This being effective, in the 2001 season the young players like Teruaki KUROBE, Daisuke MATSUI and Ji-Sung PARK had emerged as leading members, and the team won the league title of J2 and achieved a comeback to J1 after only one year.
そのことが功を奏し、2001年シーズンは黒部光昭や松井大輔、朴智星といった若い力が台頭しJ2で優勝、1年でのJ1復帰を果たした。