2002 Japan Football League
| Season | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Honda FC 2nd JFL title 3rd D3 title |
| Promoted | none |
| Relegated |
Shizuoka Sangyo University Alouette Kumamoto Profesor Miyazaki |
| Matches played | 153 |
| Goals scored | 457 (2.99 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Masao Yamamoto (14 goals total) |
| Highest attendance |
3,783 (Round 16, Honda vs. YKK AP) |
| Lowest attendance |
125 (Round 7, SE Osaka vs. Sony) |
| Average attendance | 574 |
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← 2001 2003 → | |
Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2002 season.
Overview
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It was contested by 18 teams, and Honda FC won the championship.
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda FC† (C) | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 14 | +25 | 41 | |
| 2 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 39 | |
| 3 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals† | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 37 | |
| 4 | Sony Sendai | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 30 | |
| 5 | Kokushikan University | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 30 | |
| 6 | Ehime FC | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 28 | |
| 7 | Yokogawa Electric | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | YKK FC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 26 | |
| 9 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 24 | |
| 10 | Denso SC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 21 | |
| 11 | Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 21 | |
| 12 | Tochigi SC | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 18 | |
| 13 | SC Tottori | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 15 | |
| 14 | ALO's Hokuriku | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 15 | |
| 15 | Shizuoka Sangyo University (R) | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 14 | Promotion/Relegation Series |
| 16 | Jatco SC (O) | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 13 | |
| 17 | Alouette Kumamoto (R) | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 13 | Relegation to Regional Leagues |
| 18 | Profesor Miyazaki (R) | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 11 |
Updated to games played on November 10, 2002.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Denotes clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the previous season and were seeded for 2002 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
(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 | ALU | BAM | DEN | EHI | HON | JAT | KSU | OTP | PRO | SEO | SET | SON | SSU | TOC | TOT | YKK | YEL |
| ALO's Hokuriku | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| Alouette Kumamoto | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Denso SC | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Ehime FC | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Honda FC | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Jatco SC | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Kokushikan University | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Profesor Miyazaki | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| Sagawa Express Osaka | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| Sagawa Express Tokyo | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 9–0 | |||||||||
| Sony Sendai | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| Shizuoka Sangyo University | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||||||
| Tochigi SC | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| SC Tottori | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| YKK FC | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Yokogawa Electric | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on November 10, 2002.
Source: Japan Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Masao Yamamoto |
Sagawa Express Tokyo | |
| Hideki Takayama |
Denso SC | ||
| 3 | Tatsuya Furuhashi |
Honda FC | |
| Shigeki Manome |
Sagawa Express Tokyo | ||
| 5 | Takehiro Hayashi |
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | |
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda FC | 9,903 | 3,783 | 511 | 1,100 | +25.1% |
| 2 | Ehime FC | 8,724 | 1,645 | 785 | 1,091 | +65.3% |
| 3 | Tochigi SC | 8,110 | 1,647 | 723 | 1,014 | +56.4% |
| 4 | Sony Sendai | 6,868 | 1,169 | 653 | 859 | +64.8% |
| 5 | SC Tottori | 6,718 | 1,509 | 324 | 840 | +2.5% |
| 6 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 7,072 | 1,158 | 205 | 786 | +31.4% |
| 7 | Alouette Kumamoto | 6,049 | 863 | 412 | 672 | −3.0% |
| 8 | Yokogawa Electric | 4,770 | 1,057 | 252 | 530 | +8.3% |
| 9 | YKK FC | 4,770 | 1,141 | 238 | 489 | −9.4% |
| 10 | Jatco SC | 4,033 | 931 | 232 | 448 | +6.1% |
| 11 | Profesor Miyazaki | 2,803 | 618 | 230 | 350 | n/a† |
| 12 | ALO's Hokuriku | 2,716 | 501 | 202 | 340 | −19.9% |
| 13 | Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 2,716 | 511 | 211 | 336 | −4.2% |
| 14 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 2,966 | 533 | 145 | 330 | −7.8% |
| 15 | Kokushikan University | 2,851 | 547 | 177 | 317 | +44.0% |
| 16 | Shizuoka Sangyo University | 2,413 | 583 | 178 | 302 | −42.0% |
| 17 | Denso SC | 2,541 | 505 | 155 | 282 | −20.7% |
| 18 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 2,159 | 386 | 125 | 270 | n/a† |
| League total | 87,789 | 3,783 | 125 | 574 | +11.4% |
Source:
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Promotion and relegation
After the season, Alouette Kumamoto and Profesor Miyazaki were automatically relegated to Kyūshū regional league. Due to contraction of the league, the winners and runners-up of the Regional League promotion series, Ain Food and SP Kyoto, were set to compete in the promotion and relegation series with 16th and 15th placed teams – Jatco SC and Shizuoka Sangyo University respectively.
- Leg 1
December 28, 2002 13:00 |
| Jatco SC | 1 – 2 | Ain Food |
|---|---|---|
河合 崇泰  81' (pen) |
Report | 濱中 貴志 32' 西村 完爾 80' |
| Penalties | ||
河合 崇泰  平塚 次郎 堂森 勝利 石川 真 |
4 – 2 | Akira Honda  Kiyoto Shimoyanagi Daisuke Sato Yusuke Ogura |
Series tied 2–2. Jatco F.C. won the series 4–2 in penalty shootout and stayed in JFL.
- Leg 2
December 29, 2002 13:00 |
| Shizuoka Sangyo University | 0 – 0 | SP Kyoto |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 田口 一成 竹山 満 Yoshimoto Sakurada |
3 – 5 | Nakamori 森住 健吾 妹尾 将宏 山本 健二 Azuma |
Series tied 0–0. Sagawa Printing won the series 5–3 in penalty shootout and earned promotion to JFL. Shizuoka Sangyo University were relegated to Tōkai regional league.