2002_Japan_Football_League

2002 Japan Football League

2002 Japan Football League

Football league season


The 2002 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第4回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Yon-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the fourth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 10, 2002. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the previous season and were seeded for 2002 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALO ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 10, 2002. Source: Japan Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

More information Rank, Scorer ...

Attendances

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Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

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
More information Ain Food, 0 – 1 ...
Attendance: 452
Referee: Tadashi Hase

More information Jatco SC, 1 – 2 ...
Ashitaka Stadium, Numazu
Attendance: 475
Referee: 山口 博司

Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL.

Leg 2
More information SP Kyoto, 0 – 0 ...
Attendance: 519
Referee: Onishi Hiroyuki

More information Shizuoka Sangyo University, 0 – 0 ...
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: 野田 祐樹

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.


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