2004 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season	2004
Champions	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title
Promoted	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu
Relegated	Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University (expelled by JFA)
Matches played	239
Goals scored	746 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Takehiro Hayashi (21 goal total)
Highest attendance	13,743 (Round 27, Thespa vs. Otsuka)
Lowest attendance	85 (Round 23, Kokushikan vs. Tottori)
Average attendance	1,141
← 2003 2005 →

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2004 season.

Overview

Kokushikan
University

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Ehime F.C.

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

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals^† (C) (P)	30	25	3	2	74	20	+54	78	Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2
2	Honda FC !Honda FC^†	30	19	5	6	64	36	+28	62
3	Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu^† (P)	30	19	5	6	63	35	+28	62	Promotion to 2005 J. League Division 2
4	YKK AP !YKK AP	30	15	5	10	56	33	+23	50
5	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	30	14	7	9	53	42	+11	49
6	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	30	13	8	9	50	42	+8	47
7	Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo	30	13	5	12	43	39	+4	44
8	Gunma Horikoshi !Gunma Horikoshi	30	11	8	11	48	47	+1	41
9	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	30	11	7	12	41	47	−6	40
10	ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku	30	10	7	13	46	52	−6	37
11	Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka	30	9	8	13	38	40	−2	35
12	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto	30	10	4	16	30	45	−15	34
13	Yokogawa Musashino !Yokogawa Musashino	30	8	8	14	41	51	−10	32
14	SC Tottori !SC Tottori	30	5	7	18	36	62	−26	22
15	Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University (R)	30	5	5	20	37	73	−36	20	Expelled ¹
16	Denso SC !Denso SC	30	4	6	20	29	85	−56	18

Updated to games played on December 5, 2004.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^† Denotes 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.
¹ 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	ALO's Hokuriku !ALO	Denso SC !DEN	Ehime FC !EHI	Gunma Horikoshi !GUH	Honda FC !HON	Kokushikan University !KSU	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !OTP	SP Kyoto !PRI	Sagawa Express Osaka !SEO	Sagawa Express Tokyo !SET	Sony Sendai !SON	Thespa Kusatsu !SPA	Tochigi SC !TOC	SC Tottori !TOT	YKK AP !YKK	Yokogawa Musashino !YMC
ALO's Hokuriku !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Sagawa Express Tokyo	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–2	3–0²	0–2	1–0	2–1		0–0	1–0	4–2	4–1	1–3	0–2
Sony Sendai !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 games played on December 5, 2004.
Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Kokushikan 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.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Thespa Kusatsu !Thespa Kusatsu	74,221	13,743	1,724	4,948	n/a^†
2	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	45,697	9,553	707	3,046	2.9001280409731+290.0%^†
3	Ehime FC !Ehime FC	33,874	11,051	565	2,258	0.7262996941896+72.6%^†
4	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	17,403	3,321	643	1,160	0.54255319148936+54.2%^†
5	Honda FC !Honda FC	17,255	3,557	457	1,150	0.18434603501545+18.4%^†
6	Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka	11,396	4,649	286	760	0.35714285714286+35.7%^†
7	SC Tottori !SC Tottori	9,539	1,535	287	636	-0.80813214739517−19.1%^†
8	ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku	9,426	1,227	267	628	0.1056338028169+10.5%^†
9	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	9,320	1,406	252	621	-0.90656934306569−9.3%^†
10	Gunma Horikoshi !Gunma Horikoshi	9,103	3,003	289	607	n/a^†
11	YKK AP !YKK AP	8,915	1,516	282	594	0.1123595505618+11.2%^†
12	Yokogawa Musashino !Yokogawa Musashino	8,645	988	350	576	0.30612244897959+30.6%^†
13	Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo	5,247	885	202	375	0.27986348122867+27.9%^†
14	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto	5,596	585	106	373	0.38661710037175+38.6%^†
15	Denso SC !Denso SC	3,694	583	126	246	-0.85416666666667−14.5%^†
16	Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University	3,277	527	85	218	-0.95196506550218−4.8%^†
	League total	272,608	13,743	85	1,141	0.9912739965096+99.1%^†

Source:
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

Promotion and relegation

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

References

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

Japanese club football

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Football clubs in Japan, 2016

J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama Cerezo Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka U-23 FC Tokyo U-23

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City FC Imabari

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori !ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	SP Kyoto !SP Kyoto Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco SC !Jatco SC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki J.League U-22 Selection

2004 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	AFC Asian Cup FIFA World Cup qualification

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy 1969 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

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