1995 J.League

J.League
Season1995
ChampionsYokohama Marinos
1st J.League title
3rd Japanese title
Asian Club ChampionshipYokohama Marinos
Matches played364
Goals scored1,214 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorerMasahiro Fukuda (32 goals)
Highest attendance56,652 - Reds vs. Verdy (May 3)
Lowest attendance7,012 - Sanfrecce vs. Grampus (April 12)
Average attendance16,922
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The J.League 1995 season was the third season of the J.League. The league fixture began on March 18 and ended in 25 November. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6.

Clubs

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Fourteen clubs participated in J.League during 1995 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol and Cerezo Osaka 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 Mitsuru Komaeda
Cerezo Osaka Osaka Nagai Stadium 47,816 Promoted Paulo Emilio
Gamba Osaka Osaka, Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 21,000 Sigfried Held
JEF United Ichihara Chiba, Chiba Ichihara Seaside Stadium 14,051 Eijun Kiyokumo
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Júbilo Iwata Stadium 15,165 Hans Ooft
Kashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 37,638 Edu Coimbra
Kashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium 15,349 Promoted Antoninho
Nagoya Grampus Eight Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium 11,900 Arsène Wenger
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium 13,800 Wim Jansen
Shimizu S-Pulse Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Nihondaira Sports Stadium 20,248 Masakatsu Miyamoto
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Greater Tokyo Area Urawa Komaba Stadium 21,500 Holger Osieck
Verdy Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 Nelsinho Baptista
Yokohama Flügels Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Antônio Silva
Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Hiroshi Hayano

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Bellmare Hiratsuka Betinho Edson Émerson Júnior Simão Almir
Cerezo Osaka Bernardo Gilmar Marquinhos Toninho Cecílio Jorge Dely Valdés
Gamba Osaka Sergei Aleinikov Vjekoslav Škrinjar Hans Gillhaus Akhrik Tsveiba Oleh Protasov
JEF United Ichihara Goran Vasilijević Nenad Maslovar Wynton Rufer Sandro
Shin Che-bon
Júbilo Iwata Dunga Salvatore Schillaci André Paus Gerald Vanenburg Dido Havenaar
Kim Jong-song
Kashima Antlers Carlos Mozer Jorginho Leonardo Mazinho Santos
Kashiwa Reysol Bentinho Careca Nelsinho Valdir Wolnei Caio Müller
Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Dragan Stojković Franck Durix Gérald Passi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ivan Hašek John van Loen Pieter Huistra Noh Jung-yoon Andrey Tore Pedersen
Shimizu S-Pulse Dias Marcelo Miguel Marco Aurélio Santos Daniele Massaro Ademir Ronaldão
Sidmar
Urawa Red Diamonds Toninho Guido Buchwald Michael Rummenigge Uwe Bein Edwin Uehara
Cho Kwi-jae 		Gwak Kyung-keun
Verdy Kawasaki Alcindo Bismarck Embu Pereira Ko Ishikawa
Yokohama Flügels César Sampaio Evair Rodrigo Batata Zinho
Yokohama Marinos David Bisconti Gustavo Zapata Pedro Massacessi Ramón Medina Bello Ramón Díaz

Format

In the 1995 season, the league followed split-season format, and each halves (or stages) were known as Suntory Series and NICOS Series for sponsorship purposes. In each series, fourteen clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 26 games per club (per series). The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The points system is introduced for the first time and a club received 3pts for any win, 1pts for PK loss, and 0pts for regulation or extra time loss. The clubs were ranked by points 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 12 to 14
  • Number of games per club in a series increased from 22 to 26 games and from 44 to 52 games per season
  • Points system were introduced
  • Due to fixture congestion, Yamazaki Nabisco Cup was cancelled that year

Standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings

Pos Team Pld W PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yokohama Marinos 26 17 1 8 47 38 +9 52 1995 Suntory Series Champions
Qualified to Suntory Championship '95
2 Verdy Kawasaki 26 16 1 9 46 36 +10 49
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 26 15 3 8 41 34 +7 48
4 Nagoya Grampus Eight 26 15 1 10 50 48 +2 46
5 Júbilo Iwata 26 15 0 11 48 40 +8 45
6 JEF United Ichihara 26 14 3 9 48 40 +8 45
7 Bellmare Hiratsuka 26 14 1 11 60 47 +13 43
8 Kashima Antlers 26 14 0 12 38 38 0 42
9 Cerezo Osaka 26 13 2 11 43 44 −1 41
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 13 0 13 38 33 +5 39
11 Gamba Osaka 26 10 1 15 49 54 −5 31
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 10 0 16 35 63 −28 30
13 Yokohama Flügels 26 9 1 16 42 54 −12 28
14 Kashiwa Reysol 26 7 1 18 30 46 −16 22
Source:
Rules for classification: Win = 3pts; P.K. loss = 1pt; Regulation, E.T. loss = 0pts

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings

Pos Team Pld W PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 26 19 2 5 60 26 +34 59 1995 NICOS Series Champions
Qualified to Suntory Championship '95
2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 26 17 0 9 49 34 +15 51
3 Yokohama Marinos 26 15 1 10 39 37 +2 46
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 15 0 11 42 34 +8 45
5 Kashiwa Reysol 26 14 1 11 57 54 +3 43
6 Kashima Antlers 26 14 1 11 44 41 +3 43
7 JEF United Ichihara 26 14 1 11 49 51 −2 43
8 Urawa Red Diamonds 26 14 0 12 44 38 +6 42
9 Júbilo Iwata 26 13 1 12 40 37 +3 40
10 Cerezo Osaka 26 12 1 13 36 39 −3 37
11 Yokohama Flügels 26 11 1 14 36 57 −21 34
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 9 1 16 31 43 −12 28
13 Gamba Osaka 26 8 2 16 38 53 −15 26
14 Bellmare Hiratsuka 26 7 1 18 34 55 −21 22
Source:
Rules for classification: Win = 3pts; P.K. loss = 1pt; Regulation, E.T. loss = 0pts

1995 Suntory Championship

Yokohama Marinos1–0Verdy Kawasaki
Bisconti 49'
Attendance: 47,631
Verdy Kawasaki0–1Yokohama Marinos
Ihara 29'
Attendance: 48,271
Referee: Shinichiro Obata

Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Masahiro Fukuda Urawa Red Diamonds 32
2 Salvatore Schillaci Júbilo Iwata 31
3 David Bisconti Yokohama Marinos 27
4 Betinho Bellmare Hiratsuka 25
5 Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki 23
Koji Noguchi Bellmare Hiratsuka
7 Ramón Medina Bello Yokohama Marinos 21
Wynton Rufer JEF United Ichihara
9 Nobuhiro Takeda Verdy Kawasaki 20
Hans Gillhaus Gamba Osaka

Honours

Competition Champion Runner-up 3rd place
League competition
J.League Suntory Series Yokohama Marinos Verdy Kawasaki Urawa Red Diamonds
J.League NICOS Series Verdy Kawasaki Nagoya Grampus Eight Yokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship Yokohama Marinos Verdy Kawasaki n/a
Cup tournaments
Emperor's Cup Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima n/a
Nabisco Cup Not held due to fixture congestion
XEROX Super Cup Verdy Kawasaki Bellmare Hiratsuka n/a

Awards

Individual awards

Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus Eight
Rookie of the Year Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Yokohama Marinos
Manager of the Year Arsène Wenger Nagoya Grampus Eight
Top Scorer Masahiro Fukuda Urawa Red Diamonds

Best Eleven

Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Shinkichi Kikuchi Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
DF Guido Buchwald Urawa Red Diamonds  Germany
DF Masami Ihara Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Masaharu Suzuki Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Naoki Soma Kashima Antlers  Japan
MF Bismarck Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
MF Tetsuji Hashiratani Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
FW Masahiro Fukuda Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
FW Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
FW Hiroaki Morishima Cerezo Osaka  Japan
FW Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus Eight  Yugoslavia
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