Official non-League Club Football Thread [R] - part 2

Just saw on Sponichi that Machida Zelvia have appointed Ranko Popovic as their new director.

 

A Wikipedia page is reporting that Machida has been approved of promotion once the stadium is at J. League capacity regardless of placement on the table in the future. Has this been officially announced anywhere?

 

I remember this was brought in some article back in September but can't find a proof. For you Japanese-readers, is it something alike in the club statement? If not, I probably remove this from the article.

 

Arte Takasaki drew 1-1 with Sanyo Sumoto at home to win the series 4-1 and keep their JFL place. Thus, for next year the top three divisions look as follows:

2011 J. League Division 1:

Nagoya
Gamba
Cerezo
Kashima
Kawasaki
Shimizu
Hiroshima
Marinos
Niigata
Urawa
Iwata
Omiya
Yamagata
Sendai
Kobe
Kashiwa
Kofu
Fukuoka

2011 J. League Division 2:

FC Tokyo
Kyoto
Shonan
JEF Chiba
Verdy
Yokohama FC
Kumamoto
Tokushima
Tosu
Tochigi
Ehime
Kusatsu
Sapporo
Gifu
Oita
Mito
Okayama
Toyama
Kitakyushu
Tottori

2011 Japan Football League:

Sagawa Shiga
Machida
Honda
Nagasaki
Sagawa Print
Matsumoto
Akita
Kanazawa
Ryukyu
Biwako
Yokogawa
Honda Lock
Sony Sendai
Tochigi Uva
JEF Chiba B
Takasaki
Sanuki
Nagano

 

The last of the Tohoku League play-offs for the year were completed on Sunday, details as follows:

PARTICIPANTS

Loser of Tohoku League Division 2N / Division 2S Play-off

FC Scheinen Fukushima

Tohoku League Division 1 7th-placed Team

Shiogama FC Wiese

RESULTS

12 Dec FC Scheinen Fukushima 1-5 Shiogama FC Wiese
19 Dec Shiogama FC Wiese 2-3 FC Scheinen Fukushima

OUTCOME

Wiese stay in Division 1, Scheinen stay in Division 2 (South).

 

Tokushima Vortis Second have withdrawn from the Shikoku League for next season and together with the promotion of Kamatamare Sanuki, this changed the format of the local Prefectural play-offs - which were staged over the weekend. Details as follows:

PARTICIPANTS

Ehime

KFC United Shikoku

Kagawa

Tadotsu Club

Kochi

Kochi Toyopet Showa Club

Tokushima

Yoshino Club

RESULTS

Finals 18 Dec

KFC Shikoku United 3-1 Yoshino Club
Kochi Toyopet Showa Club 2-1 Tadotsu Club

Additional Play-off 19 Dec

Tadotsu Club 5-3 Yoshino Club

OUTCOME

KFC Shikoku United and Kochi Toyopet Showa Club are both promoted to the Shikoku League for 2011. Tadotsu Club will take part in two further play-off games on 23 and 30 Jan against the bottom team in this year's Shikoku League, Minami Club.

 

Blaublitz Akita report on their website here that they've decided not to apply for associate membership.

 

This page on the SC Sagamihara blog indicates that RKU will drop into the regular Kanto League alongside YSCC, etc.

Sagamihara themselves, meanwhile, will have to take part in an extra play-off match on 16 Jan against Sagawa Computer System (who finished 6th in the Kanto League Division 2) to move into the Regional League, having failed in their attempt to jump straight into the JFL.

 

Goru, there's been extensive discussion on this thread about what might happen when J2 reaches 22 member clubs.

with the leak of talent to Europe, It will be hard to have 18 competitive teams

If by this you mean 18 good teams, well, that's one thing; but better quality players leaving top-half-of-the-table clubs (and Urawa) I would have thought could only serve to make J1 more competitive by increasing parity across the squads. As you say, though, this isn't the place for that discussion.

 

100 years is the best IMO.

 

I found this link on wikipedia:

http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/kamatamare/article.aspx?id=20101219000070

I guess Kamatamare Sanuki already applied for J.League Associate Membership at 18 December 2010. It is right, isn't it? Anyone could bring any details? Thanks.

 

That's right, and Kamatamare are expecting their application for associate membership to be considered at the board meeting in February.

 

Good for him

 

FC Ryukyu are going to reapply for associate membership in January. Seems like they have made something with the stadium?

 

The Kansai League Cup finished on Christmas Day; full details below.

Group A

23 Oct Diablossa Takada 7-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe
24 Oct Kyoto Shiko Club 1-2 Kwangaku Club
30 Oct Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe 1-0 Kwangaku Club
31 Oct Diablossa Takada 5-1 Kyoto Shiko Club
06 Nov Kyoto Shiko Club 7-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe
06 Nov Kwangaku Club 0-1 Diablossa Takada

1. Diablossa Takada 9 (+11)
2. Kyoto Shiko Club 3 (+1)
- - - - - - - -
3. Kwangaku Club 3 (-1)
4. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe 3 (-11)

Group B

23 Oct Technonet Osaka 1-1 Banditonce Kakogawa
23 Oct Kobe FC 1970 0-4 Sanyo Electric Sumoto
31 Oct Technonet Osaka 2-0 Kobe FC 1970
31 Oct Banditonce Kakogawa 1-1 Sanyo Electric Sumoto
07 Nov Sanyo Electric Sumoto 1-1 Technonet Osaka
07 Nov Kobe FC 1970 2-5 Banditonce Kakogawa

1. Sanyo Electric Sumoto 5 (+4)
2. Banditonce Kakogawa 5 (+3)
- - - - - - - -
3. Technonet Osaka 5 (+2)
4. Kobe FC 1970 0 (-9)

Group C

23 Oct Ain Food 3-2 Hannan University
24 Oct AS Laranja Kyoto 1-0 Tojitsu Shiga
30 Oct Ain Food 3-0 Tojitsu Shiga
31 Oct Hannan University 5-0 AS Laranja Kyoto
06 Nov AS Laranja Kyoto 2-0 Ain Food
07 Nov Tojitsu Shiga 1-6 Hannan University

1. Hannan University 6 (+9)
2. Ain Food 6 (+2)
- - - - - - - -
3. AS Laranja Kyoto 6 (-2)
4. Tojitsu Shiga 0 (-9)

Group D

23 Oct Biwako SC Hira 2-0 Nara Club
23 Oct Renaiss Health & Medical College 1-8 Amitie SC
30 Oct Biwako SC Hira 3-1 Renaiss Health & Medical College
30 Oct Amitie SC 3-0 Nara Club
06 Nov Nara Club 1-0 Renaiss Health & Medical College
07 Nov Amitie SC 0-0 Biwako SC Hira

1. Amitie SC 7 (+10)
2. Biwako SC Hira 7 (+4)
- - - - - - - -
3. Nara Club 3 (-4)
4. Renaiss Health & Medical College 0 (-10)

Quarter Finals 13 Nov

Amitie SC 1-1 Kyoto Shiko Club (PK 3-2)
Diablossa Takada 4-2 Biwako SC Hira
Hannan University 2-2 Banditonce Kakogawa (PK 4-5)
Sanyo Electric Sumoto 0-2 Ain Food

Semi Finals 23 Dec

Banditonce Kakogawa 1-1 Amitie SC (PK 4-3)
Diablossa Takada 3-2 Ain Food

3rd/4th Place Play-off 25 Dec

Amitie SC 0-2 Ain Food

Final 25 Dec

Banditonce Kakogawa 3-2 Diablossa Takada

 

Really good thread, everyone. Shame I've only stumbled upon this now. I noticed the Div4 playoff results haven't been posted on RSSSF.com, and wonder if anyone would want to join their Japan contribution team?

I'm curious: has anyone here ever been to see (Shizuoka) Fujieda MyFC, at either the Fujieda Sports Complex Park or the Shisetsu Sports Ground?

For those who may not be aware, it is a club where supporters vote online for which players are included in the match squad, the uniform design, and various other club matters.

I'm thinking of doing some Japan groundhopping in either 2012 or 2013, and I have Urawa Reds, Yokohama FC, and Fujieda MyFC tentatively penciled in. I was wondering if any of you might have some recommendations for quirky grounds/clubs to visit, preferably below the J1-level.

 

Thanks. I'm particularly interested in tips for grounds of JFL and non-league clubs.

Are there any lists of all of the various Japanese clubs (and their stadiums), for JFL and below? For example, for Danish football, there is http://www.stadions.dk, which lists all clubs in the top five divisions, and has information about their stadiums (addresses, photos, links to Danish map images, etc). Does any such site exist for Japanese football?

If something that detailed/convenient doesn't exist, where could I get a list of all of the clubs in the various levels? I'm sure the JFA official website has it, but any links/tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

Okay, so the JFL clubs (for 2010) are listed in English here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Football_League

Someone has kindly put together an English list of regional league clubs here, but it hasn't been updated since the 2009 season:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Regional_Leagues

The Japanese-language Wiki page for the regional leagues has links to each particular regional FA, as well as a link to this page with 2010 final league tables (including symbols to show which clubs were promoted/relegated at the end of 2010):
http://34.xmbs.jp/chiiki10-229628-ch.php?guid=on

No links to club websites or stadium info, sadly, but if nobody has any better ideas, I'll just gradually make my way through using that info and a search engine.

Cheers.

 

http://www.the-rising-sun-news.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=917&Itemid=53

http://www.the-rising-sun-news.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=852&Itemid=41


. . . . but it will be another week or two before I have the information updated to 2011. At the moment Im still busy with the J1 and J2 team updates.