Nel 2001, il club acquistò l'ex nazionale coreano Noh Jung-Yoon e Yoshika Matsubara ma arrivò 15° e venne retrocesso in J2. ###>===1999 - 2001 (J1)===In 1999, they again reinforced the squad by acquiring experienced players such as former internationals Nobuyuki Kojima and Yasutoshi Miura as well as Yugoslavian Nenad Maslovar.