1995 J.League


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, 1995. The Suntory Championship '95 took place on November 30 and December 6, 1995.

Honours

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.
In the 1995 season, the league followed split-season format, and each halves 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. 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:
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

Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings

1995 Suntory Championship

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Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.

Overall standings

Golden Boot ranking

;Golden Boot standings after Suntory Series
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Salvatore SchillaciJúblio Iwata24
2 Koji NoguchiBellmare Hiratsuka16
3 Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds15
3 BetinhoBellmare Hiratsuka15
3 ValdesCerezo Osaka15
6 Nobuhiro TakedaVerdy Kawasaki13
6 Oleh ProtasovGamba Osaka13
8 Uwe BeinUrawa Red Diamonds11
8 David BiscontiYokohama Marinos11
8 ToninhoShimizu S-Pulse11

;Overall Golden Boot ranking
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Masahiro FukudaUrawa Red Diamonds32
2 Salvatore SchillaciJúblio Iwata31
3 David BiscontiYokohama Marinos27
4 BetinhoBellmare Hiratsuka25
5 Kazuyoshi MiuraVerdy Kawasaki23
5 Koji NoguchiBellmare Hiratsuka23
7 Wynton RuferJEF United Ichihara21
7 Ramón Medina BelloYokohama Marinos21
9 Nobuhiro TakedaVerdy Kawasaki20
9 Hans GillhausGamba Osaka20

Awards

Individual Awards

Best Eleven

Attendance