2001 Japan Football League

Japan Football League 2001 1 April – 18 November Honda Motors1st JFL title2nd D3 title none Takaaki Tokushige (25 goals total) 240 779 3,305 (Round 28,Honda vs. Kyoken) 48 (Round 23,Express vs. Sangyo) 515 2000 2002 The 2001 Japan Football League 第3回日本フットボールリーグ Dai San-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the third season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. Overview Japan Greater Tokyo area 450 2001 JFL teams Japan Greater Tokyo area 38 19 9 N 140 52 55 E 85 Sony Sendai Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.556667 139.986667 85 Tochigi S.C. Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 40 N 139 49 E 85 Sagawa Express Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.717441 139.568354 85 Yokogawa Electric top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.546667 139.438611 85 KokushikanUniversity left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 05 44.1 N 138 51 48.4 E 85 Jatco F.C. left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 55 N 138 19 E 85 Shizuoka Sangyo University Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 48 38.3 N 137 43 20.6 E 85 HondaF.C. Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 59 21.4 N 137 0 7.7 E 85 Denso S.C. top Japan Greater Tokyo area 36 52 N 137 27 E 85 YKK F.C. top Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.625056 137.195688 85 ALO's Hokuriku left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 52 11 N 135 48 14 E 85 Kyoken Kyoto left Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 27 30 N 134 13 18 E 85 S.C. Tottori left Japan Greater Tokyo area 34.16821 134.617839 85 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Japan Greater Tokyo area 33 46 5.44 N 132 47 51.34 E 85 Ehime F.C. left Japan Greater Tokyo area 32 50 13 N 130 48 0 E 85 NTT West Kumamoto It was contested by 16 teams, and Honda Motors won the championship. No promotion or relegation took place due to the promotion-eligible teams not being autonomous clubs fit for the J. League, and at the other end of the table, due to the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams. Table main WDL Q HON Honda Motor OTP Otsuka Pharmaceuticals JAT Jatco SC SET Sagawa Express DEN Denso SC YKK YKK FC YOK Yokogawa FC NTW NTT West Kumamoto SSU Shizuoka Sangyo University KSU Kokushikan University KYO Kyoken Kyoto EHI Ehime FC TOC Tochigi SC SON Sony Sendai ALO ALO's Hokuriku TOT SC Tottori 22 5 3 74 19 C 21 5 4 78 35 20 5 5 65 36 19 5 6 60 23 17 3 10 70 54 15 5 10 53 39 12 5 13 37 54 10 7 13 55 62 11 4 15 41 59 10 6 14 47 53 9 7 14 39 46 9 6 15 39 43 9 5 16 28 46 9 5 16 28 46 4 7 19 28 57 2 2 26 23 90 Occupied one of the top two places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2001 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier. HON 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 18, 2001 Japan Football League Results main FBR grey ALO DEN EHI HON JAT KSU KYO NTW OTP SET SON SSU TOC TOT YKK YOK ALO's Hokuriku 4–1 0–0 0–5 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 Denso SC 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–0 5–3 2–0 5–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 Ehime FC 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 3–2 1–2 0–4 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–2 2–3 Honda Motors 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 8–0 5–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 Jatco SC 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 5–3 3–5 3–2 6–2 0–3 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 Kokushikan University 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–5 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–5 0–2 2–0 6–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 Kyoken Kyoto 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 NTT West Kumamoto 2–0 3–4 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–6 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 4–1 Sagawa Express 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 7–0 3–0 4–1 Sony Sendai 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–1 2–4 4–2 1–1 2–0 Shizuoka Sangyo University 3–0 2–5 1–0 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–3 0–5 3–4 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 Tochigi SC 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 SC Tottori 4–1 0–3 2–7 0–3 0–4 0–2 2–1 2–3 0–5 1–1 3–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 YKK FC 0–1 4–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 5–2 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 7–0 Yokogawa FC 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–4 3–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 November 18, 2001 Japan Football League Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1JPN Takaaki TokushigeDenso SC 25 2JPN Yasuhiko NiimuraJatco SC 21 3JPN Takehiro HayashiOtsuka Pharmaceuticals 20 4JPN Mitsuru HasegawaYKK FC 18JPN Masao YamamotoSagawa Express 18 Attendances 1 Honda Motors 13178 3305 402 879 998 2 SC Tottori 12281 2124 401 819 † 3 NTT West Kumamoto 10394 1378 324 693 † 4 Ehime FC 9896 1250 348 660 † 5 Tochigi SC 9723 1141 285 648 1049 6 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 8975 2391 284 598 505 7 YKK FC 8093 2477 198 540 † 8 Sony Sendai 7817 886 342 521 1093 9 Yokogawa FC 7334 1198 240 489 703 10 ALO's Hokuriku 6380 1801 180 425 484 11 Jatco SC 6329 1075 167 422 667 12 Sagawa Express 5365 1054 48 358 † 13 Denso SC 5344 831 119 356 433 14 Kyoken Kyoto 5262 468 203 351 386 15 Shizuoka Sangyo University 4013 803 101 268 524 16 Kokushikan University 3298 414 54 220 307 123682 3305 48 515 901 † Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. January 2015 Promotion and relegation No relegation has occurred due to expansion of the league to 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, Sagawa Express Osaka and Profesor Miyazaki were promoted automatically. References third 2001 3