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2022 Japan Football League

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The 2022 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第24回日本フットボールリーグ[第24回 JFL 2022], Hepburn: Dai Nijūsankai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu [Dai Nijūsankai JFL 2022]) was the ninth season having a fourth-tier status in Japanese football, and the 24th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The slogan for this season was "Enchant with a different play!"[1] The matches were mostly broadcast/streamed live at Japan Football League's channel.[2] The league's awards, not held since 2020 due to special measures regarding COVID-19, was held on 6 December 2022.[3]

Japan Football League
Season2022
Dates13 March – 20 November
ChampionsNara Club
PromotedNara Club
FC Osaka
RelegatedFC Kagura Shimane (withdrawn)
Matches played240
Goals scored597 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerHayato Asakawa
(15 goals)
Biggest home winHonda Lock 6–0 MIO Biwako Shiga
(11 May)
Biggest away winVerspah Oita 0–7 Veertien Mie
(19 October)
Highest scoringKochi United 3–5 Maruyasu Okazaki
(3 July)
Highest attendance16,218
(Criacao Shinjuku vs Suzuka Point Getters; 9 October)
Lowest attendance39
(Honda Lock vs MIO Biwako Shiga; 11 May)
Average attendance1,126
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2022.

League structure and organisation

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Iwaki FC won the league for the first time in their history, after joining the league only two seasons ago. So, they were promoted and joined J3 for the 2022 season. Then, sixteen clubs featured in this season of Japan Football League. FC Kariya were relegated after losing the playoff against Criacao Shinjuku, who were duly promoted to the JFL after qualifying in the top two spots of the 45th Regional Play-off Series.[4] Honda Lock kept their stay at JFL, as despite having finished 16th last season, they won their playoff match against FC Ise-Shima to avoid relegation to the Regional Leagues.

As of November 2022, there were six teams eligible for promotion to the J3 League, as the only way teams from JFL can be promoted to the J3, is by having a license (the same applies for teams being promoted from J3 to J2, and from J2 to J1). Up from none to 2 teams could be promoted from the Japan Football League, or relegated to the Regional Leagues, depending on the circumstances.

The league is played under a round-robin format, with the 16 teams playing home-and-away matches against each other, playing in total 30 matches across the competition, starting from 13 March and ending on 20 November. [5] It features the usual point-earning format, with 3 points for winning, 1 for drawing, and no points for losing.

Regarding the breaks during the match, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the JFL continued to follow FIFA's recommendation of a maximum of 5 available substitutions, and 3 substitution windows per team in each match (excluding the half-time).[6] The teams are allowed a water break at each half of the matches regardless of the WBGT on the matchday. The decision to have or not to have a water break is up to whose teams are playing the match.[7]

Participating clubs

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The teams which possess promotion-enabler licenses are highlighted in green in the following table.

Club Name Home town Stadium Capacity Position Notes
Criacao Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo AGF Field 2,800   Winners of KSL and 45th RPS 100 Year Plan status. [8] J3 license application was declined by J.League. [9]
Honda FC Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Honda Miyakoda Soccer Stadium 2,506 JFL (2nd)
Honda Lock Miyazaki, Miyazaki Hinata Athletic Stadium 20,000 JFL (16th)
Kochi United Kōchi, Kōchi Kōchi Haruno Athletic Stadium 25,000 JFL (13th) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders. [9]
Maruyasu Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi Okazaki Ryūhoku Stadium 5,000 JFL (14th)
Kagura Shimane Matsue, Shimane Matsue Municipal Athletic Stadium 24,000 JFL (5th) Renamed from "Matsue City FC"
MIO Biwako Shiga Kusatsu, Shiga Higashiōmi Nunobiki Green Stadium 5,060 JFL (12th) 100 Year Plan status applicants
Nara Club All cities/towns in Nara[a] Rohto Field Nara 30,600 JFL (10th) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders [9]
FC Osaka Higashiōsaka, Osaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium 2nd Ground 1,722 JFL (7th) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders;[9] renamed from "F.C. Osaka"
ReinMeer Aomori Aomori, Aomori Kakuhiro Group Athletic Stadium 20,809 JFL (9th) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders [9]
Sony Sendai Tagajō, Miyagi Miyagi Seikyō Megumino Soccer Stadium 10,000 JFL (6th)
Suzuka Point Getters Suzuka, Mie AGF Suzuka Athletic Stadium 1,450 JFL (4th) Former J3 license holders [Note 1]
FC Tiamo Hirakata Hirakata, Osaka Hirakata Municipal Athletic Stadium 2,500 JFL (8th)
Tokyo Musashino United Musashino, Tokyo Musashino Municipal Athletic Stadium 5,188 JFL (15th)
Veertien Mie All cities/towns in Mie[b] Asahi Gas Energy Tōin Stadium 5,142 JFL (11th) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders [9]
Verspah Oita Yufu, Beppu & Ōita,[10] Ōita Shōwa Denkō Soccer/Rugby Field 4,700 JFL (3rd) 100 Year Plan status and J3 license holders.[11][9]
  1. ^
    Their license was previously suspended after multiple rule-breaking occurrences by the team's board, including a match-fixing scandal originating from the 2021 JFL season. In late June 2022, the J.League determined officially the revocation of their 100 Year Plan status, and then, resulting in Suzuka Point Getters being unable to be qualified for the J3 League.
    2. [12][13]

Personnel and kits

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Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Criacao Shinjuku   Ichiro Naruyama Yu Yonehara   gym master
Honda FC   Hiroyuki Abe Yuki Kusumoto   Umbro
Honda Lock SC   Yosuke Miyaji Daichi Takahara   Umbro
Kagura Shimane   Noriaki Sanenobu Keishiro Sato   soccer junky
Kochi United SC   Takafumi Yoshimoto Tsubasa Yokotake   ATHLETA
Maruyasu Okazaki   Hiroyasu Ibata Eitaro Tsunoi   ATHLETA
MIO Biwako Shiga   Hiroshi Otsuki Ippei Kokuryo   JOGARBOLA
Nara Club   Julián Marín Bazalo Yuki Kotani   Squadra
FC Osaka   Shinya Tsukahara Shusuke Sakamoto   bonera
ReinMeer Aomori   Kei Shibata Nobuhisa Urata   Umbro
Sony Sendai FC   Jun Suzuki Ren Yoshino   Umbro
Suzuka Point Getters   Yasutoshi Miura Koji Hashimoto   ATHLETA
FC Tiamo Hirakata   Yoshizumi Ogawa Shota Inoue   JOGARBOLA
Tokyo Musashino United FC   Hiroki Yoda Daichi Kobayashi   Yonex
Veertien Mie   Yasuhiro Higuchi Kenshiro Tanioku   Lwond
Verspah Oita   Takashi Yamahashi Hirohito Shinohara   YASUDA
  1. ^ centering on Nara
  2. ^ centering on Kuwana & Yokkaichi

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Criacao Shinjuku   Hwang Song-su
Honda FC
Honda Lock
Kagura Shimane
Kochi United   Yoo Jong-min   Tando Velaphi
Maruyasu Okazaki
MIO Biwako Shiga   Cho Hyeong-in
Nara Club   Arnau Riera
FC Osaka   Efrain Rintaro   Gabriel Pires   Luiz Fernando   Kim Soo-han   Woo Sang-ho
ReinMeer Aomori   Halef Pitbull
Sony Sendai
Suzuka Point Getters   Vinícius Faria   Kim Tae-woo
TIAMO Hirakata   João Siqueira   Yuri Messias   Noah Fortune   Emeka Basil
Tokyo Musashino United   Ko Kyung-te   Ryang Hyon-ju
Veertien Mie   Kim Song-sun
Verspah Oita

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Nara Club[a] (C, P) 30 16 11 3 48 25 +23 59 Promotion to 2023 J3 League[b]
2 FC Osaka[a] (P) 30 17 8 5 47 34 +13 59
3 Honda FC 30 16 8 6 47 23 +24 56
4 ReinMeer Aomori[a] 30 14 9 7 35 23 +12 51
5 Maruyasu Okazaki 30 14 7 9 48 34 +14 49
6 Tokyo Musashino United 30 14 6 10 49 33 +16 48
7 Veertien Mie[a] 30 12 9 9 43 29 +14 45
8 Verspah Oita[a] 30 12 7 11 40 44 −4 43
9 Suzuka Point Getters 30 12 5 13 31 40 −9 41
10 Honda Lock 30 10 6 14 33 33 0 36
11 Kochi United[a] 30 9 7 14 30 39 −9 34
12 Kagura Shimane 30 9 7 14 32 42 −10 34 Folded[c]
13 Tiamo Hirakata 30 9 5 16 40 50 −10 32
14 Sony Sendai 30 5 13 12 23 39 −16 28
15 Criacao Shinjuku[a] 30 6 6 18 30 52 −22 24
16 MIO Biwako Shiga[a] 30 5 6 19 21 57 −36 21
Source: JFL Official Website (in Japanese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) Head-to-head Results (a. Points, b. Goal difference, c. Goals scored); 5) Number of wins; 6) Disciplinary points; 7) Play-off (if necessary)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h J.League 100 Year Plan clubs
  2. ^ Promotion is conditional on holding a valid J3 license (marked in bold in the table), finishing the season in the top 4 of the JFL, and finishing in the top 2 out of the J.League 100 Year Plan clubs. Average home attendance of at least 2,000 is also required.
  3. ^ Withdrew after the end of the season.

Nara Club and FC Osaka have been promoted to J3 League, so there will be no relegation from the 2022 JFL.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 20 November 2022.[14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Hayato Asakawa Nara Club 16
2   Hiroki Maeda Verspah Oita 14
  Himan Morimoto Tiamo Hirakata
  Tatsuma Sakai Maruyasu Okazaki
5   Kaito Miyake Suzuka Point Getters 13
  Shota Tamura Veertien Mie

Hat-tricks

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As of 20 November 2022.[15]

Name For Against Result Date
Tatsuma Sakai3 Maruyasu Okazaki Suzuka Point Getters 4–2 20 March 2022
Tomoki Hino4 Honda Lock Kagura Shimane 5–1 3 April 2022
Yuhi Hayashi3 Maruyasu Okazaki Kochi United 5–3 3 July 2022
Daiki Kawato3 Tokyo Musashino United Criacao Shinjuku 4–2 31 July 2022
Himan Morimoto3 Tiamo Hirakata Honda Lock 3–0 20 November 2022

Awards

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The awards were announced and presented on 6 December 2022.[16]

Team awards

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Award Team
Fair Play Award Honda Lock
Special Prize Criacao Shinjuku

Individual awards

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Award Winner Team
Best Player (MVP) Hayato Asakawa Nara Club
Top Scorer (16 goals) Hayato Asakawa Nara Club
Rookie of the Year Ryusei Kusakari Honda FC
Best Manager Award Julián Marín Bazalo Nara Club
Special Award Kazuyoshi Miura Suzuka Point Getters
Fighting Spirit Award Takanori Kanamori Tokyo Musashino United
Excellent Referee Award Koki Yasukawa –

Team of the Year

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Goalkeeper (GK) Defenders (DF) Midfielders (MF) Forwards (FW)
  Arnau Riera (Nara Club)   Hayato Horiuchi (Honda FC)
  Shusuke Sakamoto (FC Osaka)
  Wataru Ise (Nara Club)
  Kazuya Mima (FC Osaka) 		  Yuya Suzuki (Honda FC)
  Rikuto Kubo (FC Osaka)
  Kazuki Matsumoto (Honda FC)
  Ryusei Kusakari (Honda FC) 		  Hayato Asakawa (Nara Club)
  Tatsuma Sakai (Maruyasu Okazaki)

See also

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League
Cup(s)

References

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  1. ^ "About the JFL 2022 slogan". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Informations about 2022 JFL broadcasting system". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "第２４回日本フットボールリーグ表彰式をライブ配信！". JFL (in Japanese). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. ^ "JFL/Regional Leagues play-offs results". www.jfl.or.jp. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ^ "About the competition's extension period". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Recommendation on permanent five-substitute option supported at IFAB Annual Business Meeting". FIFA. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. ^ "About the JFL". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. ^ "J3クラブライセンス申請のお知らせ". Criacao Shinjuku. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g J3 Licenses - "２０２３シーズンＪ３クラブライセンス判定結果について（Ｊ３入会を希望するクラブ）". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Addition of Oita City as Hometown". verspah.jp/. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. ^ "J3クラブライセンス申請のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  12. ^ "【規律委員会】 2022年4月5日付 公表". 5 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  13. ^ "鈴鹿ポイントゲッターズのＪリーグ百年構想クラブの資格について" [About Suzuka's 100-Year Plan Status]. J.League. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ^ "第２４回 日本フットボールリーグ(2022)".
  15. ^ "日本フットボールリーグオフィシャルWebサイト|2022年|試合日程・結果". www.jfl.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  16. ^ "Assists". Japan Football League. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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