2006 Japan Football League Explained

Competition:Japan Football League
Season:2006
Dates:19 March – 3 December
Winners:Honda FC
3rd JFL title
4th D3 title
Relegated:Honda Lock
League Topscorer:Tetsuya Okubo (26 goals total)
Matches:306
Total Goals:945
Highest Attendance:8,999 (Round 7,
Rosso vs. Mizushima)
Lowest Attendance:78 (Round 24,
SE Osaka vs. JEF Reserves
Average Attendance:986
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The was the eighth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.

Before the season two corporate clubs changed their names and were re-established as independent organizations. Denso SC became FC Kariya and FC Horikoshi became Arte Takasaki.

FC Ryukyu, JEF Reserves and Rosso Kumamoto were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, thus expanding the league to 18 teams.

At the J. League meeting in August, Rosso Kumamoto were approved as first J. League associate members, becoming eligible to J2 promotion. No such promotion took place because they failed to achieve at least 4th spot in the final standings.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Tetsuya OkuboSagawa Express Tokyo26
2 Yosuke KobayashiYokogawa Musashino23
Junya NittaHonda FC23
4 Yoshio KitagawaALO's Hokuriku22
5 Sho GokyuSagawa Express Osaka21
6 Hiroki KishidaYKK AP20
7 Kodai SuzukiHonda FC18
8 Hideki UchiyamaSC Tottori17
9 Yutaka TakahashiRosso Kumamoto15
10 Kento HoriSagawa Express Tokyo14

Promotion and relegation

Due to the merger of Sagawa Express teams into one club, the Regional League promotion series winners TDK SC were promoted automatically. FC Gifu were set to play Honda Lock in the promotion and relegation series.

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F.C. Gifu won the series at 8–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Honda Lock were relegated to Kyushu regional league.

References

  1. Web site: JFL Top Scorers . July 7, 2010 . jfl.or.jp . Japan Football League .