2015 Japan Football League
| Season | 2015 |
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| Champions | Sony Sendai 1st JFL title 1st D4 title |
| Promoted | Kagoshima United |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 614 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kiichi Iga (17 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 8,656 (Kagoshima United vs Maruyasu Okazaki, 15 November) |
| Lowest attendance | 122 (Fagiano Okayama Next vs RK Dragons, 23 October) |
| Average attendance | 894 |
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The 2015 Japan Football League was the second season of the nationwide fourth tier of the Japanese football, and the 17th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. The first stage of the season was played from 8 March to 7 June, and the second stage of the season from 20 June to 15 November, while post-season championship playoffs were held on 29 November and 5 December.
Sixteen clubs will participate in this second season of Japan Football League. The list was announced on 16 January. A place for 2015 Emperor's Cup will be given to the winners of the first stage of the JFL 2015.
On October 29th SP Kyoto FC announced their withdrawal from JFL at the end of the season.
The tournament will continue with the system introduced in 2014: Two single round-robin stages will be held, and winners of each stage will determine the champion in the post-season home and away championship playoffs. If the same team manages to win both stages, no playoffs will be held, and they will be automatically declared champions.
The two worst teams by aggregated results of both stages were relegated to the Regional Leagues and replaced by the top two performers of the Regional League promotion series. However, if one or two teams would be admitted to J3 or withdrawn at the end of the season, the number of relegated clubs would be reduced accordingly. As a result of SP Kyoto FC's withdrawal, no club was relegated.
According to updated J.League Terms, the clubs must comply the following requirements to be promoted to J3 League:
The championship play-offs will be held after the season between two winners of each stage. Vanraure Hachinohe, the winners of the first stage, hosted the first leg on 29 November, and Sony Sendai who won the second stage hosted the second leg on 5 December.
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