The 2001 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第3回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai San-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the third season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.
Season | 2001 |
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Dates | 1 April – 18 November |
Champions | Honda Motors 1st JFL title 2nd D3 title |
Promoted | none |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 779 (3.25 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Takaaki Tokushige (25 goals total) |
Highest attendance | 3,305 (Round 28, Honda vs. Kyoken) |
Lowest attendance | 48 (Round 23, Express vs. Sangyo) |
Average attendance | 515 |
← 2000 2002 → |
Overview
editIt was contested by 16 teams, and Honda Motors won the championship. No promotion or relegation took place due to the promotion-eligible teams not being autonomous clubs fit for the J. League, and at the other end of the table, due to the expansion of the league from 16 to 18 teams.
Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda Motor[a] (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 74 | 19 | +55 | 71 |
2 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 68 |
3 | Jatco SC | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 65 |
4 | Sagawa Express[a] | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 23 | +37 | 62 |
5 | Denso SC | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 54 |
6 | YKK FC | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 50 |
7 | Yokogawa FC | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 41 |
8 | NTT West Kumamoto | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 37 |
9 | Shizuoka Sangyo University | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 37 |
10 | Kokushikan University | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 36 |
11 | Kyoken Kyoto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 34 |
12 | Ehime FC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 33 |
13 | Tochigi SC | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 32 |
14 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 32 |
15 | ALO's Hokuriku | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 19 |
16 | SC Tottori | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 90 | −67 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b Occupied one of the top two places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2001 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
Results
editTop scorers
editRank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Takaaki Tokushige | Denso SC | 25
|
2 | Yasuhiko Niimura | Jatco SC | 21
|
3 | Takehiro Hayashi | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 20
|
4 | Mitsuru Hasegawa | YKK FC | 18
|
Masao Yamamoto | Sagawa Express | 18
|
Attendances
editPos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda Motors | 13,178 | 3,305 | 402 | 879 | −11.9% |
2 | SC Tottori | 12,281 | 2,124 | 401 | 819 | n/a† |
3 | NTT West Kumamoto | 10,394 | 1,378 | 324 | 693 | n/a† |
4 | Ehime FC | 9,896 | 1,250 | 348 | 660 | n/a† |
5 | Tochigi SC | 9,723 | 1,141 | 285 | 648 | −38.2% |
6 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 8,975 | 2,391 | 284 | 598 | +18.4% |
7 | YKK FC | 8,093 | 2,477 | 198 | 540 | n/a† |
8 | Sony Sendai | 7,817 | 886 | 342 | 521 | −52.3% |
9 | Yokogawa FC | 7,334 | 1,198 | 240 | 489 | −30.4% |
10 | ALO's Hokuriku | 6,380 | 1,801 | 180 | 425 | −12.2% |
11 | Jatco SC | 6,329 | 1,075 | 167 | 422 | −36.7% |
12 | Sagawa Express | 5,365 | 1,054 | 48 | 358 | n/a† |
13 | Denso SC | 5,344 | 831 | 119 | 356 | −17.8% |
14 | Kyoken Kyoto | 5,262 | 468 | 203 | 351 | −9.1% |
15 | Shizuoka Sangyo University | 4,013 | 803 | 101 | 268 | −48.9% |
16 | Kokushikan University | 3,298 | 414 | 54 | 220 | −28.3% |
League total | 123,682 | 3,305 | 48 | 515 | −42.8% |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
editNo relegation has occurred due to expansion of the league to 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, Sagawa Express Osaka and Profesor Miyazaki were promoted automatically.
References
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