Official 2015 JFL & lower leagues thread

Briobecca Urayasu and ReinMeer Aomori promoted.
But the promotions are really two?
Tochigi UVA relegated, Kagoshima promoted and SP Kyoto disbanded.

 

Briobecca Urayasu 0-1 ReinMeer Aomori

Aomori win the competition with a W3-D0-L0 record in the final round. Interesting how they weren't able to defeat within regulation time the two teams in Group B that didn't advance to the final round.

 

Saurcos Fukui 1-0 FC Kariya

Fukui finish third. Has there been official confirmation by JFL whether they will relegate Tochigi?

 

Their official Twitter says the decision on admission will be made on December 9th.

第39回全国地域サッカーリーグ決勝大会が終了しました。
結果は、優勝：ラインメール青森、準優勝：ブリオベッカ浦安、３位：サウルコス福井、４位：ＦＣ刈谷となりました。
ＪＦＬ新入会チームは、12/9のＪＦＬ理事会にて承認されます。 pic.twitter.com/HJHOA2VI5g

— ＪＦＬ事務局 (@jfljimukyoku) November 23, 2015

 

JFL Championship Series Vanraure Hachinohe-Sony Sendai, full game

Watched it, quite boring game. I have always been fond of lower league games due to the oft-found unpredictability/craziness but this one is fairly dull, there are almost no shots on target and very little action overall, just a single yellow card.
Vanraure wins 1-0 thanks to a goal on a counterattack in the second half, but tbh Sendai looked like the better team, often looking more organized and "professional" while way too often I found myself questioning what in the world were Vanraure players thinking.
In particular, Sendai was usually very good in possession and very creative on the right flank. On the other hand, Vanraure looked more "sparkly" especially when going on the attack. As for weak points: as mentioned before, sometimes it looked as if Hachinohe didn't really have any sort of tactics, while Sendai was very week on the attack overall, they barely ever got to shoot (except for few set pieces)

 

They actually did: http://www.jfl.or.jp/jfl-pc/view/s.php?a=978

Only Reinmeer and Briobecca were admitted and Tochigi stayed; no luck for Saurcos this year too.

 

I hope JFL will soon expand to 20.

 

Suzuka Rampole is now "Suzuka Unlimited FC".

 

What a step down, I really liked 'Rampole'. Suzuka Unlimited sounds like a cellphone plan or a lame anime title :/

 

Tokyo Musashino City FC & FC Imabari got their status as J.League 100th Year Plan clubs.
Igosso Kochi & Kochi U Torastar merged into Kochi United SC.

Any predictions about these clubs in 2016?

 

I hope Azul Claro and Nara will go up. J3 deserves and needs to expand.

 

Their logo is hideous too.

 

Well, they just announced the emblem: http://suzuka-un.co.jp/news/8195/

Anyone know why they change the name? Okay, the logo & emblem show the city's connection with the famous racing circuit, but why "Unlimited"? There are other better words to symbolize racing.