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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 Albirex Niigata 2-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga (3 November 2001)
Lowest attendance	754 Mito HollyHock 0-2 Omiya Ardija (23 May 2001)
Total attendance	1,505,722
Average attendance	5,703
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Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2001 season.

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 2000 season.

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	Yasuharu Sorimachi
Kawasaki Frontale	Takeshi Okada
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Gert Engels
Mito HollyHock	Branko Babić
Montedio Yamagata	Koichi Hashiratani
Oita Trinita	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija	Toshiya Miura
Sagan Tosu	Kazuhiro Koso
Shonan Bellmare	Hisashi Kato
Vegalta Sendai	Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu	Yuji Tsukada

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Andradina	Marquinho	Serjão		Lindomar
Kawasaki Frontale	Adiel	Andrzej Kubica	Fernando Picun		Željko Petrović
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Piotr Sowisz	An Hyo-yeon	Park Ji-sung
Mito HollyHock	Cléber	João Paulo	Leandro Perez	Michael Yano
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita	Andradina	Sidiclei	Will		André Gugu Valdney
Omiya Ardija	Baré	Toninho	Jorge Dely Valdés		Jorginho Alfredo Anderson
Sagan Tosu	André	Gugu		Pak Yong-ho
Shonan Bellmare	Branko Hucika	Ángel Ortiz	Daniel Sanabria		Vitaliy Parakhnevych
Vegalta Sendai	Celso Vieira	Marcos	Ricardo	Satoshi Ōtomo
Ventforet Kofu	Sandro Zamboni	Ovidiu Burcă		Kim Hwang-jung Kim Myung-hwi	Antônio

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyoto Purple Sanga (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	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	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:
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Relegated from 2000 J.League Division 1
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

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References

^ https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/

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Football clubs in Japan, 2025

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
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Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Sony Sendai Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Kagura Shimane Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23

2001 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Men	J.League Division 1 J.League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final)

AFC competitions

Men	Asian Club Championship 2000–01 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national teams

Men	Summary FIFA Confederations Cup
Women	Summary AFC Women's Championship

Club seasons
J.League Division 1	Consadole Sapporo Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Ichihara Kashiwa Reysol FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F. Marinos Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka Vissel Kobe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Avispa Fukuoka
J.League Division 2	Vegalta Sendai Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Omiya Ardija Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama FC Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Kyoto Purple Sanga Sagan Tosu Oita Trinita

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