2010 Japan Football League

The 2010 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第12回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūni-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the twelfth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Japan Football League
Season2010
Dates14 March – 28 November
ChampionsGainare Tottori
1st JFL title
1st D3 title
PromotedGainare Tottori
RelegatedRyutsu Keizai University
Matches played306
Goals scored847 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerSho Gokyu (27 goals total)
Highest attendance9,499 (Round 25,
Gainare vs. Sagawa)
Lowest attendance0 (Round 19,
Lock vs. Zweigen)
Average attendance1,464
2009
2011

Overview

At the end of the 2009 season, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in the Regional League promotion series:

Before the season corporate TDK SC were renamed to Blaublitz Akita and started operations as an independent football club. Hitachi Tochigi Uva S.C. has dropped the company prefix and changed its name to simply Tochigi Uva F.C.

Matsumoto Yamaga were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in February. Zweigen Kanazawa applied for the membership later in April but the application was not accepted because of incomplete documentation.

Gainare Tottori are the first club to be promoted to J. League Division 2 as champions since Ehime FC in 2005 season.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Gainare Tottori[a] (C, P)3424556431+3377[b]Promotion to 2011 J.League Division 2[c]
2Sagawa Shiga34171166935+3462[b]
3Machida Zelvia34194117144+2761[b]
4Honda FC34185115243+959
5V-Varen Nagasaki34158115038+1253
6SP Kyoto34158115446+853
7Matsumoto Yamaga[a]34157124841+752
8Blaublitz Akita34149115441+1351
9Zweigen Kanazawa34139124641+548
10FC Ryukyu34146145151048
11MIO Biwako Kusatsu34137145156−546
12Yokogawa Musashino34129133438−445
13Honda Lock341012123639−342
14Sony Sendai34119143442−842
15Tochigi Uva34710174175−3431
16JEF Reserves3479183155−2430
17Arte Takasaki3478192851−2329Promotion/relegation Series[d]
18Ryutsu Keizai University (R)3454253380−4719Relegation to Regional Leagues[d]
Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARTBLAGAIHONLOCJERRKUMIOPRIRYUSSHSONUVAVVNYAMYMCZELZWE
Arte Takasaki0–10–31–21–11–11–01–40–11–20–20–01–10–22–21–02–41–1
Blaublitz Akita2–03–25–01–13–04–23–01–12–12–31–01–10–01–31–11–22–2
Gainare Tottori1–02–01–00–02–12–11–04–23–03–13–12–12–13–02–13–23–1
Honda FC1–23–11–32–02–11–01–22–10–12–00–04–01–00–32–02–12–0
Honda Lock0–12–20–02–23–03–23–41–00–10–02–11–21–20–13–02–11–1
JEF Reserves1–31–20–31–03–01–20–00–02–10–01–01–11–21–00–12–31–3
Ryutsu Keizai University1–00–11–31–20–21–22–20–30–32–51–32–00–41–20–10–32–4
MIO Biwako Kusatsu3–01–05–00–12–25–00–12–02–11–22–00–12–32–20–24–31–0
SP Kyoto2–12–10–03–41–01–02–28–22–10–30–13–03–30–22–01–41–2
FC Ryukyu1–21–01–12–21–22–20–24–13–31–12–12–22–10–20–13–13–1
Sagawa Shiga1–04–14–12–02–02–27–03–02–03–01–25–11–01–22–21–12–2
Sony Sendai1–11–01–10–30–00–03–21–12–31–01–10–02–33–22–12–10–1
Tochigi Uva2–11–50–64–40–11–02–21–11–22–52–34–00–22–21–01–41–3
V-Varen Nagasaki1–01–11–21–22–00–13–11–11–14–22–11–05–21–00–10–10–1
Matsumoto Yamaga0–01–21–01–00–25–12–16–00–10–20–00–22–31–11–01–21–0
Yokogawa Musashino3–11–10–11–13–02–20–01–01–40–12–11–00–00–00–12–33–2
Machida Zelvia2–31–00–11–21–12–15–12–00–01–21–13–13–13–06–11–22–0
Zweigen Kanazawa2–00–31–02–10–02–14–00–10–13–02–20–11–02–21–11–10–1
Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: First round, Second round
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals[3]
1 Sho GokyuSagawa Shiga27
2 Masatoshi MatsudaBlaublitz Akita24
3 Yoshinori KatsumataMachida Zelvia18
4 Ryosuke KijimaMachida Zelvia16
5 Ryota ArimitsuV-Varen Nagasaki13
Shunta TakahashiTochigi Uva13
7 Shintaro HiraiSP Kyoto11
8 Michiaki KakimotoMatsumoto Yamaga10
Hamed KonéGainare Tottori10
Junya NittaHonda FC10
Kodai SuzukiHonda FC10

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Matsumoto Yamaga86,3578,2433,2715,080+45.9%
2Machida Zelvia59,5527,0811,4113,503+85.7%
3Gainare Tottori59,3189,4991,8373,489+2.0%
4V-Varen Nagasaki42,9175,9421,1552,525−8.6%
5FC Ryukyu30,2073,6984241,777+31.8%
6Zweigen Kanazawa26,3146,8944761,548+4.1%
7Blaublitz Akita21,3492,1838451,256+69.5%
8Sagawa Shiga20,1082,8015171,183+8.0%
9MIO Biwako Kusatsu13,4742,144163793−20.4%
10Honda FC13,2582,489316780+4.1%
11Yokogawa Musashino13,1961,212449776+1.8%
12Sony Sendai12,9191,958400760+4.0%
13Tochigi Uva12,7531,313361750n/a
14Honda Lock9,1351,2250537−34.2%
15Ryutsu Keizai University7,454958184438−3.9%
16Arte Takasaki7,3181,021186430+1.9%
17SP Kyoto6,830743169402+1.8%
18JEF Reserves5,515555133324−13.4%
League total447,9749,49901,464+23.1%

Updated to games played on November 28, 2010
Source: First round, Second round
Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Some Honda Lock games were played without spectators because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture.

Promotion and relegation

Due to Gainare Tottori being promoted to J2, the Regional League promotion series champions and runners-up, Kamatamare Sanuki and Nagano Parceiro, were promoted automatically. The third-placed Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C. faced Arte Takasaki in the promotion and relegation series.

Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.0 – 3Arte Takasaki
ReportKawasato 38'
Iwama 44'
Yoshida 64'
Asupa Sports Park Ground, Sumoto
Attendance: 680
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Arte Takasaki1 – 1Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.
Yoshida 90+1'ReportOta 19'
Takasaki Hamakawa Athletic Stadium, Takasaki
Attendance: 1,173
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Arte Takasaki won the series 4–1 on aggregate and stayed in JFL.

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