| Season | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sagawa Shiga 3rdJFL title 3rdD3 title |
| Promoted | Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga |
| Relegated | Arte Takasaki (withdrawn) JEF Reserves (withdrawn) |
| Matches | 289 |
| Goals | 792 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Masatoshi Matsuda (20 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 11,956 Yamaga vsSony |
| Lowest attendance | 91 Printing vsLock |
| Average attendance | 1,682 |
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The2011 Japan Football League (Japanese:第13回日本フットボールリーグ,Hepburn:Dai Jūsan-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the thirteenth season of theJapan Football League, the third tier of the Japanesefootball league system. It was scheduled to begin at 13 March 2011 and to end at 27 November 2011;[1] however, the start of the season has been delayed to 23 April due to the aftermath of the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. As a result, the ending date of the season was moved to 11 December.[2][3]
At the end of the2010 season, two new clubs,Kamatamare Sanuki andNagano Parceiro, were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in theRegional League promotion series.
Kamatamare Sanuki were approved asJ. League associate members at the annual meeting in February. Applications byZweigen Kanazawa andFC Ryukyu were given "continuous deliberations" status with further efforts required to obtain the membership.
Theearthquake and tsunami led to significant changes in competition schedule. Besides the postponement of the tournament,Sony Sendai, who were the most affected by disaster and could not recover in time, asked the league to put them on temporary hiatus.[4] Missing the first eleven rounds (7th to 17th), Sony re-joined the league on 3 July and continued participation from then on. The final tournament schedule is as follows:[1][5]
On 3 AugustJEF Reserves had submitted a request of withdrawal from the league at the end of the season due to difficult financial conditions and poor performances of the team. The request was approved by the league Board on 12 September.[6]
In the penultimate roundSagawa Shiga won their third JFL championship in only five years of existence, firmly placing themselves among the strongest amateur teams in Japan. Two clubs,Machida Zelvia andMatsumoto Yamaga were promoted toJ.League 2.[7]
By virtue of their placing in theRegional League promotion series, three clubs were promoted to JFL at the end of the season:YSCC Yokohama,Fujieda MYFC, andHoyo AC Elan Oita. Because of JEF Reserves' withdrawal, no additional promotion and relegation play-offs were held.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagawa Shiga(C) | 33 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 70 | |
| 2 | Nagano Parceiro | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 63 | |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia(P) | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 61 | Promotion to2012 J. League Division 2[a] |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga[b](P) | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 59 | |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 56 | |
| 6 | Honda FC | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 52 | |
| 7 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 47 | |
| 8 | Honda Lock[c] | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 47 | |
| 9 | FC Ryukyu[c] | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 46 | |
| 10 | Tochigi Uva | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 45 | |
| 11 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 40 | |
| 12 | SP Kyoto | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 38 | |
| 13 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 38 | |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 37 | |
| 15 | Yokogawa Musashino | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 36 | |
| 16 | Arte Takasaki(R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 34 | Withdrawn[d] |
| 17 | JEF Reserves(R) | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 19 | Withdrawn[e] |
| 18 | Sony Sendai | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | ART | BLA | HON | LOC | JER | KAM | MIO | PAR | PRI | RYU | SSH | SON | UVA | VVN | YAM | YMC | ZEL | ZWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arte Takasaki | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Blaublitz Akita | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Honda FC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Honda Lock | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
| JEF Reserves | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||
| Kamatamare Sanuki | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | ||
| MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–6 | 2–0 | ||
| Nagano Parceiro | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | ||
| SP Kyoto | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| FC Ryukyu | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sagawa Shiga | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
| Sony Sendai | 1–1[a] | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1[a] | 0–0[a] | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | ||||||
| Tochigi Uva | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1[a] | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Yokogawa Musashino | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1[b] | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | |
| Machida Zelvia | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0[a] | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Zweigen Kanazawa | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 126,830 | 11,956 | 4,032 | 7,461 | +46.9%† |
| 2 | Machida Zelvia | 59,757 | 8,113 | 1,326 | 3,515 | +0.3%† |
| 3 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 48,393 | 11,178 | 1,065 | 3,025 | +67.0%† |
| 4 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 40,070 | 11,234 | 446 | 2,504 | +61.8%† |
| 5 | Nagano Parceiro | 36,494 | 3,849 | 1,030 | 2,281 | +41.9%† |
| 6 | FC Ryukyu | 31,620 | 3,017 | 363 | 1,860 | +4.7%† |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25,717 | 3,187 | 625 | 1,513 | −40.1%† |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 21,666 | 3,624 | 793 | 1,274 | +1.4%† |
| 9 | Sagawa Shiga | 19,576 | 3,450 | 115 | 1,152 | −2.6%† |
| 10 | Honda FC | 15,107 | 2,481 | 172 | 889 | +14.0%† |
| 11 | Yokogawa Musashino | 12,179 | 1,648 | 229 | 716 | −7.7%† |
| 12 | Sony Sendai | 8,155 | 1,282 | 440 | 680 | −10.5%† |
| 13 | Honda Lock | 10,838 | 1,552 | 440 | 677 | +26.1%† |
| 14 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 10,724 | 1,263 | 189 | 670 | −15.5%† |
| 15 | Tochigi Uva | 9,032 | 1,436 | 295 | 531 | −29.2%† |
| 16 | Arte Takasaki | 7,775 | 1,727 | 212 | 457 | +6.3%† |
| 17 | SP Kyoto | 6,516 | 1,162 | 91 | 383 | −4.7%† |
| 18 | JEF Reserves | 5,757 | 782 | 171 | 360 | +11.1%† |
| League total | 496,206 | 11,956 | 91 | 1,682 | +14.9%† |
Updated to games played on 11 December 2011
Source: Japan Football League:First round,second round
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.