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2002 J.League Division 2

Field	Value
competition	J.League Division 2
season	2002
winners	Oita Trinita
1st J2 title
1st D2 title
promoted	Oita Trinita
Cerezo Osaka
league topscorer	Marcus Vinícius (19 goals)
matches	264
total goals	671
attendance	1,806,392
highest attendance	42,211
Albirex Niigata 0-0 Cerezo Osaka (10 August 2002)
lowest attendance	1,136
Mito HollyHock 0-2 Sagan Tosu (7 August 2002)
average attendance	6,842
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2003

1st J2 title 1st D2 title Cerezo Osaka Albirex Niigata 0-0 Cerezo Osaka (10 August 2002) Mito HollyHock 0-2 Sagan Tosu (7 August 2002) The 2002 J.League Division 2 season was the 31st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 4th season since the establishment of J.League Division 2.

Starting this season, extra-time rule was abolished and the league adopted the traditional 3-1-0 points system. The 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.

Clubs

The following 12 clubs played in J.League Division 2 during 2002 season. Of these clubs, Cerezo Osaka and Avispa Fukuoka were relegated from J.League Division 1 last year.

Albirex Niigata
Avispa Fukuoka
Cerezo Osaka
Kawasaki Frontale
Mito HollyHock
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita
Omiya Ardija
Sagan Tosu
Shonan Bellmare
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama FC

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	JPN Yasuharu Sorimachi
Avispa Fukuoka	JPN Shigekazu Nakamura
Cerezo Osaka	JPN Akihiro Nishimura
Kawasaki Frontale	JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Mito HollyHock	JPN Masaaki Kanno
Montedio Yamagata	JPN Koichi Hashiratani
Oita Trinita	JPN Shinji Kobayashi
Omiya Ardija	NED Henk Duut
Sagan Tosu	JPN Hiroshi Soejima
Shonan Bellmare	JPN Koji Tanaka
Ventforet Kofu	JPN Takeshi Oki
Yokohama FC	JPN Katsuyoshi Shinto

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Type-C contract	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Brazil Beto	Brazil Marcus Vinícius	Brazil Serjão	North Korea An Yong-hak
Avispa Fukuoka	Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoltan Sabo	South Korea Noh Jung-yoon			Argentina David Bisconti
Cerezo Osaka	Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Turković	Brazil João Carlos	South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan	South Korea Chong Yong-de
Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil Bentinho	Brazil Marlon	Brazil Marquinho		Brazil Alex	Brazil Marcos Aurélio
Mito HollyHock	South Korea An Seon-jin			North Korea Hwang Hak-sun
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita	Brazil Andradina	Brazil Fabinho Santos		Brazil Sandro	Brazil Marcelo Mattos
South Korea Kim Sung-kil
Omiya Ardija	Brazil Toninho	Panama Jorge Dely Valdés	Turkey Fuat Usta			Brazil Jorginho
Sagan Tosu	Argentina David Bisconti			Brazil Erikson Noguchipinto
Shonan Bellmare	Colombia Ever Palacios				Brazil Silva
Ventforet Kofu	Brazil Jorginho				Brazil Alair
Yokohama FC	Argentina Fernando Moner

League format

Twelve clubs played 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:

Goal differential
Goals scored
Head-to-head results 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

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals	PK	GP	Shots	Goals per game
1st	BRA Marcus Vinícius	Albirex Niigata	19	4/5	36	139	0.55
2nd	JPN Yoshito Ōkubo	Cerezo Osaka	18	1/2	29	65	0.91
BRA Andradina	Oita Trinita	1/1	39	117	0.50
4th	BRA Bentinho	Kawasaki Frontale	16	3/3	36	176	0.44
5th	JPN Takayoshi Ono	Mito HollyHock	14	2/2	36	85	0.46
JPN Hiroshi Morita	Sagan Tosu	0/0	38	86	0.45
ARG David Bisconti	4/4	39	92	0.42
8th	JPN Yasuo Manaka	Cerezo Osaka	13	1/1	28	67	1.05
PAN Jorge Dely Valdés	Omiya Ardija	2/2	32	72	0.46
10th	JPN Hiroaki Morishima	Cerezo Osaka	12	0/0	37	75	0.34
BRA Marlon	Kawasaki Frontale	0/0	23	74	0.58

Attendances

!#!!Football club!!Total attendance!!Home games!!Average !!Highest!!Lowest |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Albirex Niigata ||472,507 ||22 ||21,478 ||42,211 ||9,125 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Oita Trinita ||271,669 ||22 ||12,349 ||27,431 ||3,094 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Cerezo Osaka ||174,951 ||22 ||7,952 ||32,067 ||3,067 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Avispa Fukuoka ||142,808 ||22 ||6,491 ||14,475 ||3,284 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Omiya Ardija ||115,846 ||22 ||5,266 ||19,782 ||2,517 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Kawasaki Frontale ||115,431 ||22 ||5,247 ||20,405 ||3,044 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Shonan Bellmare ||100,125 ||22 ||4,551 ||9,739 ||2,120 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Ventforet Kofu ||108,108 ||22 ||4,914 ||13,000 ||2,954 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sagan Tosu ||85,586 ||22 ||3,890 ||8,464 ||1,796 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Montedio Yamagata ||82,601 ||22 ||3,755 ||8,996 ||1,908 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Yokohama FC ||76,498 ||22 ||3,477 ||11,118 ||1,518 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Mito HollyHock ||60,262 ||22 ||2,739 ||5,576 ||1,136 |} }} Source:

References

"J. League Data Site".

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