# 1998 in Japanese football

The following describes Japanese football in 1998.

## Japan Football League

| 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 | Formed J.League Division 2 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 39 | Formed J.League Division 2 |
| 9 | Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 38 | Formed new Japan Football League |
| 10 | Denso SC | 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 | Formed new Japan Football League |
| 15 | Kokushikan University | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 76 | −34 | 21 | Formed new Japan Football League |
| 16 | Jatco SC | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 44 | 97 | −53 | 18 | Formed new Japan Football League |

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

| Player | -1997 | 02.15 | 03.01 | 03.07 | 04.01 | 05.17 | 05.24 | 06.03 | 06.14 | 06.20 | 06.26 | 10.28 | 1998 | Total |
| Masami Ihara | 109(5) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 119(5) |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | 83(53) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 84(53) |
| Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 54(3) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 57(3) |
| Motohiro Yamaguchi | 49(4) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 9(0) | 58(4) |
| Naoki Soma | 43(3) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(1) | 53(4) |
| Hiroshi Nanami | 36(6) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 47(6) |
| Hiroaki Morishima | 34(7) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 37(7) |
| Norio Omura | 26(4) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | 4(0) | 30(4) |
| Akira Narahashi | 23(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 9(0) | 32(0) |
| Masashi Nakayama | 21(10) | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 10(4) | 31(14) |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 21(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 30(0) |
| Yutaka Akita | 20(3) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 30(3) |
| Masayuki Okano | 19(2) | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | 5(0) | 24(2) |
| Shoji Jo | 17(4) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(1) | 27(5) |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 16(5) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(1) | 26(6) |
| Tadashi Nakamura | 15(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 16(0) |
| Toshihide Saito | 9(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | 4(0) | 13(0) |
| Wagner Lopes | 6(3) | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 13(3) |
| Takashi Hirano | 5(1) | O(2) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | 7(2) | 12(3) |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | 5(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 11(0) |
| Toshihiro Hattori | 2(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 7(0) |
| Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Teruyoshi Ito | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Shinji Ono | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 0(0) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tadatoshi Masuda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daisuke Ichikawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daisuke Oku | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

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

| Player | -1997 | 05.17 | 05.21 | 05.24 | 10.24 | 10.26 | 12.08 | 12.10 | 12.12 | 12.15 | 12.17 | 1998 | Total |
| Rie Yamaki | 37(2) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 8(1) | 45(3) |
| Homare Sawa | 35(21) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(3) | O | O | 10(4) | 45(25) |
| Tamaki Uchiyama | 34(20) | O | O | O | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | 10(2) | 44(22) |
| Yumi Tomei | 31(6) | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | 6(0) | 37(6) |
| Nami Otake | 27(13) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | 9(5) | 36(18) |
| Yumi Obe | 27(2) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | 5(0) | 32(2) |
| Kae Nishina | 26(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 36(1) |
| Yuko Morimoto | 8(2) | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 10(2) |
| Shiho Onodera | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 10(0) |
| Tomoe Sakai | 7(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(0) | 16(0) |
| Tomomi Mitsui | 6(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 10(1) | 16(3) |
| Mayumi Omatsu | 6(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 11(1) |
| Hiromi Isozaki | 6(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 15(0) |
| Nozomi Yamago | 6(0) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | 8(0) | 14(0) |
| Yumi Umeoka | 3(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 4(0) |
| Mai Nakachi | 2(0) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | 5(0) | 7(0) |
| Mito Isaka | 1(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 6(3) | 7(3) |
| Miki Sugawara | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | 7(2) | 7(2) |
| Kazumi Kishi | 0(0) | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | O(2) | - | - | 5(2) | 5(2) |
| Yasuyo Yamagishi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | 4(1) | 4(1) |
| Ayumi Hara | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |