2011 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season 2011
Champions Sagawa Shiga
3rd JFL title
3rd D3 title
Promoted Machida Zelvia
Matsumoto Yamaga
Relegated Arte Takasaki (withdrawn)
JEF Reserves (withdrawn)
Matches played 289
Goals scored 792 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Masatoshi Matsuda (20 goals)
Highest attendance 11,956
Yamaga vs Sony
Lowest attendance 91
Printing vs Lock
Average attendance 1,682
2010
2012

The 2011 Japan Football League was the thirteenth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. It was scheduled to begin at 13 March 2011 and to end at 27 November 2011;[1] however, the start of the season has been delayed to 23 April due to the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. As a result, the ending date of the season was moved to 11 December.[2][3]

Overview

At the end of the 2010 season, two new clubs, Kamatamare Sanuki and Nagano Parceiro, were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in the Regional League promotion series.

Kamatamare Sanuki were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in February. Applications by Zweigen Kanazawa and FC Ryukyu were given "continuous deliberations" status with further efforts required to obtain the membership.

The earthquake and tsunami led to significant changes in competition schedule. Besides the postponement of the tournament, Sony Sendai, who were the most affected by disaster and couldn't recover in time, asked the league to put them on temporary hiatus.[4] Missing the first eleven rounds (7th to 17th), Sony re-joined the league on 3 July and continued participation from then on. The final tournament schedule is as follows:[1][5]

On 3 August JEF Reserves had submitted a request of withdrawal from the league at the end of the season due to difficult financial conditions and poor performances of the team. The request was approved by the league Board on 12 September.[6]

In the penultimate round Sagawa Shiga won their third JFL championship in only five years of existence, firmly placing themselves among the strongest amateur teams in Japan. Two clubs, Machida Zelvia and Matsumoto Yamaga were promoted to J. League.

By virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, three clubs were promoted to JFL at the end of the season: YSCC Yokohama, Fujieda MYFC, and Hoyo AC Elan Oita. Because of JEF Reserves' withdrawal, no additional promotion and relegation play-offs were held.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Sagawa Shiga (C) 33 23 1 9 60 34+26 70
2 Nagano Parceiro 33 19 6 8 51 27+24 63
3 Machida Zelvia (P) 33 18 7 8 61 28+33 61 Promotion to 2012 J. League Division 2 1
4 Matsumoto Yamaga (P) 33 17 8 8 60 38+22 59
5 V-Varen Nagasaki 33 15 11 7 61 44+17 56
6 Honda FC 33 15 7 11 40 36+4 52
7 Zweigen Kanazawa 33 13 8 12 49 40+9 47
8 Honda Lock 33 12 11 10 47 45+2 47
9 FC Ryukyu 33 14 4 15 47 514 46
10 Tochigi Uva 33 12 9 12 40 433 45
11 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 11 7 15 39 4910 40
12 SP Kyoto 33 11 5 17 43 6118 38
13 MIO Biwako Kusatsu 33 11 5 17 43 6522 38
14 Blaublitz Akita 33 10 7 16 38 5214 37
15 Yokogawa Musashino 33 9 9 15 33 374 36
16 Arte Takasaki (R) 33 9 7 17 39 5516 34 Withdrawn 2
17 JEF Reserves (R) 33 4 7 22 27 6336 19 Withdrawn 3
18 Sony Sendai 17 3 7 7 14 2410 16

Updated to games played on 11 December 2011.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
FC Ryukyu and Honda Lock occupied top 2 places at the end of the 17th round (11th week) and were seeded for 2011 Emperor's Cup.[7] These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
1 Must hold J. League Associate Membership, pass a final inspection by J. League (club name shown in bold) and finish no less than in fourth place to be promoted. V-Varen Nagasaki, though being an associate members, have announced that their stadium is not matching the J. League standards so they are not eligible for the promotion until the completion of necessary renovations. The target date is set for 2013 season.[8] Because the maximum capacity of Division 2 set by J. League is 22 teams, no more than two clubs can be promoted.
2 Arte Takasaki decided to withdraw from JFL and fold the club after the end of the season, when clubs promoted from regional leagues were already determined. JFL decided that the next season will be contested by 17 clubs (i.e. without supplying an additional club from a regional league).[9]
3 JEF Reserves had submitted a request of withdrawal from the league at the end of the season regardless of team's performance. It was approved by league board on 12 September.[6]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ART BLA HONLOCJERKAMMIOPARPRIRYUSSHSONUVAVVNYAMYMCZELZWE
Arte Takasaki 22 13 22 21 23 01 01 01 12 43 11 11 01 15 11 01 03
Blaublitz Akita 01 02 03 21 20 12 02 23 01 12 10 21 02 32 01 21 13
Honda FC 21 10 33 11 11 20 03 21 21 01 00 20 02 30 02 04 21
Honda Lock 11 11 32 20 10 21 12 61 04 03 22 13 02 01 01 11
JEF Reserves 23 11 12 03 33 31 01 23 02 31 01 12 02 01 02 02
Kamatamare Sanuki 31 21 01 11 11 12 10 32 21 12 11 11 42 10 03 12
MIO Biwako Kusatsu 31 12 10 02 10 21 31 22 12 14 11 06 02 41 16 20
Nagano Parceiro 10 41 00 11 40 21 41 00 31 01 21 00 11 02 10 03
SP Kyoto 22 20 01 12 01 21 21 20 41 02 12 12 23 11 21 02 00
FC Ryukyu 32 01 10 02 02 20 14 04 04 21 40 40 13 01 11 00 11
Sagawa Shiga 20 21 32 12 40 20 10 21 12 21 20 21 01 21 10 33 01
Sony Sendai 112 11 00 30 11 02 112 002 11 02 10 14
Tochigi Uva 01 11 13 10 30 10 32 02 10 22 13 32 40 12 10 10 01
V-Varen Nagasaki 12 22 11 11 33 01 21 02 60 13 21 012 22 11 10 51 02
Matsumoto Yamaga 12 12 11 20 11 22 32 21 60 10 12 032 31 11 22 20 20
Yokogawa Musashino 01 33 01 00 40 01 00 02 20 12 01 113 01 34 02 00 33
Machida Zelvia 13 11 10 40 10 20 60 22 20 51 21 002 00 30 31 12 20
Zweigen Kanazawa 10 12 10 23 40 12 11 12 41 03 02 11 33 12 01 11

Updated to games played on 11 December 2011.
Source: Japan Football League: First round, second round
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The postponed Sony Sendai matches from rounds 1–6, called "Matches for reconstruction assistance of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami" (東日本大震災 災害復興支援試合). Those games are treated as official JFL matches but are not included into the final results.
3The game was originally scheduled to 7 August, but was abandoned after the first half (0–0) because of the heavy thunderstorm. The remaining 45 minutes were played on 19 October.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[10]
1 Japan Masatoshi Matsuda Blaublitz Akita
20
2 Japan Ryota Arimitsu V-Varen Nagasaki
19
Japan Tetsuya Kijima Matsumoto Yamaga
19
4 Japan Yoshinori Katsumata Machida Zelvia
16
5 Japan Yuji Unozawa Nagano Parceiro
15
6 Japan Shoma Mizunaga V-Varen Nagasaki
14
Japan Shunta Takahashi FC Ryukyu
14
Japan Masaru Takeuchi Tochigi Uva
14
9 Serbia Dragan Dimić Machida Zelvia
13
10 Japan Shohei Kiyohara Sagawa Shiga
12

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Matsumoto Yamaga 126,830 11,956 4,032 7,461 0.46870078740157+46.8%
2 Machida Zelvia 59,757 8,113 1,326 3,515 0.0034256351698545+0.3%
3 Kamatamare Sanuki 48,393 11,178 1,065 3,025 0.67034787410271+67.0%
4 Zweigen Kanazawa 40,070 11,234 446 2,504 0.61757105943152+61.7%
5 Nagano Parceiro 36,494 3,849 1,030 2,281 0.41941505911637+41.9%
6 FC Ryukyu 31,620 3,017 363 1,860 0.046707934721441+4.6%
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 25,717 3,187 625 1,513 -0.5992079207920840.0%
8 Blaublitz Akita 21,666 3,624 793 1,274 0.014331210191083+1.4%
9 Sagawa Shiga 19,576 3,450 115 1,152 -0.97379543533392.6%
10 Honda FC 15,107 2,481 172 889 0.13974358974359+13.9%
11 Yokogawa Musashino 12,179 1,648 229 716 -0.922680412371137.7%
12 Sony Sendai 8,155 1,282 440 680 -0.8947368421052610.5%
13 Honda Lock 10,838 1,552 440 677 0.26070763500931+26.0%
14 MIO Biwako Kusatsu 10,724 1,263 189 670 -0.8448928121059315.5%
15 Tochigi Uva 9,032 1,436 295 531 -0.70829.2%
16 Arte Takasaki 7,775 1,727 212 457 0.062790697674419+6.2%
17 SP Kyoto 6,516 1,162 91 383 -0.952736318407964.7%
18 JEF Reserves 5,757 782 171 360 0.11111111111111+11.1%
League total 496,206 11,956 91 1,682 0.14890710382514+14.8%

Updated to games played on 11 December 2011
Source: Japan Football League: First round, second round

Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

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