2002 Japan Football League

Japan Football League 2002 7 April – 10 November Honda FC2nd JFL title3rd D3 title none Shizuoka Sangyo UniversityAlouette KumamotoProfesor Miyazaki Masao Yamamoto (14 goals total) 153 457 3,783 (Round 16,Honda vs. YKK AP) 125 (Round 7,SE Osaka vs. Sony) 574 2001 2003 The 2002 Japan Football League 第4回日本フットボールリーグ Dai Yon-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the fourth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. Overview Japan Greater Tokyo area 450 2002 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 34.611352 135.518641 85 Sagawa Express Osaka Japan Greater Tokyo area 34 52 11 N 135 48 14 E 85 Kyoto BAMB 1993 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 Alouette Kumamoto Japan Greater Tokyo area 32 1 N 131 21 E 85 Profesor Miyazaki It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship. The format was single round-robin as opposed to the usual double to avoid conflict with the FIFA World Cup, which would take place on Japanese soil. Table main WDL 5 QR HON Honda FC Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the previous season and were seeded for 2002 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier. SET Sagawa Express Tokyo OTP Otsuka Pharmaceuticals HON SON Sony Sendai KSU Kokushikan University EHI Ehime FC YEL Yokogawa Electric YKK YKK FC SEO Sagawa Express Osaka DEN Denso SC BAM Kyoto BAMB 1993 TOC Tochigi SC TOT SC Tottori ALO ALO's Hokuriku SSU Shizuoka Sangyo University JAT Jatco SC ALU Alouette Kumamoto PRO Profesor Miyazaki 13 2 2 39 14 C 12 3 2 49 22 10 7 0 38 22 8 6 3 25 16 9 3 5 28 20 8 4 5 29 18 8 4 5 21 26 7 5 5 24 16 6 6 5 27 23 6 3 8 32 30 6 3 8 21 25 5 3 9 21 27 4 3 10 18 33 3 6 8 16 34 4 2 11 20 32 R 3 4 10 16 28 O 3 4 10 16 28 R 2 5 10 20 40 R red2 Promotion/relegation Series RP RP red1 Relegation to Regional Leagues R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 10, 2002 Japan Football League Results main FBR grey ALO ALU BAM DEN EHI HON JAT KSU OTP PRO SEO SET SON SSU TOC TOT YKK YEL ALO's Hokuriku null null 0–0 null null 2–2 2–2 null null null 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 null null Alouette Kumamoto 1–1 0–1 null 1–1 0–1 null null 4–4 2–1 3–2 null null null null null 0–1 0–1 Kyoto BAMB 1993 1–2 null 1–4 null null 2–1 null null 1–2 null 2–3 1–2 4–0 0–0 null null null Denso SC null 3–2 null null null null 2–3 null null 3–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–4 3–2 null 0–1 Ehime FC 4–0 null 0–1 1–4 null 5–1 null null 3–0 null 1–1 null 2–1 2–1 null null null Honda FC 5–1 null 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 null null 7–1 1–3 null null 3–2 null null 1–0 null Jatco SC null 0–0 null 1–0 null null 1–2 null null 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 null null Kokushikan University null 1–0 1–0 null 1–2 0–1 null 2–3 1–0 null null null null null null 0–0 1–0 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 1–0 null 4–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 null 3–3 1–1 null null null null null 1–0 null Profesor Miyazaki 1–1 null null 2–2 null null 4–2 null null null 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 null null Sagawa Express Osaka 6–0 null 0–1 null 1–0 null null 3–2 null 2–1 null 2–2 null 0–1 0–0 null null Sagawa Express Tokyo null 5–0 null null null 3–1 null 2–1 1–3 null 2–2 1–3 null 2–2 5–3 null 9–0 Sony Sendai null 0–0 null null 2–0 0–3 null 1–1 2–2 null null null null null 1–0 1–1 3–0 Shizuoka Sangyo University null 3–0 null null null null null 2–5 1–3 null 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 null 0–2 Tochigi SC null 5–0 null null null 1–3 null 0–2 0–4 null null null 1–0 null 1–2 0–3 1–2 SC Tottori null 1–0 0–1 null 1–4 1–4 null 1–3 0–2 null null null null null null 0–3 1–2 YKK FC 2–1 null 2–0 3–0 1–3 null 1–1 null null 2–1 1–1 2–3 null 1–1 null null null Yokogawa Electric 3–1 null 1–1 null 0–0 0–2 3–1 null 1–2 1–1 2–2 null null null null null 2–1 November 10, 2002 Japan Football League Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1JPN Masao YamamotoSagawa Express Tokyo 22JPN Hideki TakayamaDenso SC 22 3JPN Tatsuya FuruhashiHonda FC 13JPN Shigeki ManomeSagawa Express Tokyo 13 5JPN Takehiro HayashiOtsuka Pharmaceuticals 12 Attendances 1 Honda FC 9903 3783 511 1100 879 2 Ehime FC 8724 1645 785 1091 660 3 Tochigi SC 8110 1647 723 1014 648 4 Sony Sendai 6868 1169 653 859 521 5 SC Tottori 6718 1509 324 840 819 6 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 7072 1158 205 786 598 7 Alouette Kumamoto 6049 863 412 672 693 8 Yokogawa Electric 4770 1057 252 530 489 9 YKK FC 4770 1141 238 489 540 10 Jatco SC 4033 931 232 448 422 11 Profesor Miyazaki 2803 618 230 350 † 12 ALO's Hokuriku 2716 501 202 340 425 13 Kyoto BAMB 1993 2716 511 211 336 351 14 Sagawa Express Tokyo 2966 533 145 330 358 15 Kokushikan University 2851 547 177 317 220 16 Shizuoka Sangyo University 2413 583 178 302 521 17 Denso SC 2541 505 155 282 356 18 Sagawa Express Osaka 2159 386 125 270 † 87789 3783 125 574 515 † Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. January 2015 Promotion and relegation After the season, Alouette Kumamoto and Profesor Miyazaki were automatically relegated to Kyūshū regional league. Due to contraction of the league, the winners and runners-up of the Regional League promotion series, Ain Food and SP Kyoto, were set to compete in the promotion and relegation series with 16th and 15th placed teams – Jatco SC and Shizuoka Sangyo University respectively. Leg 1 December 22, 2002 12:00 Ain Food 0 – 1 Report Jatco SC 井上 祥司 72 Nagai Aid Stadium, Osaka 452 Tadashi Hase December 28, 2002 13:00 Jatco SC 1 – 2 Report Ain Food 河合 崇泰 81 pen 濱中 貴志 32西村 完爾 80 Ashitaka Stadium, Numazu 475 山口 博司 4 – 2 河合 崇泰 平塚 次郎 堂森 勝利 石川 真 Akira Honda Kiyoto Shimoyanagi Daisuke Sato Yusuke Ogura Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL. Leg 2 December 23, 2002 13:00 SP Kyoto 0 – 0 Report Shizuoka Sangyo University Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto 519 Onishi Hiroyuki December 29, 2002 13:00 Shizuoka Sangyo University 0 – 0 Report SP Kyoto Yamaha Stadium, Iwata 1,729 野田 祐樹 3 – 5 田口 一成 竹山 満 Yoshimoto Sakurada Nakamori 森住 健吾 妹尾 将宏 山本 健二 Azuma Series tied 0–0. Sagawa Printing won the series 5–3 in penalty shootout and earned promotion to JFL. Shizuoka Sangyo University were relegated to Tōkai regional league. References third 2002 3