1998 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season1998
ChampionsTokyo Gas
1st JFL title
1st D2 title
Matches played240
Goals scored846 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerValdney (33 goals)
← 1997
          1999 (J2) →
1999 (new JFL) →

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1998 season.

Overview

1998 JFL teams

The 1998 season was the seventh and the last of the former Japan Football League. It was contested by 16 teams, and Tokyo Gas won the championship. After the season, nine teams together with J. League Promotion and Relegation series' losers Consadole Sapporo formed the second division of J.League. Other seven clubs together with Regional Leagues promotion series winners Yokogawa Electric and newly created Yokohama FC have formed the new Japan Football League.

Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1998 season.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Yoshikazu Nagai
Brummell Sendai Takekazu Suzuki
Denso
Honda Motors Mitsunaga Shitara
Jatco
Kawasaki Frontale Beto Almeida
Kokushikan University Hideo Osawa
Mito HollyHock Toshiya Miura
Montedio Yamagata Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Oita Trinity
Omiya Ardija Norio Sasaki
Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima
Sagan Tosu Hiroshi Sowa
Sony Sendai
Tokyo Gas Kiyoshi Okuma
Ventforet Kofu

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Albirex Niigata Neathan Gibson
Brummell Sendai Slobodan Dubajić
Denso
Honda Motors Marcus Vinícius
Jatco
Kawasaki Frontale Altemir Pessali José Barreto Tuto Valdney Momodu Mutairu Betinho
Kokushikan University
Mito HollyHock
Montedio Yamagata Marquinho Sidiclei
Oita Trinity Will
Omiya Ardija Jan Veenhof Jeroen Boere
Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima
Sagan Tosu Pak Yong-ho
Sony Sendai
Tokyo Gas Amaral Angelo Sandro
Ventforet Kofu Baron

Table

Pos Team Pld W OTW PKW L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Tokyo Gas (C) 30 21 3 0 6 67 17 +50 69 Formed J.League Division 2
2 Kawasaki Frontale 30 22 1 0 7 72 24 +48 68 J.League Division 1 Pro/Rele Series
3 Montedio Yamagata 30 20 2 0 8 69 38 +31 64 Formed J.League Division 2
4 Ventforet Kofu 30 16 5 1 8 74 40 +34 59
5 Honda Motors 30 16 3 0 11 57 45 +12 54 Formed new Japan Football League
6 Oita Trinity 30 14 1 1 14 51 51 0 45 Formed J.League Division 2
7 Brummell Sendai 30 10 5 3 12 55 53 +2 43
8 Sagan Tosu 30 11 3 0 16 40 55 −15 39
9 Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima 30 11 2 1 16 58 48 +10 38 Formed new Japan Football League
10 Denso 30 11 2 1 16 48 59 −11 38
11 Albirex Niigata 30 10 2 0 18 39 47 −8 34 Formed J.League Division 2
12 Omiya Ardija 30 9 2 0 19 51 56 −5 31
13 Sony Sendai 30 7 1 0 22 42 71 −29 23 Formed new Japan Football League
14 Mito HollyHock 30 7 1 0 22 37 69 −32 23
15 Kokushikan University 30 5 3 0 22 42 76 −34 21
16 Jatco 30 4 3 0 23 44 97 −53 18
Updated to match(es) played on November 1998. Source: Montedio Yamagata website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away ALB ARD BRU DEN FRO HOL HON JAT KSU MON OVT SAG SON TGA TRI VEN
Albirex Niigata 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–1OT 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1OT 1–2OT 0–1OT 3–1
Omiya Ardija 2–0 1–2 3–4OT 0–2 3–0 1–2OT 3–0 1–0OT 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–1OT 0–3 3–0 1–4
Brummell Sendai 0–2 2–2PK 5–4 2–1OT 2–3 3–0 0–1 6–1 2–1 2–1OT 3–2OT 5–1 2–1OT 0–3 1–0OT 0–1
Denso 3–0 3–2OT 2–4 1–3 3–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–5 2–3 1–2
Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 3–2 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–1OT 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0OT
Mito HollyHock 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–5 0–3 0–1 3–2 0–3 0–7 0–1 2–1OT 0–1 1–3 1–6
Honda Motors 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0OT 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–4OT 0–2 2–1 1–2OT
Jatco 1–2 3–2OT 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–5 3–10 1–2OT 3–6 2–1 3–2OT 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–7
Kokushikan University 2–1 0–2 2–2PK 1–4 0–2 0–4 1–4 1–3 3–2 1–4 4–3 4–1 3–2OT 1–6 2–3 1–3
Montedio Yamagata 1–0 3–1 1–1PK 4–5 4–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 5–0 3–2 1–0 2–1OT 6–1 1–3 3–1 3–2
Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1PK 4–5 1–3 1–0 4–0 3–1 5–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–2OT 2–2PK 4–2 1–2
Sagan Tosu 1–0 2–1OT 5–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2OT 1–0OT 2–3OT 2–1OT 0–3 1–0 1–0
Sony Sendai 1–2 3–4 1–3 0–1 0–5 1–0 2–1 3–4OT 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–1
Tokyo Gas 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0OT 2–0 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–1OT 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–1
Oita Trinity 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–2PK 5–3 1–2 5–1 2–1 2–3OT 0–4 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–1OT
Ventforet Kofu 4–1 3–2OT 6–2 1–0 2–3 3–2OT 1–0 2–2PK 4–3 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1OT 5–0 2–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on November 1998. Source: Montedio Yamagata website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

Kawasaki Frontale were awarded a spot in the first round of J.League Promotion and Relegation Series where they have played against Avispa Fukuoka.

Avispa Fukuoka3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Kawasaki Frontale
Kudo 24'
Yamashita 89'
Fernando 104'		 Report Ito 17'
Tuto 61'
Attendance: 12,535

Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division.

Successor seasons

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