2003 Japan Football League

Japan Football League

Season	2003
Champions	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 1st JFL title 1st D3 title
Promoted	none
Relegated	Kyoto BAMB 1993 Jatco FC (folded)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	724 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tatsuya Furuhashi (31 goal total)
Highest attendance	4,123 (Round 18, SE Osaka vs. SE Tokyo)
Lowest attendance	83 (Round 24, Kokushikan vs. Printing)
Average attendance	573
← 2002 2004 →

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2003 season.

Overview

Sony Sendai

Tochigi S.C.

Sagawa Express
Tokyo

Yokogawa
Musashino

Kokushikan
University

Jatco F.C.

Honda F.C.

Denso S.C.

YKK F.C.

ALO's Hokuriku

Sagawa Express
Osaka

Sagawa
Printing

Kyoto BAMB 1993

S.C. Tottori

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Ehime F.C.

It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals^† (C)	30	23	3	4	65	21	+44	72
2	Honda FC^†	30	21	4	5	73	30	+43	67
3	Ehime FC	30	17	5	8	55	39	+16	56
4	Sagawa Express Osaka	30	16	6	8	48	29	+19	54
5	Sagawa Express Tokyo	30	15	7	8	54	37	+17	52
6	YKK FC	30	15	5	10	56	38	+18	50
7	Jatco FC	30	15	3	12	45	44	+1	48	Folded ^1
8	Tochigi SC	30	12	9	9	48	35	+13	45
9	Sony Sendai	30	13	6	11	46	44	+2	45
10	SC Tottori	30	10	7	13	45	50	−5	37
11	Kokushikan University	30	10	4	16	36	64	−28	34
12	Denso SC	30	9	5	16	41	51	−10	32
13	Tokyo Musashino City	30	9	2	19	32	65	−33	29
14	ALO's Hokuriku	30	7	6	17	23	47	−24	27
15	Sagawa Printing	30	5	6	19	31	62	−31	21
16	Kyoto BAMB 1993 (R)	30	2	4	24	26	68	−42	10	Promotion/Relegation Series

Updated to games played on November 23, 2003.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^† Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the 2001 season and were seeded for 2003 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
¹ After the season Jatco F.C. submitted the letter of resignation to the league and disbanded the team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ALO

BAM

DEN

EHI

HON

JAT

KSU

OTP

PRI

SEO

SET

SON

TOC

TOT

YKK

TMC

ALO's Hokuriku

1–0

0–3

0–3

1–2

0–1

1–3

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–4

0–2

2–1

1–4

2–0

Kyoto BAMB 1993

2–0

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–0

1–2

0–3

0–3

0–2

1–2

1–3

2–5

1–2

2–2

2–3

Denso SC

3–1

2–0

1–0

2–4

0–3

2–0

0–3

1–2

1–2

1–4

3–0

2–3

1–1

1–2

1–0

Ehime FC

1–3

1–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

0–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

4–1

3–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

Honda FC

5–0

3–0

2–2

2–1

3–0

5–3

3–3

4–1

1–2

3–2

2–0

2–0

4–1

1–0

3–1

Jatco FC

2–0

1–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

4–1

0–3

1–0

1–3

3–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

0–3

3–1

Kokushikan University

1–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

0–3

5–1

0–3

2–0

1–4

2–2

1–5

0–2

1–6

0–0

1–2

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

1–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

5–1

6–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

3–2

3–2

Sagawa Printing

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–2

0–1

1–2

2–2

0–0

0–2

1–4

1–2

0–2

2–2

1–3

1–2

Sagawa Express Osaka

1–1

3–1

0–0

1–3

1–0

1–3

1–2

0–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

5–1

Sagawa Express Tokyo

2–2

3–2

3–0

2–4

0–1

1–1

2–0

3–0

0–0

1–0

3–2

0–0

3–0

2–1

0–2

Sony Sendai

1–0

4–0

2–1

2–4

0–4

2–1

2–0

1–5

2–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–2

2–0

Tochigi SC

0–0

5–1

3–3

1–2

1–1

0–2

3–1

0–1

3–4

2–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

SC Tottori

0–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

0–1

0–3

5–3

3–1

1–3

1–1

0–2

1–1

4–2

YKK FC

0–1

4–0

2–1

4–1

3–3

3–0

4–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

0–3

3–0

1–3

3–3

0–1

Tokyo Musashino City

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–4

0–5

1–6

1–0

0–5

1–2

1–1

1–2

0–2

0–2

3–1

2–3

Updated to games played on November 23, 2003.
Source: Japan Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tatsuya Furuhashi	Honda FC	31
2	Yasuaki Oshima	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	19
3	Toshiro Tomochika	Ehime FC	18

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ehime FC	19,615	3,284	412	1,308	+19.8%^†
2	Honda FC	14,569	3,385	330	971	−11.7%^†
3	SC Tottori	11,800	1,412	251	787	−6.3%^†
4	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	11,720	1,765	223	223	−71.6%^†
5	Tochigi SC	11,286	1,215	454	752	−25.8%^†
6	Sony Sendai	10,276	1,688	259	685	−20.2%^†
7	ALO's Hokuriku	8,526	788	155	568	+67.0%^†
8	Sagawa Express Osaka	8,403	4,123	114	560	+107.4%^†
9	YKK FC	8,017	849	209	534	+9.2%^†
10	Tokyo Musashino City	6,610	777	215	441	−16.7%^†
11	Jatco FC	5,871	964	179	391	−12.7%^†
12	Kyoto BAMB 1993	4,745	423	255	316	−5.9%^†
13	Sagawa Express Tokyo	4,400	681	103	293	−11.2%^†
14	Denso SC	4,317	475	155	288	+2.1%^†
15	Sagawa Printing	4,041	604	104	269	n/a^†
16	Kokushikan University	3,437	421	83	229	−24.1%^†
	League total	137,633	4,123	83	573	−0.1%^†

Source:
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

Due to the Jatco team disbanding, the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series winner Thespa Kusatsu were promoted automatically. Runner-up Gunma Horikoshi were set to play Kyoto BAMB 1993 in the promotion and relegation series.

Gunma Horikoshi v Kyoto BAMB 1993

December 21, 2003 14:02

Gunma Horikoshi	3 – 2	Kyoto BAMB 1993
Koyama  20' Mori  46' Kurakawa  57'	Report	丸山 展生  18' Ezawa  85'

Shikishima Stadium, Maebashi Attendance: 735 Referee: 鈴木 亮哉

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Kyoto BAMB 1993 v Gunma Horikoshi

December 27, 2003 13:00

Kyoto BAMB 1993	0 – 5	Gunma Horikoshi
	Report	Mori  43' (pen.), 84', 89' Kurakawa  50' Danilo  60'

City Park Stadium Sonobe, Nantan Attendance: 331 Referee: 鈴木 亮哉

Gunma Horikoshi won the series at 8–2 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Kyoto BAMB 1993 were relegated to Kansai regional league.

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