2019 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season	2019
Champions	Honda FC; 9th JFL title
Promoted	FC Imabari
Relegated	Ryutsu Keizai Dragons
Matches	240
Goals	623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Efrain Rintaro ; Suzuka Unlimited ; (18 goals)
Average attendance	939
	← 2018 2020 →

Season2019

ChampionsHonda FC
9th JFL title^[1]

PromotedFC Imabari^[2]^[3]

RelegatedRyutsu Keizai Dragons

The 2019 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第21回日本フットボールリーグ(第21回 JFL 2019), Hepburn: Dai Nijūikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu (Dai Nijūikkai JFL 2019)) was the sixth season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese football, and the 21st season since the establishment of Japan Football League.

Starting from this season, the league reverted to a one-stage double round-robin again.

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Club name	Home town	Position	Notes
FC Imabari	Imabari, Ehime	5th	J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
FC Osaka	Higashiōsaka, Osaka	2nd
Honda FC	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka	1st	Defending champions of 2018
Honda Lock	Miyazaki, Miyazaki	14th
Maruyasu Okazaki	Okazaki, Aichi	13th
Matsue City	Matsue, Shimane	RPS 1st	Promoted from CSL after 1st place in 42nd Regional Promotion Series
MIO Biwako Shiga	Kusatsu, Shiga	7th
Nara Club	All cities/towns in Nara^[a]	8th	J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
ReinMeer Aomori	Aomori, Aomori	10th	J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons	Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki	15th
Sony Sendai	Tagajō, Miyagi	4th
Suzuka Unlimited	Suzuka, Mie	RPS 2nd	Promoted from TASL after 2nd place in 42nd Regional Promotion Series
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	Miyazaki & Shintomi, Miyazaki	12th	J.League 100 Year Plan club status
Tokyo Musashino City	Musashino, Tokyo	6th	J.League 100 Year Plan club status and J3 license holders
Veertien Mie	All cities/towns in Mie^[b]	11th
Verspah Oita	Yufu & Ōita, Ōita	9th

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
FC Imabari	Takeshi Ono		Adidas
FC Osaka	Haruo Wada	Tomoyuki Iwamoto	bonera
Honda FC	Hiroyasu Ibata	Yuya Suzuki	Umbro
Honda Lock	Shinya Shirakawa	Naoya Oyama	Kappa
Maruyasu Okazaki	Ryuji Kitamura	Keita Sugimoto	ATHLETA
Matsue City	Koji Tanaka	Yuzuru Tabira	GAViC
MIO Biwako Shiga	Masafumi Nakaguchi		JOGARBOLA
Nara Club	Koichi Sugiyama	Shinichi Mukai	SQUADRA
ReinMeer Aomori	Tatsuya Mochizuki	Kanta Takahashi	Umbro
Ryutsu Keizai Dragons	Yuji Nakano		Adidas
Sony Sendai	Shinji Honda	Kenta Ogihara	Umbro
Suzuka Unlimited	Milagros Martínez Domínguez	Toshihiro Horikawa	ATHLETA
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	Keiji Kuraishi		Penalty
Tokyo Musashino City	Hisayuki Ikegami	Koji Ishihara	Yonex
Veertien Mie	Nobuhiro Ueno	Hitoshi Nishimura	Mizuno
Verspah Oita	Shigemitsu Sudo	Kosuke Fukumoto	LINES

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Honda FC (C)	30	19	6	5	59	30	+29	63
2	Sony Sendai	30	16	7	7	60	34	+26	55
3	FC Imabari (P)	30	13	12	5	41	26	+15	51	Promotion to 2020 J3 League^[a]
4	Tokyo Musashino City	30	13	9	8	44	39	+5	48
5	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	30	11	8	11	37	34	+3	41
6	Honda Lock	30	10	11	9	41	39	+2	41
7	Verspah Oita	30	10	10	10	42	36	+6	40
8	FC Osaka	30	10	10	10	33	32	+1	40
9	MIO Biwako Shiga	30	11	7	12	27	40	−13	40
10	Veertien Mie	30	10	9	11	38	34	+4	39
11	Maruyasu Okazaki	30	9	11	10	30	30	0	38
12	Suzuka Unlimited FC	30	9	9	12	43	47	−4	36
13	ReinMeer Aomori	30	9	9	12	40	44	−4	36
14	Nara Club	30	8	10	12	27	32	−5	34
15	Matsue City FC	30	5	10	15	26	51	−25	25
16	Ryutsu Keizai Dragons (R)	30	5	6	19	35	75	−40	21	Relegation to regional leagues

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Efrain Rintaro	Suzuka Unlimited	18
2	Tsubasa Ando	Honda Lock SC	16
3	Kazuki Sakamoto	MIO Biwako Shiga	14
4	Yuta Uchino	Sony Sendai FC	12
4	Hiroki Bandai	ReinMeer Aomori	12
6	Masahiko Sugita	Sony Sendai FC	11
6	Jin Shioya	Veertien Mie	11
8	Yuki Mizutani	Tokyo Musashino City FC	10
9	Daiya Tono	Honda FC	9
	Koji Ishihara	Tokyo Musashino City
	Hiroto Miyauchi	Matsue City

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	FC Imabari	46,512	3,981	1,694	3,101	+0.6%^†
2	Nara Club	30,308	5,102	513	2,021	+12.6%^†
3	Tokyo Musashino	26,866	5,284	504	1,791	+112.2%^†
4	FC Osaka	16,474	2,685	157	1,098	+39.3%^†
5	Veertien Mie	15,606	4,014	492	1,040	+22.5%^†
6	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	13,624	1,976	514	908	+125.3%^†
7	Honda FC	12,641	1,612	616	843	+2.9%^†
8	Matsue City FC	10,482	1,544	360	699	n/a^†
9	Suzuka Unlimited	8,301	1,308	312	553	n/a^†
10	MIO Biwako Shiga	8,292	1,523	206	553	+8.0%^†
11	Verspah Oita	7,549	1,148	253	503	−13.6%^†
12	Sony Sendai FC	6,629	709	253	442	−5.6%^†
13	Reinmeer Aomori	6,575	630	217	438	−14.6%^†
14	FC Maruyasu Okazaki	5,797	632	207	387	+8.7%^†
15	Honda Lock SC	5,169	837	168	345	+13.1%^†
16	Ryutsu Keizai Dragons	4,638	512	155	309	−32.8%^†
	League total	225,463	5,284	155	939	+3.5%^†

2019 Japan Football League

Personnel and kits

League table

Top scorers

Promotion from Regional Leagues

Attendances

Notes

References

External links

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