2016 Japan Football League

November 2020 Japan Football League Honda FC Azul Claro Numazu Fagiano Okayama Next (withdrew) 240 628 Makoto KawanishiFC Osaka (21 goals) 4,675 158 817 2015 2017 2016 The 2016 Japan Football League 第18回日本フットボールリーグ Dai Jūkyūhachi-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu yes was the third season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese football, and the 18th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. Clubs Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 9 December 2015.http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=978 Announcement on teams participating in the 18th Japan Football League ja Japan Football League 9 December 2015 14 December 2015 A place for 2016 Emperor's Cup will be given to the winners of the first stage of the 2016 JFL.http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=823 Announcement on format change of the Japan Football League ja Japan Football League 20 January 2014 14 December 2015 Club nameHome townNotes Azul Claro Numazu Numazu, Shizuoka J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders, J3 license holdersLicenses for 2016 J3 participation announced. http://www.jleague.jp/release/post-38280/ J.League ja 24 September 2015 14 December 2015 Briobecca Urayasu Urayasu, Chiba Promoted from Kantō League Div. 1 after 2nd place in 39th Regional Promotion Series Fagiano Okayama Next Okayama, Okayama Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Honda Lock Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga Nara Club Nara, Nara J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders FC Osaka FC Osaka Osaka, Osaka ReinMeer ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori Promoted from Tohoku League Div. 1 after 1st place in 39th Regional Promotion Series Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi Defending champions of 2015 Tokyo Musashino City Musashino, TokyoFormerly Yokogawa Musashino FC,http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2015/12/09/kiji/K20151209011657330.html Yokogawa Musashino will be renamed "Tokyo Musashino City" ja 9 December 2015 J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders Uva FC Tochigi Uva Tochigi, Tochigi J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders Vanraure Hachinohe Hachinohe, Aomori J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders Verspah Oita Ōita, Ōita Change in rules The tournament continued with the system introduced in 2014: Two single round-robin stages are held, and winners of each stage determine the champion in the post-season home and away championship playoffs. If the same team manages to win both stages, no playoffs will be held, and they will be automatically declared champions.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH2R5W0KH2RTLTB00C.html Kagoshima United becomes a 100-Year Plan club ja Asahi Shimbun 24 February 2015 14 December 2015 The two worst performing teams by aggregated results of both stages are relegated to the Regional Leagues and replaced by the top two performers of the Regional League promotion series. However, if one or two teams are admitted to J3 or withdrawn at the end of the season, the number of relegated clubs are reduced accordingly. According to updated J.League Terms, the clubs must comply the following requirements to be promoted to J3 League:http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=848 J.League Terms ja Japan Football League February 2015 14 December 2015 Play in JFL for at least one season before promotion Hold a J.League 100 Year Plan club status Finish in top 4 of the combined JFL table and finish either 1st or 2nd among associate members. Have an average home attendance of at least 2,000; with significant effort recognized toward reaching 3,000 spectators Have an annual operating revenue of 150 million yen Pass the J3 licensing examination conducted by J.League First stage main WDL First stage complete JFL website ja RKD OSA AZU LOC VAN HON SON MIO BRI TMC REI MAR VRS NAR UVA FAN PO 9 2 4 21 11 6 1 8 19 22 2 0 13 10 27 7 4 4 21 16 7 5 3 18 10 5 2 8 10 15 7 1 7 19 23 3 5 7 17 25 10 2 3 28 14 4 5 6 15 17 11 2 2 30 14 6 5 4 24 15 3 1 11 19 42 7 4 4 19 10 3 7 5 13 18 5 4 6 10 14 Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai Tokyo Musashino City Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita 6 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw Q yellow1 Qualification to championship play-offs Second stage main WDL Second stage 13 November 2016 JFL website ja HON SON LOC AZU REI OSA NAR VAN RKD MIO BRI TMC VRS MAR UVA FAN PO 9 3 3 26 13 5 2 8 20 25 0 1 14 9 34 11 3 1 31 13 10 3 2 28 13 2 7 6 13 23 4 6 5 19 22 7 2 6 24 23 8 2 5 24 17 9 1 5 20 16 5 4 6 23 24 11 1 3 32 12 4 4 7 19 24 2 0 13 15 35 6 3 6 15 17 3 6 6 17 24 Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai Tokyo Musashino City Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita 6 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw Q yellow1 Qualification to championship play-offs Championship play-offs The championship play-offs were held after the season between two winners of each stage. Ryutsu Keizai Dragons, the winners of the first stage, hosted the first leg on 26 November, and Honda FC who won the second stage hosted the second leg on 4 December.18th JFL Championship http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1114 Japan Football League 13 November 2016 ja Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 2–3 Honda FC 2–2 0–1 |} 26 November 2016 13:00 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 2 – 2 Report Honda FC Kashiwanoha Park Stadium, Kashiwa 1,131 4 December 2016 13:00 Honda FC 1 – 0 Report Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Honda Miyakoda Soccer Stadium, Hamamatsu 1,596 Overall table This table is used to determine J3 promotion candidates. To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs. main WDL Overall table 13 November 2016 JFL website ja HON RKD AZU LOC OSA SON VAN REI MIO NAR BRI TMC VRS MAR UVA FAN P X 18 5 7 47 24 11 3 16 39 47 2 1 27 19 61 18 7 5 52 29 17 8 5 46 23 7 9 14 23 38 11 7 12 38 45 10 7 13 41 48 18 4 8 52 31 13 6 11 35 33 16 6 8 53 38 17 6 7 56 27 9 8 13 29 38 5 1 24 34 77 13 7 10 34 27 6 13 11 30 42 Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai Tokyo Musashino City Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita P C 6 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw Q green1 Promotion to 2017 J3 League To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs. black1 Withdrew after the seasonhttp://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1070 ファジアーノ岡山ネクスト、JFLからの退会について JFL ja 2016-06-25 2016-08-31 Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1JPN Makoto KawanishiFC Osaka 212JPN Jun ArimaSony Sendai 193JPN Koki TakenakaBriobecca Urayasu 174JPN Taira ShigeNara Club 155JPN Takuma SonodaAzul Claro Numazu 126JPN Yuta UchinoSony Sendai 11JPN Kazuki SakamotoMIO Biwako ShigaJPN Kengo KuboMIO Biwako ShigaJPN Toshihiko UchiyamaTochigi Uva10JPN Seiya MurakamiVanraure Hachinohe 10JPN Tatsuya FuruhashiHonda FCJPN Takanori YokochiRyutsu Keizai Dragons Updated to games played on 13 November 2016.Source: JFL Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals ja Attendance 1 Azul Claro Numazu 34975 6874 848 2332 2198 2 Vanraure Hachinohe 26317 5028 792 1754 974 3 Nara Club 22620 2620 1140 1508 1817 4 FC Osaka 13446 1416 511 896 692 5 Tokyo Musashino City 12789 1653 302 853 817 6 Honda FC 11908 1517 438 794 1071 7 Sony Sendai 10963 4675 278 731 534 8 ReinMeer Aomori 10564 1518 350 704 229 † 9 MIO Biwako Shiga 10195 1810 253 680 894 10 Verspah Oita 7324 928 206 488 488 11 Briobecca Urayasu 7217 952 211 481 † 12 Tochigi Uva 6025 1043 151 402 456 13 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons 5813 851 193 388 365 14 Maruyasu Okazaki 5733 634 243 382 346 15 Honda Lock 5576 741 178 372 356 16 Fagiano Okayama Next 4653 517 158 310 309 196118 6874 151 817 894 13 November Japan Football League (1st stage, 2nd stage) † Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. March 2016 Promotion from Regional Leagues FC Imabari and Veertien Mie References External links Official website fourth 2016 4