2013 Japan Football League

July 2018 Japan Football League 2013 Nagano Parceiro1st JFL title1st D3 title Kamatamare Sanuki Yuji Unozawa(20 goals) 306 784 10,116F.C. Ryukyu vs Uva 103Printing vs Uva 1,322 2012   2014 (J3) →2014 (JFL) The 2013 Japan Football League 第15回日本フットボールリーグ Dai Jūgo-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the 17th season of the third tier of the Japanese football, and the 15th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. It started on 10 March and finished on 24 November. Clubs Due to unfortunate withdrawal of Arte Takasaki, the previous season has featured only 17 teams, but for 2013 the league has brought the number of teams back to 18. After having another team (Sagawa Shiga) ceasing its operations and withdrawing after the season, the league has welcomed into its ranks two newcomers, SC Sagamihara and Fukushima United. Both clubs looked forward to eventual J. League promotion, with Sagamihara holding the associate membership status, and Fukushima having applied for it in 2007, though unsuccessfully. Last season has for the first time ever featured direct exchange of teams between JFL and J. League. JFL champions and J. League associate members V-Varen Nagasaki were promoted at the expense of Machida Zelvia, who returned to JFL after only a single season in J2. Tochigi Uva were on the brink of relegation, as their play-off series against Norbritz Hokkaido was tied after two rounds. It was decided in penalty shootout, which Tochigi club has won 4–1 and retained their place in the JFL. On 26 February Blaublitz Akita and Zweigen Kanazawa were granted J. League associate membership status,http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00004933.html ja:Jリーグ準加盟審査結果について J. League 26 February 2013 Examination results of J. League associate members ja 27 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130301001401/http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00004933.html 1 March 2013 dead dmy-all bringing the number of such clubs to six, an all-time high mark for the league. On 20 August YSCC Yokohama's application was also granted by J. League,http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00005277.html ja:Jリーグ準加盟審査結果について J. League 20 August 2013 Examination results of J. League associate members ja 21 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130823014936/http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00005277.html 23 August 2013 dead dmy-all further increasing associate members count to seven. It raised again to 10 members after another J. League board session on 16 September, when applications of Fukushima United, FC Ryukyu and Fujieda MYFC were approved.http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00005325.html ja:Jリーグ準加盟審査結果について J. League 17 September 2013 Examination results of J. League associate members ja 17 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130920003408/http://www.j-league.or.jp/release/000/00005325.html 20 September 2013 dead dmy-all Club nameHome townNotesBlaublitz AkitaAll cities/towns in AkitaJ. League associate memberFukushima UnitedFukushima, FukushimaPromoted from Tohoku league D1 in 2012. J.League associate memberHonda FCHamamatsu, ShizuokaHonda Lock Honda LockMiyazaki, MiyazakiHoyo OitaŌita, ŌitaKamatamare SanukiAll cities/towns in KagawaJ. League associate memberMIO Biwako ShigaKusatsu, ShigaMYFC Fujieda MYFCFujieda, ShizuokaJ.League associate memberParceiro Nagano ParceiroNagano, NaganoJ. League associate memberPrinting SP KyotoMukō, KyotoRyūkyū FC RyukyuAll cities/towns in OkinawaJ.League associate memberSagamihara SC SagamiharaSagamihara, KanagawaPromoted from Kantō league D1 in 2012. J. League associate memberSony SendaiTagajō, MiyagiUva Tochigi UvaTochigi, TochigiYokogawa MusashinoMusashino, TokyoYSCC YokohamaYokohama, KanagawaJ.League associate memberMachida ZelviaMachida, TokyoRelegated from J2 in 2012, eligible for J2 promotionZweigen KanazawaKanazawa, IshikawaJ. League associate member Change in rules Promotion to J. League Division 2 As in the previous year, the league winner was promoted to J. League Division 2 (J2) if it met promotion criteria, and the runner-up also promoted to J2 if it met the criteria and won a home-and-away play-off against a J2 club. As the establishment of J3 League, if a playoff took place, the losing team would go to J3, but not staying to JFL. Relegation to regional leagues As the establishment of J3 League leads to a number of teams' transfer in next year, only promotion of teams from regional leagues took place, not relegation.http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2013/02/22/kiji/K20130222005246180.html JFL 来季はJ3発足により6減の12チームで開催へ！ JFL will decrease the number of teams by 6 into 12, due to the establishment of J3 next year Sports Nippon 22 February 2013 29 March 2013 Table main WDL 5 QR PAR Nagano Parceiro KAM Kamatamare Sanuki Kamatamare Sanuki topped the table at the end of the 17th round and thus were awarded JFL seed for 2013 Emperor's Cup.http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=626 第15回JFL第17節「福島ユナイテッドFCが逆転勝利、第93回天皇杯のJFLシードはカマタマーレ讃岐が獲得！」 After defeating Fukushima United FC in Round 17 of 15th JFL season, Kamatamare Sanuki has earned a place in 93rd Emperor's Cup! Japan Football League 2013-06-24 2013-07-01 SGM SC Sagamihara ZEL Machida Zelvia HON Honda FC PRI SP Kyoto ZWE Zweigen Kanazawa BLA Blaublitz Akita SON Sony Sendai YMC Yokogawa Musashino RYU FC Ryukyu YSC YSCC Yokohama MYF Fujieda MYFC FUK Fukushima United HOY Hoyo Oita MIO MIO Biwako Shiga UVA Tochigi Uva LOC Honda Lock 21 9 4 61 25 C 21 5 8 49 26 OP 18 7 9 58 42 18 7 9 51 44 14 11 9 54 38 14 11 9 36 25 14 8 12 60 48 14 8 12 48 45 12 14 8 33 34 13 10 11 36 36 12 10 12 47 51 11 6 17 45 56 9 9 16 40 58 8 10 16 35 42 9 5 20 32 45 8 6 20 40 56 9 3 22 34 66 6 11 17 25 47 orange1 Formed J3 League J3 J3 J3 J3 J3 J3 J3 J3 J3 yellow1 Qualification for promotion playoffs Direct promotion and pro/rele series took place only if there were promotion-eligible teams (shown in bold) that claimed either of two top spots in JFL. QPP 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) draw. If two clubs were tied for first place, both clubs would be declared champions. 8 December 2013 Japan Football League Results main FBR grey BLA FUK HON LOC HOY KAM MIO MYF PAR PRI RYU SGM SON UVA YMC YSC ZEL ZWE Blaublitz Akita 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–6 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–4 Fukushima United 2–3 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 Honda FC 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 Honda Lock 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 0–3 2–2 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–5 Hoyo Oita 0–2 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 MIO Biwako Shiga 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–2 1–5 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 Fujieda MYFC 2–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–5 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–0 1–1 Nagano Parceiro 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–1 SP Kyoto 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 FC Ryukyu 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 SC Sagamihara 1–1 3–2 0–4 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–4 1–1 Sony Sendai 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 Tochigi Uva 1–2 1–5 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 Yokogawa Musashino 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–5 0–1 4–2 YSCC Yokohama 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 5–2 Machida Zelvia 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–4 0–0 3–4 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 Zweigen Kanazawa 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–2 5–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 24 November 2013 Japan Football League: first round, second round Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals 1 JPN Yuji Unozawa Nagano Parceiro 20 2 JPN Ryosuke Kijima Kamatamare Sanuki 15 JPN Koji Suzuki Machida Zelvia 15 4 JPN Shohei Kiyohara Zweigen Kanazawa 13 JPN Yuki Matsumoto SC Sagamihara 13 JPN Yatsunori Shimaya Hoyo Oita 13 JPN Shunta Takahashi FC Ryukyu 13 8 JPN Kazuki Ganaha FC Ryukyu 12 JPN Sho Gokyu SC Sagamihara 12 JPN Goshi Okubo Sony Sendai 12 Updated to games played on 24 November 2013 Source: Japan Football League Attendances 1 Machida Zelvia 53956 6379 2317 3174 3627 † 2 Kamatamare Sanuki 53129 8968 1037 3125 2344 3 Nagano Parceiro 39768 3213 1418 2339 2810 4 FC Ryukyu 35180 10116 846 2069 2164 5 Zweigen Kanazawa 35074 8112 699 2063 2313 6 SC Sagamihara 32705 4893 513 1924 ‡ 7 Blaublitz Akita 30057 4889 1011 1768 1136 8 Fukushima United 17464 2195 339 1027 1271 ‡ 9 Fujieda MYFC 16209 1563 565 953 532 10 YSCC 13310 1889 355 783 710 11 Yokogawa Musashino 13085 2257 298 770 715 12 Honda FC 12824 1238 354 754 823 13 Sony Sendai 10929 951 334 643 588 14 Tochigi Uva 10276 1679 239 604 491 15 MIO Biwako Shiga 9233 1091 224 543 637 16 Honda Lock 8727 1153 283 513 545 17 SP Kyoto 6982 1004 103 405 390 18 Hoyo Oita 5654 641 218 333 479 404472 10116 103 1322 1240 24 November 2013 Japan Football League: first round, second round † Team played previous season in J2‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. March 2013 Post-season promotion and relegation J2 Promotion playoffs 2013 J2/JFL Play-Offs (2013 J2・JFL入れ替え戦) After conclusion of the JFL and J2 seasons, playoffs for participation in 2014 J2 season were contested by lowest-placed J2 club Gainare Tottori and Kamatamare Sanuki, who possess J2 license and have finished second in JFL. The playoffs took place on 1 and 8 December. Gainare Tottori 1–2 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–1 0–1 |} 2013 12 1 y 13:03 Kamatamare Sanuki 1–1 Report Gainare Tottori Takahashi 47 50 Mori Kagawa Marugame Stadium, Marugame, Kagawa 5,793 Yosuke Kubota 2013 12 8 y 13:00 Gainare Tottori 0–1 Report Kamatamare Sanuki 20 Takahashi Tottori Bank Bird Stadium, Tottori, Tottori 6,313 Koichiro Fukushima Kamatamare Sanuki won the playoffs on aggregate and were promoted to 2014 J. League Division 2. Gainare Tottori were relegated to the newly created 2014 J3 League. Promotion from Regional Leagues After 10 of 18 teams were set to leave JFL for the newly created J3, the league announced that it would suffer a contraction and only 14 teams would participate in 2014.http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=664 2014年度 第16回日本フットボールリーグ チーム数についてのお知らせ Announcement on number of teams for 2014 JFL season Japan Football League 7 November 2013 2 December 2013 The league accommodated all winners of the Regional League promotion series and accepted applications from other Regional clubs that were willing to participate in the nationwide league.March 2021 The top three spots of the Regional League promotion series were occupied by Grulla Morioka, Fagiano Okayama Next and FC Kagoshima respectively, and Volca Kagoshima took the last spot. However, the Morioka club has been chosen by J. League for participation in the 2014 J3 season, and both Kagoshima clubs have announced their post-season merger to Kagoshima United. On 4 December the league announced the final list of promoted teams:http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=672 お知らせ「第16回日本フットボールリーグ新入会チーム決定！」 Announcement on the decision on admission of new teams for 16th JFL season! Japan Football League 4 December 2013 4 December 2013 Fagiano Okayama Next – Chūgoku Soccer League champions, 2nd place in Regional promotion play-offs. Kagoshima United – new club, created on merger of Volca Kagoshima and FC Kagoshima, Kyushu Soccer League respective champions and runners-up Vanraure Hachinohe – Tōhoku Soccer League runners-up, and J. League associate members Azul Claro Numazu – Tōkai Soccer League 4th place, and J. League associate members Maruyasu Industries – Tōkai Soccer League champions Renofa Yamaguchi – Chūgoku Soccer League 3rd place, Shakaijin Cup winners, and J. League associate members References External links http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1 third 2013 3