The was the fourth season of the
Japan Football League
The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership am ...
, the third tier of the Japanese
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league system.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and
Honda FC
is a Japanese professional football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. They play in the Japan Football League.
History
The club was founded as Honda Motor, Honda works team in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 i ...
won the championship.
Table
Results
Top scorers
Attendances
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
Jatco SC (ジヤトコサッカー部) was a Japanese football club based in Numazu, Shizuoka. The club had played in Japan Football League
The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, ...
and
Shizuoka Sangyo University
is a private university in Iwata city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established in 1988.
Location
* Iwata Campus (1572-1 Ohara, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
* Fujieda Campus (4-1-1 Surugadai, Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Organiza ...
respectively.
;Leg 1
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Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL.
;Leg 2
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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.
References
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2002
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