6	6	3	32	20	+12	24
6.	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	6	5	4	29	19	+10	23
7.	Gamba Osaka	15	6	5	4	24	17	+7	23
8.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	6	4	5	30	26	+4	22
9.	Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	5	6	4	28	25	+3	21
10.	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	6	3	6	19	26	-7	21
11.	Kashiwa Reysol	15	3	7	5	16	20	-4	16
12.	Cerezo Osaka	15	4	3	8	26	27	-1	15
13.	Vissel Kobe	15	3	5	7	17	29	-12	14
14.	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	3	4	8	14	26	-12	13
15.	Vegalta Sendai	15	2	6	7	14	28	-14	12
16.	Oita Trinita	15	1	8	6	7	16	-9	11

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Santory Championship 2003

In 2003, Santory Championship was not held because Yokohama won both the first and the second stage; and thus Yokohama clinched the 2003 J.LEAGUE Championship.

[edit] Overall

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Notes
1.	Yokohama F. Marinos	30	17	7	6	56	33	+23	58	2003 J. League Champion Qualifies to 2004 ACL, Super Cup, and A3
2.	Júbilo Iwata	30	16	9	5	56	34	+22	57
3.	JEF United Ichihara	30	15	8	7	57	38	+19	53
4.	F.C. Tokyo	30	13	10	7	46	31	+15	49
5.	Kashima Antlers	30	13	9	8	44	40	+4	48
6.	Urawa Red Diamonds	30	13	8	9	54	42	+12	47
7.	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	11	12	7	49	42	+7	45
8.	Tokyo Verdy 1969	30	11	7	12	56	57	-1	40
9.	Cerezo Osaka	30	12	4	14	55	56	-1	40
10.	Gamba Osaka	30	10	9	11	50	46	+4	39
11.	Shimizu S-Pulse	30	11	6	13	39	44	-5	39
12.	Kashiwa Reysol	30	9	10	11	35	39	-4	37
13.	Vissel Kobe	30	8	6	16	35	63	-28	30
14.	Oita Trinita	30	5	11	14	27	37	-10	26
15.	Vegalta Sendai	30	5	9	16	31	56	-25	24	Relegated to Division 2
16.	Kyoto Purple Sanga	30	6	5	19	28	60	-32	23	Relegated to Division 2

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Division 2

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Notes
1.	Albirex Niigata	44	27	7	10	80	40	+40	88	2003 J. League Division 2 Champion Promoted to Division 1
2.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	44	25	11	8	65	35	+30	86	Promoted to Division 1
3.	Kawasaki Frontale	44	24	13	7	88	47	+41	85
4.	Avispa Fukuoka	44	21	8	15	67	62	+5	71
5.	Ventforet Kofu	44	19	12	13	58	46	+12	69
6.	Omiya Ardija	44	18	7	19	52	61	-9	61
7.	Mito HollyHock	44	15	11	18	37	41	-4	56
8.	Montedio Yamagata	44	15	10	19	52	60	-8	55
9.	Consadole Sapporo	44	13	13	18	57	56	+1	52
10.	Shonan Bellmare	44	11	11	22	33	53	-20	44
11.	Yokohama F.C.	44	10	12	22	49	88	-39	42
12.	Sagan Tosu	44	3	11	30	40	89	-49	20

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Top Scorers

[edit] Division 1

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Ueslei	Nagoya Grampus Eight	22	1/1	27	136	0.82
2nd	Rodrigo Gral	Jubilo Iwata	21	8/8	29	85	0.79
3rd	Emerson	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	1/2	25	116	0.75
4th	Choi Yong-Soo	JEF United Ichihara	17	4/4	24	100	0.73
5th	Yoshito Okubo	Cerezo Osaka	16	0/0	24	54	0.75
	Tatsuhiko Kubo	Yokohama F. Marinos	16	0/0	25	62	0.71
7th	Magrão	Gamba Osaka	15	1/2	24	64	0.67
8th	Patrick Mboma	Tokyo Verdy 1969	13	1/1	23	63	0.69
	Oséas	Vissel Kobe	13	0/0	29	71	0.47
10th	Tatsuya Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	0/0	26	59	0.56
	Keiji Tamada	Kashiwa Reysol	11	0/0	28	68	0.41
	Ahn Jung Hwan	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	0/0	28	91	0.41

[edit] Division 2

Pos	Footballer	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Golas Per Game
1st	Marcus	Albirex Niigata	32	7/7	41	156	0.79
2nd	Juninho	Kawasaki Frontale	28	6/7	39	189	0.74
3rd	Bare	Omiya Ardija	22	3/3	43	143	0.58
4th	Bentinho	Avispa Fukuoka	20	1/3	41	183	0.49
5th	Augusto	Kawasaki Frontale	17	0/0	41	128	0.42
6th	Marcelo	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	14	5/5	32	77	0.47
7th	Kazuki Ganaha	Kawasaki Frontale	13	0/0	40	73	0.52
	Yusaku Ueno	Albirex Niigata	13	0/0	41	43	0.38
9th	Shoji Jo	Yokohama FC	12	0/1	33	83	0.40
10th	Kosei Nakamura	Montedio Yamagata	11	0/0	40	42	0.56
	Hiroyuki Hayashi	Avispa Fukuoka	11	0/0	31	45	0.46

[edit] Awards

[edit] Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Player of the Year	Emerson	Urawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the Year	Daisuke Nasu	Yokohama F. Marinos
Manager of the Year	Takeshi Okada	Yokohama F. Marinos
Top Scorer	Ueslei	Nagoya Grampus Eight	22 goals.

[edit] Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Seigo Narazaki (3)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Japan
DF	Keisuke Tsuboi (1)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Dutra (1)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil
DF	Yuji Nakazawa (2)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara (3)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Takashi Fukunishi (4)	Jubilo Iwata	Japan
MF	Daisuke Oku (2)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan
MF	Yasuhito Endo (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Emerson (2)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil
FW	Ueslei (1)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Brazil
FW	Tatsuhiko Kubo (1)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan

* The number in brackets denotes the amount of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

[edit] Attendance

Team	Attendance (Average)
	Division 1	Division 2
Albirex Niigata		667,447 (30,339)
Urawa Red Diamonds	432,825 (28,855)
Yokohama F. Marinos	374,359 (24,957)
F.C. Tokyo	373,978 (24,932)
Vegalta Sendai	325,621 (21,708)
Oita Trinita	320,597 (21,373)
Kashima Antlers	318,064 (21,204)
Tokyo Verdy 1969	263,438 (17,563)
Júbilo Iwata	259,010 (17,267)
Nagoya Grampus Eight	251,523 (16,768)
Shimizu S-Pulse	244,264 (16,284)
Cerezo Osaka	207,813 (13,854)
Vissel Kobe	167,931 (11,195)
Kashiwa Reysol	163,091 (10,873)
Kyoto Purple Sanga	162,751 (10,850)
Consadole Sapporo		236,861 (10,766)
Gamba Osaka	153,324 (10,222)
JEF United Ichihara	145,640 (9,709)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima		198,004 (9,000)
Avispa Fukuoka		163,165 (7,417)
Kawasaki Frontale		159,678 (7,258)
Ventforet Kofu		127,515 (5,796)
Omiya Ardija		111,274 (5,058)
Shonan Bellmare		104,085 (4,731)
Montedio Yamagata		96,142 (4,370)
Yokohama F.C.		82,351 (3,743)
Sagan Tosu		69,789 (3,172)
Mito HollyHock		67,874 (3,085)

[edit] References

1. ^ No Championship games (Yokohama F. Marinos won both Stages)
2. ^ No Championship games (Yokohama F. Marinos won both Stages)

[edit] External links

• J. League Official Stats
• rsssf.com

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