On 30th November 1995, the 1st leg of the 1995 Suntory
Championship was played at the Tokyo National Stadium. Yokohama Marinos (blue & white) took on reigning J.League champions Verdy Kawasaki (green & white). Verdy had Kazuyoshi Miura (No.11) back after a spell in Italy, and had also acquired the Brazilian forward Alcindo (No.9). Meanwhile, Marinos had an Argentinean flavour to their line-up with midfielder Gustavo Zapata (No.6) and forward David Bisconti (No.11). Also, look out for a 20-year-old Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi.
The legendary Japanese keeper was in goal
for Marinos in both Championship games.
Key Moments:
04:50 - '48 - GOAL - David Bisconti (No.11, Yokohama Marinos)
Starting Line-Ups:
Yokohama Marinos (4-5-1):
1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (20 years old) Goalkeeper
2 Masaharu Suzuki (25 years old) Defender
3 Naoki Matsuda (18 years old) Centre-Back
4 Masami Ihara (28 years old) Centre-Back
5 Norio Omura (26 years old) Centre-Back
8 Satoru Noda (26 years old) Defensive Midfield
6 Gustavo Zapata (28 years old) Central Midfield
7 Akihiro Endo (20 years old) Central Midfield
10 Takahiro Yamada (23 years old) Right Midfield
11 David Bisconti (27 years old) Left Midfield ⚽ (GOAL '48)
9 Sotaro Yasunaga (19 years old) Centre-Forward
Subs:
16 Masahiko Nakagawa (26 years old) Goalkeeper
12 Takehito Suzuki (24 years old ) Defender
14 Yoshiharu Ueno (22 years old) Defensive Midfield
13 Fumitake Miura (25 years old) Attacking Midfield
15 Takuya Jinno (25 years old) Forward
Verdy Kawasaki (4-4-2):
1 Shinkichi Kikuchi (28 years old) Goalkeeper
2 Junji Nishizawa (21 years old) Right-Back
3 Pereira (35 years old) Left-Back
6 Toshimi Kikuchi (22 years old) Defender
5 Tetsuji Hashiratani (31 years old) Defender
4 Kentaro Hayashi (23 years old) Defensive Midfield
10 Tadashi Nakamura (24 years old) Left-Midfield
8 Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (27 years old) Right Midfield
7 Bismarck (26 years old) Attacking Midfield
11 Kazuyoshi Miura (28 years old) Centre-Forward
9 Alcindo (28 years old) Centre-Forward
Subs:
16 Takayuki Fujikawa (33 years old) Goalkeeper
12 Ko Ishikawa (25 years old) Right-Back
13 Keiji Ishizuka (21 years old) Midfielder
14 Nobuhiro Takeda (28 years old) Centre-Forward
15 Shinji Fujiyoshi (25 years old) Centre-Forward
NOTE: The J.League followed a split-season format, and each halves (or stages) were known as the Suntory Series and the NICOS Series. The two clubs that won each series qualified for the Suntory Championship, played over two legs.
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