2014 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season	2014
Champions	Honda FC !Honda FC 5th JFL title 1st D4 title
Promoted	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi
Matches played	182
Goals scored	492 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazuhito Kishida (17 goals)
Highest attendance	4,569 Renofa vs Honda FC
Lowest attendance	145 Maruyasu vs Yokogawa
Average attendance	859
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The 2014 Japan Football League was the first season of the nationwide fourth tier of the Japanese football, and the 16th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The first stage of the season commenced from 16 March to 8 June, and the second stage of the season commenced on 19 July, and ended on 9 November, while post-season championship playoffs were held on 23 and 30 November.^[1]

Honda FC !Honda FC defeated SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC in the final series, winning their first title since 2008, and fifth in JFL overall. Meanwhile, Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi won promotion to J3 League after it has finished 4th in the table and fulfilled all licensing criteria set by J. League.

Clubs

After 10 of 18 teams were set to leave JFL for newly created J3, the league announced that it will suffer a contraction and only 14 teams will participate in 2014.^[2] The league will accommodate all winners of Regional Promotion Series and will accept applications from another Regional clubs that are willing to participate in the nationwide league. On December 4, 2013 the league announced the final list of promoted teams.^[3]

Club Name	Home Town	Notes
Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu	Numazu, Shizuoka	J. League 100 Year Plan club status holders, promoted from Tōkai Soccer League
Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	Okayama, Okayama	2013 Chūgoku Soccer League champions, 2nd place in Regional promotion play-offs
Honda FC !Honda FC	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	Kagoshima, Kagoshima	A new club, created on merger of Volca Kagoshima and FC Kagoshima, 2013 Kyushu Soccer League respective champions and runners-up
Honda Lock !Honda Lock !Honda Lock	Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	Okazaki, Aichi	Promoted from Tōkai Soccer League. Renamed from Maruyasu Industries SC
MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	Kusatsu, Shiga
Printing Kyoto !SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	Mukō, Kyoto	Renamed from Sagawa Printing SC
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi	100 Year Plan club, promoted from Chūgoku Soccer League
Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	Tagajō, Miyagi
Uva !Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	Tochigi, Tochigi	100 Year Plan club status approved 20 May 2014
Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	Hachinohe, Aomori	100 Year Plan club
Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	Ōita, Ōita	Renamed from Hoyo Oita
Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	Musashino, Tokyo

Change in rules

The league will turn to two-stage format, similar to the one J. League had in its early years and is planning to reintroduce in 2015. Two single round-robin stages will be held, and winners of each stage will determine the champion in the post-season home and away championship playoffs. If the same team manages to win both stages, no playoffs will be held, and they will be automatically declared champions.^[1]

No relegation is expected to take place in 2014 season, as the league anticipates expansion to 16 teams in 2015.

According to updated J. League Terms, in order to be promoted to J3 League the clubs must comply the following requirements:^[4]

Play in JFL for at least one season before promotion
Hold a J. League 100 Year Plan club status
Finish in top 4 of the combined JFL table, and finish either 1st or 2nd among associate members
Have an average home attendance of at least 2,000; with significant effort recognized toward reaching 3,000 spectators
Have an annual operating revenue of 150 million yen
Pass the J3 licensing examination conducted by J. League

First stage

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Honda FC !Honda FC (A)	13	11	1	1	36	11	+25	34	Qualification to championship play-offs
2	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	13	11	1	1	23	5	+18	34
3	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	13	9	0	4	21	12	+9	27
4	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	13	8	2	3	26	12	+14	26
5	Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	13	6	5	2	17	9	+8	23
6	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	13	7	1	5	25	13	+12	22
7	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu	13	3	5	5	11	14	−3	14
8	Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	13	3	3	7	14	18	−4	12
9	Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	13	3	3	7	11	18	−7	12
10	Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	13	2	5	6	10	22	−12	11
11	Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	13	2	4	7	9	19	−10	10
12	Honda Lock !Honda Lock	13	2	4	7	11	24	−13	10
13	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	13	2	3	8	9	32	−23	9
14	Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	13	1	5	7	11	25	−14	8

Updated to games played on 8 June 2014.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
(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	Azul Claro Numazu !AZU	Fagiano Okayama Next !FAN	Honda FC !HON	Kagoshima United !KGU	Honda Lock !LOC	Maruyasu Okazaki !MAR	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO	SP Kyoto FC !PRK	Renofa Yamaguchi !REN	Sony Sendai !SON	Tochigi Uva !UVA	Tokyo Musashino City !TMC	Vanraure Hachinohe !VAN	Verspah Oita !VRS
Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu				0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1				1–0
Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	2–2		0–5	0–1						0–2	1–1			0–1
Honda FC !Honda FC	0–0			2–1	2–1		5–0	3–1	3–1			3–1
Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United					4–0	1–0	3–0	2–1				4–0	2–1
Honda Lock !Honda Lock		1–1				1–1	2–3	3–1				0–4	0–1
Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki		1–2	1–4							1–2	2–2		1–1	0–1
MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga		1–1				2–2		0–1	1–4		1–0	0–3	1–5
SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC		2–0				3–0			2–1	2–0	1–0		2–0	3–1
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	1–0	4–0		1–2	1–1	5–0					2–0		2–0
Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	2–0		3–5	0–0	0–1		3–0		1–0			3–1
Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	2–2		0–2	0–1	2–0					0–5				0–0
Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City		1–1				1–1		0–1	1–2		0–1		1–0	1–1
Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	1–1	0–2	0–2							0–3²	2–1			0–0
Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	3–0		2–0	0–1	1–1		3–0		2–1	2–2

Updated to games played on 8 June 2014.
Source: Japan Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Round 1 match between Vanraure and Sony was postponed to April 17 due to heavy snow.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Second stage

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC (A)	13	11	1	1	37	8	+29	34	Qualification to championship play-offs
2	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	13	9	2	2	26	14	+12	29
3	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	13	7	2	4	22	14	+8	23
4	Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	13	6	5	2	17	13	+4	23
5	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	13	5	5	3	19	17	+2	20
6	Honda FC !Honda FC	13	5	4	4	22	17	+5	19
7	Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	13	5	3	5	19	14	+5	18
8	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu	13	5	3	5	15	21	−6	18
9	Honda Lock !Honda Lock	13	5	2	6	20	28	−8	17
10	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	13	4	1	8	15	18	−3	13
11	Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	13	3	3	7	14	24	−10	12
12	Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	13	2	4	7	13	19	−6	10
13	Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	13	2	3	8	7	18	−11	9
14	Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	13	2	2	9	12	33	−21	8

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
(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	Azul Claro Numazu !AZU	Fagiano Okayama Next !FAN	Honda FC !HON	Kagoshima United !KGU	Honda Lock !LOC	Maruyasu Okazaki !MAR	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO	SP Kyoto FC !PRK	Renofa Yamaguchi !REN	Sony Sendai !SON	Tochigi Uva !UVA	Tokyo Musashino City !TMC	Vanraure Hachinohe !VAN	Verspah Oita !VRS
Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu		0–0	0–4						3–4	1–2	2–1		3–2	2–1
Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next					0–1	6–1	0–4	0–7	0–0			1–2	2–1
Honda FC !Honda FC		2–0				2–1				2–3	0–1		2–2	2–1
Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	0–0	1–2	2–2						0–3	1–0	2–0			2–0
Honda Lock !Honda Lock	1–0		3–2	1–4					2–4	0–3	2–1			3–3
Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	1–1			1–5	2–1		1–2	0–4	1–4			0–1
MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	0–1		1–2	0–2	1–2					1–0				2–1
SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	4–0		1–0	3–1	2–1		3–1					1–3
Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi			1–1				2–1	1–4		4–1		0–1		1–0
Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai		3–2				1–1		0–0			2–1		0–0	2–2
Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva		1–1				0–2	1–1	0–4	0–1			0–1	1–0
Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	1–2		1–1	0–2	1–1		2–1			2–2
Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe				2–0	5–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–1			1–1
Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita		1–0				2–0		1–3			0–0	1–1	0–1

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
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.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Championship play-offs

The championship play-offs was held after the season between two winners of each stage. Honda FC !Honda FC, the winners of the first stage, will host the first leg on 23 November, and SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC who won the second stage will host the second leg on 29 November.^[1]^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Honda FC !Honda FC	5–4	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	2–2	3–2

23 November 2014
13:00

Honda FC !Honda FC	2–2	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC
Hosokai 37' Harada 71'	Report	6' Kurosu 84' Saito

Honda Miyakoda Soccer Stadium, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Attendance: 1,408
Referee: Shū Kawamata

29 November 2014
13:00

SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	2–3	Honda FC !Honda FC
Horikawa 5' Sato 52'	Report	37' Harada 80' Hosokai 86' Kurimoto

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
Attendance: 1,288
Referee: Naohito Ogawa

Honda FC won the series 5–4 on aggregate and thus won their 5th JFL title.

Overall table

This table was used to determine J3 promotion candidates. To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in Top-4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

On 21 October the J. League has examined clubs in order to determine J3 promotion eligibility. Among existing 100 Year Plan clubs only Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu and Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi passed all tests, making them the only clubs theoretically eligible for promotion.^[6]

On 19 November J. League officially admitted Renofa Yamaguchi to participate in next year J3 League.^[7]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Honda FC !Honda FC (C)	26	16	5	5	58	28	+30	53
2	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	26	20	1	5	58	20	+38	61
3	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	26	18	3	5	45	19	+26	57
4	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi (P)	26	16	3	7	51	27	+24	51	Promotion to the 2015 J3 League
5	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	26	13	7	6	45	29	+16	46
6	Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	26	9	8	9	31	31	0	35
7	Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	26	8	9	9	30	28	+2	33
8	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu	26	8	8	10	26	35	−9	32
9	Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	26	8	6	12	30	32	−2	30
10	Honda Lock !Honda Lock	26	7	6	13	31	52	−21	27
11	Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	26	5	8	13	24	46	−22	23
12	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	26	6	4	16	24	50	−26	22
13	Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	26	4	7	15	16	37	−21	19
14	Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	26	3	7	16	23	58	−35	16

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
(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.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Kazuhito Kishida	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	17
2	Takaki Fukumitsu	Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	13
3	Yuta Uchino	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	12
4	Daiki Kagawa	Honda FC !Honda FC	11
5	Kazuma Sato	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	10
6	Gen Nakamura	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	9
7	Akira Akao	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	8
	Noriaki Fujimoto	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	8
	Daisuke Kurosu	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	8
10	Kiichi Iga	Honda FC !Honda FC	7
	Taishi Kusaka	Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	7
	Makoto Nakasuji	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	7
	Tatsuya Saito	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	7
	Hiroya Yamada	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	7

Source: Japan Football League
Updated to games played on 9 November 2014

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi	29,856	4,568	701	2,297	0.58413793103448+58.4%^†
2	Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United	23,722	3,542	483	1,825	1.6372832369942+163.7%^‡
3	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu	23,096	2,968	309	1,777	1.2101990049751+121.0%^†
4	Honda FC !Honda FC	13,186	3,116	324	1,014	0.3448275862069+34.4%^†
5	Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe	9,918	1,604	230	763	0.27591973244147+27.5%^†
6	Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City	9,613	1,227	335	739	-0.95974025974026−4.0%^†
7	MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga	8,374	1,713	224	644	0.18600368324125+18.6%^†
8	Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva	7,017	1,474	215	540	-0.89403973509934−10.5%^†
9	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	6,724	920	268	517	-0.80404354587869−19.5%^†
10	Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next	5,865	759	249	451	n/a^†
11	SP Kyoto FC !SP Kyoto FC	5,133	626	234	395	-0.97530864197531−2.4%^†
12	Honda Lock !Honda Lock	4,895	546	222	377	-0.73489278752437−26.5%^†
13	Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki	4,662	1,176	145	359	n/a^†
14	Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita	4,332	842	154	333	0–^†
	League total	156,393	4,568	145	859	−35.0%^†

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014
Source: Japan Football League (1st stage, 2nd stage)
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
^‡The average attendance of Kagoshima United is compared to combined averages of its predecessors, FC Kagoshima and Volca Kagoshima

Promotion from Regional Leagues

As the league plans to expand to 16 teams for 2015 season, two promotion slots were available for the winners of Regional Promotion Series. In the final group tournament that took place from 22 to 24 November Nara Club !Nara Club and FC Osaka !FC Osaka finished first and second, respectively, and won promotion to 2015 JFL.

Due to promotion of Renofa Yamaguchi to J3 League, one additional promotion spot become available. On 10 December it was awarded to Club Dragons !Club Dragons from Kansai League D2 who finished third in the Regional Promotion series.^[8]

References

1 2 3 "第１６回日本フットボールリーグ大会方式変更のお知らせ！" [Announcement on format change of the 16th Japan Football League]. Japan Football League. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "２０１４年度　第１６回日本フットボールリーグチーム数についてのお知らせ" [Announcement on number of teams for 2014 JFL season]. Japan Football League. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
↑ "お知らせ「第１６回日本フットボールリーグ新入会チーム決定！」" [Announcement on the decision on admission of new teams for 16th JFL season!]. Japan Football League. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
↑ J リーグ規約 [J. League Terms] (PDF) (in Japanese), J. League, February 2014, retrieved 24 February 2014
↑ "第１６回ＪＦＬチャンピオンシップ【16th JFL Championship】" (in Japanese). Japan Football League. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
↑ ２０１５シーズン　Ｊ３リーグ参加クラブに関する「スタジアム要件」および「ライセンス基準」の審査結果について [Results of club examination and J3 licensing for 2015 season] (in Japanese). J. League. 21 October 2014.
↑ Ｊ３入会承認！ [Approval of J3 membership!] (in Japanese). Renofa Yamaguchi. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
↑ "お知らせ「第１７回日本フットボールリーグ新入会チーム決定！」" [Announcement on teams participating in 17th JFL]. Japan Football League. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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Football clubs in Japan, 2016

J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	Sagawa Printing !Sagawa Printing Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco FC !Jatco FC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki

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