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Sunday 23 November 1997

L.League 1997

The 1997 L.League season ran from June 29th until November 16th.


In the tables below, scorelines in parentheses indicate the results of penalty shoot-outs. Games decided as a result of a V-Goal are indicated by vg. In the league tables, the 90 mins column indicates the number of victories achieved in the normal ninety minute period.

First Stage

Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza88126521
2Prima Ham FC Kunoichi87124519
3Nikko Securities Dream Ladies75228820
4Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies66317125
5Tasaki Perule FC5441118-7
6Fujita Soccer Club Mercury44512111
7Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina3361825-7
8OKI FC Winds227830-22
9Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies217619-13
10Shiroki FC Serena0091330-17


Table of Results

Yomiuri Prima Nikko Suzuyo Tasaki Fujita Matsushita OKI Takarazuka Shiroki
Yomiuri1-01-2
vg
2-11-02-03-25-05-06-0
Prima0-11-01-07-11-05-16-01-02-2
(5-4)
Nikko2-1
vg
0-12-35-01-0
vg
5-14-15-04-1
Suzuyo1-20-13-20-13-22-13-02-13-2
Tasaki0-11-70-51-02-12-1
vg
2-01-2
vg
2-1
Fujita0-20-10-1
vg
2-31-24-12-01-02-1
Matsushita2-31-51-51-21-2
vg
1-44-12-05-3
OKI0-50-61-40-30-20-21-42-14-3
Takarazuka0-50-10-51-22-1
vg
0-10-21-22-0
Shiroki0-62-2
(4-5)
1-42-31-21-23-53-40-2


Second Stage

Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Nikko Securities Dream Ladies87127720
2Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza87124519
3Prima Ham FC Kunoichi762321616
4Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies4452024-4
5Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina43517170
6Tasaki Perule FC435918-9
7Shiroki FC Serena336918-9
8OKI FC Winds336922-13
9Fujita Soccer Club Mercury3261123-12
10Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies1081018-8


Table of Results

Nikko Yomiuri Prima Suzuyo Matsushita Tasaki Shiroki OKI Fujita Takarazuka
Nikko1-05-26-02-35-03-21-0
vg
3-01-0
Yomiuri0-13-03-03-24-03-03-05-20-0
(12-11)
Prima2-50-36-23-2
vg
4-14-05-15-03-2
Suzuyo0-60-32-63-10-25-26-11-1
(5-6)
3-2
Matsushita3-22-32-3
vg
1-31-1
(5-6)
1-02-33-2
vg
2-0
Tasaki0-50-41-42-01-1
(6-5)
0-11-21-03-1
Shiroki2-30-30-42-50-11-02-00-12-1
OKI0-1
vg
0-31-51-63-22-10-21-21-0
Fujita0-32-50-51-1
(6-5)
2-3
vg
0-11-02-13-4
vg
Takarazuka0-10-0
(11-12)
2-32-30-21-31-20-14-3
vg


The final deciding match for the championship was played on November 23rd, 1997. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies retained their league title with a win over Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza.

Championship Deciding Match:
Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza  1 - 2  Nikko Securities Dream Ladies

The overall final standings are shown below. Regardless of the number of points gained during the season, the first placed team is the winner of the championship with the loser occupying the second position. The remaining positions are determined by ranking the teams by number of wins, goal difference etc.

Overall Final Standings

Won90 minsLostGFGA+/-
1Nikko Securities Dream Ladies15123551540
2Yomiuri Seiyu Beleza16152501040
3Prima Ham FC Kunoichi15133562135
4Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies1010837361
5Tasaki Perule FC9792036-16
6Matsushita Denki Panasonic Bambina76113542-7
7Fujita Soccer Club Mercury76112334-11
8OKI FC Winds55131752-35
9Shiroki FC Serena33152248-26
10Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies31151637-21

Sunday 23 February 1997

JLSL Challenge Match & L.League Promotion Play-off 1996

By 1996 the number of teams seeking promotion to the L.League had been reduced to two. Those two teams played a two-legged play-off series (the JLSL Challenge Match), with the winner progressing to play the side finishing bottom in the L.League that season, again in a two-legged play-off.


JLSL Challenge Match

First Leg:
Urawa Ladies FC  2 - 0  Akita Ladies FC

Second Leg:
Akita Ladies FC  0 - 1  Urawa Ladies FC

Urawa Ladies FC win 3-0 on aggregate and progress to meet OKI Winds FC for the right to play in the L.League's 1997 season.


L.League promotion Play-off

First Leg:
OKI Winds FC  3 - 1  Urawa Ladies FC

Second Leg:
Urawa Ladies FC  0 - 3  OKI Winds FC

OKI Winds FC win 6-1 on aggregate and retain their place in the L.League.