1998 Japanese Regional Leagues

Japanese Regional Leagues
Season1998
← 1997
1999 →

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1998 season.

Champions list

Region Champions
Hokkaido Hokuden
Tohoku NEC Tokin
Kanto Yokogawa Electric
Hokushinetsu ALO's Hokuriku
Tokai Hitachi Shimizu
Kansai Sagawa Express Osaka
Chugoku Mazda
Shikoku Ehime
Kyushu Blaze Kumamoto

League standings

Hokkaido

Division 1
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hokuden 7 6 1 0 0 25 1 +24 20
2 Nippon Steel Muroran 7 6 0 0 1 18 6 +12 18
3 Sapporo 7 4 1 0 2 21 11 +10 14
4 Obihiro 7 2 1 1 3 9 10 −1 9
5 Ẽfini Sapporo 7 2 0 1 4 8 13 −5 7
6 Blackpecker Hakodate 7 2 0 1 4 12 20 −8 7
7 Sapporo University OB 7 2 0 0 5 8 25 −17 6
8 Nippon Paper Tomakomai 7 1 0 0 6 6 21 −15 3
Source: [citation needed]
Division 2
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Vankei 7 5 1 1 0 26 7 +19 18
2 JSW Muroran 7 5 1 0 1 23 8 +15 17
3 Hakodate Mazda 7 5 0 0 2 22 14 +8 15
4 Sapporo First Club 7 3 1 1 2 22 18 +4 12
5 Asahikawa Daisetsu Club 7 2 1 2 2 14 14 0 10
6 Kyokushukai 7 2 0 1 4 15 23 −8 7
7 Nippon Oil Muroran 7 1 0 0 6 5 27 −22 3
8 Otaru Shuyukai 7 0 1 0 6 6 22 −16 2
Source: [citation needed]

Tohoku

Division 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 NEC Tokin 14 9 2 3 29 17 +12 29
2 Morioka Zebra 14 8 3 3 38 21 +17 27
3 TDK 14 8 1 5 30 18 +12 25
4 Yamagata 14 7 2 5 25 18 +7 23
5 Matsushima 14 7 2 5 30 27 +3 23
6 Aster Aomori 14 5 2 7 24 25 −1 17
7 Akita City Government 14 4 3 7 34 40 −6 15
8 Tsuruoka TDK 14 0 1 13 11 55 −44 1
Source: [citation needed]
Division 2 North
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nippon Steel Kamaishi 10 8 1 1 45 11 +34 25
2 Omiya 10 6 1 3 20 16 +4 19
3 Kosei 10 5 0 5 27 24 +3 15
4 Nishime Pana 10 4 1 5 17 24 −7 13
5 Akisho Club 10 3 1 6 12 24 −12 10
6 Towada Kickers 10 2 0 8 11 33 −22 6
Source: [citation needed]
Division 2 South
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Primeiro 10 10 0 0 53 6 +47 30
2 Furukawa Battery 10 6 0 4 31 21 +10 18
3 Electric Power Nostalgia 10 5 0 5 24 29 −5 15
4 NEC Yonezawa 10 4 1 5 20 25 −5 13
5 Kanai Club 10 3 0 7 8 33 −25 9
6 Shichigahama 10 1 1 8 13 35 −22 4
Source: [citation needed]

Kanto

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Yokogawa Electric 18 15 1 2 49 12 +37 46 Promoted to new Japan Football League
2 Honda Luminozo Sayama 18 11 4 3 42 20 +22 37
3 Ome 18 8 3 7 22 33 −11 27
4 Kuyo 18 8 2 8 37 42 −5 26
5 Nirasaki Astros 18 7 4 7 35 39 −4 25
6 Kanagawa Teachers 18 6 3 9 26 25 +1 21
7 Ibaraki Teachers 18 6 3 9 30 38 −8 21
8 Aries Tokyo 18 5 4 9 26 28 −2 19
9 Saitama Teachers 18 5 3 10 18 35 −17 18
10 Jaeri Tokai 18 3 5 10 23 36 −13 14
Source: [citation needed]

Hokushinetsu

Pos Team Pld W OTW PKW L GF GA GD Pts
1 ALO's Hokuriku 8 6 2 0 0 26 7 +19 22
2 YKK 8 7 0 0 1 37 8 +29 21
3 Yamaga 8 4 0 0 4 17 24 −7 12
4 Niigatashuyukai 8 3 1 0 4 13 10 +3 11
5 Teihens 8 3 0 0 5 18 16 +2 9
6 Ueda Gentian 8 2 1 1 4 17 24 −7 9
7 Nissei Plastic Industrial 8 2 0 1 5 13 17 −4 7
8 Nagano Elsa 8 1 1 1 5 12 28 −16 6
9 Fukui Teachers 8 0 0 0 8 7 26 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Tokai

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hitachi Shimizu 15 10 4 1 49 17 +32 24
2 Chūō Bōhan 15 10 3 2 42 17 +25 23
3 Yazaki Valente 15 10 1 4 43 29 +14 21
4 Nagoya Bank 15 9 2 4 46 29 +17 20
5 Fujieda City Government 15 8 3 4 33 24 +9 19
6 Nagoya 15 7 4 4 28 23 +5 18
7 Maruyasu 15 7 3 5 30 23 +7 17
8 Yamaha Motors 15 5 4 6 27 27 0 14
9 Matsushita Electric Iga 15 5 4 6 22 26 −4 14
10 Toyoda Automatic Loom Works 15 6 2 7 22 31 −9 14
11 Minolta 15 5 3 7 23 32 −9 13
12 Toyoda Machine Works 15 5 2 8 14 22 −8 12
13 Toyota 15 5 2 8 22 32 −10 12
14 Mind House 15 3 3 9 28 39 −11 9
15 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu 15 4 1 10 18 34 −16 9
16 Tomoegawa Papers 15 0 1 14 16 58 −42 1
Source: [citation needed]
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 Sagawa Express Osaka 18 16 2 0 60 9 +51 50
2 Kyoken 18 15 2 1 63 13 +50 47
3 NTT Kansai 18 7 6 5 37 31 +6 27
4 Osaka Gas 18 8 2 8 28 28 0 26
5 West Osaka 18 7 3 8 27 24 +3 24
6 Kobe 1970 18 7 1 10 30 43 −13 22
7 Kyoto Shiko Club 18 6 3 9 32 52 −20 21
8 Sanyo Electric Sumoto 18 5 3 10 25 40 −15 18
9 Central Kobe 18 4 3 11 27 40 −13 15
10 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 18 1 3 14 14 63 −49 6
Source: [citation needed]

Chugoku

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mazda 14 11 2 0 1 65 14 +51 37
2 Hiroshima Fujita 14 9 1 2 2 50 21 +29 31
3 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 14 9 0 1 4 38 18 +20 28
4 Hiroshima Teachers 14 7 1 1 5 34 34 0 24
5 Mitsubishi Oil 14 5 1 0 8 23 36 −13 17
6 NKK Fukuyama 14 3 2 1 8 20 45 −25 14
7 Yamako 14 3 0 1 10 26 53 −27 10
8 Tottori 14 1 1 2 10 14 49 −35 7
Source: [citation needed]

Shikoku

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ehime 14 9 3 2 35 17 +18 30
2 Himawari Milk Nangoku Club 14 7 2 5 30 23 +7 23
3 Kagawa Shiun 14 6 4 4 21 17 +4 22
4 Teijin 14 6 2 6 25 18 +7 20
5 Prima Meat Packers 14 6 2 6 22 21 +1 20
6 NTT Shikoku 14 6 2 6 24 27 −3 20
7 Sanyo Electric Tokushima 14 6 0 8 27 30 −3 18
8 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 14 2 1 11 14 45 −31 7
Source: [citation needed]

Kyushu

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Blaze Kumamoto 18 13 2 2 1 48 19 +29 45
2 Volca Kagoshima 18 9 3 1 5 48 35 +13 34
3 Nippon Steel Yawata 18 9 3 1 5 31 32 −1 34
4 NTT Kyushu 18 8 2 2 6 35 25 +10 30
5 Nippon Steel Oita 18 8 1 2 7 40 30 +10 28
6 Kyocera Sendai 18 7 0 4 7 46 46 0 25
7 Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki 18 5 4 0 9 35 44 −9 23
8 Honda Lock 18 6 0 3 9 34 37 −3 21
9 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki 18 3 3 2 10 23 52 −29 17
10 Kumamoto Teachers 18 3 1 2 12 27 47 −20 13
Source: [citation needed]
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