# 2008 Japan Football League

The 2008 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第10回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the tenth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams. Honda FC won the championship.
ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP, both based in Toyama merged before the season to become Kataller Toyama.
Fagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.
New Wave Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January. Fagiano Okayama were approved back in 2007 when playing in Regional league. FC Ryukyu's application was declined.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Honda FC (C) | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 74 | |
| 2 | Tochigi SC (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 63 | Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 2 |
| 3 | Kataller Toyama (P) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 62 | Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 2 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama (P) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 60 | Promotion to 2009 J. League Division 2 |
| 5 | Gainare Tottori | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 57 | |
| 6 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 57 | |
| 7 | Yokogawa Musashino | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 54 | |
| 8 | FC Kariya | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 51 | |
| 9 | Sony Sendai | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | New Wave Kitakyushu | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 49 | |
| 11 | SP Kyoto | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 49 | |
| 12 | Sagawa Shiga | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 47 | |
| 13 | TDK SC | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 41 | |
| 14 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 38 | |
| 15 | JEF Reserves | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 30 | |
| 16 | FC Ryukyu | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 27 | |
| 17 | Arte Takasaki | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 107 | −67 | 20 | |
| 18 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 76 | −46 | 16 | |
* ↑ Occupied the top place at the end of the first half of the season (17th week) and was automatically qualified for 2008 Emperor's Cup, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
* 1 2 3 4 5 J. League Associate Membership
* ↑ Must hold J. League Associate Membership, finish no less than in fourth place and pass a final inspection by J. League to be promoted.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ART | FAG | GAI | HON | JER | KAR | KAT | RKU | MIO | MMM | NWK | PRI | RYU | SSH | SON | TDK | TOC | YMC |
| Arte Takasaki | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–7 |
| Fagiano Okayama | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Gainare Tottori | 8–1 | 2–3 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Honda FC | 11–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| JEF Reserves | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| FC Kariya | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Kataller Toyama | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Ryutsu Keizai University | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| New Wave Kitakyushu | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| SP Kyoto | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| FC Ryukyu | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sagawa Shiga | 7–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Sony Sendai | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| TDK SC | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Tochigi SC | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Yokogawa Musashino | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Junya Nitta | Honda FC | 25 |
| 2 | Kodai Suzuki | Honda FC | 20 |
| 3 | Yasutaka Kobayashi | Fagiano Okayama | 19 |
| 4 | Kohei Kiyama | Fagiano Okayama | 18 |
| 5 | Yusuke Sato | Tochigi SC | 16 |
| 6 | Mitsuru Hasegawa | Kataller Toyama | 15 |
| 6 | Gen Nakamura | Sagawa Shiga | 15 |
| 8 | Goshi Okubo | Sony Sendai | 14 |
| 8 | Go Togashi | TDK SC | 14 |
| 10 | Kiyohiro Hirabayashi | FC Kariya | 12 |
| 10 | Hideyuki Ishida | Kataller Toyama | 12 |

## Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Tochigi SC | 85,816 | 13,821 | 2,704 | 5,048 | +13.3%$^†$ |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 73,205 | 10,704 | 2,008 | 4,306 | +208.9%$^†$ |
| 3 | Fagiano Okayama | 62,297 | 11,053 | 1,457 | 3,665 | +15.8%$^‡$ |
| 4 | Gainare Tottori | 54,652 | 7,117 | 1,363 | 3,215 | +83.2%$^†$ |
| 5 | FC Ryukyu | 48,997 | 6,247 | 1,708 | 2,882 | +18.0%$^†$ |
| 6 | New Wave Kitakyushu | 19,539 | 1,752 | 725 | 1,149 | −5.0%$^‡$ |
| 7 | Yokogawa Musashino | 17,087 | 4,101 | 384 | 1,005 | +49.3%$^†$ |
| 8 | TDK SC | 16,170 | 3,261 | 564 | 951 | −3.3%$^†$ |
| 9 | Sony Sendai | 14,788 | 2,379 | 325 | 870 | +50.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Honda FC | 14,512 | 3,042 | 529 | 854 | +33.2%$^†$ |
| 11 | MIO Biwako Kusatsu | 14,511 | 2,102 | 307 | 854 | +243.0%$^‡$ |
| 12 | Sagawa Shiga | 14,469 | 3,623 | 259 | 851 | −7.9%$^†$ |
| 13 | FC Kariya | 10,261 | 1,777 | 227 | 604 | +17.3%$^†$ |
| 14 | Ryutsu Keizai University | 9,246 | 1,284 | 183 | 544 | −3.0%$^†$ |
| 15 | JEF Reserves | 8,243 | 1,467 | 204 | 485 | +17.1%$^†$ |
| 16 | SP Kyoto | 6,262 | 636 | 165 | 368 | −7.3%$^†$ |
| 17 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 6,038 | 1,115 | 141 | 355 | −4.1%$^†$ |
| 18 | Arte Takasaki | 5,104 | 854 | 144 | 300 | −26.8%$^†$ |
| | League total | 481,197 | 13,821 | 141 | 1,573 | +19.9%$^†$ |
Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round Notes: $^†$ Kataller Toyama attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP $^‡$ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.

## Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred. Machida Zelvia, V-Varen Nagasaki and Honda Lock were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.