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1999 J.League Division 1

7th season of J1 League

Field	Value
competition	J.League Division 1
season	1999
winners	Júbilo Iwata
2nd J.League title
3rd Japanese title
relegated	Urawa Red Diamonds
Bellmare Hiratsuka
continentalcup1	Asian Club Championship
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Júbilo Iwata
league topscorer	Hwang Sun-hong (24 goals)
matches	240
total goals	757
highest attendance	51,575 - Antlers vs. Júbilo (May 5)
lowest attendance	2,411 - Vissel vs. Avispa (April 17)
average attendance	11,658
prevseason	1998
nextseason	2000

2nd J.League title 3rd Japanese title Bellmare Hiratsuka 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
Bellmare Hiratsuka	12th	12th
Cerezo Osaka	9th	13th
Gamba Osaka	14th	16th
JEF United Ichihara	11th	18th
Júbilo Iwata	1st	2nd
Kashima Antlers	5th	1st
Kashiwa Reysol	10th	8th
Kyoto Purple Sanga	15th	11th
Nagoya Grampus Eight	3rd	6th
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	13th	9th
Shimizu S-Pulse	2nd	5th
Urawa Red Diamonds	7th	3rd
Verdy Kawasaki	6th	17th
Vissel Kobe	17th	14th
Yokohama F. Marinos	4th	4th

Foreign players

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

Overview

First stage

Second stage

Suntory Championship

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Overall table

Awards

Most Valuable Player: BRA Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Top Scorer: KOR Hwang Sun-hong (Cerezo Osaka)

References

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