Japan Football League 2016

Japan Football League 2016
master	Honda FC
Climbers	azul claro Numazu
Relegated	Fagiano Okayama Next (withdrawal)
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	628  (ø 2.62 per game)
← Japan Football League 2015 Japan Football League 2017 →
↑ J3 League 2016 Regionalliga 2016 ↓

The Japan Football League 2016 was the 18th season of the Japan Football League overall and the third as the fourth-highest division in Japanese football . Sixteen clubs took part in it. The season began on March 6, 2016 with the first games of the first half series. After the end of the second half series on November 13, 2016, the two half-series winners Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons and Honda FC met in two games for the championship on November 26 and December 4, 2016. The Honda Motors works team won their sixth JFL title after a 2-2 draw in the first leg and a 1-0 win in the second leg.

J. League Centennial Plan club azul claro Numazu finished the season in third place and moved up to the J3 League 2017 . Fagiano Okayama Next , reserve team of the J. League club Fagiano Okayama , withdrew from the league at the end of the season and was subsequently dissolved.

mode

All clubs met twice in a double round tournament , once at home and once away. In total, one team played 30 games. There were three points for a win; in the case of a draw, each team received one point. Return round counted separately, an additional overall table for determining winners and losers in which was J3 League 2017 or Regional 2017 formed. All three tables were 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 J3 League, a team had to have the license for this division and complete the season within the top four of the overall table. A maximum of two clubs rose.

In the event that there were no promoters in the J3 League, the two worst clubs in the overall table relegated to their corresponding regional league; with one or two climbers, the descent decreased accordingly.

Attendees

Aomori Hachinohe Tagajō Hamamatsu Numazu oka- zaki Kusatsu Osaka Nara Okayama Yufu Miyazaki Ryūgasaki Tochigi Urayasu Musashino Associations of the Kantō region

Hometowns of the clubs of the Japan Football League 2016

At the end of the 2015 season , fourth-placed Kagoshima United was promoted to the J3 League 2016 as the best-placed team of the promotion candidates . The Sagawa Printing company team , SP Kyōto FC , stopped playing at the end of the season and was then dissolved.

The two vacant positions were filled by the best teams from the national regional league finals in 2015. Their winner ReinMeer Aomori played in the Tōhoku regional league in recent years and qualified for the promotion round via the Japanese Amateur Cup . The runner-up Briobecca Urayasu last appeared in the Kanto Regional League and won the championship there in the last two years.

In other changes, Yokogawa Musashino FC was renamed , the new name of the team is Tokyo Musashino City FC .

team	city	Remarks
azul claro Numazu	Numazu , Shizuoka	J3 League license holder
Briobecca Urayasu	Urayasu , Chiba	Promoted from the Kanto - Regional
Fagiano Okayama Next	Okayama , okayama
Honda FC	Hamamatsu , Shizuoka
Honda Lock SC	Miyazaki , Miyazaki
Maruyasu Okazaki FC	Okazaki , Aichi
MIO Bivouac Shiga	Kusatsu , Shiga
Nara Club	Nara , Nara	Holders of a J3 League license
Osaka FC	Osaka , Osaka
ReinMeer Aomori FC	Aomori , Aomori	Promoted from the Tohoku - Regional
Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons	Ryūgasaki , Ibaraki
Sony Sendai FC	Tagajō , Miyagi
Tochigi Uva FC	Tochigi , Tochigi	J. League Centennial Plan Club
Tokyo Musashino City FC	Musashino , Tokyo	J. League Centennial Plan Club
Vanraure Hachinohe	Hachinohe , Aomori	Holders of a J3 League license
Forgive Ōita	Yufu , Ōita

statistics

1st half series

The semi-series began on March 6, 2016 and ended on June 5, 2016. The Ryutsu Keizai Dragons won the championship with a 1-0 win on the last day of the match against FC Osaka, who had tied the points up to then, and thus qualified for the championship finals.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons	15th	11	2	2	030:140	+16	35
2.	Osaka FC	15th	10	2	3	028:140	+14	32
3.	azul claro Numazu	15th	9	2	4th	021:110	+10	29
4th	Honda Lock SC	15th	7th	5	3	018:100	+8	26th
5.	Vanraure Hachinohe	15th	7th	4th	4th	019:100	+9	25th
6th	Honda FC	15th	7th	4th	4th	021:160	+5	25th
7th	Sony Sendai FC	15th	6th	5	4th	024:150	+9	23
8th.	Mio Bivouac Shiga	15th	7th	1	7th	019:230	−4	22nd
9.	Briobecca Urayasu (N)	15th	6th	1	8th	019:220	−3	19th
10.	Tokyo Musashino City FC	15th	5	4th	6th	010:140	−4	19th
11.	ReinMeer Aomori FC (N)	15th	4th	5	6th	015:170	−2	17th
12.	Maruyasu Okazaki FC	15th	5	2	8th	010:150	−5	17th
13.	Forgive Ōita	15th	3	7th	5	013:180	−5	16
14th	Nara Club	15th	3	5	7th	017:250	−8	14th
15th	Tochigi Uva FC	15th	3	1	11	019:420	−23	10
16.	Fagiano Okayama Next	15th	2	0	13	010:270	−17	06th
Status: End of the half series

After the end of the semi-series:
	Qualification for the championship games at the end of the season: Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons
(N)	N Euling, newly promoted from the Regional 2015: clean sea Aomori FC, Briobecca Urayasu

2nd half series

The second half series began on June 18, 2016 and ended on November 13, 2016. Honda FC secured the championship and qualified for the finals.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honda FC	15th	11	3	1	031:130	+18	36
2.	Sony Sendai FC	15th	11	1	3	032:120	+20	34
3.	Honda Lock SC	15th	10	3	2	028:130	+15	33
4th	azul claro Numazu	15th	9	3	3	026:130	+13	30th
5.	ReinMeer Aomori FC (N)	15th	9	1	5	020:160	+4	28
6th	Osaka FC	15th	8th	2	5	024:170	+7	26th
7th	Nara Club	15th	7th	2	6th	024:230	+1	23
8th.	Vanraure Hachinohe	15th	6th	3	6th	015:170	−2	21st
9.	Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons	15th	5	4th	6th	023:240	−1	19th
10.	Mio Bivouac Shiga	15th	4th	6th	5	019:220	−3	18th
11.	Briobecca Urayasu (N)	15th	5	2	8th	020:250	−5	17th
12.	Tokyo Musashino City FC	15th	4th	4th	7th	019:240	−5	16
13.	Forgive Ōita	15th	3	6th	6th	017:240	−7	15th
14th	Maruyasu Okazaki FC	15th	2	7th	6th	013:230	−10	13
15th	Tochigi Uva FC	15th	2	0	13	015:350	−20	06th
16.	Fagiano Okayama Next	15th	0	1	14th	009:340	−25	01
Status: End of the half series

After the end of the semi-series:
	Qualifier for the championship games at the end of the season: Honda FC
(N)	N Euling, newly promoted from the Regional 2015: clean sea Aomori FC, Briobecca Urayasu

Whole season

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Honda FC	30th	18th	7th	5	052:290	+23	61
2.	Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons	30th	16	6th	8th	053:380	+15	54
3.	azul claro Numazu	30th	18th	5	7th	047:240	+23	59
4th	Honda Lock SC	30th	17th	8th	5	046:230	+23	59
5.	Osaka FC	30th	18th	4th	8th	052:310	+21	58
6th	Sony Sendai FC	30th	17th	6th	7th	056:270	+29	57
7th	Vanraure Hachinohe	30th	13	7th	10	034:270	+7	46
8th.	ReinMeer Aomori FC (N)	30th	13	6th	11	035:330	+2	45
9.	Mio Bivouac Shiga	30th	11	7th	12	038:450	−7	40
10.	Nara Club	30th	10	7th	13	041:480	−7	37
11.	Briobecca Urayasu (N)	30th	11	3	16	039:470	−8	36
12.	Tokyo Musashino City FC	30th	9	8th	13	029:380	−9	35
13.	Forgive Ōita	30th	6th	13	11	030:420	−12	31
14th	Maruyasu Okazaki FC	30th	7th	9	14th	023:380	−15	30th
15th	Tochigi Uva FC	30th	5	1	24	034:770	−43	16
16.	Fagiano Okayama Next	30th	2	1	27	019:610	−42	07th
Status: end of the season

Eligible clubs: azul claro Numazu, Nara Club, Vanraure Hachinohe
	Finalists: Honda FC, Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons; Honda FC JFL champions after winning the finals
	Promotion to the J3 League 2017 : azul claro Numazu
	Cessation of play after the end of the season: Fagiano Okayama Next
(N)	N Euling, newly promoted from the Regional 2015: clean sea Aomori, Briobecca Urayasu

Championship finals

The winners of the first and second half of the season, Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons Ryūgasaki and Honda FC , played for the championship in two legs . The first leg was played on November 26th in Ryūgasaki , Ibaraki , the second leg followed on December 4th in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ryūtsū Keizai Dragons	2: 3	Honda FC	2: 2	0: 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ア ス ル ク ラ ロ 沼 津 ​​の Ｊ３ 入会 を 承認 【明 治安 田 Ｊ３】. In: www.jleague.jp. J. League , November 16, 2016, accessed November 16, 2016 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ フ ァ ジ ア ー ノ 岡山 ネ ク ス ト 2016 シ ー ズ ン を も っ て の 活動 終了 に つ い て. In: www.fagiano-okayama.com. Fagiano Okayama , June 24, 2016, accessed July 1, 2016 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} J3 club license applications revealed. In: www.jleague.jp. J. League , September 21, 2016, accessed September 29, 2016 . 

Web links

• Official website of the Japan Football League (Japanese)