2018 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season 2018
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The 2018 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第20回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Nijikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) is the fifth season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 20th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The season will run from 11 March to 2 December 2018.[1]

Clubs

Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 15 January 2018.[2]

Club Name Home Town Position Notes
Cobaltore Onagawa Onagawa, Miyagi RPS 1st Promoted from TSL after 1st place in 41st Regional Promotion Series
FC Imabari Imabari, Ehime 6th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
FC Osaka All cities/towns in Osaka 4th
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 1st Defending champions of 2017
Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8th
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi 9th
MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga 13th
Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara[lower-alpha 1] 7th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori 2nd
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki 10th
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi 3rd
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki RPS 2nd Promoted from KSL after 2nd place in 41st Regional Promotion Series
Tokyo Musashino City Musashino, Tokyo 11th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori[lower-alpha 2] 5th J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[lower-alpha 3] 12th
Verspah Oita Yufu & Ōita, Ōita 14th
  1. ↑ centering on Nara
  2. ↑ Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho
  3. ↑ centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Cobaltore Onagawa Japan Tatsuya Murata Japan Seiya Narita Mizuno
FC Imabari Japan Hirofumi Yoshitake Japan Ryoichi Kanai Adidas
FC Osaka Japan Haruo Wada Japan Tomoyuki Iwamoto New Balance
Honda FC Japan Hiroyasu Ibata Japan Yuya Suzuki Umbro
Honda Lock Japan Kenji Taniguchi Japan Naoya Oyama Kappa
Maruyasu Okazaki Japan Ryuji Kitamura Japan Keita Sugimoto Penalty
MIO Biwako Shiga Japan Masafumi Nakaguchi vacant Nike
Nara Club Japan Norihiro Satsukawa Japan Shinichi Mukai SQUADRA
ReinMeer Aomori Japan Tatsuya Mochizuki Japan Kanta Takahashi Umbro
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Japan Shunichi Nakajima vacant Adidas
Sony Sendai Japan Shinji Honda Japan Yuta Akimoto Umbro
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Japan Nobuhiro Ishizaki Japan Hideo Tanaka Penalty
Tokyo Musashino City Japan Kim Jong-song Japan Koji Ishihara Yonex
Vanraure Hachinohe Japan Masahiro Kuzuno Japan Takafumi Sudo ATHLETA
Veertien Mie Japan Eishi Kaizu Japan Katsuhisa Inamori Mizuno
Verspah Oita Japan Shigemitsu Sudo Japan Makoto Nakamura WARRIX

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Honda FC 24 21 2 1 63 20 +43 65 Promotion to 2019 J3 League[lower-alpha 1]
    2 Vanraure Hachinohe 24 13 6 5 34 16 +18 45
    3 FC Osaka 24 13 2 9 42 32 +10 41
    4 Sony Sendai 24 12 3 9 49 33 +16 39
    5 Tokyo Musashino City 24 11 6 7 37 27 +10 39
    6 MIO Biwako Shiga 24 11 6 7 31 24 +7 39
    7 FC Imabari 24 10 6 8 43 26 +17 36
    8 ReinMeer Aomori 24 9 7 8 31 33 −2 34
    9 Nara Club 24 9 5 10 25 26 −1 32
    10 Verspah Oita 24 9 4 11 24 34 −10 31
    11 Veertien Mie 24 8 6 10 33 40 −7 30
    12 Honda Lock 24 6 8 10 24 37 −13 26
    13 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 24 7 3 14 32 49 −17 24
    14 Maruyasu Okazaki 24 6 6 12 28 39 −11 24
    15 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 24 4 5 15 15 34 −19 17 Relegation to 2019 Regional Leagues
    16 Cobaltore Onagawa 24 4 3 17 12 53 −41 15
    Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2018. Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4th) head-to-head results; 5th) disciplinary points; 6th) draw
    Notes:
    1. ↑ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain 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 5th September 2018.[3]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1
    		 Japan Shogo Omachi Honda FC
    12
    Japan Motoki Fujiwara Sony Sendai FC
    3
    		 Japan Shogo Fujimaki Veertien Mie
    11
    4
    		 Japan Kazuki Sakamoto MIO Biwako Shiga
    10
    5
    		 Japan Makoto Kawanishi FC Osaka
    9
    6
    7 players
    8

    References

    1. ↑ "第２０回日本フットボールリーグ大会方式のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Japan Football League. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
    2. ↑ "第２０回日本フットボールリーグ参加チーム" (in Japanese). Japan Football League. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
    3. ↑ http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1148
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