Kashima Antlers 0-2 Verdy Kawasaki | 1993/94 Throwback | Championship Final 1st Leg | J.LEAGUE

The 1993 J.League Championship Final was played over two legs at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium (9th January & 16th January 1994), between Suntory Series winners Kashima Antlers (red shirts) and NICOS Series winners Verdy Kawasaki (green shirts, later known as Tokyo Verdy). Here's how the first leg unfolded...

Key Moments:
'27 - RED CARD - Ryosuke Okuno (No.4, Kashima Antlers)
'60 - GOAL - Kazuyoshi Miura (No.11, Verdy Kawasaki)
'89 - GOAL - Bismarck (No.7, Verdy Kawasaki)

Starting Line-Ups:
Kashima Antlers (4-4-2 Diamond):
1 Masaaki Furukawa (25 years old) - Goalkeeper
4 Ryosuke Okuno (25 years old) Centre-Back 🔴 (RED CARD '27)
5 Shunzo Ono (28 years old) Centre-Back
3 Eiji Gaya (24 years old) Left-Back
2 Yutaka Akita (23 years old) Right-Back
6 Yasuto Honda (24 years old) Defensive Midfield
8 Santos (33 years old) Right Midfield
10 Masatada Ishii (26 years old) Left Midfield
9 Hisashi Kurosaki (25 years old) Attacking Midfield
7 Alcindo (26 years old ) Centre-Forward
11 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (24 years old ) Centre-Forward
Subs:
16 Osamu Chiba (25 years old) Goalkeeper
12 Kazuhisa Irii (23 years old ) Defender
15 Satoshi Koga (23 years old) Midfielder
14 Yasuhiro Yoshida (24 years old) Defensive Midfield
13 Zico (40 years old) Attacking Midfield

Verdy Kawasaki (4-4-2 Diamond):
1 Shinkichi Kikuchi (26 years old) Goalkeeper
4 Paulo (33 years old) Centre-Back
3 Pereira (33 years old) Centre-Back
6 Tadashi Nakamura (22 years old) Left-Back
2 Ko Ishikawa (23 years old) Right-Back
5 Tetsuji Hashiratani (29 years old) Defensive Midfield
8 Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (25 years old) Right Midfield
10 Ruy Ramos (36 years old) Left Midfield
7 Bismarck (24 years old) Attacking Midfield ⚽ (GOAL '89)
11 Kazuyoshi Miura (26 years old) Centre-Forward ⚽ (GOAL '60)
9 Nobuhiro Takeda (26 years old) Centre-Forward
Subs:
16 Takayuki Fujikawa (31 years old) Goalkeeper
13 Mitsuhiro Kawamoto (22 years old) Defender
15 Yoshinori Abe (21 years old) Defender
14 Tetsuya Totsuka (32 years old) Forward
12 Shinji Fujiyoshi (23 years old) Centre-Forward

NOTE: The 1993 J.League was the inaugural season of the J.League Division 1. In its first year, the 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 first ever Suntory Championship.

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