1999 J.League Division 1

The 1999 J.League Division 1 season was the seventh season of the J.League Division 1. The league began in March 6 and ended in November 27. For this year, the division was contested by 16 teams following the folding of Yokohama Flügels and the relegation of Consadole Sapporo to the newly formed Division 2.

J.League Division 1

Season	1999
Champions	Júbilo Iwata 2nd J.League title 3rd Japanese title
Relegated	Urawa Red Diamonds Bellmare Hiratsuka
Asian Club Championship	Júbilo Iwata
Matches played	240
Goals scored	757 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hwang Sun-hong (24 goals)
Highest attendance	51,575 - Antlers vs. Júbilo (May 5)
Lowest attendance	2,411 - Vissel vs. Avispa (April 17)
Average attendance	11,658
← 1998 2000 →

In a year dominated by Shizuoka Prefecture, Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage with neighbours Shimizu S-Pulse winning the 2nd stage. Iwata won the J.League Division 1 title for the after triumphing on penalty kicks in the Suntory Championship.

Clubs

The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 1999 season.

Club	Last season		Head coach
Avispa Fukuoka	18th	15th	Yoshio Kikugawa
Bellmare Hiratsuka	12th	12th	Mitsuru Komaeda
Cerezo Osaka	9th	13th	René Desaeyere
Gamba Osaka	14th	16th	Hiroshi Hayano
JEF United Ichihara	11th	18th	Nicolae Zamfir
Júbilo Iwata	1st	2nd	Takashi Kuwahara
Kashima Antlers	5th	1st	Zico
Kashiwa Reysol	10th	8th	Akira Nishino
Kyoto Purple Sanga	15th	11th	Shu Kamo
Nagoya Grampus Eight	3rd	6th	João Carlos
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	13th	9th	Eddie Thomson
Shimizu S-Pulse	2nd	5th	Steve Perryman
Urawa Red Diamonds	7th	3rd	Aad de Mos
Verdy Kawasaki	6th	17th	Hideki Matsunaga
Vissel Kobe	17th	14th	Ryoichi Kawakatsu
Yokohama F. Marinos	4th	4th	Antonio de la Cruz

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Avispa Fukuoka	Fernando	Ranielli	Nenad Maslovar			Juan Carlos Villamayor
Bellmare Hiratsuka	Chay Hews	Stephen Laybutt	Jailton			Cláudio Ricardinho Pavel Badea
Cerezo Osaka	Pericles	Hwang Sun-hong	Noh Jung-yoon
Gamba Osaka	Luizinho Vieira	Taílson	Claude Dambury			Anto Drobnjak Piotr Świerczewski
JEF United Ichihara	Baron	Peter Bosz	Roberto Blanco	Robert Vancea	Kim Hwang-jung	Paulo Henrique
Júbilo Iwata	Adilson Batista	Roberto Torres	Dmitri Radchenko
Kashima Antlers	Bismarck	Mazinho	Ricardo
Kashiwa Reysol	Bentinho	Hristo Stoichkov	Pavel Badea	Hong Myung-bo
Kyoto Purple Sanga	Paulo Magino	Paulo Silas	Sidiclei		Park Kang-jo
Nagoya Grampus Eight	Alexandre Torres	Dragan Stojković	Tarik Oulida
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hayden Foxe	Tony Popovic				Aurelio Vidmar
Shimizu S-Pulse	Fabinho	Santos	Stuart Thurgood		Alex
Urawa Red Diamonds	Željko Petrović	Giuseppe Zappella	Fernando Picun			Txiki Begiristain
Verdy Kawasaki	Henrique	Jé	Júlio César
Vissel Kobe	Choi Sung-yong	Ha Seok-ju	Kim Do-hoon		Park Song-gi
Yokohama F. Marinos	Válber	Igor Jovićević	Yoo Sang-chul

Overview

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Júbilo Iwata	15	10	2	0	1	2	29	15	+14	34	Qualification to the Suntory Championship 1999
2	Verdy Kawasaki	15	9	2	1	0	3	20	15	+5	32
3	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	9	1	1	0	4	28	23	+5	30
4	Kashiwa Reysol	15	9	1	0	1	4	26	18	+8	29
5	Cerezo Osaka	15	9	1	0	0	5	25	21	+4	29
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	9	0	0	0	6	30	18	+12	27
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	6	2	1	1	5	31	20	+11	23
8	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	6	1	1	3	4	30	23	+7	21
9	Kashima Antlers	15	5	1	1	2	6	23	19	+4	18
10	Gamba Osaka	15	5	1	0	1	8	21	25	−4	17
11	Avispa Fukuoka	15	4	2	0	1	8	23	30	−7	16
12	Vissel Kobe	15	4	1	1	2	7	20	24	−4	15
13	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	3	0	4	2	6	21	33	−12	13
14	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	4	0	0	2	9	18	28	−10	12
15	JEF United Ichihara	15	2	2	2	1	8	19	34	−15	12
16	Bellmare Hiratsuka	15	3	0	0	0	12	15	33	−18	9

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Second stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	11	1	0	1	2	28	13	+15	35	Qualification to the Suntory Championship 1999
2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	15	10	1	1	0	3	32	23	+9	33
3	Yokohama F. Marinos	15	8	2	2	0	3	30	15	+15	30
4	Kashiwa Reysol	15	8	2	1	0	4	23	18	+5	29
5	Cerezo Osaka	15	6	3	0	1	5	39	24	+15	24
6	Kashima Antlers	15	6	2	0	2	5	30	18	+12	22
7	Vissel Kobe	15	5	2	3	0	5	18	21	−3	22
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	6	1	1	2	5	24	25	−1	21
9	Kyoto Purple Sanga	15	5	2	0	2	6	20	30	−10	19
10	Verdy Kawasaki	15	4	2	1	2	6	23	28	−5	17
11	JEF United Ichihara	15	4	2	0	3	6	22	22	0	16
12	Júbilo Iwata	15	4	1	1	2	7	23	27	−4	15
13	Gamba Osaka	15	4	1	1	1	8	15	21	−6	15
14	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	4	1	1	5	4	18	25	−7	15
15	Avispa Fukuoka	15	3	1	1	0	10	18	29	−11	12
16	Bellmare Hiratsuka	15	1	0	1	3	10	15	39	−24	4

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Suntory Championship

December 4, 1999
15:03

Júbilo Iwata	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse
Nakayama 30', 98'	Official Report	34' Sawanobori

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

Attendance: 17,337

Referee: Leslie Mottram

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December 11, 1999
19:33

Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Júbilo Iwata
Sawanobori 37' Fabinho 99'	Official Report	34' Hattori
Penalties
Sawanobori Santos Ito Fabinho	2–4	Hattori Fujita Takahara Suzuki

Nihondaira Sports Stadium, Shizuoka

Attendance: 20,309

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1/2	Shimizu S-Pulse	30	20	2	1	1	6	56	36	+20	65
1/2	Júbilo Iwata	30	14	3	1	3	9	52	42	+10	49	Champion and qualified to the Asian Club Championship 2000–01 Second Round
3	Kashiwa Reysol	30	17	3	1	1	8	49	36	+13	58
4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	16	2	2	3	7	62	46	+16	54	Cup-Winner 1999 Emperor's Cup and qualified to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2000–01 Second Round
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	30	14	4	3	1	8	61	35	+26	53
6	Cerezo Osaka	30	15	4	0	1	10	64	45	+19	53
7	Verdy Kawasaki	30	13	4	2	2	9	43	43	0	49
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	15	1	1	2	11	54	43	+11	48
9	Kashima Antlers	30	11	3	1	4	11	53	37	+16	40
10	Vissel Kobe	30	9	3	4	2	12	38	45	−7	37
11	Gamba Osaka	30	9	2	1	2	16	36	46	−10	32
12	Kyoto Purple Sanga	30	9	2	0	4	15	38	58	−20	31
13	JEF United Ichihara	30	6	4	2	4	14	41	56	−15	28
14	Avispa Fukuoka	30	7	3	1	1	18	41	59	−18	28
15	Urawa Red Diamonds	30	7	1	5	7	10	39	58	−19	28	Relegated to the 2000 J.League Division 2
16	Bellmare Hiratsuka	30	4	0	1	3	22	30	72	−42	13

Source: J.League data site
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Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse)
• Top Scorer: Hwang Sun-hong (Cerezo Osaka)