2003_J._League_Division_1

2003 J.League Division 1

2003 J.League Division 1

11th season of J1 League


The 2003 season was the 11th season since the establishment of the J.League. The league began on March 15 and ended on November 29.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

General

Promotion and relegation

Changes in competition formats

  • Extra time was scratched for J.League Division 1. After regulation time, clubs now receives 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, and 0pts for a loss.

Changes in clubs

none

Honours

Clubs

Following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2003 season. Of these clubs, Oita Trinita and Cerezo Osaka were newly promoted from Division 2.

  • Vegalta Sendai
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • JEF United Ichihara
  • Kashiwa Reysol
  • FC Tokyo
  • Tokyo Verdy 1969
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Jublio Iwata
  • Nagoya Grampus Eight
  • Kyoto Purple Sanga
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Cerezo Osaka
  • Vissel Kobe
  • Oita Trinita

Format

In the 2003 season, the league was conducted split-season format, 1st Stage and 2nd Stage. In each stage, sixteen clubs played in a single round-robin format, a total of 15 games per club (per stage). A club received 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs were 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. The club that finished at the top of the table is declared stage champion and qualifies for the Suntory Championship. The first stage winner, hosts the first leg in the championship series. If a single club wins both stages, the club is declared the season champions and championship series will not be held. Two bottom-placed clubs are relegated to J2.

Changes in Competition Format
  • Extra time was abandoned, now every regular season game ends after 90 minutes.

First stage

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on August 2, 2003. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

More information Home \ Away, ANT ...
Updated to match(es) played on August 2, 2003. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2003. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

More information Home \ Away, ANT ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2003. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Suntory Championship

In 2003, Suntory Championship was again not held because Yokohama F. Marinos had won both the first and the second stage and thus were automatically declared 2003 J.League Champions.

Overall table

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2003. Source: J. League Division 1 first stage, J. League Division 1 second stage
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Attendance figures

More information Pos, Team ...

Updated to games played on November 29, 2003
Source: J.League Division 1: first stage, second stage
Notes:
Team played previous season in J2.

Awards

Individual

Best Eleven

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.


References

  1. "2003 J1 first stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.; "2003 J1 second stage top scorers". j-league.or.jp. J-League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2003_J._League_Division_1, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.