Season 2008 Goals scored 890 | Location Japan Matches played 306 | |
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Top goalscorer Junya Nitta (25 goals total) Highest attendance 13,821 (Round 34,Tochigi vs. Kariya) Lowest attendance 141 (Round 4,Mizushima vs. Yokogawa) People also search for | ||
Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2008 season.
Contents
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams. Honda FC !Honda FC won the championship.
ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP !YKK AP, both based in Toyama merged before the season to become Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama.
Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu !New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu !MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.
New Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.
Table
Updated to games played on November 30, 2008.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Denotes club that occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2008 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
1 Must hold J. League Associate Membership (club name shown in bold), finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted.
(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 30, 2008.
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: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Notes:
† Kataller Toyama attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP !YKK AP
‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
No relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock !Honda Lock were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.