Japan Football League 2004

Japan Football League 2004
master	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC
Climbers	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC Thespa Kusatsu
Relegated	Kokushikan University FC (exclusion)
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	746  (ø 3.11 per game)
← Japan Football League 2003 Japan Football League 2005 →
^ J. League Division 2 2004 Regionalliga 2004 ↓

The 2004 Japan Football League was the sixth season of the Japan Football League . Sixteen clubs took part in it. The season started on March 28th and ended on December 5th, 2004.

Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC successfully defended its previous year's title. For the first time since the 2000 season , teams again met the requirements for J. League approval; in addition to master Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical, Thespa Kusatsu rose to the J. League Division 2 in 2005 . As a result, there were no relegated athletes, but Kokushikan University FC was excluded from further participation one game day before the end after an immorality scandal that affected the majority of the players.

mode

The clubs held a simple double round tournament . There were three points for a win; in the event of a tie, each team received a counter. 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

For promotion to the J. League Division 2 in 2005 , only clubs that met sporting and economic criteria and withstood a final review by the J. League were eligible. The two worst teams in the table should originally play in two relegation games each against the two winners of the Regional League final round, with the sixteenth facing the champion and the fifteenth the runner-up. However, due to the rise of two clubs at the end of the season, this was omitted.

Attendees

A total of sixteen teams took part in the season. No longer there was the bottom of the previous season, FC Kyoto 1993 , who lost both relegation games against Gunma FC Horikoshi , second in the regional league final round , and was relegated to the Kansai - Regional league. In addition, Jatco FC voluntarily resigned from the Japan Football League for financial reasons, the team completely stopped their game operations.

In addition to Gunma FC Horikoshi as the winner of the relegation games, the regional league final round champion and prefectural rival Thespa Kusatsu rose directly. Both clubs based in Gunma Prefecture played in the Kanto Regional League in the preseason .

Also before this season, a club renamed itself. After a merger of its carrier company, YKK SC expanded its name to YKK AP SC .

Tagajō Toyama Kirobe Hamamatsu Kariya Muko Osaka Tottori Tokushima Matsuyama Utsunomiya Kusatsu Takasaki Tokyo Machida Musashino Associations of the Kantō region

Clubs of the Japan Football League 2004

society	City / region	Remarks
ALO's Hokuriku	Toyama , Toyama
DENSO FC	Kariya , Aichi
Ehime FC	Matsuyama , Ehime
Gunma FC Horikoshi	Takasaki , Gunma	Runner-up in the regional league finals in 2003
Honda FC	Hamamatsu , Shizuoka
Kokushikan University SC	Machida , Tokyo
Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC	Tokushima , Tokushima
Sagawa Express Osaka SC	Osaka , Osaka
Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC	Tokyo
Sagawa Printing SC	Mukō , Kyoto
Sony Sendai FC	Tagajō , Miyagi
Thespa Kusatsu	Maebashi , Gunma	Winner of the regional league finals 2003
Tochigi SC	Utsunomiya , Tochigi
SC Tottori	Yonago , Tottori
YKK AP SC	Kurobe , Toyama
Yokogawa Musashino FC	Musashino , Tokyo

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC	30th	25th	3	2	074:200	+54	78
2.	Honda FC	30th	19th	5	6th	064:360	+28	62
3.	Thespa Kusatsu (N)	30th	19th	5	6th	063:350	+28	62
4th	YKK AP SC	30th	15th	5	10	056:330	+23	50
5.	Ehime FC	30th	14th	7th	9	053:420	+11	49
6th	Sony Sendai FC	30th	13	8th	9	050:420	+8	47
7th	Sagawa Express Tōkyō SC	30th	13	5	12	043:390	+4	44
8th.	Gunma FC Horikoshi (N)	30th	11	8th	11	048:470	+1	41
9.	Tochigi SC	30th	11	7th	12	041:470	−6	40
10.	ALO's Hokuriku	30th	10	7th	13	046:520	−6	37
11.	Sagawa Express Osaka SC	30th	9	8th	13	038:400	−2	35
12.	Sagawa Printing SC	30th	10	4th	16	030:450	−15	34
13.	Yokogawa Musashino FC	30th	8th	8th	14th	041:510	−10	32
14th	SC Tottori	30th	5	7th	18th	036:620	−26	22nd
15th	Kokushikan University SC	30th	5	5	20th	037:730	−36	20th
16.	DENSO SC	30th	4th	6th	20th	029:850	−56	18th
Status: end of the season

Promotion to J. League Division 2 2005 : Ōtsuka Pharmaceutical SC, Thespa Kusatsu

Exclusion from the league: Kokushikan University FC

(N)	Newcomers from the Regionalliga 2003: Thespa Kusatsu, Gunma FC Horikoshi

Crosstab

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on minor. In: www.japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times , December 2, 2004, accessed October 11, 2016 . 

Web links

• Season on the official website of the Japan Football League (Japanese)
• Final tables of the 2004 season in Japanese football , RSSSF (English)