2003 J.League Division 1

J. League
Season	2003
Champions	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos 2nd J. League title 4th Japanese title
Relegated	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga
Champions League	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Júbilo Iwata !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

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

Changes in competition formats

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

Changes in clubs

none

Honours

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

Vegalta Sendai
Kashima Antlers
Urawa Red Diamonds
JEF United Ichihara
Kashiwa Reysol
F.C. Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 1969
Yokohama F. Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse
Jublio Iwata
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Vissel Kobe
Oita Trinita

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 club were ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

Goal differential
Goals scored
Head-to-head results

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 the a single club win 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

Extra time was abandoned, now every regular season game ends after 90 minutes.

First Stage

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos (A)	15	10	2	3	29	16	+13	32	Qualification to Suntory Championship
2	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	15	9	4	2	34	17	+17	31
3	JEF United Ichihara !JEF United Ichihara	15	8	3	4	33	20	+13	27
4	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	15	7	4	4	14	11	+3	25
5	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	15	8	1	6	29	29	0	25
6	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	15	7	3	5	25	23	+2	24
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	5	8	2	19	16	+3	23
8	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	15	7	2	6	23	21	+2	23
9	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	15	6	3	6	19	19	0	21
10	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	6	1	8	28	32	−4	19
11	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	15	5	3	7	20	18	+2	18
12	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	15	4	4	7	26	29	−3	16
13	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	15	5	1	9	18	34	−16	16
14	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	15	4	3	8	20	21	−1	15
15	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	15	3	3	9	17	28	−11	12
16	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	3	1	11	14	34	−20	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	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus Eight !GRA	JEF United Ichihara !JEF	Júbilo Iwata !JÚB	Kyoto Purple Sanga !SAN	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	F.C. Tokyo !TOK	Oita Trinita !TRI	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Vegalta Sendai !VEG	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !VER	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers		0–1			0–2	5–2				2–0		3–1		1–0	3–3	1–3
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka				2–1	1–3	1–3				0–0		6–4		0–2	0–1	1–4
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	1–2	0–2			3–3	1–1		2–3	1–0							1–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–0		1–1				1–1	1–1	2–2		2–1		2–1	1–4
JEF United Ichihara !JEF United Ichihara				1–2			5–1			0–0		1–2	5–1	2–1	0–3	3–1
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata				1–1	2–2		5–0			1–0		1–0		7–2	1–0	2–4
Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	3–1	2–4	1–2					0–1	0–3		0–2		1–0	2–5
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	1–2	3–2			0–2	0–1						1–1			0–1	3–1
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	2–0	4–5			3–0	0–2		0–2							3–0	0–1
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo			1–0	1–1			1–0	2–1	0–0		2–1		2–0
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	1–1	1–2	3–2		0–4	0–4		0–0	0–0
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds			4–4	0–0			2–0		1–0	0–1	2–1		3–2
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	0–2	1–2	0–2			1–1		1–2	3–1		1–0			3–3
Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969			2–3					3–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–2			3–2	0–3
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe			4–3	0–3			0–2			0–1	0–8	3–2	1–2
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos				0–0			2–1			3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1		3–0

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 !Yokohama F. Marinos (A)	15	7	5	3	27	17	+10	26	Qualification to Suntory Championship
2	JEF United Ichihara !JEF United Ichihara	15	7	5	3	24	18	+6	26
3	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	15	7	5	3	22	17	+5	26
4	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	15	6	7	2	21	19	+2	25
5	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	15	6	6	3	32	20	+12	24
6	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	15	6	5	4	29	19	+10	23
7	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	15	6	5	4	24	17	+7	23
8	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	6	4	5	30	26	+4	22
9	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	15	5	6	4	28	25	+3	21
10	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	15	6	3	6	19	26	−7	21
11	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	15	3	7	5	16	20	−4	16
12	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	15	4	3	8	26	27	−1	15
13	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	15	3	5	7	17	29	−12	14
14	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	3	4	8	14	26	−12	13
15	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	15	2	6	7	14	28	−14	12
16	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	15	1	8	6	7	16	−9	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	Kashima Antlers !ANT	Cerezo Osaka !CER	Gamba Osaka !GAM	Nagoya Grampus Eight !GRA	JEF United Ichihara !JEF	Júbilo Iwata !JÚB	Kyoto Purple Sanga !SAN	Kashiwa Reysol !REY	Shimizu S-Pulse !SSP	F.C. Tokyo !TOK	Oita Trinita !TRI	Urawa Red Diamonds !RED	Vegalta Sendai !VEG	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !VER	Vissel Kobe !VIS	Yokohama F. Marinos !FMA
Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers			2–2	1–0			1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0		0–0
Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	1–1		0–2				2–3	0–1	5–1		2–0		4–2
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka				3–1			5–1			1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight		3–1			1–3	2–2				3–2		4–1			1–2	3–2
JEF United Ichihara !JEF United Ichihara	2–3	1–0	2–1			1–1		1–1	2–1		1–1
Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	1–1	2–2	2–1					1–1	1–0		2–0		1–0
Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga				1–2	3–2	1–0				1–1		0–0			0–2	0–0
Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol			1–1	2–2			2–1		2–3	2–4	0–0		1–0	0–2
Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse			1–1	2–1			1–0			1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	5–1	2–1			2–2	1–2						1–1		1–1	4–1	4–1
Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita				0–0			1–0			0–0		1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	3–0			2–2	3–1		0–0						5–1	2–0	0–3
Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai				0–3	1–2		3–1			2–2		1–6			1–1	0–4
Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	1–1	4–2		4–4	0–2	1–2	4–1						0–0
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	2–1	0–4			0–1	1–3		2–2	1–2					0–3		1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	2–1		1–0	5–1					2–2

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 !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 !Yokohama F. Marinos (C)	30	17	7	6	56	33	+23	58	Qualification to AFC Champions League 2004 Group stage
2	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	30	16	9	5	56	34	+22	57	Qualification to AFC Champions League 2004 Group stage
3	JEF United Ichihara !JEF United Ichihara	30	15	8	7	57	38	+19	53
4	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	30	13	10	7	46	31	+15	49
5	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	30	13	9	8	44	40	+4	48
6	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	30	13	8	9	54	42	+12	47
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	11	12	7	49	42	+7	45
8	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	30	11	7	12	56	57	−1	40
9	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	30	12	4	14	55	56	−1	40
10	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	30	10	9	11	50	46	+4	39
11	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	30	11	6	13	39	44	−5	39
12	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	30	9	10	11	35	39	−4	37
13	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	30	8	6	16	35	63	−28	30
14	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	30	5	11	14	27	37	−10	26
15	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai (R)	30	5	9	16	31	56	−25	24	Relegation to 2004 J. League Division 2 ¹
16	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga (R)	30	6	5	19	28	60	−32	23	Relegation to 2004 J. League Division 2 ¹

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

Attendance Figures

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	432,825	51,195	18,335	28,855	0.097315181016124+9.7%^†
2	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	374,359	59,728	59,728	24,957	0.035216525634644+3.5%^†
3	F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	373,978	35,109	15,509	24,932	0.12443061380959+12.4%^†
4	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	325,621	33,443	18,696	21,708	-0.99295581374074−0.7%^†
5	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita	320,597	34,823	11,431	21,373	0.73074742894161+73.0%^†
6	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	318,064	39,684	14,045	21,204	-0.982121352478−1.7%^†
7	Tokyo Verdy 1969 !Tokyo Verdy 1969	263,438	33,597	8,165	17,563	0.16095980962454+16.0%^†
8	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	259,010	35,313	10,081	17,267	0.042441439265878+4.2%^†
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight !Nagoya Grampus Eight	251,523	30,199	8,570	16,768	0.027262145438951+2.7%^†
10	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	244,264	33,679	10,445	16,284	0.088284434939518+8.8%^†
11	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	207,813	22,931	7,783	13,854	0.7422032193159+74.2%^†
12	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	167,931	17,246	6,325	11,195	0.069551925097927+6.9%^†
13	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	163,091	22,968	6,580	10,873	-0.96102174297331−3.8%^†
14	Kyoto Purple Sanga !Kyoto Purple Sanga	162,751	16,614	7,135	10,850	0.048106646058733+4.8%^†
15	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	153,324	16,146	4,828	10,222	-0.80097163454004−19.9%^†
16	JEF United Ichihara !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	+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

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.

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	Qatar
FW	Ueslei (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

↑ "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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J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	Sagawa Printing !Sagawa Printing Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco FC !Jatco FC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki

2003 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	FIFA Confederations Cup East Asian Football Championship

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

J1 League champions

7 titles

Kashima Antlers (1996

2009)

3 titles

Yokohama F. Marinos (1995 2003 2004)

Júbilo Iwata (1997 1999 2002)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2012 2013 2015)

2 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1993 1994)

Gamba Osaka (2005 2014)

1 title

Urawa Red Diamonds (2006)

Nagoya Grampus (2010)

Kashiwa Reysol (2011)

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