L.League & Women's Football 1997/98

L.League Championship 1997

tabel_.Championship 1997
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	1:2	Nikko	23/11/1997	Nishigaoka, Tokyo

The 9th L.League 1997

z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.L.League 1997
Final Ranking	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies	15(3,0)/3(1,0)	55	40
Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	16(0,1)/2(1,0)	50	40
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	15(1,1)/3(0,0)	56	35
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	10(0,0)/8(0,1)	37	1
Tasaki Perule F.C.	9(1,1)/9(1,0)	20	-16
Fujita SC Mercury	7(0,1)/11(3,0)	23	-11
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	7(3,0)/11(2,1)	35	-7
OKI FC Winds	5(0,0)/13(1,0)	17	-35
Shiroki FC Selena	3(0,0)/15(1,1)	22	-26
z'- Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	3(2,0)/15(0,1)	16	-21

note

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.

The bottom one team shall play in L.League play-off matches 1997.

The scores of away matches in my documents are italic small violet numbers.

L.League Awards

Most Valuable Player

YAMAKI Rie (Nikko)

Goal-scoring leader

19: Anneli ANDELEN (Suzuyo Shimizu)

Assists leader

10: Hege RIISE (Nikko)

Rookie of the year

NAKACHI Mai (Yomiuri-Seiyu)

Fighting spirit Award

Dinah Smith (Yomiuri-Seiyu)

Manager of the year

MORI Eiji (Yomiuri-Seiyu)

Fair play Award

Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza

Best eleven

ONODERA Shiho (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
YAMAKI Rie (Nikko)
TOMEI Yumi (Prima FC)
SAKAI Tomoe (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
OBE Yumi (Nikko)
Hege RIISE (Nikko)
TAKAKURA Asako (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
SAWA Homare (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
OTAKE Nami (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
OMATSU Mayumi (Nikko)
Anneli ANDELEN (Suzuyo Shimizu)

L.League 1st stage 1997

The first match day is 29th June, and the last match day is 24th August 1997.

tabel_.L.League 1st stage 1997
Home	BEL	PRI	NIK	SUZ	PER	FUJ	MAT	OKI	BUN	SHI	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
x- Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza		1:0	1:2 aet	2:1	1:0	2:0	3:2	5:0	5:0	6:0	8(0,0)/1(1,0)	26	21
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	0:1		1:0	1:0	7:1	1:0	5:1	6:0	1:0	2:2 aet (5:4)	8(0,1)/1(0,0)	24	19
Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies	2:1 aet	0:1		2:3	5:0	1:0 aet	5:1	4:1	5:0	4:1	7(2,0)/2(0,0)	28	20
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	1:2	0:1	3:2		0:1	3:2	2:1	3:0	2:1	3:2	6(0,0)/3(0,0)	17	5
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:1	1:7	0:5	1:0		2:1	2:1 aet	2:0	1:2 aet	2:1	5(1,0)/4(1,0)	11	-7
Fujita SC Mercury	0:2	0:1	0:1 aet	2:3	1:2		4:1	2:0	1:0	2:1	4(0,0)/5(1,0)	12	1
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	2:3	1:5	1:5	1:2	1:2 aet	1:4		4:1	2:0	5:3	3(0,0)/6(1,0)	18	-7
OKI FC Winds	0:5	0:6	1:4	0:3	0:2	0:2	1:4		2:1	4:3	2(0,0)/7(0,0)	8	-22
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	0:5	0:1	0:5	1:2	2:1 aet	0:1	0:2	1:2		2:0	2(1,0)/7(0,0)	6	-13
Shiroki FC Selena	0:6	2:2 aet (4:5)	1:4	2:3	1:2	1:2	3:5	3:4	0:2		0(0,0)/9(0,1)	13	-17

L.League 2nd stage 1997

The first match day is 14th September, and the last match day is 16th November 1997.

tabel_.L.League 2nd stage 1997
Home	NIK	BEL	PRI	SUZ	MAT	PER	SHI	OKI	FUJ	BUN	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies		1:0	5:2	6:0	2:3 aet	5:0	3:2	1:0 aet	3:0	1:0	8(1,0)/1(1,0)	27	20
Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	0:1		3:0	3:0	3:2	4:0	3:0	3:0	5:2	0:0 aet (12:11)	8(0,1)/1(0,0)	24	19
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	2:5	0:3		6:2	3:2 aet	4:1	4:0	5:1	5:0	3:2	7(1,0)/2(0,0)	32	16
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	0:6	0:3	2:6		3:1	0:2	5:2	6:1	1:1 aet (5:6)	3:2	4(0,0)/5(0,1)	20	-4
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	3:2 aet	2:3	2:3 aet	1:3		1:1 aet (5:6)	1:0 aet	2:3	3:2 aet	2:0	4(3,0)/5(1,1)	17	0
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:5	0:4	1:4	2:0	1:1 aet (6:5)		0:1	1:2	1:0	3:1	4(0,1)/5(0,0)	9	-9
Shiroki FC Selena	2:3	0:3	0:4	2:5	0:1 aet	1:0		2:0	1:2	2:1	3(0,0)/6(1,0)	9	-9
OKI FC Winds	0:1 aet	0:3	1:5	1:6	3:2	2:1	0:2		1:2	1:0	3(0,0)/6(1,0)	9	-13
Fujita SC Mercury	0:3	2:5	0:5	1:1 aet (6:5)	2:3 aet	0:1	2:1	2:1		3:4 aet	3(0,1)/6(2,0)	11	-12
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	0:1	0:0 aet (11:12)	2:3	2:3	0:2	1:3	1:2	0:1	4:3 aet		1(1,0)/8(0,1)	10	-8

The 2nd L.League Cup 1997

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Yomiuri-Seiyu
- Yomiuri-Seiyu (1st of East)
- Matsushita (2nd of West)
Prima FC
- Nikko (2nd of East)
- Prima FC (1st of West)

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	1:0	Matsushita	10/5/1997	Shizuoka
Nikko	2:3	Prima FC	10/5/1997	Shizuoka

tabel_.Consolation final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Matsushita	2:1	Nikko	11/5/1997	Shimizu

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	0:3	Prima FC	11/5/1997	Shimizu

Preliminary Rounds

The first match day is 20th April, and the last match day is 5th May 1997.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Eastern Zone
Team	BEL	NIK	SUZ	OKI	FUJ	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza		2:1	2:0	2:0	1:0	4/0/0	7	6	12
x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies	1:2		0:0	6:0	2:1	2/1/1	9	6	7
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	0:2	0:0		3:0	0:0	1/2/1	3	1	5
OKI FC Winds	0:2	0:6	0:3		3:0	1/0/3	3	-8	3
Fujita SC Mercury	0:1	1:2	0:0	0:3		0/1/3	1	-5	1

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Western Zone
Team	PRI	MAT	PER	BUN	SHI	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Prima Ham FC Kunoichi		3:0	0:0	5:2	2:1	3/1/0	10	7	10
x- Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	0:3		4:2	3:0	3:0	3/0/1	10	5	9
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:0	2:4		4:0	0:0	1/2/1	6	2	5
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	2:5	0:3	0:4		2:1	1/0/3	4	-9	3
Shiroki FC Selena	1:2	0:3	0:0	1:2		0/1/3	2	-5	1

note

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.

Points

3: a Win
1: a Draw
0: a Loss

The top two teams in each zone progress to the Semi-finals.

Rousing match for Women's Asian Championship 1997

tabel_.Rousing match for Women's Asian Championship 1997
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Japan National Team	0:6	L.League non-Japanese selection	29/11/1997	Nishigaoka, Tokyo

L.League play-off match 1997

tabel_.L.League play-off match 1997
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Takarazuka Bunnys	12:0 14:0	Mothers Kumamoto FC	25/1/1998 1/2/1998	Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Kumamoto

The 19th All Japan Women's Football Championship

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.
Results of championship are beneath.

Yomiuri-Seiyu
- Yomiuri-Seiyu
  - Yomiuri-Seiyu
    - Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (L.League)
    - Shiroki
      - Kochi JFC Rosa (Shikoku)
      - Shiroki FC Selena (L.League)
  - OKI
    - Nawashiro Ladies (Hoku-shin-etsu)
    - OKI FC Winds (L.League)
- Suzuyo Shimizu
  - Tasaki
    - Tasaki Perule F.C. (L.League)
    - AS Elfen (Kanto#2)
  - Suzuyo Shimizu
    - M. Kumamoto
      - Mothers Kumamoto (Kyushu)
      - YKK Tohoku Flappers (Tohoku)
    - Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (L.League)
Prima FC
- Nikko
  - Nikko
    - Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies (L.League)
    - Mats. Ragazza
      - Matsushita Panasonic Ragazza (Kansai)
      - Sapporo Linda (Hokkaido)
  - Fujita SC
    - Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club (Tokai)
    - Fujita SC Mercury (L.League)
- Prima FC
  - Matsushita
    - Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club (L.League)
    - Scramble FC Keets (Chugoku)
  - Prima FC
    - Takarazuka
      - Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC (L.League)
      - Nippon Sport science University (Kanto#1)
    - Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (L.League)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
JFC Rosa	0:7	Shiroki	4/1/1998	Shikishima, Maebashi
M. Kumamoto	1:0	YKK Tohoku	4/1/1998	Shizuoka
Mats. Ragazza	4:1	Sapporo Linda	4/1/1998	Matsubara
Takarazuka	4:1	Nippon Sport. Univ.	4/1/1998	Hofu

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	4:1	Shiroki	6/1/1998	Shikishima, Maebashi
Nawashiro Ladies	0:4	OKI	4/1/1998	Shikishima, Maebashi
Tasaki	9:0	AS Elfen	4/1/1998	Shizuoka
M. Kumamoto	0:5	Suzuyo Shimizu	6/1/1998	Shizuoka
Nikko	10:0	Mats. Ragazza	6/1/1998	Matsubara
Shimizu Dai-hachi	0:6	Fujita SC	4/1/1998	Matsubara
Matsushita	13:0	Scramble FC	4/1/1998	Hofu
Takarazuka	1:2	Prima FC	6/1/1998	Hofu

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	2:0	OKI	11/1/1998	Atsugi
Tasaki	0:3	Suzuyo Shimizu	11/1/1998	Kofu
Nikko	3:0	Fujita SC	11/1/1998	Hiroshima stadium
Matsushita	1:5	Prima FC	11/1/1998	Kumamoto

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	3:0	Suzuyo Shimizu	15/1/1998	Kyoto
Nikko	2:2 aet (2:4)pso	Prima FC	15/1/1998	Matsuyama

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	1:0	Prima FC	18/1/1998	Tokyo National stadium

note

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.