# 2000 Japan Football League

The 2000 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第2回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Ni-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the second season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Yokohama FC defended their champions title.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Yokohama FC (C, P) | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 61 | Promotion to 2001 J. League Division 2 |
| 2 | Honda Motor | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 49 | |
| 3 | Denso SC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 44 | |
| 4 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 40 | |
| 5 | Sony Sendai | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 37 | |
| 6 | Jatco SC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 28 | |
| 7 | Kokushikan University | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 28 | |
| 8 | ALO's Hokuriku | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 22 | |
| 9 | FC Kyoken | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 19 | |
| 10 | Shizuoka Sangyo University | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 16 | |
| 11 | Tochigi SC | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 14 | |
| 12 | Yokogawa FC | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Occupied one of the top three places at the end of the first half of the season (11th week) and were seeded for 2000 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 | HON | JAT | KSU | KYO | OTP | SON | SSU | TOC | YOK | YFC |
| ALO's Hokuriku | | 0–1 | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Denso SC | 2–0 | | 1–0$^{OT}$ | 5–1 | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 2–1 | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 1–0 | 1–2$^{OT}$ |
| Honda Motors | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–7 |
| Jatco SC | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2$^{OT}$ | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Kokushikan University | 3–2$^{OT}$ | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 1–3 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| FC Kyoken | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 0–0$^{OT}$ | 0–1 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 1–0 | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 8–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Sony Sendai | 3–1 | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 2–0 | 3–4 | | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Shizuoka Sangyo University | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2$^{OT}$ | 2–3$^{OT}$ | 2–1$^{OT}$ | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Tochigi SC | 0–1$^{OT}$ | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0$^{OT}$ | | 3–2$^{OT}$ | 0–1 |
| Yokogawa FC | 1–2 | 2–3$^{OT}$ | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0$^{OT}$ | 2–3$^{OT}$ | | 1–3 |
| Yokohama FC | 3–0 | 2–2$^{OT}$ | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 6–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1$^{OT}$ | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kenji Arima | Yokohama FC | 24 |
| 2 | Hidenori Tabata | Sony Sendai | 19 |
| 3 | Takehiro Hayashi | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 16 |
| 4 | Shusuke Shimada | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 15 |
| 5 | Tatsuya Furuhashi | Honda Motors | 14 |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Yokohama FC | 40,293 | 5,324 | 2,808 | 3,663 | −10.2%$^†$ |
| 2 | Sony Sendai | 12,027 | 4,421 | 317 | 1,093 | +67.4%$^†$ |
| 3 | Tochigi SC | 11,543 | 2,279 | 473 | 1,049 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Honda Motors | 10,982 | 3,139 | 438 | 998 | −11.9%$^†$ |
| 5 | Yokogawa FC | 7,736 | 2,744 | 265 | 703 | +17.2%$^†$ |
| 6 | Jatco SC | 7,335 | 2,803 | 210 | 667 | +7.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Shizuoka Sangyo University | 5,763 | 1,568 | 172 | 524 | n/a$^‡$ |
| 8 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 5,550 | 2,219 | 203 | 505 | −10.9%$^†$ |
| 9 | ALO's Hokuriku | 5,320 | 1,602 | 260 | 484 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Denso SC | 4,760 | 1,168 | 241 | 433 | −17.2%$^†$ |
| 11 | FC Kyoken | 4,246 | 1,080 | 206 | 386 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Kokushikan University | 3,375 | 1,786 | 84 | 307 | −13.3%$^†$ |
| | League total | 118,930 | 5,324 | 84 | 901 | −16.9%$^†$ |
Source: Notes: $^†$ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues. $^‡$ Team played previous season in College Leagues.

## Promotion and relegation

No relegation has occurred as league continued to expand. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, Sagawa Express Tokyo and YKK FC were promoted automatically. In addition, NTT West Kumamoto, SC Tottori and Ehime FC were included by JFA recommendation.
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