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:

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:

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
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 Flugels 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

Pos Club Name Pld W L GF GA GD Note
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 Flugels 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

January 9, 1994
Time
Kashima Antlers 0 - 2 Verdy Kawasaki
[Official Report] 60' Kazu
89' Bismark
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 53,553
Referee: Kenji Tanaka

January 16, 1994
Time
Verdy Kawasaki 1 - 1 Kashima Antlers
Miura 82' [Official Report] 38' Alcindo
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
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 Name Total Number of Fans Attendance Average
Verdy Kawasaki 454,237 25,235
Gamba Osaka 388,286 21,571
JEF United Ichihara 364,922 20,273
Nagoya Grampus Eight 357,451 19,858
Shimizu S-Pulse 332,312 18,462
Yokohama Marinos 302,054 16,781
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 299,586 16,644
Yokohama Flugels 278,346 15,464
Kashima Antlers 252,291 14,016
Urawa Red Diamonds 206,265 11,459
Total 3,235,750 17,976

Awards

MVP

Japan Kazuyoshi Miura

Rookie of the Year

Masaaki Sawanobori

Manager of the Year

Japan Yasutaro Matsuki

Best XI
Position Player
GK Japan Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DF Japan Shunzo Ono
DF Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani
DF Brazil Pereira
DF Japan Masami Ihara
DF Japan Takumi Horiike
MF Brazil Santos
MF Japan Yasuto Honda
MF Japan Ruy Ramos
FW Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
FW Argentina Ramón Díaz

References

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