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Football league season

J.League Division 2
Season	1999
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale 1st J2 title 2nd D2 title
Promoted	Kawasaki Frontale FC Tokyo
Matches played	180
Goals scored	490 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Takuya Jinno (19 goals)
Highest attendance	17,427 Consadole Sapporo 4–1 FC Tokyo (29 August 1999)
Lowest attendance	619 Ventforet Kofu 3–5 FC Tokyo (10 September 1999)
Total attendance	827,217
Average attendance	4,595
← 1998 (former JFL) 2000 →

Statistics of J.League Division 2 in the 1999 season.

Overview

This was the first season of J.League Division 2, the second tier of professional leagues in Japan. It replaced the JFL, which was moved to the third tier. The league was contested by 10 teams, and Kawasaki Frontale won the championship.

Team changes

Promoted from JFL 1998	Relegated from 1998 J.League
Albirex Niigata FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu	Consadole Sapporo

Clubs

The following 10 clubs participated in J.League Division 2 during the 1999 season.

Personnel

Club	Head coach
Albirex Niigata	Yoshikazu Nagai
Consadole Sapporo	Takeshi Okada
FC Tokyo	Kiyoshi Okuma
Kawasaki Frontale	Ikuo Matsumoto
Montedio Yamagata	Shigeharu Ueki
Oita Trinita	Nobuhiro Ishizaki
Omiya Ardija	Pim Verbeek
Sagan Tosu	Hiroshi Sowa
Vegalta Sendai	Hidehiko Shimizu
Ventforet Kofu	Susumu Katsumata

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Non-visa foreign	Former players
Albirex Niigata	Saulo	Serjão		Rikarudo Higa
Consadole Sapporo	Assis	Biju	Kleber Romero		Dinei Ricardinho
FC Tokyo	Almir	Amaral		Sandro
Kawasaki Frontale	Cadu	Tinga	Tuto		Genilson
Montedio Yamagata	Alan Dotti	Walter	Momodu Mutairu
Oita Trinita	Will	Edwin Ifeanyi	Choi Dae-shik		Alex
Omiya Ardija	Mark Burke	Jan Veenhof			Edwin Ifeanyi Jeroen Boere
Sagan Tosu				Pak Yong-ho
Vegalta Sendai	Paulo Henrique	Nixon Perea	Slobodan Dubajić
Ventforet Kofu

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	36	20	5	3	1	7	69	34	+35	73	Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1
2	FC Tokyo	36	19	2	3	2	10	51	35	+16	64	Promoted to the 2000 J.League Division 1
3	Oita Trinita	36	18	3	3	4	8	62	42	+20	63
4	Albirex Niigata	36	16	4	2	1	13	46	40	+6	58
5	Consadole Sapporo	36	15	2	6	2	11	54	35	+19	55
6	Omiya Ardija	36	14	4	1	2	15	47	44	+3	51
7	Montedio Yamagata	36	14	1	4	4	13	47	53	−6	48
8	Sagan Tosu	36	11	1	2	2	20	52	64	−12	37
9	Vegalta Sendai	36	7	3	4	4	18	30	58	−28	31
10	Ventforet Kofu	36	4	1	4	4	23	32	85	−53	18

Source:
(C) Champion

Attendances

#	Football club	Total attendance	Home games	Average	Highest	Lowest
1	Consadole Sapporo	197,752	18	10,986	17,427	4,388
2	Vegalta Sendai	134,462	18	7,470	16,535	2,568
3	Kawasaki Frontale	97,128	18	5,396	13,812	2,425
4	Albirex Niigata	75,798	18	4,211	9,327	2,118
5	Oita Trinita	69,952	18	3,886	15,702	1,431
6	FC Tokyo	62,963	18	3,498	7,325	1,501
7	Sagan Tosu	60,936	18	3,385	5,797	1,838
8	Montedio Yamagata	53,643	18	2,980	5,836	1,812
9	Omiya Ardija	41,833	18	2,674	5,609	1,296
10	Ventforet Kofu	26,450	18	1469	3,807	619

Source:

References

^ https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTD01/

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
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J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

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List of champions

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Football clubs in Japan, 2025

J1 League	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Fagiano Okayama Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC
J2 League	Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Fujieda MYFC Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo FC Imabari Iwaki FC JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kataller Toyama Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu
J3 League	AC Nagano Parceiro Azul Claro Numazu FC Gifu Fukushima United FC Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu Kagoshima United FC Kamatamare Sanuki Kochi United Matsumoto Yamaga FC Nara Club FC Osaka FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespa Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Vanraure Hachinohe Zweigen Kanazawa
100 Year Plan clubs	Criacao Shinjuku Nankatsu SC Tokyo 23 Vonds Ichihara
Japan Football League	Asuka FC Atletico Suzuka Club Briobecca Urayasu Criacao Shinjuku Honda FC Iwate Grulla Morioka Maruyasu Okazaki Minebea Mitsumi Okinawa SV Reilac Shiga ReinMeer Aomori FC Tiamo Hirakata Veertien Mie Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino YSCC Yokohama
Defunct clubs (clubs belonging to nationwide leagues only)	Sony Sendai Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga NTT Kinki/Kansai SP Kyoto Tanabe Pharmaceutical Dainichi Cable Industries Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Kagura Shimane Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection FC Tokyo U-23 Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23

1999 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Men	J.League Division 1 J.League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues
Women	L.League

Cup competitions

Men	Emperor's Cup (Final) J.League Cup (Final) Super Cup
Women	Empress's Cup (Final) L.League Cup (Final)

AFC competitions

Men	Asian Club Championship 1998–99 1999–00 Asian Cup Winners Cup Asian Super Cup

Related to national teams

Men	Summary Copa América
Women	Summary FIFA Women's World Cup AFC Women's Championship

Club seasons
J.League Division 1	Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds JEF United Ichihara Kashiwa Reysol Verdy Kawasaki Yokohama F. Marinos Bellmare Hiratsuka Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Eight Kyoto Purple Sanga Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka Vissel Kobe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Avispa Fukuoka
J.League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Vegalta Sendai Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Sagan Tosu Oita Trinita

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