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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 - Reds vs. Verdy (September 17)
Lowest attendance7,854 - Reds vs. Sanfrecce (March 23)
Total attendance5,152,117
Average attendance19,516
← 1993
1995 →

The J.League 1994 season was the second season of the J.League. The league commenced on March 12 and completed on November 19. The Suntory Championship took place on November 26 and December 2.

Clubs

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

Club name Hometown Stadium
(majority games)		 Capacity Notes Head coach
Bellmare Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Hiratsuka Stadium 15,380 Promoted Japan Mitsuru Komaeda
Gamba Osaka Osaka, Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 21,000 Japan Kunishige Kamamoto
JEF United Ichihara Chiba, Chiba Ichihara Seaside Stadium 14,051 Japan Eijun Kiyokumo
Júbilo Iwata Iwata, Shizuoka Júbilo Iwata Stadium 15,165 Promoted Netherlands Hans Ooft
Kashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 37,638 Brazil Edu Coimbra
Nagoya Grampus Eight Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium 11,900 England Gordon Milne
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium 13,800 Scotland Stuart Baxter
Shimizu S-Pulse Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Nihondaira Sports Stadium 20,248 Brazil Rivellino
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Greater Tokyo Area Urawa Komaba Stadium 21,500 Japan Kenzo Yokoyama
Verdy Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 Japan Yasutaro Matsuki
Yokohama Flügels Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Japan Shu Kamo
Yokohama Marinos Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Japan Hidehiko Shimizu

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players
Bellmare Hiratsuka Brazil Almir Brazil Betinho Brazil Edson Brazil Mirandinha
Gamba Osaka Belarus Sergei Aleinikov Brazil Flávio Bulgaria Kiril Metkov Ukraine Akhrik Tsveiba Ukraine Oleh Protasov
JEF United Ichihara Czech Republic František Mysliveček Czech Republic Pavel Řehák Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Maslovar Germany Frank Ordenewitz Germany Pierre Littbarski Brazil Sandro
South Korea Shin Che-bon
Júbilo Iwata Brazil Walter Italy Salvatore Schillaci Netherlands André Paus Netherlands Gerald Vanenburg Brazil Ademir
Kashima Antlers Brazil Alcindo Brazil Edinho Brazil Leonardo Brazil Santos Brazil Zico
Nagoya Grampus Eight Brazil Elivélton Brazil Garça Brazil Jorginho Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić Netherlands Dido Havenaar England Gary Lineker
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Czech Republic Ivan Hašek Czech Republic Pavel Černý Norway Tore Pedersen Scotland Lee Baxter South Korea Noh Jung-yoon Brazil Andrey
Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil Djalminha Brazil Ronaldão Brazil Toninho Brazil Sidmar
Urawa Red Diamonds Germany Guido Buchwald Germany Michael Rummenigge Germany Uwe Bein Peru Edwin Uehara
South Korea Cho Kwi-jae 		Germany Uwe Rahn
Slovakia Ľubomír Luhový
Slovakia Miroslav Mentel
Verdy Kawasaki Brazil Bentinho Brazil Bismarck Brazil Capitão Brazil Paulo Brazil Pereira
Yokohama Flügels Argentina Fernando Moner Brazil Aldro Brazil Edu Brazil Válber Spain Raúl Amarilla
Yokohama Marinos Argentina David Bisconti Argentina Gustavo Zapata Argentina Ramón Díaz Argentina Ramón Medina Bello Brazil Everton

Format

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In the 1994 season, the league followed split-season format, just like the previous season. 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 with a total of 22 games per club (per series). The games then 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.

Standings

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Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings

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

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings

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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: [citation needed]

Suntory Championship '94

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

Overall standings

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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: [citation needed]

Honours

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Competition Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
League Competition
J.League Suntory Series Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers
J.League NICOS Series Verdy Kawasaki Bellmare Hiratsuka Yokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship Verdy Kawasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Cup Tournaments
Emperor's Cup Bellmare Hiratsuka Cerezo Osaka Yokohama Marinos
Gamba Osaka
Nabisco Cup Verdy Kawasaki Júbilo Iwata Gamba Osaka
Yokohama Marinos
XEROX Super Cup Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama Flügels

Top scorers

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

Awards

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Individual awards

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Award Recipient Club
Most Valuable Player Brazil Pereira Verdy Kawasaki
Rookie of the Year Japan Kazuaki Tasaka Bellmare Hiratsuka
Manager of the Year Japan Yasutaro Matsuki Verdy Kawasaki
Top Scorer Germany Frank Ordenewitz JEF United Ichihara

Best Eleven

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Position Footballer Club Nationality
GK Shinkichi Kikuchi Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
DF Pereira Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
DF Masami Ihara Yokohama Marinos  Japan
DF Yoshihiro Natsuka Bellmare Hiratsuka  Japan
MF Betinho Bellmare Hiratsuka  Brazil
MF Bismarck Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
MF Tetsuji Hashiratani Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
MF Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
MF Ruy Ramos Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
FW Takuya Takagi Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
FW Nobuhiro Takeda Verdy Kawasaki  Japan

References

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