Overview

At the end of the 2008 season

Japan Football League 2008

-Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and won the championship. and , both based in Toyama, merged before the season to become ., and were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series....

, three new clubs were promoted from the Japanese Regional Leagues

Japanese Regional Leagues 2008

-Champions list:-Hokkaido:-Tohoku:Division 1Division 2 NorthDivision 2 South-Kanto:Division 1Division 2-Hokushinetsu:Division 1Division 2-Tokai:Division 1Division 2-Kansai:...

 by virtue of their final placing in 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...

:, Kanto Football League First Division champions, Kyushu Football League runners-up, 3rd place at the All Japan Senior Football Championship

All Japan Senior Football Championship

The All Japan Senior Football Championship is a football cup competition in Japan. It is run by the Japan Football Association. As it only involves non-league teams The All Japan Senior Football Championship (Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai, 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会) is a football (soccer) cup...

 (3rd place in Kyushu Football League)

Machida Zelvia and V-Varen Nagasaki 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 January.

won their second championship title since 2007 season.

Table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Shogo Shiozawa		17
2	Shingo Kinoshita		15
	Gen Nakamura		15
4	Keiichi Kubota		11
	Junya Nitta		11
	Toshitaka Tsurumi		11
7	Ryota Arimitsu		10
	Hamed Koné		10
	Shoma Mizunaga		10
	Tomoya Osawa		10
	Yuya Sano		10
	Tatsuya Sekino		10

Attendances

Promotion and relegation

Due to Kitakyushu being promoted and Mitsubishi Mizushima being relegated, 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...

 winner and runner-up, and respectively, were promoted automatically. Third-placed team, were set to play in the promotion and relegation series.
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Zweigen Kanazawa won the series at 2–1 aggregate score and earned promotion to JFL. F.C. Kariya relegated to Tōkai regional league.