1995 J.League Explained

Competition:J.League
Season:1995
Winners:Yokohama Marinos
1st J.League title
3rd Japanese title
Continentalcup1:Asian Club Championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Yokohama Marinos
League Topscorer:Masahiro Fukuda (32 goals)
Matches:364
Total Goals:1214
Highest Attendance:56,652 - Reds vs. Verdy (May 3)
Lowest Attendance:7,012 - Sanfrecce vs. Grampus (April 12)
Average Attendance:16,922
Prevseason:1994
Nextseason:1996

The J.League 1995 season was the third season of the J.League. The league fixture began on March 18 and ended in 25 November. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6.

Clubs

Fourteen clubs participated in J.League during 1995 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol and Cerezo Osaka were newly promoted teams from Japan Football League.

Club name Hometown Stadium
(majority games)
Capacity Notes Head coach
Hiratsuka, Kanagawa15,380 Mitsuru Komaeda
47,816 Promoted Paulo Emilio
21,000 Sigfried Held
14,051 Eijun Kiyokumo
Iwata, Shizuoka15,165 Hans Ooft
37,638 Edu Coimbra
15,349 Promoted Antoninho
11,900 Arsène Wenger
13,800 Wim Jansen
20,248 Masakatsu Miyamoto
21,500 Holger Osieck
26,232 Nelsinho Baptista
15,454 Antônio Silva
15,454 Hiroshi Hayano

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa foreignFormer players
Bellmare Hiratsuka Betinho Edson Émerson Júnior Simão Almir
Cerezo Osaka Bernardo Gilmar Marquinhos Toninho Cecílio Jorge Dely Valdés
Gamba Osaka Sergei Aleinikov Vjekoslav Škrinjar Hans Gillhaus Akhrik Tsveiba Oleh Protasov
JEF United Ichihara Goran Vasilijević Nenad Maslovar Wynton Rufer Sandro
Shin Che-bon
Júbilo Iwata Dunga Salvatore Schillaci André Paus Gerald Vanenburg Dido Havenaar
Kim Jong-song
Kashima Antlers Carlos Mozer Jorginho Leonardo Mazinho Santos
Kashiwa Reysol Bentinho Careca Nelsinho Valdir Wolnei Caio Müller
Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Dragan Stojković Franck Durix Gérald Passi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ivan Hašek Pieter Huistra Noh Jung-yoon Andrey John van Loen
Tore Pedersen
Shimizu S-Pulse Dias Marcelo Miguel Marco Aurélio Santos Sidmar Daniele Massaro Ademir Santos Ronaldão
Urawa Red Diamonds Toninho Guido Buchwald Michael Rummenigge Uwe Bein Edwin Uehara
Cho Kwi-jae
Gwak Kyung-keun
Verdy Kawasaki Alcindo Bismarck Embu Pereira
Yokohama Flügels César Sampaio Evair Rodrigo Batata Zinho
Yokohama Marinos David Bisconti Gustavo Zapata Pedro Massacessi Ramón Medina Bello Ramón Díaz

Format

In the 1995 season, the league followed split-season format, and each halves (or stages) were known as Suntory Series and NICOS Series for sponsorship purposes. In each series, fourteen clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 26 games per club (per series). The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The points system is introduced for the first time and a club received 3pts for any win, 1pts for PK loss, and 0pts for regulation or extra time loss. The clubs were ranked by points and tie breakers are, in the following order:

The club that finished at the top of the table is declared stage champion and qualifies for the Suntory Championship. The first stage winner, hosts the first leg in the championship series. If the same club win both stages, the runners-up of each stages plays against each other and the winners challenges the stage winner at the championship game.

Changes in Competition Format

Standings

1995 Suntory Championship

----Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds32
2 Salvatore SchillaciJúbilo Iwata31
3 David BiscontiYokohama Marinos27
4 BetinhoBellmare Hiratsuka25
5 Kazuyoshi MiuraVerdy Kawasaki23
Koji NoguchiBellmare Hiratsuka
7 Ramón Medina BelloYokohama Marinos21
Wynton RuferJEF United Ichihara
9 Nobuhiro TakedaVerdy Kawasaki20
Hans GillhausGamba Osaka

Honours

CompetitionChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
League competition
J.League Suntory SeriesYokohama MarinosVerdy KawasakiUrawa Red Diamonds
J.League NICOS SeriesVerdy KawasakiNagoya Grampus EightYokohama Marinos
Suntory ChampionshipYokohama MarinosVerdy Kawasakin/a
Cup tournaments
Emperor's CupNagoya Grampus EightSanfrecce Hiroshiman/a
Nabisco CupNot held due to fixture congestion
XEROX Super CupVerdy KawasakiBellmare Hiratsukan/a

Awards

Individual awards

AwardRecipientClub
Most Valuable Player Dragan StojkovićNagoya Grampus Eight
Rookie of the Year Yoshikatsu KawaguchiYokohama Marinos
Manager of the Year Arsène WengerNagoya Grampus Eight
Top Scorer Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds

Best Eleven

PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKShinkichi KikuchiVerdy Kawasaki
DFGuido BuchwaldUrawa Red Diamonds
DFMasami IharaYokohama Marinos
DFMasaharu SuzukiYokohama Marinos
DFNaoki SomaKashima Antlers
MFBismarckVerdy Kawasaki
MFTetsuji HashirataniVerdy Kawasaki
FWMasahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds
FWKazuyoshi MiuraVerdy Kawasaki
FWHiroaki MorishimaCerezo Osaka
FWDragan StojkovićNagoya Grampus Eight

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