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1993 J.League

The J.League 1993 season was the inaugural season of the J.League. The league fixtures began on 15 May and ended on 15 December. The first ever Suntory Championship took place in the following year, 9 and 16 January 1994.

J.League
Season1993
ChampionsVerdy Kawasaki
1st J.League title
6th Japanese title
Asian Club ChampionshipVerdy Kawasaki
Matches180
Goals532 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerRamón Díaz (28 goals)
Highest attendance59,626 - Verdy vs. Marinos (May 15)
Lowest attendance7,469 - Flügels vs. Reds (May 22)
Average attendance17,976
1994 →

Clubs

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Locations of clubs participating in the 1993 J.League

Ten clubs participated in J.League during 1993 season:

Club nameHometownStadium
(majority games)		CapacityHead coach
Gamba OsakaOsaka, OsakaOsaka Expo '70 Stadium21,000Japan Kunishige Kamamoto
JEF United IchiharaChiba, ChibaIchihara Seaside Stadium14,051Japan Yoshikazu Nagai
Kashima AntlersKashima, IbarakiKashima Soccer Stadium37,638Japan Masakatsu Miyamoto
Nagoya Grampus EightNagoya, AichiPaloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium11,900Japan Ryuzo Hiraki
Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima, HiroshimaCoca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium13,800Scotland Stuart Baxter
Shimizu S-PulseShimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka PrefectureNihondaira Sports Stadium20,248Brazil Émerson Leão
Urawa Red DiamondsSaitama, Greater Tokyo AreaUrawa Komaba Stadium21,500Japan Takaji Mori
Verdy KawasakiKawasaki, KanagawaTodoroki Athletics Stadium26,232Japan Yasutaro Matsuki
Yokohama FlügelsYokohamaYokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium15,454Japan Shu Kamo
Yokohama MarinosYokohamaYokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium15,454Japan Hidehiko Shimizu

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa foreign Former player(s)
Gamba Osaka Belarus Sergei Aleinikov Brazil Flávio Campos Brazil Luís Müller Brazil Rinaldo Bulgaria Kiril Metkov China Jia Xiuquan
JEF United Ichihara Czech Republic František Mysliveček Czech Republic Pavel Řehák Germany Frank Ordenewitz Germany Pierre Littbarski Brazil Sandro
South Korea Shin Che-bon
Kashima Antlers Brazil Alcindo Brazil Carlos Brazil Regis Brazil Santos Brazil Zico
Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Elivélton Brazil Garça Brazil Jorginho Brazil Pita England Gary Lineker Netherlands Dido Havenaar
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Czech Republic Pavel Černý Scotland Lee Baxter South Korea Noh Jung-yoon Sweden Jan Jönsson Sweden Jean-Paul Vonderburg United States Dan Calichman Brazil Andrey
Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil Celso Brazil Edu Manga Brazil Marcão Brazil Marco Antônio Brazil Sidmar Brazil Toninho Brazil Ademir
Urawa Red Diamonds Argentina Marcelo Trivisonno Germany Michael Rummenigge Germany Uwe Rahn Slovakia Miroslav Mentel Peru Edwin Uehara Argentina Marcelo Morales
Argentina Victor Ferreyra
Verdy Kawasaki Brazil Bismarck Brazil Márcio Amoroso Brazil Paulinho Brazil Paulo Brazil Pereira Netherlands Erik van Rossum Bolivia Ko Ishikawa Netherlands Gène Hanssen
Netherlands Henny Meijer
Yokohama Flügels Argentina Fernando Moner Brazil Aldro Brazil Angelo Brazil Edu Marangon El Salvador Jaime Rodríguez Spain Raúl Amarilla
Yokohama Marinos Argentina David Bisconti Argentina Gustavo Zapata Argentina Ramón Díaz Brazil Everton

Format

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In the first year, 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, ten clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 18 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.

Results

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1993.05.15 1-1 Verdy Kawasaki 1-2 Yokohama Marinos Tokyo National Stadium
Meijer 19' Everton 48'
Díaz 59'		 Attendance: 59,626
1993.05.26 1-4 Gamba Osaka 1-1 (aet, PK 6-7) Shimizu S-Pulse Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Nagashima 39' Edu 67' Attendance: 16,707
1993.05.29 1-5 Urawa Red Diamonds 1-1 (aet, PK 4-2) Verdy Kawasaki Urawa Komaba Stadium
Kawano 49' Hashiratani 6' Attendance: 9,690
1993.06.05 1-7 Yokohama Marinos 0-2 Kashima Antlers Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium
Santos 14'
Alcindo 56'		 Attendance: 28,595
1993.06.05 1-7 Verdy Kawasaki 1-1 (aet, PK 5-4) Yokohama Flügels Tokyo National Stadium
Takeda 51' Aldro 53' Attendance: 54,995
1993.06.12 1-9 Verdy Kawasaki 1-0 (aet, GG) Gamba Osaka Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Miura gold-colored soccer ball 92' Attendance: 10,058
1993.06.16 1-10 Gamba Osaka 2-1 (aet, GG) Yokohama Marinos Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Kusaki 89'gold-colored soccer ball 109' Hirakawa 41' Attendance: 19,247
1993.06.23 1-12 Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Gamba Osaka Kusanagi Athletic Stadium
Edu 23', 84'
Mukojima 68'		 Flávio 34', 71' Attendance: 15,703
1993.06.30 1-14 Verdy Kawasaki 1-1 (aet, PK 4-2) Shimizu S-Pulse Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Nagai 12' 48' (o.g.) Attendance: 10,067
1993.07.07 1-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-3 (aet, GG) Gamba Osaka Hiroshima Stadium
Kazama 19'
Černý 46'
Matsuda 70'
Takagi gold-colored soccer ball 91'		 Matsunami 23'
Müller 43', 59'		 Attendance: 12,731
1993.07.24 2-1 Gamba Osaka 0-1 (aet, GG) Kashima Antlers Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Santos gold-colored soccer ball 107' Attendance: 22,677
1993.07.31 2-2 Verdy Kawasaki 2-0 Gamba Osaka Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium
Takeda 53'
Miura 80'		 Attendance: 27,674
1993.08.07 2-4 Yokohama Marinos 1-1 (aet, PK 8-7) Kashima Antlers Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
Miura 59' Zico 30' Attendance: 14,152
1993.08.25 2-7 Nagoya Grampus Eight 0-2 Gamba Osaka Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium
Wada 39'
Matsuyama 77'		 Attendance: 27,356
1993.08.25 2-7 JEF United Ichihara 2-2 (aet, PK 2-4) Yokohama Marinos Tochigi Green Stadium
Řehák 69'
Echigo 71'		 Díaz 21', 51' Attendance: 17,226
1993.08.28 2-8 Gamba Osaka 0-0 (aet, PK 4-5) Yokohama Flügels Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 21,330
1993.08.28 2-8 Verdy Kawasaki 0-0 (aet, PK 2-3) Shimizu S-Pulse Iwate Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 28,625
1993.11.10 2-11 Kashima Antlers 3-4 (aet, GG) Gamba Osaka Kashima Soccer Stadium
53' (o.g.)
Alcindo 73'
Hasegawa 89'		 Nagashima 10'
Isogai 59'
Matsunami 89'
Minobe gold-colored soccer ball 117'		 Attendance: 13,417
1993.11.13 2-12 Kashima Antlers 3-2 Yokohama Marinos Kashima Soccer Stadium
Alcindo 21', 69'
Zico 77'		 Díaz 0', 19' Attendance: 14,235
1993.11.13 2-12 JEF United Ichihara 1-4 Verdy Kawasaki Miyagi Athletic Stadium
Littbarski 23' Bismarck 50', 59'
Pereira 75'
Nakamura 86'		 Attendance: 19,524
1993.11.17 2-13 Yokohama Flügels 2-3 (aet, GG) Kashima Antlers Suizenji Stadium
Amarilla 48'
Edu 87' (pen.)		 Zico 39'
Alcindo 75' (pen.)
Manaka gold-colored soccer ball 114'		 Attendance: 14,186
1993.11.20 2-14 JEF United Ichihara 3-4 (aet, GG) Gamba Osaka Ichihara Seaside Stadium
Ordenewitz 26', 86'
Řehák 45'		 Isogai 44'
Matsunami 65', 78'gold-colored soccer ball 94'		 Attendance: 10,395
1993.11.27 2-15 Yokohama Marinos 2-0 JEF United Ichihara Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium
Koizumi 28'
Yamada 47'		 Attendance: 27,495
1993.12.08 2-17 Gamba Osaka 0-2 Shimizu S-Pulse Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Iwashita 28'
Hasegawa 34'		 Attendance: 21,207

Standings

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Suntory Series (1st Stage) Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers 18 13 5 41 18 +23 1993 Suntory Series Champions
Qualifies to Suntory Championship '93
2 Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki 18 12 6 29 21 +8
3 Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Marinos 18 11 7 29 24 +5
4 Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse 18 10 8 28 25 +3
5 Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara 18 9 9 26 23 +3
6 Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 9 9 23 24 −1
7 Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Flügels 18 8 10 24 21 +3
8 Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka 18 8 10 27 31 −4
9 Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight 18 7 11 21 38 −17
10 Saitama Prefecture Urawa Red Diamonds 18 3 15 11 34 −23

NICOS Series (2nd stage) Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 18 16 2 43 10 +33 1993 NICOS Series Champions
Qualifies to Suntory Championship '93
2 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 14 4 26 9 +17
3 Yokohama Marinos 18 10 8 31 24 +7
4 Kashima Antlers 18 10 8 31 25 +6
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 9 9 31 25 +6
6 Gamba Osaka 18 8 10 24 34 −10
7 Yokohama Flügels 18 8 10 20 30 −10
8 Nagoya Grampus Eight 18 5 13 27 28 −1
9 JEF United Ichihara 18 5 13 25 44 −19
10 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 5 13 15 44 −29

Suntory Championship '93

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Kashima Antlers0 – 2Verdy Kawasaki
Miura 60'
Bismarck 89'
Attendance: 53,553
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Verdy Kawasaki1 – 1Kashima Antlers
Miura 82' Alcindo 38'
Attendance: 59,715
Referee: Shizuo Takada
Verdy Kawasaki won the series on 3-1 aggregate.

Overall standings

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 Verdy Kawasaki 36 28 8 69 28 +41 1993 J.League Champions
Qualifies to 1994/95 ACC, 1994 Super Cup, and 1994 Sanwa Bank Cup
2 Kashima Antlers 36 23 13 72 43 +29
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 36 24 12 54 34 +20
4 Yokohama Marinos 36 21 15 60 48 +12
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 36 18 18 54 49 +5
6 Yokohama Flügels 36 16 20 44 51 −7
7 Gamba Osaka 36 16 20 51 65 −14
8 JEF United Ichihara 36 14 22 51 67 −16
9 Nagoya Grampus Eight 36 12 24 48 66 −18
10 Urawa Red Diamonds 36 8 28 26 78 −52
Source: [citation needed]

Honours

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Average attendance

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In its first year, the league averaged 17,976 fans and had over 3.2 million fans total over the course of the season. The following chart shows the league ranked in terms of average attendance:

Team nameTotal attendanceAverage attendance
Verdy Kawasaki454,23725,235
Gamba Osaka388,28621,571
JEF United Ichihara364,92220,273
Nagoya Grampus Eight357,45119,858
Shimizu S-Pulse332,31218,462
Yokohama Marinos302,05416,781
Sanfrecce Hiroshima299,58616,644
Yokohama Flügels278,34615,464
Kashima Antlers252,29114,016
Urawa Red Diamonds206,26511,459
Total3,235,75017,976

Top scorers

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Awards

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MVP

Japan Kazuyoshi Miura - (Verdy Kawasaki)

Rookie of the Year

Japan Masaaki Sawanobori - (Shimizu S-Pulse)

Manager of the Year

Japan Yasutaro Matsuki - (Verdy Kawasaki)

Top Scorer

Argentina Ramón Díaz - (Yokohama Marinos)

Best XI
Position Player Team
GKJapan Shigetatsu MatsunagaYokohama Marinos
DFBrazil PereiraVerdy Kawasaki
DFJapan Tetsuji HashirataniVerdy Kawasaki
DFJapan Takumi HoriikeShimizu S-Pulse
DFJapan Masami IharaYokohama Marinos
DFJapan Shunzo OnoKashima Antlers
MFBrazil SantosKashima Antlers
MFJapan Yasuto HondaKashima Antlers
MFJapan Ruy RamosVerdy Kawasaki
FWArgentina Ramón DíazYokohama Marinos
FWJapan Kazuyoshi MiuraVerdy Kawasaki

References

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