| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 23 November 2025 |
| Champions | Honda FC |
| Relegated | Asuka FC |
| Matches | 200 |
| Goals | 465 (2.33 per match) |
←2024 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 19 October 2025. | |
The2025Japan Football League (Japanese:第27回日本フットボールリーグ[第27回 JFL 2025],Hepburn:Dai Nijūnana Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu [Dai Nijūnana JFL 2025]) will be the 27th season ofJFL, since its establishment in 1999. This will be the twelfth season of the league having a fourth-tier status inJapanesefootball since 2014.
This marks the final Japan Football League season scheduled within a single calendar year, running from late winter to early winter, as future seasons will shift to a summer-to-spring format.
The number of teams has stayed the same at 16 for the 2025 season, just as it was in 2024.
The league's champion team earns automatic promotion to theJ3 League, while the 2nd place team competes in a promotion/relegation play-off against the 19th-placed team from the J3 League.
As league champions,Honda FC are ineligible for promotion to the professional ranks because of their amateur status. This means the second-place team,Reilac Shiga, will only qualify for the promotion/relegation play-off, where they’ll faceAzul Claro Numazu.
The league and match format was revealed on December 21, 2024. The league kicked off on March 8 and is set to wrap up on November 23. The format consists of a round-robin with 30 matches.
The J3/JFL play-offs will be held over two legs, with the dates to be confirmed in December.
Iwate Grulla Morioka andYSCC Yokohama were relegated from the J3 League 2024 after finished 19th and 20th, respectively. Iwate will play in JFL for the first time in their history for this season while YSCC Yokohama will return to the fourth tier after 12 years' absence.
Asuka FC,2024Kansai Soccer League Division 1 champion, was the sole promoted team to the JFL as they won the2024 Regional Champions League.[1][2] Asuka will play in JFL for the first time in their history for this season.
Vonds Ichihara could have joined Briobecca Urayasu as Chiba's representatives in the JFL, had they won the2024 JFL play-off againstMinebea Mitsumi.
Sony Sendai withdrew from the JFL due to dissolution after financial troubles and ended 25 years in the fourth tier.[3]
On 1 January 2025, Briobecca Urayasu was renamedBriobecca Urayasu Ichikawa for this season due to aiming for the J.League.[4]
The teams which possess (or are applicants of) promotion-enabling licenses are highlighted in green in the following table.
| Club | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asuka FC |  Naohiko Minobe | Squadra | Maru Industry |
| Atletico Suzuka | Fujio Yamamoto |  Athleta | Topia |
| Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa | Satoshi Tsunami | soccer junky | Urata |
| Criacao Shinjuku | Hideaki Kitajima | Mitsubishi Fashion | Assetlead |
| Honda FC | Shota Itokazu |  Umbro | Honda |
| Iwate Grulla Morioka | Kei Hoshikawa |  Kelme | Nova |
| Maruyasu Okazaki | Hiroyasu Ibata | Athleta | Maruyasu |
| Minebea Mitsumi | Yōsuke Miyaji | Umbro | MinebeaMitsumi |
| Okinawa SV | Rei Onogi | XF | Nescafé |
| Reilac Shiga | Makoto Kakuda | DEZ | Rei Beauty Dermatology Clinic |
| ReinMeer Aomori | Masato Harasaki | Umbro | Towa |
| Tiamo Hirakata | Takahiro Futagawa | Jogarbola | Izawa Towel |
| Veertien Mie | Shuichi Mase | Sfida | Cosmo Oil |
| Verspah Oita | Gen Nakamura | Yasuda | Hoyo Group |
| Yokogawa Musashino | Takanori Kanamori |  Puma | Yokogawa Electric |
| YSCC Yokohama | Tsuyoshi Omatsu | Penalty | My Basket |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| YSCC Yokohama | Hiroaki Nagamine | Contract terminated | 11 July 2025 | 10 July 2025 | 13th | Yuya Shiga (Interim) | 11 July 2025 | 10 July 2025 | [5] |
| Yuya Shiga (Interim) | Full time coach appointed | 17 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 | 14th | Tsuyoshi Omatsu | 17 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 | [6] | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda FC(C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 60 | |
| 2 | Reilac Shiga(Q) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 56 | Qualification forpromotion playoffs |
| 3 | Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 52 | |
| 4 | Tiamo Hirakata | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 50 | |
| 5 | ReinMeer Aomori | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 50 | |
| 6 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 49 | |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 45 | |
| 8 | Okinawa SV | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 43 | |
| 9 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 39 | |
| 10 | Minebea Mitsumi | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 34 | |
| 12 | Criacao Shinjuku | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 33 | |
| 13 | YSCC Yokohama | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 30 | |
| 14 | Yokogawa Musashino | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 29 | |
| 15 | Atletico Suzuka(Q) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 28 | Qualification forrelegation playoffs |
| 16 | Asuka FC(R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 24 | Relegation to2026–27 Japanese Regional Leagues |
The play-offs, officially called the2025 J3/JFL Play-offs (Japanese:2025 J3・JFL入れ替え戦[A]), will take place on 7 and 14 December 2025.If the two teams were level after 180 minutes, the second match will go to extra time and penalties if required. Away goals rule would not be applied.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reilac Shiga(JFL) | - | Azul Claro Numazu(J3) | - | - |
The play-off (Japanese:2025年度JFL·地域入れ替え戦) will take place on 30 November.
| Atletico Suzuka (2025 JFL 15th) | v | Vonds Ichihara (2025 JRFCL runners-up) |
|---|---|---|
