Season | 2000 |
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Champions |
Kashima Antlers 3rd J. League title 3rd Japanese title |
Relegated |
Kyoto Purple Sanga Kawasaki Frontale |
Asian Club Championship | Kashima Antlers |
Matches played | 240 |
Top goalscorer | Masashi Nakayama (Jubilo Iwata) |
← 1999
2001 →
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The 2000 season was the eighth season of the J-League Division 1. The league began on March 11 and ended on November 26. At the end of the season the second stage winner Kashima Antlers won the Suntory Championship against Yokohama F-Marinos who won the first stage.
Template:J. League Div 1 map 2000 Following sixteen clubs participated in J. League Division 1 during 2000 season. Of these clubs, Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo were promoted from Division 2.
* Kashima Antlers is Winner of the Emperor's Cup 2000 and has qualified as Champion of J. League 2000 to the Asian Club Championship 2001-02, therefore Shimizu S-Pulse got the spot as Runners-Up in Emperor's Cup 2000 to the Asian Cup Winners Cup 2002 Second Round