1998 Japan Football League

September 2015 Japan Football League 1998 Tokyo Gas1st JFL title1st D2 title Valdney (33 goals) 240 846 1997           1999 (J2) →1999 (new JFL) Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1998 season. Overview Japan Greater Tokyo area 450 1998 JFL teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 38 19 9 N 140 52 55 E 85 Sony Sendai Japan Greater Tokyo area 38 19 9 N 140 52 55 E 85 Brummell Sendai top Japan Greater Tokyo area 38 20 11.61 N 140 22 42.81 E 85 Montedio Yamagata left Japan Greater Tokyo area 37 52 57.41 N 139 03 33.01 E 85 Albirex Niigata Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.345278 140.412222 85 Mito HollyHock Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.916303 139.633377 85 OmiyaArdija top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 39 51.4 N 139 31 37.7 E 85 Tokyo Gas top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.585895 139.652731 85 Kawasaki Frontale Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.546667 139.438611 85 KokushikanUniversity bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.622376 138.589756 85 VentforetKofu top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 05 44.1 N 138 51 48.4 E 85 Jatco left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 48 38.3 N 137 43 20.6 E 85 Honda Motors Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 59 21.4 N 137 0 7.7 E 85 Denso left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.16821 134.617839 85 Otsuka FCVortis Tokushima Japan Greater Tokyo area 33 22 19 N 130 31 13 E 85 SaganTosu bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 33 12 2 N 131 39 27 E 85 Oita Trinity 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 coachAlbirex Niigata JPN Yoshikazu NagaiBrummell Sendai JPN Takekazu SuzukiDenso Honda Motors JPN Mitsunaga ShitaraJatco Kawasaki Frontale BRA Beto AlmeidaKokushikan University JPN Hideo OsawaMito HollyHock JPN Toshiya MiuraMontedio Yamagata JPN Nobuhiro IshizakiOita Trinity Omiya Ardija JPN Norio SasakiOtsuka FC Vortis Tokushima BRA EdinhoSagan Tosu JPN Hiroshi SowaSony Sendai Tokyo Gas JPN Kiyoshi OkumaVentforet 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 PessaliBrazil BetinhoNigeria 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 main WL OT P no yes TGA Tokyo Gas FRO Kawasaki Frontale MON Montedio Yamagata VEN Ventforet Kofu HON Honda Motors TRI Oita Trinity BRU Brummell Sendai SAG Sagan Tosu OVT Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima DEN Denso ALB Albirex Niigata ARD Omiya Ardija SON Sony Sendai HOL Mito HollyHock KSU Kokushikan University JAT Jatco 21 3 0 6 67 17 C 22 1 0 7 72 24 20 2 0 8 69 38 16 5 1 8 74 40 16 3 0 11 57 45 14 1 1 14 51 51 10 5 3 12 55 53 11 3 0 16 40 55 11 2 1 16 58 48 11 2 1 16 48 59 10 2 0 18 39 47 9 2 0 19 51 56 7 1 0 22 42 71 7 1 0 22 37 69 5 3 0 22 42 76 4 3 0 23 44 97 J2 J2 J2 J2 J2 J2 J2 J2 J1PR JFL JFL JFL JFL JFL JFL JFL #FFFF99 Formed J.League Division 2 #D0F0C0 J.League Division 1 Pro/Rele Series inherit Formed new Japan Football League 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 1998 Montedio Yamagata website January 2015 Results main FBR grey ALB ARD BRU DEN FRO HOL HON JAT KSU MON OVT SAG SON TGA TRI VEN Albirex Niigata 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–1OT OT 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1OT OT 1–2OT OT 0–1OT OT 3–1 Omiya Ardija 2–0 1–2 3–4OT OT 0–2 3–0 1–2OT OT 3–0 1–0OT OT 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–1OT OT 0–3 3–0 1–4 Brummell Sendai 0–2 2–2PK 5–4 PK 2–1OT OT 2–3 3–0 0–1 6–1 2–1 2–1OT OT 3–2OT OT 5–1 2–1OT OT 0–3 1–0OT OT 0–1 Denso 3–0 3–2OT OT 2–4 1–3 3–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–5 2–3 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 3–2 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–1OT OT 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0OT OT Mito HollyHock 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–5 0–3 0–1 3–2 0–3 0–7 0–1 2–1OT OT 0–1 1–3 1–6 Honda Motors 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0OT OT 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–4OT OT 0–2 2–1 1–2OT OT Jatco 1–2 3–2OT OT 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–5 3–10 1–2OT OT 3–6 2–1 3–2OT OT 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–7 Kokushikan University 2–1 0–2 2–2PK 1–4 PK 0–2 0–4 1–4 1–3 3–2 1–4 4–3 4–1 3–2OT OT 1–6 2–3 1–3 Montedio Yamagata 1–0 3–1 1–1PK 4–5 PK 4–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 5–0 3–2 1–0 2–1OT OT 6–1 1–3 3–1 3–2 Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1PK 4–5 PK 1–3 1–0 4–0 3–1 5–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–2OT OT 2–2PK 4–2 PK 1–2 Sagan Tosu 1–0 2–1OT OT 5–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2OT OT 1–0OT OT 2–3OT OT 2–1OT OT 0–3 1–0 1–0 Sony Sendai 1–2 3–4 1–3 0–1 0–5 1–0 2–1 3–4OT OT 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 Tokyo Gas 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0OT OT 2–0 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–1OT OT 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 Oita Trinity 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–2PK 5–3 PK 1–2 5–1 2–1 2–3OT OT 0–4 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–1OT OT Ventforet Kofu 4–1 3–2OT OT 6–2 1–0 2–3 3–2OT OT 1–0 2–2PK 4–3 PK 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1OT OT 5–0 2–1 1–3 November 1998 Montedio Yamagata website 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. November 19, 199819:00 Avispa Fukuoka 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Report Kawasaki Frontale Kudo 24Yamashita 89Fernando 104 Ito 17Tuto 61 Hakatanomori Stadium, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 12,535 Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division. Successor seasons 1999 J.League Division 2 1999 Japan Football League second 1996 2 Japan Japan