2003 J.League Division 1

J. League
Season 2003
Champions Yokohama F. Marinos
2nd J. League title
4th Japanese title
Relegated Vegalta Sendai
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions League Yokohama F. Marinos
Júbilo Iwata
(all to the group stage)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 718 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Ueslei (22 goals total)
Highest attendance 59,728 (Round 15,
F. Marinos vs. Vissel)
Lowest attendance 3,452 (Round 3,
JEF United vs. Vissel)
Average attendance 17,351
2002
2004

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

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

Changes in clubs

none

Honours

CompetitionChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
J. League Division 1Yokohama F. MarinosJúbilo IwataJEF United Chiba
J. League Division 2Albirex NiigataSanfrecce HiroshimaKawasaki Frontale
Emperor's CupJúbilo IwataCerezo OsakaKashima Antlers
Shimizu S-Pulse
Nabisco CupUrawa Red DiamondsKashima AntlersJúbilo Iwata
Shimizu S-Pulse
Xerox Super CupJúbilo IwataKyoto Purple Sanga

Clubs

Following sixteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2003 season. Of these clubs, Oita Trinita and Cerezo Osaka were newly promoted from Division 2.

Format

In the 2003 season, the league was conducted split-season format, 1st Stage and 2nd Stage. In each stage, sixteen clubs played in a single round-robin format, a total of 15 games per club (per stage). A club received 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs were ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

A draw would be conducted, if necessary. The club that finished at the top of the table is declared stage champion and qualifies for the Suntory Championship. The first stage winner, hosts the first leg in the championship series. If a single club wins both stages, the club is declared the season champions and championship series will not be held. Two bottom-placed clubs are relegated to J2.

Changes in Competition Format

First Stage

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yokohama F. Marinos (A) 15 10 2 3 29 16+13 32 Qualification for Suntory Championship
2 Júbilo Iwata 15 9 4 2 34 17+17 31
3 JEF United Ichihara 15 8 3 4 33 20+13 27
4 FC Tokyo 15 7 4 4 14 11+3 25
5 Cerezo Osaka 15 8 1 6 29 290 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 19 190 21
10 Tokyo Verdy 1969 15 6 1 8 28 324 19
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 5 3 7 20 18+2 18
12 Gamba Osaka 15 4 4 7 26 293 16
13 Vissel Kobe 15 5 1 9 18 3416 16
14 Oita Trinita 15 4 3 8 20 211 15
15 Vegalta Sendai 15 3 3 9 17 2811 12
16 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 3 1 11 14 3420 10

Updated to games played on August 2, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ANT CER GAMGRAJEFJÚBSANREYSSPTOKTRIREDVEGVERVISFMA
Kashima Antlers 01 02 52 20 31 10 33 13
Cerezo Osaka 21 13 13 00 64 02 01 14
Gamba Osaka 12 02 33 11 23 10 12
Nagoya Grampus Eight 10 11 11 11 22 21 21 14
JEF United Ichihara 12 51 00 12 51 21 03 31
Júbilo Iwata 11 22 50 10 10 72 10 24
Kyoto Purple Sanga 31 24 12 01 03 02 10 25
Kashiwa Reysol 12 32 02 01 11 01 31
Shimizu S-Pulse 20 45 30 02 02 30 01
FC Tokyo 10 11 10 21 00 21 20
Oita Trinita 11 12 32 04 04 00 00
Urawa Red Diamonds 44 00 20 10 01 21 32
Vegalta Sendai 02 12 02 11 12 31 10 33
Tokyo Verdy 1969 23 31 12 21 02 02 32 03
Vissel Kobe 43 03 02 01 08 32 12
Yokohama F. Marinos 00 21 32 10 01 11 30

Updated to games played on August 2, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Second Stage

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yokohama F. Marinos (A) 15 7 5 3 27 17+10 26 Qualification for Suntory Championship
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 FC 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 19 267 21
11 Kashiwa Reysol 15 3 7 5 16 204 16
12 Cerezo Osaka 15 4 3 8 26 271 15
13 Vissel Kobe 15 3 5 7 17 2912 14
14 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 3 4 8 14 2612 13
15 Vegalta Sendai 15 2 6 7 14 2814 12
16 Oita Trinita 15 1 8 6 7 169 11

Updated to games played on November 29, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ANT CER GAMGRAJEFJÚBSANREYSSPTOKTRIREDVEGVERVISFMA
Kashima Antlers 22 10 11 21 20 10 00
Cerezo Osaka 11 02 23 01 51 20 42
Gamba Osaka 31 51 10 10 21 01 22 22
Nagoya Grampus Eight 31 13 22 32 41 12 32
JEF United Ichihara 23 10 21 11 11 21 11
Júbilo Iwata 11 22 21 11 10 20 10
Kyoto Purple Sanga 12 32 10 11 00 02 00
Kashiwa Reysol 11 22 21 23 24 00 10 02
Shimizu S-Pulse 11 21 10 13 00 10 22 31
FC Tokyo 51 21 22 12 11 11 41 41
Oita Trinita 00 10 00 13 11 02 22 11
Urawa Red Diamonds 22 30 22 31 00 51 20 03
Vegalta Sendai 03 12 31 22 16 11 04
Tokyo Verdy 1969 11 42 44 02 12 41 00
Vissel Kobe 21 04 01 13 22 12 03 11
Yokohama F. Marinos 12 22 10 10 21 10 51 22

Updated to games played on November 29, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Suntory Championship

In 2003, Suntory Championship was again not held because Yokohama F. Marinos had won both the first and the second stage and thus were automatically declared 2003 J. League Champions.

Overall Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yokohama F. Marinos (C) 30 17 7 6 56 33+23 58 Qualification to AFC Champions League 2004 Group stage
2 Júbilo Iwata 30 16 9 5 56 34+22 57
3 JEF United Ichihara 30 15 8 7 57 38+19 53
4 FC 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 56 571 40
9 Cerezo Osaka 30 12 4 14 55 561 40
10 Gamba Osaka 30 10 9 11 50 46+4 39
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 11 6 13 39 445 39
12 Kashiwa Reysol 30 9 10 11 35 394 37
13 Vissel Kobe 30 8 6 16 35 6328 30
14 Oita Trinita 30 5 11 14 27 3710 26
15 Vegalta Sendai (R) 30 5 9 16 31 5625 24 Relegation to 2004 J. League Division 2 1
16 Kyoto Purple Sanga (R) 30 6 5 19 28 6032 23

Updated to games played on November 29, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 1 first stage, J. League Division 1 second stage
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Ueslei Nagoya Grampus Eight
22
2 Brazil Rodrigo Gral Júbilo Iwata
21
3 Qatar Emerson Urawa Red Diamonds
18
4 South Korea Choi Yong-Soo JEF United Ichihara
17
5 Japan Tatsuhiko Kubo Yokohama F. Marinos
16
Japan Yoshito Ōkubo Cerezo Osaka
16
7 Brazil Magrão Gamba Osaka
15
8 Cameroon Patrick Mboma Tokyo Verdy 1969
13
Brazil Oséas Vissel Kobe
13
10 South Korea Ahn Jung Hwan Shimizu S-Pulse
11
Japan Keiji Tamada Kashiwa Reysol
11
Japan Tatsuya Tanaka Urawa Red Diamonds
11

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 432,825 51,195 18,335 28,855 0.097315181016124+9.7%
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 374,359 59,728 59,728 24,957 0.035216525634644+3.5%
3 FC Tokyo 373,978 35,109 15,509 24,932 0.12443061380959+12.4%
4 Vegalta Sendai 325,621 33,443 18,696 21,708 -0.992955813740740.7%
5 Oita Trinita 320,597 34,823 11,431 21,373 0.73074742894161+73.0%
6 Kashima Antlers 318,064 39,684 14,045 21,204 -0.9821213524781.7%
7 Tokyo Verdy 1969 263,438 33,597 8,165 17,563 0.16095980962454+16.0%
8 Júbilo Iwata 259,010 35,313 10,081 17,267 0.042441439265878+4.2%
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 251,523 30,199 8,570 16,768 0.027262145438951+2.7%
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 244,264 33,679 10,445 16,284 0.088284434939518+8.8%
11 Cerezo Osaka 207,813 22,931 7,783 13,854 0.7422032193159+74.2%
12 Vissel Kobe 167,931 17,246 6,325 11,195 0.069551925097927+6.9%
13 Kashiwa Reysol 163,091 22,968 6,580 10,873 -0.961021742973313.8%
14 Kyoto Purple Sanga 162,751 16,614 7,135 10,850 0.048106646058733+4.8%
15 Gamba Osaka 153,324 16,146 4,828 10,222 -0.8009716345400419.9%
16 JEF United Ichihara 145,640 29,757 3,452 9,709 0.2294542231227+22.9%
League total 4,164,229 59,728 3,452 17,351 0.060056207233627+6.0%

Updated to games played on November 29, 2003
Source: J. League Division 1: first stage, second stage

Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

AwardRecipientClubNotes
Player of the YearQatar EmersonUrawa Red Diamonds
Young Player of the YearJapan Daisuke NasuYokohama F. Marinos
Manager of the YearJapan Takeshi OkadaYokohama F. Marinos
Top ScorerBrazil UesleiNagoya Grampus Eight22 goals.

Best Eleven

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKSeigo Narazaki (3)Nagoya Grampus Eight Japan
DFKeisuke Tsuboi (1)Urawa Red Diamonds Japan
DFDutra (1)Yokohama F. Marinos Brazil
DFYuji Nakazawa (2)Yokohama F. Marinos Japan
MFMitsuo Ogasawara (3)Kashima Antlers Japan
MFTakashi Fukunishi (4)Jubilo Iwata Japan
MFDaisuke Oku (2)Yokohama F. Marinos Japan
MFYasuhito Endo (1)Gamba Osaka Japan
FWEmerson (2)Urawa Red Diamonds Qatar
FWUeslei (1)Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil
FW Tatsuhiko Kubo (1)Yokohama F. Marinos Japan

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

References

  1. "2003 J1 first stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.; "2003 J1 second stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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