2003 J.League Division 2

J. League Division 2
Season 2003
Champions Albirex Niigata
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
Promoted Albirex Niigata
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played 264
Goals scored 678 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Marcus (32 goals total)
Highest attendance 42,223 (Round 44,
Albirex vs. Ardija)
Lowest attendance 1,337 (Round 4,
HollyHock vs. Ardija)
Average attendance 7,895
2002
2004

The 2003 J. League Division 2 season was the 32nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 5th season since the establishment of J2 League.

In this season, twelve clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format. The top two received promotion to the J. League Division 1. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.

General

Promotion and Relegation

To be completed

Changes in Competition Formats

To be completed

Changes in clubs

To be completed

Participating clubs

Following twelve clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2003 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima were relegated from Division 1 last year.

League Format

Twelve clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 44 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

A draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs are promoted to J1.

Final League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Albirex Niigata (C) (P) 44 27 7 10 80 40+40 88 Promotion to 2004 J. League Division 1
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (P) 44 25 11 8 65 35+30 86
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 52 619 61
7 Mito HollyHock 44 15 11 18 37 414 56
8 Montedio Yamagata 44 15 10 19 52 608 55
9 Consadole Sapporo 44 13 13 18 57 56+1 52
10 Shonan Bellmare 44 11 11 22 33 5320 44
11 Yokohama FC 44 10 12 22 49 8839 42
12 Sagan Tosu 44 3 11 30 40 8949 20

Updated to games played on November 23, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 2
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.

Final Results

Rounds 1 & 2
Home ╲ Away ALB ARD AVIBELCONFROHOLMONSAGSFRVENYFC
Albirex Niigata 40 40 10 01 10 22 11 21 12 00 21
Omiya Ardija 14 21 00 11 10 13 02 10 11 03 02
Avispa Fukuoka 12 01 20 00 02 12 22 52 02 12 32
Shonan Bellmare 12 00 12 02 04 10 20 21 01 03 11
Consadole Sapporo 20 62 50 11 00 24 10 30 02 33 13
Kawasaki Frontale 04 11 21 21 10 22 51 63 10 11 11
Mito HollyHock 01 02 11 10 11 01 02 10 01 10 20
Montedio Yamagata 10 10 00 02 23 22 10 41 00 10 11
Sagan Tosu 01 32 23 00 10 00 00 13 34 11 52
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 00 21 31 00 11 22 30 21 21 10 61
Ventforet Kofu 13 12 21 10 21 02 02 12 11 10 11
Yokohama FC 10 01 11 20 00 04 12 04 11 01 15

Updated to games played on July 6, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 2
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.

Rounds 3 & 4
Home ╲ Away ALB ARD AVIBELCONFROHOLMONSAGSFRVENYFC
Albirex Niigata 10 32 21 51 32 00 41 21 31 20 42
Omiya Ardija 02 01 22 30 02 31 02 30 02 00 30
Avispa Fukuoka 21 53 10 10 23 10 10 21 31 30 11
Shonan Bellmare 00 20 03 02 22 01 30 21 10 22 10
Consadole Sapporo 22 01 12 12 11 10 41 41 12 02 22
Kawasaki Frontale 30 01 52 21 10 12 21 71 21 41 33
Mito HollyHock 10 12 01 12 00 01 10 10 00 12 00
Montedio Yamagata 12 10 33 10 21 00 00 11 12 21 12
Sagan Tosu 01 14 02 00 01 02 01 01 22 11 11
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 10 12 02 30 10 11 11 10 21 20 30
Ventforet Kofu 21 30 00 20 11 20 10 21 20 00 30
Yokohama FC 17 03 01 10 20 25 21 42 31 02 12

Updated to games played on November 23, 2003.
Source: J. League Division 2
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.

Top scores

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Brazil Marcus Albirex Niigata
32
2 Brazil Juninho Kawasaki Frontale
28
3 Brazil Baré Omiya Ardija
22
4 Brazil Bentinho Avispa Fukuoka
20
5 Brazil Augusto Kawasaki Frontale
17
6 Brazil Marcelo Sanfrecce Hiroshima
14
7 Japan Kazuki Ganaha Kawasaki Frontale
13
Japan Yusaku Ueno Albirex Niigata
13
9 Japan Shoji Jo Yokohama FC
12
10 Japan Kosei Nakamura Montedio Yamagata
11
Japan Hiroyuki Hayashi Avispa Fukuoka
11

Attendance Figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Albirex Niigata 667,447 42,223 8,644 30,339 0.41256169103268+41.2%
2 Consadole Sapporo 236,861 23,590 3,653 10,766 -0.5546625450798644.5%
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 198,004 26,158 3,471 9,000 -0.8225939128050517.7%
4 Avispa Fukuoka 163,165 13,921 3,448 7,417 0.14265906639963+14.2%
5 Kawasaki Frontale 159,678 22,087 2,438 7,258 0.38326662854965+38.3%
6 Ventforet Kofu 127,515 13,043 2,382 5,796 0.17948717948718+17.9%
7 Omiya Ardija 111,274 20,686 1,357 5,058 -0.960501329282193.9%
8 Shonan Bellmare 104,085 8,276 2,772 4,731 0.03955174686882+3.9%
9 Montedio Yamagata 96,142 10,096 2,743 4,370 0.16378162450067+16.3%
10 Yokohama FC 82,351 8,574 1,851 3,743 0.076502732240437+7.6%
11 Sagan Tosu 69,789 5,756 1,585 3,172 -0.8154241645244218.4%
12 Mito HollyHock 67,874 5,889 1,337 3,085 0.12632347572107+12.6%
League total 2,084,185 42,223 1,337 7,895+15.3%

Updated to games played on November 23, 2003
Source: J. League Division 2

Notes:
Team played previous season in J1.

References

  1. "2003 J2 Top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

See also

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