# 2002 Shimizu S-Pulse season

The 2002 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's eleventh season in existence and their tenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season eighth in the league.

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J. League 1 | 8th / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals |
| J. League Cup | Semifinals |

## Domestic results
### J. League 1

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1-1 | 2002.3.3 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Vissel Kobe | 1-0 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 1-2 | 2002.3.9 | Kashima Soccer Stadium | Kashima Antlers | 1-0 |
| 1-3 | 2002.3.16 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2-1 |
| 1-4 | 2002.3.31 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | F.C. Tokyo | 2-1 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 1-5 | 2002.4.6 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 0-4 |
| 1-6 | 2002.4.14 | Ichihara Seaside Stadium | JEF United Ichihara | 1-1 a.e.t. |
| 1-7 | 2002.4.21 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0-0 a.e.t. |
| 1-8 | 2002.7.14 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Gamba Osaka | 1-4 |
| 1-9 | 2002.7.20 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Vegalta Sendai | 1-0 |
| 1-10 | 2002.7.24 | Yamaha Stadium | Júbilo Iwata | 1-3 |
| 1-11 | 2002.7.27 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 1-2 |
| 1-12 | 2002.8.3 | Sapporo Dome | Consadole Sapporo | 3-2 |
| 1-13 | 2002.8.7 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Kashiwa Reysol | 2-1 |
| 1-14 | 2002.8.10 | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 1-0 |
| 1-15 | 2002.8.17 | National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0-0 a.e.t. |
| 2-1 | 2002.9.1 | Mizuho Athletic Stadium | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 0-3 |
| 2-2 | 2002.9.7 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | JEF United Ichihara | 1-0 |
| 2-3 | 2002.9.14 | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium | Gamba Osaka | 1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-4 | 2002.9.18 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Júbilo Iwata | 0-2 |
| 2-5 | 2002.9.21 | Sendai Stadium | Vegalta Sendai | 1-3 |
| 2-6 | 2002.9.28 | Saitama Stadium 2002 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-7 | 2002.10.5 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Consadole Sapporo | 3-0 |
| 2-8 | 2002.10.12 | Tokyo Stadium | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 0-2 |
| 2-9 | 2002.10.19 | Shizuoka Stadium | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 2-1 |
| 2-11 | 2002.10.26 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2-1 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-10 | 2002.10.30 | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium | Kashiwa Reysol | 0-1 |
| 2-12 | 2002.11.9 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1-2 |
| 2-13 | 2002.11.16 | Tokyo Stadium | F.C. Tokyo | 2-1 |
| 2-14 | 2002.11.24 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Kashima Antlers | 2-1 |
| 2-15 | 2002.11.30 | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium | Vissel Kobe | 0-3 |

### J. League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Final stage
## International results
### Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Shimizu S-Pulse qualified for this tournament as runners-up of the 2000 Emperor's Cup, as the winners (Kashima Antlers) have already qualified to the Asian Club Championship as the league winners.

#### Quarterfinals
### AFC Champions League (qualification)

Shimizu S-Pulse entered the qualifying rounds as winners of the 2001 Emperor's Cup.

#### Fourth qualifying round

Shimizu S-Pulse qualified to the 2002–03 AFC Champions League.

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 1 | J. League 1 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Masanori Sanada | (1968-03-06)March 6, 1968 (aged 33) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Toshihide Saito | (1973-04-20)April 20, 1973 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 20 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Takuma Koga | (1969-04-30)April 30, 1969 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 16 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 | MF | Kazuyuki Toda | (1977-12-30)December 30, 1977 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 22 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | MF | Yasuhiro Yoshida | (1969-07-14)July 14, 1969 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 27 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | MF | Katsumi Oenoki | (1965-04-03)April 3, 1965 (aged 36) | cm / kg | 18 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Teruyoshi Ito | (1974-08-31)August 31, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 22 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Alessandro Santos | (1977-07-20)July 20, 1977 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 29 | 9 | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Baron | (1974-01-19)January 19, 1974 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 28 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Masaaki Sawanobori | (1970-01-12)January 12, 1970 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 29 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 11 | DF | Ryuzo Morioka | (1975-10-07)October 7, 1975 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 12 | DF | Srđan Pecelj | (1975-03-12)March 12, 1975 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 7 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 13 | MF | Kohei Hiramatsu | (1980-04-19)April 19, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 27 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 14 | DF | Tsuyoshi Tanikawa | (1980-04-25)April 25, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 15 | FW | Yoshikiyo Kuboyama | (1976-07-21)July 21, 1976 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 16 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 16 | GK | Keisuke Hada | (1978-02-20)February 20, 1978 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 17 | FW | Takayuki Yokoyama | (1972-12-22)December 22, 1972 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 11 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 18 | FW | Kotaro Yamazaki | (1978-10-19)October 19, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 19 | DF | Shohei Ikeda | (1981-04-27)April 27, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 27 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 20 | GK | Takaya Kurokawa | (1981-04-07)April 7, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 11 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 21 | DF | Kazumichi Takagi | (1980-11-21)November 21, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 22 | MF | Keisuke Ota | (1981-07-23)July 23, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 23 | MF | Juninho | (1982-07-07)July 7, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 24 | GK | Satoshi Asayama | (1983-04-25)April 25, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 25 | DF | Daisuke Ichikawa | (1980-05-14)May 14, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 30 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 26 | DF | Alair | (1982-01-27)January 27, 1982 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 26 | FW | Ahn Jung-Hwan | (1976-01-27)January 27, 1976 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 10 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 27 | MF | Jun Muramatsu | (1982-04-10)April 10, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 28 | MF | Hayato Suzuki | (1982-05-13)May 13, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 29 | DF | Kazuki Tsuda | (1982-07-26)July 26, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 30 | MF | Jumpei Takaki | (1982-09-01)September 1, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 10 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 31 | FW | Tatsuya Shiozawa | (1982-11-11)November 11, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 32 | MF | Daisuke Tanaka | (1983-01-06)January 6, 1983 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 33 | MF | Ryosuke Fukazawa | (1983-06-29)June 29, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 34 | FW | Igor Cvitanović | (1970-11-01)November 1, 1970 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |

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