L.League 1998 Championship play-off match, 15th November 1998 at Komazawa, is cancelled because Nikko Dream Ladies wins both stage.
L.League Champion 1998 is Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies.
| Final Ranking | Win(V/s.o)/Lose(V/s.o) | Goals | Dif. |
|---|---|---|---|
| z- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies | 17(0,1)/1(1,0) | 54 | 41 |
| Yomiuri Beleza | 14(1,1)/4(0,0) | 49 | 28 |
| z- Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 13(1,0)/5(1,1) | 49 | 26 |
| Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi | 11(0,0)/7(0,0) | 46 | 14 |
| Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club | 11(1,1)/7(0,0) | 43 | 3 |
| TAKARAZUKA Bunnys Ladies SC | 10(0,0)/8(0,1) | 38 | 15 |
| Tasaki Perule F.C. | 5(0,0)/13(0,2) | 24 | -14 |
| OKI FC Winds | 4(0,2)/14(0,0) | 9 | -35 |
| z- Fujita SC Mercury | 3(0,0)/15(1,0) | 16 | -34 |
| z- Shiroki FC Selena | 2(0,0)/16(0,1) | 17 | -44 |
L.League matches are played in two stages. During each stage, each team meets every other team once either at home or away (the home and away teams are reversed in the second stage).
If different teams win the two stages, the two stage winners play-off for the championship to determine the overall first and second places.
In L.League, when regulation time (90 minutes) of league match play fails to determine a winner, teams play a sudden-death extra time. If the match is still undecided, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
The stated order is determined by the wins. If two or more teams have the same wins, more regulation time wins team takes rank of the less team.
L.League Championship team is winner of play-off matches for the championship, and runner-up is loser of the matches. Rankings below third place are determined by adding the wins for the both stages.
The ranking is determined as follows:1-1) total of all wins including extra time win and penalty shoot-out win in both stage, 1-2) total of regulation time wins in both stage, 2) goal difference in both stage, 3) total of goals in both stage.
Yomiuri Beleza changes the team name from Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza.
Nikko SC, Suzuyo Shimizu FC, Fujita SC and Shiroki withdraws from the league, and discontinues.
Nikko securities Co. commit a scandal and cannot run the football club.
Suzuyo Co. cancell sponsoring Suzuyo Shimizu FC because of financial aid SHIMIZU S-Pulse in J.League.
Two new teams which are URAWA Reinas and Nippon Sport science University join L.League in next season.
The scores of away matches in my documents are italic small violet numbers.
The first match day is 25th April, and the last match day is 9th August 1998, interrupted from 8th June to 18th July.
| Home | NIK | BEL | PRI | BUN | SUZ | MAT | PER | SHI | OKI | FUJ | Win(V/s.o)/Lose(V/s.o) | Goals | Dif. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies | 5:4 | 3:1 | 2:0 | 0:0 ext. (4:1) | 4:1 | 3:0 | 2:0 | 5:1 | 2:0 | 9(0,1)/0(0,0) | 26 | 19 | |
| Yomiuri Beleza | 4:5 | 5:0 | 3:1 | 2:1 | 6:1 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 5:0 | 6:0 | 8(0,0)/1(0,0) | 34 | 26 | |
| Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi | 1:3 | 0:5 | 2:0 | 2:4 | 3:2 | 2:1 | 6:0 | 5:0 | 1:0 | 6(0,0)/3(0,0) | 22 | 7 | |
| TAKARAZUKA Bunnys Ladies SC | 0:2 | 1:3 | 0:2 | 3:0 | 1:0 | 4:2 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 3:1 | 6(0,0)/3(0,0) | 14 | 4 | |
| Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 0:0 ext. (1:4) | 1:2 | 4:2 | 0:3 | 5:6 ext. | 3:1 | 4:2 | 2:0 | 3:0 | 5(0,0)/4(1,1) | 22 | 6 | |
| Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club | 1:4 | 1:6 | 2:3 | 0:1 | 6:5 ext. | 2:2 ext. (5:3) | 2:3 | 2:0 | 5:2 | 4(1,1)/5(0,0) | 21 | -5 | |
| Tasaki Perule F.C. | 0:3 | 0:2 | 1:2 | 2:4 | 1:3 | 2:2 ext. (3:5) | 3:0 | 1:2 | 4:2 | 2(0,0)/7(0,1) | 14 | -6 | |
| Shiroki FC Selena | 0:2 | 0:1 | 0:6 | 0:1 | 2:4 | 3:2 | 0:3 | 0:0 ext. (3:4) | 4:0 | 2(0,0)/7(0,1) | 9 | -10 | |
| OKI FC Winds | 1:5 | 0:5 | 0:5 | 0:1 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 2:1 | 0:0 ext. (4:3) | 0:2 | 2(0,1)/7(0,0) | 3 | -20 | |
| Fujita SC Mercury | 0:2 | 0:6 | 0:1 | 1:3 | 0:3 | 2:5 | 2:4 | 0:4 | 2:0 | 1(0,0)/8(0,0) | 7 | -21 |
The first match day is 6th September, and the last match day is 8th November 1998.
| Home | NIK | SUZ | MAT | BEL | PRI | BUN | PER | FUJ | OKI | SHI | Win(V/s.o)/Lose(V/s.o) | Goals | Dif. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies | 1:2 ext. | 3:0 | 2:0 | 3:1 | 2:1 | 3:0 | 3:1 | 6:1 | 5:0 | 8(0,0)/1(1,0) | 28 | 22 | |
| Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 2:1 ext. | 2:3 | 3:0 | 3:2 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 5:0 | 7:1 | 8(1,0)/1(0,0) | 27 | 20 | |
| Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club | 0:3 | 3:2 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 3:2 | 5:2 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 5:2 | 7(0,0)/2(0,0) | 22 | 8 | |
| Yomiuri Beleza | 0:2 | 0:3 | 2:1 | 1:3 | 3:2 | 1:1 ext. (5:3) | 2:1 ext. | 2:0 | 4:0 | 6(1,1)/3(0,0) | 15 | 2 | |
| Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi | 1:3 | 2:3 | 1:2 | 3:1 | 1:5 | 4:1 | 6:1 | 2:1 | 4:0 | 5(0,0)/4(0,0) | 24 | 7 | |
| TAKARAZUKA Bunnys Ladies SC | 1:2 | 0:1 | 2:3 | 2:3 | 5:1 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 2:2 ext. (4:5) | 8:1 | 4(0,0)/5(0,1) | 24 | 11 | |
| Tasaki Perule F.C. | 0:3 | 0:2 | 2:5 | 1:1 ext. (3:5) | 1:4 | 0:2 | 2:1 | 1:0 | 3:0 | 3(0,0)/6(0,1) | 10 | -8 | |
| Fujita SC Mercury | 1:3 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 1:2 ext. | 1:6 | 0:2 | 1:2 | 1:0 | 4:3 | 2(0,0)/7(1,0) | 9 | -13 | |
| OKI FC Winds | 1:6 | 0:5 | 0:1 | 0:2 | 1:2 | 2:2 ext. (5:4) | 0:1 | 0:1 | 2:1 | 2(0,1)/7(0,0) | 6 | -15 | |
| Shiroki FC Selena | 0:5 | 1:7 | 2:5 | 0:4 | 0:4 | 1:8 | 0:3 | 3:4 | 1:2 | 0(0,0)/9(0,0) | 8 | -34 |
The x-Teams progress to next round.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prima FC | 2:1 ext. | OKI | 5/4/1998 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Matsushita | 2:1 | Yomiuri | 5/4/1998 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prima FC | 2:1 | Matsushita | 12/4/1998 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
The first match day is 7th March, and the last match day is 29th March 1998.
| Team | BEL | OKI | NIK | SUZ | FUJ | Win/Draw/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Yomiuri Beleza | 1:1 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 6:1 | 3/1/0 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |
| x- OKI FC Winds | 1:1 | 0:2 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 1/2/1 | 3 | -1 | 5 | |
| Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies | 0:1 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 2:2 | 1/1/2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 0:2 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 1:3 | 1/1/2 | 4 | -3 | 4 | |
| Fujita SC Mercury | 1:6 | 0:1 | 2:2 | 3:1 | 1/1/2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
The first match day is 8th March, and the last match day is 29th March 1998.
| Team | PRI | MAT | BUN | PER | SHI | Win/Draw/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi | 2:1 | 2:3 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 3/0/1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | |
| x- Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club | 1:2 | 3:3 | 6:1 | 3:1 | 2/1/1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| TAKARAZUKA Bunnys Ladies SC | 3:2 | 3:3 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2/1/1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tasaki Perule F.C. | 1:5 | 1:6 | 2:1 | 3:0 | 2/0/2 | 7 | -5 | 6 | |
| Shiroki FC Selena | 2:5 | 1:3 | 1:2 | 0:3 | 0/0/4 | 4 | -9 | 0 |
In the Preliminary Rounds, all teams play each other one time.
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.
The top two teams in each zone progress to the Semi-finals.
The x-Teams progress to next round.
Results of championship are beneath.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scramble FC | 0:5 | Fujita SC | 5/1/1999 | Hofu |
| Yokosuka FC | 1:2 | YKK Tohoku | 4/1/1999 | Shizuoka |
| Sapporo Linda | 1:7 | Mats. Ragazza | 4/1/1999 | Shichijo |
| OKI | 2:0 | Shimizu Dai-hachi | 4/1/1999 | Maebashi |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko | 1:0 | Fujita SC | 7/1/1999 | Hofu |
| Socius Amigo | 0:6 | Shiroki | 7/1/1999 | Hofu |
| Suzuyo Shimizu | 11:0 | Toyama Ladies | 6/1/1999 | Shimizu |
| YKK Tohoku | 0:4 | Takarazuka | 6/1/1999 | Shimizu |
| Prima FC | 7:1 | Mats. Ragazza | 6/1/1999 | Shichijo |
| Fukuoka F. | 0:16 | Matsushita | 6/1/1999 | Shichijo |
| Tasaki | 4:0 | Nippon Sport Univ. | 6/1/1999 | Maebashi |
| OKI | 1:5 | Yomiuri | 6/1/1999 | Maebashi |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko | 3:0 | Shiroki | 10/1/1999 | Hiroshima |
| Suzuyo Shimizu | 3:1 | Takarazuka | 10/1/1999 | Hiroshima |
| Prima FC | 3:0 | Matsushita | 10/1/1999 | Fukuoka |
| Tasaki | 2:1 | Yomiuri | 10/1/1999 | Fukuoka |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko | 1:1 ext. (4:1) | Suzuyo Shimizu | 15/1/1999 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Prima FC | 2:0 | Tasaki | 15/1/1999 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko | 0:1 | Prima FC | 17/1/1999 | Tokyo National stadium |
In 1st and 2nd Rounds, regulation time is 80 minutes.
In the tournament, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, teams play 'V-goal'(golden-goal) extra time for 20 minutes. If the match is still undecided, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Matsushita Panasonic Ragazza is a subordinate team of Matsushita Panasonic Bambina.
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