2006 Japan Football League
It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.
Before the season two corporate clubs changed their names and were re-established as independent organizations. Denso SC became FC Kariya and FC Horikoshi became Arte Takasaki.
Regional League promotion series
, thus expanding the league to 18 teams.
At the
J. League associate members
, becoming eligible to J2 promotion. No such promotion took place because they failed to achieve at least 4th spot in the final standings.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda FC[a] (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 36 | +41 | 83 | |
2 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 23 | +61 | 75 | |
3 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 72 | |
4 | YKK AP | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 67 | |
5 | Rosso Kumamoto[b] | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 66 | |
6 | Yokogawa Musashino
|
34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 60 | |
7 | Tochigi SC | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 60 | |
8 | ALO's Hokuriku | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 57 | |
9 | Sony Sendai | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 37 | |
10 | Arte Takasaki | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 37 | |
11 | SC Tottori | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 36 | |
12 | JEF Reserves | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 52 | 68 | −16 | 35 | |
13 | FC Kariya | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 32 | |
14 | FC Ryukyu | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 29 | |
15 | SP Kyoto | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 29 | |
16 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 83 | −35 | 28 | |
17 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
|
34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 74 | −42 | 27 | |
18 | Honda Lock (R)
|
34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 86 | −47 | 22 | Promotion/relegation Series |
Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2006. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2006 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
- J. League associate members, eligible to J2 promotion if they finish at least in fourth place.
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tetsuya Okubo
|
Sagawa Express Tokyo | 26 |
2 | Yosuke Kobayashi
|
Yokogawa Musashino
|
23 |
Junya Nitta | Honda FC | 23 | |
4 | Yoshio Kitagawa | ALO's Hokuriku | 22 |
5 | Sho Gokyu | Sagawa Express Osaka | 21 |
6 | Hiroki Kishida | YKK AP | 20 |
7 | Kodai Suzuki | Honda FC | 18 |
8 | Hideki Uchiyama | SC Tottori | 17 |
9 | Yutaka Takahashi | Rosso Kumamoto | 15 |
10 | Kento Hori | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 14 |
Attendance
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rosso Kumamoto | 64,012 | 8,999 | 1,813 | 3,765 | n/a† |
2 | FC Ryukyu | 54,213 | 4,837 | 927 | 3,189 | n/a† |
3 | Tochigi SC | 36,369 | 6,153 | 1,142 | 2,139 | +40.6% |
4 | SC Tottori | 19,487 | 3,216 | 560 | 1,146 | +47.3% |
5 | Honda FC | 14,363 | 2,982 | 365 | 845 | −24.3% |
6 | YKK AP | 12,414 | 2,670 | 247 | 730 | −5.1% |
7 | Yokogawa Musashino
|
11,697 | 1,194 | 403 | 688 | +1.2% |
8 | Honda Lock
|
11,335 | 1,326 | 411 | 667 | −6.5% |
9 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 11,228 | 5,328 | 78 | 660 | −2.4% |
10 | Sony Sendai | 10,945 | 1,693 | 322 | 644 | −9.7% |
11 | ALO's Hokuriku | 9,920 | 1,536 | 283 | 584 | −11.9% |
12 | FC Kariya | 9,568 | 1,080 | 202 | 563 | +54.7% |
13 | Arte Takasaki | 8,197 | 876 | 208 | 482 | −33.5% |
14 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 7,130 | 790 | 148 | 419 | +5.0% |
15 | SP Kyoto | 6,438 | 911 | 109 | 379 | +5.3% |
16 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
|
5,393 | 525 | 145 | 317 | −24.2% |
17 | JEF Reserves | 5,013 | 678 | 104 | 295 | n/a† |
18 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 4,112 | 707 | 111 | 242 | −21.9% |
League total | 301,834 | 8,999 | 78 | 986 | +21.0% |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
Due to the merger of Sagawa Express teams into
Honda Lock
in the promotion and relegation series.
Honda Lock | 0 – 4 | FC Gifu |
---|---|---|
Report | Nakao 48' Katagiri 63' Kitamura 74' Moriyama 89' |
Miyazaki
Attendance: 1,117
Referee: Yoshirou Imamura
Honda Lock | ||
---|---|---|
Katagiri 24', 61' Kojima 82' Ito 85' (pen.) |
Report | Mizunaga 89' |
Gifu
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Itaru Hirose
F.C. Gifu won the series at 8–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Honda Lock were relegated to Kyushu regional league.
References
- ^ "JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Retrieved July 7, 2010.