2004 Japan Football League

Japan Football League 2004 28 March – 5 December Otsuka Pharmaceuticals2nd JFL title2nd D3 title Otsuka PharmaceuticalsThespa Kusatsu Kokushikan University(expelled by JFA) Takehiro Hayashi (21 goal total) 239 746 13,743 (Round 27,Thespa vs. Otsuka) 85 (Round 23,Kokushikan vs. Tottori) 1,141 2003 2005 The 2004 Japan Football League 第6回日本フットボールリーグ Dai Rokkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the sixth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. Overview Japan Greater Tokyo area 450 2004 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 36 19 18.8 N 139 0 11.8 E 85 Gunma Horikoshi bottom Japan Greater Tokyo area 36.411613 139.053258 85 ThespaKusatsu top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35 40 N 139 49 E 85 Sagawa Express Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.717441 139.568354 85 Yokogawa Musashino top Japan Greater Tokyo area 35.546667 139.438611 85 KokushikanUniversity left 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. right Japan Greater Tokyo area 36 52 N 137 27 E 85 YKK AP 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 SagawaPrinting top 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 It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship. Table main WDL PR OTP Otsuka Pharmaceuticals HON Honda FC SPA Thespa Kusatsu YKK YKK AP EHI Ehime FC SON Sony Sendai SET Sagawa Express Tokyo GUH Gunma Horikoshi TOC Tochigi SC ALO ALO's Hokuriku SEO Sagawa Express Osaka PRI SP Kyoto YMC Yokogawa Musashino TOT SC Tottori KSU Kokushikan University DEN Denso SC 25 3 2 74 20 C,P 19 5 6 64 36 19 5 6 63 35 P 15 5 10 56 33 14 7 9 53 42 13 8 9 50 42 13 5 12 43 39 11 8 11 48 47 11 7 12 41 47 10 7 13 46 52 9 8 13 38 40 10 4 16 30 45 8 8 14 41 51 5 7 18 36 62 5 5 20 37 73 R 4 6 20 29 85 One of three clubs that occupied top 3 places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2004 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier. OTP OTP green1 Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2 P P #ababab Expelled Expelled by Japan Football Association after 29th week because of the scandal caused by arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on a minor.Arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on minor. In the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo a team was awarded a default 0–3 defeat. EXP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. December 5, 2004 Japan Football League Results main FBR grey ALO DEN EHI GUH HON KSU OTP PRI SEO SET SON SPA TOC TOT YKK YMC ALO's Hokuriku 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 Denso SC 0–1 1–4 2–4 0–3 1–0 0–11 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–5 1–2 2–3 0–3 1–1 Ehime FC 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 Gunma Horikoshi 3–3 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 Honda FC 4–0 3–0 5–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 Kokushikan University 1–4 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–3 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–3 3–3 0–5 1–3 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 4–0 7–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 SP Kyoto 2–1 5–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 Sagawa Express Osaka 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 Sagawa Express Tokyo 1–2 0–4 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 Kokushikan University S.C. were expelled from Japan Football League after 29th week and awarded a default 0–3 defeat in the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–3 0–2 Sony Sendai 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 Thespa Kusatsu 2–1 3–0 5–2 1–3 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 Tochigi SC 1–5 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–4 1–0 SC Tottori 2–3 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 YKK AP 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 Yokogawa Musashino 2–3 6–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–3 December 5, 2004 JFL First Round, JFL Second Round Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.jfl.or.jp/archive/2004/result/result.html#goalscorer JFL Top Scorers July 7, 2010 jfl.or.jp Japan Football League 1JPN Takehiro HayashiOtsuka Pharmaceuticals 21 2JPN Yasuaki OshimaOtsuka Pharmaceuticals 20 3JPN Koji MurayamaYokogawa Musashino 18JPN Junya NittaHonda FC 18 5JPN Mitsuru HasegawaYKK AP 16JPN Toshiro TomochikaEhime FC 16 7JPN Tatsuya FuruhashiHonda FC 15 8JPN Youichi MoriGunma Horikoshi 14 9JPN Yosuke KobayashiYokogawa Musashino 12JPN Takeshi UshibanaYKK AP 12JPN Atsushi YoshimotoThespa Kusatsu 12 Attendances 1 Thespa Kusatsu 74221 13743 1724 4948 † 2 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 45697 9553 707 3046 781 3 Ehime FC 33874 11051 565 2258 1308 4 Tochigi SC 17403 3321 643 1160 752 5 Honda FC 17255 3557 457 1150 971 6 Sagawa Express Osaka 11396 4649 286 760 560 7 SC Tottori 9539 1535 287 636 787 8 ALO's Hokuriku 9426 1227 267 628 568 9 Sony Sendai 9320 1406 252 621 685 10 Gunma Horikoshi 9103 3003 289 607 † 11 YKK AP 8915 1516 282 594 534 12 Yokogawa Musashino 8645 988 350 576 441 13 Sagawa Express Tokyo 5247 885 202 375 293 14 SP Kyoto 5596 585 106 373 269 15 Denso SC 3694 583 126 246 288 16 Kokushikan University 3277 527 85 218 229 272608 13743 85 1141 573 † Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. January 2015 Promotion and relegation Because of promotion of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Thespa Kusatsu and expulsion of Kokushikan University, no relegation has occurred. After the season, Honda Lock, Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima and Ryutsu Keizai University were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series. References third 2004 3