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2002 Japan Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Japan Football League |
| season | 2002 |
| dates | 7 April – 10 November |
| winners | Honda FC |
| 2nd JFL title | |
| 3rd D3 title | |
| promoted | none |
| relegated | Shizuoka Sangyo University |
| Alouette Kumamoto | |
| Profesor Miyazaki | |
| league topscorer | Masao Yamamoto (14 goals total) |
| matches | 153 |
| total goals | 457 |
| highest attendance | 3,783 (Round 16, |
| Honda vs. YKK AP) | |
| lowest attendance | 125 (Round 7, |
| SE Osaka vs. Sony) | |
| average attendance | 574 |
| prevseason | 2001 |
| nextseason | 2003 |
2nd JFL title 3rd D3 title Alouette Kumamoto Profesor Miyazaki Honda vs. YKK AP) SE Osaka vs. Sony) The 2002 Japan Football League was the fourth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.
Overview
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
Results
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | 1 | 3 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Masao Yamamoto | Sagawa Express Tokyo | |||||
| JPN Hideki Takayama | Denso SC | |||||
| JPN Tatsuya Furuhashi | Honda FC | |||||
| JPN Shigeki Manome | Sagawa Express Tokyo | |||||
| JPN Takehiro Hayashi | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals |
Attendances
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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
西村 完爾
平塚 次郎
堂森 勝利
石川 真
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
竹山 満
Yoshimoto
Sakurada
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
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