Japan Football League

The Japan Football League, (日本フットボールリーグ, Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath three divisions of the J.League, and is the top tier of amateur football in the country.

Japan Football League

Founded	1992
Country	Japan
Level on pyramid	3

JFL has 18 amateur or semi-professional clubs which mirror the system of teams and athletes of the J-League. Promotion from JFL to the J-League is possible, but not automatic.^[1]

Club guide

Main article: List of Japanese football teams

The JFL has 17 teams.^[2] In 2012, the teams are:

Blaublitz Akita Fujieda MYFC Honda F.C.[3] Honda Lock S.C. Hoyo A.C. Elan Oita Kamatamare Sanuki MIO Biwako Kusatsu AC Nagano Parceiro F.C. Ryūkyū

Sagawa Printing S.C. Sagawa Shiga F.C.[4] Sony Sendai F.C. Tochigi Uva F.C. V-Varen Nagasaki Yokogawa Musashino F.C. Yokohama Sports and Culture Club Zweigen Kanazawa

In 2012, Arte Takasaki was removed from the list of JFL teams.^[5]

Champions

Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third place
1999	Yokohama	Honda	Mito Hollyhock
2000	Yokohama	Honda	Denso
2001	Honda	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Jatco
2002	Honda	Sagawa Express Tokyo	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
2003	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Honda	Ehime
2004	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	Honda	Thespa Kusatsu
2005	Ehime	YKK AP	Alo's Hokuriku
2006	Honda	Sagawa Express Tokyo	Sagawa Express Osaka
2007	Sagawa Express	Rosso Kumamoto	Gifu
2008	Honda	Tochigi	Kataller Toyama
2009	Sagawa Shiga	Yokogawa Musashino	Sony Sendai
2010
2011
2012

Former champions

Season	Division 1	Division 2
1992	Yamaha Motors	Chuo Bohan
1993	Fujita	Honda
1994	Cerezo Osaka	-
1995	Fukuoka Blux	-
1996	Honda	-
1997	Consadole Sapporo	-
1998	Tokyo Gas	-

Related pages

• Sports in Japan
• J. League Division 1
• J. League Division 2
• Japanese Regional Leagues