Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and won the championship.

Before the season two corporate clubs changed their names and were re-established as independent organizations. became and became .

, and were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in All Japan Regional Football Promotion League 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...

, thus expanding the league to 18 teams.

At the J. League

J. League

The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...

 meeting in August, Rosso Kumamoto were approved as first 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...

, becoming eligible to J2 promotion. No such promotion took place because they failed to achieve at least 4th spot in the final standings.

Table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tetsuya Okubo Tetsuya Okubo is a Japanese football player currently playing for Montedio Yamagata.Known by the nickname 'Jumbo' due to his size he plays primarily as a target man striker, getting the majority of his goals with his head...		26
2	Yosuke Kobauyashi		23
	Junya Nitta		23
4	Yoshio Kitagawa		22
5	Sho Gokyu		21
6	Hiroki Kishida		20
7	Kodai Suzuki		18
8	Hideki Uchiyama		17
9	Yutaka Takahashi		15
10	Kento Hori		14

Attendances

Promotion and relegation

Due to the merger of Sagawa Express teams into one club

Sagawa Shiga F.C.

, formerly , is an amateur Japanese association football club based in Moriyama, Shiga. They are members of the Japan Football League . The club formed in 2007 from a merger of two Sagawa Express corporation football clubs in JFL; Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C. and Sagawa Express Osaka S.C.. The Tokyo...

, the All Japan Regional Football Promotion League 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...

 winners, were promoted automatically. were set to play in the promotion and relegation series.
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F.C. Gifu won the series at 8–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. Honda Lock were relegated to Kyushu regional league.