The J.League 1995 season was the third season of the J.League. The league fixture began on March 18 and ended in 25 November. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6.
Clubs
Fourteen clubs participated in J.League during 1995 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol and Cerezo Osaka were newly promoted teams from Japan Football League.
Club name Hometown Stadium (majority games) Capacity Notes Head coachBellmare Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, KanagawaHiratsuka Stadium 15,380 Mitsuru KomaedaCerezo Osaka Osaka Nagai Stadium 47,816 Promoted Paulo EmilioGamba Osaka Osaka, Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 21,000 Sigfried HeldJEF United Ichihara Chiba, Chiba Ichihara Seaside Stadium 14,051 Eijun KiyokumoJúbilo Iwata Iwata, ShizuokaJúbilo Iwata Stadium 15,165 Hans OoftKashima Antlers Kashima, Ibaraki Kashima Soccer Stadium 37,638 Edu CoimbraKashiwa Reysol Kashiwa Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium 15,349 Promoted AntoninhoNagoya Grampus Eight Nagoya, Aichi Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium 11,900 Arsène WengerSanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima, Hiroshima Hiroshima General Ground Main Stadium 13,800 Wim JansenShimizu S-Pulse Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture Nihondaira Sports Stadium 20,248 Masakatsu MiyamotoUrawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Greater Tokyo Area Urawa Komaba Stadium 21,500 Holger OsieckVerdy Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa Todoroki Athletics Stadium 26,232 Nelsinho BaptistaYokohama Flügels Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Antônio SilvaYokohama Marinos Yokohama Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium 15,454 Hiroshi Hayano
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players Bellmare Hiratsuka Betinho Edson Émerson Júnior Simão Almir Cerezo Osaka Bernardo Gilmar Marquinhos Toninho Cecílio Jorge Dely Valdés Gamba Osaka Sergei Aleinikov Vjekoslav Škrinjar Hans Gillhaus Akhrik Tsveiba Oleh Protasov JEF United Ichihara Goran Vasilijević Nenad Maslovar Wynton Rufer Sandro Shin Che-bon Júbilo Iwata Dunga Salvatore Schillaci André Paus Gerald Vanenburg Dido Havenaar Kim Jong-song Kashima Antlers Carlos Mozer Jorginho Leonardo Mazinho Santos Kashiwa Reysol Bentinho Careca Nelsinho Valdir Wolnei Caio Müller Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Dragan Stojković Franck Durix Gérald Passi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ivan Hašek John van Loen Pieter Huistra Noh Jung-yoon Andrey Tore Pedersen Shimizu S-Pulse Dias Marcelo Miguel Marco Aurélio Santos Daniele Massaro Ademir Ronaldão Sidmar Urawa Red Diamonds Toninho Guido Buchwald Michael Rummenigge Uwe Bein Edwin Uehara Cho Kwi-jae Gwak Kyung-keun Verdy Kawasaki Alcindo Bismarck Embu Pereira Ko Ishikawa Yokohama Flügels César Sampaio Evair Rodrigo Batata Zinho Yokohama Marinos David Bisconti Gustavo Zapata Pedro Massacessi Ramón Medina Bello Ramón Díaz
Format In the 1995 season, 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, fourteen clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 26 games per club (per series). The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The points system is introduced for the first time and a club received 3pts for any win, 1pts for PK loss, and 0pts for regulation or extra time loss. The clubs were ranked by points 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 12 to 14 Number of games per club in a series increased from 22 to 26 games and from 44 to 52 games per season Points system were introduced Due to fixture congestion, Yamazaki Nabisco Cup was cancelled that year
Standings
Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings
NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings
1995 Suntory Championship
Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds322 Salvatore SchillaciJúbilo Iwata313 David BiscontiYokohama Marinos274 BetinhoBellmare Hiratsuka255 Kazuyoshi MiuraVerdy Kawasaki23 Koji NoguchiBellmare Hiratsuka7 Ramón Medina BelloYokohama Marinos21 Wynton RuferJEF United Ichihara9 Nobuhiro TakedaVerdy Kawasaki20 Hans GillhausGamba Osaka
Honours CompetitionChampionRunner-up3rd placeLeague competitionJ.League Suntory SeriesYokohama MarinosVerdy KawasakiUrawa Red DiamondsJ.League NICOS SeriesVerdy KawasakiNagoya Grampus EightYokohama MarinosSuntory ChampionshipYokohama MarinosVerdy Kawasakin/aCup tournamentsEmperor's CupNagoya Grampus EightSanfrecce Hiroshiman/aNabisco CupNot held due to fixture congestionXEROX Super CupVerdy KawasakiBellmare Hiratsukan/a
Awards
Individual awards AwardRecipientClubMost Valuable Player Dragan StojkovićNagoya Grampus EightRookie of the Year Yoshikatsu KawaguchiYokohama MarinosManager of the Year Arsène WengerNagoya Grampus EightTop Scorer Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds
Best Eleven PositionFootballerClubNationalityGKShinkichi KikuchiVerdy KawasakiDFGuido BuchwaldUrawa Red DiamondsDFMasami IharaYokohama MarinosDFMasaharu SuzukiYokohama MarinosDFNaoki SomaKashima AntlersMFBismarckVerdy KawasakiMFTetsuji HashirataniVerdy KawasakiFWMasahiro FukudaUrawa Red DiamondsFWKazuyoshi MiuraVerdy KawasakiFWHiroaki MorishimaCerezo OsakaFWDragan StojkovićNagoya Grampus Eight
External links Source: J. League 1995 (RSSSF)