1998 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1998 season.

Champions list

Regional	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	Club	Pts	W (90)	W (PK)	L (PK)	L (90)	GF	GA	GD
1	Hokuden	20	6	1	0	0	25	1	+24
2	Nippon Steel Muroran	18	6	0	0	1	18	6	+12
3	Sapporo	14	4	1	0	2	21	11	+10
4	Obihiro	9	2	1	1	3	9	10	-1
5	Ẽfini Sapporo	7	2	0	1	4	8	13	-5
6	Blackpecker Hakodate	7	2	0	1	4	12	20	-8
7	Sapporo University OB	6	2	0	0	6	8	25	-17
8	Nippon Paper Tomakomai	3	1	0	0	6	6	21	-15

Division 2

Pos	Club	Pts	W (90)	W (PK)	L (PK)	L (90)	GF	GA	GD
1	Vankei	18	5	1	1	0	26	7	+19
2	JSW Muroran	17	5	1	0	1	23	8	+15
3	Hakodate Mazda	15	5	0	0	2	22	14	+8
4	Sapporo First Club	12	3	1	1	2	22	18	+4
5	Asahikawa Daisetsu Club	10	2	1	2	2	14	14	0
6	Kyokushukai	7	2	0	1	4	15	23	-8
7	Nippon Oil Muroran	3	1	0	0	6	5	27	-22
8	Otaru Shuyukai	2	0	1	0	6	6	22	-16

Tohoku

Division 1

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	NEC Tokin	29	9	2	3	29	17	+12
2	Morioka Zebra	27	8	3	3	38	21	+17
3	TDK	25	8	1	5	30	18	+12
4	Yamagata	23	7	2	5	25	18	+7
5	Matsushima	23	7	2	5	30	27	+3
6	Aster Aomori	17	5	2	7	24	25	-1
7	Akita City Government	15	4	3	7	34	40	-6
8	Tsuruoka TDK	1	0	1	13	11	55	-44

Division 2 North

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	25	8	1	1	45	11	+34
2	Omiya	19	6	1	3	20	16	+4
3	Kosei	15	5	0	5	27	24	+3
4	Nishime Pana	13	4	1	5	17	24	-7
5	Akisho Club	10	3	1	6	12	24	-12
6	Towada Kickers	6	2	0	8	11	33	-22

Division 2 South

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Primeiro	30	10	0	0	53	6	+47
2	Furukawa Battery	18	6	0	4	31	21	+10
3	Electric Power Nostalgia	15	5	0	5	24	29	-5
4	NEC Yonezawa	13	4	1	5	20	25	-5
5	Kanai Club	9	3	0	7	8	33	-25
6	Shichigahama	4	1	1	8	13	35	-22

Kanto

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yokogawa Electric	46	15	1	2	49	12	+37
2	Honda Luminozo Sayama	37	11	4	3	42	20	+22
3	Ome	27	8	3	7	22	33	-11
4	Kuyo	26	8	2	8	37	42	-5
5	Nirasaki Astros	25	7	4	7	35	39	-4
6	Kanagawa Teachers	21	6	3	9	26	25	+1
7	Ibaraki Teachers	21	6	3	9	30	38	-8
8	Aries Tokyo	19	5	4	9	26	28	-2
9	Saitama Teachers	18	5	3	10	18	35	-17
10	Jaeri Tokai	14	3	5	10	23	36	-13

Hokushinetsu

Pos	Club	Pts	W (90)	W (AET)	W (PK)	L	GF	GA	GD
1	ALO's Hokuriku	22	6	2	0	0	26	7	+19
2	YKK	21	7	0	0	1	37	8	+29
3	Yamaga	12	4	0	0	4	17	24	-7
4	Niigatashuyukai	11	3	1	0	4	13	10	+3
5	Teihens	9	3	0	0	5	18	16	+2
6	Ueda Gentian	9	2	1	1	4	17	24	-7
7	Nissei Plastic Industrial	7	2	0	1	5	13	17	-4
8	Nagano Elsa	6	1	1	1	5	12	28	-16
9	Fukui Teachers	0	0	0	0	8	7	26	-19

Tokai

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hitachi Shimizu	24	10	4	1	49	17	+32
2	Chuo Bohan	23	10	3	2	42	17	+25
3	Yazaki Valente	21	10	1	4	43	29	+14
4	Nagoya Bank	20	9	2	4	46	29	+17
5	Fujieda City Government	19	8	3	4	33	24	+9
6	Nagoya	18	7	4	4	28	23	+5
7	Maruyasu	17	7	3	5	30	23	+7
8	Yamaha Motors	14	5	4	6	27	27	0
9	Matsushita Electric Iga	14	5	4	6	22	26	-4
10	Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	14	6	2	7	22	31	-9
11	Minolta	13	5	3	7	23	32	-9
12	Toyoda Machine Works	12	5	2	8	14	22	-8
13	Toyota	12	5	2	8	22	32	-10
14	Mind House	9	3	3	9	28	39	-11
15	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu	9	4	1	10	18	34	-16
16	Tomoegawa Papers	1	0	1	14	16	58	-42

Kansai

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Sagawa Express Osaka	50	16	2	0	60	9	+51
2	Kyoken	47	15	2	1	63	13	+50
3	NTT Kansai	27	7	6	5	37	31	+6
4	Osaka Gas	26	8	2	8	28	28	0
5	West Osaka	24	7	3	8	27	24	+3
6	Kobe 1970	22	7	1	10	30	43	-13
7	Kyoto Shiko Club	21	6	3	9	32	52	-20
8	Sanyo Electric Sumoto	18	5	3	10	25	40	-15
9	Central Kobe	15	4	3	11	27	40	-13
10	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	6	1	3	14	14	63	-49

Chugoku

Pos	Club	Pts	W (90)	W (PK)	L (PK)	L(90)	GF	GA	GD
1	Mazda	37	11	2	0	1	65	14	+51
2	Hiroshima Fujita	31	9	1	2	2	50	21	+29
3	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	28	9	0	1	4	38	18	+20
4	Hiroshima Teachers	24	7	1	1	5	34	34	0
5	Mitsubishi Oil	17	5	1	0	8	23	36	-13
6	NKK Fukuyama	14	3	2	1	8	20	45	-25
7	Yamako	10	3	0	1	10	26	53	-27
8	Tottori	7	1	1	2	10	14	49	-35

Shikoku

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

Kyushu

Pos	Club	Pts	W (90)	W (PK)	L (PK)	L(90)	GF	GA	GD
1	Blaze Kumamoto	45	13	2	2	1	48	19	+29
2	Volca Kagoshima	34	9	3	1	5	48	35	+13
3	Nippon Steel Yawata	34	9	3	1	5	31	32	-1
4	NTT Kyushu	30	8	2	2	6	35	25	+10
5	Nippon Steel Oita	28	8	1	2	7	40	30	+10
6	Kyocera Sendai	25	7	0	4	7	46	46	0
7	Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki	23	5	4	0	9	35	44	-9
8	Honda Lock	21	6	0	3	9	34	37	-3
9	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki	17	3	3	2	10	23	52	-29
10	Kumamoto Teachers	13	3	1	2	12	27	47	-20

References

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

J. League 1993–present J. League Division 1 since 1999	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of champions J. League Championship Promotion/Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

(former) Japan Football League 1992–1998 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–1993	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

J. League Division 2 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of champions Promotion/Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–1993, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–1993	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

List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015

Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

Japanese Regional Leagues 1966–present	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Regional Promotion Series Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup 1921–present	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 ~~1926~~ 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 ~~1934~~ 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 WW II 1946 ~~1947~~ ~~1948~~ 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Super Cup

League Cup seasons, 1976–present

JSL Cup 1976–1991	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

J. League Cup 1992–present	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2015

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Montedio Yamagata Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Matsumoto Yamaga

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Omiya Ardija Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kamatamare Sanuki Roasso Kumamoto Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Oita Trinita V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis Yokohama FC Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara YSCC Yokohama Machida Zelvia

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC Kagoshima United Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club FC Osaka Sagawa Printing Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco FC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki

1998 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

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

National teams	FIFA World Cup

Club seasons

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