1998 Japan Football League

Football league season

Japan Football League
Season	1998
Champions	Tokyo Gas 1st JFL title 1st D2 title
Matches played	240
Goals scored	846 (3.53 per match)
← 1997 1999 (J2) → 1999 (new JFL) →

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1998 season.

Overview

Sony Sendai

Brummel Sendai

Montedio Yamagata

Albirex Niigata

Mito HollyHock

Omiya
Ardija

Tokyo Gas

Kawasaki Frontale

Kokushikan
University

Ventforet
Kofu

Jatco F.C.

Honda Motor

Denso S.C.

Otsuka F.C.
Vortis Tokushima

Sagan
Tosu

Oita Trinity

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1998 JFL teams

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.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	PKW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Tokyo Gas (C)	30	21	3	0	6	67	17	+50	69	Formed J.League Division 2
2	Kawasaki Frontale	30	22	1	0	7	72	24	+48	68	J.League Division 1 Pro/Rele Series
3	Montedio Yamagata	30	20	2	0	8	69	38	+31	64	Formed J.League Division 2
4	Ventforet Kofu	30	16	5	1	8	74	40	+34	59	Formed J.League Division 2
5	Honda Motors	30	16	3	0	11	57	45	+12	54	Formed new Japan Football League
6	Oita Trinity	30	14	1	1	14	51	51	0	45	Formed J.League Division 2
7	Brummell Sendai	30	10	5	3	12	55	53	+2	43
8	Sagan Tosu	30	11	3	0	16	40	55	−15	39
9	Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima	30	11	2	1	16	58	48	+10	38	Formed new Japan Football League
10	Denso	30	11	2	1	16	48	59	−11	38	Formed new Japan Football League
11	Albirex Niigata	30	10	2	0	18	39	47	−8	34	Formed J.League Division 2
12	Omiya Ardija	30	9	2	0	19	51	56	−5	31	Formed J.League Division 2
13	Sony Sendai	30	7	1	0	22	42	71	−29	23	Formed new Japan Football League
14	Mito HollyHock	30	7	1	0	22	37	69	−32	23
15	Kokushikan University	30	5	3	0	22	42	76	−34	21
16	Jatco SC	30	4	3	0	23	44	97	−53	18

Updated to match(es) played on November 1998. Source: Montedio Yamagata website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	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	2–1^OT	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1^OT	1–2^OT	0–1^OT	3–1
Omiya Ardija	2–0		1–2	3–4^OT	0–2	3–0	1–2^OT	3–0	1–0^OT	0–2	4–1	0–2	2–1^OT	0–3	3–0	1–4
Brummel Sendai	0–2	2–2^{PK 5–4}		2–1^OT	2–3	3–0	0–1	6–1	2–1	2–1^OT	3–2^OT	5–1	2–1^OT	0–3	1–0^OT	0–1
Denso	3–0	3–2^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	0–1^OT	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	7–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0^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	2–1^OT	0–1	1–3	1–6
Honda Motors	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0^OT	2–0		2–1	5–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–4^OT	0–2	2–1	1–2^OT
Jatco SC	1–2	3–2^OT	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–5	3–10		1–2^OT	3–6	2–1	3–2^OT	0–5	0–1	1–2	2–7
Kokushikan University	2–1	0–2	2–2^{PK 1–4}	0–2	0–4	1–4	1–3	3–2		1–4	4–3	4–1	3–2^OT	1–6	2–3	1–3
Montedio Yamagata	1–0	3–1	1–1^{PK 4–5}	4–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	5–0	3–2		1–0	2–1^OT	6–1	1–3	3–1	3–2
Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1^{PK 4–5}	1–3	1–0	4–0	3–1	5–3	0–1		3–1	3–0	1–2^OT	2–2^{PK 4–2}	1–2
Sagan Tosu	1–0	2–1^OT	5–0	1–2	2–5	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2^OT	1–0^OT	2–3^OT		2–1^OT	0–3	1–0	1–0
Sony Sendai	1–2	3–4	1–3	0–1	0–5	1–0	2–1	3–4^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	1–0^OT	2–0	5–0	3–0	0–1	0–1^OT	2–0	3–0		5–0	2–1
Oita Trinity	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–2^{PK 5–3}	1–2	5–1	2–1	2–3^OT	0–4	2–0	1–3	3–2		0–1^OT
Ventforet Kofu	4–1	3–2^OT	6–2	1–0	2–3	3–2^OT	1–0	2–2^{PK 4–3}	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1^OT	5–0	2–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on November 1998. Source: Montedio Yamagata website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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, 1998
19:00

Avispa Fukuoka	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Kawasaki Frontale
Kudo 24' Yamashita 89' Fernando 104'	Report	Ito 17' Tuto 61'

Hakatanomori Stadium, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

Attendance: 12,535

Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division.

Successor seasons

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present
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List of champions J.League Championship Promotion / Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present
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(former) Japan Football League 1992–1998 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–1993	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of champions Promotion / Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present
(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–93	1992 1993
No national third tier, 1994–1998
Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present
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Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present
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Regional Champions League Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present
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Super Cup

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Emperor's Cup
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Super Cup

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Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2024
J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama Fujieda MYFC Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Kagoshima United FC Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama FC
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu FC Imabari Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Iwate Grulla Morioka Kamatamare Sanuki Kataller Toyama Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club Omiya Ardija FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Vanraure Hachinohe YSCC Yokohama Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Reilac Shiga Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Briobecca Urayasu Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Kochi United Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori Sony Sendai FC Tiamo Hirakata Tochigi City Tokyo Musashino United Suzuka Point Getters Veertien Mie Verspah Oita
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 Kagura Shimane

1998 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Men	J.League Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final) L.League Cup (Final)

AFC competitions

Men	Asian Club Championship 1997–98 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners Cup Asian Super Cup

Related to national teams

Men	Summary FIFA World Cup
Women	Summary Asian Games

Club seasons
J.League	Consadole Sapporo Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Ichihara Kashiwa Reysol Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Flügels Bellmare Hiratsuka Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Kyoto Purple Sanga Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka Vissel Kobe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Avispa Fukuoka