Japan Football League (1992-1998)
Japan Football League | |
Full name | Japan Football League Japanese ジ ャ パ ン フ ッ ト ボ ー ル リ ー グ |
abbreviation | JFL |
Association | Japan Football Association |
First edition | 1992 |
Teams | 16 |
↓ Several regional leagues
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The Japan Football League ( Japanese ジ ャ パ ン フ ッ ト ボ ー ル リ ー グ Japan Futtobōru Līgu ) was a Japanese football league that existed from 1992 to 1998. After founding the professional league J. League , it was located on the second highest level of the Japanese league pyramid.
history
When the Japanese Football Association decided to found a professional league, the Japan Soccer League (JSL), which was the top division in the country until the end of the 1991/92 season, was restructured into two new leagues. Of the total of 28 clubs in the two divisions of the JSL, nine formed the professional league J. League together with Shimizu S-Pulse , one (Yomiuri Junior) was merged with their first team , while the other eighteen teams decided to at least temporarily get their amateur status to keep.
The first season was held in two divisions of ten teams each; in addition to the eighteen former JSL clubs, the two winners of the national regional league finals , Osaka Gas SC and Seino Transportation SC, were included in the league. As early as 1994, however, after a series of withdrawals, both divisions were merged, from then on they played with one division and sixteen clubs.
The league was eventually disbanded with the imminent formation of J. League Division 2 (J2) at the end of the 1998 season. Of the sixteen teams last season, nine were accepted into the J2, while the remaining seven moved to the new Japan Football League .
List of masters, promoted and relegated
season | master | Runner-up | Promoted after the season | Regional league promoted before the season | Relegated after the season |
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1992 | D1 - Yamaha D2 - Chuo Bohan Fujieda |
D1 - Hitachi D2 - Kyoto Shiko Club |
- |
Ōsaka Gas SC Seinō Transportation SC |
Tanabe Pharmaceutical SC Osaka Gas SC |
1993 | D1 - Bellmare Hiratsuka D2 - Honda FC |
D1 - Júbilo Iwata D2 - PJM Futures |
Bellmare Hiratsuka Júbilo Iwata |
Toyota Motors Higashi-Fuji FC PJM Futures |
Toho Titanium SC NKK FC (dissolved) Toyota Motors Higashi-Fuji FC (dissolved) |
1994 | Cerezo Osaka | Kashiwa Reysol | Cerezo Osaka Kashiwa Reysol |
NEC Yamagata SC | - |
1995 | Fukuoka Blux | Kyoto Purple Sanga | Fukuoka Blux Kyoto Purple Sanga |
Brummell Sendai Fukushima FC |
- |
1996 | Honda FC | Vissel Kobe | Vissel Kobe |
Nippon Denso FC Ōita FC |
Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi (dissolved) Tosu Futures (dissolved) |
1997 | Consadole Sapporo | Tokyo Gas FC | Consadole Sapporo |
Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura Jatco FC Sagan Tosu (new club, replaces Tosu Futures) |
Fukushima FC (dissolved) Seino Transportation FC (dissolved) |
1998 | Tokyo Gas FC | Kawasaki Frontale | - |
Albirex Niigata Sony Sendai FC Kokushikan University SC (proposed by the University Association) |
- |
* The following clubs were accepted into the J. League Division 2 : Brummell Sendai, Montedio Yamagata , Ōmiya Ardija , Tokyo Gas FC, Kawasaki Frontale, Ventforet Kofu , Albirex Niigata , Sagan Tosu, Ōita FC |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan 1991/92 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1993 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1994 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1995 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1996 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1997 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ↑ Japan 1998 . Rec.Sport.Soccer. Retrieved December 15, 2014.