Football league season
| Season | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Honda FC |
| Relegated | Tochigi Uva FC Briobecca Urayasu |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 669 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Shusuke Sakamoto Nara Club (18 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 5,241 FC Imabari v Verspah Oita (10 September 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 100 Honda Lock SC |
| Average attendance | 797 |
| ← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第19回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūkyū-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the fourth season of the nationwide fourth tier of Japanese football, and the 19th season since the establishment of Japan Football League.
Clubs
Sixteen clubs participated in this season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 16 January 2017.
- centering on Nara
- Hachinohe, Towada, Gonohe, Sannohe, Takko, Hashikami, Nanbu, Shingo, Oirase, Misawa, Shichinohe, Rokunohe, Tohoku, Noheji, Yokohama, Rokkasho
- centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda FC (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 20 | +52 | 70 | |
| 2 | ReinMeer Aomori | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 61 | |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 59 | |
| 4 | FC Osaka | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 55 | |
| 5 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | FC Imabari | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 48 | |
| 7 | Nara Club | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 40 | |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 34 | |
| 9 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 34 | |
| 10 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 34 | |
| 11 | Tokyo Musashino City | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 33 | |
| 12 | Veertien Mie | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 27 | |
| 14 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 27 | |
| 15 | Briobecca Urayasu (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to 2018 Regional Leagues |
| 16 | Tochigi Uva (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of match played 13 November 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shusuke Sakamoto |
Nara Club | 18 |
| 2 | Ryota Kuwajima
|
FC Imabari | 17 |
| Jun Arima
|
Sony Sendai FC | ||
| 4 | Shogo Omachi
|
Honda FC | 16 |
| 5 | Koji Ishihara
|
Tokyo Musashino City FC | 15 |
| 6 | Tatsuya Furuhashi
|
Honda FC | 14 |
| 7 | Yuta Uchino
|
Sony Sendai FC | 13 |
| 8 | Makoto Kawanishi
|
FC Osaka | 12 |
| 9 | Taichi Nakamura
|
ReinMeer Aomori | 11 |
| 10 | Junki Yokono
|
10 | |
| Shogo Fujimaki
|
Veertien Mie | ||
| Junya Kitano
|
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Imabari | 32,724 | 5,241 | 764 | 2,182 | n/a |
| 2 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 31,596 | 4,122 | 719 | 2,106 | +20.1% |
| 3 | Nara Club | 21,703 | 2,868 | 763 | 1,447 | −4.0% |
| 4 | Honda FC | 12,915 | 1,504 | 477 | 861 | +8.4% |
| 5 | Veertien Mie | 11,879 | 1,343 | 242 | 792 | n/a |
| 6 | ReinMeer Aomori | 10,819 | 2,098 | 353 | 721 | +2.4% |
| 7 | Tokyo Musashino City | 10,595 | 1,438 | 307 | 706 | −17.2% |
| 8 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 9,771 | 1,955 | 191 | 651 | −4.3% |
| 9 | FC Osaka | 8,960 | 1,523 | 232 | 597 | −33.4% |
| 10 | Briobecca Urayasu | 7,579 | 1,049 | 234 | 505 | +5.0% |
| 11 | Verspah Oita | 6,108 | 746 | 223 | 407 | −16.6% |
| 12 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 5,911 | 703 | 159 | 394 | +3.1% |
| 13 | Tochigi Uva | 5,844 | 1,116 | 179 | 390 | −3.0% |
| 14 | Sony Sendai | 5,298 | 566 | 171 | 353 | −51.7% |
| 15 | Honda Lock | 4,930 | 746 | 100 | 329 | −11.6% |
| 16 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 4,644 | 691 | 137 | 310 | −20.1% |
| League total | 191,276 | 5,241 | 100 | 797 | −2.4% |
Updated to games played on 3 December
Source: Japan Football League (1st stage, 2nd stage)
Notes:
Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion from Regional Leagues
Cobaltore Onagawa and Tegevajaro Miyazaki
References
- "Announcement on teams participating in the 19th Japan Football League" (in Japanese). Japan Football League. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "ニュース詳細｜ニュース一覧｜ＦＣ今治 公式サイト / FC IMABARI Official Site". Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "日本フットボールリーグオフィシャルWebサイト【得点Ｒ】".
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