2005 Japan Football League

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Ehime FC !Ehime FC won the championship.

Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima !Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima, Ryutsu Keizai University !Ryutsu Keizai University and Honda Lock !Honda Lock were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.

Table

Updated to games played on December 4, 2005.
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 first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2005 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 December 4, 2005.
Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
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

No relegation has occurred due to expansion of the league to 18 teams. At the end the season, FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu, JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves and Rosso Kumamoto !Rosso Kumamoto were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.