The was the tenth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams. Honda FC won the championship.
ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP, both based in Toyama merged before the season to become Kataller Toyama.
Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.
New Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.
Table
Results
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals 1 Junya NittaHonda FC 25 2 Kodai SuzukiHonda FC 20 3 Yasutaka KobayashiFagiano Okayama 19 4 Kohei KiyamaFagiano Okayama 18 5 Yusuke SatoTochigi SC 16 6 Mitsuru HasegawaKataller Toyama 15 Gen NakamuraSagawa Shiga 15 8 Goshi OkuboSony Sendai 14 Go TogashiTDK SC 14 10 Kiyohiro HirabayashiFC Kariya 12 Hideyuki IshidaKataller Toyama 12
Attendance
Promotion and relegation No relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.
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