2021 Japan Football League

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Japan Football League
Season2021
DatesMarch 14 - December 5
Relegatednone (for season 2020 only)
Matches played272
← 2020
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The 2021 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第23回日本フットボールリーグ[第23回 JFL 2021], Hepburn: Dai Nijūnikai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu [Dai Nijūnikai JFL 2021]) is the eighth season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 23rd season since the establishment of Japan Football League.

Clubs[]

For the first time, 17 clubs will take part to the JFL season. Last year no relegations were in place, the league had the intent of seeing two more teams joining from the start, but only Tegevajaro Miyazaki got promoted with one game to play and joined J3 for the 2021 season.[1][2]

Verspah Oita won the JFL for the first time in their history,[3] but were not promoted as they did not hold a J3 licence. FC Tiamo Hirakata and FC Kariya won promotion to the JFL by qualifying in the top two spots of the 44th Regional Pro Series.[2] For the Hirataka-based side it's the first time in JFL, but Kariya are back after a twelve-year long hiatus. There are seven teams eligible for promotion, these are highlighted in green in the following table.

Club Name Home Town Position Notes
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JFL (4th)
Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki JFL (12th)
Iwaki FC Iwaki, Fukushima JFL (7th) 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
FC Kariya Kariya, Aichi Arrowupgreen.png RPS 2nd Winners of TASL and runners-up in 44th RPS
Kochi United SC Kōchi, Kōchi JFL (14th)
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi JFL (16th)
Matsue City FC Matsue, Shimane JFL (10th)
MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga JFL (9th) Applied for 100 Year Plan-status
Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara[a] JFL (13th) 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
F.C. Osaka Higashiōsaka, Osaka JFL (8th) 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori JFL (15th) 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi JFL (3rd)
Suzuka Point Getters Suzuka, Mie JFL (5th) 100 Year Plan-status
FC Tiamo Hirakata Hirakata, Osaka Arrowupgreen.png RPS 1st Winners of KSL and 44th RPS
Tokyo Musashino United FC Musashino, Tokyo JFL (11th) Renamed from "Tokyo Musashino City FC"
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[b] JFL (6th) 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
Verspah Oita Yufu & Ōita, Ōita JFL (1st) 2020 Champions, 100 Year Plan-status

Personnel and kits[]

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Honda FC Japan Hiroyuki Abe Japan Yuya Suzuki England Umbro
Honda Lock SC Japan Yosuke Miyaji[4] Japan Naoya Oyama Italy Kappa
Iwaki FC Japan Yuzo Tamura Japan United States Under Armour
FC Kariya Japan Kazuhiro Murata Japan Yuki Sato Japan bonera
Kochi United SC Japan Akihiro Nishimura Japan Tsubasa Yokotake Japan bonera
Maruyasu Okazaki Japan Ryuji Kitamura TBA Brazil ATHLETA
Matsue City FC Japan Noriaki Sanenobu Japan Yuzuru Tabira Japan soccer junky
MIO Biwako Shiga Japan Hiroshi Otsuki Japan Ryo Nishiguchi Japan JOGARBOLA
Nara Club Spain Julián Marín Bazalo Japan Shinichi Mukai Japan SQUADRA
F.C. Osaka Japan Shinya Tsukahara Japan Tomoyuki Iwamoto Japan bonera
ReinMeer Aomori Japan Ryo Adachi TBA England Umbro
Sony Sendai FC Japan Gen Nakamura Japan Kenta Ogihara England Umbro
Suzuka Point Getters Spain Milagros Martínez Domínguez TBA Brazil ATHLETA
FC Tiamo Hirakata Japan Yoshizumi Ogawa TBA Japan JOGARBOLA
Tokyo Musashino United FC Japan Hisayuki Ikegami Japan Koji Ishihara Japan Yonex
Veertien Mie Japan Yoshihiko Yamamoto Japan Jin Shioya Japan Lwond
Verspah Oita Japan Takashi Yamahashi TBA Japan YASUDA
  1. ^ centering on Nara
  2. ^ centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Veertien Mie Japan Nobuhiro Ueno Sacked 21 June 2021 21 June 2021 12th Japan 22 June 2021 22 June 2021 [5]
FC Kariya Japan (Interim) Sacked 16 July 2021 16 July 2021 17th Japan 16 July 2021 16 July 2021 [6]
FC Kariya Japan (Interim) Interim completed 2 August 2021 2 August 2021 17th Japan Kazuhiro Murata 2 August 2021 2 August 2021 [7]

League table[]

Source: JFL website (in Japanese) , SOCCERWAY

See also[]

  • Japan Football Association (JFA)
League
  • Japanese association football league system
  • J.League
    • 2021 J1 League (Tier 1)
    • 2021 J2 League (Tier 2)
    • 2021 J3 League (Tier 3)
  • 2021 Japan Football League (JFL) (Tier 4)
  • 2021 Regional Champions League (Promotion playoffs to JFL)
  • (Tier 5/6)
Cup(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Ｊリーグ入会（Ｊ３）について：Ｊリーグ.jp".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "【ＪＦＬオフィシャルサイト】お知らせ「第２３回日本フットボールリーグ新入会チームについて」". www.jfl.or.jp.
  3. ^ "ヴェルスパ大分がJFL初優勝。テゲバジャーロ宮崎はJ3昇格に王手". フットボールチャンネル.
  4. ^ "Honda Lock SC Manager". hondalock-sc.info. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Coach contract cancelled, new coach appointed". www.veertien.jp. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Coach Kadoda sacked". fckariya.jp. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ "New coach announced". fckariya.jp. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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