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Japan Football League
Season2020
Dates18 July - TBA (originally planned on March 15th)
Relegatednone (for season 2020 only)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第22回日本フットボールリーグ(第22回 JFL 2020), Hepburn: Dai Nijūnikai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu (Dai Nijūnikai JFL 2020)) is the eight season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 22nd season since the establishment of Japan Football League.

Postponement of the beginning of the season

On February 27, Opening Game, Match day 2 were postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

On March 16, it was announced Match day 3 would be postponed.[2] On March 25, it was announced Match day 4, Match day 5 would be postponed.[3]

On April 7, it was announced Match day 6 would be postponed.[4]

On April 15 it was finally decided that only the second half of the season would be played beginning on the scheduled date, July 18. No promotions or relegations will happen and the winners and runners-up of the Japanese Regional Series will be automatically promoted, meaning that the 2021 season will be held with 18 clubs.[5]

On June 24, announced to New dates. The league match for this season will start on July 18. Match day 16, Match day 17 and each home game opening game will be held as a without spectator match.[6]

Clubs

Template:JFL map 2020 Sixteen clubs will feature in this season of Japan Football League. There were some changes: FC Imabari got promoted after coming third in 2019, while Ryutsu Keizai Dragons was relegated after playing for five seasons in the category.[7][8] Matsue City FC - who came second-last and were doomed to go back to Japanese Regional Leagues as well - avoided the drop thanks to FC Imabari going up to J3 League.

There are two new clubs in the JFL, debuting in this category after coming in the Top 2 in the 2019 Japanese Regional Series: Iwaki FC dominated the final stage, while Kochi United SC overcame the other two teams - Ococias Kyoto AC and Fukui United FC - to get the last spot for this season of JFL.[9][10]

Club Name Home Town Position Notes
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 1st 2019 Champions
Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki 6th
Iwaki FC Iwaki, Fukushima RPS 1st Winners of TSL and 43rd RPS, 100 Year Plan-status
Kochi United SC Kōchi, Kōchi RPS 2nd Winners of SSL and runners-up of 43rd RPS
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi 11th
Matsue City FC Matsue, Shimane 15th
MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga 9th Applied for 100 Year Plan-status
Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara[a] 14th No more 100 Year Plan-status, but they hold a J3 license holders
FC Osaka Higashiōsaka, Osaka 8th 100 Year Plan-status
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori 13th 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi 2nd
Suzuka Point Getters Suzuka, Mie 12th Applied for 100 Year Plan-status
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Miyazaki & Shintomi, Miyazaki 5th 100 Year Plan-status
Tokyo Musashino City Musashino, Tokyo 4th 100 Year Plan-status and J3 license holders
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[b] 10th 100 Year Plan-status
Verspah Oita Yufu & Ōita, Ōita 7th

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Honda FC Japan Hiroyasu Ibata Japan Yuya Suzuki England Umbro
Honda Lock SC Japan Shinya Shirakawa Japan Naoya Oyama Italy Kappa
Iwaki FC Japan Yuzo Tamura Japan Masaru Hidaka United States Under Armour
Kochi United SC Japan Akihiro Nishimura Japan Tsubasa Yokotake Japan bonera
Maruyasu Okazaki Japan Ryuji Kitamura Japan Teruyuki Moniwa Brazil ATHLETA
Matsue City FC Japan Noriaki Sanenobu Japan Yuzuru Tabira Japan GAViC
MIO Biwako Shiga Japan Hiroshi Otsuki Japan Ryo Nishiguchi Japan JOGARBOLA
Nara Club Japan Maiki Hayashi Japan Shinichi Mukai Japan SQUADRA
FC Osaka Japan Shinya Tsukahara Japan Tomoyuki Iwamoto Japan bonera
ReinMeer Aomori Japan Tatsuya Mochizuki Japan Kanta Takahashi England Umbro
Sony Sendai FC Japan Gen Nakamura Japan Kenta Ogihara England Umbro
Suzuka Point Getters Spain Milagros Martínez Domínguez Japan Kohei Fujita Brazil ATHLETA
Tegevajaro Miyazaki Japan Keiji Kuraishi Japan Kenta Ishii Brazil Penalty
Tokyo Musashino City Japan Hisayuki Ikegami Japan Koji Ishihara Japan Yonex
Veertien Mie Japan Nobuhiro Ueno Japan Hitoshi Nishimura Germany Puma
Verspah Oita Japan Shigemitsu Sudo Japan Kosei Uryu Japan YASUDA
  1. ^ centering on Nara
  2. ^ centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Verspah Oita 15 10 2 3 27 16 +11 32
2 Tegevajaro Miyazaki (P) 15 8 4 3 26 15 +11 28 Promotion to 2021 J3 League[a]
3 Sony Sendai 15 8 2 5 25 22 +3 26
4 Honda FC 15 5 7 3 20 12 +8 22
5 Suzuka Point Getters 15 6 3 6 23 19 +4 21
6 Veertien Mie 15 6 3 6 17 16 +1 21
7 Iwaki FC 15 6 3 6 24 24 0 21
8 FC Osaka 15 6 2 7 24 24 0 20
9 MIO Biwako Shiga 15 6 2 7 23 27 −4 20
10 Matsue City FC 15 6 2 7 18 24 −6 20
11 Tokyo Musashino City 15 5 4 6 15 17 −2 19
12 Honda Lock 15 5 4 6 19 25 −6 19
13 Nara Club 15 5 3 7 21 21 0 18
14 Kochi United SC 15 4 4 7 17 20 −3 16
15 ReinMeer Aomori 15 4 4 7 17 26 −9 16
16 Maruyasu Okazaki 15 4 3 8 14 22 −8 15
Source: JFL website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head results; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Number of wins; 7) Lottery [11]
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.

References

  1. ^ "新型コロナウイルスの影響による、開幕戦延期のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ "新型コロナウイルスの影響による、第３節延期のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. ^ "新型コロナウイルスの影響による、第４節、第５節の開催可否について" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ^ "新型コロナウイルスの影響による、第６節の開催可否について" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ "第22回日本フットボールリーグ日程及び大会方式の変更のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  6. ^ "【ＪＦＬオフィシャルサイト】第２２回ＪＦＬ試合日程【リモートマッチ（無観客試合）】対象試合）" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. ^ https://www.footballchannel.jp/2019/11/18/post348645/
  8. ^ https://note.com/hitoniph/n/n7f4963b5194b
  9. ^ https://www.minyu-net.com/news/iwakifc/FM20191127-437100.php
  10. ^ http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=1525
  11. ^ "第22回開催に伴う事項について" (Press release) (in Japanese). 日本フットボールリーグ. June 24, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

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