1995 J.League

Geographic location of fourteen J.League clubs in 1995.

The J.League 1995 season is the third season of the J.League Division 1. The league fixture began on March 18, 1995, and ended on November (date), 1995. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6, 1995.

Honours

Competition	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
League competition
J.League Suntory Series	Yokohama Marinos	Verdy Kawasaki	Urawa Red Diamonds
J.League NICOS Series	Verdy Kawasaki	Grampus	Yokohama Marinos
Suntory Championship	Yokohama Marinos	Verdy Kawaski	n/a
Cup tournaments
Emperor's Cup	Nogoya Grampus Eight	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	tba tba
Nabisco Cup	Not held due to fixture congestion
XEROX Super Cup	Verdy Kawasaki	Belmare Hiratsuka	n/a

1995 J.League clubs

Following fourteen clubs participated in J.League during 1995 season. Of these clubs, Kashiwa Reysol, and Cerezo Osaka were newly promoted from Japan Football League (former).

• Kashima Antlers
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• JEF United Ichihara
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Verdy Kawasaki
• Yokohama Marinos
• Yokohama Flügels
• Bellmare Hiratsuka
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Júbilo Iwata
• Nagoya Grampus Eight
• Gamba Osaka
• Cerezo Osaka
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1995 J.League 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 canceled that year

1995 J.League final standings

1995 Suntory Championship

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Template:Football box Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.

Golden Boot ranking

Golden Boot standings after Suntory Series (1st Stage)

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Salvatore Schillaci	Júblio Iwata	24
2	Koji Noguchi	Bellmare Hiratsuka	16
3	Masahiro Fukuda	Urawa Red Diamonds	15
	Betinho	Bellmare Hiratsuka	15
	Valdes	Cerezo Osaka	15
6	Nobuhiro Takeda	Verdy Kawasaki	13
	Oleh Protasov	Gamba Osaka	13
8	Uwe Bein	Urawa Red Diamonds	11
	David Bisconti	Yokohama Marinos	11
	Toninho	Shimizu S-Pulse	11

Overall Golden Boot ranking

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Masahiro Fukuda	Urawa Red Diamonds	32
2	Salvatore Schillaci	Júblio Iwata	31
3	David Bisconti	Yokohama Marinos	27
4	Betinho	Bellmare Hiratsuka	25
5	Kazuyoshi Miura	Verdy Kawasaki	23
	Koji Noguchi	Bellmare Hiratsuka	23
7	Wynton Rufer	JEF United Ichihara	21
	Ramón Medina Bello	Yokohama Marinos	21
9	Nobuhiro Takeda	Verdy Kawasaki	20
	Hans Gillhaus	Gamba Osaka	20

Awards

Individual Awards

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Template:Country data Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Rookie of the Year	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Yokohama Marinos
Manager of the Year	Arsène Wenger	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Top Scorer	Masahiro Fukuda	Urawa Red Diamonds	32 goals.

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shinkichi Kikuchi	Verdy Kawasaki	Template:Fb
DF	Naoki Soma	Kashima Antlers	Template:Fb
DF	Masami Ihara	Yokohama Marinos	Template:Fb
DF	Masaharu Suzuki	Yokohama Marinos	Template:Fb
DF	Guido Buchwald	Urawa Red Diamonds	Template:Fb
MF	Tetsuji Hashiratani	Verdy Kawasaki	Template:Fb
MF	Bismarck	Verdy Kawasaki	Template:Fb
FW	Masahiro Fukuda	Urawa Red Diamonds	Template:Fb
FW	Kazuyoshi Miura	Verdy Kawasaki	Template:Fb
FW	Dragan Stojković	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Template:FR-YUG
FW	Hiroaki Morishima	Cerezo Osaka	Template:Fb

External links

• Source: J. League 1995 (RSSSF)