1997 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1997 season.

Japanese Regional Leagues

Season	1997
← 1996 1998 →

Champions list

Region	Champions
Hokkaido	Hokuden
Tohoku	Sony Sendai
Kanto	Yokogawa Electric
Hokushinetsu	Albirex Niigata
Tokai	Hitachi Shimizu
Kansai	Kyoken
Chugoku	Mazda
Shikoku	Kagawa Shiun
Kyushu	NTT Kyushu

League standings

Hokkaido

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hokuden	14	14	0	0	0	89	7	+82	42
2	Sapporo University OB	14	9	0	0	5	47	24	+23	27
3	Ẽfini Sapporo	14	9	0	0	5	28	22	+6	27
4	Sapporo	14	9	0	0	5	38	32	+6	27
5	Blackpecker Hakodate	14	4	0	2	8	22	46	−24	14
6	Nippon Steel Muroran	14	3	2	0	9	27	34	−7	13
7	Nippon Paper Tomakomai	14	3	1	0	10	23	46	−23	11
8	Asahikawa Daisetsu Club	14	2	0	1	11	19	82	−63	7

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Division 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Obihiro	7	5	1	1	0	27	15	+12	18
2	Sapporo First Club	7	4	1	0	2	25	19	+6	14
3	JSW Muroran	7	3	2	0	2	17	15	+2	13
4	Kyokushukai	7	3	0	0	4	20	17	+3	9
5	Otaru Shuyukai	7	3	0	0	4	14	16	−2	9
6	Nippon Oil Muroran	7	3	0	0	4	10	22	−12	9
7	Hakodate Mazda	7	2	0	1	4	18	19	−1	7
8	BIG 1	7	1	0	2	4	13	21	−8	5

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Tohoku

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sony Sendai	14	13	0	1	57	13	+44	39
2	Morioka Zebra	14	5	5	4	30	19	+11	20
3	TDK	14	6	2	6	28	27	+1	20
4	Yamagata	14	5	4	5	27	21	+6	19
5	Matsushima	14	5	4	5	32	27	+5	19
6	NEC Tokin	14	5	4	5	27	25	+2	19
7	Akita City Government	14	5	4	5	25	24	+1	19
8	Tsuruoka TDK	14	0	1	13	7	77	−70	1

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Division 2 North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aster Aomori	10	8	2	0	36	5	+31	26
2	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	10	8	0	2	35	14	+21	24
3	Omiya	10	5	2	3	18	14	+4	17
4	Nishime Pana	10	2	2	6	12	22	−10	8
5	Akisho Club	10	2	2	6	6	25	−19	8
6	Towada Kickers	10	1	0	9	9	36	−27	3

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Division 2 South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Furukawa Battery	10	7	1	2	42	14	+28	22
2	Shichigahama	10	6	0	4	21	21	0	18
3	Sendai Nakada Club	10	5	1	4	34	30	+4	16
4	Matsushita Audio Fukushima	10	5	1	4	30	26	+4	16
5	NEC Yonezawa	10	2	2	6	13	23	−10	8
6	Kanai Club	10	2	1	7	20	46	−26	7

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Kanto

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yokogawa Electric	18	14	4	0	37	8	+29	46
2	Honda Luminozo Sayama	18	11	3	4	30	11	+19	36
3	Aries Tokyo	18	9	4	5	35	24	+11	31
4	Kuyo	18	9	1	8	39	32	+7	28
5	Ome	18	5	7	6	26	29	−3	22
6	Saitama Teachers	18	6	4	8	24	31	−7	22
7	Kanagawa Teachers	18	3	10	5	25	27	−2	19
8	Jaeri Tokai	18	5	4	9	18	32	−14	19
9	Toho Titanium	18	4	5	9	20	28	−8	17
10	PNC Tokai	18	2	2	14	14	46	−32	8

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Hokushinetsu

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Albirex Niigata	9	9	0	0	37	4	+33	27
2	ALO's Hokuriku	9	7	1	1	35	5	+30	22
3	YKK	9	6	1	2	26	5	+21	19
4	Nagano Elsa	9	4	0	5	13	21	−8	12
5	Teihens	9	3	2	4	14	16	−2	11
6	Ueda Gentian	9	3	1	5	15	19	−4	10
7	Fukui Teachers	9	1	4	4	11	21	−10	7
8	Yamaga	9	2	1	6	11	23	−12	7
9	Renaiss College	9	2	1	6	13	31	−18	7
10	Macky	9	2	1	6	9	39	−30	7

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Tokai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hitachi Shimizu	15	12	2	1	47	13	+34	26
2	Fujieda City Government	15	11	3	1	35	13	+22	25
3	Toyota	15	10	3	2	36	21	+15	23
4	Maruyasu	15	9	4	2	34	18	+16	22
5	Yazaki Valente	15	9	1	5	34	23	+11	19
6	Nagoya	15	8	2	5	31	22	+9	18
7	Yamaha Motors	15	6	3	6	41	35	+6	15
8	Chuo Bohan	15	6	3	6	18	20	−2	15
9	Nagoya Bank	15	5	4	6	22	32	−10	14
10	Minolta	15	5	3	7	23	23	0	13
11	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu	15	4	4	7	18	32	−14	12
12	Toyoda Machine Works	15	5	1	9	21	31	−10	11
13	Mind House	15	4	3	8	19	32	−13	11
14	Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	15	2	4	9	21	30	−9	8
15	Gifu Teachers	15	2	2	11	16	37	−21	6
16	Fujitsu Numazu	15	0	2	13	12	46	−34	2

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Rules for classification: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 points for a loss.

Kansai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kyoken	18	14	3	1	46	15	+31	45
2	Sagawa Express Osaka	18	13	2	3	39	10	+29	41
3	Osaka Gas	18	10	3	5	29	25	+4	33
4	NTT Kansai	18	10	2	6	38	20	+18	32
5	Central Kobe	18	6	1	11	28	33	−5	19
6	Sanyo Electric Sumoto	18	5	4	9	22	32	−10	19
7	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	18	5	3	10	22	39	−17	18
8	West Osaka	18	5	3	10	16	39	−23	18
9	Renaiss College	18	5	2	11	26	37	−11	17
10	Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto	18	4	3	11	15	31	−16	15

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Chugoku

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mazda	14	11	1	0	2	48	16	+32	35
2	Mitsubishi Oil	14	7	2	1	4	23	22	+1	26
3	Hiroshima Fujita	14	7	0	2	5	31	33	−2	23
4	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	14	6	2	0	6	31	28	+3	22
5	Yamako	14	5	2	2	5	27	23	+4	21
6	Hiroshima Teachers	14	4	3	2	5	23	30	−7	20
7	NKK Fukuyama	14	2	2	4	6	18	32	−14	14
8	Yamaguchi Teachers	14	1	1	2	10	14	31	−17	7

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Shikoku

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kagawa Shiun	14	9	3	2	47	24	+23	30
2	Teijin	14	9	3	2	32	12	+20	30
3	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	14	8	3	3	42	24	+18	27
4	Ehime	14	7	3	4	23	21	+2	24
5	Himawari Milk Nangoku Club	14	3	5	6	24	35	−11	14
6	Prima Meat Packers	14	3	3	8	22	33	−11	12
7	NTT Shikoku	14	1	6	7	17	32	−15	9
8	Kuroshio	14	2	2	10	9	33	−24	8

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Kyushu

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NTT Kyushu	18	13	1	3	1	60	12	+48	44
2	Volca Kagoshima	18	12	1	3	2	50	19	+31	41
3	Blaze Kumamoto	18	10	5	1	2	40	18	+22	41
4	Nippon Steel Yawata	18	8	3	1	6	32	31	+1	31
5	Honda Lock	18	5	3	5	5	32	31	+1	26
6	Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki	18	6	2	2	8	30	36	−6	24
7	Kyocera Sendai	18	4	3	4	7	36	39	−3	22
8	Kumamoto Teachers	18	5	3	0	10	24	36	−12	21
9	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki	18	4	2	1	11	27	56	−29	17
10	Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors	18	0	0	3	15	13	66	−53	3

Source: "Japanese Regional Leagues 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2022.