1993 J. League season

1993 J. League

The J. League 1993 season was the inaugural season of the J. League Division 1. The league fixtures began on May 15, 1993 and ended on December 15, 1993. The first ever Suntory Championship took place in the following year, January 9 and January 16, 1994.

Honours

Clubs

Following ten clubs participated in J. League during 1993 season.

Format

In the first year, the league followed split-season format, and each halves (or stages) were known as Suntory Series and NICOS Series for sponsorship purposes. In each series, ten clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 18 games per club (per series). The games went to golden-goal extra time and penalties if needed after regulation. The clubs were ranked by number of wins, 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.

Final standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) Standings

NICOS Series (2nd Stage) Standings

Suntory Championship '93

January 9, 1994 Time	Kashima Antlers	0 - 2	Verdy Kawasaki	Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 53,553 Referee: Kenji Tanaka
		[Official Report]	60' Kazu 89' Bismark

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January 16, 1994 Time	Verdy Kawasaki	1 - 1	Kashima Antlers	Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 59,715 Referee: Shizuo Takada
	Kazu 82'	[Official Report]	38' Alcindo

VERDY KAWASAKI won the series on 3-1 aggregate.

Overall standings

Average attendance

In its first year, the league averaged 17,976 fans and had over 3.2 million fans total over the course of the season. The following chart shows the league ranked in terms of average attendance:

References

• Source: J. League 1993 (RSSSF)

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