1993 J.League

The J. League 1993 season was the inaugural season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixtures began on May 15, 1993, and ended on December 15, 1993. The first ever Suntory Championship took place in the following year, January 9 and January 16, 1994.

Honours

Competition Champion Runners-Up 3rd Place
Domestic League
J. League Suntory Series Kashima Antlers Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama Marinos
J. League NICOS Series Verdy Kawasaki Shimizu S-Pulse Yokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship Verdy Kawasaki Kashima Antlers n/a
Cup Competitions
Emperor's Cup Yokohama Flugels Kashima Antlers Shimizu S-Pulse
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nabisco Cup Verdy Kawasaki Shimizu S-Pulse Yokohama Flugels
Gamba Osaka
XEROX Super Cup Not held

Clubs

Ten clubs participated in J. League during 1993 season:

  • Kashima Antlers
  • Urawa Red Diamonds
  • JEF United Ichihara
  • Verdy Kawasaki
  • Yokohama Marinos
  • Yokohama Flugels
  • Shimizu S-Pulse
  • Nagoya Grampus Eight
  • Gamba Osaka
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Format

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

Final standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) Standings

Pos Club Name Pld W L GF GA GD Note
1Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Antlers181354118231993 Suntory Series Champions
Qualifies to Suntory Championship '93
2Tokyo Verdy Kawasaki1812629218
3Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Marinos1811729245
4Shizuoka Prefecture Shimizu S-Pulse1810828253
5Chiba Prefecture JEF United Ichihara189926233
6Hiroshima Prefecture Sanfrecce Hiroshima18992324-1
7Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama Flugels1881024213
8Osaka Prefecture Gamba Osaka188102731-4
9Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Grampus Eight187112138-17
10Saitama Prefecture Urawa Red Diamonds183151134-23

NICOS Series (2nd Stage) Standings

Pos Club Name Pld W L GF GA GD Note
1Verdy Kawasaki181624310331993 NICOS Series Champions
Qualifies to Suntory Championship '93
2Shimizu S-Pulse1814426917
3Yokohama Marinos1810831247
4Kashima Antlers1810831256
5Sanfrecce Hiroshima189931256
6Gamba Osaka188102434-10
7Yokohama Flugels188102030-10
8Nagoya Grampus Eight185132728-1
9JEF United Ichihara185132544-19
10Urawa Red Diamonds185131544-29

Suntory Championship '93

Kashima Antlers 0 - 2 Verdy Kawasaki
[Official Report] 60' Kazu
89' Bismark
Attendance: 53,553
Referee: Kenji Tanaka

Verdy Kawasaki 1 - 1 Kashima Antlers
Miura 82' [Official Report] 38' Alcindo
Attendance: 59,715
Referee: Shizuo Takada
VERDY KAWASAKI won the series on 3-1 aggregate.

Overall standings

Pos Club Name Pld W L GF GA GD Note
1Verdy Kawasaki362886928411993 J. League Champions
Qualifies to 1994/95 ACC,
1994 Super Cup, and 1994 Sanwa Bank Cup
2Kashima Antlers362313724329
3Shimizu S-Pulse362412543420
4Yokohama Marinos362115604812
5Sanfrecce Hiroshima36181854495
6Yokohama Flugels3616205165-7
7Gamba Osaka3616205165-14
8JEF United Ichihara3614225167-16
9Nagoya Grampus Eight3612244866-18
10Urawa Red Diamonds368282678-52

Average attendance

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 Number of FansAttendance Average
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 Flugels278,34615,464
Kashima Antlers252,29114,016
Urawa Red Diamonds206,26511,459
Total3,235,75017,976

Awards

MVP

Japan Kazuyoshi Miura

Rookie of the Year

Masaaki Sawanobori

Manager of the Year

Japan Yasutaro Matsuki

Best XI
Position Player
GKJapan Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DFJapan Shunzo Ono
DFJapan Tetsuji Hashiratani
DFBrazil Pereira
DFJapan Masami Ihara
DFJapan Takumi Horiike
MFBrazil Santos
MFJapan Yasuto Honda
MFJapan Ruy Ramos
FWJapan Kazuyoshi Miura
FWArgentina Ramón Díaz

References

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