Official 2005 J.League Thread [R] - part I

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

Fvck Kashima, Fvck Kashima......

I told you back in May that they are not the type of team that can stay in 1st place for long time.

 

What I was trying say was that Kashima is lot better at chasing the first place than holding on to it. Don't count them out just yet.

BTW, J.League has started to inspect Ehime FC as Ehime FC prepares to win the promotion to J2 this year. If everything goes well, most likely J2 will add one club at the end of the year.

 

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

Obviously...

for J2, these are the some of the criteria that J.League looks at:
1) Must finish at top 2 of JFL (although J.Leauge is little loose about this; a club can finish at top 3 and still get promoted just like Thespa Kusatsu did last year)

2) Club must be professional football club with minimum finalcial capita of 2 million yen

3) Club must have a home ground with at 5k capacity (with natural grass and lightings for night games)

4) Must have at least 5 professional players with "A football licesence" (meaning the rest could be amatures or part-timers)

4) Must have a youth team (U-18). After 3 years of promotion, must have U-15 and U-12 also.

There are also criteria for promoting to J1 or for participating in Promotion/Relegation Series. Finishing top three is just one criteria.

 

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The club must start at a lot lower level than that. Let's say the club is based in somewhere in Tokyo perfecture.

The club will start at Tokyo Prefecture Soccer League.

At the end of TSL season, the champions and runnerups from other prefectures in Kantou Region will compete in playoff to win two spots in Kantou Soccer Leauge Div 2.

Then the club must move to KSL Div 2 then to Div 1.

At the end of KSL Div 1 season, there is a simular playoff; however, this time the champs for eight regions in Japan competing for JFL promotion.

Then finally the club can move to JFL then to J2 and J1.

Everytime the club move to higher division, there are more requirement the club must meet.

In short this is what all the club must go through:
Prefectural Level (Div 2, 1 in some prefecture) --> <[End of the year playoff] --> Regional Level (Div 2, 1 in some region) --> <[End of the year playoff] --> JFL --> J2 --> J1.

 

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

Oops! What I meant to say was *other* eight regions...

 

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

This is the best I came out with: 08月30日 Ｊリーグ予備審査終了について

 

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

Yap, Sept 30 is the deadline for application. There should few more clubs doing this. That includes FC Gunma Horikoshi, Tochigi FC, etc.

 

Re: 2005 J-League Thread [R]

Ideally, J.Leauge wants one expansion club next year and one more the year after. Then in two year, they plan to have J3. Meanwhile, no matter how many clubs promote to J2 this year, JFL is going to expand from 16 to 18 clubs next year.

Ehime is the best candidate since they are ahead in many criteria. Plus, J. Leauge might not approve Guman FC Horikoshi just yet; they are not sure whether Guman Provice can support two J.League clubs at this point (Thespa Kusatsu is the other one).