2010_Japan_Football_League

2010 Japan Football League

2010 Japan Football League

Football league season


The 2010 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第12回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūni-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the twelfth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

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Overview

At the end of the 2009 season, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in the Regional League promotion series:

Before the season corporate TDK SC were renamed to Blaublitz Akita and started operations as an independent football club. Hitachi Tochigi Uva S.C. has dropped the company prefix and changed its name to simply Tochigi Uva F.C.

Matsumoto Yamaga were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in February. Zweigen Kanazawa applied for the membership later in April but the application was not accepted because of incomplete documentation.

Gainare Tottori are the first club to be promoted to J. League Division 2 as champions since Ehime FC in 2005 season.

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. J. League Associate Membership and passed a final inspection by J. League.
  2. Occupied one of the top 3 places at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and were seeded for 2010 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
  3. Must hold J. League Associate Membership, pass a final inspection by J. League and finish no less than in fourth place to be promoted. Machida Zelvia have announced that their stadium is not meeting the J. League standards so they are not eligible for the promotion till 2012 season.[1] Later the announcement of the same kind was made by V-Varen Nagasaki, although their eligibility date is as far as 2013 season.[2]
  4. Play-off series' and direct relegation occurrence is dependent on the number of places available after promotions to J2.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ART ...
Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: First round, Second round
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Attendance

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Updated to games played on November 28, 2010
Source: First round, Second round
Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Some Honda Lock games were played without spectators because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture.

Promotion and relegation

Due to Gainare Tottori being promoted to J2, the Regional League promotion series champions and runners-up, Kamatamare Sanuki and Nagano Parceiro, were promoted automatically. The third-placed Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C. faced Arte Takasaki in the promotion and relegation series.

More information Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C., 0 – 3 ...
Asupa Sports Park Ground, Sumoto
Attendance: 680
Referee: Jumpei Iida

More information Arte Takasaki, 1 – 1 ...
Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium, Takasaki
Attendance: 1,173
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Arte Takasaki won the series 4–1 on aggregate and stayed in JFL.


References

  1. About J. League admission (Jリーグ入会に向けて) Archived 2010-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, official Machida Zelvia website, dated 2010-09-07.
  2. "JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

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