1998_Japan_Football_League References

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