2017 Japan Football League

The 2017 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第19回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūkyū-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) is the fourth season of the nationwide fourth tier of the Japanese football, and the 19th season since the establishment of Japan Football League.

Japan Football League
Season2017
ChampionsHonda FC
RelegatedTochigi Uva FC
Briobecca Urayasu
Matches played240
Goals scored669 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerShusuke Sakamoto
Nara Club (18 goals)
Highest attendance5,241
FC Imabari v Verspah Oita (10 September 2017)
Lowest attendance100
Honda Lock SC
Average attendance797
← 2016
2018 →

Clubs

Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 16 January 2017.[1]

Club Name Home Town Kit manufacturer Notes
Briobecca Urayasu Urayasu, Chiba NIKE
FC Imabari Imabari, Ehime adidas J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders[2]
Promoted from Shikoku Soccer League after 1st place in 40th Regional Promotion Series
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka umbro Defending champions of 2016
Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki kappa
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi PENALTY
MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga NIKE
Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara[lower-alpha 1] SQUADRA J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
FC Osaka All cities/towns in Osaka mitre
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori Under Armour
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki adidas
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi umbro
Tokyo Musashino City Musashino, Tokyo YONEX J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders
Tochigi Uva Tochigi, Tochigi mitre J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders
Vanraure Hachinohe Eastern cities/towns in Aomori[lower-alpha 2] ATHLETA J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[lower-alpha 3] Mizuno Promoted from Tōkai Adult Soccer League Div. 1 after 2nd place in 40th Regional Promotion Series
Verspah Oita Yufu & Ōita, Ōita WARRIX
  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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Honda FC (C) 30 21 7 2 72 20 +52 70 [lower-alpha 1]
2 ReinMeer Aomori 30 17 10 3 44 28 +16 61
3 Sony Sendai 30 18 5 7 64 36 +28 59
4 FC Osaka 30 16 7 7 59 32 +27 55
5 Vanraure Hachinohe 30 15 6 9 41 31 +10 51
6 FC Imabari 30 12 12 6 54 36 +18 48
7 Nara Club 30 10 10 10 41 51 −10 40
8 Honda Lock 30 9 7 14 36 46 −10 34
9 Maruyasu Okazaki 30 9 7 14 35 46 −11 34
10 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 30 8 10 12 38 51 −13 34
11 Tokyo Musashino City 30 8 9 13 44 47 −3 33
12 Veertien Mie 30 7 8 15 35 46 −11 29
13 MIO Biwako Shiga 30 6 9 15 33 51 −18 27
14 Verspah Oita 30 5 12 13 27 46 −19 27
15 Briobecca Urayasu (R) 30 6 8 16 24 46 −22 26 Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues
16 Tochigi Uva (R) 30 5 9 16 22 56 −34 24
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2017. 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
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
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.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of match played 13 November 2017.[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Shusuke Sakamoto Nara Club
18
2
 Ryota Kuwajima FC Imabari
17
Jun Arima Sony Sendai FC
4
 Shogo Omachi Honda FC
16
5
 Koji Ishihara Tokyo Musashino City FC
15
6
 Tatsuya Furuhashi Honda FC
14
7
 Yuta Uchino Sony Sendai FC
13
8
 Makoto Kawanishi FC Osaka
12
9
 Taichi Nakamura ReinMeer Aomori
11
10
 Junki Yokono
10
Shogo Fujimaki Veertien Mie
Junya Kitano

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FC Imabari 32,724 5,241 764 2,182 n/a†
2 Vanraure Hachinohe 31,596 4,122 719 2,106 +20.1%†
3 Nara Club 21,703 2,868 763 1,447 −4.0%†
4 Honda FC 12,915 1,504 477 861 +8.4%†
5 Veertien Mie 11,879 1,343 242 792 n/a†
6 ReinMeer Aomori 10,819 2,098 353 721 +2.4%†
7 Tokyo Musashino City 10,595 1,438 307 706 −17.2%†
8 MIO Biwako Shiga 9,771 1,955 191 651 −4.3%†
9 FC Osaka 8,960 1,523 232 597 −33.4%†
10 Briobecca Urayasu 7,579 1,049 234 505 +5.0%†
11 Verspah Oita 6,108 746 223 407 −16.6%†
12 Maruyasu Okazaki 5,911 703 159 394 +3.1%†
13 Tochigi Uva 5,844 1,116 179 390 −3.0%†
14 Sony Sendai 5,298 566 171 353 −51.7%†
15 Honda Lock 4,930 746 100 329 −11.6%†
16 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 4,644 691 137 310 −20.1%†
League total 191,276 5,241 100 797 −2.4%†

Updated to games played on 3 December
Source: Japan Football League (1st stage, 2nd stage)
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

References
  1. "Announcement on teams participating in the 19th Japan Football League" (in Japanese). Japan Football League. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1148
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