2000 Japan Football League
| Season | 2000 |
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| Champions | Yokohama FC 2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title |
| Promoted | Yokohama FC |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 468 (3.55 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kenji Arima (24 goals total) |
| Highest attendance | 5,324 (Round 1, Yokohama vs. Tochigi) |
| Lowest attendance | 84 (Round 17, Kokushinkan vs. ALO's) |
| Average attendance | 901 |
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← 1999
2001 →
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Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2000 season.
Contents
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Yokohama FC defended their champions title.
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
WO |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 FC | 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 |
Updated to games played on November 12, 2000.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Denotes clubs that occupied 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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 |
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| 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 FC | 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 |
Updated to games played on November 12, 2000.
Source: Japan Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kenji Arima |
Yokohama FC |
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| 2 | Hidenori Tabata |
Sony Sendai |
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| 3 | Takehiro Hayashi |
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals |
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| 4 | Shusuke Shimada |
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals |
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| 5 | Tatsuya Furuhashi |
Honda Motors |
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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 | +67.3% |
| 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 | +17.1% |
| 6 | Jatco FC | 7,335 | 2,803 | 210 | 667 | +7.5% |
| 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 | −13.2% |
| League total | 118,930 | 5,324 | 84 | 901 | −16.8% |
Source:[citation needed]
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 All Japan Regional Football Promotion League 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.
