Japanese Non-league Football News

Sagawa Kyubin Chugoku pulled off a potentially vital win in the only Chugoku League fixture on Sunday, 4-3 at FC Central Chugoku to close the gap between the two teams to just three points.



Chirpy for the time being, FC Central Chugoku

Sun 05 Aug: FC Central Chugoku 3-4 Sagawa Kyubin Chugoku

1. Fagiano Okayama 39 (+72)
2. FC Central Chugoku 24 (+14)
3. Sagawa Kyubin Chugoku 21 (+2)
4. Renofa Yamaguchi 18 (-)
5. Hiroshima Fujita SC 14 (-8)
6. Mazda SC 12 (-14)
7. JFE Steel Western Japan 11 (-22)
8. Hitachi Manufacturing Kasado 6 (-44)

Alo's Hokuriku roared into fourth place in the JFL, thanks to a 3-1 win over their local rivals YKK AP in Toyama on Sunday afternoon. Star striker Yuuya Nagatomi was twice on target for Alo's, who push promotion hopefuls FC Gifu out of the vital top four places as a result; YKK remain third, but are fully nine points behind Rosso Kumamoto. The rest of Sunday's action was all mid-table and lower, with midfielder Yuta Mikado's goal enough to seal all three points for Ryutsu Keizai University against struggling FC Kariya, Mitsubishi Mizushima bringing to an end a run of five consecutive defeats with a 2-1 win over JEF Reserves and Gainare Tottori picking up a rare away victory at TDK SC.



TDK before their defeat by Gainare Tottori

Sun 05 Aug: Mitsubishi Mizushima 2-1 JEF Reserves
Sun 05 Aug: Ryutsu Keizai University 1-0 FC Kariya
Sun 05 Aug: TDK SC 1-2 Gainare Tottori
Sun 05 Aug: YKK AP 1-3 Alo's Hokuriku

1. Sagawa Kyubin SC 57 (+38)
2. Rosso Kumamoto 50 (+23)
3. YKK AP 41 (+9)
4. Alo's Hokuriku 40 (+4)
5. FC Gifu 39 (+8)
6. Yokogawa Musashino 38 (+10)
7. Honda FC 37 (+10)
8. JEF Reserves 35 (-)
9. Tochigi SC 32 (+7)
10. Ryutsu Keizai University 31 (-3)
11. Sagawa Printing 30 (-5)
12. Mitsubishi Mizushima 28 (-7)
13. Gainare Tottori 27 (-5)
14. TDK SC 26 (+2)
15. Sony Sendai 22 (-18)
16. FC Kariya 20 (-14)
17. FC Ryukyu 20 (-30)
18. Arte Takasaki 6 (-29)

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Sat 28 Jul: Kochi Toyopet Showa FC 1-2 Sanyo Electric Tokushima
Sat 28 Jul: Minami Club 1-1 Ventana AC (PK 2-3)
Sat 28 Jul: Nangoku Kochi 3-0 Byakkotai
Sat 28 Jul: Yawatahama 0-5 Kamatamare Sanuki

Sun 29 Jul: Nangoku Kochi 4-0 Ventana AC
Sun 29 Jul: Sanyo Electric Tokushima 0-2 Kamatamare Sanuki

Kamatamare Sanuki and Nangoku Kochi therefore qualify for the national finals in Oita in October.

Sagawa Kyubin SC continued what is looking like a relentless march to the JFL title on Saturday, a comfortable 3-0 win over Sony Sendai making it maximum points from the team's last six matches. The result was barely in doubt after Sho Gokyu netted his twentieth goal of the season as early as the second minute, and it keeps Sagawa seven points in front of their nearest challengers, Rosso Kumamoto. Nevertheless, Rosso managed what was their first victory in three games - and so doing brought to an end Tochigi SC's recent mini-revival, 21-year-old former Shonan Bellmare midfielder Kosuke Yoshii scoring the only goal of the game in the 83rd minute. The other game to be staged on Saturday without doubt provided the shock of the round so far, as bottom side Arte Takasaki recovered from conceding an early goal to come away from Honda FC with a 2-2 draw - the Gunma side's first point in seven games.



Rosso and Tochigi battle it out

Sat 04 Aug: Honda FC 2-2 Arte Takasaki
Sat 04 Aug: Rosso Kumamoto 1-0 Tochigi SC
Sat 04 Aug: Sagawa Kyubin SC 3-0 Sony Sendai

1. Sagawa Kyubin SC 57 (+38)
2. Rosso Kumamoto 50 (+23)
3. YKK AP 41 (+11)
4. FC Gifu 39 (+8)
5. Yokogawa Musashino 38 (+10)
6. Honda FC 37 (+10)
7. Alo's Hokuriku 37 (+2)
8. JEF Reserves 35 (+1)
9. Tochigi SC 32 (+7)
10. Sagawa Printing 30 (-5)
11. Ryutsu Keizai University 28 (-4)
12. TDK SC 26 (+3)
13. Mitsubishi Mizushima 25 (-8)
14. Gainare Tottori 24 (-6)
15. Sony Sendai 22 (-18)
16. FC Kariya 20 (-13)
17. FC Ryukyu 20 (-30)
18. Arte Takasaki 6 (-29)