2000 Japan Football League

Japan Football League
Season	2000
Champions	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC 2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title
Promoted	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	468 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenji Arima (24 goals total)
Highest attendance	5,324 (Round 1, Yokohama vs. Tochigi)
Lowest attendance	84 (Round 17, Kokushinkan vs. ALO's)
Average attendance	901
← 1999 2001 →

Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2000 season.

Overview

Sony Sendai

Tochigi S.C.

Yokogawa Electric

Kokushikan
University

Yokohama F.C.

Jatco F.C.

Shizuoka Sangyo
University

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

It was contested by 12 teams, and Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC defended their champions title.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WO	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC^† (C) (P)	22	19	1	2	0	66	24	+42	61	Promotion to 2001 J. League Division 2
2	Honda Motor !Honda Motor^†	22	15	2	0	5	51	29	+22	49
3	Denso SC !Denso SC^†	22	11	5	1	5	43	23	+20	44
4	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	22	12	2	0	8	57	37	+20	40
5	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	22	11	2	0	9	51	37	+14	37
6	Jatco SC !Jatco SC	22	9	0	1	12	42	44	−2	28
7	Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University	22	7	3	1	11	45	48	−3	28
8	ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku	22	6	2	0	14	26	49	−23	22
9	FC Kyoken !FC Kyoken	22	4	3	1	14	20	38	−18	19
10	Shizuoka Sangyo University !Shizuoka Sangyo University	22	4	1	2	15	25	50	−25	16
11	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	22	3	2	1	16	21	48	−27	14
12	Yokogawa FC !Yokogawa FC	22	2	0	3	17	21	41	−20	9

Updated to games played on November 12, 2000.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^† Denotes clubs that occupied top three places at the end of the first half of the season (11th week) and were seeded for 2000 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's Hokuriku !ALO	Denso SC !DEN	Honda Motors !HON	Jatco SC !JAT	Kokushikan University !KSU	FC Kyoken !KYO	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !OTP	Sony Sendai !SON	Shizuoka Sangyo University !SSU	Tochigi SC !TOC	Yokogawa FC !YOK	Yokohama FC !YFC
ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku		0–1	1–2 OT	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–6	2–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	0–1
Denso SC !Denso SC	2–0		1–0 OT	5–1	2–1 OT	1–2	2–1	1–2 OT	2–1	2–1 OT	1–0	1–2 OT
Honda Motors !Honda Motors	3–1	2–0		1–2	2–0	2–1 OT	2–1	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–7
Jatco SC !Jatco SC	5–1	0–2	0–3		2–2 OT	4–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	4–3	3–2	0–1
Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University	3–2 OT	2–3	3–4	3–1		1–2 OT	1–3	4–5	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–4
FC Kyoken !FC Kyoken	1–2 OT	0–4	0–3	1–4	2–1		1–2 OT	1–2	0–1	2–1 OT	0–0 OT	0–1
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	1–0	1–2 OT	3–1	4–0	2–4	3–2		2–1 OT	8–0	0–1	1–0	1–5
Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	3–1	2–1 OT	2–3	1–0	1–2 OT	2–0	3–4		3–0	7–0	1–0	1–2
Shizuoka Sangyo University !Shizuoka Sangyo University	5–1	1–3	1–2	1–4	1–2 OT	2–3 OT	2–1 OT	1–3		1–2	0–1	1–2
Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	0–1 OT	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–1	2–4	0–3	0–0 OT		3–2 OT	0–1
Yokogawa FC !Yokogawa FC	1–2	2–3 OT	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0 OT	2–3 OT		1–3
Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	3–0	2–2 OT	3–0	3–2	5–3	1–0	6–2	6–5	4–0	3–1	1–1 OT

Updated to games played on November 12, 2000.
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	Kenji Arima	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	24
2	Hidenori Tabata	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	19
3	Takehiro Hayashi	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	16
4	Shusuke Shimada	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	15
5	Tatsuya Furuhashi	Honda Motors !Honda Motors	14

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC	40,293	5,324	2,808	3,663	-0.89779411764706−10.2%^†
2	Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai	12,027	4,421	317	1,093	0.67381316998469+67.3%^†
3	Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC	11,543	2,279	473	1,049	n/a^†
4	Honda Motors !Honda Motors	10,982	3,139	438	998	-0.88084730803177−11.9%^†
5	Yokogawa FC !Yokogawa FC	7,736	2,744	265	703	0.17166666666667+17.1%^†
6	Jatco SC !Jatco SC	7,335	2,803	210	667	0.075806451612903+7.5%^†
7	Shizuoka Sangyo University !Shizuoka Sangyo University	5,763	1,568	172	524	n/a^‡
8	Otsuka Pharmaceuticals !Otsuka Pharmaceuticals	5,550	2,219	203	505	-0.89065255731922−10.9%^†
9	ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku	5,320	1,602	260	484	n/a^†
10	Denso SC !Denso SC	4,760	1,168	241	433	-0.82791586998088−17.2%^†
11	FC Kyoken !FC Kyoken	4,246	1,080	206	386	n/a^†
12	Kokushikan University !Kokushikan University	3,375	1,786	84	307	-0.86723163841808−13.2%^†
	League total	118,930	5,324	84	901	-0.83118081180812−16.8%^†

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

Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred as league continued to expand. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo and YKK FC !YKK FC were promoted automatically. In addition, NTT West Kumamoto !NTT West Kumamoto, SC Tottori !SC Tottori and Ehime FC !Ehime FC were included by JFA recommendation.

References

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

J.League 1993–present J1 League since 1999	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

List of champions J.League Championship Promotion / Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

(former) Japan Football League 1992–98 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–93	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

J2 League 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

List of champions Promotion / Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–93, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–93	1992 1993

No national third tier, 1994–98

Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017

List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015 2016 2017

Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

Japanese Regional Leagues 1966–present	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Regional Promotion Series Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup 1921–present	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 ~~1926~~ 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 ~~1934~~ 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 WW II 1946 ~~1947~~ ~~1948~~ 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Super Cup

League Cup seasons, 1976–present

JSL Cup 1976–1991	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

J.League Cup 1992–present	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Suruga Bank Championship

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

2000 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	Asian Club Championship 1999–2000 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners Cup Asian Super Cup

National teams	AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Purple Sanga Nagoya Grampus Eight Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Verdy Kawasaki Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu

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