Season 2002 Dates 7 Apr 2002 – 10 Nov 2002 Goals scored 457 | Promoted none Location Japan Matches played 153 | |
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Relegated Shizuoka Sangyo University !Shizuoka Sangyo UniversityAlouette Kumamoto !Alouette KumamotoProfesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki Top goalscorer Masao Yamamoto (14 goals total) People also search for | ||
Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2002 season.
Contents
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC !Honda FC won the championship.
Table
Updated to games played on November 10, 2002.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the previous season and were seeded for 2002 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on November 10, 2002.
Source: Japan Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Attendances
Source:
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
After the season, Alouette Kumamoto !Alouette Kumamoto and Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki were automatically relegated to Kyūshū regional league. Due to contraction of the league, the winners and runners-up of the Regional League promotion series, Ain Food and SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto, were set to compete in the promotion and relegation series with 16th and 15th placed teams – Jatco SC !Jatco SC and Shizuoka Sangyo University !Shizuoka Sangyo University respectively.
Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL.
Series tied 0–0. Sagawa Printing won the series 5–3 in penalty shootout and earned promotion to JFL. Shizuoka Sangyo University were relegated to Tōkai regional league.