2009_Japan_Football_League

Japan Football League
Season	2009
Dates	15 March – 29 November
Champions	Sagawa Shiga; 2nd JFL title; 2nd D3 title
Promoted	New Wave Kitakyushu
Relegated	FC Kariya; Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
Matches played	306
Goals scored	775 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shogo Shiozawa (17 goals total)
Highest attendance	9,856 (Round 1,; New Wave vs. JEF Reserves)
Lowest attendance	109 (Round 28,; Printing vs. Arte)
Average attendance	1,189
	← 2008 2010 →

2009 Japan Football League

Football league season

The 2009 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第11回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the eleventh season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

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Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2009. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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Occupied one of the top 4 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2009 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
J. League Associate Membership and submitted applications to J. League board by 30 September.
Must hold J. League Associate Membership and submit applications to J. League board by 30 September, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted. V-Varen Nagasaki and Machida Zelvia, both associate members, announced that they would not submit applications for this year due to some unresolved problems pointed out by J. League at the preliminary review.^[1]
Series' occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.
Mitsubishi Mizushima F.C. submitted a letter to JFL headquarters on 30 September regarding withdrawal from JFL by the end of 2009 season regardless of their 2009 results due to "various factors including recent economic slump."^[2] However, Chugoku Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues, declined to accept Mizushima as its 2010 league member because of their voluntary withdrawal from JFL. Therefore, the highest division which Mizushima will be able to play in 2010 season is Okayama prefectural league division 1.^[3]

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Home \ Away	ART	GAI	HON	LOC	JER	KAR	RKU	MIO	MMM	NWK	PRI	RYU	SSH	SON	TDK	VVN	YMC	ZEL
Arte Takasaki		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–3
Gainare Tottori	2–2		1–3	0–1	5–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Honda FC	0–0	2–1		0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–3
Honda Lock	1–0	3–3	0–0		0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	4–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0
JEF Reserves	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0
FC Kariya	1–2	4–2	1–6	0–0	0–0		2–2	3–2	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Ryutsu Keizai University	0–2	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0		3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–4
MIO Biwako Kusatsu	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0		2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–1
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–6	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2		1–2	2–4	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–5	1–2	0–1
New Wave Kitakyushu	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–3		2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
SP Kyoto	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	7–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–2		1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–0	0–1
FC Ryukyu	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1		0–5	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1
Sagawa Shiga	2–0	2–1	0–4	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–3		1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–3
Sony Sendai	5–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2		2–3	2–0	1–2	2–0
TDK SC	1–0	0–4	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–4	1–3	0–1		1–1	0–2	1–3
V-Varen Nagasaki	0–1	1–2	2–5	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0		2–0	0–0
Yokogawa Musashino	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–3	4–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0		2–1
Machida Zelvia	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2009. Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[TOP-1] Occupied one of the top 4 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2009 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.

[table_note_NWK0.078959899059944-2] J. League Associate Membership and submitted applications to J. League board by 30 September.

[table_note_res_P0.078959899059944-4] Must hold J. League Associate Membership and submit applications to J. League board by 30 September, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted. V-Varen Nagasaki and Machida Zelvia, both associate members, announced that they would not submit applications for this year due to some unresolved problems pointed out by J. League at the preliminary review.^[1]

[table_note_res_RP0.078959899059944-5] Series' occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.

[table_note_res_R0.078959899059944-8] Mitsubishi Mizushima F.C. submitted a letter to JFL headquarters on 30 September regarding withdrawal from JFL by the end of 2009 season regardless of their 2009 results due to "various factors including recent economic slump."^[2] However, Chugoku Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues, declined to accept Mizushima as its 2010 league member because of their voluntary withdrawal from JFL. Therefore, the highest division which Mizushima will be able to play in 2010 season is Okayama prefectural league division 1.^[3]

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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) Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Mainichi Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-09-26

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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」)^{[permanent dead link]} JFL official website (Japanese) dated 2009-11-02

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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) Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine The Sanyo Shimbun (Japanese) dated 2009-12-12

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"JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sagawa Shiga^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C)	34	19	9	6	62	36	+26	66
2	Yokogawa Musashino^{[lower-alpha 1]}	34	17	9	8	48	34	+14	60
3	Sony Sendai	34	17	8	9	49	30	+19	59
4	New Wave Kitakyushu^{[lower-alpha 2]} (P)	34	16	10	8	49	31	+18	58	Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 2^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	Gainare Tottori^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34	16	8	10	65	37	+28	56
6	Machida Zelvia	34	14	12	8	38	30	+8	54
7	Honda FC	34	13	12	9	49	38	+11	51
8	MIO Biwako Kusatsu	34	13	9	12	51	43	+8	48
9	SP Kyoto	34	14	5	15	56	46	+10	47
10	TDK SC	34	14	4	16	39	54	−15	46
11	V-Varen Nagasaki	34	12	8	14	38	43	−5	44
12	JEF Reserves^{[lower-alpha 1]}	34	9	14	11	26	37	−11	41
13	Honda Lock	34	9	13	12	34	38	−4	40
14	Arte Takasaki	34	9	13	12	34	46	−12	40
15	Ryutsu Keizai University	34	11	7	16	41	55	−14	40
16	FC Ryukyu	34	11	5	18	42	57	−15	38
17	FC Kariya (R)	34	7	10	17	26	51	−25	31	Promotion/relegation Series^{[lower-alpha 4]}
18	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (R)	34	4	6	24	28	69	−41	18	Relegation to Okayama prefectural league^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Gainare Tottori	58,128	6,188	1,267	3,419	+6.3%^†
2	New Wave Kitakyushu	57,983	9,856	1,365	3,411	+196.9%^†
3	V-Varen Nagasaki	46,966	5,122	1,020	2,763	+95.0%^†
4	Machida Zelvia	32,059	3,861	1,067	1,886	n/a^†
5	FC Ryukyu	22,919	2,747	618	1,348	−53.2%^†
6	Sagawa Shiga	18,617	2,139	316	1,095	+28.7%^†
7	MIO Biwako Kusatsu	16,929	2,058	338	996	+16.6%^†
8	Honda Lock	13,865	1,796	501	816	+109.8%^†
9	Yokogawa Musashino	12,950	1,326	281	762	−24.2%^†
10	Honda FC	12,734	2,482	335	749	−12.3%^†
11	TDK SC	12,594	2,563	259	741	−22.1%^†
12	Sony Sendai	12,425	1,990	239	731	−16.0%^†
13	FC Kariya	10,312	1,188	191	607	+0.5%^†
14	Ryutsu Keizai University	7,747	725	183	456	−16.2%^†
15	Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima	7,486	953	304	440	+23.9%^†
16	Arte Takasaki	7,166	1,121	202	422	+40.7%^†
17	SP Kyoto	6,715	834	109	395	+7.3%^†
18	JEF Reserves	6,362	713	207	374	−22.9%^†
	League total	363,957	9,856	109	1,189	−24.3%^†

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2009 Japan Football League

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Table

Results

Top scorers

Attendance

Promotion and relegation

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Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Shogo Shiozawa	SP Kyoto	17
2	Shingo Kinoshita	MIO Biwako Kusatsu	15
2	Gen Nakamura	Sagawa Shiga	15
4	Keiichi Kubota	Arte Takasaki	11
	Junya Nitta	Honda FC	11
	Toshitaka Tsurumi	Gainare Tottori	11
7	Ryota Arimitsu	V-Varen Nagasaki	10
	Hamed Koné	Gainare Tottori	10
	Shoma Mizunaga	Honda Lock	10
	Tomoya Osawa	Sagawa Shiga	10
	Yuya Sano	New Wave Kitakyushu	10
	Tatsuya Sekino	Yokogawa Musashino	10