1999 J.League Division 2

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 1999 season.

J.League Division 2

Season	1999
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale 1st J2 title 2nd D2 title
Promoted	Kawasaki Frontale FC Tokyo
Matches played	180
Goals scored	490 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Takuya Jinno (19 goals)
Highest attendance	17,427[1] Consadole Sapporo 4–1 FC Tokyo (29 August 1999)
Lowest attendance	619[1] Ventforet Kofu 3–5 FC Tokyo (10 September 1999)
Total attendance	827,217
Average attendance	4,595[1]
← 1998 (former JFL) 2000 →

Overview

This was the first season of J.League Division 2, the second tier of professional leagues in Japan. It replaced the JFL, which was moved to the third tier. The league was contested by 10 teams, and Kawasaki Frontale won the championship and was promoted to J1 league along with FC Tokyo for the 2000 season.

Team changes

Promoted from JFL 1998	Relegated from 1998 J.League
Albirex Niigata FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu	Consadole Sapporo

Clubs

The following 10 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 1999 season.

Club name	Hometown	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Albirex Niigata	Niigata	Niigata Athletic Stadium	18,671
Consadole Sapporo	Sapporo	Atsubetsu Stadium / Muroran Irie Stadium	20,861
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium / Edogawa Stadium	7,137
Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium / Nagano Athletic Stadium / International Stadium	26,232
Montedio Yamagata	Yamagata	Yamagata Park Stadium / Yamagata Municipal Stadium / Tsuruoka Stadium	20,315
Oita Trinita	Oita	Oita Athletic Stadium / Saiki Stadium	16,000
Omiya Ardija	Tokyo	Omiya Football Stadium / Konosu Stadium / Tochigi Green Stadium	15,500
Sagan Tosu	Tosu	Tosu Stadium	24,130
Vegalta Sendai	Sendai	Sendai Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu	Kōfu	Kose Sports Park Stadium / Konosu Stadium / Nirasaki Stadium	17,000

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	Yoshikazu Nagai
Consadole Sapporo	Takeshi Okada
FC Tokyo	Kiyoshi Okuma
Kawasaki Frontale	Ikuo Matsumoto
Montedio Yamagata	Shigeharu Ueki
Oita Trinita	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija	Pim Verbeek
Sagan Tosu	Hiroshi Sowa
Vegalta Sendai	Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu	Susumu Katsumata

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Saulo	Serjão		Rikarudo Higa
Consadole Sapporo	Assis	Biju	Kleber Romero		Dinei Ricardinho
FC Tokyo	Almir	Amaral		Sandro
Kawasaki Frontale	Cadu	Tinga	Tuto		Genilson
Montedio Yamagata	Alan Dotti	Walter	Momodu Mutairu
Oita Trinita	Will	Edwin Ifeanyi	Choi Dae-shik		Alex
Omiya Ardija	Mark Burke	Jan Veenhof			Edwin Ifeanyi Jeroen Boere
Sagan Tosu				Pak Yong-ho
Vegalta Sendai	Paulo Henrique	Nixon Perea	Slobodan Dubajić
Ventforet Kofu

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	36	20	5	3	1	7	69	34	+35	73	Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1
2	FC Tokyo (P)	36	19	2	3	2	10	51	35	+16	64	Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1
3	Oita Trinita	36	18	3	3	4	8	62	42	+20	63
4	Albirex Niigata	36	16	4	2	1	13	46	40	+6	58
5	Consadole Sapporo	36	15	2	6	2	11	54	35	+19	55
6	Omiya Ardija	36	14	4	1	2	15	47	44	+3	51
7	Montedio Yamagata	36	14	1	4	4	13	47	53	−6	48
8	Sagan Tosu	36	11	1	2	2	20	52	64	−12	37
9	Vegalta Sendai	36	7	3	4	4	18	30	58	−28	31
10	Ventforet Kofu	36	4	1	4	4	23	32	85	−53	18

Source: Official J.League statistics webpage ^[2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Attendances

#	Football club	Total attendance	Home games	Average	Highest	Lowest
1	Consadole Sapporo	197,752	18	10,986	17,427	4,388
2	Vegalta Sendai	134,462	18	7,470	16,535	2,568
3	Kawasaki Frontale	97,128	18	5,396	13,812	2,425
4	Albirex Niigata	75,798	18	4,211	9,327	2,118
5	Oita Trinita	69,952	18	3,886	15,702	1,431
6	FC Tokyo	62,963	18	3,498	7,325	1,501
7	Sagan Tosu	60,936	18	3,385	5,797	1,838
8	Montedio Yamagata	53,643	18	2,980	5,836	1,812
9	Omiya Ardija	41,833	18	2,674	5,609	1,296
10	Ventforet Kofu	26,450	18	1469	3,807	619

Source:^[1]