2003 J.League Division 1
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. General Promotion and relegation * At the end of the 2002 Season, Oita Trinita and Cerezo Osaka were promoted to division 1. * At the end of the 2002 Season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo were relegated to division 2. 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 * G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yokohama F
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1872), and power plant (1882). Yokohama developed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albirex Niigata
is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the first division after five seasons. History For many years it had been a local autonomous amateur club, ''Niigata 11'', that could never hope to see the light of day in an old Japan Soccer League dominated almost entirely by company teams. The creation of the J. League spurred the club to rise, and in the 1990s it began climbing fast through the divisions. In 1998, Albirex Niigata joined the Japan Football League, and was merged into the J2 league after its creation in 1999. The team gradually became competitive and in 2001 and 2002 it came close to getting promoted to J1 and in 2003, it became the champion of J2 and finally joined the top flight. The team name is made from combining the star ''Albireo'' of the constellation Cygnus (the Sw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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C8, C08, C.VIII or C-8 may refer to: Transportation Aviation * AEG C.VIII, a World War I German armed reconnaissance aircraft * AGO C.VIII, a World War I German reconnaissance aircraft * Cierva C.8, a 1926 Spanish experimental autogyro * De Havilland Canada C-8 Buffalo, a military transport aircraft of the 1960s * Fairchild C-8, a military transport aircraft of the 1930s * Fokker C.VIII, a 1928 Dutch reconnaissance aircraft * Chicago Express Airlines (defunct) IATA code Automotive * Citroën C8, a brand of minivan * Sauber C8, a 1985 racing car * Spyker C8, a sportscar produced by car manufacturer Spyker Cars * Eighth generation Chevrolet Corvette (C8) Nautical * HMS ''C8'', a 1907 C-class submarine of the Royal Navy * USS ''Raleigh'' (C-8), an 1892 protected cruiser of the United States Navy Rail * LSWR C8 class, a London and South Western Railway locomotive class * C-8 (Cercanías Madrid) * LNER Class C8, a class of 2 4-cylinder compound locomotives Spa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xerox Super Cup
The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the reigning J1 League champions and the Emperor's Cup winners. Fuji Xerox have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1994 (rebranded as Fujifilm Business Innovation from April 2021). The match is usually played in February each year. Participating clubs Under the normal circumstances, the following clubs participate: *Defending J1 League champions *Defending Emperor's Cup winners However, if one club wins both the J1 League and the Emperor's Cup, the J1 League runners-up will participate. Up to 2009, the Emperor's Cup runners-up would take the honor. Competition format *Two halves of 45-minute match. *If tied, penalties would decide the winners. No extra time would be played. Venues * Tokyo National Stadium (1994–2004, 2006 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Urawa Red Diamonds
, colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, now part of Saitama. The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's logo consists of three red diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge. History Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established a football club in 1950 in Kobe and moved the club to Tokyo in 1958. In 1965 it formed the Japan Soccer League (JSL) along with today's JEF United Chiba, Kashiwa Reysol, Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and three other clubs who have since been relegated to regional leagues ("Original Eight"). Mitsubishi first won the JSL championship in 1969, as a break in Mazda/Sanfrecce's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nabisco Cup
The is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or (Levain is one of YBC's products). It was known as the or until August 2016. It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to league cup competitions played in many countries, such as the Football League Cup in England, as complementary to the Emperor's Cup competed between clubs from all divisions of professional football in Japan. Before the J. League Cup was created, the old Japan Soccer League had its own Japan Soccer League Cup since the 1976 season. The tournament format varies almost each year largely depending on the schedule of international matches such as the Olympic Games and World Cup games (see the Format section below). Since 2007, the winners are qualified for the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship held in the following ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shimizu S-Pulse
is a professional Japanese football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J2 League (J2). The club was formed in 1991 as a founding member of the J.League (''"Original Ten"''), which began the following year. The club originally consisted of players drawn exclusively from Shizuoka Prefecture, a unique distinction at the time. Given the club's youth when compared to many of their J1 peers, S-Pulse have had a relatively large impact on Japanese football. Since the game turned professional in 1992, they are one of the most prolific and consistent performers in cup competitions, having made no less than ten final appearances: five times in the Emperor's Cup and five times in the League Cup. Only Japan's most successful professional team, Kashima Antlers, have made more final appearances. They have won both of these competitions once and have also won the Japanese Super Cup twice and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup once. The club's m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |