1998 in Japanese football

The following describes Japanese football in 1998.

J.League

• Main article : 1998 J.League

Japan Football League

• Main article : 1998 Japan Football League

Japanese Regional Leagues

• Main article : 1998 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

• Main article : 1998 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

• Main article : 1998 J.League Cup

National team

Japan v Australia

1998.02.15	Japan	3-0	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
	Nakata  5' Hirano  65', 70'	JFA

Japan v South Korea

1998.03.01	Japan	2-1	South Korea	Kanagawa, Japan
	Nakayama  18' Jo  89'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 59,380

Japan v China PR

1998.03.07	Japan	0-2	China PR	Tokyo, Japan
		JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 53,226

Japan v South Korea

1998.04.01	Japan	1-2	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Nakayama  61'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'

Japan v Paraguay

1998.05.17	Japan	1-1	Paraguay	Tokyo, Japan
	Soma  86'	JFA	?  ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 53,408

Japan v Czech Republic

1998.05.24	Japan	0-0	Czech Republic	Kanagawa, Japan
		JFA		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 66,930

Japan v Yugoslavia

1998.06.03	Japan	0-1	Yugoslavia	Lausanne, Switzerland
		JFA	?  ?'

Japan v Argentina

1998.06.14	Japan	0-1	Argentina	Toulouse, France
		JFA	?  ?'	Attendance: 33,500

Japan v Croatia

1998.06.20	Japan	0-1	Croatia	Nantes, France
		JFA	?  ?'	Attendance: 35,500

Japan v Jamaica

1998.06.26	Japan	1-2	Jamaica	Lyon, France
	Nakayama  74'	JFA	?  ?' ?  ?'	Attendance: 39,100

Japan v Egypt

1998.10.28	Japan	1-0	Egypt	Osaka, Japan
	Nakayama  25'	JFA		Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 47,996

Players statistics

Player	-1997	02.15	03.01	03.07	04.01	05.17	05.24	06.03	06.14	06.20	06.26	10.28	1998	Total
Masami Ihara	109(5)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	119(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura	83(53)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	84(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	54(3)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	57(3)
Motohiro Yamaguchi	49(4)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	9(0)	58(4)
Naoki Soma	43(3)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	53(4)
Hiroshi Nanami	36(6)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	47(6)
Hiroaki Morishima	34(7)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	3(0)	37(7)
Norio Omura	26(4)	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	4(0)	30(4)
Akira Narahashi	23(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	9(0)	32(0)
Masashi Nakayama	21(10)	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	10(4)	31(14)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	21(0)	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	9(0)	30(0)
Yutaka Akita	20(3)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	10(0)	30(3)
Masayuki Okano	19(2)	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	5(0)	24(2)
Shoji Jo	17(4)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	27(5)
Hidetoshi Nakata	16(5)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	26(6)
Tadashi Nakamura	15(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	16(0)
Toshihide Saito	9(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	4(0)	13(0)
Wagner Lopes	6(3)	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	7(0)	13(3)
Takashi Hirano	5(1)	O(2)	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	7(2)	12(3)
Eisuke Nakanishi	5(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	6(0)	11(0)
Toshihiro Hattori	2(0)	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	5(0)	7(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	3(0)
Teruyoshi Ito	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Shinji Ono	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Seigo Narazaki	0(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	0(0)	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Tadatoshi Masuda	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daisuke Ichikawa	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daisuke Oku	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)
Tatsuhiko Kubo	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)