2004 Japan Football League
| Season | 2004 |
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| Champions |
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals 2nd JFL title 2nd D3 title |
| Promoted |
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Thespa Kusatsu |
| Relegated |
Kokushikan University (expelled by JFA) |
| Matches played | 239 |
| Goals scored | 746 (3.12 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Takehiro Hayashi (21 goal total) |
| Highest attendance | 13,743 (Round 27, Thespa vs. Otsuka) |
| Lowest attendance | 85 (Round 23, Kokushikan vs. Tottori) |
| Average attendance | 1,141 |
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Statistics of Japan Football League in the 2004 season.
It was contested by 16 teams, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals won the championship.
Updated to games played on December 5, 2004.
Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Denotes clubs that occupied top 3 places at the end of the first half of the season (15th week) and were seeded for 2004 Emperor's Cup. These clubs were automatically qualified for the tournament, while each of other JFL clubs had to go through the prefectural qualifier.
1 Expelled by Japan Football Association after 29th week because of the scandal caused by arrest of Kokushikan players for sex attack on a minor. In the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo a team was awarded a default 0–3 defeat.
(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.
Updated to games played on December 5, 2004.
Source: JFL First Round, JFL Second Round
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Kokushikan University S.C. were expelled from Japan Football League after 29th week and awarded a default 0–3 defeat in the remaining game against Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source:
Notes:
† Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.
Because of promotion of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Thespa Kusatsu and expulsion of Kokushikan University, no relegation has occurred. After the season, Honda Lock, Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima and Ryutsu Keizai University were promoted from Regional Leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series.
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