The 1999 J.League Division 1 season was the seventh season of the J.League Division 1. The league began in March 6 and ended in November 27. For this year, the division was contested by 16 teams following the folding of Yokohama Flügels and the relegation of Consadole Sapporo to the newly formed Division 2.
The season took place on the Shizuoka Prefecture. Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage and Shimizu S-Pulse won the 2nd stage. Iwata won the J.League Division 1 title after triumphing on penalty kicks in the Suntory Championship.
Clubs The following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 1999 season: ClubLast seasonHead coachAvispa Fukuoka18th15th Yoshio KikugawaBellmare Hiratsuka12th12th Mitsuru KomaedaCerezo Osaka9th13th René DesaeyereGamba Osaka14th16th Hiroshi HayanoJEF United Ichihara11th18th Nicolae ZamfirJúbilo Iwata1st2nd Takashi KuwaharaKashima Antlers5th1st ZicoKashiwa Reysol10th8th Akira NishinoKyoto Purple Sanga15th11th Shu KamoNagoya Grampus Eight3rd6th João CarlosSanfrecce Hiroshima13th9th Eddie ThomsonShimizu S-Pulse2nd5th Steve PerrymanUrawa Red Diamonds7th3rd Aad de MosVerdy Kawasaki6th17th Hideki MatsunagaVissel Kobe17th14th Ryoichi KawakatsuYokohama F. Marinos4th4th Antonio de la Cruz
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Non-visa foreign Type-C contract Former players Avispa Fukuoka Fernando Ranielli Nenad Maslovar Juan Carlos Villamayor Bellmare Hiratsuka Chay Hews Stephen Laybutt Jailton Cláudio Ricardinho Pavel Badea Cerezo Osaka Pericles Hwang Sun-hong Noh Jung-yoon Gamba Osaka Luizinho Vieira Taílson Claude Dambury Anto Drobnjak Piotr Świerczewski JEF United Ichihara Baron Peter Bosz Robert Vancea Kim Hwang-jung Roberto Blanco Paulo Henrique Júbilo Iwata Adilson Batista Roberto Torres Dmitri Radchenko Kashima Antlers Bismarck Mazinho Ricardo Kashiwa Reysol Bentinho Pavel Badea Hong Myung-bo Hristo Stoichkov Kyoto Purple Sanga Paulo Magino Paulo Silas Sidiclei Park Kang-jo Nasa Nagoya Grampus Eight Alexandre Torres Dragan Stojković Tarik Oulida Ko Ishikawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hayden Foxe Phil Stubbins Tony Popovic Aurelio Vidmar Shimizu S-Pulse Fabinho Santos Alex Urawa Red Diamonds Željko Petrović Txiki Begiristain Fernando Picun Giuseppe Zappella Verdy Kawasaki Henrique Jefferson Júlio César Vissel Kobe Choi Sung-yong Ha Seok-ju Kim Do-hoon Park Song-gi Yokohama F. Marinos Válber Igor Jovićević Yoo Sang-chul
Overview
First stage
Second stage
Suntory Championship
Overall table
Awards Most Valuable Player: Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse) Top Scorer: Hwang Sun-hong (Cerezo Osaka)
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