The 2004 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第6回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Rokkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the sixth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.
Season | 2004 |
---|---|
Dates | 28 March – 5 December |
Champions | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title |
Promoted | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Thespa Kusatsu |
Relegated | Kokushikan University (expelled by JFA) |
Matches played | 239 |
Goals scored | 746 (3.12 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Takehiro Hayashi (21 goal total) |
Highest attendance | 13,743 (Round 27, Thespa vs. Otsuka) |
Lowest attendance | 85 (Round 23, Kokushikan vs. Tottori) |
Average attendance | 1,141 |
← 2003 2005 → |
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals[a] (C, P) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 78 | Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2 |
2 | Honda FC[a] | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 62 | |
3 | Thespa Kusatsu[a] (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 62 | Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2 |
4 | YKK AP | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 50 | |
5 | Ehime FC | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 49 | |
6 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 47 | |
7 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 44 | |
8 | Gunma Horikoshi | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 41 | |
9 | Tochigi SC | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 40 | |
10 | ALO's Hokuriku | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 37 | |
11 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 | |
12 | SP Kyoto | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 34 | |
13 | Yokogawa Musashino | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 32 | |
14 | SC Tottori | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 22 | |
15 | Kokushikan University (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 20 | Expelled[b] |
16 | Denso SC | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 85 | −56 | 18 |
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2004. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[2] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Takehiro Hayashi | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 21 |
2 | Yasuaki Oshima | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 20 |
3 | Koji Murayama | Yokogawa Musashino | 18 |
Junya Nitta | Honda FC | 18 | |
5 | Mitsuru Hasegawa | YKK AP | 16 |
Toshiro Tomochika | Ehime FC | 16 | |
7 | Tatsuya Furuhashi | Honda FC | 15 |
8 | Youichi Mori | Gunma Horikoshi | 14 |
9 | Yosuke Kobayashi | Yokogawa Musashino | 12 |
Takeshi Ushibana | YKK AP | 12 | |
Atsushi Yoshimoto | Thespa Kusatsu | 12 |
Attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thespa Kusatsu | 74,221 | 13,743 | 1,724 | 4,948 | n/a† |
2 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 45,697 | 9,553 | 707 | 3,046 | +290.0% |
3 | Ehime FC | 33,874 | 11,051 | 565 | 2,258 | +72.6% |
4 | Tochigi SC | 17,403 | 3,321 | 643 | 1,160 | +54.3% |
5 | Honda FC | 17,255 | 3,557 | 457 | 1,150 | +18.4% |
6 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 11,396 | 4,649 | 286 | 760 | +35.7% |
7 | SC Tottori | 9,539 | 1,535 | 287 | 636 | −19.2% |
8 | ALO's Hokuriku | 9,426 | 1,227 | 267 | 628 | +10.6% |
9 | Sony Sendai | 9,320 | 1,406 | 252 | 621 | −9.3% |
10 | Gunma Horikoshi | 9,103 | 3,003 | 289 | 607 | n/a† |
11 | YKK AP | 8,915 | 1,516 | 282 | 594 | +11.2% |
12 | Yokogawa Musashino | 8,645 | 988 | 350 | 576 | +30.6% |
13 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 5,247 | 885 | 202 | 375 | +28.0% |
14 | SP Kyoto | 5,596 | 585 | 106 | 373 | +38.7% |
15 | Denso SC | 3,694 | 583 | 126 | 246 | −14.6% |
16 | Kokushikan University | 3,277 | 527 | 85 | 218 | −4.8% |
League total | 272,608 | 13,743 | 85 | 1,141 | +99.1% |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
Because of promotion of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Thespa Kusatsu and expulsion of Kokushikan University, no relegation has occurred. After the season, Honda Lock, Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima and Ryutsu Keizai University were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.
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