2003 Japan Football League

Football league season
Japan Football League
Season2003
Dates30 March – 23 November
ChampionsOtsuka Pharmaceuticals
1st JFL title
1st D3 title
Promotednone
RelegatedKyoto BAMB 1993
Jatco SC (folded)
Matches played240
Goals scored724 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerTatsuya Furuhashi (31 goal total)
Highest attendance4,123 (Round 18,
SE Osaka vs. SE Tokyo)
Lowest attendance83 (Round 24,
Kokushikan vs. Printing)
Average attendance573
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2004 →

The 2003 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 the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

Overview

2003 Japan Football League is located in Japan
Sony Sendai
Sony Sendai
Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.
Sagawa Express
Sagawa Express
Yokogawa Musashino
Yokogawa Musashino
Kokushikan University
Kokushikan
University
Jatco F.C.
Jatco F.C.
Honda F.C.
Honda
F.C.
Denso S.C.
Denso S.C.
YKK F.C.
YKK F.C.
ALO's Hokuriku
ALO's Hokuriku
Sagawa Express Osaka
Sagawa Express Osaka
Sagawa Printing
Sagawa
Printing
Kyoto BAMB 1993
Kyoto BAMB 1993
S.C. Tottori
S.C. Tottori
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
Ehime F.C.
Ehime F.C.
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2003 JFL teams

It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.

Table

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
Updated to match(es) played on November 23, 2003. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b One of two clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the 2001 season and were seeded for 2003 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
  2. ^ After the season Jatco F.C. submitted the letter of resignation to the league and disbanded the team.

Results

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
Updated to match(es) played on November 23, 2003. Source: Japan Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Tatsuya Furuhashi Honda FC
31
2 Japan Yasuaki Oshima Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
19
3 Japan Toshiro Tomochika Ehime FC
18

Attendance

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.

Promotion and relegation

Due to the Jatco team disbanding, the Regional League promotion series winner Thespa Kusatsu were promoted automatically. Runner-up Gunma Horikoshi were set to play Kyoto BAMB 1993 in the promotion and relegation series.

Gunma Horikoshi3 – 2Kyoto BAMB 1993
Koyama 20'
Mori 46'
Kurakawa 57'		 Report 丸山 展生 18'
Ezawa 85'
Attendance: 735
Referee: 鈴木 亮哉
Kyoto BAMB 19930 – 5Gunma Horikoshi
Report Mori 43' (pen.), 84', 89'
Kurakawa 50'
Danilo 60'
City Park Stadium Sonobe, Nantan
Attendance: 331
Referee: 鈴木 亮哉

Gunma Horikoshi won the series at 8–2 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Kyoto BAMB 1993 were relegated to Kansai regional league.

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