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1998 Japan Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Japan Football League |
| season | 1998 |
| winners | Tokyo Gas |
| 1st JFL title | |
| 1st D2 title | |
| league topscorer | Valdney (33 goals) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 846 |
| prevseason | 1997 |
| nextseason | 1999 (J2) → |
| 1999 (new JFL) |
1st JFL title 1st D2 title 1999 (new JFL) Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1998 season.
Overview
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.
- Albirex Niigata
- Brummell Sendai
- Denso
- Honda Motors
- Jatco
- Kawasaki Frontale
- Kokushikan University
- Mito HollyHock
- Montedio Yamagata
- Oita Trinity
- Omiya Ardija
- Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima
- Sagan Tosu
- Sony Sendai
- Tokyo Gas
- Ventforet Kofu
Personnel
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Albirex Niigata | JPN Yoshikazu Nagai |
| Brummell Sendai | JPN Takekazu Suzuki |
| Denso | |
| Honda Motors | JPN Mitsunaga Shitara |
| Jatco | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | BRA Beto Almeida |
| Kokushikan University | JPN Hideo Osawa |
| Mito HollyHock | JPN Toshiya Miura |
| Montedio Yamagata | JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| Oita Trinity | |
| Omiya Ardija | JPN Norio Sasaki |
| Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima | BRA Edinho |
| Sagan Tosu | JPN Hiroshi Sowa |
| Sony Sendai | |
| Tokyo Gas | JPN Kiyoshi Okuma |
| Ventforet Kofu | JPN Yuji Tsukada |
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Non-visa foreign | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albirex Niigata | Zimbabwe Neathan Gibson | ||||
| Brummell Sendai | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Dubajić | ||||
| Denso | |||||
| Honda Motors | Brazil Marcus Vinícius | ||||
| Jatco | |||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | Brazil José Barreto | Brazil Tuto | Brazil Valdney | Brazil Altemir Pessali | |
| Brazil Betinho | |||||
| Nigeria Momodu Mutairu | |||||
| Kokushikan University | |||||
| Mito HollyHock | |||||
| Montedio Yamagata | Brazil Marquinho | Brazil Sidiclei | |||
| Oita Trinity | Brazil Will | South Korea Choi Dae-shik | |||
| Omiya Ardija | Netherlands Jan Veenhof | Netherlands Jeroen Boere | |||
| Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima | Brazil Almir | ||||
| Sagan Tosu | South Korea Pak Yong-ho | ||||
| Sony Sendai | |||||
| Tokyo Gas | Brazil Amaral | Brazil Angelo | Brazil Sandro | ||
| Ventforet Kofu | Brazil Baron |
Table
Results
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.
19:00 Yamashita Fernando Tuto
Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division.
Successor seasons
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