# 1999 in Japanese football

Japanese football in 1999

## J.League Division 1

| 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 | 44 | +18 | 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 | Relegated to the 2000 J.League Division 2 |
* ↑ Champion from 1998 J.League

## J.League Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale (C) | 36 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 73 | Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1 |
| 2 | FC Tokyo | 36 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 64 | Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1 |
| 3 | Oita Trinita | 36 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 63 | |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 36 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 58 | |
| 5 | Consadole Sapporo | 36 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | |
| 6 | Omiya Ardija | 36 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 51 | |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 36 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 48 | |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 37 | |
| 9 | Vegalta Sendai | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 31 | |
| 10 | Ventforet Kofu | 36 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 32 | 85 | −53 | 18 | |
* ↑ Relegated from 1998 J.League

## Japan Football League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Yokohama FC (C) | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 55 | |
| 2 | Honda Motor | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 50 | |
| 3 | Mito HollyHock (P) | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 45 | Promotion to 2000 J. League Division 2 |
| 4 | Denso SC | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 34 | |
| 5 | Sony Sendai | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 26 | |
| 6 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 25 | |
| 7 | Jatco SC | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 25 | |
| 8 | Yokogawa Electric | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Kokushikan University | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 16 | |
* 1 2 3 Occupied one of the top three places at the end of the first part of the season (9th week) and were seeded for 1999 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier. Yokohama F.C. and Kokushikan University were not eligible to be seeded.
* ↑ Though Mito HollyHock haven't finished within top two, their promotion was unanimously accepted by the special J. League Board decision. The fact that championship has been won by associate JFL members, Yokohama F.C., was taken into account.

## National team (Men)
### Results
### Players statistics

| Player | -1998 | 03.31 | 06.03 | 06.06 | 06.29 | 07.02 | 07.05 | 09.08 | 1999 | Total |
| Masami Ihara | 119(5) | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 122(5) |
| Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 57(3) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 58(3) |
| Naoki Soma | 53(4) | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | 5(0) | 58(4) |
| Hiroshi Nanami | 47(6) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 6(0) | 53(6) |
| Masashi Nakayama | 31(14) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 32(14) |
| Yutaka Akita | 30(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 37(3) |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 30(0) | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 33(0) |
| Shoji Jo | 27(5) | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 32(5) |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 26(6) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 29(6) |
| Masayuki Okano | 24(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 25(2) |
| Wagner Lopes | 13(3) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | 7(2) | 20(5) |
| Toshihide Saito | 13(0) | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | 4(0) | 17(0) |
| Masaaki Sawanobori | 11(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 12(2) |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | 11(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 12(0) |
| Toshihiro Hattori | 7(0) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 5(0) | 12(0) |
| Toshiya Fujita | 6(2) | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | 4(0) | 10(2) |
| Kazuaki Tasaka | 4(0) | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | 3(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Teruyoshi Ito | 2(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 9(0) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 2(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | 4(0) | 6(0) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 5(0) |
| Daisuke Oku | 1(0) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O(1) | 5(1) | 6(1) |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Ryuzo Morioka | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 7(0) |
| Atsuhiro Miura | 0(0) | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Takashi Shimoda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Masahiro Ando | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kota Yoshihara | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## National team (Women)
### Players statistics

| Player | -1998 | 03.24 | 04.29 | 05.02 | 05.30 | 06.03 | 06.19 | 06.23 | 06.26 | 11.08 | 11.10 | 11.12 | 11.14 | 11.19 | 11.21 | 1999 | Total |
| Asako Takakura | 73(24) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O(1) | O(2) | O | O | O | 6(5) | 79(29) |
| Homare Sawa | 45(25) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 53(25) |
| Rie Yamaki | 45(3) | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 50(3) |
| Tamaki Uchiyama | 44(22) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 14(4) | 58(26) |
| Yumi Tomei | 37(6) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 43(6) |
| Nami Otake | 36(18) | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(4) | O(3) | - | - | - | O(2) | 10(11) | 46(29) |
| Kae Nishina | 36(1) | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 42(1) |
| Yumi Obe | 32(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(2) | 38(4) |
| Tomomi Mitsui | 16(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O | 14(2) | 30(5) |
| Tomoe Sakai | 16(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 29(0) |
| Hiromi Isozaki | 15(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 23(0) |
| Nozomi Yamago | 14(0) | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 10(0) | 24(0) |
| Mayumi Omatsu | 11(1) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 12(1) |
| Shiho Onodera | 10(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 11(0) |
| Mito Isaka | 7(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(3) | O | O | 14(5) | 21(8) |
| Mai Nakachi | 7(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 10(0) |
| Kazumi Kishi | 5(2) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(2) |
| Yasuyo Yamagishi | 4(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | 5(3) | 9(4) |
| Miyuki Yanagita | 3(2) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 10(2) |
| Ayumi Hara | 3(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 12(1) | 15(1) |
| Rie Kimura | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 6(0) | 8(0) |
| Tomomi Fujimura | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 6(0) | 7(0) |
| Kaoru Nagadome | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Yayoi Kobayashi | 0(0) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(2) | 8(2) |
| Yoshie Kasajima | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Megumi Torigoe | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Mai Aizawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(3) | O(1) | - | O | 3(4) | 3(4) |
| Shoko Mikami | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | O | - | 3(2) | 3(2) |
| Naoko Nishigai | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Kozue Ando | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mari Miyamoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |