1997 Japan Football League

Japan Football League 1997 Consadole Sapporo1st JFL title3rd D2 title Consadole Sapporo FukushimaSeino Transportation (both were folded after the season) 240 765 1996 1998 Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1997 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Consadole Sapporo won the championship. As a result of Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi's closure the previous year, Jatco and Mito HollyHock were promoted before the season. Clubs The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1997 season. Brummell Sendai Consadole Sapporo Denso Fukushima Honda Motors Jatco Kawasaki Frontale Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata NTT Kanto Oita Trinity Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima Sagan Tosu Seino Transportation Tokyo Gas Ventforet Kofu Personnel Club Head coachBrummell Sendai SLO Branko ElsnerConsadole Sapporo URU Hugo FernándezDenso Fukushima Honda Motors JPN Kazuaki NagasawaJatco Kawasaki Frontale JPN Kazuo SaitoMito HollyHock JPN Yuji NakanoMontedio Yamagata JPN Nobuhiro IshizakiNTT Kanto JPN Norio SasakiOita Trinity Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima BRA EdinhoSagan Tosu JPN Hiroshi SowaSeino Transportation Tokyo Gas JPN Kiyoshi OkumaVentforet Kofu JPN Yuji Tsukada Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Former players Brummell Sendai Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Dubajić Germany Gerhard Schmidt Slovenia Peter Binkovski Germany Pierre LittbarskiSlovenia Ante Šimundža Consadole Sapporo Argentina Hugo Maradona Brazil Pereira Panama Jorge Dely Valdés Netherlands Dido HavenaarPeru David Soria Yoshinari Denso Fukushima South Korea Gwak Kyung-keun Honda MotorsBrazil Marcus Vinícius Brazil Walter Brazil Sandro Jatco Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Betinho Brazil Rafael Scheidt Nigeria Momodu Mutairu Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Brazil Angelo Brazil Marquinho Brazil Sidiclei Brazil Aldro NTT Kanto Oita Trinity South Korea Choi Dae-shik South Korea Kim Byung-soo South Korea Lee Woo-young Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima Sagan Tosu Uruguay Mario López South Korea Pak Yong-ho Seino Transportation Tokyo Gas Brazil Amaral Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi Ventforet Kofu League standings main WL OT P no yes CON Consadole Sapporo TGA Tokyo Gas FRO Kawasaki Frontale HON Honda Motors MON Montedio Yamagata VEN Ventforet Kofu OVT Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima BRU Brummell Sendai NTK NTT Kanto FFC Fukushima SAG Sagan Tosu TRI Oita Trinity DEN Denso SET Seino Transportation JAT Jatco HOL Mito HollyHock 24 2 0 4 77 26 CP 21 2 1 6 70 30 21 2 0 7 87 36 20 2 1 7 60 37 18 1 0 11 57 36 15 3 1 11 59 41 13 1 0 16 50 45 12 1 2 15 37 43 11 3 0 16 48 49 12 1 0 17 48 59 12 1 0 17 38 54 7 4 0 19 42 64 7 2 2 19 29 49 5 0 0 25 24 67 2 1 3 24 25 70 3 0 1 26 24 69 #D0F0C0 Promoted to 1998 J.League P #ababab Folded After the season, Fukushima has folded due to financial difficulties. F #ababab Folded Seino Transportation were disbanded by parent company after the season. D 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 1997 Montedio Yamagata website main FBR grey BRU CON DEN FRO FFC HOL HON JAT MON NTK OVT SAG SET TGA TRI VEN Brummell Sendai 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1PK 3–4 PK 3–4 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 Consadole Sapporo 3–0 1–0 4–3OT OT 2–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 Denso 1–0OT OT 1–6 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–3 4–3 2–1 0–0PK 4–3 PK 4–3 1–5 1–3 2–0 1–3 3–3PK 5–4 PK 5–4 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 3–4OT OT 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–3 Fukushima 1–0 2–5 1–0 2–6 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–3OT OT 2–2PK 3–4 PK 3–4 Mito HollyHock 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–0PK 5–6 PK 5–6 0–4 2–3 1–6 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–5 Honda Motors 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–4 5–0 3–2 1–5 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 Jatco 2–2PK 1–4 PK 0–3 0–1 0–6 0–1 1–0OT OT 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–1PK 4–1 PK 0–1 1–4 0–1OT OT 0–3 Montedio Yamagata 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–2OT OT 2–1 2–0 1–0OT OT 2–1 1–2OT OT 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 NTT Kanto 0–3 3–5 1–2OT OT 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–1OT OT 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–2OT OT 0–1 Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima 1–0 0–2 1–0OT OT 0–1OT OT 3–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–5 1–1PK 3–5 PK 3–0 1–2 1–2OT OT 3–0 Sagan Tosu 2–1 0–2 0–0PK 3–1 PK 0–3 4–1 1–1PK 3–5 PK 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–1OT OT 0–2 1–0 2–0 Seino Transportation 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–5 0–2 4–1 2–3OT OT 1–1PK 2–4 PK 1–4 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 Tokyo Gas 5–0 0–0PK 6–5 PK 2–1 4–3OT OT 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 3–2OT OT 3–0 Oita Trinity 1–2OT OT 1–2 1–0 1–7 1–2 4–2 1–2 2–1OT OT 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–3OT OT 1–0OT OT 0–4 2–0 Ventforet Kofu 1–1PK 3–4 PK 2–0 2–1OT OT 3–0 3–0 2–1OT OT 1–2OT OT 3–0 2–5 3–2 4–0 2–3OT OT 3–0 1–0OT OT 3–1 November 1997 Montedio Yamagata website Promotion and relegation Because Fukushima and Seino Transportation were disbanded, no relegation has occurred. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of Regional League promotion series, Sony Sendai and Albirex Niigata were promoted automatically. second 1996 2 Japan Japan