Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 1999 season.

Overview

This was the first season of J.League Division 2, the second tier of professional leagues in Japan. It replaced the JFL, which was moved to the third tier. The league was contested by 10 teams, and Kawasaki Frontale won the championship.

Team changes

Promoted from JFL 1998 Relegated from 1998 J.League
Albirex Niigata
FC Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale
Montedio Yamagata
Oita Trinita
Omiya Ardija
Sagan Tosu
Vegalta Sendai
Ventforet Kofu		 Consadole Sapporo

Clubs

The following 10 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 1999 season.

Personnel

Club Head coach
Albirex Niigata Japan Yoshikazu Nagai
Consadole Sapporo Japan Takeshi Okada
FC Tokyo Japan Kiyoshi Okuma
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Ikuo Matsumoto
Montedio Yamagata Japan Shigeharu Ueki
Oita Trinita Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija Netherlands Pim Verbeek
Sagan Tosu Japan Hiroshi Sowa
Vegalta Sendai Japan Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu Japan Susumu Katsumata

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Former players
Albirex Niigata Brazil Saulo Brazil Serjão Brazil Rikarudo Higa
Consadole Sapporo Brazil Assis Brazil Biju Brazil Kleber Romero Brazil Dinei
Brazil Ricardinho
FC Tokyo Brazil Almir Brazil Amaral Brazil Sandro
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Cadu Brazil Tinga Brazil Tuto Brazil Genilson
Montedio Yamagata Brazil Alan Dotti Brazil Walter Nigeria Momodu Mutairu
Oita Trinita Brazil Will Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi South Korea Choi Dae-shik Brazil Alex
Omiya Ardija England Mark Burke Netherlands Jan Veenhof Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi
Netherlands Jeroen Boere
Sagan Tosu South Korea Pak Yong-ho
Vegalta Sendai Brazil Paulo Henrique Colombia Nixon Perea Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Dubajić
Ventforet Kofu

Final table

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
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champion

Attendances

# Football club Total attendance Home games Average Highest Lowest
1 Consadole Sapporo 197,752 18 10,986 17,427 4,388
2 Vegalta Sendai 134,462 18 7,470 16,535 2,568
3 Kawasaki Frontale 97,128 18 5,396 13,812 2,425
4 Albirex Niigata 75,798 18 4,211 9,327 2,118
5 Oita Trinita 69,952 18 3,886 15,702 1,431
6 FC Tokyo 62,963 18 3,498 7,325 1,501
7 Sagan Tosu 60,936 18 3,385 5,797 1,838
8 Montedio Yamagata 53,643 18 2,980 5,836 1,812
9 Omiya Ardija 41,833 18 2,674 5,609 1,296
10 Ventforet Kofu 26,450 18 1469 3,807 619

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_J.League_Division_2
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