Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1998 season.
Overview
The 1998 season was the seventh and the last of the former Japan Football League. It was contested by 16 teams, and Tokyo Gas won the championship. After the season, nine teams together with J. League Promotion and Relegation series' losers Consadole Sapporo formed the second division of J.League. Other seven clubs together with Regional Leagues promotion series winners Yokogawa Electric and newly created Yokohama FC have formed the new Japan Football League.
Clubs The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1998 season.
Albirex Niigata Brummell Sendai Denso Honda Motors Jatco Kawasaki Frontale Kokushikan University Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinity Omiya Ardija Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima Sagan Tosu Sony Sendai Tokyo Gas Ventforet Kofu
Personnel Club Head coachAlbirex Niigata Yoshikazu NagaiBrummell Sendai Takekazu SuzukiDenso Honda Motors Mitsunaga ShitaraJatco Kawasaki Frontale Beto AlmeidaKokushikan University Hideo OsawaMito HollyHock Toshiya MiuraMontedio Yamagata Nobuhiro IshizakiOita Trinity Omiya Ardija Norio SasakiOtsuka FC Vortis Tokushima EdinhoSagan Tosu Hiroshi SowaSony Sendai Tokyo Gas Kiyoshi OkumaVentforet Kofu Yuji Tsukada
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Former players Albirex Niigata Neathan Gibson Brummell Sendai Slobodan Dubajić Denso Honda Motors Marcus Vinícius Jatco Kawasaki Frontale José Barreto Tuto Valdney Altemir Pessali Betinho Momodu Mutairu Kokushikan University Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Marquinho Sidiclei Oita Trinity Will Choi Dae-shik Omiya Ardija Jan Veenhof Jeroen Boere Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima Almir Sagan Tosu Pak Yong-ho Sony Sendai Tokyo Gas Amaral Angelo Sandro Ventforet Kofu Baron
Table
Results
Promotion and relegation Kawasaki Frontale were awarded a spot in the first round of J.League Promotion and Relegation Series where they have played against Avispa Fukuoka.
Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division.
Successor seasons 1999 J.League Division 2 1999 Japan Football League