2008 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season 2008
Champions Honda FC
4th JFL title
5th D3 title
Promoted Tochigi SC
Kataller Toyama
Fagiano Okayama
Matches played 306
Goals scored 890 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer Junya Nitta (25 goals total)
Highest attendance 13,821 (Round 34,
Tochigi vs. Kariya)
Lowest attendance 141 (Round 4,
Mizushima vs. Yokogawa)
Average attendance 1,573
2007
2009

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2008 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams. Honda FC won the championship.

ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP, both based in Toyama merged before the season to become Kataller Toyama.

Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series.

New Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Honda FC (C) 34 22 8 4 80 33+47 74
2 Tochigi SC (P) 34 18 9 7 65 37+28 63 Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 2 1
3 Kataller Toyama (P) 34 18 8 8 61 36+25 62
4 Fagiano Okayama (P) 34 17 9 8 63 43+20 60
5 Gainare Tottori 34 17 6 11 57 37+20 57
6 Ryutsu Keizai University 34 17 6 11 56 48+8 57
7 Tokyo Musashino City 34 15 9 10 43 34+9 54
8 FC Kariya 34 13 12 9 47 40+7 51
9 Sony Sendai 34 15 4 15 53 42+11 49
10 New Wave Kitakyushu 34 13 10 11 49 48+1 49
11 Sagawa Printing 34 12 13 9 43 42+1 49
12 Sagawa Shiga 34 12 11 11 53 47+6 47
13 TDK SC 34 10 11 13 48 47+1 41
14 MIO Biwako Kusatsu 34 10 8 16 40 6222 38
15 JEF Reserves 34 8 6 20 31 5322 30
16 FC Ryukyu 34 7 6 21 31 5827 27
17 Arte Takasaki 34 5 5 24 40 10767 20
18 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 34 3 7 24 30 7646 16

Updated to games played on November 30, 2008.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Denotes club that occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2008 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
1 Must hold J. League Associate Membership (club name shown in bold), finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted.
(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 ART FAG GAIHONJERKARKATRKUMIOMMMNWKPRIRYUSSHSONTDKTOCTMC
Arte Takasaki 13 11 03 21 12 05 10 31 32 13 05 11 11 26 13 23 17
Fagiano Okayama 51 01 23 31 00 32 22 20 20 42 00 22 01 22 12 00 20
Gainare Tottori 81 23 41 01 13 12 31 21 21 10 10 51 12 00 40 01 10
Honda FC 111 23 51 31 61 21 00 40 10 22 11 10 00 10 42 21 10
JEF Reserves 11 12 01 10 03 12 02 01 11 23 12 10 21 12 11 11 12
FC Kariya 31 22 01 12 10 12 11 01 10 11 22 41 21 03 11 01 12
Kataller Toyama 21 11 10 22 01 01 32 51 30 22 11 10 11 30 31 00 41
Ryutsu Keizai University 32 21 20 02 10 02 10 43 11 21 12 13 31 13 11 21 12
MIO Biwako Kusatsu 22 12 03 24 03 00 12 12 20 10 11 10 33 10 14 22 02
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 31 03 02 12 11 33 04 14 30 12 01 11 13 01 02 03 02
New Wave Kitakyushu 10 31 11 22 32 10 20 42 01 20 11 01 11 03 02 23 21
Sagawa Printing 10 00 30 16 20 12 01 02 11 33 00 20 01 10 11 22 11
FC Ryukyu 10 12 04 02 40 14 21 14 11 41 11 12 02 02 01 01 12
Sagawa Shiga 74 12 11 11 12 00 22 23 12 12 20 13 30 21 10 32 11
Sony Sendai 12 32 12 02 11 01 20 01 13 43 31 51 01 12 32 32 01
TDK SC 30 12 11 11 12 11 11 01 11 50 23 12 10 32 02 00 13
Tochigi SC 61 21 11 10 40 11 12 43 43 50 11 40 31 21 10 21 01
Tokyo Musashino City 21 13 21 01 10 22 12 00 01 11 12 10 11 00 00 11 10

Updated to games played on November 30, 2008.
Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
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]
1 Japan Junya Nitta Honda FC
25
2 Japan Kodai Suzuki Honda FC
20
3 Japan Yasutaka Kobayashi Fagiano Okayama
19
4 Japan Kohei Kiyama Fagiano Okayama
18
5 Japan Yusuke Sato Tochigi SC
16
6 Japan Mitsuru Hasegawa Kataller Toyama
15
Japan Gen Nakamura Sagawa Shiga
15
8 Japan Goshi Okubo Sony Sendai
14
Japan Go Togashi TDK SC
14
10 Japan Kiyohiro Hirabayashi FC Kariya
12
Japan Hideyuki Ishida Kataller Toyama
12

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tochigi SC 85,816 13,821 2,704 5,048 0.1326004038591+13.2%
2 Kataller Toyama 73,205 10,704 2,008 4,306 2.0889526542324+208.8%
3 Fagiano Okayama 62,297 11,053 1,457 3,665 0.15797788309637+15.7%
4 Gainare Tottori 54,652 7,117 1,363 3,215 0.83190883190883+83.1%
5 FC Ryukyu 48,997 6,247 1,708 2,882 0.17969709373721+17.9%
6 New Wave Kitakyushu 19,539 1,752 725 1,149 -0.950372208436724.9%
7 Tokyo Musashino City 17,087 4,101 384 1,005 0.49331352154532+49.3%
8 TDK SC 16,170 3,261 564 951 -0.967446592065113.2%
9 Sony Sendai 14,788 2,379 325 870 0.50259067357513+50.2%
10 Honda FC 14,512 3,042 529 854 0.33229329173167+33.2%
11 MIO Biwako Kusatsu 14,511 2,102 307 854 2.429718875502+242.9%
12 Sagawa Shiga 14,469 3,623 259 851 -0.920995670995677.9%
13 FC Kariya 10,261 1,777 227 604 0.17281553398058+17.2%
14 Ryutsu Keizai University 9,246 1,284 183 544 -0.969696969696973.0%
15 JEF Reserves 8,243 1,467 204 485 0.17149758454106+17.1%
16 Sagawa Printing 6,262 636 165 368 -0.926952141057937.3%
17 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima 6,038 1,115 141 355 -0.959459459459464.0%
18 Arte Takasaki 5,104 854 144 300 -0.7317073170731726.8%
League total 481,197 13,821 141 1,573+19.8%

Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Notes:
Kataller Toyama attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.

References

  1. "JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
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