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2024 Japan Football League

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Japan Football League
Season2024
Dates10 March – 24 November
ChampionsTochigi City
PromotedTochigi City
Kochi United
RelegatedSony Sendai (withdrawn)
Matches played240
Goals scored606 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerKakeru Aoto
(15 goals)
Biggest home winTochigi City 6–0 Atletico Suzuka
(17 November)
Biggest away winReilac Shiga 0–5 Veertien Mie
(24 November)
Highest scoringTochigi City 5–3 Minebea Mitsumi
(12 October)
Highest attendance16,480
Criacao Shinjuku 1–4 Tiamo Hirakata
(7 June)
Lowest attendance108
Maruyasu Okazaki 2–2 Tiamo Hirakata
(2 October)
Total attendance296,198
Average attendance1,234
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 24 November 2024.

The 2024 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第26回日本フットボールリーグ[第26回 JFL 2024], Hepburn: Dai Nijūrokkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu [Dai Nijūrokkai JFL 2024]) was the eleventh season having a fourth-tier status in Japanese football and the 26th season since the establishment of the Japan Football League.[1]

Overview

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No team was promoted from the JFL to the J3, since none of the top four clubs last season met the needed requirements for promotion, which includes (but not limited to) having a J3 license.[2]

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Tochigi City, 2023 Kanto Soccer League runner-up, was the sole promoted team to the JFL as they won the 2023 Regional Champions League.[3]

Vonds Ichihara could join Briobecca Urayasu as Chiba's representatives in the JFL, had they won the 2023 JFL play-off against Okinawa SV.[4]

Promotion and relegation between J3 and JFL

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This season is the second to feature promotion/relegation between the J3 League and the Japan Football League, enabling the possibility for teams to be relegated from the J3.[5] The system of promotion/relegation between the leagues can be determined by the eligibility (Promotion to J3 requires a J.League license) of the JFL's champions and runners-up for the season.

No changes were made from the previous season:

  • If only the JFL champion holds a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation with the J3's 20th-placed team.[6]
  • If only the JFL runner-up holds a license, there will be promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 20th-placed team.
  • If both the JFL champion and runner-up hold a license, there will be automatic promotion/relegation between the JFL champions and the J3's 20th-placed team, and promotion/relegation play-offs with the J3's 19th-placed team.
  • If neither the JFL champion nor the runner-up holds a license, no promotion/relegation between J3 and JFL will take place.
  • In addition, the J.League stated extra requisites for promotions, with teams needing to have an average attendance of at least 2,000 in home matches, and an annual admission revenue of at least 10 million yen.[7]

The dates and the host teams of the promotion/relegation play-off were pre-determined by the J.League. In case it happens: It will be played in two legs on 1 and 7 December, with the J3 team hosting the second leg; away-goals rule will not be applied; should the match be tied, it will require extra-time, and if the draw persists, penalty shoot-outs.[8]

Promotion and relegation between JFL and Regional Leagues

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  • The winner of the 2024 Regional Champions League (JFL promotion series) will be automatically promoted for the 2024 JFL.
  • The 15th-placed team from the JFL will play a play-off match against the runners-up of the promotion series, with the winner earning a spot at the 2025 JFL. It will be held on 30 November or 1 December, at a stadium picked by the host team from the JFL.[9]
  • The 16th-placed team will be automatically relegated to their respective Regional League.

Club name changes

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Tokyo Musashino United FC returned to its former name Yokogawa Musashino FC,[10] and Suzuka Point Getters became Atletico Suzuka Club.[11]

Participating clubs

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The teams which possess (or are applicants of) promotion-enabler licenses are highlighted in green in the following table.

Club name Home town Stadium Capacity Position Notes
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori Kakuhiro Group Athletic Stadium 20,809 JFL (5th) J3 license holders
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field [ja] 10,000 JFL (4th)
Briobecca Urayasu Urayasu, Chiba Daiichi Cutter Field 2,100 JFL (2nd)
Criacao Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka 7,258 JFL (11th) 100 Year Plan status
J3 license holders
Yokogawa Musashino Musashino, Tokyo Musashino Municipal Athletic Stadium 5,188 JFL (13th)
Tochigi City Tochigi, Tochigi City Football Station [ja] 5,085 JRCL (1st) J3 license holders
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Honda Miyakoda Soccer Stadium 2,506 JFL (1st)
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi Maruyasu Okazaki Ryuhoku Stadium [ja] 5,000 JFL (8th)
Atletico Suzuka Suzuka, Mie AGF Suzuka Athletic Stadium [ja] 1,450 JFL (9th)
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[a] La Pita Toin Stadium [ja] 5,077 JFL (10th) J3 license holders
Tiamo Hirakata Hirakata, Osaka Tamayura Athletic Stadium [ja] 2,500 JFL (12th)
Reilac Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga Heiwado HATO Stadium [ja] 15,000 JFL (3rd) 100 Year Plan status applicants
J3 license holders
Kochi United Kōchi, Kōchi Kōchi Haruno Athletic Stadium 25,000 JFL (7th) J3 license holders
Verspah Oita Yufu, Beppu & Ōita, Ōita Resonac Soccer/Rugby Field [ja] 4,700 JFL (6th) J3 license holders
Minebea Mitsumi Miyazaki, Miyazaki Hinata Athletic Stadium 20,000 JFL (14th)
Okinawa SV All cities/towns in Okinawa[b] Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium 10,189 JFL (15th)
  1. ^ centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi
  2. ^ centering on Tomigusuku, Uruma, and Okinawa

Personnel and kits

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Club Manager Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
ReinMeer Aomori Japan Kei Shibata England Umbro Towa
Sony Sendai Japan Jun Suzuki Germany Adidas Sony
Briobecca Urayasu Japan Satoshi Tsunami Japan soccer junky Urata
Criacao Shinjuku Japan Hideaki Kitajima Japan Mitsubishi Fashion Assetlead
Yokogawa Musashino Japan Toshiyuki Ikegami Germany Puma Yokogawa Electric
Tochigi City Japan Naoki Imaya Japan Luxperior Nippon Rika
Honda FC Japan Hidekazu Kobayashi England Umbro Honda
Maruyasu Okazaki Japan Hiroyasu Ibata Brazil Athleta Maruyasu
Atletico Suzuka South Korea Park Kang-jo Brazil Athleta Topia
Veertien Mie Japan Shuichi Mase Japan Sfida Cosmo Oil
Tiamo Hirakata Japan Takahiro Futagawa Japan Jogarbola Izawa Towel
Reilac Shiga Japan Makoto Kakuda Japan DEZ Rei Beauty
Dermatology Clinic
Kochi United Japan Takafumi Yoshimoto Brazil Athleta None
Verspah Oita Japan Takashi Yamahashi Japan Yasuda Hoyo Group
Minebea Mitsumi Japan Yosuke Miyaji England Umbro MinebeaMitsumi
Okinawa SV Japan Rei Onogi Japan XF Nescafé

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Atletico Suzuka Japan Noboru Saito Role change 30 June 2024 10th South Korea Park Kang-jo 1 July 2024 [12]
Reilac Shiga Japan Kikuchi Toshizo Sacked 15 July 2024 9th Japan Hiroki Asuma (Interim) 21 July 2024 [13]

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Reilac Shiga Japan Hiroki Asuma (Interim) Appointment of permanent coach 31 July 2024 9th Japan Makoto Kakuda 31 July 2024 [15]
Yokogawa Musashino Japan Toshihori Ishimura Appointment of new head coach 12 September 2024 15th Japan Toshiyuki Ikegami 12 September 2024 [16]

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
ReinMeer Aomori Brazil Arthur Bessa Brazil Luiz Fernando Brazil Vinícius North Korea Han Yong-gi Brazil Eduardo
Sony Sendai
Briobecca Urayasu
Criacao Shinjuku North Korea Hwang Song-su
Yokogawa Musashino
Tochigi City Brazil Carlos Eduardo Brazil Pedro Henrique
Honda FC
Maruyasu Okazaki Senegal Talla Ndao
Atletico Suzuka Brazil Diego Washington Ghana Mohammed Lamine South Korea Choi Se-yun
Veertien Mie North Korea Kim Song-sun North Korea Ryang Hyon-ju
Tiamo Hirakata Brazil Felipe Baessa Brazil Willian Nigeria Emeka Basil South Korea Park Kwang-gyu
Reilac Shiga Peru Frank Romero
Kochi United South Korea Park Jong-seok
Verspah Oita
Minebea Mitsumi
Okinawa SV

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tochigi City (C, P) 30 19 7 4 66 35 +31 64 Promotion to 2025 J3 League
2 Kochi United (O, P) 30 16 7 7 36 22 +14 55 Qualification for promotion playoffs
3 Tiamo Hirakata 30 15 5 10 49 45 +4 50
4 Reilac Shiga 30 14 6 10 47 32 +15 48
5 Veertien Mie 30 13 9 8 41 33 +8 48
6 Verspah Oita 30 11 12 7 37 37 0 45
7 Honda FC 30 11 10 9 34 27 +7 43
8 Briobecca Urayasu 30 12 6 12 39 36 +3 42
9 Okinawa SV 30 11 8 11 52 44 +8 41
10 ReinMeer Aomori 30 9 14 7 32 26 +6 41
11 Atletico Suzuka 30 10 7 13 39 42 −3 37
12 Sony Sendai 30 10 7 13 34 40 −6 37 Disbanded after the season[17]
13 Maruyasu Okazaki 30 6 12 12 30 39 −9 30
14 Criacao Shinjuku 30 5 11 14 19 44 −25 26
15 Yokogawa Musashino 30 5 8 17 26 56 −30 23
16 Minebea Mitsumi (O) 30 5 7 18 25 48 −23 22 Qualification for relegation playoffs
Source: Japan Football League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

J3/JFL Play-offs

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The play-offs, officially called the 2024 J3/JFL Play-offs (Japanese: 2024 J3・JFL入れ替え戦[A]), took place on 1 and 7 December 2024. If the two teams were equal on the scoreboard, the match would go to extra time and penalties. Away goals rule would not be applied.

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kochi United (JFL) 3-1 YSCC Yokohama (J3) 1-1 2-0

Matches

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Kochi United1–1YSCC Yokohama
Kozuki 33' Report Fujita 5'
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue
YSCC Yokohama0–2Kochi United
Report Shintani 7'
Uchida 90+1'
Attendance: 5,101
Referee: Naoto Uehara

Kochi United SC won the J3/JFL play-offs on aggregate 3-1 and got promoted to J3, while YSCC Yokohama lost the play-offs and got relegated to JFL.

JFL/Regional Leagues promotion/relegation playoff

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The play-off (Japanese: 2024年度JFL·地域入れ替え戦) took place on 1 December 2024.[18]

Minebea Mitsumi
(2024 JFL 16th)		1–0Vonds Ichihara
(2024 JRFCL runners-up)
Otsuka 90+2' Report
Attendance: 440
Referee: Ryosuke Yamaoka

Minebea Mitsumi stayed in the JFL; Vonds Ichihara stayed in the Kantō Soccer League Division 1.

Top scorers

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As of 24 November 2024.
Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1 Japan Kakeru Aoto Okinawa SV 15
2 Japan Takuya Hitomi Atletico Suzuka 14
3 Japan Atsushi Yoshida Tochigi City 12
4 Japan Shota Tamura Veertien Mie 11
5 Brazil Arthur Bessa ReinMeer Aomori 10
Japan Hayato Mine Briobecca Urayasu
Japan Takumi Fujiwara Tochigi City

See also

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National association
League
Cup

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The logo and signage reads 2024 J.League J3・JFL入れ替え戦

References

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  1. ^ "ＪＦＬチャンネル及び今季の放送について". Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ "第２６回日本フットボールリーグ参加チーム". jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ "第２６回日本フットボールリーグ新入会チームについて". jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ "2023年度ＪＦＬ・地域入れ替え戦「沖縄がＪＦＬ残留を決める！」". jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ "2023シーズン以降のＪ３クラブ・ＪＦＬクラブの入れ替えについて". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ "２０２４Ｊ３・ＪＦＬ入れ替え戦 大会方式および試合方式について". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Ｊリーグ入会要件の改定について". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Promotion and Relegation between J3 and JFL from 2023 season". jleague.co. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "第２６回 日本フットボールリーグ(2024)". www.jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  10. ^ "チーム名・エンブレム変更のお知らせ". fc.yokogawa-musashino.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "新チーム名決定、及び記者会見を実施致しました". suzuka-un.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. ^ "トップチーム新監督就任のお知らせ". atletico-suzuka.com (in Japanese). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Kikuchi Toshizo Dismissal of Coach". reilac-shiga.co.jp. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  14. ^ "7/21 Team Coaching for the Suzuka Match". reilac-shiga.co.jp. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Makoto Tsunoda appointed as Head Coach of the First Team". reilac-shiga.co.jp. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Toshiyuki Ikegami Appointed as Head Coach". fc.yokogawa-musashino.jp. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  17. ^ "JFL退会および活動終了について". Sony Sendai FC (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  18. ^ "2024年度JFL・地域入れ替え戦について（ミネベア）". Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  19. ^ "第２６回 日本フットボールリーグ(2024)". jfl.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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