Japan Soccer League 1965
Final Table:
1.Toyo Industries 14 12 2 0 44- 9 26
2.Yahata Steel 14 11 2 1 40-14 24
3.Furukawa 14 10 0 4 32-20 20
4.Hitachi 14 8 1 5 35-19 17
5.Mitsubishi 14 4 1 9 24-39 9
6.Toyoda ALW 14 2 3 9 16-31 7
7.Yanmar Diesel 14 2 1 11 9-41 5
8.Nagoya Bank 14 1 2 11 16-43 4 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Nagoya Bank 5-1 1-2 Nippon Kokan
Japan Soccer League 1966
Final Table:
1.Toyo Industries 14 12 1 1 43- 6 25
2.Yahata Steel 14 10 1 3 33-16 21
3.Furukawa 14 9 2 3 30-17 20
4.Mitsubishi 14 8 2 4 24-24 18
5.Hitachi 14 5 3 6 24-28 13
6.Toyoda ALW 14 2 3 9 10-29 7
7.Nagoya Bank 14 2 0 12 12-34 4 Relegation Playoff
8.Yanmar Diesel 14 1 2 11 7-29 4 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Nagoya Bank 2-3 1-2 Nippon Kokan
Yanmar Diesel 1-0 1-1 Urawa Club
Promoted: Nippon Kokan (Fukuoka)
Relegated: Nagoya Bank
Japan Soccer League 1967
Final Table:
1.Toyo Industries 14 10 2 2 37-16 22
2.Furukawa 14 8 4 2 39-22 20
3.Mitsubishi 14 9 1 4 38-19 19
4.Yahata Steel 14 8 2 4 29-22 18
5.Yanmar Diesel 14 6 2 6 28-27 14
6.Hitachi 14 5 2 7 26-27 12
7.Nippon Kokan 14 2 1 11 16-40 5 Relegation Playoff
8.Toyoda ALW 14 0 2 12 12-52 2 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Nippon Kokan 2-3 3-2 Toyota [Nippon Kokan remain in JSL]
Toyoda ALW 0-3 0-3 Nagoya Bank
Promoted: Nagoya Bank
Relegated: Toyoda ALW (aka Toyoda Textile Machinery)
Japan Soccer League 1968
Final Table:
1.Toyo Industries 14 10 1 3 31-11 21
2.Yanmar Diesel 14 7 5 2 29-18 19
3.Mitsubishi 14 7 4 3 25-18 18
4.Yahata Steel 14 7 3 4 32-19 17
5.Furukawa 14 7 3 4 24-17 17
6.Nagoya Bank 14 3 3 8 17-25 9
7.Hitachi 14 3 2 9 17-31 8 Relegation Playoff
8.Nippon Kokan 14 0 3 11 10-46 3 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Hitachi 1-0 3-2 Urawa Club
Nippon Kokan 1-0 0-1 Toyota [Nippon Kokan remain in JSL]
Japan Soccer League 1969
Final Table:
1.Mitsubishi 14 10 4 0 29- 8 24
2.Toyo Industries 14 10 1 3 31-10 21
3.Yahata Steel 14 5 5 4 24-23 15
4.Furukawa 14 5 4 5 20-20 14
5.Yanmar Diesel 14 6 1 7 25-25 13
6.Nippon Kokan 14 4 3 7 18-32 11
7.Hitachi 14 3 4 7 17-27 10 Relegation Playoff
8.Nagoya Bank 14 2 0 12 12-31 4 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Hitachi 2-0 1-0 Kofu Club
Nagoya Bank 2-0 2-1 Urawa Club
Name Change: Yahata Steel were renamed Nippon Steel.
Japan Soccer League 1970
Final Table:
1.Toyo Industries 14 11 1 2 33- 5 23
2.Mitsubishi 14 7 4 3 24-13 18
3.Hitachi 14 6 4 4 21-18 16
4.Yanmar Diesel 14 7 1 6 26-21 15
5.Furukawa 14 5 4 5 21-21 14
6.Nippon Steel 14 5 3 6 31-29 13
7.Nippon Kokan 14 3 2 9 14-38 8 Relegation Playoff
8.Nagoya Bank 14 1 3 10 9-34 5 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Nagoya Bank 1-0 1-1 Toyota
Nippon Kokan 4-0 3-0 Kofu Club
Japan Soccer League 1971
Final Table:
1.Yanmar Diesel 14 9 4 1 32-13 22
2.Mitsubishi 14 7 4 3 32-12 18
3.Nippon Steel 14 8 2 4 34-23 18
4.Hitachi 14 7 4 3 18-17 18
5.Furukawa 14 5 5 4 24-24 15
6.Toyo Industries 14 3 4 7 11-17 10
7.Nippon Kokan 14 2 4 8 11-23 8 Relegation Playoff
8.Nagoya Bank 14 0 3 11 10-43 3 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Nippon Kokan 2-2 0-0 Tanabe
Nagoya Bank 0-0 0-1 Towa
Japan Soccer League 1972
Final Table:
1.Hitachi 14 9 3 2 36-16 21
2.Yanmar Diesel 14 7 6 1 30-11 20
3.Toyo Industries 14 7 2 5 20-13 16
4.Mitsubishi 14 5 6 3 26-19 16
5.Nippon Kokan 14 4 5 5 15-18 13
6.Nippon Steel 14 4 4 6 22-30 12
7.Furukawa 14 3 2 9 17-41 8
8.Towa Estate Agent 14 2 2 10 11-29 6
Promoted: Toyota and Tanabe
No teams relegated, first division extended to 10 clubs.
Japan Soccer League 1973
Final Table:
1.Mitsubishi 18 14 2 2 35-12 30
2.Hitachi 18 12 1 5 35-18 25
3.Yanmar Diesel 18 10 3 5 40-17 23
4.Towa Estate Agent 18 9 3 6 29-22 21
5.Furukawa 18 9 3 6 31-27 21
6.Nippon Steel 18 7 2 9 25-26 16
7.Toyota 18 5 5 8 22-31 15
8.Toyo Industries 18 4 6 8 16-28 14
9.Nippon Kokan 18 4 4 10 24-32 12 Relegation Playoff
10.Tanabe 18 1 1 16 7-51 3 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Tanabe 2-1 0-2 Eidai
Nippon Kokan 2-1 2-2 Kofu Club
Japan Soccer League 1974
Final Table:
1.Yanmar Diesel 18 10 5 3 47-24 25
2.Mitsubishi 18 11 3 4 37-18 25
3.Hitachi 18 7 5 6 33-22 19
4.Furukawa 18 7 5 6 25-24 19
5.Nippon Steel 18 8 3 7 24-25 19
6.Toyo Industries 18 6 6 6 20-25 18
7.Nippon Kokan 18 6 5 7 24-28 17
8.Towa Estate Agent 18 5 6 7 25-30 16
9.Eidai Industries 18 4 6 8 19-30 14 Relegation Playoff
10.Toyota 18 3 2 13 8-36 8 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Eidai 3-2 3-1 Fujitsu
Toyota 1-0 3-2 Yomiuri Club
Name Change: Towa Estate Agent were renamed Fujita Industries.
Japan Soccer League 1975
Final Table:
1.Yanmar Diesel 18 14 3 1 44-11 31
2.Mitsubishi 18 13 3 2 30-16 29
3.Hitachi 18 10 5 3 31-11 25
4.Nippon Steel 18 9 3 6 28-23 21
5.Eidai Industries 18 8 2 8 30-29 18
6.Furukawa 18 6 5 7 34-22 17
7.Fujita Industries 18 5 3 10 19-31 13
8.Toyo Industries 18 4 4 10 20-29 12
9.Nippon Kokan 18 4 3 11 15-32 11 Relegation Playoff
10.Toyota 18 0 3 15 17-64 3 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Toyota 1-0 0-0 Tanabe
Nippon Kokan 1-1 1-0 Yomiuri Club
Japan Soccer League 1976
NB: season finished early 1977 due to interruption for Emperor's Cup.
Final Table:
1.Furukawa 18 11 4 3 37-15 26
2.Mitsubishi 18 9 4 5 28-16 22
3.Fujita Industries 18 9 4 5 28-20 22
4.Yanmar Diesel 18 9 3 6 34-20 21
5.Hitachi 18 7 7 4 22-14 21
6.Nippon Kokan 18 6 8 4 22-21 20
7.Eidai Industries 18 7 4 7 18-24 18
8.Toyo Industries 18 5 5 8 16-20 15
9.Nippon Steel 18 5 2 11 23-30 12 Relegation Playoff
10.Toyota 18 1 1 16 10-58 3 Relegation Playoff
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Toyota 2-2 2-1 Fujitsu
Nippon Steel 2-1 3-2 Yomiuri Club
Disbanded: Eidai Industries; replaced by Fujitsu.
Japan Soccer League 1977
Final Table:
1.Fujita Industries 18 14 1/2 1 64-15 60
2.Mitsubishi 18 9 4/3 2 34-21 47
3.Hitachi 18 9 4/2 3 36-25 46
4.Toyo Industries 18 9 2/2 5 38-20 42
5.Yanmar Diesel 18 8 3/2 5 39-28 40
6.Furukawa 18 8 2/0 8 33-31 36
7.Nippon Steel 18 3 2/6 7 14-29 22
8.Nippon Kokan 18 3 3/2 10 28-27 20
9.Fujitsu 18 3 2/4 9 18-38 20 Relegation Playoff
10.Toyota 18 1 0/0 17 11-81 4 Relegation Playoff
[4 points for win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, winners
obtaining 2, losers 1 point.]
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Fujitsu 3-1 3-0 Nissan
Toyota 0-2 0-2 Yumiuri
Japan Soccer League 1978
Final Table:
1.Mitsubishi 18 13 1/0 4 30-13 54
2.Yanmar Diesel 18 11 1/1 5 33-26 47
3.Fujita Industries 18 9 3/4 2 35-14 46
4.Yomiuri Club 18 10 1/1 6 40-30 43
5.Hitachi 18 8 1/0 9 26-30 34
6.Toyo Industries 18 7 3/0 8 23-34 34
7.Nippon Kokan 18 7 0/2 9 19-21 30
8.Nippon Steel 18 5 2/2 9 16-18 26
9.Fujitsu 18 3 1/3 11 14-29 17 Relegation Playoff
10.Furukawa 18 3 1/1 13 9-30 15 Relegation Playoff
[4 points for win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, winners
obtaining 2, losers 1 point.]
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Fujitsu 0-2 2-1 Nissan
Furukawa 1-0 0-0 Honda
Japan Soccer League 1979
Final Table:
1.Fujita Industries 18 12 1/3 2 36-15 53
2.Yomiuri Club 18 10 0/4 4 48-26 44
3.Hitachi 18 8 5/2 3 23-18 44
4.Yanmar Diesel 18 9 1/2 6 28-21 40
5.Furukawa 18 7 5/2 4 28-22 40
6.Toyo Industries 18 5 4/5 4 20-19 33
7.Mitsubishi 18 5 5/2 6 16-20 32
8.Nippon Steel 18 6 2/1 9 23-25 29
9.Nippon Kokan 18 1 1/4 12 17-43 10 Relegation Playoff
10.Nissan Motors 18 1 2/1 14 9-39 9 Relegation Playoff
[4 points for win; drawn matches decided by penalty shootout, winners
obtaining 2, losers 1 point.]
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Nippon Kokan 0-0 1-2 Yamaha [1st leg 4-3 pen]
Nissan 4-1 2-1 Toshiba
Japan Soccer League 1980
Final Table:
1.Yanmar Diesel 18 13 4 1 29-13 30
2.Fujita Industries 18 10 3 5 33-19 23
3.Furukawa 18 9 4 5 26-21 22
4.Mitsubishi 18 7 6 5 24-20 20
5.Hitachi 18 8 3 7 32-28 19
6.Yomiuri Club 18 8 1 9 37-29 17
7.Toyo Industries 18 6 3 9 22-26 15
8.Nippon Steel 18 6 3 9 21-27 15
9.Yamaha Motors 18 5 3 10 28-39 13 Relegation Playoff
10.Nissan Motors 18 2 2 14 11-41 6 Relegated
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Yamaha Motors 1-0 1-1 Fujitsu
Promoted: Honda (directly)
Name Change: Toyo Industries were renamed Mazda.
Japan Soccer League 1981
Final Table:
1.Fujita Industries 18 11 5 2 24- 7 27
2.Yomiuri Club 18 8 9 1 32-16 25
3.Mitsubishi 18 10 4 4 24-16 24
4.Yanmar Diesel 18 7 8 3 21-15 22
5.Furukawa 18 7 7 4 28-23 21
6.Honda 18 5 4 9 23-28 14
7.Hitachi 18 5 3 10 22-27 13
8.Mazda 18 4 5 9 15-27 13
9.Nippon Steel 18 3 5 10 14-27 11 Relegation Playoff
10.Yamaha Motors 18 2 6 10 11-28 10 Relegated
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Nippon Steel 0-3 1-2 Nissan
Promoted: Nippon Kokan (directly)
Japan Soccer League 1982
Final Table:
1.Mitsubishi 18 10 3 5 27-16 23
2.Hitachi 18 9 4 5 25-17 22
3.Yanmar Diesel 18 8 5 5 25-19 21
4.Fujita Industries 18 8 4 6 26-21 20
5.Furukawa 18 8 3 7 23-18 19
6.Nissan Motors 18 8 3 7 29-27 19
7.Yomiuri Club 18 4 9 5 16-20 17
8.Mazda 18 5 4 9 14-24 14
9.Honda 18 4 6 8 17-29 14 Relegation Playoff
10.Nippon Kokan 18 1 9 8 12-23 11 Relegated
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Honda Motor 2-1 3-0 Toshiba
Promoted: Yamaha Motors (directly)
Japan Soccer League 1983
Final Table:
1.Yomiuri Club 18 12 3 3 27-13 27
2.Nissan Motors 18 11 3 4 28-17 25
3.Fujita 18 7 7 4 18-15 21
4.Yamaha Motors 18 7 5 6 25-20 19
5.Yanmar Diesel 18 6 7 5 19-21 19
6.Mitsubishi 18 6 4 8 17-16 16
7.Furukawa 18 6 3 9 13-15 15
8.Honda 18 4 6 8 17-23 14
9.Hitachi 18 3 6 9 14-22 12 Relegation Playoff
10.Mazda 18 5 2 11 15-31 12 Relegated
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Hitachi 3-2 1-0 Sumitomi
Promoted: Nippon Kokan (directly)
Japan Soccer League 1984
Final Table:
1.Yomiuri Club 18 11 4 3 41-20 26
2.Nissan Motors 18 11 3 4 40-23 25
3.Yamaha Motors 18 10 4 4 28-16 24
4.Furukawa 18 8 5 5 28-20 21
5.Honda 18 7 5 6 26-23 19
6.Fujita 18 6 6 6 25-25 18
7.Mitsubishi 18 6 3 9 22-33 15
8.Nippon Kokan 18 4 6 8 16-23 14
9.Yanmar Diesel 18 5 4 9 15-28 14
10.Hitachi 18 2 0 16 11-41 4
Promoted: Sumitomo Metal and All Nippon Airways.
No teams relegated, first division extended to 12 clubs.
Japan Soccer League 1985/86
Final Table:
1.Furukawa 22 15 5 2 40-15 35
2.Nippon Kokan 22 13 2 7 39-22 28
3.Honda 22 8 12 2 30-20 28
4.Fujita 22 9 8 5 31-17 26
5.Nissan Motors 22 8 8 6 23-29 24
6.Yamaha Motors 22 9 5 8 20-21 23
7.Mitsubishi 22 8 6 8 29-19 22
8.Hitachi 22 8 5 9 26-33 21
9.Yomiuri Club 22 7 5 10 28-31 19
10.Yanmar Diesel 22 6 6 10 20-27 18
11.Sumitomo Metal 22 6 3 13 21-32 15 Relegated
12.All Nippon Airways 22 2 1 19 16-57 5 Relegated
Promoted: Matsushita Electric and Mazda.
Japan Soccer League 1986/87
Final Table:
1.Yomiuri Club 22 11 7 4 35-18 29
2.Nippon Kokan 22 11 7 4 30-17 29
3.Mitsubishi 22 9 10 3 23-14 28
4.Furukawa 22 10 6 6 26-17 26
5.Nissan Motors 22 10 4 8 35-24 24
6.Yanmar Diesel 22 8 8 6 21-22 24
7.Mazda 22 6 11 5 17-17 23
8.Fujita 22 8 6 8 24-22 22
9.Honda 22 6 8 8 20-24 20
10.Yamaha Motors 22 3 11 8 11-22 17
11.Matsushita Electric 22 5 6 11 23-38 16 Relegated
12.Hitachi 22 1 4 17 13-43 6 Relegated
Promoted: Sumitomo Metal and Toyota.
Japan Soccer League 1987/88
Final Table:
1.Yamaha Motors 22 12 10 0 27-10 34
2.Nippon Kokan 22 13 4 5 25-13 30
3.Mitsubishi 22 12 5 5 27-15 29
4.Nissan Motors 22 10 5 7 27-20 25
5.Yomiuri Club 22 8 8 6 23-17 24
6.Yanmar Diesel 22 7 10 5 22-19 24
7.Furukawa 22 6 9 7 17-16 21
8.Honda 22 6 8 8 19-22 20
9.Fujita 22 6 6 10 16-20 18
10.Sumitomo Metal 22 5 5 12 17-32 15
11.Mazda 22 2 9 11 8-18 13
12.Toyota 22 3 5 14 10-36 11
Promoted: All Nippon Airways and Matsushita Electric.
Name Change: Nippon Kokan were renamed NKK.
Japan Soccer League 1988/89
Final Table:
1.Nissan Motors 22 14 4 4 32-17 46
2.All Nippon Airways 22 12 4 6 37-22 40
3.Yamaha Motors 22 12 3 7 31-21 39
4.Fujita 22 10 6 6 34-20 36
5.Yomiuri Club 22 8 8 6 25-23 32
6.Furukawa 22 8 5 9 21-19 29
7.Matsushita Electric 22 8 5 9 26-30 29
8.Yanmar Diesel 22 7 7 8 23-22 28
9.Honda 22 7 6 9 20-23 27
10.NKK 22 3 10 9 17-31 19
11.Sumitomo Metal 22 4 7 11 12-37 19 Relegated
12.Mitsubishi 22 1 11 10 14-27 14 Relegated
Promoted: Toshiba and Hitachi.
Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Final Table:
1.Nissan Motors 22 14 5 3 44-26 47
2.Yomiuri Club 22 13 7 2 38-16 46
3.All Nippon Airways 22 11 7 4 34-19 40
4.Furukawa 22 10 8 4 25-16 38
5.Yamaha Motors 22 9 7 6 23-19 34
6.Honda 22 10 2 10 32-29 32
7.Yanmar Diesel 22 6 9 7 20-23 27
8.NKK 22 5 9 8 16-32 24
9.Toshiba 22 4 8 10 20-28 20
10.Matsushita Electric 22 4 7 11 24-31 19
11.Fujita 22 4 5 13 17-30 17 Relegated
12.Hitachi 22 3 4 15 12-36 13 Relegated
Promoted: Mitsubishi and Toyota.
Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Final Table:
1.Yomiuri Club 22 15 4 3 41-16 49
2.Nissan Motors 22 11 9 2 27-10 42
3.Honda 22 10 8 4 29-21 38
4.Toshiba 22 8 8 6 26-24 32
5.Toyota 22 7 9 6 26-27 30
6.Matsushita Electric 22 7 9 6 24-26 30
7.All Nippon Airways 22 7 6 9 24-24 27
8.Yamaha Motors 22 6 7 9 21-22 25
9.Furukawa 22 5 10 7 22-24 25
10.Mitsubishi 22 6 6 10 18-23 24
11.Yanmar Diesel 22 5 5 12 13-31 20 Relegated
12.NKK 22 2 5 15 16-39 11 Relegated
Promoted: Hitachi and Mazda.
Japan Soccer League 1991/92
Final Table:
1.Yomiuri Club 22 15 6 1 43-13 51 [became Verdy Kawasaki]
2.Nissan Motors 22 12 7 3 25-14 43 [became Yokohama Marinos]
3.Yamaha Motors 22 11 3 8 30-31 36 [became Jubilo Iwata]
4.Toshiba [Kawasaki] 22 7 9 6 26-24 30 [later into Consadole Sapporo]
5.Matsushita Electric 22 7 8 7 25-27 29 [became Gamba Osaka]
6.Mazda 22 7 6 9 30-23 27 [became Sanfrecce Hiroshima]
7.JR East Furukawa 22 8 3 11 30-38 27 [became JEF United Ichihara]
8.All Nippon Airways 22 6 7 9 20-23 25 [became Yokohama Flugels]
9.Hitachi 22 6 7 9 22-30 25 [became Kashiwa Reysol]
10.Honda 22 5 8 9 18-25 23 [became Honda Giken Hamamatsu]
11.Mitsubishi 22 5 6 11 25-40 21 [became Urawa Red Diamonds]
12.Toyota 22 4 8 10 24-30 20 [became Nagoya Grampus Eight]
Elected to J-League: Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama Marinos, Gamba Osaka, Sanfrecce
Hiroshima, JEF United Ichihara, Yokohama Flugels, Urawa
Red Diamonds, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Kashima Antlers (were
Sumitomo, 2nd division) and Shimizu S-Pulse (were Shimizu,
Shizuoka Prefecture League).
J-League 1993 (inaugural season)
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
classification according to number of wins]
Suntory Series
1.Kashima Antlers 18 13 5 41-18
2.Verdy Kawasaki 18 12 6 29-21
3.Yokohama Marinos 18 11 7 29-24
4.Shimizu S-Pulse 18 10 8 28-25
5.JEF United Ichihara 18 9 9 26-23
6.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 9 9 23-24
7.Yokohama Flugels 18 8 10 24-21
8.Gamba Osaka 18 8 10 27-31
9.Nagoya Grampus Eight 18 7 11 21-38
10.Urawa Red Diamonds 18 3 15 11-34
Nicos Series
1.Verdy Kawasaki 18 16 2 43-10
2.Shimizu S-Pulse 18 14 4 26- 9
3.Yokohama Marinos 18 10 8 31-24
4.Kashima Antlers 18 10 8 31-25
5.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 9 9 31-25
6.Gamba Osaka 18 8 10 24-34
7.Yokohama Flugels 18 8 10 20-30
8.Nagoya Grampus Eight 18 5 13 27-28
9.JEF United Ichihara 18 5 13 25-44
10.Urawa Red Diamonds 18 5 13 15-44
Championship Playoff
Verdy Kawasaki 2-0 Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers 1-1 Verdy Kawasaki
Elected: Bellmare Hiratsuka and Jubilo Iwata.
J-League 1994
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
classification according to number of wins]
Suntory Series
1.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 17 5 44-26
2.Shimizu S-Pulse 22 16 6 41-25
3.Kashima Antlers 22 16 6 45-32
4.Verdy Kawasaki 22 14 8 43-21
5.Yokohama Flugels 22 13 9 36-27
6.JEF United Ichihara 22 10 12 34-43
7.Jubilo Iwata 22 9 13 27-32
8.Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 9 13 23-28
9.Yokohama Marinos 22 8 14 29-35
10.Gamba Osaka 22 7 15 37-46
11.Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 7 15 27-54
12.Urawa Red Diamonds 22 6 16 26-43
Nicos Series
1.Verdy Kawasaki 22 17 5 48-26
2.Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 16 6 48-26
3.Yokohama Marinos 22 14 8 44-26
4.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 12 10 27-31
5.Kashima Antlers 22 11 11 44-36
6.Shimizu S-Pulse 22 11 11 28-31
7.Jubilo Iwata 22 11 11 29-37
8.Yokohama Flugels 22 9 13 31-33
9.JEF United Ichihara 22 9 13 35-42
10.Gamba Osaka 22 8 14 29-36
11.Urawa Red Diamonds 22 8 14 33-51
12.Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 6 16 33-54
Championship Playoff
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Verdy Kawasaki
Verdy Kawasaki 1-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Elected: Cerezo Osaka and Kashiwa Reysol.
J-League 1995
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
loss by penalty shootout yields 1 point]
Suntory Series
1.Yokohama Marinos 26 17 9 47-38 52
2.Verdy Kawasaki 26 16 10 46-36 49
3.Urawa Red Diamonds 26 15 11 41-34 48
4.Nagoya Grampus Eight 26 15 11 50-48 46
5.Jubilo Iwata 26 15 11 48-40 45
6.JEF United Ichihara 26 14 12 48-40 45
7.Bellmare Hiratsuka 26 14 12 60-47 43
8.Kashima Antlers 26 14 12 38-38 42
9.Cerezo Osaka 26 13 13 43-44 41
10.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 13 13 38-33 39
11.Gamba Osaka 26 10 16 49-54 31
12.Shimizu S-Pulse 26 10 16 35-63 30
13.Yokohama Flugels 26 9 17 42-54 28
14.Kashiwa Reysol 26 7 19 30-46 22
Nicos Series
1.Verdy Kawasaki 26 19 7 60-26 59
2.Nagoya Grampus Eight 26 17 9 49-34 51
3.Yokohama Marinos 26 15 11 39-37 46
4.Shimizu S-Pulse 26 15 11 42-34 45
5.Kashiwa Reysol 26 14 12 57-54 43
6.Kashima Antlers 26 14 12 44-41 43
7.JEF United Ichihara 26 14 12 49-51 43
8.Urawa Red Diamonds 26 14 12 44-38 42
9.Jubilo Iwata 26 13 13 40-37 40
10.Cerezo Osaka 26 12 14 36-39 37
11.Yokohama Flugels 26 11 15 36-57 34
12.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 9 17 31-43 28
13.Gamba Osaka 26 8 18 38-53 26
14.Bellmare Hiratsuka 26 7 19 34-55 22
Championship Playoff
Yokohama Marinos 1-0 Verdy Kawasaki
Verdy Kawasaki 0-1 Yokohama Marinos
Promoted: Fukuoka Blux (renamed Avispa Fukuoka) and Kyoto Purple Sanga.
J-League 1996
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
loss by penalty shootout yields 1 point]
Final Table:
1.Kashima Antlers 30 21 9 61-34 66
2.Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 21 9 63-39 63
3.Yokohama Flugels 30 21 9 58-44 63
4.Jubilo Iwata 30 20 10 53-38 62
5.Kashiwa Reysol 30 20 10 67-52 60
6.Urawa Reds 30 19 11 51-31 59
7.Verdy Kawasaki 30 19 11 68-42 57
8.Yokohama Marinos 30 14 16 39-40 42
9.JEF United Ichihara 30 13 17 45-47 40
10.Shimizu S-Pulse 30 12 18 50-60 37
11.Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 12 18 47-58 36
12.Gamba Osaka 30 11 19 38-59 33
13.Cerezo Osaka 30 10 20 38-56 30
14.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 10 20 36-60 30
15.Avispa Fukuoka 30 9 21 42-64 29
16.Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 8 22 22-54 24
Promoted: Vissel Kobe.
J-League 1997
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
win in extra time yields 2 points, win by penalty shootout 1 point]
First Stage
1.Kashima Antlers 16 13 3 32-15 37
2.Yokohama Flugels 16 12 4 35-16 35
3.Kashiwa Reysol 16 11 5 34-18 32
4.Bellmare Hiratsuka 16 10 6 25-20 28
5.Yokohama Marinos 16 11 5 31-31 28
6.Jubilo Iwata 16 9 6 32-21 26
7.Shimizu S-Pulse 16 9 7 25-24 25
8.Gamba Osaka 16 8 8 28-23 24
9.Urawa Red Diamonds 16 8 8 25-24 21
10.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 8 8 22-23 21
11.Cerezo Osaka 16 7 9 21-26 19
12.Nagoya Grampus Eight 16 6 10 18-24 18
13.Kyoto Purple Sanga 16 6 10 19-32 18
14.Vissel Kobe 16 6 10 24-34 17
15.JEF United Ichihara 16 5 11 21-34 13
16.Verdy Kawasaki 16 4 12 16-27 10
17.Avispa Fukuoka 16 3 13 11-27 9
Second Stage
1.Jubilo Iwata 16 14 2 40-14 40
2.Gamba Osaka 16 12 4 38-23 34
3.Yokohama Marinos 16 12 4 42-28 32
4.Kashima Antlers 16 11 5 46-23 31
5.Nagoya Grampus Eight 16 10 6 23-24 30
6.Shimizu S-Pulse 16 10 6 27-16 29
7.Urawa Red Diamonds 16 9 7 26-21 26
8.Cerezo Osaka 16 9 7 32-30 24
9.Bellmare Hiratsuka 16 8 8 30-32 21
10.Kashiwa Reysol 16 7 9 29-31 20
11.Yokohama Flugels 16 7 9 23-27 18
12.Verdy Kawasaki 16 6 10 22-38 16
13.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 5 11 21-27 15
14.JEF United Ichihara 16 6 10 22-32 15
15.Avispa Fukuoka 16 4 12 18-31 10
16.Kyoto Purple Sanga 16 3 13 21-38 9
17.Vissel Kobe 16 3 13 19-44 7
Championship Playoff
Jubilo Iwata 3-2 Kashima Antlers [asdet]
Kashima Antlers 0-1 Jubilo Iwata
Promoted: Consadole Sapporo.
J-League 1998
[no draws; drawn matches decided in extra time or by penalty shootout;
win in extra time yields 2 points, win by penalty shootout 1 point]
First Stage
1.Jubilo Iwata 17 13 4 52-18 39
2.Shimizu S-Pulse 17 13 4 32-14 39
4.Nagoya Grampus Eight 17 12 5 37-21 33
3.Yokohama Marinos 17 11 6 39-21 32
5.Kashima Antlers 17 11 6 41-28 32
6.Verdy Kawasaki 17 10 7 34-25 30
7.Urawa Red Diamonds 17 11 6 30-23 28
8.Yokohama Flugels 17 10 7 33-32 26
9.Cerezo Osaka 17 8 9 36-47 23
10.Kashiwa Reysol 17 9 8 32-35 22
11.JEF United Ichihara 17 7 10 31-31 21
12.Bellmare Hiratsuka 17 8 9 27-34 20
13.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 7 10 22-33 19
14.Gamba Osaka 17 7 10 27-29 17
15.Kyoto Purple Sanga 17 6 11 20-33 16
16.Consadole Sapporo 17 4 13 28-44 11
17.Vissel Kobe 17 3 14 20-48 9
18.Avispa Fukuoka 17 3 14 22-47 7
Second Stage
1.Kashima Antlers 17 15 2 38-15 42
2.Jubilo Iwata 17 13 4 55-21 39
3.Urawa Red Diamonds 17 11 6 32-17 33
4.Yokohama Marinos 17 11 6 40-27 32
5.Shimizu S-Pulse 17 12 5 39-21 31
6.Nagoya Grampus Eight 17 11 6 34-26 30
7.Yokohama Flugels 17 9 8 37-32 25
8.Kashiwa Reysol 17 9 8 24-26 25
9.Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 9 8 23-19 24
10.Consadole Sapporo 17 8 9 29-30 24
11.Kyoto Purple Sanga 17 9 8 27-30 23
12.Bellmare Hiratsuka 17 8 9 26-32 22
13.Cerezo Osaka 17 7 10 20-32 21
14.Vissel Kobe 17 6 11 25-41 16
15.Avispa Fukuoka 17 5 12 11-38 14
16.Gamba Osaka 17 5 12 20-32 13
17.Verdy Kawasaki 17 3 14 13-28 9
18.JEF United Ichihara 17 2 15 18-44 4
Championship Playoff
Kashima Antlers 2-1 Jubilo Iwata [asdet]
Jubilo Iwata 1-2 Kashima Antlers
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
Round 1
Avispa Fukuoka 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale [asdet]
Round 2
Avispa Fukuoka 0-2 1-2 JEF United Ichihara
Vissel Kobe 2-1 2-0 Consadole Sapporo
Round 3
Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 3-0 Consadole Sapporo
Consadole Sapporo relegated.
Thanks to Jan Alssema for additions and corrections
Prepared and maintained by Dinant Abbink for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Dinant Abbink
(d.abbink2@chello.nl)
Last updated: 7 Apr 2006
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