2008 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season	2008
Champions	Honda FC !Honda FC 4th JFL title 5th D3 title
Promoted	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fagiano Okayama !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 !Honda FC won the championship.

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

Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu !New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu !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 !Honda FC (C)	34	22	8	4	80	33	+47	74
2	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC^† (P)	34	18	9	7	65	37	+28	63	Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 2 ¹
3	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama (P)	34	18	8	8	61	36	+25	62
4	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama (P)	34	17	9	8	63	43	+20	60
5	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	34	17	6	11	57	37	+20	57
6	Ryutsu Keizai University !Ryutsu Keizai University	34	17	6	11	56	48	+8	57
7	Yokogawa Musashino !Yokogawa Musashino	34	15	9	10	43	34	+9	54
8	FC Kariya !FC Kariya	34	13	12	9	47	40	+7	51
9	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	34	15	4	15	53	42	+11	49
10	New Wave Kitakyushu !New Wave Kitakyushu	34	13	10	11	49	48	+1	49
11	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto	34	12	13	9	43	42	+1	49
12	Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga	34	12	11	11	53	47	+6	47
13	TDK SC !TDK SC	34	10	11	13	48	47	+1	41
14	MIO Biwako Kusatsu !MIO Biwako Kusatsu	34	10	8	16	40	62	−22	38
15	JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves	34	8	6	20	31	53	−22	30
16	FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	34	7	6	21	31	58	−27	27
17	Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki	34	5	5	24	40	107	−67	20
18	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima !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	Arte Takasaki !ART	Fagiano Okayama !FAG	Gainare Tottori !GAI	Honda FC !HON	JEF Reserves !JER	FC Kariya !KAR	Kataller Toyama !KAT	Ryutsu Keizai University !RKU	MIO Biwako Kusatsu !MIO	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima !MMM	New Wave Kitakyushu !NWK	SP Kyoto !PRI	FC Ryukyu !RYU	Sagawa Shiga !SSH	Sony Sendai !SON	TDK SC !TDK	Tochigi SC !TOC	Yokogawa Musashino !YMC
Arte Takasaki !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Honda FC	25
2	Kodai Suzuki	Honda FC !Honda FC	20
3	Yasutaka Kobayashi	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	19
4	Kohei Kiyama	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	18
5	Yusuke Sato	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	16
6	Mitsuru Hasegawa	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	15
6	Gen Nakamura	Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga	15
8	Goshi Okubo	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	14
8	Go Togashi	TDK SC !TDK SC	14
10	Kiyohiro Hirabayashi	FC Kariya !FC Kariya	12
10	Hideyuki Ishida	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	12

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	85,816	13,821	2,704	5,048	0.1326004038591+13.2%^†
2	Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama	73,205	10,704	2,008	4,306	2.0889526542324+208.8%^†
3	Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama	62,297	11,053	1,457	3,665	0.15797788309637+15.7%^‡
4	Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori	54,652	7,117	1,363	3,215	0.83190883190883+83.1%^†
5	FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu	48,997	6,247	1,708	2,882	0.17969709373721+17.9%^†
6	New Wave Kitakyushu !New Wave Kitakyushu	19,539	1,752	725	1,149	-0.95037220843672−4.9%^‡
7	Yokogawa Musashino !Yokogawa Musashino	17,087	4,101	384	1,005	0.49331352154532+49.3%^†
8	TDK SC !TDK SC	16,170	3,261	564	951	-0.96744659206511−3.2%^†
9	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	14,788	2,379	325	870	0.50259067357513+50.2%^†
10	Honda FC !Honda FC	14,512	3,042	529	854	0.33229329173167+33.2%^†
11	MIO Biwako Kusatsu !MIO Biwako Kusatsu	14,511	2,102	307	854	2.429718875502+242.9%^‡
12	Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga	14,469	3,623	259	851	-0.92099567099567−7.9%^†
13	FC Kariya !FC Kariya	10,261	1,777	227	604	0.17281553398058+17.2%^†
14	Ryutsu Keizai University !Ryutsu Keizai University	9,246	1,284	183	544	-0.96969696969697−3.0%^†
15	JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves	8,243	1,467	204	485	0.17149758454106+17.1%^†
16	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto	6,262	636	165	368	-0.92695214105793−7.3%^†
17	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima !Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	6,038	1,115	141	355	-0.95945945945946−4.0%^†
18	Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki	5,104	854	144	300	-0.73170731707317−26.8%^†
	League total	481,197	13,821	141	1,573	0.19893292682927+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 !ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP !YKK AP
^‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock !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.

Japanese club football

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Football clubs in Japan, 2016

J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 FC Tokyo U-23

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City FC Imabari

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori !ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC !Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection

2008 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues (promotion series)

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	FIFA World Cup qualification East Asian Football Championship AFC U-19 Championship qualification AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga F.C. Nagoya Grampus Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Ehime F.C. F.C. Gifu Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tokushima Vortis Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

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