1999 J.League Division 1

J.League Division 1
Season1999
ChampionsJúbilo Iwata
2nd J.League title
3rd Japanese title
RelegatedUrawa Red Diamonds
Bellmare Hiratsuka
Asian Club ChampionshipJúbilo Iwata
Matches played240
Goals scored757 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorerHwang Sun-hong (24 goals)
Highest attendance51,575 - Antlers vs. Júbilo (May 5)
Lowest attendance2,411 - Vissel vs. Avispa (April 17)
Average attendance11,658
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 J.League Division 1 season was the seventh season of the J.League Division 1. The league began in March 6 and ended in November 27. For this year, the division was contested by 16 teams following the folding of Yokohama Flügels and the relegation of Consadole Sapporo to the newly formed Division 2.

In a year dominated by Shizuoka Prefecture, Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage with neighbours Shimizu S-Pulse winning the 2nd stage. Iwata won the J.League Division 1 title for the after triumphing on penalty kicks in the Suntory Championship.

Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 1999 season.

Club Last season Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka 18th 15th Yoshio Kikugawa
Bellmare Hiratsuka 12th 12th Mitsuru Komaeda
Cerezo Osaka 9th 13th René Desaeyere
Gamba Osaka 14th 16th Hiroshi Hayano
JEF United Ichihara 11th 18th Nicolae Zamfir
Júbilo Iwata 1st 2nd Takashi Kuwahara
Kashima Antlers 5th 1st Zico
Kashiwa Reysol 10th 8th Akira Nishino
Kyoto Purple Sanga 15th 11th Shu Kamo
Nagoya Grampus Eight 3rd 6th João Carlos
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13th 9th Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse 2nd 5th Steve Perryman
Urawa Red Diamonds 7th 3rd Aad de Mos
Verdy Kawasaki 6th 17th Hideki Matsunaga
Vissel Kobe 17th 14th Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. Marinos 4th 4th Antonio de la Cruz

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Non-visa foreign Former players
Avispa Fukuoka Fernando Ranielli Nenad Maslovar Juan Carlos Villamayor
Bellmare Hiratsuka Chay Hews Stephen Laybutt Jailton Cláudio
Ricardinho
Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka Pericles Hwang Sun-hong Noh Jung-yoon
Gamba Osaka Luizinho Vieira Taílson Claude Dambury Anto Drobnjak
Piotr Świerczewski
JEF United Ichihara Baron Peter Bosz Roberto Blanco Robert Vancea Kim Hwang-jung Paulo Henrique
Júbilo Iwata Adilson Batista Roberto Torres Dmitri Radchenko
Kashima Antlers Bismarck Mazinho Ricardo
Kashiwa Reysol Bentinho Hristo Stoichkov Pavel Badea Hong Myung-bo
Kyoto Purple Sanga Paulo Magino Paulo Silas Sidiclei Park Kang-jo
Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Dragan Stojković Tarik Oulida Ko Ishikawa
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hayden Foxe Phil Stubbins Tony Popovic Aurelio Vidmar
Shimizu S-Pulse Fabinho Santos Alex
Urawa Red Diamonds Željko Petrović Giuseppe Zappella Txiki Begiristain Fernando Picun
Verdy Kawasaki Henrique Jé Júlio César
Vissel Kobe Choi Sung-yong Ha Seok-ju Kim Do-hoon Park Song-gi
Yokohama F. Marinos Válber Igor Jovićević Yoo Sang-chul

Overview

First stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Júbilo Iwata 15 10 2 0 1 2 29 15 +14 34 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 1999
2 Verdy Kawasaki 15 9 2 1 0 3 20 15 +5 32
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 9 1 1 0 4 28 23 +5 30
4 Kashiwa Reysol 15 9 1 0 1 4 26 18 +8 29
5 Cerezo Osaka 15 9 1 0 0 5 25 21 +4 29
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 9 0 0 0 6 30 18 +12 27
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 6 2 1 1 5 31 20 +11 23
8 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 6 1 1 3 4 30 23 +7 21
9 Kashima Antlers[a] 15 5 1 1 2 6 23 19 +4 18
10 Gamba Osaka 15 5 1 0 1 8 21 25 −4 17
11 Avispa Fukuoka 15 4 2 0 1 8 23 30 −7 16
12 Vissel Kobe 15 4 1 1 2 7 20 24 −4 15
13 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 3 0 4 2 6 21 33 −12 13
14 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 4 0 0 2 9 18 28 −10 12
15 JEF United Ichihara 15 2 2 2 1 8 19 34 −15 12
16 Bellmare Hiratsuka 15 3 0 0 0 12 15 33 −18 9
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1998 J.League

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 11 1 0 1 2 28 13 +15 35 Qualification to the Suntory Championship 1999
2 Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 10 1 1 0 3 32 23 +9 33
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 15 8 2 2 0 3 30 15 +15 30
4 Kashiwa Reysol 15 8 2 1 0 4 23 18 +5 29
5 Cerezo Osaka 15 6 3 0 1 5 39 24 +15 24
6 Kashima Antlers[a] 15 6 2 0 2 5 30 18 +12 22
7 Vissel Kobe 15 5 2 3 0 5 18 21 −3 22
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 6 1 1 2 5 24 25 −1 21
9 Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 5 2 0 2 6 20 30 −10 19
10 Verdy Kawasaki 15 4 2 1 2 6 23 28 −5 17
11 JEF United Ichihara 15 4 2 0 3 6 22 22 0 16
12 Júbilo Iwata 15 4 1 1 2 7 23 27 −4 15
13 Gamba Osaka 15 4 1 1 1 8 15 21 −6 15
14 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 4 1 1 5 4 18 25 −7 15
15 Avispa Fukuoka 15 3 1 1 0 10 18 29 −11 12
16 Bellmare Hiratsuka 15 1 0 1 3 10 15 39 −24 4
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1998 J.League

Suntory Championship

Júbilo Iwata2–1 (a.e.t.)Shimizu S-Pulse
Nakayama 30', 98' Official Report 34' Sawanobori
Attendance: 17,337
Shimizu S-Pulse2–1 (a.e.t.)Júbilo Iwata
Sawanobori 37'
Fabinho 99'		 Official Report 34' Hattori
Penalties
Sawanobori
Santos
Ito
Fabinho 		2–4 Hattori
Fujita
Takahara
Suzuki
Attendance: 20,309

Overall table

Pos Team Pld W OTW D OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1/2 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 20 2 1 1 6 56 36 +20 65
1/2 Júbilo Iwata 30 14 3 1 3 9 52 42 +10 49 Champion and qualified to the Asian Club Championship 2000–01 Second Round
3 Kashiwa Reysol 30 17 3 1 1 8 49 36 +13 58
4 Nagoya Grampus Eight 30 16 2 2 3 7 62 46 +16 54 Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2000–01 Second Round
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 14 4 3 1 8 61 35 +26 53
6 Cerezo Osaka 30 15 4 0 1 10 64 45 +19 53
7 Verdy Kawasaki 30 13 4 2 2 9 43 43 0 49
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 15 1 1 2 11 54 43 +11 48
9 Kashima Antlers[a] 30 11 3 1 4 11 53 37 +16 40
10 Vissel Kobe 30 9 3 4 2 12 38 45 −7 37
11 Gamba Osaka 30 9 2 1 2 16 36 46 −10 32
12 Kyoto Purple Sanga 30 9 2 0 4 15 38 58 −20 31
13 JEF United Ichihara 30 6 4 2 4 14 41 56 −15 28
14 Avispa Fukuoka 30 7 3 1 1 18 41 59 −18 28
15 Urawa Red Diamonds 30 7 1 5 7 10 39 58 −19 28 Relegated to the 2000 J.League Division 2
16 Bellmare Hiratsuka 30 4 0 1 3 22 30 72 −42 13
Source: J.League data site
Notes:
  1. ^ Champion from 1998 J.League

Awards

References

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