2002 Japan Football League

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The 2002 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第4回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Yon-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the fourth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Overview

Ehime F.C.
Alouette Kumamoto
Profesor Miyazaki
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2002 JFL teams

It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Honda FC[a] (C) 17 13 2 2 39 14 +25 41
2 Sagawa Express Tokyo 17 12 3 2 49 22 +27 39
3 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals[a] 17 10 7 0 38 22 +16 37
4 Sony Sendai 17 8 6 3 25 16 +9 30
5 Kokushikan University 17 9 3 5 28 20 +8 30
6 Ehime FC 17 8 4 5 29 18 +11 28
7 Yokogawa Electric 17 8 4 5 21 26 −5 28
8 YKK FC 17 7 5 5 24 16 +8 26
9 Sagawa Express Osaka 17 6 6 5 27 23 +4 24
10 Denso SC 17 6 3 8 32 30 +2 21
11
Kyoto BAMB 1993
 17 6 3 8 21 25 −4 21
12 Tochigi SC 17 5 3 9 21 27 −6 18
13 SC Tottori 17 4 3 10 18 33 −15 15
14 ALO's Hokuriku 17 3 6 8 16 34 −18 15
15 Shizuoka Sangyo University (R) 17 4 2 11 20 32 −12 14 Promotion/relegation Series
16 Jatco SC (O) 17 3 4 10 16 28 −12 13
17 Alouette Kumamoto (R) 17 3 4 10 16 28 −12 13 Relegation to Regional Leagues
18 Profesor Miyazaki (R) 17 2 5 10 20 40 −20 11
Updated to match(es) played on November 10, 2002. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the previous season and were seeded for 2002 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.

Results

Home \ Away ALO ALU
BAM
 DEN EHI HON JAT KSU OTP PRO SEO SET SON SSU TOC TOT YKK YEL
ALO's Hokuriku 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–2
Alouette Kumamoto 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–1
Kyoto BAMB 1993
 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–0 0–0
Denso SC 3–2 2–3 3–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–4 3–2 0–1
Ehime FC 4–0 0–1 1–4 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Honda FC 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 7–1 1–3 3–2 1–0
Jatco SC 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
Kokushikan University 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–0
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 1–0 4–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0
Profesor Miyazaki 1–1 2–2 4–2 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
Sagawa Express Osaka 6–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–0
Sagawa Express Tokyo 5–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 5–3 9–0
Sony Sendai 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Shizuoka Sangyo University 3–0 2–5 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2
Tochigi SC 5–0 1–3 0–2 0–4 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2
SC Tottori 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–2
YKK FC 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1
Yokogawa Electric 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on November 10, 2002. Source: Japan Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Masao Yamamoto Sagawa Express Tokyo
22
Japan Hideki Takayama Denso SC
22
3 Japan Tatsuya Furuhashi Honda FC
13
Japan Shigeki Manome Sagawa Express Tokyo
13
5 Japan Takehiro Hayashi Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
12

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Honda FC 9,903 3,783 511 1,100 +25.1%†
2 Ehime FC 8,724 1,645 785 1,091 +65.3%†
3 Tochigi SC 8,110 1,647 723 1,014 +56.5%†
4 Sony Sendai 6,868 1,169 653 859 +64.9%†
5 SC Tottori 6,718 1,509 324 840 +2.6%†
6 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 7,072 1,158 205 786 +31.4%†
7 Alouette Kumamoto 6,049 863 412 672 −3.0%†
8 Yokogawa Electric 4,770 1,057 252 530 +8.4%†
9 YKK FC 4,770 1,141 238 489 −9.4%†
10 Jatco SC 4,033 931 232 448 +6.2%†
11 Profesor Miyazaki 2,803 618 230 350 n/a†
12 ALO's Hokuriku 2,716 501 202 340 −20.0%†
13
Kyoto BAMB 1993
 2,716 511 211 336 −4.3%†
14 Sagawa Express Tokyo 2,966 533 145 330 −7.8%†
15 Kokushikan University 2,851 547 177 317 +44.1%†
16 Shizuoka Sangyo University 2,413 583 178 302 −42.0%†
17 Denso SC 2,541 505 155 282 −20.8%†
18 Sagawa Express Osaka 2,159 386 125 270 n/a†
League total 87,789 3,783 125 574 +11.5%†

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

After the season,

Regional League promotion series, Ain Food and SP Kyoto, were set to compete in the promotion and relegation series with 16th and 15th placed teams – Jatco SC and Shizuoka Sangyo University
respectively.

Leg 1
Ain Food0 – 1Jatco SC
Report 井上 祥司 72'
Nagai Aid Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 452
Referee: Tadashi Hase
Jatco SC1 – 2Ain Food
河合 崇泰 81' (pen) Report 濱中 貴志 32'
西村 完爾 80'
Penalties
河合 崇泰 soccer ball with check mark
平塚 次郎 soccer ball with check mark
堂森 勝利 soccer ball with check mark
石川 真 soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 2 soccer ball with check mark Akira Honda
soccer ball with red X Kiyoto Shimoyanagi
soccer ball with check mark Daisuke Sato
soccer ball with red X Yusuke Ogura
Numazu
Attendance: 475
Referee: 山口 博司

Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL.

Leg 2
SP Kyoto0 – 0Shizuoka Sangyo University
Report
Shizuoka Sangyo University0 – 0SP Kyoto
Report
Penalties
田口 一成 soccer ball with check mark
竹山 満 soccer ball with red X
Yoshimoto soccer ball with check mark
Sakurada soccer ball with check mark		 3 – 5 soccer ball with check mark Nakamori
soccer ball with check mark 森住 健吾
soccer ball with check mark 妹尾 将宏
soccer ball with check mark 山本 健二
soccer ball with check mark Azuma
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: 野田 祐樹

Series tied 0–0. Sagawa Printing won the series 5–3 in penalty shootout and earned promotion to JFL. Shizuoka Sangyo University were relegated to Tōkai regional league.

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