2015 Japan Football League
| Season | 2015 |
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| Champions | Sony Sendai 1st JFL title 1st D4 title |
| Promoted | Kagoshima United |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 614 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kiichi Iga (17 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 8,656 (Kagoshima United vs Maruyasu Okazaki, 15 November) |
| Lowest attendance | 122 (Fagiano Okayama Next vs RK Dragons, 23 October) |
| Average attendance | 894 |
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The 2015 Japan Football League was the second season of the nationwide fourth tier of the Japanese football, and the 17th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The first stage of the season was played from 8 March to 7 June, and the second stage of the season from 20 June to 15 November, while post-season championship playoffs were held on 29 November and 5 December.[1]
Contents
Clubs
Sixteen clubs will participate in this second season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 16 January. A place for 2015 Emperor's Cup will be given to the winners of the first stage of the JFL 2015.[1]
On October 29th SP Kyoto FC announced their withdrawal from JFL at the end of the season.[3]
Change in rules
The tournament will continue with the system introduced in 2014: Two single round-robin stages will be held, and winners of each stage will determine the champion in the post-season home and away championship playoffs. If the same team manages to win both stages, no playoffs will be held, and they will be automatically declared champions.[4]
Two worst performing teams by aggregated results of both stages will be relegated to Regional Leagues and replaced by top two performers of Regional Promotion Series. However, if one or two teams will be admitted to J3 or withdrawn at the end of the season, the number of relegated clubs will be reduced accordingly. As a result of SP Kyoto FC's withdrawal, no club was relegated.
According to updated J.League Terms, the clubs must comply the following requirements to be promoted to J3 League:[5]
- Play in JFL for at least one season before promotion
- Hold a J. League 100 Year Plan club status
- Finish in top 4 of the combined JFL table, and finish either 1st or 2nd among associate members.
- Have an average home attendance of at least 2,000; with significant effort recognized toward reaching 3,000 spectators
- Have an annual operating revenue of 150 million yen
- Pass the J3 licensing examination conducted by J.League
First stage
Table
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Second stage
Table
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Championship play-offs
The championship play-offs will be held after the season between two winners of each stage. Vanraure Hachinohe, the winners of the first stage, hosted the first leg on 29 November, and Sony Sendai who won the second stage hosted the second leg on 5 December.[1][6]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Vanraure Hachinohe | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Sony Sendai | 1–0 | 0–1 |
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29 November 2015
13:00 |
| Vanraure Hachinohe | 1 – 0 | Sony Sendai |
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Nakasuji  69' |
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Gonohe Hibarino Park Athletics Stadium, Gonohe, Aomori
Attendance: 1,635 |
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5 December 2015
13:00 |
| Sony Sendai | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Vanraure Hachinohe |
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| Murata 69' |
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| 5–4 |
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Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai, Miyagi
Attendance: 1,715 |
Overall table
This table was used to determine J3 promotion candidates. To qualify for promotion, a club must hold a 100 Year Plan status, obtain J3 license (marked in bold in the table), and finish both in the top 4 of the JFL, and either 1st or 2nd among the promotion-eligible clubs.
On 25 September J.League has awarded J3 licenses for 2016 season. Among JFL clubs, only Kagoshima United, Azul Claro Numazu, and Nara Club received the licenses.[2]
On 17 November J.League officially promoted Kagoshima United to next year's J3 League.[7]
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Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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Kiichi Iga | Honda FC |
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Hiroki Kurimoto |
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| Yu Kijima | Verspah Oita | ||
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Daiki Kagawa | Honda FC |
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Yuya Yamada | Kagoshima United FC |
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Jun Arima | Sony Sendai |
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| Ryota Nakamura | FC Osaka | ||
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Taiki Kato | SP Kyoto FC |
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| Noriaki Fujimoto | |||
| Makoto Kawanishi | FC Osaka |
Updated to games played on 15 November 2015
Source: JFL Stats & Data - Ranking:Goals (Japanese)
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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| 1 | Kagoshima United | 39,361 | 8,656 | 1,093 | 2,624 | +43.7% |
| 2 | Azul Claro Numazu | 32,970 | 8,337 | 558 | 2,198 | +23.6% |
| 3 | Nara Club | 27,250 | 3,466 | 812 | 1,817 | +52.1%† |
| 4 | Honda FC | 16,067 | 3,317 | 495 | 1,071 | +5.6% |
| 5 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 14,610 | 1,493 | 555 | 974 | +27.6% |
| 6 | MIO Biwako Shiga | 13,414 | 2,541 | 388 | 894 | +38.8% |
| 7 | Yokogawa Musashino | 12,255 | 2,305 | 438 | 817 | +10.5% |
| 8 | FC Osaka | 10,386 | 1,568 | 291 | 692 | +31.5%† |
| 9 | Sony Sendai | 8,015 | 967 | 258 | 534 | +3.2% |
| 10 | Verspah Oita | 7,327 | 1,226 | 210 | 488 | +46.5% |
| 11 | Tochigi Uva | 6,842 | 1,208 | 277 | 456 | −15.5% |
| 12 | Ryutsu Keizai Dragons | 5,476 | 511 | 226 | 365 | n/a† |
| 13 | SP Kyoto FC | 5,454 | 918 | 203 | 364 | −7.8% |
| 14 | Honda Lock | 5,341 | 785 | 183 | 356 | −5.5% |
| 15 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 5,191 | 787 | 223 | 346 | −3.6% |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama Next | 4,634 | 475 | 122 | 309 | −31.4% |
| League total | 214,593 | 8,656 | 122 | 894 | +5.5% |
Updated to games played on 15 November 2015
Source: Japan Football League (1st stage, 2nd stage) (Japanese)
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion from Regional Leagues
Due to SP Kyoto's resignation and Kagoshima's promotion, two promotion slots were available for the winners of Regional Promotion Series. In the final group tournament that took place from 21 to 23 November ReinMeer Aomori and Briobecca Urayasu finished first and second, respectively, and won promotion to 2016 JFL.
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