# 2000 J.League Division 2

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 2000 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 11 teams, and Consadole Sapporo won the championship.

## Clubs

The following 11 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 2000 season.
* Albirex Niigata
* Consadole Sapporo
* Mito HollyHock
* Montedio Yamagata
* Oita Trinita
* Omiya Ardija
* Sagan Tosu
* Shonan Bellmare
* Urawa Red Diamonds
* Vegalta Sendai
* Ventforet Kofu

### Personnel

| Club | Head coach |
| Albirex Niigata | Yoshikazu Nagai |
| Consadole Sapporo | Takeshi Okada |
| Mito HollyHock | Branko Babić |
| Montedio Yamagata | Shigeharu Ueki |
| Oita Trinita | Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| Omiya Ardija | Toshiya Miura |
| Sagan Tosu | Kazuhiro Koso |
| Shonan Bellmare | Hisashi Kato |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Kenzo Yokoyama |
| Vegalta Sendai | Hidehiko Shimizu |
| Ventforet Kofu | Yuji Tsukada |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Non-visa foreign | Former players |
| Albirex Niigata | Marco Túlio | Nasa | Serjão | | |
| Consadole Sapporo | Almir | Biju | Emerson Sheik | | |
| Mito HollyHock | Cléber | João Paulo | Leandro Perez | Michael Yano | |
| Montedio Yamagata | Washington | Edwin Ifeanyi | | | Jeferson |
| Oita Trinita | Andradina | Sidiclei | Will | | André Gugu Valdney |
| Omiya Ardija | Jorginho | Mark Burke | Jan Veenhof | | |
| Sagan Tosu | André | Gugu | | Pak Yong-ho | |
| Shonan Bellmare | Branko Hucika | Ángel Ortiz | Daniel Sanabria | | Vitaliy Parakhnevych |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Adiel | Andrzej Kubica | Fernando Picun | | Željko Petrović |
| Vegalta Sendai | Ricardo | Slobodan Dubajić | | Satoshi Ōtomo | Rodrigo |
| 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 | Consadole Sapporo (C) | 40 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 22 | +49 | 94 | Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1 |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 40 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 82 | Promoted to the 2001 J.League Division 1 |
| 3 | Oita Trinita | 40 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 81 | |
| 4 | Omiya Ardija | 40 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 68 | |
| 5 | Vegalta Sendai | 40 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 55 | |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 40 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 48 | |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 40 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 40 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 43 | |
| 9 | Mito HollyHock | 40 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 43 | |
| 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Ventforet Kofu | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 31 | 84 | −53 | 18 | |
* 1 2 Relegated from 1999 J.League Division 1
* ↑ Promoted from 1999 JFL

## Top scorers

    As of 19 November 2000
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emerson Sheik | Consadole Sapporo | 31 |
| 2 | Will | Oita Trinita | 22 |
| 3 | Naoki Naruo | Albirex Niigata | 17 |
| 4 | Jorginho | Omiya Ardija | 15 |
| 4 | Ryūji Bando | Consadole Sapporo | 15 |
| 6 | Yoshika Matsubara | Shonan Bellmare | 12 |
| 6 | Yuichiro Nagai | Urawa Red Diamonds | 12 |
| 8 | Masakiyo Maezono | Shonan Bellmare | 11 |
| 8 | Shingo Suzuki | Albirex Niigata | 11 |
| 8 | Andrzej Kubica | Urawa Red Diamonds | 11 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Total attendance | Home games | Average | Highest | Lowest |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 338,457 | 20 | 16,923 | 20,207 | 13,408 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 258,206 | 20 | 12,910 | 19,863 | 3,162 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 177,697 | 20 | 8,885 | 18,706 | 5,033 |
| 4 | Shonan Bellmare | 99,362 | 20 | 4,968 | 14,868 | 2,186 |
| 5 | Oita Trinita | 96,368 | 20 | 4,818 | 14,639 | 1,863 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 80,139 | 20 | 4,007 | 11,662 | 1,786 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 74,289 | 20 | 3,714 | 10,177 | 1,869 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 69,352 | 20 | 3,468 | 11,671 | 1,252 |
| 9 | Omiya Ardija | 69,531 | 20 | 3,477 | 9,499 | 844 |
| 10 | Mito HollyHock | 40,415 | 20 | 2,021 | 6,155 | 721 |
| 11 | Ventforet Kofu | 37,004 | 20 | 1,850 | 6,005 | 724 |
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