Información Histórica
Japan Second Level 1997
JFL
The JFL is about to start on its 6th season; the first round will be
played on Sunday 20 April. Last year's champion Honda Giken Hamamatsu
have announced that they would apply for J.League associate membership
on Friday 18 April (today); if everything goes as planned, they will
be accepted at the Executive Board Meeting in June (along with
Kawasaki Frontale I think) and be eligible for promotion to the
J.League at the end of the season (if they end in the top two of
course).
Also the J.League has started accepting applications of teams that
want to be in the second division of the J.League when it starts in
two years' time; the deadline is somewhere in May, and the decision
will be made in October I think. This process is not limited to JFL
teams, teams that are in the regional leagues now can also apply, and
the conditions are apparently less strict than for J.League
(associate) membership.
Also, it seems that Tokyo Gas and NTT Kanto have applied (or are going to
apply) for the second division of the J.League.
JFL 1997 Final Standings (2 November 1997)
Pos r29 Team Gm Wn(OT/PK) Ls(OT/PK) GF- GA Diff Pnt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.( 1) Consadole Sapporo 30 26( 2/ 0) 4( 0/ 1) 77- 26 51 76 Promoted
2.( 2) Tokyo Gas 30 24( 2/ 1) 6( 1/ 0) 70- 30 40 68
3.( 3) Kawasaki Frontale 30 23( 2/ 0) 7( 3/ 0) 87- 36 51 67
4.( 4) Honda Giken Hamamatsu 30 23( 2/ 1) 7( 1/ 0) 60- 37 23 65
5.( 5) Montedio Yamagata 30 19( 1/ 0) 11( 2/ 0) 57- 36 21 56
6.( 6) Ventforet Kofu 30 19( 3/ 1) 11( 2/ 1) 59- 41 18 52
7.( 8) Vortis Tokushima 30 14( 1/ 0) 16( 3/ 1) 50- 45 5 41
8.(10) Brummel Sendai 30 15( 1/ 2) 15( 1/ 1) 37- 43 -6 40
9.( 7) NTT Kanto 30 14( 3/ 0) 16( 1/ 1) 48- 49 -1 39
10.( 9) Fukushima FC 30 13( 1/ 0) 17( 0/ 1) 38- 54 -16 38
11.(11) Sagan Tosu 30 13( 3/ 2) 17( 0/ 2) 38- 49 -11 32
12.(12) Oita Trinity 30 11( 4/ 0) 19( 5/ 1) 42- 64 -22 29
13.(13) Nippon Denso 30 11( 2/ 2) 19( 2/ 1) 29- 49 -20 27
14.(14) Seinoh Transports 30 5 25( 3/ 1) 24- 67 -43 15
15.(15) Jatco 30 6( 1/ 3) 24( 2/ 1) 25- 70 -45 11
16.(16) Mito Hollyhock 30 4( 0/ 1) 26( 2/ 1) 24- 69 -45 10
Round 1 (20 April 1997)
Brummel Sendai - NTT Kanto 0- 3
Montedio Yamagata - Seinou Transports 3- 0
Mito Hollyhock - Consadole Sapporo 0- 2
Tokyo Gas - Fukushima FC 1- 0
Kawasaki Frontale - Jatco 4- 0
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Kofu Club 2- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Oita FC 2- 1 (OT)
Sagan Tosu - Nippon Denso 0- 0 (3-1)
Round 2 (26/27 April 1997)
(Saturday 26 April 1997)
Oita Trinity - Brummel Sendai 1- 2 (OT)
Nippon Denso - Montedio Yamagata 2- 1
(Sunday 27 April 1997)
Fukushima FC - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 0- 1
Ventforet Kofu - Sagan Tosu 2- 3 (OT)
Jatco - Consadole Sapporo 0- 3
Seino Transports - Vortis Tokushima 0- 3
Mito Hollyhock - Tokyo Gas 1- 3
NTT Kanto - Kawasaki Frontale 0- 1
Round 3 (4/5 May 1997)
(Sunday 4 May 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - NTT Kanto 1- 0
Brummel Sendai - Vortis Tokushima 2- 0
Montedio Yamagata - Ventforet Kofu 2- 3
Tokyo Gas - Jatco 4- 1
Sagan Tosu - Fukushima FC 4- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Mito Hollyhock 3- 2
(Monday 5 May 1997)
Kawasaki Frontale - Oita Trinity 4- 0
Seino Transports - Nippon Denso 0- 3
Round 4 (Sunday 11 May 1997)
Ventforet Kofu - Nippon Denso 2- 1 (OT)
Mito Hollyhock - Sagan Tosu 0- 2
Oita Trinity - Consadole Sapporo 1- 2
Brummel Sendai - Seino Transports 2- 1
Fukushima FC - Montedio Yamagata 2- 1
NTT Kanto - Tokyo Gas 0- 3
Jatco - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 2
Vortis Tokushima - Kawasaki Frontale 0- 1 (OT)
Round 5 (Thursday 15 May 1997)
Fukushima FC - Nippon Denso 1- 0
Seino Transports - Ventforet Kofu 1- 4
Montedio Yamagata - Mito Hollyhock 2- 0
Tokyo Gas - Oita Trinity 3- 2 (OT)
Consadole Sapporo - Vortis Tokushima 5- 1
Kawasaki Frontale - Brummel Sendai 3- 0
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - NTT Kanto 1- 0
Sagan Tosu - Jatco 1- 2
Round 6 (18 and 20 May 1997)
(Sunday 18 May)
NTT Kanto - Sagan Tosu 2- 0
Jatco - Montedio Yamagata 0- 3
Oita Trinity - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 2
Brummel Sendai - Consadole Sapporo 0- 1
Fukushima FC - Ventforet Kofu 2- 2 (3-4)
Mito Hollyhock - Nippon Denso 0- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Tokyo Gas 1- 2
(Tuesday 20 May)
Kawasaki Frontale - Seinoh Transports 3- 0
Round 7 (Sunday 25 May 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Kawasaki Frontale 4- 3 (OT)
Montedio Yamagata - NTT Kanto 1- 2 (OT)
Seinoh Transports - Fukushima FC 0- 2
Tokyo Gas - Brummel Sendai 5- 0
Ventforet Kofu - Mito Hollyhock 2- 1 (OT)
Jatco - Nippon Denso 0- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Vortis Tokushima 2- 0
Sagan Tosu - Oita Trinity 1- 0
Round 8 (30 and 31 May, 1 June 1997)
(Friday 30 May)
Oita Trinity - Montedio Yamagata 0- 1
(Saturday 31 May)
Mito Hollyhock - Fukushima FC 0- 2
Kawasaki Frontale - Tokyo Gas 3- 0
(Sunday 1 June)
Brummel Sendai - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 1 (3-4)
Ventforet Kofu - Jatco 3- 0
NTT Kanto - Nippon Denso 1- 2 (OT)
Vortis Tokushima - Sagan Tosu 1- 1 (3-5)
Consadole Sapporo - Seinoh Transports 3- 0
Round 9 (Saturday 7 June 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Consadole Sapporo 0- 0 (6-5)
Ventforet Kofu - NTT Kanto 3- 2
Fukushima FC - Jatco 3- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Kawasaki Frontale 2- 4
Nippon Denso - Oita Trinity 3- 3 (5-4)
Seinoh Transports - Mito Hollyhock 4- 1
Sagan Tosu - Brummel Sendai 2- 1
Montedio Yamagata - Vortis Tokushima 2- 1
Round 10 (12, 13 and 14 June 1997)
(Thursday 12 June)
Kawasaki Frontale - Sagan Tosu 5- 0
(Friday 13 June)
Consadole Sapporo - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 0
(Saturday 14 June)
Oita Trinity - Ventforet Kofu 2- 0
Brummel Sendai - Montedio Yamagata 1- 3
NTT Kanto - Fukushima FC 2- 0
Tokyo Gas - Seinoh Transports 2- 0
Jatco - Mito Hollyhock 1- 0 (OT)
Vortis Tokushima - Nippon Denso 1- 0 (OT)
Round 11 (Saturday 21 June 1997)
Mito Hollyhock - NTT Kanto 2- 3
Ventforet Kofu - Vortis Tokushima 4- 0
Fukushima FC - Oita Trinity 4- 3 (OT)
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Tokyo Gas 3- 2
Nippon Denso - Brummel Sendai 1- 0 (OT)
Seinoh Transports - Jatco 1- 1 (2-4)
Sagan Tosu - Consadole Sapporo 0- 2
Montedio Yamagata - Kawasaki Frontale 1- 2 (OT)
Round 12 (27 and 29 June, 1 July 1997)
(Friday 27 June 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Montedio Yamagata 3- 0
(Sunday 29 June 1997)
Brummel Sendai - Ventforet Kofu 2- 0
Kawasaki Frontale - Nippon Denso 1- 0
Oita Trinity - Mito Hollyhock 4- 2
NTT Kanto - Jatco 3- 2
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Seinoh Transports 1- 2
Vortis Tokushima - Fukushima FC 3- 0
(Tuesday 1 July 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Sagan Tosu 5- 2
Round 13 (Sunday 6 July 1997)
Montedio Yamagata - Tokyo Gas 1- 0
Fukushima FC - Brummel Sendai 1- 0
Jatco - Oita Trinity 0- 1 (OT)
Mito Hollyhock - Vortis Tokushima 1- 6
Ventforet Kofu - Kawasaki Frontale 3- 0
Nippon Denso - Consadole Sapporo 1- 6
Seinoh Transports - NTT Kanto 1- 2
Sagan Tosu - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 3- 0
Round 14 (12, 13, and 15 July 1997)
(Saturday 12 July 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Ventforet Kofu 3- 0
(Sunday 13 July 1997)
Oita Trinity - NTT Kanto 2- 1
Brummel Sendai - Mito Hollyhock 1- 0
Tokyo Gas - Nippon Denso 2- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Montedio Yamagata 3- 0
Vortis Tokushima - Jatco 5- 1
Sagan Tosu - Seinoh Transports 2- 1 (OT)
(Tuesday 15 July 1997)
Kawasaki Frontale - Fukushima FC 3- 1
Round 15 (19 and 20 July 1997)
(Saturday 19 July 1997)
Mito Hollyhock - Kawasaki Frontale 2- 1
Ventforet Kofu - Tokyo Gas 1- 0 (OT)
(Sunday 20 July 1997)
Jatco - Brummel Sendai 2- 2 (1-4)
Fukushima FC - Consadole Sapporo 2- 5
Montedio Yamagata - Sagan Tosu 2- 1
NTT Kanto - Vortis Tokushima 2- 1 (OT)
Nippon Denso - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 0- 3
Seinoh Transports - Oita Trinity 1- 2
Round 16 (Sunday 17 August 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Mito Hollyhock 6- 1
Fukushima FC - Tokyo Gas 1- 2
Jatco - Kawasaki Frontale 0- 6
Ventforet Kofu - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 2 (OT)
NTT Kanto - Brummel Sendai 0- 3
Nippon Denso - Sagan Tosu 1- 3
Seinoh Transports - Montedio Yamagata 1- 4
Oita Trinity - Vortis Tokushima 2- 3
Round 17 (22, 23 and 24 August 1997)
(Friday 22 August 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Fukushima FC 2- 0
(Saturday 23 August 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Ventforet Kofu 3- 0
Oita Trinity - Seinoh Transports 1- 0 (OT)
(Sunday 24 August 1997)
Brummel Sendai - Jatco 2- 0
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Nippon Denso 2- 1
Vortis Tokushima - NTT Kanto 1- 5
Sagan Tosu - Montedio Yamagata 0- 1
Kawasaki Frontale - Mito Hollyhock 1- 0
Round 18 (Thursday 28 August 1997)
Ventforet Kofu - Consadole Sapporo 2- 0
Fukushima FC - Kawasaki Frontale 2- 6
Seinoh Transports - Sagan Tosu 2- 1
Montedio Yamagata - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 0 (OT)
NTT Kanto - Oita Trinity 3- 2 (OT)
Nippon Denso - Tokyo Gas 1- 3
Jatco - Vortis Tokushima 1- 3
Mito Hollyhock - Brummel Sendai 1- 2
Round 19 (Sunday 31 August 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Brummel Sendai 3- 0
Tokyo Gas - Vortis Tokushima 1- 0
Ventforet Kofu - Fukushima FC 3- 0
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Oita Trinity 4- 0
Montedio Yamagata - Jatco 2- 1
Nippon Denso - Mito Hollyhock 1- 0
Seinoh Transports - Kawasaki Frontale 1- 5
Sagan Tosu - NTT Kanto 4- 1
Round 20 (Thursday 4 September 1997)
Fukushima FC - Seinoh Transports 0- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 2
Mito Hollyhock - Ventforet Kofu 1- 5
NTT Kanto - Montedio Yamagata 0- 2
Nippon Denso - Jatco 4- 3
Brummel Sendai - Tokyo Gas 3- 1
Kawasaki Frontale - Consadole Sapporo 3- 4 (OT)
Oita Trinity - Sagan Tosu 2- 3 (OT)
Round 21 (7 and 8 September 1997)
(Sunday 7 September 1997)
Fukushima FC - Mito Hollyhock 1- 2
Jatco - Ventforet Kofu 0- 3
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Brummel Sendai 4- 0
Nippon Denso - NTT Kanto 0- 0 (4-3)
Montedio Yamagata - Oita Trinity 1- 2
Seinoh Transports - Consadole Sapporo 1- 2
Sagan Tosu - Vortis Tokushima 0- 1
(Monday 8 September 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Kawasaki Frontale 4- 3 (OT)
Round 22 (Thursday 18 September 1997)
Vortis Tokushima - Montedio Yamagata 2- 1
NTT Kanto - Ventforet Kofu 0- 1
Consadole Sapporo - Tokyo Gas 2- 1
Brummel Sendai - Sagan Tosu 2- 0
Mito Hollyhock - Seinoh Transports 2- 0
Kawasaki Frontale - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 1- 3
Jatco - Fukushima FC 0- 1
Oita Trinity - Nippon Denso 1- 0
Round 23 (Sunday 21 September 1997)
Montedio Yamagata - Brummel Sendai 3- 1
Ventforet Kofu - Oita Trinity 3- 1
Seinoh Transports - Tokyo Gas 1- 2
Fukushima FC - NTT Kanto 2- 3
Mito Hollyhock - Jatco 0- 0 (5-6)
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Consadole Sapporo 2- 1
Nippon Denso - Vortis Tokushima 1- 5
Sagan Tosu - Kawasaki Frontale 0- 3
Round 24 (27 and 28 September 1997)
(Saturday 27 September 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 5- 0
Kawasaki Frontale - Montedio Yamagata 2- 1
Brummel Sendai - Nippon Denso 1- 0
(Sunday 28 September 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Sagan Tosu 4- 0
Oita Trinity - Fukushima FC 1- 2
NTT Kanto - Mito Hollyhock 3- 2
Jatco - Seinoh Transports 0- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Ventforet Kofu 3- 0
Round 25 (Thursday 2 October 1997)
Fukushima FC - Vortis Tokushima 3- 1
Ventforet Kofu - Brummel Sendai 1- 1 (3-4)
Seinoh Transports - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 2- 3 (OT)
Nippon Denso - Kawasaki Frontale 1- 4
Montedio Yamagata - Consadole Sapporo 4- 1
Mito Hollyhock - Oita Trinity 1- 2
Jatco - NTT Kanto 0- 3
Sagan Tosu - Tokyo Gas 0- 2
Round 26 (5 and 6 October 1997)
(Sunday 5 October 1997)
Tokyo Gas - Montedio Yamagata 2- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Sagan Tosu 2- 1
NTT Kanto - Seinoh Transports 2- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Mito Hollyhock 2- 1
Oita Trinity - Jatco 2- 1 (OT)
Consadole Sapporo - Nippon Denso 1- 0
Brummel Sendai - Fukushima FC 0- 1
(Monday 6 October 1997)
Kawasaki Frontale - Ventforet Kofu 2- 3
Round 27 (11 and 12 October 1997)
(Saturday 11 October 1997)
Mito Hollyhock - Montedio Yamagata 0- 4
(Sunday 12 October 1997)
Brummel Sendai - Kawasaki Frontale 2- 3
Ventforet Kofu - Seinoh Transports 3- 0
Jatco - Sagan Tosu 1- 1 (4-1)
NTT Kanto - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 0- 1
Nippon Denso - Fukushima FC 0- 1
Vortis Tokushima - Consadole Sapporo 0- 2
Oita Trinity - Tokyo Gas 0- 4
Round 28 (18, 19, 22 October 1997)
(Saturday 18 October 1997)
Tokyo Gas - NTT Kanto 3- 1
Kawasaki Frontale - Vortis Tokushima 1- 0
(Sunday 19 October 1997)
Montedio Yamagata - Fukushima FC 2- 1
Seinoh Transports - Brummel Sendai 1- 3
Sagan Tosu - Mito Hollyhock 1- 1 (3-4)
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Jatco 1- 5
Nippon Denso - Ventforet Kofu 0- 2
(Wednesday 22 October 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Oita Trinity 2- 1
Round 29 (25 and 26 October 1997)
(Saturday 25 October 1997)
Jatco - Tokyo Gas 1- 4
(Sunday 26 October 1997)
Fukushima FC - Sagan Tosu 2- 0
NTT Kanto - Consadole Sapporo 3- 5
Ventforet Kofu - Montedio Yamagata 2- 5
Mito Hollyhock - Honda Giken Hamamatsu 0- 3
Nippon Denso - Seinoh Transports 2- 0
Vortis Tokushima - Brummel Sendai 1- 0
Oita Trinity - Kawasaki Frontale 1- 7
Round 30 (29 October and 2 November 1997)
(Wednesday 29 October 1997)
Consadole Sapporo - Jatco 1- 0
(Sunday 2 November 1997)
Brummel Sendai - Oita Trinity 3- 0
Montedio Yamagata - Nippon Denso 2- 1
Tokyo Gas - Mito Hollyhock 1- 0
Kawasaki Frontale - NTT Kanto 2- 1
Honda Giken Hamamatsu - Fukushima FC 5- 0
Vortis Tokushima - Seinoh Transports 3- 0
Sagan Tosu - Ventforet Kofu 2- 0
JFL 1997 Final Standings (2 November 1997)
Pos r29 Team Gm Wn(OT/PK) Ls(OT/PK) GF- GA Diff Pnt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.( 1) Consadole Sapporo 30 26( 2/ 0) 4( 0/ 1) 77- 26 51 76 Promoted
2.( 2) Tokyo Gas 30 24( 2/ 1) 6( 1/ 0) 70- 30 40 68
3.( 3) Kawasaki Frontale 30 23( 2/ 0) 7( 3/ 0) 87- 36 51 67
4.( 4) Honda Giken Hamamatsu 30 23( 2/ 1) 7( 1/ 0) 60- 37 23 65
5.( 5) Montedio Yamagata 30 19( 1/ 0) 11( 2/ 0) 57- 36 21 56
6.( 6) Ventforet Kofu 30 19( 3/ 1) 11( 2/ 1) 59- 41 18 52
7.( 8) Vortis Tokushima 30 14( 1/ 0) 16( 3/ 1) 50- 45 5 41
8.(10) Brummel Sendai 30 15( 1/ 2) 15( 1/ 1) 37- 43 -6 40
9.( 7) NTT Kanto 30 14( 3/ 0) 16( 1/ 1) 48- 49 -1 39
10.( 9) Fukushima FC 30 13( 1/ 0) 17( 0/ 1) 38- 54 -16 38
11.(11) Sagan Tosu 30 13( 3/ 2) 17( 0/ 2) 38- 49 -11 32
12.(12) Oita Trinity 30 11( 4/ 0) 19( 5/ 1) 42- 64 -22 29
13.(13) Nippon Denso 30 11( 2/ 2) 19( 2/ 1) 29- 49 -20 27
14.(14) Seinoh Transports 30 5 25( 3/ 1) 24- 67 -43 15
15.(15) Jatco 30 6( 1/ 3) 24( 2/ 1) 25- 70 -45 11
16.(16) Mito Hollyhock 30 4( 0/ 1) 26( 2/ 1) 24- 69 -45 10
Top Scorers, Final Standings (after 30 rounds)
(spellings of foreign names and readings of Japanese names unreliable)
1. Jorge Dely Valdes Pan Consadole Sapporo 40
2. Mtair Nig Kawasaki Frontale 21
3. Bettinho Bra Kawasaki Frontale 19
Angelo Bra Montedio Yamagata 19
5. Amarao Bra Tokyo Gas 18
Author: Eric Visser (ericv@gol.com)
Last updated: 1 Dec 1999
(C) Copyright Eric Visser and RSSSF 1999
