| Season | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 March – 23 November |
| Champions | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 1stJFL title 1stD3 title |
| Promoted | none |
| Relegated | Kyoto BAMB 1993 Jatco SC (folded) |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 724 (3.02 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tatsuya Furuhashi (31 goal total) |
| Highest attendance | 4,123 (Round 18, SE Osaka vs.SE Tokyo) |
| Lowest attendance | 83 (Round 24, Kokushikan vs.Printing) |
| Average attendance | 573 |
←2002 2004 → | |
The2003 Japan Football League (Japanese:第5回日本フットボールリーグ,Hepburn:Dai Go-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the fifth season of theJapan Football League, the third tier of the Japanesefootball league system.
It was contested by 16 teams, andOtsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals[a](C) | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 72 | |
| 2 | Honda FC[a] | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 67 | |
| 3 | Ehime FC | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 56 | |
| 4 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 54 | |
| 5 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 52 | |
| 6 | YKK FC | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 50 | |
| 7 | Jatco SC | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 48 | Folded[b] |
| 8 | Tochigi SC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 45 | |
| 9 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 45 | |
| 10 | SC Tottori | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kokushikan University | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 34 | |
| 12 | Denso SC | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Yokogawa Musashino | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 29 | |
| 14 | ALO's Hokuriku | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 27 | |
| 15 | SP Kyoto | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 21 | |
| 16 | Kyoto BAMB 1993(R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 68 | −42 | 10 | Promotion/relegation Series |
| Home \ Away | ALO | BAM | DEN | EHI | HON | JAT | KSU | OTP | PRI | SEO | SET | SON | TOC | TOT | YKK | YMC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALO's Hokuriku | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Denso SC | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Ehime FC | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Honda FC | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Jatco SC | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | |
| Kokushikan University | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
| SP Kyoto | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| Sagawa Express Osaka | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
| Sagawa Express Tokyo | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Sony Sendai | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Tochigi SC | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| SC Tottori | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| YKK FC | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
| Yokogawa Musashino | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda FC | 31 | |
| 2 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 19 | |
| 3 | Ehime FC | 18 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehime FC | 19,615 | 3,284 | 412 | 1,308 | +19.9%† |
| 2 | Honda FC | 14,569 | 3,385 | 330 | 971 | −11.7%† |
| 3 | SC Tottori | 11,800 | 1,412 | 251 | 787 | −6.3%† |
| 4 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 11,720 | 1,765 | 223 | 781 | −0.6%† |
| 5 | Tochigi SC | 11,286 | 1,215 | 454 | 752 | −25.8%† |
| 6 | Sony Sendai | 10,276 | 1,688 | 259 | 685 | −20.3%† |
| 7 | ALO's Hokuriku | 8,526 | 788 | 155 | 568 | +67.1%† |
| 8 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 8,403 | 4,123 | 114 | 560 | +107.4%† |
| 9 | YKK FC | 8,017 | 849 | 209 | 534 | +9.2%† |
| 10 | Yokogawa Musashino | 6,610 | 777 | 215 | 441 | −16.8%† |
| 11 | Jatco SC | 5,871 | 964 | 179 | 391 | −12.7%† |
| 12 | Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 4,745 | 423 | 255 | 316 | −6.0%† |
| 13 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 4,400 | 681 | 103 | 293 | −11.2%† |
| 14 | Denso SC | 4,317 | 475 | 155 | 288 | +2.1%† |
| 15 | SP Kyoto | 4,041 | 604 | 104 | 269 | n/a† |
| 16 | Kokushikan University | 3,437 | 421 | 83 | 229 | −24.2%† |
| League total | 137,633 | 4,123 | 83 | 573 | −0.2%† |
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Due to the Jatco team disbanding, theRegional League promotion series winnerThespa Kusatsu were promoted automatically. Runner-upGunma Horikoshi were set to playKyoto BAMB 1993 in the promotion and relegation series.
| Gunma Horikoshi | 3 – 2 | Kyoto BAMB 1993 |
|---|---|---|
| Koyama Mori Kurakawa | Report | 丸山 展生 Ezawa |
| Kyoto BAMB 1993 | 0 – 5 | Gunma Horikoshi |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mori Kurakawa Danilo |
Gunma Horikoshi won the series at 8–2 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL.Kyoto BAMB 1993 were relegated toKansai regional league.