# 2005 Japan Football League

The 2005 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第7回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Nana-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the seventh season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Ehime FC won the championship.
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima, Ryutsu Keizai University and Honda Lock were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Ehime FC (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 66 | Promotion to 2006 J.League Division 2 |
| 2 | YKK AP | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 64 | |
| 3 | ALO's Hokuriku | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 61 | |
| 4 | Tochigi SC | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 57 | |
| 5 | Honda FC | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 56 | |
| 6 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 52 | |
| 7 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 50 | |
| 8 | FC Horikoshi | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 48 | |
| 9 | Yokogawa Musashino | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 48 | |
| 10 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 45 | |
| 11 | SP Kyoto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 34 | |
| 12 | SC Tottori | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 79 | −40 | 22 | |
| 14 | Denso SC | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 19 | |
| 15 | Honda Lock | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 15 | |
| 16 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 85 | −61 | 8 | |
* 1 2 One of two clubs that occupied top 2 places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2005 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALO | DEN | EHI | HOR | HON | LOC | RKU | MMM | PRI | SEO | SET | SON | TOC | TOT | YKK | YMC |
| ALO's Hokuriku | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Denso SC | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Ehime FC | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| FC Horikoshi | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Honda FC | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Honda Lock | 0–2 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Ryutsu Keizai University | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 0–1 | 3–8 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| SP Kyoto | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Sagawa Express Osaka | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Sagawa Express Tokyo | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Sony Sendai | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Tochigi SC | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| SC Tottori | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| YKK AP | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Yokogawa Musashino | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hirokazu Otsubo | Sagawa Express Osaka | 18 |
| 2 | Shinji Honda | Sony Sendai | 17 |
| 3 | Mitsuru Hasegawa | YKK AP | 16 |
| 4 | Amaral | FC Horikoshi | 15 |
| 5 | Naoki Ishibashi | ALO's Hokuriku | 14 |
| 5 | Kohei Masumoto | SC Tottori | 14 |
| 5 | Yoshihide Ogushi | Honda Lock | 14 |
| 5 | Kodai Suzuki | Honda FC | 14 |
| 5 | Manabu Wakabayashi | Tochigi SC | 14 |
| 10 | Hiroki Kishida | YKK AP | 13 |
| 10 | Kentaro Yoshida | Tochigi SC | 13 |

## Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Ehime FC | 42,655 | 7,726 | 1,077 | 2,844 | +26.0%$^†$ |
| 2 | Tochigi SC | 22,811 | 3,328 | 745 | 1,521 | +31.1%$^†$ |
| 3 | Honda FC | 16,736 | 3,275 | 654 | 1,116 | −3.0%$^†$ |
| 4 | SC Tottori | 11,663 | 1,369 | 429 | 778 | +22.3%$^†$ |
| 5 | YKK AP | 11,535 | 1,802 | 258 | 769 | +29.5%$^†$ |
| 6 | FC Horikoshi | 10,868 | 2,108 | 246 | 725 | +19.4%$^†$ |
| 7 | Honda Lock | 10,701 | 2,011 | 424 | 713 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Sony Sendai | 10,688 | 1,614 | 381 | 713 | +14.8%$^†$ |
| 9 | Yokogawa Musashino | 10,201 | 1,123 | 448 | 680 | +18.1%$^†$ |
| 10 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 10,133 | 4,632 | 142 | 676 | −11.1%$^†$ |
| 11 | ALO's Hokuriku | 9,950 | 2,005 | 281 | 663 | +5.6%$^†$ |
| 12 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 6,272 | 698 | 267 | 418 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Sagawa Express Tokyo | 5,981 | 1,013 | 107 | 399 | +6.4%$^†$ |
| 14 | Denso SC | 5,464 | 888 | 154 | 364 | +48.0%$^†$ |
| 15 | SP Kyoto | 5,400 | 630 | 102 | 360 | −3.5%$^†$ |
| 16 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 4,651 | 706 | 113 | 310 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 195,709 | 7,726 | 102 | 815 | −28.6%$^†$ |
Source: Notes: $^†$ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

## Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred due to expansion of the league to 18 teams. At the end the season, FC Ryukyu, JEF Reserves and Rosso Kumamoto were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.