RESULTS
| Sec | Date & venue | Score | versus | Goals (pen.) | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 Mar.; cloudy, Urawa | 3:2 | JEF united | Nijhuis 2, Oshiba | 19,828 |
| 2. | 25 Mar.; fine, Yokohama | 2:0 | Flügels | Oshiba, Ono | 24,310 |
| 3. | 28 Mar.; fine, Urawa | 1:2 aet | Cerezo | Beguiristain | 19,526 |
| 4. | 4 Apr.; fine, Hiroshima stadium | 2:1 | Sanfrecce | Okano, Oshiba | 10,911 |
| 5. | 11 Apr.; fine, Urawa | 2:2 aet (5:4) | Avispa | Oshiba, Beguiristain | 19,991 |
| 6. | 15 Apr.; cloudy, Sendai | 0:2 | Consadole | 12,171 | |
| 7. | 18 Apr.; cloudy, Urawa | 0:2 | S-Pulse | 19,208 | |
| 8. | 25 Apr.; rain, Kashima | 4:1 | Antlers | Fukunaga, Ono, Oshiba, Beguiristain(1) | 15,641 |
| 9. | 29 Apr.; fine, Tokyo National stadium | 3:1 | Reysol | Oshiba 3 | 46,547 |
| 10. | 2 May.; cloudy, Expo '70 Stadium, Suita | 2:0 | Gamba | Oshiba, Okano | 10,485 |
| 11. | 5 May.; fine, Urawa | 0:1 | Marinos | 20,048 | |
| 12. | 9 May.; fine/cloudy, Tokyo National stadium | 2:1 aet | Purple Sanga | Oshiba, Nishino(V) | 33,773 |
| 1.* | 16 May.; cloudy, Niigata | 2:1 | Júbilo | Beguiristain 2(2) | 11,765 |
| 2.* | 23 May.; fine, Urawa | 1:1 | Verdy | Fukunaga | 17,010 |
| 3.* | 30 May.; fine, Urawa | 6:0 | Brummel | Nijhuis, Sakurai, Hirose, Oshiba 2, Fukunaga | 13,972 |
| 4.* | 3 Jun.; fine, Hiroshima stadium | 1:1 | Sanfrecce | Oshiba | 4,594 |
| 5.* | BYE | ||||
| 13. | 25 Jul.; fine/cloudy, Nagoya | 1:3 | Grampus | Oshiba | 19,370 |
| 14. | 29 Jul.; cloudy, Urawa | 2:1 | Bellmare | Oshiba, Zappella | 18,330 |
| 15. | 1 Aug.; cloudy, Iwata | 0:2 | Júbilo | 15,845 | |
| 16. | 5 Aug.; rain/cloudy, Urawa | 1:1 aet (4:2) | Verdy | Ono | 16,971 |
| 17. | 8 Aug.; cloudy, Kobe Universiade | 5:1 | Vissel | Nishino, Okano 3, Fukunaga | 9,644 |
| 1. | 22 Aug.; cloudy, Hiratsuka | 4:0 | Bellmare | Petrović 2, Beguiristain 2 | 13,088 |
| 2. | 29 Aug.; rain/cloudy, Urawa | 2:0 | Júbilo | Fukuda, Ono | 17,325 |
| 3. | 5 Sep.; rain/cloudy, Tokyo National stadium | 3:0 | Verdy | Beguiristain, Fukunaga, Zappella | 33,780 |
| 4. | 12 Sep.; fine, Urawa | 2:1 | Vissel | Ono, Fukuda | 18,957 |
| 5. | 15 Sep.; cloudy, Ichihara | 2:0 | JEF united | Fukunaga, Ono | 8,367 |
| 6. | 19 Sep.; fine, Urawa | 3:0 | Flügels | Oshiba, own goal, Fukuda | 19,742 |
| 7. | 23 Sep.; cloudy/fine, Osaka | 1:2 | Cerezo | Fukuda(1) | 16,145 |
| 8. | 26 Sep.; rain, Urawa | 1:2 | Sanfrecce | Fukuda | 17,876 |
| 9. | 3 Oct.; fine, Fukuoka | 2:0 | Avispa | Ono, Zappella | 14,498 |
| 10. | 14 Oct.; cloudy, Urawa | 2:1 | Consadole | Ishii, Beguiristain | 17,580 |
| 11. | 17 Oct.; rain, Shimizu | 0:1 aet | S-Pulse | 15,117 | |
| 12. | 21 Oct.; rain, Tokyo National stadium | 2:3 aet | Antlers | Hori, Okano | 42,258 |
| 13. | 24 Oct.; cloudy, Tokyo National stadium | 0:2 | Reysol | 26,021 | |
| 14. | 31 Oct.; fine/cloudy, Urawa | 1:0 | Gamba | Okano | 17,927 |
| 15. | 3 Nov.; fine, Tokyo National stadium | 2:3 | Marinos | Ono, Fukuda | 41,786 |
| 16. | 7 Nov.; fine, Kyoto | 3:1 | Purple Sanga | Fukuda, Ono, Beguiristain | 10,787 |
| 17. | 14 Nov.; fine, Urawa | 2:1 | Grampus | Oshiba, Beguiristain | 20,107 |
| 3R** | 13 Dec.; fine, Urawa | 4:1 | Albirex | Fukuda 2, Oshiba 2 | 10,084 |
| 4R** | 20 Dec.; fine, Urawa | 3:1 | Reysol | Fukuda 2, Okano | 12,632 |
| QF** | 23 Dec.; fine, Marugame | 0:1 | S-Pulse | 8,033 |
V-goal is the golden goal in extra time.
'*' is the tournament of J.League Cup 1998, known as "YAMAZAKI NABISCO Cup".
'**' is the 78th Emperor's Cup -All Japan football Championship Tournament Finals-.
SQUAD
| No. | Position | Name | Former Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Manager | HARA Hiromi | ||
| 1. | Goalkeeper, Capt. | TSUCHIDA Hisashi | Osaka Univ. of Economy | |
| 2. | Midfielder | YAMADA Nobuhisa | Fujieda-Higashi High school | |
| 3. | Defender | NISHINO Tsutomu | Kobe University | |
| 4. | Midfielder | TSUCHIHASHI Masaki | Kokushikan University | National player of Japan |
| 5. | Defender | Alfred NIJHUIS | MSV Duisburg (GER) | left for Borussia Dortmund (GER) |
| 5. | Defender | Giuseppe ZAPPELLA | Monza (ITA) | rostered on |
| 6. | Midfielder | Željko PETROVIĆ | PSV Eindhoven (NED) | National player of Yugoslavia |
| 7. | Forward | OKANO Masayuki | Nihon University | National player of Japan |
| 8. | Midfielder | HIROSE Osamu | Teikyo High school | |
| 9. | Forward | FUKUDA Masahiro | Chuo University | National player of Japan |
| 10. | Midfielder | FUKUNAGA Yasushi | Aoyama-gakuin University | |
| 11. | Midfielder | Aitor BEGUIRISTÁIN Múgica | Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) | National player of Spain |
| 12. | Midfielder | HORI Takafumi | Toshiba | |
| 13. | Forward | OSHIBA Kenji | Kokushikan University | |
| 14. | Midfielder | ISOGAI Hiromitsu | Gamba | National player of Japan |
| 15. | Midfielder | SUGIYAMA Koichi | Osaka Univ. of Commerce | |
| 16. | Goalkeeper | TAKITA Yuki | NTT Kanto | |
| 17. | Forward | NAGAI Yuichiro | Mitsubishi Yowa sports club | left for Karlsruher SC (GER) |
| 18. | Midfielder | IKEDA Nobuyasu | Waseda University | |
| 19. | Midfielder | UCHIDATE Hideki | Sendai College | |
| 20. | Midfielder | SAKURAI Naoto | Omiya-Higashi High school | |
| 21. | Midfielder | ISHII Toshiya | Shizuoka-gakuen High school | |
| 22. | Defender | JOJO Shinji | Funabashi municipal High school | |
| 23. | Defender | TABATA Akihiro | Seibudai High school | |
| 24. | Defender | TAGUCHI Yoshinori | Sanfrecce | |
| 25. | Midfielder | IWASE Ken | Narashino High school | |
| 26. | Forward | SATO Taichi | Hanasaki-Tokuharu High school | |
| 27. | Defender | WATANABE Atsuo | Nihon University | |
| 28. | Midfielder | ONO Shinji | Shimizu commercial High school | National player of Japan |
| 29. | Defender | OJIMA Toru | Asia University | |
| 30. | Goalkeeper | HONMA Koji | Mito Tanki Daigaku fuzoku High school | |
| 31. | Goalkeeper | ANDO Tomoyasu | Komazawa University | |
| 32. | Midfielder | KAWAI Ryuji | Seibudai High school | |
| 33. | Defender | SANBONSUGE Takashi | Kojo High school | |
| 34. | Defender | MIKI Takashi | Reds-youth | |
| 35. | Midfielder | KASHIMA Ken-ichiro | Misato-Kita High school | |
| - | Coach | TAMURA Osamu | ||
| - | Goalkeeper coach | SATO Choei | ||
| - | Coach | MURAMATSU Hiroshi | ||
| - | Coach | YODOKAWA Tomoharu |
J.CLUBS
J.League has 18 clubs and two associates.
| J.League | Associates |
|---|---|
| Júbilo IWATA | KAWASAKI Frontale |
| KASHIMA Antlers | Brummel SENDAI |
| YOKOHAMA Marinos | |
| Gamba OSAKA | |
| SHIMIZU S-Pulse | |
| YOKOHAMA Flügels | |
| KASHIWA Reysol | |
| Bellmare HIRATSUKA | |
| NAGOYA Grampus eight | |
| URAWA Red Diamonds | |
| Cerezo OSAKA | |
| Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA | |
| JEF united ICHIHARA | |
| KYOTO Purple Sanga | |
| Verdy KAWASAKI | |
| Vissel KOBE | |
| Avispa FUKUOKA | |
| Consadole SAPPORO |
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