2010 Japan Football League
Encyclopedia
Overview
At the end of the 2009 season, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues by virtue of their final placing in the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League SeriesAll Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series
The All Japan Regional Promotion League Series is a play-off tournament meant as a transition for Japanese football clubs competing in regional leagues to the bottom national tier .-History:Until 1976, the main entrance route for regional clubs to the Japan Soccer League was...
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and were promoted automatically. won the play-off series against .
Before the season corporate were renamed to and started operations as an independent football club. Hitachi Tochigi Uva S.C. has dropped the company prefix and changed its name to simply Tochigi Uva F.C.
Matsumoto Yamaga were approved as J. League associate members
J. League Associate Membership
J. League Associate Membership is a status given to Japanese non-league football clubs. The applicant must have an intention to become a professional club and to join the professional league, J. League, governed in the top two levels of the Japanese football pyramid...
at the annual meeting in February. Zweigen Kanazawa applied for the membership later in April but the application was not accepted because of incomplete documentation.
are the first club to be promoted to J. League Division 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
as champions since in 2005 season.
Table
Results
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Sho Gokyu |
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| 2 | Masatoshi Matsuda |
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| 3 | Yosinori Katsumata |
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| 4 | Ryosuke Kijima |
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| 5 | Ryota Arimitsu |
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| Shunta Takahashi |
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| 7 | Shintaro Hirai |
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| 8 | Michiaki Kakimoto |
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 Hamed Koné |
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| Junya Nitta |
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| Kodai Suzuki |
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Attendances
Promotion and relegation
Due to Gainare Tottori being promoted to J2J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
, the Regional Promotion Series
All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series
The All Japan Regional Promotion League Series is a play-off tournament meant as a transition for Japanese football clubs competing in regional leagues to the bottom national tier .-History:Until 1976, the main entrance route for regional clubs to the Japan Soccer League was...
champions and runner-ups, and , were promoted automatically. The third-placed Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C. faced Arte Takasaki in the promotion and relegation series.
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Arte Takasaki won the series 4–1 on aggregate and stayed in JFL.