2019 Japan Football League
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)) was the sixth season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese football, and the 21st season since the establishment of Japan Football League.
| Season | 2019 |
|---|---|
| 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 → | |
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 won the Regional Promotion Series, while Suzuka Unlimited came second in the final phase. [4]
Personnel and kits
| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Imabari |  Takeshi Ono |
Adidas | |
| FC Osaka | Haruo Wada |
Tomoyuki Iwamoto |
bonera |
| Honda FC | Hiroyasu Ibata |
Yuya Suzuki |
Umbro |
| Honda Lock | Shinya Shirakawa |
Naoya Oyama |
Kappa |
| Maruyasu Okazaki | Ryuji Kitamura |
Keita Sugimoto |
ATHLETA |
| Matsue City | Koji Tanaka |
Yuzuru Tabira |
GAViC |
| MIO Biwako Shiga | Masafumi Nakaguchi |
JOGARBOLA | |
| Nara Club | Koichi Sugiyama |
Shinichi Mukai |
SQUADRA |
| ReinMeer Aomori | Tatsuya Mochizuki |
Kanta Takahashi |
Umbro |
| Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | Yuji Nakano |
Adidas | |
| Sony Sendai | Shinji Honda |
Kenta Ogihara |
Umbro |
| Suzuka Unlimited |  Milagros Martínez Domínguez |
Toshihiro Horikawa |
ATHLETA |
| Tegevajaro Miyazaki | Keiji Kuraishi |
Penalty | |
| Tokyo Musashino City | Hisayuki Ikegami |
Koji Ishihara |
Yonex |
| Veertien Mie | Nobuhiro Ueno |
Hitoshi Nishimura |
Mizuno |
| Verspah Oita | Shigemitsu Sudo |
Kosuke Fukumoto |
LINES |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 regional leagues |
Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain a 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 25, 2020.[5]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
 Efrain Rintaro |
Suzuka Unlimited | 18 |
2 |
Tsubasa Ando |
Honda Lock SC | 16 |
3 |
Kazuki Sakamoto |
MIO Biwako Shiga | 14 |
4 |
Yuta Uchino |
Sony Sendai FC | 12 |
| Hiroki Bandai |
ReinMeer Aomori | ||
6 |
Masahiko Sugita |
Sony Sendai FC | 11 |
| Jin Shioya |
Veertien Mie | ||
8 |
Yuki Mizutani |
Tokyo Musashino City FC | 10 |
9 |
Daiya Tono |
Honda FC | 9 |
| Koji Ishihara |
Tokyo Musashino City | ||
| Hiroto Miyauchi |
Matsue City |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Miyazaki | 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 Aomori | 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
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