The was the sixth season of the nationwide fourth tier of
Japanese
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football
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, and the 21st season since the establishment of Japan Football League.
Starting from this season, the league reverted to a one-stage double round-robin again.
2019 season Clubs
Sixteen clubs will feature in this season of Japan Football League. There were some changes:
Vanraure Hachinohe
is a football club based in Hachinohe, a city in the southeastern part of Aomori Prefecture in Japan. They currently play in the J3 League. The name Vanraure comes from the combination of two Italian words: ''derivante'', meaning "origin"; an ...
won promotion to pro football in
2018
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, while
Cobaltore Onagawa
is a football (soccer) club based in Onagawa, the main and only city forming the Oshika District, which is located in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Tohoku Soccer League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. The name Co ...
was relegated. There are two new clubs in the JFL, debuting in this category:
Matsue City won the Regional Promotion Series, while
Suzuka Unlimited came second in the final phase.
Personnel and kits
League table
Top scorers
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Promotion from Regional Leagues
Iwaki FC
is a football (soccer) club based in Iwaki, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The club will play in J2 League from 2023 season, which is the 2nd level in the Japanese football pyramid.
History Founder Club
Iwaki FC was founded in 20 ...
and
Kochi United SC won the promotion after coming in the Top 2 of the Final Round of the 2019 Regional Promotion Series.
Attendances
Notes
References
External links
Official Site (in Japanese)
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Japan Football League seasons
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