1995, J League added two clubs, Osaka Sakura and Kashiwa Sun God, so 14 teams competed in this year. Since the competition system has not changed in the first and second half of the year, each team will play 52 league games a year. Compared to today's 34 games per season, 52 games is indeed an amazing number.
However, this year's J League has changed the winning system adopted in the past two years, and has adopted the points system for the first time. Winning within 90 minutes, winning overtime and winning penalty kicks will all score 3 points, and even if you lose a penalty kick, you will score 1 point.
Yamaguchi Suhiro (left) against the Brazilian team's big Julianho
At this time, The coach of the Japanese national team has been taken over by Kamo Shu. Although he was abandoned in the middle of 1997, Kamo Shu played an important role in the 1995 player selection. For example, he established the famous Hatsuhiro wearing the No. 10 jersey as the core, with defensive masters such as Yamaguchi Suhiro, Naoki Akira, and Toyoto Akita, while young forward Akiji Camera was also promoted. These people are also important players of the Japanese team since 1995 to sprint for the 1998 World Cup finals.
Main Events
In 1995, the Japanese national team began to compete for the World Cup in France, and many supernova appeared in the J League, such as Nakada Hideho . Nakada, who was selected for the youth teams of all levels in Japan since the age of 14, received an invitation from 11 of the 12 J League clubs at that time before graduating from high school at the end of 1994. In the end, he chose the emergence of Hiratsuka Belmar. As a rookie, Nakata showed his talent and grew rapidly in this aggressive and free atmosphere team. He scored 8 goals that year.
Currently Guangzhou R&F coach Serbian star Dragan Stoykovic , is the most famous big-name star in the 1995 Japanese professional league. He joined Nagoya Whale in 1994, showing his superb skills on the field and won the love of many fans. However, this "rock coach" who is now good at offense and defense is also accustomed to being dissatisfied with the referee's penalty.
Stoykovic and Wenger became the most important figures in Nagoya history
. The Frenchman Wenger, who was the head coach of the Nagoya Whale team at the time, was considered a master figure who "awakened" Japanese football skills and tactical style. The coach who won the championship with an unbeaten record in Arsenal made the Nagoya Whale a gorgeous team, and the core is the ace player Stoykovic. In the end, Stowe, nicknamed "Pixie", won the MVP of the J League, and the history of the Nagoya Whale was also shining with the existence of Stowekovic and Wenger.
In addition, the greatest goal in the history of the J League was born in 1995. The protagonist is another Kashima Antlers , the legendary star of Brazil Leonardo . This star who also represented Brazil in the World Cup in 1994. In the 19th round of the second half of the 19th season with Yokohama Flying Wing, he flicked in front of the penalty area and used his feet to pick the ball five times in a row. He played with his opponent's five defensive players and scored the goal, which stunned the opponent's goalkeeper and shocked the whole game.
that year's Suntory Series champion was won by Yokohama Mariners with 52 points, while the NICOS series champion was still won by the strong Kawasaki Berdi. Although Miura Chirokami had returned to Kawasaki after failing to study abroad from Genoa in Serie A, in the finals of the two teams, Yokohama Mariners won 1-0 at home and away, winning the J League championship for the first time in history. This team included goalkeepers Kawaguchi Nori, who was only 20 years old at the time, Masami Ihara, Naoki Matsuda and others, and later they all became the main players in the defense line of the Japanese national team.
individual awards
Although Kawasaki Berdi's Lianba was broken by Yokohama Mariner, they still had four players including Miura and Tetsuji Shizuya to be shortlisted for the best team of the season, while the champion Yokohama Mariner only had two guards, Masami Inhahara and Masaji Suzuki.Other players in the best team include Osaka Sakura's Hiroko Morishima (now the chairman of Osaka Sakura Club), Nagoya's Stoykovic, Buchwald of Urawa Red Diamond and forward Masahiro Fukuda, and Kashima's Naoki Naoki (who are Chinese fans heartbroken when they hear this name?).
You should have noticed that there are Urawa's two in the best team this year. In fact, it has been mentioned in the 1994 article that since Buchwald joined, Urawa has been very strong for a period of time in the future. It took them only 2 years to be the top four teams in the league. It is really not easy.
1995 J League Best Rookie Kawaguchi can survive. He did not retire until the end of last season in the
individual awards. Although the Nagoya Whale only won the third overall score, it did not hinder the impact Wenger and Stoykovic brought to the J League. Stoykovic. Stoykovic finally won the MVP of the season, and Wenger won the Best Coach. Urawa's local striker Masahiro Fukuda won the scorer king with 32 goals in 50 games, and Kawaguchi Nori was selected as the best rookie.
What else happened in Japan that year?
At 5:46 am on January 17, 1995, a direct-type earthquake with the Akashi Strait as the source - the 7.3-magnitude Hanshin Earthquake occurred. The catastrophe caused an unprecedented 6434 people to be killed and 43792 injured. The Hanshin earthquake was the largest urban direct earthquake in Japan since the Kanto earthquake in 1923. The Orix Blue Wave team, which is headquartered with Kobe , won the Pacific League championship with the slogan "Come on, KOBE".
Ye Mao Hero's tornado venture capital method is unique
1995, Ye Mao Hero moved to Major League Baseball and joined the Los Angeles Dodgers. His "tornado venture capital method" really caused a whirlwind, it was the first Japanese player to participate in the All-Star Game, and he won the title of Newcomer King of the National League.
Another major event in the sports world is that female tennis player Ida Young Master , who entered the semi-finals of French Open for the first time.
Days later, Namie Amuro officially retired in 2018
1995 The music industry ushered in the heyday of the "Komu family", and stars such as Namie Amuro, TRF, and Tomomi Hwahara, were born. Especially as the leader, Namie Amuro, she is at the forefront of fashion, set off a trend of imitation, and becomes a social trend.
In 1995, a terrifying incident that shocked Japan - the Aum Shinrijuku Subway Sarin incident. The poison gas killed 13 people and injured 5,510 people.
