1994 J.League

J.League
Season1994
ChampionsVerdy Kawasaki
2nd J.League title
7th Japanese title
Asian Club ChampionshipVerdy Kawasaki
Matches played264
Goals scored841 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Ordenewitz (30 goals)
Highest attendance55,125 - Reds vs. Verdy (September 17)
Lowest attendance7,854 - Reds vs. Sanfrecce (March 23)
Total attendance5,152,117
Average attendance19,516
← 1993
1995 →

The J.League 1994 season was the second season of the J.League. The league commenced on March 12 and completed on November 19. The Suntory Championship took place on November 26 and December 2.

Clubs

The following 12 clubs participated in J.League during 1994 season. Of these clubs, Bellmare Hiratsuka and Júblio Iwata were newly promoted teams from Japan Football League.

Club name Hometown Stadium
(majority games)		 Capacity Notes Head coach
Bellmare Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Hiratsuka Stadium 15,380 Promoted Mitsuru Komaeda
Gamba Osaka Osaka, Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 21,000 Kunishige Kamamoto
JEF United Ichihara Chiba, Chiba Ichihara Seaside Stadium 14,051 Eijun Kiyokumo
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Júbilo Iwata Stadium 15,165 Promoted Hans Ooft
Kashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 37,638 Edu Coimbra
Nagoya Grampus Eight Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium 11,900 Gordon Milne
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium 13,800 Stuart Baxter
Shimizu S-Pulse Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Nihondaira Sports Stadium 20,248 Rivellino
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Greater Tokyo Area Urawa Komaba Stadium 21,500 Kenzo Yokoyama
Verdy Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 Yasutaro Matsuki
Yokohama Flügels Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Shu Kamo
Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Hidehiko Shimizu

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Bellmare Hiratsuka Almir Betinho Edson Mirandinha
Gamba Osaka Sergei Aleinikov Flávio Kiril Metkov Akhrik Tsveiba Oleh Protasov
JEF United Ichihara František Mysliveček Pavel Řehák Nenad Maslovar Frank Ordenewitz Pierre Littbarski Sandro
Shin Che-bon
Júbilo Iwata Walter Salvatore Schillaci André Paus Gerald Vanenburg
Kashima Antlers Alcindo Edinho Leonardo Santos Zico
Nagoya Grampus Eight Elivélton Garça Jorginho Dragan Stojković Dragiša Binić Dido Havenaar Gary Lineker
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ivan Hašek Pavel Černý Tore Pedersen Noh Jung-yoon Andrey Lee Baxter
Shimizu S-Pulse Djalminha Ronaldão Toninho Ademir Sidmar
Urawa Red Diamonds Guido Buchwald Michael Rummenigge Uwe Bein Edwin Uehara
Cho Kwi-jae 		Uwe Rahn
Ľubomír Luhový
Miroslav Mentel
Verdy Kawasaki Bentinho Bismarck Capitão Paulo Pereira Ko Ishikawa
Yokohama Flügels Fernando Moner Aldro Edu Marangon Válber Raúl Amarilla
Yokohama Marinos David Bisconti Gustavo Zapata Ramón Díaz Ramón Medina Bello Everton

Format

In the 1994 season, the league followed split-season format, just like the previous season. Each halves (or stages) were known as Suntory Series and NICOS Series for sponsorship purposes. In each series, twelve clubs played in double round-robin format with a total of 22 games per club (per series). The games then went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The clubs were ranked by number of wins, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

  • Goal differential
  • Goals scored
  • Head-to-head results
  • Extra match or a coin toss

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 the same club win both stages, the runners-up of each stages plays against each other and the winners challenges the stage winner at the championship game.

Changes in competition format
  • Number of competing clubs increased from 10 to 12
  • Number of games per club in a series increased from 18 to 22 games and from 36 to 44 games per season.

Standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 17 5 44 26 +18 1994 Suntory Series Champions
Qualified to Suntory Championship '94
2 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 16 6 41 25 +16
3 Kashima Antlers 22 16 6 45 32 +13
4 Verdy Kawasaki 22 14 8 43 21 +22
5 Yokohama Flügels 22 13 9 36 27 +9
6 JEF United Ichihara 22 10 12 34 43 −9
7 Júbilo Iwata 22 9 13 27 32 −5
8 Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 9 13 23 28 −5
9 Yokohama Marinos 22 8 14 29 35 −6
10 Gamba Osaka 22 7 15 37 46 −9
11 Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 7 15 27 54 −27
12 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 6 16 26 43 −17
Source:

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 22 17 5 48 26 +22 1994 NICOS Series Champions
Qualifies to Suntory Championship '94
2 Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 16 6 48 26 +22
3 Yokohama Marinos 22 14 8 44 26 +18
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 12 10 27 31 −4
5 Kashima Antlers 22 11 11 44 36 +8
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 11 11 28 31 −3
7 Júbilo Iwata 22 11 11 29 37 −8
8 Yokohama Flügels 22 9 13 31 33 −2
9 JEF United Ichihara 22 9 13 35 42 −7
10 Gamba Osaka 22 8 14 29 36 −7
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 8 14 33 51 −18
12 Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 6 16 33 54 −21
Source:

Suntory Championship '94

Sanfrecce Hiroshima0 – 1Verdy Kawasaki
35' Kitazawa
Attendance: 42,316
Verdy Kawasaki1 – 0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Ramos 80'
Attendance: 50,512
VERDY KAWASAKI won the series on 2-0 aggregate.

Overall standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 44 31 13 91 47 +44 1994 J.League Champions
Qualifies to 1995/96 ACC, 1995 Super Cup, and 1995 Sanwa Bank Cup
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 44 29 15 71 57 +14
3 Kashima Antlers 44 27 17 89 68 +21
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 44 27 17 69 56 +13
5 Bellmare Hiratsuka 44 23 21 75 80 −5
6 Yokohama Marinos 44 22 22 73 61 +12
7 Yokohama Flügels 44 22 22 67 60 +7
8 Júbilo Iwata 44 20 24 56 69 −13
9 JEF United Ichihara 44 19 25 69 85 −16
10 Gamba Osaka 44 15 29 66 82 −16
11 Nagoya Grampus Eight 44 15 29 56 82 −26
12 Urawa Red Diamonds 44 14 30 59 94 −35
Source:

Honours

Competition Champion Runner-up 3rd place
League Competition
J.League Suntory Series Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers
J.League NICOS Series Verdy Kawasaki Bellmare Hiratsuka Yokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship Verdy Kawasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Cup Tournaments
Emperor's Cup Bellmare Hiratsuka Cerezo Osaka Yokohama Marinos
Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup Verdy Kawasaki Júbilo Iwata Gamba Osaka
Yokohama Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama Flügels

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Frank Ordenewitz JEF United Ichihara 30
2 Alcindo Sartori Kashima Antlers 28
3 Betinho Bellmare Hiratsuka 24
4 Ramón Díaz Yokohama Marinos 23
Nobuhiro Takeda Verdy Kawasaki
6 Toninho Shimizu S-Pulse 22
7 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Kashima Antlers 21
8 Ivan Hašek Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19
Koji Noguchi Bellmare Hiratsuka
10 Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki 16
Toshihiro Yamaguchi Gamba Osaka
12 Ramón Medina Bello Yokohama Marinos 15
Pavel Černý Sanfrecce Hiroshima
14 Bismarck Verdy Kawasaki 14
Takuya Takagi Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Awards

Individual awards

Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Pereira Verdy Kawasaki
Rookie of the Year Kazuaki Tasaka Bellmare Hiratsuka
Manager of the Year Yasutaro Matsuki Verdy Kawasaki
Top Scorer Frank Ordenewitz JEF United Ichihara

Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Shinkichi Kikuchi Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
DF Pereira Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
DF Masami Ihara Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Yoshihiro Natsuka Bellmare Hiratsuka  Japan
MF Betinho Bellmare Hiratsuka  Brazil
MF Bismarck Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
MF Tetsuji Hashiratani Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
MF Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
MF Ruy Ramos Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
FW Takuya Takagi Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
FW Nobuhiro Takeda Verdy Kawasaki  Japan

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