Japan Football League
Season2004
Dates28 March – 5 December
ChampionsOtsuka Pharmaceuticals
2nd JFL title
2nd D3 title
PromotedOtsuka Pharmaceuticals
Thespa Kusatsu
RelegatedKokushikan University
(expelled by JFA)
Matches played239
Goals scored746 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerTakehiro Hayashi (21 goal total)
Highest attendance13,743 (Round 27,
Thespa vs. Otsuka)
Lowest attendance85 (Round 23,
Kokushikan vs. Tottori)
Average attendance1,141
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第6回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Rokkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the sixth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Overview

2004 Japan Football League is located in Japan
Sony Sendai
Tochigi S.C.
Gunma Horikoshi
Thespa Kusatsu
Sagawa Express
Yokogawa Musashino
Kokushikan University
Honda F.C.
Denso S.C.
YKK AP
ALO's Hokuriku
Sagawa Express Osaka
Sagawa Printing
S.C. Tottori
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Ehime F.C.
2004 JFL teams

It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals[a] (C, P) 30 25 3 2 74 20 +54 78 Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2
2 Honda FC[a] 30 19 5 6 64 36 +28 62
3 Thespa Kusatsu[a] (P) 30 19 5 6 63 35 +28 62 Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2
4 YKK AP 30 15 5 10 56 33 +23 50
5 Ehime FC 30 14 7 9 53 42 +11 49
6 Sony Sendai 30 13 8 9 50 42 +8 47
7 Sagawa Express Tokyo 30 13 5 12 43 39 +4 44
8 Gunma Horikoshi 30 11 8 11 48 47 +1 41
9 Tochigi SC 30 11 7 12 41 47 −6 40
10 ALO's Hokuriku 30 10 7 13 46 52 −6 37
11 Sagawa Express Osaka 30 9 8 13 38 40 −2 35
12 SP Kyoto 30 10 4 16 30 45 −15 34
13 Yokogawa Musashino 30 8 8 14 41 51 −10 32
14 SC Tottori 30 5 7 18 36 62 −26 22
15 Kokushikan University (R) 30 5 5 20 37 73 −36 20 Expelled[b]
16 Denso SC 30 4 6 20 29 85 −56 18
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2004. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c One of three clubs that occupied top 3 places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2004 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
  2. ^ Expelled by Japan Football Association after 29th week because of the scandal caused by arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on a minor.[1] In the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo a team was awarded a default 0–3 defeat.

Results

Home \ Away ALO DEN EHI GUH HON KSU OTP PRI SEO SET SON SPA TOC TOT YKK YMC
ALO's Hokuriku 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–1
Denso SC 0–1 1–4 2–4 0–3 1–0 0–11 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–5 1–2 2–3 0–3 1–1
Ehime FC 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1
Gunma Horikoshi 3–3 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 3–2
Honda FC 4–0 3–0 5–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 4–1
Kokushikan University 1–4 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–3 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–3 3–3 0–5 1–3
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 4–0 7–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
SP Kyoto 2–1 5–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1
Sagawa Express Osaka 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Sagawa Express Tokyo 1–2 0–4 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0[a] 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–3 0–2
Sony Sendai 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–2
Thespa Kusatsu 2–1 3–0 5–2 1–3 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0
Tochigi SC 1–5 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–4 1–0
SC Tottori 2–3 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3
YKK AP 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2
Yokogawa Musashino 2–3 6–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2004. Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Kokushikan University S.C. were expelled from Japan Football League after 29th week and awarded a default 0–3 defeat in the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1 Japan Takehiro Hayashi Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 21
2 Japan Yasuaki Oshima Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 20
3 Japan Koji Murayama Yokogawa Musashino 18
Japan Junya Nitta Honda FC 18
5 Japan Mitsuru Hasegawa YKK AP 16
Japan Toshiro Tomochika Ehime FC 16
7 Japan Tatsuya Furuhashi Honda FC 15
8 Japan Youichi Mori Gunma Horikoshi 14
9 Japan Yosuke Kobayashi Yokogawa Musashino 12
Japan Takeshi Ushibana YKK AP 12
Japan Atsushi Yoshimoto Thespa Kusatsu 12

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Thespa Kusatsu 74,221 13,743 1,724 4,948 n/a†
2 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 45,697 9,553 707 3,046 +290.0%†
3 Ehime FC 33,874 11,051 565 2,258 +72.6%†
4 Tochigi SC 17,403 3,321 643 1,160 +54.3%†
5 Honda FC 17,255 3,557 457 1,150 +18.4%†
6 Sagawa Express Osaka 11,396 4,649 286 760 +35.7%†
7 SC Tottori 9,539 1,535 287 636 −19.2%†
8 ALO's Hokuriku 9,426 1,227 267 628 +10.6%†
9 Sony Sendai 9,320 1,406 252 621 −9.3%†
10 Gunma Horikoshi 9,103 3,003 289 607 n/a†
11 YKK AP 8,915 1,516 282 594 +11.2%†
12 Yokogawa Musashino 8,645 988 350 576 +30.6%†
13 Sagawa Express Tokyo 5,247 885 202 375 +28.0%†
14 SP Kyoto 5,596 585 106 373 +38.7%†
15 Denso SC 3,694 583 126 246 −14.6%†
16 Kokushikan University 3,277 527 85 218 −4.8%†
League total 272,608 13,743 85 1,141 +99.1%†

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

Because of promotion of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Thespa Kusatsu and expulsion of Kokushikan University, no relegation has occurred. After the season, Honda Lock, Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima and Ryutsu Keizai University were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.

References

  1. ^ Arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on minor.
  2. ^ "JFL Top Scorers". jfl.or.jp. Japan Football League. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
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