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2009 Japan Football League

FieldValue
competitionJapan Football League
season2009
dates15 March – 29 November
winnersSagawa Shiga
2nd JFL title
2nd D3 title
promotedNew Wave Kitakyushu
relegatedFC Kariya
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
league topscorerShogo Shiozawa (17 goals total)
matches306
total goals775
highest attendance9,856 (Round 1,
New Wave vs. JEF Reserves)
lowest attendance109 (Round 28,
Printing vs. Arte)
average attendance1,189
prevseason[2008](2008-japan-football-league)
nextseason[2010](2010-japan-football-league)

2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima New Wave vs. JEF Reserves) Printing vs. Arte) The 2009 Japan Football League was the eleventh season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Overview

At the end of the 2008 season, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in the Regional League promotion series:

  • Machida Zelvia, Kanto Football League First Division champions
  • V-Varen Nagasaki, Kyushu Football League runners-up
  • Honda Lock, 3rd place at the All Japan Senior Football Championship (3rd place in Kyushu Football League)

Machida Zelvia and V-Varen Nagasaki were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January.

Sagawa Shiga won their second championship title since 2007 season.

Table

Results

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals1247
JPN Shogo ShiozawaSP Kyoto17
JPN Shingo KinoshitaMIO Biwako Kusatsu15
JPN Gen NakamuraSagawa Shiga15
JPN Keiichi KubotaArte Takasaki11
JPN Junya NittaHonda FC11
JPN Toshitaka TsurumiGainare Tottori11
JPN Ryota ArimitsuV-Varen Nagasaki10
CIV Hamed KonéGainare Tottori10
JPN Shoma MizunagaHonda Lock10
JPN Tomoya OsawaSagawa Shiga10
JPN Yuya SanoNew Wave Kitakyushu10
JPN Tatsuya SekinoYokogawa Musashino10

Attendance

Promotion and relegation

Due to Kitakyushu being promoted and Mitsubishi Mizushima being relegated, the Regional League promotion series winner and runner-up, Matsumoto Yamaga and Hitachi Tochigi Uva respectively, were promoted automatically. Third-placed team, Zweigen Kanazawa were set to play FC Kariya in the promotion and relegation series.

Zweigen Kanazawa won the series at 2–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. F.C. Kariya relegated to Tōkai regional league.

References

References

  1. [http://mainichi.jp/enta/sports/soccer/news/20090926k0000m050118000c.html {{nihongo. JFL:Machida became the second club to give up promotion to J2 for the next season, after Nagasaki. JFL:町田が来季のJ2昇格断念…長崎に続き2チーム目] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-09-29 Mainichi Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-09-26)
  2. Announcement:Withdrawal of Mitsubishi Mizushima FC from JFL. お知らせ「三菱水島FCのJFLからの脱退について」]{{Dead link. (September 2018)
  3. [http://svr.sanyo.oni.co.jp/feature/sports/mitsu/2009/12/12/20091212120540.html {{nihongo. Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima withdrawn from JFL – being tossed about by the economic slump, inevitably cause another weakening.. 三菱自水島JFL脱退　不況に翻弄、弱体化必至] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-12-15 The Sanyo Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-12-12)
  4. "JFL Top Scorers". Japan Football League.
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