| Season | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Yokohama Marinos 1st J. League title 3rd Japanese title |
| Asian Club Championship | Yokohama Marinos |
| Matches played | 364 |
| Goals scored | 1,214 (3.34 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Masahiro Fukuda (32 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 56,652 - Reds vs. Verdy (May 3) |
| Lowest attendance | 7,012 - Sanfrecce vs. Grampus (April 12) |
| Average attendance | 16,922 |
← 1994 1996 → | |
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.
| Competition | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| League competition | |||
| J.League Suntory Series | Yokohama Marinos | Verdy Kawasaki | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| J.League NICOS Series | Verdy Kawasaki | Nagoya Grampus Eight | Yokohama Marinos |
| Suntory Championship | Yokohama Marinos | Verdy Kawasaki | n/a |
| Cup tournaments | |||
| Emperor's Cup | Nagoya Grampus Eight | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | tba tba |
| Nabisco Cup | Not held due to fixture congestion | ||
| XEROX Super Cup | Verdy Kawasaki | Bellmare Hiratsuka | n/a |
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 (former).
In the 1995 season, 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, fourteen clubs played in double round-robin format, a total of 26 games per club (per series). 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yokohama Marinos | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 52 | 1995 Suntory Series Champions Qualified to Suntory Championship '95 |
| 2 |  Verdy Kawasaki | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 49 | |
| 3 |  Urawa Red Diamonds | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | |
| 4 |  Nagoya Grampus Eight | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 46 | |
| 5 |  Júbilo Iwata | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 45 | |
| 6 |  JEF United Ichihara | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 43 | |
| 8 |  Kashima Antlers | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 42 | |
| 9 |  Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 41 | |
| 10 |  Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 39 | |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 30 | |
| 13 | Yokohama Flügels | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 28 | |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 22 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verdy Kawasaki | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 59 | 1995 NICOS Series Champions Qualified to Suntory Championship '95 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | |
| 3 | Yokohama Marinos | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 46 | |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 45 | |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 43 | |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | JEF United Ichihara | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 42 | |
| 9 | Júbilo Iwata | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 40 | |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Yokohama Flügels | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 34 | |
| 12 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 28 | |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 26 | |
| 14 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 22 |
| Yokohama Marinos | 1–0 | Verdy Kawasaki |
|---|---|---|
Bisconti  49' |
| Verdy Kawasaki | 0–1 | Yokohama Marinos |
|---|---|---|
| Ihara 29' |
Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.
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| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salvatore Schillaci | Júbilo Iwata | 24 |
| 2 |  Koji Noguchi | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 16 |
| 3 | Masahiro Fukuda | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15 |
 Betinho | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 15 | |
 Jorge Dely Valdés | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | |
| 6 | Nobuhiro Takeda | Verdy Kawasaki | 13 |
 Oleh Protasov | Gamba Osaka | 13 | |
| 8 |  Uwe Bein | Urawa Red Diamonds | 11 |
 David Bisconti | Yokohama Marinos | 11 | |
| Toninho | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masahiro Fukuda | Urawa Red Diamonds | 32 |
| 2 | Salvatore Schillaci | Júbilo Iwata | 31 |
| 3 | David Bisconti | Yokohama Marinos | 27 |
| 4 | Betinho | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 25 |
| 5 | Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki | 23 |
| Koji Noguchi | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 23 | |
| 7 |  Wynton Rufer | JEF United Ichihara | 21 |
| Ramón Medina Bello | Yokohama Marinos | 21 | |
| 9 | Nobuhiro Takeda | Verdy Kawasaki | 20 |
 Hans Gillhaus | Gamba Osaka | 20 |
| Position | Footballer | Club | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shinkichi Kikuchi | Verdy Kawasaki | Japan |
| DF | Naoki Soma | Kashima Antlers | Japan |
| DF | Masami Ihara | Yokohama Marinos | Japan |
| DF | Masaharu Suzuki | Yokohama Marinos | Japan |
| DF | Guido Buchwald | Urawa Red Diamonds | Germany |
| MF | Tetsuji Hashiratani | Verdy Kawasaki | Japan |
| MF | Bismarck | Verdy Kawasaki | Brazil |
| FW | Masahiro Fukuda | Urawa Red Diamonds | Japan |
| FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki | Japan |
| FW | Dragan Stojković | Nagoya Grampus Eight |  Yugoslavia |
| FW | Hiroaki Morishima | Cerezo Osaka | Japan |
The 2005 season was the 13th season since the establishment of J.League. It began on March 5 and ended on December 3, followed by promotion/relegation series matches on December 7 and 10.
The 2004 J.League Division 1 season was the 12th season of the J1 League. The league fixture began on March 13, 2004 and ended on December 11, 2004. The Suntory Championship 2004 took place on December 5 and December 11, 2004. The first ever J.League Promotion / relegation Series took place on December 4 and December 12, 2004.
The 2007 J.League Division 1 season was the 15th season since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.
The 2003 season was the 11th season since the establishment of the J.League. The league began on March 15 and ended on November 29.
The 2002 season was the tenth season since the establishment of the J.League. The league began on March 2, 2002 and ended on November 30, 2002. The Suntory Championship was not held, because Júbilo Iwata was winner of both stages. At the end Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo were relegated to J2.
The 1996 J.League season was the fourth season since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on March 16, 1996, and ended on November 9, 1996.
1995 Kashima Antlers season
1995 Urawa Red Diamonds season
1995 JEF United Ichihara season
1995 Kashiwa Reysol season
1995 Verdy Kawasaki season
1995 Yokohama Marinos season
1995 Yokohama Flügels season
1995 Bellmare Hiratsuka season
The 1995 season was Shimizu S-Pulse's fourth season in existence and their third season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup. The team finished the season ninth in the league.
1995 Júbilo Iwata season
1995 Nagoya Grampus Eight season
1995 Cerezo Osaka season
1995 Gamba Osaka season
1995 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season
