2007 Japan Football League

The 2007 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第9回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Kyū-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the ninth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Japan Football League
Season2007
Dates18 March – 2 December
ChampionsSagawa Express
1st JFL title
1st D3 title
PromotedRosso Kumamoto
FC Gifu
Matches played306
Goals scored872 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerSho Gokyu (30 goals total)
Highest attendance12,539 (Round 1,
Tochigi vs. Ryukyu
Lowest attendance101 (Round 20,
Printing vs. Mizushima
Average attendance1,312
2006
2008

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Sagawa Express won the championship. The club was created before the season by merger of two Sagawa Express corporate clubs from Tokyo and Osaka.

SC Tottori were renamed to Gainare Tottori before the season.

TDK SC and FC Gifu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, the former promoted automatically and the latter won the play-off series against Honda Lock.

FC Gifu, Gainare Tottori and Tochigi SC were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Sagawa Express[a] (C)3426538131+5083
3Rosso Kumamoto[b] (P)3421676534+3169Promotion to 2008 J. League Division 2[c]
3FC Gifu[b] (P)3417984531+1460
4ALO's Hokuriku34161175035+1559
5Honda FC34161086142+1958
6YKK AP34167116053+755
7Yokogawa Musashino34166125044+654
8Tochigi SC[b]341410104329+1452
9JEF Reserves341410105045+552
10Ryutsu Keizai University34155145849+950
11Sony Sendai34135164659−1344
12SP Kyoto34134174557−1243
13TDK SC34119144947+242
14Gainare Tottori[b]34109154251−939
15Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima34112213653−1735
16FC Kariya3484223659−2328
17FC Ryukyu3476213882−4427
18Arte Takasaki3414291771−547
Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2007. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayALOARTGAIGIFHONJERKARRKUMMMPRIROSRYUSEXSONTDKTOCYKKYMC
ALO's Hokuriku7–00–00–01–23–31–03–10–11–02–12–02–21–02–21–02–11–0
Arte Takasaki0–01–00–20–10–41–11–31–31–21–21–21–40–11–20–10–10–1
Gainare Tottori2–12–10–30–11–11–11–00–11–23–13–10–31–11–10–23–12–2
FC Gifu0–02–04–20–11–21–03–01–01–31–11–01–33–21–00–23–31–1
Honda FC2–22–21–10–14–21–30–62–04–12–44–02–22–24–12–23–03–0
JEF Reserves2–32–12–11–22–22–00–01–02–10–11–00–53–13–20–21–10–0
FC Kariya0–10–01–02–11–30–33–21–00–30–12–20–21–23–00–21–20–1
Ryutsu Keizai University1–13–14–22–11–11–01–00–10–31–41–04–14–10–12–33–03–1
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima1–24–00–22–31–22–13–11–41–11–03–42–10–10–11–00–10–1
SP Kyoto0–32–02–40–00–20–20–10–32–10–13–11–31–21–02–22–20–2
Rosso Kumamoto2–01–03–20–11–10–11–02–11–16–36–01–11–13–01–01–23–2
FC Ryukyu0–23–11–20–12–13–33–43–32–10–10–41–32–20–81–02–30–0
Sagawa Express4–02–12–02–11–11–13–24–03–11–01–04–03–01–01–02–44–3
Sony Sendai3–02–01–01–31–00–12–12–02–02–31–34–12–41–30–10–12–3
TDK SC2–22–01–20–00–22–15–21–02–01–22–22–20–12–31–10–11–1
Tochigi SC1–14–02–20–10–31–12–11–15–01–20–21–00–10–00–02–01–0
YKK AP1–32–11–10–01–02–24–30–14–24–11–24–00–36–10–32–25–1
Yokogawa Musashino1–01–02–01–11–02–03–13–21–22–12–31–20–35–04–10–22–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 2, 2007. Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Sho GokyuSagawa Express30
2 Yutaka TakahashiRosso Kumamoto29
3 Masatoshi MatsudaTDK SC18
4 Hideyuki IshidaALO's Hokuriku17
5 Kodai SuzukiHonda FC15
Yuki MutoRyutsu Keizai University15
7 Kento HoriSagawa Express14
8 Shōgo ShimadaSagawa Express13
9 Takashi HarashimaYokogawa Musashino12
Syogo KawanoJEF Reserves12
Yuya NagatomiALO's Hokuriku12
Junya NittaHonda FC12
Satoshi YokoyamaTochigi SC12

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Tochigi SC75,77112,5392,4494,457+108.4%
2Rosso Kumamoto60,6806,3651,5593,569−5.2%
3FC Gifu59,9947,6881,9543,529−13.4%
4FC Ryukyu41,5394,6751,1532,443−23.4%
5Gainare Tottori29,8323,8118511,755+53.1%
6TDK SC16,7112,245427983n/a
7Sagawa Express15,7053,138312924−14.4%
8YKK AP12,6692,646267745+2.1%
9Yokogawa Musashino11,4371,405317673−2.2%
10ALO's Hokuriku11,0252,555130649+11.1%
11Honda FC10,8941,328168641−24.1%
12Sony Sendai9,8411,411215579−10.1%
13Ryutsu Keizai University9,5411,505154561+131.8%
14FC Kariya8,7491,458211515−8.5%
15JEF Reserves7,041945113414+40.3%
16Arte Takasaki6,9661,015177410−14.9%
17SP Kyoto6,754772101397+4.7%
18Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima6,291711204370+16.7%
League total401,44012,5391011,312+33.1%

Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Sagawa Express attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, Sagawa Express Tokyo and Sagawa Express Osaka.

Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred due to a post-season merger of ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP into one club named Kataller Toyama.

Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.

References