1994 J.League

The J.League 1994 season was the second season of the J.League. The league fixture began on March 12, 1994, and ended on November 19, 1994. The Suntory Championship '94 took place on November 26 and December 2, 1994.

J.League
Season1994
ChampionsVerdy Kawasaki
2nd J. League title
7th Japanese title
Asian Club ChampionshipVerdy Kawasaki
Matches played264
Goals scored841 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Ordenewitz (30 goals)
Highest attendance55,125 - Urawa Reds vs. Verdy (September 17)
Lowest attendance7,854 - Urawa Reds vs. Sanfrecce (March 23)
Total attendance5,152,117
Average attendance19,516
← 1993
1995 →
Geographic location of twelve J.League clubs in 1994.

Honours
CompetitionChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
League Competition
J.League Suntory Series Sanfrecce HiroshimaShimizu S-PulseKashima Antlers
J.League NICOS Series Verdy KawasakiBellmare HiratsukaYokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship Verdy KawasakiSanfrecce Hiroshima
Cup Tournaments
Emperor's Cup Bellmare HiratsukaCerezo OsakaYokohama Marinos
Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup Verdy KawasakiJúbilo IwataGamba Osaka
Yokohama Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Verdy KawasakiYokohama Flügels

1994 J.League clubs

The following 12 clubs participated in J.League during 1994 season. Of these clubs, Bellmare Hiratsuka, and Júblio Iwata were newly promoted from Japan Football League (former).

1994 J.League format

In the 1994 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, twelve clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 22 games per club (per series). The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The clubs were ranked by number of wins, and tie breakers are, in the following order:

  • Goal differential
  • Goals scored
  • Head-to-head results
  • Extra match or a coin toss

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
  • Number of competing clubs increased from 10 to 12
  • Number of games per club in a series increased from 18 to 22 games and from 36 to 44 games per season.

1994 J.League final standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 17 5 44 26 +18 1994 Suntory Series Champions Qualified to Suntory Championship '94
2 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 16 6 41 25 +16
3 Kashima Antlers 22 16 6 45 32 +13
4 Verdy Kawasaki 22 14 8 43 21 +22
5 Yokohama Flügels 22 13 9 36 27 +9
6 JEF United Ichihara 22 10 12 34 43 −9
7 Júbilo Iwata 22 9 13 27 32 −5
8 Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 9 13 23 28 −5
9 Yokohama Marinos 22 8 14 29 35 −6
10 Gamba Osaka 22 7 15 37 46 −9
11 Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 7 15 27 54 −27
12 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 6 16 26 43 −17
Source:

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 22 17 5 48 26 +22 1994 NICOS Series Champions Qualifies to Suntory Championship '94
2 Bellmare Hiratsuka 22 16 6 48 26 +22
3 Yokohama Marinos 22 14 8 44 26 +18
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 12 10 27 31 −4
5 Kashima Antlers 22 11 11 44 36 +8
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 11 11 28 31 −3
7 Júbilo Iwata 22 11 11 29 37 −8
8 Yokohama Flügels 22 9 13 31 33 −2
9 JEF United Ichihara 22 9 13 35 42 −7
10 Gamba Osaka 22 8 14 29 36 −7
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 8 14 33 51 −18
12 Nagoya Grampus Eight 22 6 16 33 54 −21
Source:

Suntory Championship '94
Sanfrecce Hiroshima0 – 1Verdy Kawasaki
 35' Kitazawa
Attendance: 42,316
Verdy Kawasaki1 – 0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Rui Ramos  80'
Attendance: 50,512
VERDY KAWASAKI won the series on 2-0 aggregate.

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 44 31 13 91 47 +44 1994 J.League Champions Qualifies to 1995/96 ACC, 1995 Super Cup, and 1995 Sanwa Bank Cup
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 44 29 15 71 57 +14
3 Kashima Antlers 44 27 17 89 68 +21
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 44 27 17 69 56 +13
5 Bellmare Hiratsuka 44 23 21 75 80 −5
6 Yokohama Marinos 44 22 22 73 61 +12
7 Yokohama Flügels 44 22 22 67 60 +7
8 Júbilo Iwata 44 20 24 56 69 −13
9 JEF United Ichihara 44 19 25 69 85 −16
10 Gamba Osaka 44 15 29 66 82 −16
11 Nagoya Grampus Eight 44 15 29 56 82 −26
12 Urawa Red Diamonds 44 14 30 59 94 −35
Source:

Golden Boots ranking
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Frank Ordenewitz JEF United Ichihara 30
2 Alcindo Sartori Kashima Antlers 28
3 Betinho Bellmare Hiratsuka 24
4 Nobuhiro Takeda Verdy Kawasaki 23
Ramon Diaz Yokohama Marinos 23
6 Toninho Shimizu S-Pulse 22
7 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa Kashima Antlers 21
8 Koji Noguchi Bellmare Hiratsuka 19
Ivan Hašek Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19
10 Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki 16
Toshihiro Yamaguchi Gamba Osaka 16
12 Pavel Černý Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15
Ramón Medina Bello Yokohama Marinos 15
14 Takuya Takagi Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14
Bismarck Verdy Kawasaki 14

Awards

Individual Awards
AwardRecipientClubNotes
Most Valuable Player Luiz Carlos PereiraVerdy Kawasaki
Rookie of the Year Kazuaki TasakaBellmare Hiratsuka
Manager of the Year Yasutaro MatsukiVerdy Kawasaki
Top Scorer Frank OrdenewitzJEF United Chiba30 goals.

Best Eleven
PositionFootballerClubNationality
GKShinkichi KikuchiVerdy Kawasaki Japan
DFPereiraVerdy Kawasaki Brazil
DFMasami IharaYokohama Marinos Japan
DFYoshihiro NatsukaBellmare Hiratsuka Japan
MFTetsuji HashirataniVerdy Kawasaki Japan
MFTsuyoshi KitazawaVerdy Kawasaki Japan
MFRuy RamosVerdy Kawasaki Japan
MFBismarckVerdy Kawasaki Brazil
MFBetinhoBellmare Hiratsuka Brazil
FWNobuhiro TakedaVerdy Kawasaki Japan
FWTakuya TakagiSanfrecce Hiroshima Japan

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