1997 Japanese Regional Leagues

Football league season
Japanese Regional Leagues
Season1997
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1997 season.

Champions list

Region Champions
Hokkaido Hokuden
Tohoku Sony Sendai
Kanto Yokogawa Electric
Hokushinetsu Albirex Niigata
Tokai Hitachi Shimizu
Kansai Kyoken
Chugoku Mazda
Shikoku Kagawa Shiun
Kyushu NTT Kyushu

League standings

Hokkaido

Division 1
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hokuden 14 14 0 0 0 89 7 +82 42
2 Sapporo University OB 14 9 0 0 5 47 24 +23 27
3 Ẽfini Sapporo 14 9 0 0 5 28 22 +6 27
4 Sapporo 14 9 0 0 5 38 32 +6 27
5 Blackpecker Hakodate 14 4 0 2 8 22 46 −24 14
6 Nippon Steel Muroran 14 3 2 0 9 27 34 −7 13
7 Nippon Paper Tomakomai 14 3 1 0 10 23 46 −23 11
8 Asahikawa Daisetsu Club 14 2 0 1 11 19 82 −63 7
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Division 2
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Obihiro 7 5 1 1 0 27 15 +12 18
2 Sapporo First Club 7 4 1 0 2 25 19 +6 14
3 JSW Muroran 7 3 2 0 2 17 15 +2 13
4 Kyokushukai 7 3 0 0 4 20 17 +3 9
5 Otaru Shuyukai 7 3 0 0 4 14 16 −2 9
6 Nippon Oil Muroran 7 3 0 0 4 10 22 −12 9
7 Hakodate Mazda 7 2 0 1 4 18 19 −1 7
8 BIG 1 7 1 0 2 4 13 21 −8 5
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Tohoku

Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sony Sendai 14 13 0 1 57 13 +44 39
2 Morioka Zebra 14 5 5 4 30 19 +11 20
3 TDK 14 6 2 6 28 27 +1 20
4 Yamagata 14 5 4 5 27 21 +6 19
5 Matsushima 14 5 4 5 32 27 +5 19
6 NEC Tokin 14 5 4 5 27 25 +2 19
7 Akita City Government 14 5 4 5 25 24 +1 19
8 Tsuruoka TDK 14 0 1 13 7 77 −70 1
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Division 2 North
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aster Aomori 10 8 2 0 36 5 +31 26
2 Nippon Steel Kamaishi 10 8 0 2 35 14 +21 24
3 Omiya 10 5 2 3 18 14 +4 17
4 Nishime Pana 10 2 2 6 12 22 −10 8
5 Akisho Club 10 2 2 6 6 25 −19 8
6 Towada Kickers 10 1 0 9 9 36 −27 3
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Division 2 South
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Furukawa Battery 10 7 1 2 42 14 +28 22
2 Shichigahama 10 6 0 4 21 21 0 18
3 Sendai Nakada Club 10 5 1 4 34 30 +4 16
4 Matsushita Audio Fukushima 10 5 1 4 30 26 +4 16
5 NEC Yonezawa 10 2 2 6 13 23 −10 8
6 Kanai Club 10 2 1 7 20 46 −26 7
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Kanto

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Yokogawa Electric 18 14 4 0 37 8 +29 46
2 Honda Luminozo Sayama 18 11 3 4 30 11 +19 36
3 Aries Tokyo 18 9 4 5 35 24 +11 31
4 Kuyo 18 9 1 8 39 32 +7 28
5 Ome 18 5 7 6 26 29 −3 22
6 Saitama Teachers 18 6 4 8 24 31 −7 22
7 Kanagawa Teachers 18 3 10 5 25 27 −2 19
8 Jaeri Tokai 18 5 4 9 18 32 −14 19
9 Toho Titanium 18 4 5 9 20 28 −8 17
10 PNC Tokai 18 2 2 14 14 46 −32 8
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Hokushinetsu

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Albirex Niigata 9 9 0 0 37 4 +33 27
2 ALO's Hokuriku 9 7 1 1 35 5 +30 22
3 YKK 9 6 1 2 26 5 +21 19
4 Nagano Elsa 9 4 0 5 13 21 −8 12
5 Teihens 9 3 2 4 14 16 −2 11
6 Ueda Gentian 9 3 1 5 15 19 −4 10
7 Fukui Teachers 9 1 4 4 11 21 −10 7
8 Yamaga 9 2 1 6 11 23 −12 7
9 Renaiss College 9 2 1 6 13 31 −18 7
10 Macky 9 2 1 6 9 39 −30 7
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Tokai

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hitachi Shimizu 15 12 2 1 47 13 +34 26
2 Fujieda City Government 15 11 3 1 35 13 +22 25
3 Toyota 15 10 3 2 36 21 +15 23
4 Maruyasu 15 9 4 2 34 18 +16 22
5 Yazaki Valente 15 9 1 5 34 23 +11 19
6 Nagoya 15 8 2 5 31 22 +9 18
7 Yamaha Motors 15 6 3 6 41 35 +6 15
8 Chuo Bohan 15 6 3 6 18 20 −2 15
9 Nagoya Bank 15 5 4 6 22 32 −10 14
10 Minolta 15 5 3 7 23 23 0 13
11 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu 15 4 4 7 18 32 −14 12
12 Toyoda Machine Works 15 5 1 9 21 31 −10 11
13 Mind House 15 4 3 8 19 32 −13 11
14 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 15 2 4 9 21 30 −9 8
15 Gifu Teachers 15 2 2 11 16 37 −21 6
16 Fujitsu Numazu 15 0 2 13 12 46 −34 2
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Rules for classification: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 points for a loss.

Kansai

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kyoken 18 14 3 1 46 15 +31 45
2 Sagawa Express Osaka 18 13 2 3 39 10 +29 41
3 Osaka Gas 18 10 3 5 29 25 +4 33
4 NTT Kansai 18 10 2 6 38 20 +18 32
5 Central Kobe 18 6 1 11 28 33 −5 19
6 Sanyo Electric Sumoto 18 5 4 9 22 32 −10 19
7 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 18 5 3 10 22 39 −17 18
8 West Osaka 18 5 3 10 16 39 −23 18
9 Renaiss College 18 5 2 11 26 37 −11 17
10 Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto 18 4 3 11 15 31 −16 15
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Chugoku

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mazda 14 11 1 0 2 48 16 +32 35
2 Mitsubishi Oil 14 7 2 1 4 23 22 +1 26
3 Hiroshima Fujita 14 7 0 2 5 31 33 −2 23
4 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 14 6 2 0 6 31 28 +3 22
5 Yamako 14 5 2 2 5 27 23 +4 21
6 Hiroshima Teachers 14 4 3 2 5 23 30 −7 20
7 NKK Fukuyama 14 2 2 4 6 18 32 −14 14
8 Yamaguchi Teachers 14 1 1 2 10 14 31 −17 7
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Shikoku

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kagawa Shiun 14 9 3 2 47 24 +23 30
2 Teijin 14 9 3 2 32 12 +20 30
3 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 14 8 3 3 42 24 +18 27
4 Ehime 14 7 3 4 23 21 +2 24
5 Himawari Milk Nangoku Club 14 3 5 6 24 35 −11 14
6 Prima Meat Packers 14 3 3 8 22 33 −11 12
7 NTT Shikoku 14 1 6 7 17 32 −15 9
8 Kuroshio 14 2 2 10 9 33 −24 8
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Kyushu

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 NTT Kyushu 18 13 1 3 1 60 12 +48 44
2 Volca Kagoshima 18 12 1 3 2 50 19 +31 41
3 Blaze Kumamoto 18 10 5 1 2 40 18 +22 41
4 Nippon Steel Yawata 18 8 3 1 6 32 31 +1 31
5 Honda Lock 18 5 3 5 5 32 31 +1 26
6 Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki 18 6 2 2 8 30 36 −6 24
7 Kyocera Sendai 18 4 3 4 7 36 39 −3 22
8 Kumamoto Teachers 18 5 3 0 10 24 36 −12 21
9 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki 18 4 2 1 11 27 56 −29 17
10 Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors 18 0 0 3 15 13 66 −53 3
Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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