L.League 2002

Just as in 2001, the league gained another team for the 2002 season, bringing the total number to eleven. AS Elfen Sayama FC, hitherto called AS Elfen FC, became the second club from Saitama in the league. The first of those Saitama teams, Urawa Reinas, changed their name to Saitama Reinas.


The format remained largely the same as that used in 2001, though with one significant change. Each team played the opposition sides once, not twice, within their own division though with the same points format as in 2001. Following the first stage, the top two teams in each division would form a new Upper Section division, with the remaining seven teams forming the Lower Section. The teams in the Upper Section would play each other twice, those in the Lower Section just once.

NTV Beleza retained the title, again finishing just ahead of Tasaki Perule FC, with whom they drew on the final day to secure their seventh championship.


First Stage - East Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	5	5	0	0	28	2	26	15
2	Saitama Reinas	5	3	1	1	17	5	12	10
3	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	5	3	1	1	16	6	10	10
4	AS Elfen Sayama FC	5	1	1	3	7	16	-9	4
5	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	5	1	1	3	7	20	-13	4
6	Shimizu Daihachi SC	5	0	0	5	3	29	-26	0

First Round, games played July 7th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 2 - 2 Saitama Reinas
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 5 AS Elfen Sayama FC
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 6 NTV Beleza


Second Round, games played July 14th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 0 - 3 Saitama Reinas
NTV Beleza 9 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 5 YKK Tohoku Flappers


Third Round, games played July 21st

YKK Tohoku Flappers 6 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
AS Elfen Sayama FC 0 - 7 NTV Beleza
Saitama Reinas 5 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fourth Round, games played July 28th

Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 2 - 4 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
YKK Tohoku Flappers 3 - 0 AS Elfen Sayama FC
Saitama Reinas 2 - 3 NTV Beleza


Fifth Round, games played August 4th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 2 - 2 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
NTV Beleza 3 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 5 Saitama Reinas


First Stage - West Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Tasaki Perule FC	4	4	0	0	14	1	13	12
2	Iga FC Kunoichi	4	3	0	1	10	3	7	9
3	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	4
4	Speranza FC Takatsuki	4	1	1	2	7	12	-5	4
5	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	4	0	0	4	3	16	-13	0

First Round, games played July 7th

Speranza FC Takatsuki 1 - 6 Tasaki Perule FC
Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Second Round, games played July 13th and 14th

Speranza FC Takatsuki 0 - 4 Iga FC Kunoichi
Tasaki Perule FC 5 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Third Round, games played July 21st

Iga FC Kunoichi 4 - 1 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 1 - 1 Speranza FC Takatsuki


Fourth Round, games played July 28th

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 5 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Fifth Round, games played August 4th

Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 2 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies




Second Stage - Upper Section

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	6	4	2	0	6	2	4	14
2	Tasaki Perule FC	6	4	1	1	11	4	7	13
3	Saitama Reinas	6	1	1	4	3	8	-5	4
4	Iga FC Kunoichi	6	1	0	5	2	8	-6	3

First Round, games played October 27th

Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 NTV Beleza
Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 1 Saitama Reinas


Second Round, games played November 3rd

Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi
Saitama Reinas 0 - 0 NTV Beleza Saitama Reinas


Third Round, games played November 10th

Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 1 Saitama Reinas
Tasaki Perule FC 1 - 2 NTV Beleza


Fourth Round, games played November 17th

Saitama Reinas 0 - 3 Tasaki Perule FC
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi


Fifth Round, games played November 24th

Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 2 Tasaki Perule FC
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 Saitama Reinas


Sixth Round, games played November 30th

Saitama Reinas 1 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi
NTV Beleza 1 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Second Stage - Lower Section

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
5	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	6	5	0	1	18	7	11	15
6	Speranza FC Takatsuki	6	4	2	0	15	5	10	14
7	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	6	3	2	1	19	4	15	11
8	AS Elfen Sayama FC	6	2	1	3	14	12	2	7
9	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	6	0	4	2	9	18	-9	4
10	Shimizu Daihachi SC	6	1	1	4	10	26	-16	4
11	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	6	0	2	4	4	17	-13	2

First Round, games played October 27th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 1 - 1 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 5 - 3 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
AS Elfen Sayama FC 2 - 4 Speranza FC Takatsuki


Second Round, games played November 2nd

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 3 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 9 YKK Tohoku Flappers
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 3 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Third Round, games played November 4th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 5 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Speranza FC Takatsuki 0 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
AS Elfen Sayama FC 5 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Fourth Round, games played November 10th

JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 7 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Speranza FC Takatsuki 2 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 2 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Fifth Round, games played November 17th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 0 - 0 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 4 - 4 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 3 - 2 AS Elfen Sayama FC


Sixth Round, games played November 24th

AS Elfen Sayama FC 1 - 2 YKK Tohoku Flappers
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 1 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Speranza FC Takatsuki 4 - 1 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Seventh Round, games played December 1st

YKK Tohoku Flappers 0 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 2 - 3 AS Elfen Sayama FC
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 5 Speranza FC Takatsuki

L.League 2001

The league gained another team for the 2001 season, bringing the total number to ten. Shimizu Daihachi SC, formed in 1978 and the dominant club in the 1980's, finally achieved league status this season having previously competed in the JLSL Challenge League.


The rules remained the same as those used in 2000. Each team played the opposition sides twice within their own division, with the same points format as in 2000. Following the first stage, the top two teams in each division would form a new Upper Section division, with the remaining six teams forming the Lower Section. The teams in the Upper Section would play each other twice, those in the Lower Section just once.

NTV Beleza retained the title, beating Tasaki Perule on the final day, and took their total number of championships to six.


First Stage - East Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	8	8	0	0	52	2	50	24
2	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	8	4	1	3	24	10	14	13
3	Urawa Reinas	8	4	1	3	13	20	-7	13
4	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	8	1	2	5	8	30	-22	5
5	Shimizu Daihachi SC	8	0	2	6	7	42	-35	2

First Round, played May 13th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 2 - 3 Urawa Reinas
NTV Beleza 5 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies (played June 23rd)


Second Round, games played May 20th

NTV Beleza 12 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 1 YKK Tohoku Flappers


Third Round, games played May 27th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 4 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Urawa Reinas 2 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fourth Round, games played June 17th

Urawa Reinas 0 - 7 NTV Beleza
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 3 - 3 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Fifth Round, games played June 24th

NTV Beleza 2 - 1 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Urawa Reinas 3 - 2 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Sixth Round, games played July 1st

Urawa Reinas 1 - 2 YKK Tohoku Flappers
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 11 NTV Beleza


Seventh Round, games played July 8th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 6 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 7 NTV Beleza


Eighth Round, games played July 15th

Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 7 YKK Tohoku Flappers
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 2 Urawa Reinas


Ninth Round, games played July 22th

NTV Beleza 5 - 1 Urawa Reinas
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 0 - 4 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Tenth Round, games played July 29th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 1 - 3 NTV Beleza
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 2 - 2 Urawa Reinas


First Stage - West Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Tasaki Perule FC	8	7	1	0	32	4	28	22
2	Iga FC Kunoichi	8	6	1	1	20	3	17	19
3	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	8	3	1	4	10	14	-4	10
4	Speranza FC Takatsuki	8	2	1	5	10	18	-8	7
5	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	8	0	0	8	4	35	-31	0

First Round, games played May 13th

Tasaki Perule FC 3 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 0 Speranza FC Takatsuki


Second Round, games played May 20th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 3 Iga FC Kunoichi
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 7 Tasaki Perule FC


Third Round, games played May 27th

Iga FC Kunoichi 1 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Speranza FC Takatsuki 1 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Fourth Round, games played June 17th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 2 - 1 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Tasaki Perule FC 4 - 1 Speranza FC Takatsuki


Fifth Round, games played June 24th

Speranza FC Takatsuki 1 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Tasaki Perule FC 1 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi


Sixth Round, games played July 1st

Speranza FC Takatsuki 1 - 5 Iga FC Kunoichi
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 1 - 3 Tasaki Perule FC


Seventh Round, games played July 8th

Tasaki Perule FC 9 - 1 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Eighth Round, games played July 15th

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 6 Iga FC Kunoichi
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 2 - 1 Speranza FC Takatsuki


Ninth Round, games played July 22nd

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 2 - 4 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Speranza FC Takatsuki 0 - 4 Tasaki Perule FC


Tenth Round, games played July 29th

Iga FC Kunoichi 1 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 5 Speranza FC Takatsuki




Second Stage - Upper Section

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	6	5	1	0	12	2	10	16
2	Tasaki Perule FC	6	4	1	1	15	8	7	13
3	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	6	2	0	4	6	13	-7	6
4	Iga FC Kunoichi	6	0	0	6	0	10	-10	0

First Round, games played September 2nd

Tasaki Perule FC 3 - 1 YKK Tohoku Flappers
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi


Second Round, games played September 30th

Tasaki Perule FC 3 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi
YKK Tohoku Flappers 0 - 3 NTV Beleza


Third Round

Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 YKK Tohoku Flappers (played October 7th)
Tasaki Perule FC 1 - 1 NTV Beleza (played October 21st)


Fourth Round, games played September 23rd

YKK Tohoku Flappers 3 - 4 Tasaki Perule FC
Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 NTV Beleza


Fifth Round, games played October 28th

NTV Beleza 3 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 3 Tasaki Perule FC


Sixth Round, games played November 4th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 1 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi
NTV Beleza 3 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Second Stage - Lower Section

Final Standings and Results

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
5	Urawa Reinas	5	4	0	1	16	5	11	12
6	Shimizu Daihachi SC	5	3	1	1	9	4	5	10
7	Speranza FC Takatsuki	5	3	0	2	10	4	6	9
8	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	5	3	0	2	9	6	3	9
9	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	5	1	1	3	11	14	-3	4
10	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	5	0	0	5	2	24	-22	0

First Round, games played September 2nd

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 3 - 0 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 6 Urawa Reinas
Speranza FC Takatsuki 4 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Second Round, games played September 30th

JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 2 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Speranza FC Takatsuki 3 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 0 Urawa Reinas


Third Round, games played September 16th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 3 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Urawa Reinas 2 - 1 Speranza FC Takatsuki
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 1 - 1 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.


Fourth Round, games played September 22nd and 23rd

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 2 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 6 Shimizu Daihachi S. C.
Urawa Reinas 5 - 2 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fifth Round, games played October 28th

Urawa Reinas 3 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 6 - 2 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Shimizu Daihachi S. C. 1 - 0 Speranza FC Takatsuki

L.League 2000

The number of surviving teams from 1999 was just six, and for the 2000 L.League season three new teams made their debut: JEF United Ichihara Ladies, YKK Tohoku Flappers and Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. The competition was again restructured into two geographical divisions, East Japan with four teams and the remaining five in West Japan. The season ran from July 1st until December 9th.

Each team played the opposition sides twice within their own division, with the same points format as in 1999. Following the first stage, the top two teams in each division would form a new Upper Section division, with the remaining five teams forming the Lower Section. The teams in the Upper Section would play each other twice, those in the Lower Section just once.

Matsushita and Prima Ham both withdrew sponsorship from their respective teams, and so they became community based instead.
Therefore Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina was renamed Speranza FC Takatsuki and Prima Ham FC Kunoichi was renamed Iga FC Kunoichi.

NTV Beleza won the title for the fifth time, having last won the championship in 1993.


First Stage - East Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	5	1	0	25	1	24	16
2	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	3	2	1	22	6	16	11
3	Urawa Reinas	1	2	3	4	13	-9	5
4	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	0	1	5	2	33	-31	1

First Round, games played July 2nd

YKK Tohoku Flappers 0 - 3 NTV Beleza
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 2 Urawa Reinas


Second Round, games played July 9th

Urawa Reinas 0 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers
NTV Beleza 10 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Third Round, games played July 16th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 7 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Urawa Reinas 0 - 2 NTV Beleza


Fourth Round, games played September 3rd

NTV Beleza 1 - 1 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Urawa Reinas 1 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Fifth Round, games played September 10th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 6 - 1 Urawa Reinas
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 5 NTV Beleza


Sixth Round, games played September 24th

JEF United Ichihara Ladies 0 - 8 YKK Tohoku Flappers
NTV Beleza 4 - 0 Urawa Reinas


First Stage - West Japan

Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Tasaki Perule FC	7	0	1	51	6	45	21
2	Iga FC Kunoichi	6	1	1	43	5	38	19
3	Speranza FC Takatsuki	3	2	3	19	6	13	11
4	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	2	1	5	9	23	-14	7
5	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	0	0	8	1	83	-82	0

First Round, games played July 1st and 2nd

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 7 Iga FC Kunoichi
Speranza FC Takatsuki 0 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Second Round, games played July 9th

Tasaki Perule FC 4 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 15 Iga FC Kunoichi


Third Round, games played July 16th

Speranza FC Takatsuki 3 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 18 Tasaki Perule FC


Fourth Round, games played July 23rd

Speranza FC Takatsuki 1 - 2 Iga FC Kunoichi
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 5 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Fifth Round, games played July 30th

Speranza FC Takatsuki 5 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 1 Iga FC Kunoichi


Sixth Round, games played September 3rd

Tasaki Perule FC 1 - 0 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Seventh Round, games played September 10th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 7 Tasaki Perule FC
Iga FC Kunoichi 11 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Eighth Round, games played September 17th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 0 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 17 Tasaki Perule FC


Ninth Round, games played September 24th

Iga FC Kunoichi 1 - 1 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 3 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Tenth Round, games played October 1st

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 1 - 9 Speranza FC Takatsuki
Iga FC Kunoichi 4 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC




Second Stage - Upper Section

Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	4	2	0	9	3	6	14
2	Iga FC Kunoichi	2	2	2	8	7	1	8
3	Tasaki Perule FC	0	4	2	7	10	-3	4
4	YKK Tohoku LSC Flappers	0	4	2	4	8	-4	4

First Round, games played November 5th

Tasaki Perule FC 0 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Iga FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 NTV Beleza


Second Round, games played November 12th

Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 2 Iga FC Kunoichi
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers


Third Round, games played November 19th

Iga FC Kunoichi 3 - 0 YKK Tohoku Flappers
Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 2 NTV Beleza


Fourth Round, games played November 26th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 0 - 0 Tasaki Perule FC
NTV Beleza 2 - 0 Iga FC Kunoichi


Fifth Round, games played December 3rd

YKK Tohoku Flappers 1 - 1 NTV Beleza
Iga FC Kunoichi 2 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Sixth Round, games played December 9th

YKK Tohoku Flappers 1 - 1 Iga FC Kunoichi
NTV Beleza 2 - 0 Tasaki Perule FC


Second Stage - Lower Section

Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
5	Speranza FC Takatsuki	4	0	0	19	3	16	12
6	Urawa Reinas	3	0	1	20	3	17	9
7	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	2	0	2	10	9	1	6
8	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	1	0	3	3	14	-11	3
9	Renaissance Kumamoto FC	0	0	4	0	23	-23	0

First Round, games played November 5th

Renaissance Kumamoto S.C. 0 - 5 Urawa Reinas
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 2 - 1 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Second Round, games played November 12th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 6 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.
Speranza FC Takatsuki 2 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies


Third Round, games played November 19th

Urawa Reinas 4 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Speranza FC Takatsuki 10 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.


Fourth Round, games played November 26th

Urawa Reinas 10 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Ladies
Speranza FC Takatsuki 4 - 2 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Fifth Round, games played December 3rd

Urawa Reinas 1 - 3 Speranza FC Takatsuki
JEF United Ichihara Ladies 2 - 0 Renaissance Kumamoto S.C.

L.League 1999

Due to the withdrawal of four teams at the end of the 1998 season, the league was reduced in size to eight teams, with Urawa Reinas and the Nippon Sport Science University joining the remaining six teams.

OKI FC Winds withdrew from the league at the end of the season and closed its doors, while the Nippon Sport Science University withdrew from league football. They later rejoined the newly formed Challenge League in 2010, and are called Nittaidai FC Ladies.

The league abandoned its extra time and penalties system, and returned to a points system (three for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss). The 1999 season ran from July 18th until December 12th.

Yomiuri Beleza were renamed as NTV Beleza.



First Stage Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	5	1	1	37	3	34	16
2	Tasaki Perule FC	5	1	1	18	4	14	16
3	NTV Beleza	5	0	2	32	9	23	15
4	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	4	1	2	20	6	14	13
5	OKI FC Winds	4	1	2	14	11	3	13
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	2	0	5	11	19	-8	6
7	Nippon Sport Science University	1	0	6	5	47	-42	3
8	Urawa Reinas	0	0	7	2	40	-38	0

First Round, games played July 18th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 1 - 2 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina
Urawa Reinas 1 - 4 Nippon Sport Science University
NTV Beleza 2 - 1 OKI FC Winds
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 Tasaki Perule FC


Second Round, games played July 25th

Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 0 - 0 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 2 OKI FC Winds
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 4 - 1 Nippon Sport Science University
Urawa Reinas 0 - 12 NTV Beleza


Third Round, games played August 1st

Urawa Reinas 0 - 2 Tasaki Perule FC
Nippon Sport Science University 0 - 8 NTV Beleza
OKI FC Winds 3 - 0 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 5 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Fourth Round, games played August 8th

Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 1 NTV Beleza
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 2 OKI FC Winds
Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 4 - 0 Urawa Reinas
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 11 - 0 Nippon Sport Science University


Fifth Round, games played September 4th and 5th

Nippon Sport Science University 0 - 8 Tasaki Perule FC
Urawa Reinas 0 - 5 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
OKI FC Winds 1 - 6 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
NTV Beleza 2 - 1 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina


Sixth Round, games played September 11th and 12th

OKI FC Winds 3 - 0 Nippon Sport Science University
Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 1 - 0 Tasaki Perule FC
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 1 - 6 NTV Beleza
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 11 - 0 Urawa Reinas


Seventh Round, games played September 19th

Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 12 - 0 Nippon Sport Science University
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 0 - 3 Tasaki Perule FC
Urawa Reinas 1 - 2 OKI FC Winds
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 4 - 1 NTV Beleza



Second Stage Final Standings and Results

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	NTV Beleza	5	2	0	20	4	16	17
2	Tasaki Perule FC	5	1	1	16	5	11	16
3	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	5	0	2	22	6	16	15
4	OKI FC Winds	4	1	2	19	7	12	13
5	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	3	0	4	17	9	8	9
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	3	0	4	10	9	1	9
7	Urawa Reinas	1	0	6	6	26	-20	3
8	Nippon Sport Science University	0	0	7	3	47	-44	0

First Round, games played October 2nd and 3rd

Nippon Sport Science University 1 - 4 Urawa Reinas
Tasaki Perule FC 0 - 1 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 0 - 1 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
OKI FC Winds 1 - 1 NTV Beleza


Second Round, games played October 9th and 11th

OKI FC Winds 0 - 2 Tasaki Perule FC
Nippon Sport Science University 0 - 5 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
NTV Beleza 5 - 0 Urawa Reinas
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 0 - 1 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina


Third Round, games played October 17th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 2 - 3 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 0 - 2 OKI FC Winds
Tasaki Perule FC 3 - 0 Urawa Reinas
NTV Beleza 7 - 0 Nippon Sport Science University


Fourth Round, games played October 31st

NTV Beleza 2 - 2 Tasaki Perule FC
OKI FC Winds 2 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Urawa Reinas 1 - 5 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina (played November 3rd)
Nippon Sport Science University 1 - 12 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi


Fifth Round, games played November 28th

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies 2 - 0 Urawa Reinas
Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina 1 - 3 NTV Beleza
Tasaki Perule FC 4 - 1 Nippon Sport Science University
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi 3 - 1 OKI FC Winds


Sixth Round, games played December 5th

Urawa Reinas 0 - 3 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
Nippon Sport Science University 0 - 6 OKI FC Winds
Tasaki Perule FC 2 - 1 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies


Seventh Round, games played December 12th

Tasaki Perule FC 3 - 0 Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies
Nippon Sport Science University 0 - 9 Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina
NTV Beleza 1 - 0 Prima Ham FC Kunoichi
OKI FC Winds 7 - 1 Urawa Reinas


The final deciding match for the championship was played on December 19th, 1999. Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won their second title, and this was their most recent championship victory (as of 2014 they are called Iga FC Kunoichi).

Championship Deciding Match:
NTV Beleza  1 - 3  Prima Ham FC Kunoichi


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 points, goal difference etc.

Overall Final Standings

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	10	1	3	59	9	50	31
2	NTV Beleza	10	2	2	52	13	39	32
3	Tasaki Perule FC	10	2	2	34	9	25	32
4	OKI FC Winds	8	2	4	33	18	15	26
5	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	7	1	6	37	15	22	22
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	5	0	9	21	28	-7	15
7	Urawa Reinas	1	0	13	8	66	-58	3
8	Nippon Sport Science University	1	0	13	8	94	-86	3

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

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	9	8	0	26	7	19
2	Yomiuri Beleza	8	8	1	34	8	26
3	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	6	6	3	22	15	7
4	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	6	6	3	14	10	4
5	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	5	5	4	22	16	6
6	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	4	2	5	21	26	-5
7	Tasaki Perule FC	2	2	7	14	20	-6
8	Shiroki FC Serena	2	2	7	9	19	-10
9	OKI FC Winds	2	1	7	3	23	-20
10	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	1	1	8	7	28	-21

Table of Results

	Nikko	Yomiuri	Prima	Takarazuka	Suzuyo	Matsushita	Tasaki	Shiroki	OKI	Fujita
Nikko		5-4	3-1	2-0	0-0 (4-1)	4-1	3-0	2-0	5-1	2-0
Yomiuri	4-5		5-0	3-1	2-1	6-1	2-0	1-0	5-0	6-0
Prima	1-3	0-5		2-0	2-4	3-2	2-1	6-0	5-0	1-0
Takarazuka	0-2	1-3	0-2		3-0	1-0	4-2	1-0	1-0	3-1
Suzuyo	0-0 (1-4)	1-2	4-2	0-3		5-6 vg	3-1	4-2	2-0	3-0
Matsushita	1-4	1-6	2-3	0-1	6-5 vg		2-2 (5-3)	2-3	2-0	5-2
Tasaki	0-3	0-2	1-2	2-4	1-3	2-2 (5-3)		3-0	1-2	4-2
Shiroki	0-2	0-1	0-6	0-1	2-4	3-2	0-3		0-0 (3-4)	4-0
OKI	1-5	0-5	0-5	0-1	0-2	0-2	2-1	0-0 (4-3)		0-2
Fujita	0-2	0-6	0-1	1-3	0-3	2-5	2-4	0-4	2-0

Second Stage

Final Standings

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	8	8	1	28	6	22
2	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	8	7	1	27	7	20
3	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	7	7	2	22	14	8
4	Yomiuri Beleza	6	4	3	15	13	2
5	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	5	5	4	24	17	7
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	4	4	5	24	13	11
7	Tasaki Perule FC	3	3	6	10	18	-8
8	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	2	2	7	9	22	-13
9	OKI FC Winds	2	1	7	6	21	-15
10	Shiroki FC Serena	0	0	9	8	42	-34

Table of Results

	Nikko	Suzuyo	Matsushita	Yomiuri	Prima	Takarazuka	Tasaki	Fujita	OKI	Shiroki
Nikko		1-2 vg	3-0	2-0	3-1	2-1	3-0	3-1	6-1	5-0
Suzuyo	2-1 vg		2-3	3-0	3-2	1-0	2-0	2-0	5-0	7-1
Matsushita	0-3	3-2		1-2	2-1	3-2	5-2	2-0	1-0	5-2
Yomiuri	0-2	0-3	2-1		1-3	3-2	1-1 (5-3)	2-1 vg	2-0	4-0
Prima	1-3	2-3	1-2	3-1		1-5	4-1	6-1	2-1	4-0
Takarazuka	1-2	0-1	2-3	2-3	5-1		2-0	2-0	2-2 (4-5)	8-1
Tasaki	0-3	0-2	2-5	1-1 (3-5)	1-4	0-2		2-1	1-0	3-0
Fujita	1-3	0-2	0-2	1-2 vg	1-6	0-2	1-2		1-0	4-3
OKI	1-6	0-5	0-1	0-2	1-2	2-2 (5-4)	0-1	0-1		2-1
Shiroki	0-5	1-7	2-5	0-4	0-4	1-8	0-3	3-4	1-2

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

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	17	16	1	54	13	41
2	Yomiuri Beleza	14	12	4	49	21	28
3	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	13	12	5	49	23	26
4	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	11	11	7	46	32	14
5	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	11	9	7	43	40	3
6	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	10	10	8	38	23	15
7	Tasaki Perule FC	5	5	13	24	38	-14
8	OKI FC Winds	4	2	14	9	44	-35
9	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	3	3	15	16	50	-34
10	Shiroki FC Serena	2	2	16	17	61	-44

L.League Promotion Play-off 1997

Following the 1997 season there was only one team seeking entry to the L.League for the 1998 season, Mothers Kumamoto Rainbow Ladies, who had attempted promotion the previous year as Akita FC Ladies. Their opposition was Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies who had finished bottom of the L.League.


L.League promotion Play-off

First Leg:
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies  12 - 0  Mothers Kumamoto Rainbow Ladies

Second Leg:
Mothers Kumamoto Rainbow Ladies  0 - 14  Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies

Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies win 26-0 on aggregate and retain their place in the L.League.

L.League 1997

The 1997 L.League season ran from June 29th until November 16th.


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

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	8	8	1	26	5	21
2	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	8	7	1	24	5	19
3	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	7	5	2	28	8	20
4	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	6	6	3	17	12	5
5	Tasaki Perule FC	5	4	4	11	18	-7
6	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	4	4	5	12	11	1
7	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	3	3	6	18	25	-7
8	OKI FC Winds	2	2	7	8	30	-22
9	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	2	1	7	6	19	-13
10	Shiroki FC Serena	0	0	9	13	30	-17

Table of Results

	Yomiuri	Prima	Nikko	Suzuyo	Tasaki	Fujita	Matsushita	OKI	Takarazuka	Shiroki
Yomiuri		1-0	1-2 vg	2-1	1-0	2-0	3-2	5-0	5-0	6-0
Prima	0-1		1-0	1-0	7-1	1-0	5-1	6-0	1-0	2-2 (5-4)
Nikko	2-1 vg	0-1		2-3	5-0	1-0 vg	5-1	4-1	5-0	4-1
Suzuyo	1-2	0-1	3-2		0-1	3-2	2-1	3-0	2-1	3-2
Tasaki	0-1	1-7	0-5	1-0		2-1	2-1 vg	2-0	1-2 vg	2-1
Fujita	0-2	0-1	0-1 vg	2-3	1-2		4-1	2-0	1-0	2-1
Matsushita	2-3	1-5	1-5	1-2	1-2 vg	1-4		4-1	2-0	5-3
OKI	0-5	0-6	1-4	0-3	0-2	0-2	1-4		2-1	4-3
Takarazuka	0-5	0-1	0-5	1-2	2-1 vg	0-1	0-2	1-2		2-0
Shiroki	0-6	2-2 (4-5)	1-4	2-3	1-2	1-2	3-5	3-4	0-2

Second Stage

Final Standings

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	8	7	1	27	7	20
2	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	8	7	1	24	5	19
3	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	7	6	2	32	16	16
4	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	4	4	5	20	24	-4
5	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	4	3	5	17	17	0
6	Tasaki Perule FC	4	3	5	9	18	-9
7	Shiroki FC Serena	3	3	6	9	18	-9
8	OKI FC Winds	3	3	6	9	22	-13
9	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	3	2	6	11	23	-12
10	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	1	0	8	10	18	-8

Table of Results

	Nikko	Yomiuri	Prima	Suzuyo	Matsushita	Tasaki	Shiroki	OKI	Fujita	Takarazuka
Nikko		1-0	5-2	6-0	2-3	5-0	3-2	1-0 vg	3-0	1-0
Yomiuri	0-1		3-0	3-0	3-2	4-0	3-0	3-0	5-2	0-0 (12-11)
Prima	2-5	0-3		6-2	3-2 vg	4-1	4-0	5-1	5-0	3-2
Suzuyo	0-6	0-3	2-6		3-1	0-2	5-2	6-1	1-1 (5-6)	3-2
Matsushita	3-2	2-3	2-3 vg	1-3		1-1 (5-6)	1-0	2-3	3-2 vg	2-0
Tasaki	0-5	0-4	1-4	2-0	1-1 (6-5)		0-1	1-2	1-0	3-1
Shiroki	2-3	0-3	0-4	2-5	0-1	1-0		2-0	0-1	2-1
OKI	0-1 vg	0-3	1-5	1-6	3-2	2-1	0-2		1-2	1-0
Fujita	0-3	2-5	0-5	1-1 (6-5)	2-3 vg	0-1	1-0	2-1		3-4 vg
Takarazuka	0-1	0-0 (11-12)	2-3	2-3	0-2	1-3	1-2	0-1	4-3 vg

The final deciding match for the championship was played on November 23rd, 1997. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies retained their league title with a win over Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza.

Championship Deciding Match:
Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza  1 - 2  Nikko Securities Dream Ladies

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

		Won	90 mins	Lost	GF	GA	+/-
1	Nikko Securities Dream Ladies	15	12	3	55	15	40
2	Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza	16	15	2	50	10	40
3	Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	15	13	3	56	21	35
4	Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	10	10	8	37	36	1
5	Tasaki Perule FC	9	7	9	20	36	-16
6	Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina	7	6	11	35	42	-7
7	Fujita Soccer Club Mercury	7	6	11	23	34	-11
8	OKI FC Winds	5	5	13	17	52	-35
9	Shiroki FC Serena	3	3	15	22	48	-26
10	Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies	3	1	15	16	37	-21

JLSL Challenge Match & L.League Promotion Play-off 1996

By 1996 the number of teams seeking promotion to the L.League had been reduced to two. Those two teams played a two-legged play-off series (the JLSL Challenge Match), with the winner progressing to play the side finishing bottom in the L.League that season, again in a two-legged play-off.


JLSL Challenge Match

First Leg:
Urawa Ladies FC  2 - 0  Akita Ladies FC

Second Leg:
Akita Ladies FC  0 - 1  Urawa Ladies FC

Urawa Ladies FC win 3-0 on aggregate and progress to meet OKI Winds FC for the right to play in the L.League's 1997 season.


L.League promotion Play-off

First Leg:
OKI Winds FC  3 - 1  Urawa Ladies FC

Second Leg:
Urawa Ladies FC  0 - 3  OKI Winds FC

OKI Winds FC win 6-1 on aggregate and retain their place in the L.League.