 The initial configuration was two divisions of 10 clubs each, but from 1994, the format was changed to a single division of 16 clubs.The former JFL ceased to exist at the end of the 1998 season when J.League Division 2 was formed.Out of 16 teams who played the last season of the former JFL, 9 decided and were accepted to play in J2 and the other 7 teams joined the new JFL.