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.

Honours

1995 J.League clubs

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).

• Kashima Antlers
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• JEF United Ichihara
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Verdy Kawasaki
• Yokohama Marinos
• Yokohama Flügels
• Bellmare Hiratsuka
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Júbilo Iwata
• Nagoya Grampus Eight
• Gamba Osaka
• Cerezo Osaka
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1995 J.League format

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:

• Goal differential
• Goals scored
• Head-to-head results
• Extra match or a coin toss

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.

Changes in Competition Format

• Number of competing clubs increased from 12 to 14
• Number of games per club in a series increased from 22 to 26 games and from 44 to 52 games per season
• Points system were introduced
• Due to fixture congestion, Yamazaki Nabisco Cup was canceled that year

1995 J.League final standings

Suntory Series (1st Stage) standings

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

NICOS Series (2nd stage) standings

1995 Suntory Championship

November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30)

Yokohama Marinos	1–0	Verdy Kawasaki
Bisconti 49'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 47,631

Referee: Zoran Petrović (Serbia and Montenegro)

December 6, 1995 (1995-12-06)

Verdy Kawasaki	0–1	Yokohama Marinos
		Ihara 29'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 48,271

Referee: Shinichiro Obata

Yokohama Marinos won the series 2–0 on aggregate.

Overall standings

Golden Boot ranking

Golden Boot standings after Suntory Series (1st Stage)

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

Overall Golden Boot ranking

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

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Dragan Stojković	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Rookie of the Year	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Yokohama Marinos
Manager of the Year	Arsène Wenger	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Top Scorer	Masahiro Fukuda	Urawa Red Diamonds	32 goals.

Best Eleven

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