1999 Japan Football League

March 2014 Japan Football League 1999 18 April – 7 November Yokohama FC1st JFL title1st D3 title Mito HollyHock Marcus (22 goals total) 108 386 11,283 (Round 2,Yokohama vs. Jatco) 113 (Round 4,Kokushikan vs. Jatco) 1,084 1998 (former JFL) 2000 The 1999 Japan Football League 第1回日本フットボールリーグ Dai Ikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the first season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. Overview Japan Greater Tokyo area 450 1999 JFL teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 38 19 9 N 140 52 55 E 85 Sony Sendai Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.345278 140.412222 85 Mito HollyHock Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.717441 139.568354 85 Yokogawa Electric Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.546667 139.438611 85 KokushikanUniversity left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.469156 139.603744 85 Yokohama F.C. Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 05 44.1 N 138 51 48.4 E 85 Jatco F.C. left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 48 38.3 N 137 43 20.6 E 85 Honda Motor Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 59 21.4 N 137 0 7.7 E 85 Denso S.C. left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.16821 134.617839 85 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals bottom After the dissolution of former Japan Football League in order to form J. League Division 2, the new Japan Football League was established from this season as the nationwide top division for amateur clubs. It was originally planned to have 8 clubs, including seven former JFL clubs and Yokogawa Electric, promoted from Kantō Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues. But it eventually became nine-club structure by accepting Yokohama FC, which was established by supporters of defunct Yokohama Flügels, as an associate member as an extralegal measures. Nine clubs played 24 matches each, in triple round-robin format. Yokohama F.C. won the championship but under the conditions of their associate membership were not eligible to promotion and had to stay in JFL for the next year. Table main WDL OT P no YFC Yokohama FC HON Honda Motor HOL Mito HollyHock DEN Denso SC SON Sony Sendai VOR Otsuka Pharmaceuticals JAT Jatco SC ELE Yokogawa Electric KOK Kokushikan University 16 2 3 3 57 32 C 13 5 1 5 69 34 13 3 0 8 48 32 P 8 3 4 9 46 38 7 2 1 14 29 42 7 1 2 14 35 47 6 2 3 13 40 53 6 1 0 17 26 42 4 2 0 18 36 65 green1 Promotion to 2000 J. League Division 2 Though Mito HollyHock haven't finished within top two, their promotion was unanimously accepted by the special J. League Board decision. The fact that championship has been won by associate JFL members, Yokohama F.C., was taken into account. P Occupied one of the top three places at the end of the first part of the season (9th week) and were seeded for 1999 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier. Yokohama F.C. and Kokushikan University were not eligible to be seeded. HON HON 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 7 November 1999 Japan Football League Results Round 1 main FBR grey DEN HOL HON JAT KSU OTP SON YEL YFC Denso SC null 2–4 null 3–1 null 0–0OT OT 3–1 1–1OT OT Mito HollyHock 0–3 1–2OT OT null 1–0 null null null null Honda Motors null null 6–4 null 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–4 Jatco SC 2–1OT OT 2–3OT OT null null null null null null Kokushikan University null null 0–5 0–3 0–1 1–3 null null Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 3–2 1–0 null 2–0 null null 0–1 1–4 Sony Sendai null 0–4 null 2–3 null 1–0OT OT 0–1 null Yokogawa Electric null 0–1OT OT null 2–1 2–1OT OT null null null Yokohama FC null 4–1 null 2–2OT OT 5–2 null 1–0 4–0 13 June 1999 Japan Football League Round 2 main FBR grey DEN HOL HON JAT KSU OTP SON YEL YFC Denso SC null 0–4 null null null 3–0 1–0 2–2OT OT Mito HollyHock 2–1 2–1 null 4–3 4–0 null null null Honda Motors null null null 1–2 8–2 4–1 null 2–0 Jatco SC 0–4 0–5 1–3 null null null null 2–3 Kokushikan University 1–3 null null 1–0OT OT 1–2OT OT 2–1 null null Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 1–2OT OT null null 1–1OT OT null null 2–0 2–3 Sony Sendai null 0–1 null 1–3 null 1–3 3–1 null Yokogawa Electric null 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–4OT OT null null null Yokohama FC null 3–2 null null 4–3OT OT null 1–0 2–1 15 August 1999 Japan Football League Round 3 main FBR grey DEN HOL HON JAT KSU OTP SON YEL YFC Denso SC 3–2OT OT null 0–0OT OT null 1–0OT OT null null null Mito HollyHock null null 2–1 null 3–2OT OT 4–1 1–0 2–0 Honda Motors 1–0OT OT 2–1OT OT 2–1OT OT 4–3OT OT null null null null Jatco SC null null null 5–3 2–1OT OT 1–5 2–1 null Kokushikan University 5–4 3–1 null null null null 0–3 0–3 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals null null 2–2OT OT null 3–0 2–3OT OT null null Sony Sendai 3–2 null 0–1 null 1–0 null null 1–0 Yokogawa Electric 2–3 null 1–5 null null 3–2 3–0 0–1 Yokohama FC 3–2 null 2–1 3–2OT OT null 2–0 null null 7 November 1999 Japan Football League Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1BRA MarcusHonda Motors 22 2JPN Kenji ArimaYokohama FC 19 3JPN Mitsunori YabutaYokohama FC 12 4JPN Hiroyasu IbataHonda Motors 11JPN Hiroaki TajimaHonda Motors 11 Attendances 1 Yokohama FC 53045 11283 1494 4080 15895 † 2 Honda Motors 14733 3109 283 1133 699 3 Mito HollyHock 10695 2531 412 891 764 4 Sony Sendai 7833 2109 329 653 1535 5 Jatco SC 6198 1809 362 620 589 6 Yokogawa Electric 7194 1556 268 600 ‡ 7 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 6803 2039 172 567 595 8 Denso SC 6270 1372 211 523 407 9 Kokushikan University 4253 2099 113 354 354 117024 11283 113 1084 1797 Japan Football League † The club was created by the supporters of disbanded J. League club Yokohama Flügels – therefore attendances are compared to Flügels' last record in J. League.‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. January 2015 Promotion and relegation No relegation has occurred because the league was expanding to 12 teams. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, ALO's Hokuriku and Tochigi SC were promoted automatically. In addition, FC Kyoken and Shizuoka Sangyo University were included by JFA and College FA recommendations. third 1999 3