Japan Football League 2013

Japan Football League 2013
master	AC Nagano Parceiro
Climbers	Kamatamare Sanuki ( J2 2014 ) AC Nagano Parceiro ( J3 2014 ) SC Sagamihara (J3 2014) FC Machida Zelvia (J3 2014) Branches Kanazawa (J3 2014) Blaublitz Akita (J3 2014) FC Ryūkyū (J3 2014) YSCC Yokohama (J3 2014) Fujieda MYFC (J3 2014) Fukushima United FC (J3 2014)
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	785  (ø 2.57 per game)
← Japan Football League 2012 Japan Football League 2014 →
^ J. League Division 2 2013 Regionalliga 2013 ↓

The 2013 Japan Football League was the fifteenth season of the Japan Football League . Eighteen clubs took part in it. The season began on March 10th and ended on November 24th, 2013. The season was dominated by the professional league J3 League, which was founded the following year .

The championship was won by AC Nagano Parceiro ; However, as in the previous year, the club was denied promotion due to its stadium, which is not suitable for professional football. The runner-up Kamatamare Sanuki was able to prevail in the playoffs against Kataller Toyama , the last of the J. League Division 2 2013 , and so move up to the J. League Division 2 2013. Furthermore, a number of clubs were accepted into the J3 League after the end of the season, in addition to Nagano Parceiro these were SC Sagamihara , FC Machida Zelvia , Zweigen Kanazawa , Blaublitz Akita , FC Ryūkyū , YSCC Yokohama , Fujieda MYFC and Fukushima United FC .

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 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 2014 , only clubs that had the Extraordinary Membership of the J. League and withstood a final review by the J. League were eligible. For the first time, it was precisely specified that the champion rose directly and the runner- up had to compete in relegation games against a team from J. League Division 2 in 2013 . If one or both of these places were occupied by teams not eligible for promotion, there were no substitutes. Likewise, the runner-up could not “inherit” the direct promotion rights of the master.

Attendees

A total of eighteen teams took part in the season. The newly promoted J. League Division 2 2013 , V-Varen Nagasaki , and Sagawa Shiga FC , who announced their retirement at the end of the season shortly before the end of the 2012 season for financial reasons , were no longer there . The two teams were replaced by FC Machida Zelvia , who were the first team in J. League Division 2 history to be relegated from the league and so returned to the Japan Football League after just one year, as well as the two best-placed teams in the 2012 regional league finals , SC Sagamihara and Fukushima United FC . The third-placed Norbritz Hokkaidō was denied promotion to the JFL after a narrow defeat in the relegation against Tochigi Uva FC .

Prior to the start of this season, Branches Kanazawa and Blaublitz Akita were awarded J. League Extraordinary Status . The number of extraordinary members in the league rose to a total of six teams at the beginning of the season, which was not least due to the fact that with Machida Zelvia and SC Sagamihara clubs with this status from other leagues came to the JFL for the first time. During the season competed addition YscC Yokohama , Fukushima United FC , FC Ryukyu and Fujieda MYFC successful efforts to initially "Associate Member" mentioned status J. League Hundred Year Plan Association , which for the purposes of inclusion in the J3 League was created and had less stringent criteria.

Hoyo AC Elan Ōita changed its name to Hoyo Ōita before the start of the season .

Tagajō Nikaho Fukushima Kanazawa Nagano Hamamatsu Fujieda Kusatsu Muko Takamatsu Yufu Miyazaki Okinawa Tochigi Musashino Machida Yokohama Sagami- hara Associations of the Kantō region

Clubs of the Japan Football League 2013

society	City / region	Remarks
Blaublitz Akita	Nikaho , Akita
Fujieda MYFC	Fujieda , Shizuoka
Fukushima United FC	Fukushima , Fukushima	Runner-up in the regional league finals in 2012
Honda FC	Hamamatsu , Shizuoka
Honda Lock SC	Miyazaki , Miyazaki
Hoyo Ōita	Yufu , Ōita
Kamatamare Sanuki	Takamatsu , Kagawa
FC Machida Zelvia	Machida , Tokyo	Relegated from J. League Division 2 2012
Mio Bivouac Shiga	Kusatsu , Shiga
AC Nagano Parceiro	Nagano , Nagano
FC Ryūkyū	Okinawa , Okinawa
SC Sagamihara	Sagamihara , Kanagawa	Winner of the regional league finals 2012
Sagawa Printing SC	Mukō , Kyoto
Sony Sendai FC	Tagajō , Miyagi
Tochigi Uva FC	Tochigi , Tochigi
Yokogawa Musashino FC	Musashino , Tokyo
YSCC Yokohama	Yokohama , Kanagawa
Branches of Kanazawa	Kanazawa , Ishikawa

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Nagano Parceiro	34	21st	9	4th	061:250	+36	72
2.	Kamatamare Sanuki	34	21st	5	8th	049:270	+22	68
3.	SC Sagamihara	34	18th	7th	9	058:420	+16	61
4th	FC Machida Zelvia	34	18th	7th	9	051:440	+7	61
5.	Honda FC	34	14th	11	9	054:380	+16	53
6th	Sagawa Printing SC	34	14th	11	9	036:250	+11	53
7th	Branches of Kanazawa	34	14th	8th	12	060:480	+12	50
8th.	Blaublitz Akita	34	14th	8th	12	048:450	+3	50
9.	Sony Sendai FC	34	12	14th	8th	033:340	−1	50
10.	Yokogawa Musashino FC	34	13	10	11	036:600	−24	49
11.	FC Ryūkyū	34	12	10	12	047:510	−4	46
12.	YSCC Yokohama	34	11	6th	17th	045:560	−11	39
13.	Fujieda MYFC	34	9	9	16	040:580	−18	36
14th	Fukushima United FC	34	8th	10	16	035:420	−7	34
15th	Hoyo Ōita	34	9	5	20th	032:450	−13	32
16.	MIO Bivouac Kusatsu	34	8th	6th	20th	040:560	−16	30th
17th	Tochigi Uva FC	34	9	3	22nd	034:660	−32	30th
18th	Honda Lock SC	34	6th	11	17th	026:470	−21	29
Status: end of the season

Clubs eligible for promotion to J. League Division 2: Kamatamare Sanuki, FC Machida Zelvia, Zweigen Kanazawa

Relegation games against the last placed in the J. League Division 2 2013 : Kamatamare Sanuki

Promoted to the J3 League 2014 : AC Nagano Parceiro,

(A)	Relegated from J. League Division 2 2012 : FC Machida Zelvia
(N)	Newcomers from the Regionalliga 2012: SC Sagamihara, Fukushima United FC

Crosstab

Relegation

In the relegation for a place in the J. League Division 2 for the coming season, which was held for the first time, the table runner-up Kamatamare Sanuki met Gainare Tottori , last of the J. League Division 2 in 2013 .

The first leg in Marugame was all about Kamatamare Sanuki. However, a carelessness a few minutes after Yutaka Takahashi's opening goal shortly after the break to equalize by Eijirō Mori , which was 1-1 until the end of the game. In the second leg, Kamatamare took the lead again through Takahashi in the middle of the first half. After the break, Gainare increased the pressure, but was unable to score even against only ten men - Kōhei Fujita had seen the yellow-red card less than ten minutes after the break - and was relegated to the newly founded J3 League .

pairing	Kamatamare Sanuki - Gainare Tottori
Result	1: 1 (0: 0)
date	December 1st, 2013
Stadion	Kagawa Marugame Stadium , Marugame 5,793 spectators
referee	Yosuke Kubota
Gates	1: 0 Yutaka Takahashi (47.), 1: 1 Eijirō Mori (50.)

pairing	Gainare Tottori - Kamatamare Sanuki
Result	0: 1 (0: 1)
date	December 8, 2013
Stadion	Tottori Bank Bird Stadium , Tottori 6,313 spectators
referee	Koichiru Fukushima
Gates	0: 1 Yutaka Takahashi (20th)
References	Kōhei Fujita (54th, yellow-red )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2013 J2 / JFL Play-Offs 1st Leg. In: jleague.jp. J. League , accessed August 12, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 2013 J2 / J3 Play-Offs 2nd Leg. In: jleague.jp. J. League , accessed August 12, 2016 . 

Web links

• Season on the official website of the Japan Football League (Japanese)
• Final tables of the 2013 season in Japanese football , RSSSF (English)