Japan Football League 2001

Japan Football League 2001
master	Honda Motors
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	779  (ø 3.25 per game)
← Japan Football League 2000 Japan Football League 2002 →
^ J. League Division 2 2001 Regionalliga 2001 ↓

The 2001 Japan Football League was the third season of the Japan Football League . Sixteen clubs took part in it. The season started on April 1 and ended on November 18, 2001. Honda Motors won the championship title. Due to the fact that no team could meet the requirements for J. League approval, there were no promoters.

mode

During the season, the clubs played a simple double round tournament against each other. In contrast to the previous season, overtime was abolished if there was a tie after 90 minutes. There were three points for a win; in the event of a tie there was a counter for each team. The table for each semi-series was created according to the following criteria:

1. Number of points scored
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Results of the games among themselves
5. Decision game or coin toss

There was no relegation to the regional league. For promotion to the J. League Division 2 in 2002 , only clubs that met sporting and economic criteria and withstood a final review by the J. League were eligible.

Attendees

A total of sixteen teams took part in the season. Among these were five new clubs after the inclusion of Yokohama FC at the end of the previous season. Two of them, Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC and YKK SC , qualified through the regional league finals in a sporting way, the other three teams, NTT West Kumamoto SC , SC Tottori and Ehime FC , were accepted into the league on the recommendation of the amateur football association.

In further changes, FC KYOKEN changed its name to FC KYOKEN Kyōto .

Tagajō Toyama Kirobe Hamamatsu Fuji Shizuoka Kariya Kyoto Tottori Tokushima Matsuyama Kumamoto Utsunomiya Tokyo Machida Musashino Associations of the Kantō region

Clubs of the Japan Football League 2001

society	City / region	Remarks
ALO's Hokuriku	Toyama , Toyama
DENSO FC	Kariya , Aichi
Ehime FC	Matsuyama , Ehime	Recorded on the recommendation of the amateur football association
Honda Motors	Hamamatsu , Shizuoka
Jatco TT FC	Eastern Shizuoka Prefecture around Fuji
Kokushikan University SC	Machida , Tokyo
FC KYOKEN Kyōto	Kyōto , Kyōto
NTT West Kumamoto SC	Kumamoto , Kumamoto	Recorded on the recommendation of the amateur football association
Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC	Tokushima , Tokushima
Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC	Tokyo	Champion of the regional league finals 2000
Shizuoka Sangyō University SC	Shizuoka , Shizuoka
Sony Sendai FC	Tagajō , Miyagi
Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya , Tochigi
SC Tottori	Yonago , Tottori	Recorded on the recommendation of the amateur football association
YKK SC	Kurobe , Toyama	Runner-up in the regional league finals in 2000
Yokogawa Denki SC	Musashino , Tokyo

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honda Motors	30th	22nd	5	3	074:190	+55	71
2.	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC	30th	21st	5	4th	078:350	+43	68
3.	Jatco TT SC	30th	20th	5	5	065:360	+29	65
4th	Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC (N)	30th	19th	5	6th	060:230	+37	62
5.	DENSO SC	30th	17th	3	10	070:540	+16	54
6th	YKK SC (N)	30th	15th	5	10	053:390	+14	50
7th	Yokogawa Denki SC	30th	12	5	13	037:540	−17	41
8th.	NTT West Kumamoto SC (N)	30th	10	7th	13	055:620	−7	37
9.	Shizuoka Sangyō University SC	30th	11	4th	15th	041:590	−18	37
10.	Kokushikan University SC	30th	10	6th	14th	047:530	−6	36
11.	FC KYOKEN Kyōto	30th	9	7th	14th	039:460	−7	34
12.	Ehime FC (N)	30th	9	6th	15th	039:430	−4	33
13.	Tochigi SC	30th	9	5	16	028:460	−18	32
14th	Sony Sendai FC	30th	9	5	16	042:630	−21	32
15th	ALO's Hokuriku	30th	4th	7th	19th	028:570	−29	19th
16.	SC Tottori (N)	30th	2	2	26th	023:900	−67	08th
Status: end of the season

(N)	Newcomers from the Regionalliga 2000: Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC, YPP SC, NTT West Kumamoto SC, SC Tottori, Ehime FC

Crosstab

Individual evidence

Web links

• Season on the official website of the Japan Football League (Japanese)
• Final tables of the 2001 season in Japanese football , RSSSF (English)