2008 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
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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 the Regional League promotion 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 | Yokogawa Musashino | 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 | SP Kyoto | 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 | 62 | −22 | 38 | |
| 15 | JEF Reserves | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 30 | |
| 16 | FC Ryukyu | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 27 | |
| 17 | Arte Takasaki | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 107 | −67 | 20 | |
| 18 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 76 | −46 | 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 | GAI | HON | JER | KAR | KAT | RKU | MIO | MMM | NWK | PRI | RYU | SSH | SON | TDK | TOC | YMC |
| Arte Takasaki | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–7 | |
| Fagiano Okayama | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Gainare Tottori | 8–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Honda FC | 11–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| JEF Reserves | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| FC Kariya | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Kataller Toyama | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Ryutsu Keizai University | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| New Wave Kitakyushu | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| SP Kyoto | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| FC Ryukyu | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Sagawa Shiga | 7–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Sony Sendai | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
| TDK SC | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
| Tochigi SC | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Yokogawa Musashino | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
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 |  Junya Nitta |
Honda FC | |
| 2 | Kodai Suzuki |
Honda FC | |
| 3 | Yasutaka Kobayashi |
Fagiano Okayama | |
| 4 | Kohei Kiyama |
Fagiano Okayama | |
| 5 | Yusuke Sato |
Tochigi SC | |
| 6 | Mitsuru Hasegawa |
Kataller Toyama | |
| Gen Nakamura |
Sagawa Shiga | ||
| 8 | Goshi Okubo |
Sony Sendai | |
| Go Togashi |
TDK SC | ||
| 10 | Kiyohiro Hirabayashi |
FC Kariya | |
| Hideyuki Ishida |
Kataller Toyama | ||
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tochigi SC | 85,816 | 13,821 | 2,704 | 5,048 | +13.2% |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 73,205 | 10,704 | 2,008 | 4,306 | +208.8%† |
| 3 | Fagiano Okayama | 62,297 | 11,053 | 1,457 | 3,665 | +15.7%‡ |
| 4 | Gainare Tottori | 54,652 | 7,117 | 1,363 | 3,215 | +83.1% |
| 5 | FC Ryukyu | 48,997 | 6,247 | 1,708 | 2,882 | +17.9% |
| 6 | New Wave Kitakyushu | 19,539 | 1,752 | 725 | 1,149 | −4.9%‡ |
| 7 | Yokogawa Musashino | 17,087 | 4,101 | 384 | 1,005 | +49.3% |
| 8 | TDK SC | 16,170 | 3,261 | 564 | 951 | −3.2% |
| 9 | Sony Sendai | 14,788 | 2,379 | 325 | 870 | +50.2% |
| 10 | Honda FC | 14,512 | 3,042 | 529 | 854 | +33.2% |
| 11 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 14,511 | 2,102 | 307 | 854 | +242.9%‡ |
| 12 | Sagawa Shiga | 14,469 | 3,623 | 259 | 851 | −7.9% |
| 13 | FC Kariya | 10,261 | 1,777 | 227 | 604 | +17.2% |
| 14 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 9,246 | 1,284 | 183 | 544 | −3.0% |
| 15 | JEF Reserves | 8,243 | 1,467 | 204 | 485 | +17.1% |
| 16 | SP Kyoto | 6,262 | 636 | 165 | 368 | −7.3% |
| 17 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 6,038 | 1,115 | 141 | 355 | −4.0% |
| 18 | Arte Takasaki | 5,104 | 854 | 144 | 300 | −26.8% |
| 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
- ↑ "JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Retrieved May 1, 2010.