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1998 J.League
6th season of J1 League
6th season of J1 League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | J.League |
| season | 1998 |
| winners | Kashima Antlers |
| 2nd J.League title | |
| relegated | Consadole Sapporo |
| continentalcup1 | Asian Club Championship |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Kashima Antlers |
| Júbilo Iwata | |
| league topscorer | Masashi Nakayama (36 goals) |
| matches | 306 |
| total goals | 1074 |
| highest attendance | 53,598 - Flügels vs. Marinos (September 15) |
| lowest attendance | 2,091 - Vissel vs. JEF Utd. (October 14) |
| average attendance | 11,982 |
| prevseason | 1997 |
| nextseason | 1999 |
2nd J.League title Júbilo Iwata
The 1998 J.League season was the sixth season of the J.League. The league began in March 21 and ended in November 14. For this year, the division was contested by 18 teams. Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage and Kashima Antlers won the 2nd stage. Kashima Antlers won the J.League title after winning both matches in the Suntory Championship.
Clubs
The following eighteen clubs participated in J.League during the 1998 season. Of these clubs, Consadole Sapporo was the only newly promoted team from Japan Football League.
- Avispa Fukuoka
- Bellmare Hiratsuka
- Cerezo Osaka
- Consadole Sapporo [[Image:Arrowupgreen.png]]
- Gamba Osaka
- JEF United Ichihara
- Júbilo Iwata
- Kashima Antlers
- Kashiwa Reysol
- Kyoto Purple Sanga
- Nagoya Grampus Eight
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- Shimizu S-Pulse
- Urawa Red Diamonds
- Verdy Kawasaki
- Vissel Kobe
- Yokohama Flügels
- Yokohama Marinos
Personnel
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Avispa Fukuoka | JPN Takaji Mori |
| Bellmare Hiratsuka | JPN Shigeharu Ueki |
| Cerezo Osaka | JPN Yasutaro Matsuki |
| Consadole Sapporo | URU Hugo Fernández |
| Gamba Osaka | FRA Frédéric Antonetti |
| JEF United Ichihara | NED Jan Versleijen |
| Júbilo Iwata | BRA Valmir Louruz |
| Kashima Antlers | BRA Zé Mário |
| Kashiwa Reysol | JPN Akira Nishino |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | JPN Hidehiko Shimizu |
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | JPN Koji Tanaka |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | SCO Eddie Thomson |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | ARG Osvaldo Ardiles |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | JPN Hiromi Hara |
| Verdy Kawasaki | JPN Ryoichi Kawakatsu |
| Vissel Kobe | JPN Harumi Kori |
| Yokohama Flügels | GER Gert Engels |
| Yokohama Marinos | ESP Xabier Azkargorta |
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Non-visa foreign | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avispa Fukuoka | Brazil Fernando | FR Yugoslavia Dragan Đukanović | FR Yugoslavia Miodrag Božović | Paraguay Juan Carlos Villamayor | Brazil Marcos Aurélio | |
| Nigeria Michael Obiku | ||||||
| Spain Pablo Maqueda | ||||||
| Bellmare Hiratsuka | Brazil Cláudio | Brazil Ricardinho | Romania Pavel Badea | South Korea Hong Myung-bo | South Korea Park Kyung-hwan | |
| Cerezo Osaka | Brazil Pericles | Brazil Pintado | FR Yugoslavia Radivoje Manić | South Korea Hwang Sun-hong | South Korea Ha Seok-ju | |
| South Korea Ko Jeong-woon | ||||||
| Consadole Sapporo | Argentina Hugo Maradona | Brazil Pereira | Brazil Walter | Panama Jorge Dely Valdés | Netherlands Dido Havenaar | |
| Gamba Osaka | FR Yugoslavia Anto Drobnjak | FR Yugoslavia Nebojša Krupniković | French Guiana Claude Dambury | Slovenia Amir Karić | Cameroon Patrick Mboma | |
| Macedonia Boban Babunski | ||||||
| JEF United Ichihara | Australia Matthew Bingley | FR Yugoslavia Nenad Maslovar | Netherlands Arnold Scholten | South Korea Kim Dae-eui | South Korea Kim Hwang-jung | |
| Júbilo Iwata | Brazil Adilson Batista | Brazil Dedimar | Brazil Dunga | Brazil Alessandro Cambalhota | ||
| Kashima Antlers | Brazil Bismarck | Brazil Jorginho | Brazil Mazinho | Brazil Ricardo | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | Brazil Basílio | Brazil Bentinho | Brazil Buiú | Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov | Brazil Duda | |
| Brazil Elpídio Silva | ||||||
| Brazil Marcão | ||||||
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | Brazil Edmílson Matias | Brazil Junior | Brazil Paulo Silas | South Korea Park Kang-jo | ||
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | Brazil Alexandre Torres | FR Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković | France Bernard Allou | Netherlands Tarik Oulida | Bolivia Ko Ishikawa | Brazil Valdo |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Australia Aurelio Vidmar | Australia Hayden Foxe | Australia Tony Popovic | England Don Goodman | Australia Graham Arnold | |
| England Ian Crook | ||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Argentina Fernando Oliva | Brazil Fabinho | Brazil Santos | Brazil Alex | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | FR Yugoslavia Željko Petrović | Italy Giuseppe Zappella | Spain Txiki Begiristain | Netherlands Alfred Nijhuis | ||
| Verdy Kawasaki | Brazil Daniel da Silva | Brazil Fumagalli | Brazil Henrique | Brazil Moacir | Brazil Euller | |
| Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi | ||||||
| Vissel Kobe | South Korea Ha Seok-ju | South Korea Kim Do-hoon | Spain Albert Tomàs | Ghana Michael Yano | Australia Matthew Bingley | |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budimir Vujačić | ||||||
| Yokohama Flügels | Brazil César Sampaio | Portugal Marco Ferreira | Portugal Paulo Futre | Russia Igor Lediakhov | Brazil Anderson Gils | |
| Yokohama Marinos | Bolivia Julio César Baldivieso | FR Yugoslavia Dušan Petković | Spain Jon Andoni Goikoetxea | Spain Julio Salinas |
Standings
First stage
Second stage
Playoffs
Suntory Championship
14:04 Muroi
19:35 Bismarck
Relegation playoffs
On the aggregate table, JEF United Ichihara, Avispa Fukuoka, and Vissel Kobe had earned within the 15th-18th places in the tables for both 1997 and 1998, while Consadole Sapporo had achieved within the same span on its sole season on the J.League. (Gamba Osaka, who had finished between Sapporo and Kobe, was reprieved because of the collapse and resignation of Yokohama Flügels.) These clubs thus were entered in an elimination promotion/relegation tournament along with Japan Football League runners-up Kawasaki Frontale, who unlike champions Tokyo Gas had a base more qualifiable for the J.League.
First round
Yamashita 89' Fernando Tuto 61' Kawasaki forms J.League Division 2 the next season. Fukuoka advances to the next round.
Second round
The winners of this round stay in J.League Division 1 and the losers play a final elimination series to determine the club relegated to Division 2. Kaimoto 41'
Time Watada 89'
Scholten 76'
Sakai 60'
Final round
Fernando 84' Ishimaru 89' Fukuoka stays in J.League Division 1. Consadole is relegated to new J.League Division 2.
Awards
Individual awards
| Award | Recipient | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | JPN Masashi Nakayama | Júbilo Iwata |
| Rookie of the Year | JPN Shinji Ono | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Manager of the Year | ARG Osvaldo Ardiles | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Top Scorer | JPN Masashi Nakayama | Júbilo Iwata |
Best Eleven
| Pos | Footballer | Club | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Seigo Narazaki | Yokohama Flügels | |
| DF | Makoto Tanaka | Júbilo Iwata | |
| DF | Naoki Soma | Kashima Antlers | |
| DF | Yutaka Akita | Kashima Antlers | |
| MF | Dunga | Júbilo Iwata | |
| MF | Daisuke Oku | Júbilo Iwata | |
| MF | Hiroshi Nanami | Júbilo Iwata | |
| MF | Shinji Ono | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| MF | Toshiya Fujita | Júbilo Iwata | |
| FW | Atsushi Yanagisawa | Kashima Antlers | |
| FW | Masashi Nakayama | Júbilo Iwata |
References
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