Japanese football champions
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The Japanese football champions are the team that wins the top league in Japan, the Japan Soccer League from 1965 to 1992 and the J. League since then.
[edit] Japan Soccer League First Division (1965-1992)
[edit] J.League (1992-present)
Top flight becomes Japan Professional Football League First Division (J1 for short) in 1998. All teams elected to it strip themselves of corporate identities and adopt their own names. Notice that from 1993 to 2005 (except in 1996) the league was actually contested in an Apertura and Clausura manner, thus the "runners-up" for these seasons are actually the winners of one of these tournaments which lost to the winners of the playoff.
| Year | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Top Scorer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Verdy Kawasaki (Yomiuri S.C.) (6) | Kashima Antlers | |
| 1994 | Verdy Kawasaki (7) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
| 1995 | Yokohama Marinos (Nissan Motors) (2) | Kashima Antlers | |
| 1996 | Kashima Antlers (1) | Nagoya Grampus Eight | |
| 1997 | Júbilo Iwata (Yamaha Motors) (2) | Kashima Antlers | |
| 1998 | Kashima Antlers (2) | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 1999 | Júbilo Iwata (3) | Shimizu S-Pulse | |
| 2000 | Kashima Antlers (3) | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
| 2001 | Kashima Antlers (4) | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 2002 | Júbilo Iwata (4) | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
| 2003 | Yokohama F. Marinos (3) | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos (4) | Júbilo Iwata | |
| 2005 | Gamba Osaka (1) | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| 2006 | Urawa Red Diamonds (Mitsubishi Motors) (5) | Kawasaki Frontale |
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