Japanese Non-league Football News

The JFL roared back into action on Saturday with four fixtures and significant wins for two of the teams on the fringe of the title race - bad news indeed for challengers and J2 hopefuls Rosso Kumamoto, who slipped back to fourth place after Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo's 1-0 defeat of Alo's Hokuriku. Rosso need a top two finish to achieve their goal of promotion, but now lie just a point ahead of Sagawa Kyubin Osaka, although the latter did need to come from behind in gaining a narrow win over struggling Mitsubishi Mizushima. Down towards the bottom with Mizushima are FC Ryukyu, undoubtedly the disappointments of the year and today crushed 5-0 by Yokogawa Musashino, for whom Daiki Koyama and star striker Yosuke Kobayashi both picked up a brace. Elsewhere, JEF Club coasted past crisis club Arte Takasaki, who are drifting ever more perilously closer to the bottom of the division.



A gloomy afternoon at Yokogawa Musashino

Sat 14 Oct: Arte Takasaki 2-4 JEF Club
Sat 14 Oct: Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 2-1 Mitsubishi Mizushima
Sat 14 Oct: Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo 1-0 Alo's Hokuriku
Sat 14 Oct: Yokogawa Musashino 5-0 FC Ryukyu

1 Honda FC 58 (+27)
2 Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo 53 (+34)
3 YKK AP 52 (+30)
4 Rosso Kumamoto 52 (+24)
5 Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 51 (+26)
6 Alo's Hokuriku 44 (+20)
7 Yokogawa Musashino 44 (+12)
8 Tochigi SC 43 (+13)
9 Sony Sendai 33 (-1)
10 SC Tottori 28 (+4)
11 JEF Club 28 (-12)
12 Arte Takasaki 25 (-25)
13 Sagawa Printing 24 (-19)
14 FC Kariya 23 (-15)
15 FC Ryukyu 23 (-17)
16 Ryutsu Keizai University 22 (-19)
17 Mitsubishi Mizushima 20 (-38)
18 Honda Lock 12 (-42)