2019 Japan Football League
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Season | 2019 |
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Champions | Honda FC 9th JFL title[1] |
Promoted | FC Imabari[2][3] |
Relegated | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 623 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Efrain Rintaro Suzuka Unlimited (18 goals) |
Average attendance | 939 |
← 2018 2020 → |
The 2019 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第21回日本フットボールリーグ(第21回 JFL 2019), Hepburn: Dai Nijūikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu (Dai Nijūikkai JFL 2019)) is the seventh season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 21st season since the establishment of Japan Football League.
Starting from this season, the league reverted to a one-stage double round-robin again.
2019 season Clubs[]
Sixteen clubs will feature in this season of Japan Football League. There were some changes: Vanraure Hachinohe won promotion to pro football in 2018, while Cobaltore Onagawa was relegated. There are two new clubs in the JFL, debuting in this category: Matsue City FC won the Regional Promotion Series, while Suzuka Unlimited FC came second in the final phase.[4]
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Club Name | Home Town | Position | Notes |
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FC Imabari | Imabari, Ehime | 5th | J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders |
FC Osaka | Higashiōsaka, Osaka | 2nd | |
Honda FC | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | 1st | Defending champions of 2018 |
Honda Lock | Miyazaki, Miyazaki | 14th | |
Maruyasu Okazaki | Okazaki, Aichi | 13th | |
Matsue City FC | Matsue, Shimane | RPS 1st | Promoted from CSL after 1st place in 42nd Regional Promotion Series |
MIO Biwako Shiga | Kusatsu, Shiga | 7th | |
Nara Club | All cities/towns in Nara[a] | 8th | J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders |
ReinMeer Aomori | Aomori, Aomori | 10th | J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders |
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki | 15th | |
Sony Sendai | Tagajō, Miyagi | 4th | |
Suzuka Unlimited FC | Suzuka, Mie | RPS 2nd | Promoted from TASL after 2nd place in 42nd Regional Promotion Series |
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Miyazaki & Shintomi, Miyazaki | 12th | J.League 100 Year Plan club status |
Tokyo Musashino City | Musashino, Tokyo | 6th | J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders |
Veertien Mie | All cities/towns in Mie[b] | 11th | |
Verspah Oita | Yufu & Ōita, Ōita | 9th |
Personnel and kits[]
Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
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FC Imabari | Takeshi Ono | TBA | Adidas |
FC Osaka | bonera | ||
Honda FC | Hiroyasu Ibata | Umbro | |
Honda Lock | Kappa | ||
Maruyasu Okazaki | Ryuji Kitamura | Keita Sugimoto | ATHLETA |
Matsue City FC | Koji Tanaka | Yuzuru Tabira | GAViC |
MIO Biwako Shiga | Masafumi Nakaguchi | TBA | JOGARBOLA |
Nara Club | Koichi Sugiyama | Shinichi Mukai | SQUADRA |
ReinMeer Aomori | Tatsuya Mochizuki | Umbro | |
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | Yuji Nakano | TBC | Adidas |
Sony Sendai | Umbro | ||
Suzuka Unlimited FC | Milagros Martínez Domínguez | Toshihiro Horikawa | ATHLETA |
Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Keiji Kuraishi | TBA | Penalty |
Tokyo Musashino City | Hisayuki Ikegami | Yonex | |
Veertien Mie | Nobuhiro Ueno | Mizuno | |
Verspah Oita | Shigemitsu Sudo | LINES |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Honda FC (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 63 | |
2 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 55 | |
3 | FC Imabari (P) | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 51 | Promotion to 2020 J3 League[a] |
4 | Tokyo Musashino City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 48 | |
5 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 41 | |
6 | Honda Lock | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 41 | |
7 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 40 | |
8 | FC Osaka | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 40 | |
9 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 40 | |
10 | Veertien Mie | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 39 | |
11 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 38 | |
12 | Suzuka Unlimited FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 36 | |
13 | ReinMeer Aomori | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 36 | |
14 | Nara Club | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 34 | |
15 | Matsue City FC | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 25 | |
16 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.
Top scorers[]
- As of match played March 25th, 2020.[5]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Efrain Rintaro | Suzuka Unlimited | ||
Tsubasa Ando | Honda Lock SC | ||
Kazuki Sakamoto | MIO Biwako Shiga | ||
Sony Sendai FC | |||
Hiroki Bandai | ReinMeer Aomori | ||
Masahiko Sugita | Sony Sendai FC | ||
Veertien Mie | |||
Yuki Mizutani | Tokyo Musashino City FC | ||
Daiya Tono | Honda FC | ||
Tokyo Musashino City FC | |||
Hiroto Miyauchi | Matsue City FC |
Promotion from Regional Leagues[]
Iwaki FC and Kochi United SC won the promotion after coming in the Top 2 of the Final Round of the 2019 Regional Promotion Series.
Attendances[]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | FC Imabari | 46,512 | 3,981 | 1,694 | 3,101 | +0.6% |
2 | Nara Club | 30,308 | 5,102 | 513 | 2,021 | +12.6% |
3 | Tokyo Musashino | 26,866 | 5,284 | 504 | 1,791 | +112.2% |
4 | FC Osaka | 16,474 | 2,685 | 157 | 1,098 | +39.3% |
5 | Veertien Mie | 15,606 | 4,014 | 492 | 1,040 | +22.5% |
6 | Tegevajaro Miyazzaki | 13,624 | 1,976 | 514 | 908 | +125.3% |
7 | Honda FC | 12,641 | 1,612 | 616 | 843 | +2.9% |
8 | Matsue City FC | 10,482 | 1,544 | 360 | 699 | n/a |
9 | Suzuka Unlimited | 8,301 | 1,308 | 312 | 553 | n/a |
10 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 8,292 | 1,523 | 206 | 553 | +8.0% |
11 | Verspah Oita | 7,549 | 1,148 | 253 | 503 | −13.6% |
12 | Sony Sendai FC | 6,629 | 709 | 253 | 442 | −5.6% |
13 | Reinmeer | 6,575 | 630 | 217 | 438 | −14.6% |
14 | FC Maruyasu Okazaki | 5,797 | 632 | 207 | 387 | +8.7% |
15 | Honda Lock SC | 5,169 | 837 | 168 | 345 | +13.1% |
16 | Dragons Ryugasaki | 4,638 | 512 | 155 | 309 | −32.8% |
League total | 225,463 | 5,284 | 155 | 939 | +3.5% |
Updated to games played on 01/12/2019
Source: JFL
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ 天皇杯で浦和破ったホンダにFCがJFL史上初の4連覇!偉業達成に「チームが一つになった結果」 Archived 2019-11-10 at the Wayback Machine - 中日スポーツ 10 November 2019
- ^ 岡ちゃんがJに帰ってくる FC今治がJ3昇格決定 - 日刊スポーツ 10 November 2019
- ^ Jリーグ入会審査(J3)結果について − J.League 18 November 2019
- ^ "鈴鹿アンリミテッドFC、JFL昇格内定!「お嬢様聖水かけ」も". Qoly. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1413
External links[]
- Japan Football League seasons
- 2019 in Japanese football leagues