JFL History: 1999

In 1999, the JFL was reorganised with just nine teams -- eight from the former JFL and a new club named Yokohama FC, which had been assembled by former fans of Yokohama Flugels. The fans convinced many second-string Flugels players to stay on, and convinced former German star Pierre Littbarsky top serve as the coach. While this publicity helped to keep the league from disappearing into irrelevance, clearly 1999 was a season of chaos in the JFL.

At the end of the year, Yokohama FC finished first, but was not promoted since it was the team's first year in the league. Instead, Mito Hollyhock was awarded promotion to the J2 division, and to provide a more balanced schedule in 2000, four teams were added including another University team, Shizuoka Technical University.

JFL Standings - 1999

Rank	Team	Pts	GP	Win		D	L	GF	GA	G.Dif
Rank	Team	Pts	GP	90	ET	D	L	GF	GA	G.Dif
1	Yokohama FC	55	24	16	2	3	3	57	32	+25
2	Honda	50	24	13	5	1	5	69	34	+35
3	Mito Hollyhock	45	24	13	3	0	8	48	32	+16
4	Denso	34	24	8	3	4	9	46	38	+8
5	Sony Sendai	26	24	7	2	1	14	29	42	-13
6	Otsuka	25	24	7	1	2	14	35	47	-12
7	Jatco	25	24	6	2	3	13	40	53	-13
8	Yokogawa Electric	20	24	6	1	0	17	26	43	-17
9	Kokushikan U.	16	24	4	2	0	18	36	65	-29