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Sunday, 8 November 1998

L.League 1998

The 1998 L.League season, which ran from April 25th until November 8th, was its most tumultuous to date. While the season was still ongoing both reigning champions Nikko Securities Dream Ladies and Fujita Soccer Club Mercury announced that they would be withdrawing from the league. Furthermore, after the season had ended both Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies and Shiroki FC Serena also announced their withdrawal from the league.


Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza were renamed as Yomiuri Beleza.

In the tables below, scorelines in parentheses indicate the results of penalty shoot-outs. Games decided as a result of a V-Goal are indicated by vg. In the league tables, the 90 mins column indicates the number of victories achieved in the normal ninety minute period.

First Stage

Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Nikko Securities Dream Ladies98026719
2Yomiuri Beleza88134826
3Prima Ham FC Kunoichi66322157
4Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies66314104
5Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies55422166
6Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina4252126-5
7Tasaki Perule FC2271420-6
8Shiroki FC Serena227919-10
9OKI FC Winds217323-20
10Fujita Soccer Club Mercury118728-21


Table of Results

NikkoYomiuriPrimaTakarazukaSuzuyoMatsushitaTasakiShirokiOKIFujita
Nikko5-43-12-00-0
(4-1)
4-13-02-05-12-0
Yomiuri4-55-03-12-16-12-01-05-06-0
Prima1-30-52-02-43-22-16-05-01-0
Takarazuka0-21-30-23-01-04-21-01-03-1
Suzuyo0-0
(1-4)
1-24-20-35-6
vg
3-14-22-03-0
Matsushita1-41-62-30-16-5
vg
2-2
(5-3)
2-32-05-2
Tasaki0-30-21-22-41-32-2
(5-3)
3-01-24-2
Shiroki0-20-10-60-12-43-20-30-0
(3-4)
4-0
OKI1-50-50-50-10-20-22-10-0
(4-3)
0-2
Fujita0-20-60-11-30-32-52-40-42-0


Second Stage

Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Nikko Securities Dream Ladies88128622
2Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies87127720
3Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina77222148
4Yomiuri Beleza64315132
5Prima Ham FC Kunoichi55424177
6Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies445241311
7Tasaki Perule FC3361018-8
8Fujita Soccer Club Mercury227922-13
9OKI FC Winds217621-15
10Shiroki FC Serena009842-34


Table of Results

NikkoSuzuyoMatsushitaYomiuriPrimaTakarazukaTasakiFujitaOKIShiroki
Nikko1-2
vg
3-02-03-12-13-03-16-15-0
Suzuyo2-1
vg
2-33-03-21-02-02-05-07-1
Matsushita0-33-21-22-13-25-22-01-05-2
Yomiuri0-20-32-11-33-21-1
(5-3)
2-1
vg
2-04-0
Prima1-32-31-23-11-54-16-12-14-0
Takarazuka1-20-12-32-35-12-02-02-2
(4-5)
8-1
Tasaki0-30-22-51-1
(3-5)
1-40-22-11-03-0
Fujita1-30-20-21-2
vg
1-60-21-21-04-3
OKI1-60-50-10-21-22-2
(5-4)
0-10-12-1
Shiroki0-51-72-50-40-41-80-33-41-2


The final deciding match for the championship was due to be played on November 15th, 1998. Since Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won both stages, this match was unnecessary and thus Nikko Securities won their third successive - and final - league title.

The overall final standings are shown below. Regardless of the number of points gained during the season, the first placed team is the winner of the championship with the loser occupying the second position. The remaining positions are determined by ranking the teams by number of wins, goal difference etc.

Overall Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Nikko Securities Dream Ladies17161541341
2Yomiuri Beleza14124492128
3Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies13125492326
4Prima Ham FC Kunoichi11117463214
5Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina119743403
6Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies10108382315
7Tasaki Perule FC55132438-14
8OKI FC Winds4214944-35
9Fujita Soccer Club Mercury33151650-34
10Shiroki FC Serena22161761-44

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