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.

Japan Football League
Season2002
Dates7 April – 10 November
ChampionsHonda FC
2nd JFL title
3rd D3 title
Promotednone
RelegatedShizuoka Sangyo University
Alouette Kumamoto
Profesor Miyazaki
Matches played153
Goals scored457 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerMasao Yamamoto (14 goals total)
Highest attendance3,783 (Round 16,
Honda vs. YKK AP)
Lowest attendance125 (Round 7,
SE Osaka vs. Sony)
Average attendance574
2001
2003

Overview

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

Table

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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

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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

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

Attendances

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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

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After the season, Alouette Kumamoto and Profesor Miyazaki were automatically relegated to Kyūshū regional league. Due to contraction of the league, the winners and runners-up of the 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'
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  
平塚 次郎  
堂森 勝利  
石川 真  
4 – 2   Akira Honda
  Kiyoto Shimoyanagi
  Daisuke Sato
  Yusuke Ogura
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

Shizuoka Sangyo University0 – 0SP Kyoto
Report
Penalties
田口 一成  
竹山 満  
Yoshimoto  
Sakurada  
3 – 5   Nakamori
  森住 健吾
  妹尾 将宏
  山本 健二
  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.

References

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